Metric Thanksgiving and Make Your Own Sunday Headlines

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Saturday Night Live: Shane Gillis & Rosalía (S52E3)

Shane Gillis & Rosalía

Show #1011

Fired-before-day-one comedian Shane Gillis returns for a third time to try to make the audience laugh. 

Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía makes her SNL debut. The flamenco-influenced pop artist is always tinkering with her sound, using an array of influences on every album.

Politics Corner October 10

   

beware of Harlan Crow

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It's funeral/memorial/celebration/party time. I'm not looking forward to my partner's eventual, inevitable crash. It does not help at all that we now know of two other friends who have died this week. One passed as peacefully as a heart attack can be. The other may have been run over by a car.

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best frenemy

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What's On Tonight (Sunday): We rode the storm out there on Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Disney sees dead people! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, October 11!

Our Top Pick tonight is the series premiere of Treasure Island (MGM+, 10 p.m.). This latest adaptation of classic literature gives Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel six episodes to tell the tale of  Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, Billy Bones, and Aaron Graham. Jim's mom is Hayley Atwell, so I'm in. (A big screen version of the book is due next year.)

Elsewhere, Danny Dyer was Live from London, Pet Cemetery turns into a ghost story, Marshals take it personal, the Youth is alone amongst couples, and Potomac still has its Real Housewives.

This Weekend in Pop Culture: October 9-11

Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend.

Other Mommy
A little girl sees a creepy doppelgänger of her mother that seems to be trying to kill her.

The Social Reckoning
Did you want a redo of "The Social Network" without the distinctive directing, but with Mark Zuckerberg now being 150% more inept at socializing?

What have you been watching?

I Love Yarn Day and Other Saturday Headlines

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What's On Tonight (Saturday): Chang gets Britta'd

The Detour with David Chang

Keep it 100! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, October 10!

Our Top Pick tonight is the season finale of The Detour with David Chang (CNN, 10 p.m.). David Chang is a trash person but there aren't many options tonight except for this culinary travel show. This series wasn't strong enough for CNN Sundays so it go demoted to Saturdays. At least the finale has Gillian Jacobs.

Elsewhere, Rosalía is Live from New York, Larry Wilmore has News, Hallmark gets into the Spirit, Lifetime finds a Monster, Hokum comes to streaming, and Jiro has an apprentice (not Ahsoka?).

Politics Corner October 10

   

beware of Harlan Crow

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Putting together the funeral memorial celebration party for my best frenemy. In the middle of this we were notified that another friend had just died. I was looking forward to seeing him tomorrow. This is when growing old sucks.

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a Botswanan giraffe for

best frenemy Jeffrey

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Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 9

 Here are today's contestants:

- Dan Perkey, a brewer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;

- Kendra Kendell, a payroll analyst originally from Aurora, Colorado; and

- Greg Monson, a videographer from Portland, Oregon. Greg is a one-day champ with winnings of $8,700.

National Sneakers Day And Make Your Own Friday Headlines

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PET SET - DRUM

Politics Corner October 8

   

beware of Harlan Crow

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Politics Corner has too many things juggling in the air above him.

Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Friday): This House is Not Clean

Haunted Hotel

There were a lot of contenders for Top Pick today.  Apple has Matchbox the Movie, which appears to have very little to do with Matchbox cars other than the main characters played with them when they were kids.  Netflix has the Ben Affleck directed political/kidnapping thriller Animals.  Paramount has the premiere of the latest Avatar: The Last Airbender spinoff, Avatar: Seven Havens.  We also have the return of the entire CBS Friday night line up plus the streaming premieres of Disclosure Day, Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger and V/H/S/Mixtape.  What is the selector of today's Top Pick to do?  

I'll tell you what he does, he bestows Top Pick upon the second season of Haunted Hotel because he knows he'll actually watch it and probably be done before the end of the weekend.  I watched the first season, and though I didn't love it, I liked it enough to keep with it and it got better as the season went along.  Also, it's nice when Netflix actually produces a series where the seasons are released only one year apart the way God intended.

⭐👻 Haunted Hotel (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO. ' Katherine and her family find their groove as more paranormal problems come looking for vacancies. But can a haunted hotel ever really feel like home?'

Elsewhere...

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Oct. 8

 Here are today's contestants:

- Greg Monson, a videographer from Portland, Oregon;

- Lou Williamson, a software analyst from Greenville, South Carolina; and

- John Edwards, an editor from Brooklyn, New York. John is a one-day champ with winnings of $31,201.

International Newspaper Carrier Day and Your Own Thursday Headlines

 

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I'm taking one more week off from Notable Opening Nights. There will be a catchup post soon. Thanks for understanding.

What's On Tonight (Thursday): Yours, CBS' and Ours

 

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Tonight's Top Pick is the series premiere of Eternally Yours, airing at 8:30 p.m. on CBS. I'm meh on the concept -- your potential in-laws are vampires -- but I'm applauding Helen J. Shen (Maybe Happy Ending) getting a shot at TV fame. Hurray for the Broadway-Hollywood exchange still existing in some form.

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 7

 Here are today's contestants:

- Anne Damtoft, a library support coordinator from Silver Spring, Maryland;

- John Edwards, an editor from Brooklyn, New York; and

- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a four-day champ with winnings of $64,101.

National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day and Other Wednesday Headlines

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What's On Tonight (Wednesday): The Carrie diaries

Carrie

Martin Mull takes over the fire station! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, October 7!

Our Top Pick tonight is latest remake/retelling of Carrie (Amazon Prime Video, 3 a.m.). This time a limited series, the Stephen King-authored story is updated to the present day and with Summer H. Howell as the title character. I can appreciate expanded the story to miniseries form, but... 8 episodes? Yet the early reviews are positive. Maybe it'll be better than other attempts -- the sequel, the pilot movie, and theatrical remake.

Elsewhere, Martin Mull gets documentary treatment, Abbott Elementary is in session, Chicago is One again, Last Seen is seen, Jamie Foxx aims for funny, our Slow Horses are finally the target, Ted Lasso has change, and Nova talks about satellite management.

Politics Corner October 6

   

beware of Harlan Crow

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My new American Express card showed up a day late and it's been surprising how complicated it is to update my finances.

Political Discussion Welcome

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 6

 Here are today's contestants:

- Alex Kim, a clinical social worker from Holyoke, Massachusetts;

- Elise Rose, a tutor researcher and editor from Ave Maria, Florida; and

- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a three-day champ with winnings of $39,701.