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PET SET - GIGI & FREDDY
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Saturday, June 13, 2026
What's On Tonight (Sunday): You got blood on your face, you big disgrace
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| The Vampire Lestat |
I've got a need! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, June 14!
Our Top Pick tonight is The Vampire Lestat (AMC+, 3 a.m. / AMC, 9 p.m.). This is the third season of the enjoyable Interview with the Vampire (or first season if you ask AMC). It is a reset but still working its way through Anne Rice's source material -- the second of the Vampire Chronicles series, which still has 11 books following. Lestat is now a rockstar. And he will... suck you?
Elsewhere, vampire chasing requires Patience, Grantchester is coming to the finish line, 1925 is the Way Home, rice Built America, and the People's House hosts fights.
Politics Corner June 13
beware of Harlan Crow
photo mine
I was tempted to post this photo last night for my dad but I decided to honor the later, stranger days and be nice but today I have a different context. I'm cutting out early and I haven't heard from Walter Reed yet.
they took a perfectly nice man and shaved his armpits
how are they going to explain his stubble?
via Amazon
is Trump a stump yet?
via RU Pinterest
Political Discussion Welcome
This Weekend in Pop Culture: June 12-14
Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend.
Disclosure Day
Aliens exist? Maybe?
Stop! That! Train!
A parody of disaster films set on a train. It can't be as bad as "Scary Movie" looked, right? Right?
What have you been watching?
Friday, June 12, 2026
Politics Corner June 12
beware of Harlan Crow
photo mine
Politics is mourning for so many things. We could start with the state of the union and work our way out to the state of the world and even the state of the universe. But I'm looking inward today. The biggest personal enemy I ever had died today. He actually died decades ago but he didn't notice. He became a different person. I still fought him for a long time because he still looked like my dad. It took a very long time for me to acknowledge that he was not the same person. When you have been at war longer than you can remember if is difficult to stop. If you can't catch the political analogy then I don't know what to tell you.
I have no idea why he liked this but he did
I imagine that he was idealizing like I did
Political Discussion Welcome
What's On Tonight (Saturday): Inside out 5
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| Inside the NBA |
Know your five freedoms! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, June 13!
Our Top Pick tonight is Inside the NBA (ABC, 11 p.m.). This particular edition of the Top Pick is the aftershow. There's also the pregame Inside the NBA as well as the halftime. This is also the first year for Inside the NBA, previously a TNT additive (and TNBC for the millennials!), on ABC. There's also an after-after show Inside the NBA on ESPN. 30 minutes on ABC, then another 30 minutes on ESPN. The Mouse really wants you to be inside the NBA all the time.
Elsewhere, Bonnaroo is live on streaming, Superman is back in action, balls will be kicked, Craig Ferguson knows the five freedoms, Hallmark does the two-step, and Lifetime is Jealous.
Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jun. 12
Here are today's contestants:
- Adam Remsen, an attorney and theater producer from Memphis, Tennessee
- Erin Schor, a legislative director from Lansing, Michigan; and
- Matt Wheeler, an associate registrar and songwriter from Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. Matt is a one-day champ with winnings of $13,500.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
What's On Tonight (Friday): Satanists Mess with the Wrong Final Girl
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| They Will Kill You |
Today's Top Pick is the streaming premiere of They Will Kill You. The action/comedy/horror film follows a woman who starts work as a maid at a reclusive NYC hotel only to find out everyone in the building are satanists who need to sacrifice her. The trailer indicates this is more action/comedy oriented than horror, and that's find with me. I've never been big on depressing horror films where the potential victim is virtually powerless against the forces of darkness. I'd rather have an ass kicker heroine any day of the week.
⭐🎥 They Will Kill You (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'Unleashes a blood-soaked, high-octane horror-action-comedy in which a young woman must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult's mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering in a uniquely brazen, big screen battle of epic kills and wickedly dark humor.'
Elsewhere...
Politics Corner June 11
beware of Harlan Crow
photo mine
Republicans are still hiding Epstein files. Where there's smoke there's fire. [NBC]
Political Discussion Welcome
Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jun. 11
Here are today's contestants:
- Matt Wheeler, an associate registrar and songwriter from Mount Joy, Pennsylvania;
- Danya Granado, a college administrator originally from Aurora, Colorado; and
- Katelyn Mueller-McLean, an accessibility audio producer from San Francisco, California. Katelyn is a one-day champ with winnings of $3,400.
Witty fools, foolish wits, and your own Thursday headlines
Courtesy PBS.
This week's Notable Opening Night spotlight is on June 11, 1804, which appears to be when Americans first saw a production of Twelfth Night. It took place at the now-demolished Park Theatre, located close to City Hall Park.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Politics Corner June 10
beware of Harlan Crow
photo mine
Between an upper endoscopy at the beginning of the week and hosting a trunk show on Friday, Politics Corner is distracted and exhausted. I wasn't saying Boo-urns.
Political Discussion Welcome
What's On Tonight (Thursday): FIFA, fi-fo-fum!
Courtesy CNN.
Tonight's Top Pick is the first match of the FIFA World Cup 2026, Mexico vs. South Africa, happening at 3 p.m. Eastern on FOX. I've been so out of the loop with the World Cup. I didn't realize it doesn't conclude until more than a month from now. That's like the Olympics on steroids!
Feed Me: Egg Rolls
The first records date back to the Jin Dynasty, associated with the Spring Festival.
Cantonese immigrants brought their recipes with them during the Gold Rush, which then evolved in American Chinatowns.
By the 1950's there were frozen options to be found in grocery stores, sold by Chun King.
This is an air fryer recipe but also a wrap guide.
Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jun. 10
Here are today's contestants:
- Katelyn Mueller-McLean, an accessibility audio producer from San Francisco, California;
- AJ Maroney, a beverage manager from Boston, Massachusetts; and
- Dan Laine, a software engineer from Jersey City, New Jersey. Dan is a one-day champ with winnings of $2,193.
Get Happy And Other Wednesday Headlines
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| Happy Birthday, Judy Garland! (June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) Via Giphy |
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Second time around
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| Every Year After |
Outwit, outplay! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, June 10!
Our Top Pick tonight is the premiere of Every Year After (Amazon Prime Video, 3 a.m.). Following The Summer I Turned Pretty, Off Campus, 56 Days, We Were Liars, etc., Prime has carved a niche for itself revolving around young people and soapy romances (and often time jumps) adapted from popular novels. This one kind of reads like a stereotypical Hallmark movie where old flames reconnect and find true love. That is the trajectory, but it expands on the toll returning to a hometown, seeing someone you might not be over, and gives fleshes out the supporting cast. Also, reviews have been quite positive.
Elsewhere, Pearadise gets docuseries treatment, Criminal Record stops the danger, All the Queen's Men still exists, Vox Machina has avoidances, Outlast goes to the jungle, the Brilliant are possessed, and the Bennet Sister has options.
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