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PET SET - PISTOUIL
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Saturday, February 21, 2026
What's On Tonight (Sunday): Daddy's home
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| American Dad! |
Welcome, welcome welcome! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, February 22!
Our Top Pick tonight is American Dad! (Fox, 9 p.m. / Hulu, Monday). Because you can't kill these now-legacy animated shows, American Dad! returns to Fox, the network that axed it back in 2014. It also begins its 22nd season. I guess there are still people who find it funny.
Elsewhere, Alan Cumming loves hosting awards season, global sportsballs wraps, Anderson Cooper exits 60 Minutes, Dark Winds seeks the missing, Scream plays Squares, Mike Wolfe Picks history, silent film Calls the Heart, Family Guy is addicted to PSLs, the Knight determines his future, and Vanished is found.
This Weekend in Pop Culture: February 20-22
Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend.
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
You know how sometimes, a title can describe a movie really well?
How to Make a Killing
An American redo of "Kind Hearts and Coronets," just in case you needed one.
I Can Only Imagine 2
A sequel to a Christian "blockbuster."
Psycho Killer
A policewoman is on the hunt for a murderer. I hate people when they're not polite.
What have you been watching?
Friday, February 20, 2026
What's On Tonight (Saturday): Actors in the Hall
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| Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event |
Set the fucking tone! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, February 21!
Our Top Pick tonight is Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey: A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event (CNN, 7 p.m.). Results are always mixed when actors interview fellow actors. And this particular one sounds rather insufferable, complete with an audience. Plus, both of them seem like people who like to hear themselves talk. Oh well, I needed a Top Pick.
Elsewhere, Larry Wilmore has News, Shoresy heats up the ice arena, Lifetime is in super Double Trouble, One Piece finds trouble, the Kingdom has a baby boom, and Love Island finds its new All Star.
Politics Corner February 20
Released in 2004, this version was meant to feel more bleak than John Lennon's hope.
It'd be even darker now.
Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Feb. 20
Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:
- Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California, who has one win in the final round;
- Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada, winner of yesterday's game; and
- Roger Craig, an applied scientist originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, still seeking a final-round victory.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Politics Corner February 19
I overheard some of his more ridiculous quotes, but I did not put a dollar in.
What's On Tonight (Friday): My Two Dads Will Kick Your Ass...
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| The Orphans |
Today's Top Pick is a total shot in the dark: the director of this film has no track record, I've never heard of the lead actors, and it's French. It's a buddy action film called The Orphans. It's about two men who seek to help the vengeance seeking teenage daughter of a dead woman they both used to date back in the day. The trailer looks fun with a lot of practical stunt work and humor. It could be crap, but it's only 95 minutes, so at least it isn't a big investment.
Just missing Top Pick is the Emma Thompson action-thriller, Dead of Winter. Thompson plays a woman who stumbles onto a situation where a young woman is being held captive. Thompson decides to do something about it because she's Emma fucking Thompson and I can never get enough of her playing a bad ass.
We've also got the premiere of Strip Law, an animated comedy about a lawyer in Las Vegas (Adam Scott) and the crazy cases he takes on. The animation is not particularly impressive, but I got some laughs from the trailer. This is the first series for show creator Cullen Crawford, who mostly seems known for writing for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Might be fun.
⭐🎥 The Orphans (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Two childhood friends must overcome their differences when their old flame dies in a suspicious car accident and her teenage daughter seeks revenge.'✔️
Elsewhere...
Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Feb. 19
Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:
- Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California, winner of yesterday's opening game of the final round;
- Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada; and
- Roger Craig, an applied scientist originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
I've Got a Job Interview Today and Your Own Thursday Headlines
No, I'm not planning a return to journalism. I'm interviewing to be a sales associate at a mattress store. I'm at the point where I don't think I can support myself anymore as a delivery driver. (And I'm having some come to Jesus talks with myself about living within my means.) The sales job would pay more than double what I currently make, plus commission. Anyway, I'll catch up with vintage Broadway soon.
