Here are today's contestants:
- Jim Snaza, a marketing manager from Chicago, Illinois;
- Amy Treber, a barista and editor originally from Indianapolis, Indiana; and
- Anthony Cantor, a television & podcast producer from Toronto, Ontario. Anthony is a one-day champ with winnings of $37,200.
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Tonight's Top Pick is Coast 2 Coast Tuesday, opening its second season with not one, not two, but three basketball games on NBC. Celtics, Pistons, 76ers, Knicks, Thunder, Spurs ... they're all playing.
Here are today's contestants:
- Anthony Cantor, a television & podcast producer from Toronto, Ontario;
- Aster Wise, a music teacher from Annandale, Virginia; and
- Frank Merchlewitz, a senior digital producer from Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Eileen is a one-day champ with winnings of $14,350.
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My friend who died two days ago drank himself to death. He hated his job and could afford to retire so he did. At first he just did nothing. Fine. He had earned that right. Then he kept doing nothing. Then he started drinking. He didn't stop. He had planned to start new hobbies and volunteer work. He was going to get a dog. He got a replacement cat. I love cats. Cats have loved me for more than just my tendency to feed them. But a cat won't get you out of the house three times a day.
Tommy stopped going out altogether. He stayed home and drank. He would not allow visitors. I have not seen him in a year. Now I never will. I've been saddened and angry with him for so long and now that will never stop. His partner has had to deal with all of this and will carry this burden forever. Never do this to anyone. Unimagineable.
Tonight's Top Pick is "Radio Active," the newest episode of CIA, airing at 9 p.m. on CBS. I try to keep an open mind about TV viewers, but I have no clue just how engaged the people who never miss a CIA are.
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My friend who died yesterday drank himself to death. He had hated his job and could afford to retire so he did. At first he just did nothing. Fine. He had earned that right. Then he kept doing nothing. Then he started drinking. He didn't stop for a year. Now he has stopped. I have been saddened and angry with him. Now that will not stop. Don't do this to anyone. His partner has had to live with this. Unimaginable.
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Another glorious morning. Makes me sick! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, October 18!
Our Top Pick tonight is The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story (HBO & HBO Max, 9 p.m.). HBO serves us a true crime spook story for spooky season, diving into the 1985 murder of Dorothy Lou Thompson and the pet cemetery murders. I ain't afraid of no ghost.
Elsewhere, James Norton was Live from London, the Simpsons visit the Treehouse, there's Gold in them thar televisions, Maigret is back on the case, Animal Control goes undercover, Professor T returns to duty, the Island pulls mutiny, and the Hostage goes back to '72.
Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend.
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
A pickpocket scrambles to find something he stole and got rid of.
Sense and Sensibility
The Jane Austen classic gets adapted to film. Again.
Street Fighter
The video game classic gets adapted to film. Again.
Whalefall
A scuba diver searching for his father's remains is swallowed by a whale. And no, they didn't name him "Jonah," thankfully.
What have you been watching?
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They're here already! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, October 17!
Our Top Pick tonight is Super Scam Me (National Geographic & Disney+ & Hulu, 9 p.m.). This is the latest report by investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller where she is tracking romance scammers. If you like good broadcast reporting on modern issues, don't sleep on Mariana's work.
Elsewhere, Ari Lennox goes to the Limits, Josh Gondelman has News, JD Vance goes to the Town Hall, Coven Academy gets pushed into a Locker, 48 Hours returns, and anime Gachiakuta goes linear.
Here is a listing for every state.
Whether by mail or in person, early or on November 3rd,
VOTE.
Here are today's contestants:
- Mariah Stovall, a literary agent and novelist from Newark, New Jersey;
- Frank Merchlewitz, a senior digital producer from Robbinsdale, Minnesota; and
- Eileen Goodwin, a research scientist from Boston, Massachusetts. Eileen is a one-day champ with winnings of $8,401.
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This week's Top Pick is the mountain climbing adventure/drama Tenzing. Reviews are excellent for the true story of one of the first men to climb Everest. It features Genden Phuntsok as the film's namesake, Tom Hiddleston as his mountain climbing bro and Willem FUCKING DaFoe as a crusty British officer. That last bit is worth the price of admission alone.
⭐🎥 Tenzing (Apple, 12:01 AM) 'Chronicles the true story of Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston), was the first to summit Mount Everest. Encouraged by his wife Dawa, Tenzing finds an ally in expedition secretary Jill Henderson. Together, they persuade Colonel John Hunt (Willem DaFoe) that Tenzing belongs on the British climbing team, rather than merely serving it. What follows is an ascent defined as much by the tensions between backgrounds, classes and competing ambitions as by the perils of the mountain itself.'
Elsewhere...
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Politics Corner is going down early to wake up even earlier to go to Mexico.
Here are today's contestants:
- Richard Koo, a middle school math teacher from Forest Hills, New York;
- Eileen Goodwin, a research scientist from Boston, Massachusetts; and
- Kim Kalnoki, a pattern designer from Sacramento, California. Kim is a one-day champ with winnings of $28,401.
This commercial, which aired a few years before my first flight, made it seem so glamorous. The idea of sleeping in Manhattan and waking up in London.
