Here are today's contestants:
- Camryn Bell, a museum educator originally from Minnetonka, Minnesota;
- Peter McFerrin, an energy industry professional from Corona, California; and
- Chris D'Angelo, a content manager from Washington, D.C. Chris is an eight-day champ with winnings of $194,201.
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Mother may I? It's June.
Tonight's Top Pick is the series premiere of Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult, airing at 9 p.m. on HBO. Up until now, I'd never heard of Hoyt Richards, but apparently I saw him in 1998's Six Days, Seven Nights. Also, Hoyt's fellow cult members included Fabio!
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Happy last day of 2025-26 Emmy consideration! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, May 31!
Our Top Pick tonight is N/A (Theater Close-Up) (PBS, 8 p.m.). This is a political generation gap play with the elder and first lady Speaker of the House (Holland Taylor) and the youngest woman ever elected to Congress (Ana VillafaƱe). While the assumption per physical appearance seems obvious, the playwright says there's no intention. The play is already available via Thirteen's YouTube, but tonight it airs linearly via PBS. I assume its carrying coverage is low, so online might be the way to see it.
Elsewhere, Euphoria hits a climax, giant cookies Built America, AFI celebrates Eddie Murphy, Elliot and Kat go Home, and there's news From the settlement.
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Once more and this time with feeling! Santiago Campos is a name to watch out for! But you're not likely to see his name on CBS News. Campos, who is graduating from DC's international school, won a scholarship at the 47th annual news and documentary Emmy Awards. He used his speech to tear apart CBS and particularly CBS News. Campos, 18, had to look up Mike Wallace to know who his scholarship was named for. He didn't have to look up Bari Weiss. He ripped her to shreds and dared her to come see him and take the CBS sponsored scholarship back. I doubt Bari Weiss is dim enough to do that because the other networks and news outlets would be clamoring to sponsor Campos entire college career and make CBS look even more craven. Campos plans to use the scholarship when he enrolls at Georgetown University this fall. He has been offered an internship at a "major national newspaper" (the Guardian by any chance? Does the Guardian do blind items?) which he has turned down. What are Campos' plans for the summer? He's going to be a lifeguard. I wholeheartedly agree. [Guardian]
I wonder if this might have played out differently if the scholarship had been named for Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite or even Dan Rather.
Here are today's contestants:
- Matt Patrick, a nonprofit program manager from Bloomfield, New Jersey;
- Lili Driggs, a banker from New York City; and
- Chris D'Angelo, a content manager from Washington, D.C. Chris is a seven-day champ with winnings of $174,201.
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Nobody's perfect! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, May 30!
Our Top Pick tonight is Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose (CNN, 9 p.m.). This new docuseries finds former later-night Craig Ferguson traveling America "to explore the defining ideas, and contradictions, at the heart of the United States." Like John Oliver, he's a late-night host who became naturalized.
Elsewhere, Adam Shankman picks Two, Instadocs tackles Alex Murdaugh, CBS has a Fever and the only solution is Fire, Houston still has Heart & Hustle, a ghost hunter sings Harmony, and new Wars begin on A&E.
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Runner up is the series premiere of Apple's Star City. This spin off of For All Mankind, whose season 5 finale also premieres today, goes back to the 1960s to cover the same narrative as the original series but from the Russians' point of view. I enjoyed the first two seasons of Mankind before season three lost me. Perhaps pulling a cold war Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with the earlier seasons will bring back some of what I liked.
⭐š„ Miss You, Love You (HBO, 8:00 PM) 'A blunt, grieving widow, Diane Patterson (Allison Janney) is forced to plan her husband's funeral with a total stranger: her estranged son's assistant, Jamie Simms (Andrew Rannells). As they fumble through grief and their strange, darkly funny circumstances, buried secrets and long-held resentments surface, but their partnership becomes an unlikely conduit for connection, laughter, and healing for this mother and her unexpected surrogate son. Written and directed by Jim Rash.'
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Netanyahu will settle for nothing less than 100% of Gaza. [CNN]
Here are today's contestants:
- Ken Bloom, a physics professor from Lincoln, Nebraska;
- Ariel Epstein, an executive research director originally from Belle Mead, New Jersey; and
- Chris D'Angelo, a content manager from Washington, D.C. Chris is a six-day champ with winnings of $124,201.
We're getting closer to a complete catchup. I am having some fun trying to fit in as many curated capsule commentaries as I can in a 90-minute span.
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I tried to save you from clicking on the Hill. It wouldn't work. The insanity is worth it. [Hill]
Tonight's Top Pick is the series finale of Hacks, premiering at 9 p.m. on HBO Max. Happy trails, Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart. Good luck at the Emmys. At the risk of jinxing Jean, it would be pretty cool if she scored her fifth near-consecutive lead actress win for a five-season series that broadcast over six years. Off the top of my head, the closest would be Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, with six straight wins for Veep, which had seven seasons broadcast over eight years.