The Great British Sewing Bee, S3 E5
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Via The Roku Channel:
The first task sees the sewers coming unstuck with delicate lace and slippery satins.
You can watch S3E5 of The Great British Sewing Bee on The Roku Channel (no subscription required).
Originally aired March 5th, 2015.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
What's On Tonight (Thursday): Ever notice how many true crime documentaries there are?
Courtesy HBO Max.
Because I'm still resisting making the Olympics a Top Pick, tonight's choice is Murder in Glitterball City, a two-part true crime documentary premiering on HBO. Seriously, if we took away true crime from TV and/or streaming, most of Hulu's new programming would be non-existent.
Feed Me: Ash Wednesday
So you're supposed to be fasting now. No snacks!
No meat from mammal or fowl.
Enjoy!
Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Feb. 18
Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:
- Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California;
- Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada; and
- Roger Craig, an applied scientist originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Jeopardy!
NAMES IN SPORTS // QUOTABLE NOTABLES // WELL, THAT'S PATHETIC // A GOOD OLD JOB // HOW'D THEY COME UP WITH IT? // FORESTRY FICTION
DD1 - 600 - A GOOD OLD JOB - The name of this profession is also the action done by the worker who pulls a handle to make fizzy nonpotent potables flow (Andrew doubled to 9,600.)
Scores at first break: Roger 3,800, Long 1,600, Andrew 3,600.
Scores entering DJ: Roger 5,800, Long 1,600, Andrew 10,400.
Double Jeopardy!
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD // IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS // THAT DRINK IS NAMED FOR ME! // A MUSICAL LANGUAGE LESSON // GOING DOWN IN HISTORY // BEAUTIFUL THINGS
DD2 - 1,600 - PEOPLE OF THE WORLD - At about 70 million, the Hausa are the largest group in this African country, about 30% (On the first clue of the round, Long added 2,000.)
DD3 - 2,000 - IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS - To insist on a point until people start to doubt you & it is to do this, spoken by Queen Gertrude in "Hamlet" (Long lost 6,400 on a true DD vs. 14,800 for Andrew.)
Andrew opened a clear lead by doubling on DD1, Long dropped to 0 trying to catch up on DD3, and Roger never really got rolling but managed to keep the game alive into FJ at 10,600 v. 16,400 for Andrew and 2,000 for Long.
Final Jeopardy!
AMERICAN AUTHORS - She wrote the foreword for a 1971 cookbook sponsored by the Jackson Symphony League
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Andrew had a big enough lead that he was able to hang on, dropping 4,801 to win with 11,599.
Final scores: Roger 0, Long 67, Andrew 11,599.
Judging the writers: Odd writing on DD1, as the "action" is really not the same, but only the second word of the profession the clue wanted, which might by why Andrew only gave the second word before being told to BMS.
That's before their time: No one knew Warren Zevon's "Poor Poor...Me" who deserves commiseration is pitiful.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is soda jerk? (Andrew's initial response was just "jerk".) DD2 - What is Nigeria? DD3 - What is "protest too much"? FJ - Who was Eudora Welty?
[Torturous Shrieking Intensifies] And Other Wednesday Headlines
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| Happy Birthday, Yoko Ono (Born 1933), Via Tumblr |
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Limited Days of their lives
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| 56 Days |
An idiot sandwich! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, February 18!
Our Top Pick tonight is 56 Days (Amazon Prime Video, 3 a.m.). For anyone who wants to know how streamers are finding their niche, Amazon provides a romance crime thriller that feeds on the young demo's nostalgia with former Disney stars leading. The hot-and-heavy romance between Liv and Maddie's Dove Cameron and Victorious' Avan Jogia ends with one of them... melted? Karla Souza and Dorian Missick will find out which one is dead.
Elsewhere, Star Search finds its star, Parenthood happens under the sea, Ten Pound Poms returns for us Americans, Gordon Ramsay gets docuseries treatment, Shrinking goes to school, and Rental Family once had Oscar buzz.
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