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I had a visitor yesterday. I feel judged.
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Political Discussion Welcome
Saturday, September 5, 2026
What's On Tonight (Sunday): You know nothing, Sydney Carton
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| A Tale of Two Cities |
It was the best of times! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, September 6!
Our Top Pick tonight is the series premiere of A Tale of Two Cities (MGM+, 10 p.m.). This miniseries adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic stars Gilderoy Lockhart Kit Harington and François Civil as Sydney and Charles and Mirren Mack as Lucie. For such a quintessential piece of literature — of which reading it in high school unquestionably spurred my life track as a writer — the work isn't often adapted. The mini was developed by Daniel West, who also did the Kit-led mini Gunpowder, that I assume no one remembers.
Elsewhere, Susan Reyland and the Marlow gang both find Murder on PBS, Librarians answer the call, Negan saves community, and the President gets malware.
This Weekend in Pop Culture: September 4-6
Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend.
By Any Means
A hitman and an FBI agent team up to investigate the killings of civil rights leaders.
Fall 2: Deadpoint
After her sister dies in a climbing accident, a woman and her friend climb a mountain on a plank walk, because stupidity apparently runs in their family.
Onslaught
A mother protects her daughter from an unstoppable killing machine.
What have you been watching?
Friday, September 4, 2026
What's On Tonight (Saturday): Bad feminist
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| Surviving the Silence: The Roxane Gay Story |
Sister sister! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, September 5!
Our Top Pick tonight is Surviving the Silence: The Roxane Gay Story (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). Author Roxane Gay's memoir Hunger gets Lifetime movie treatment. Gay is one of my favorite writers. Her Black Panther: World of Wakanda was wonderful and I still regularly revisit Bad Feminist essays. Her Tyler Perry essay is exceptional.
Elsewhere, Tamera Mowry loves a Mystery, balls are foot'd, Camp Rock gets vertical, Scavengers Reign in linear, and Practical Magic goes to Dinner.
Politics Corner September 4
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There is nothing better than a little girl dancing. She doesn't know that the world is turning to shit. I will protect her from that as long as I can. I've spent my life trying to get the world turned right or at least moving forward. She doesn't know this and I don't ever want her to even understand. Ponies and rainbows.
Political Discussion Welcome
Thursday, September 3, 2026
What's On Tonight (Friday): We Can Have a Parade and Serve Hot Hors D'oeuvres!
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| Mayday |
Today's Top Pick is the Apple original film Mayday. Ryan Reynolds stars as a US pilot who is shot down over the Soviet Union in 1987. Luckily he is found by Kenneth Branagh, who gets to do the Liam Neeson old man ass kicker role as a former KGB agent who loves Americana and decides to help Reynolds. Your mileage may vary regarding the two stars, but the directors are Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who also directed the far better than it had any right to be Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Other than that, there's not much happening. It's the Friday before a 3-day weekend. Go out.
⭐🎥 Mayday (Apple, 12:01 AM) 'When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy "Assassin" Kelly (Ryan Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Kenneth Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he's toast -- but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy's rescue and a bond neither saw coming?'
Elsewhere...
Glory, Glory ... It's Your Own Thursday Headlines!
Courtesy IMDB.
This week's Notable Opening Night is Sept. 3, 1924, when What Price Glory opened at what is now the Gerald Schoenfeld.
The Great British Sewing Bee, S6 E1
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| Via CB |
Via The BBC:
Joe Lycett kicks off ten weeks of the most perplexing patterns, eye-popping transformations and stunning made-to-measure garments yet.
Originally aired April 22, 2020.
Watch on Roku or Google Drive.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Politics Corner September 2
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Did we did we not? US prosecutors are mum. Of course they pushed legal bounds to bursting in gathering Don Lemon's phone calls. The excuse? He was covering a protest. All protesters on the left are traitors. All fascist protesters are patriots.
Don Lemon was not protesting. He was simply there to report the news. The right of a free press is as old as our country. It means noting under our fascist administration. [Guardian]
via Guardian
Political Discussion Welcome
What's On Tonight (Thursday): Powers to the people
Courtesy The Hollywood Reporter.
Tonight's Top Pick is the second season premiere of Chad Powers, which is apparently happening in a six-episode burnoff at 12:01 a.m. on Hulu. Well, you gave it your best shot, Glen Powell. You gave it your all.
Feed Me: Coconut
I'm not often a fan of shredded coconut, but I don't always hate a macaroon.
I might prefer these Chewy Coconut Bars.
Or maybe a Dulce de Coco?
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Politics Corner September 1
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America has finally entered its abstract expressionist phase. We know where we go from here.
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Political Discussion Welcome
What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Hard knock life
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| The Hardacres |
May the Lego be with you! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, September 2!
Our Top Pick tonight is The Hardacres (BritBox, 3 a.m.). This UK drama is like The Beverly Hillibillies meets The Forsyte Saga (or The Gilded Age) meets All Creatures Great and Small where the poor Hardacre family inherits a large estate and must adapt to a new social class because they want to fit in, mostly. The family is a force for good and life lessons can be spoon fed. It fills a PBS Masterpiece niche.
Elsewhere, Reacher runs, Gal Gadot is a Runner, Diarra is held hostage, Ted faces Chelsea, MasterChef goes real time, Netflix recalls 9/11, and Lindsay Clancy get primetime news treatment.
Monday, August 31, 2026
Politics Corner August 31
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I'm tired of despair. Let's give it a whirl.
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What's On Tonight (Tuesday): Talk about a throwback!
Courtesy Deadline.
Tonight's Top Pick is the two-episode series premiere of The Varnell Hill Show, which is not only starring Tommy Davidson, perhaps best known for In Living Color, but having him reprise a role he played nearly 33 years ago on Martin. If this was any more early '90s FOX, I'd have to use tin foil to get the station.
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