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| Inde Navarrette & Gracie Abrams |
Show #1012
Actor Inde Navarrette makes her SNL debut following a big summer with Obsession. Happy Halloween, everyone!
Pop singer Gracie Abrams returns for her second time as musical guest. The previous time was the 2024 holiday episode.
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| Youth |
Fall back! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, November 1!
Our Top Pick tonight is the finale of Youth (HBO & HBO Max, 10 p.m.). This Sharon Horgan-created-written-and-starring series finds 50-something literary agent Alex (Horgan) seeking love after a 4-year dry spell since her divorce and her kid off to college. Of course things don't go as planned, and Alex takes a long look at love and aging. I find the show to be a delight.
Elsewhere, a Hostage is freed, the hats of Gilded Age return, Tracker tracks, Animal Control does pig parenting, OJ had an Accomplice, and a Golden Glove is awarded.
Welcome to the Weekend in Pop Culture! Let's examine what's coming out in theaters this weekend.
Hrm. Not much.
What have you been watching?
beware of Harlan Crow
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I'm out tonight. Tell me about it. We'll talk tomorrow.
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| 2026 WNBA Finals |
Happy Halloween! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, October 31!
Our Top Pick tonight is the conclusion of the 2026 WNBA Finals (USA & CNBC, 8 p.m.). This year's series concludes with game 7 between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream.
Elsewhere, Inde Navarrette is Live from New York, David Alan Grier has News, Ty Myers goes to the Limits, Jiro experiences a flashback, and Lifetime is Getting Out of Here Alive.
Here are today's contestants:
- Sam Neal, a knowledge management analyst from Shawnee, Kansas;
- Erica Doornek, a federal employee originally from Glasgow, Montana; and
- Stefanie Landeweer, a chemistry professor from Lexington Park, Maryland. Stefanie is a two-day champ with winnings of $30,000.
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| SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of |
Today's Top Pick is the documentary SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of . The documentary can be found on Netflix, which also recently started streaming the entire series. I assume the only people who never heard of SCTV are either in a much older or much younger demo than I fall into. I didn't watch the series when it first ran but I knew of it.
⭐🎥 SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Chronicles the rise, fall, and enduring legacy of one of the most influential sketch comedy series in television history. Through intimate interviews with surviving members of its legendary cast and an emotional reunion in Toronto, the film explores the creative partnership that transformed a small Canadian television production into a cultural phenomenon that launched some of comedy's most celebrated icons.'
Elsewhere...
beware of Harlan Crow
photo mine
Too much death. Go figure. Of all things I've got baseball to give me hope. One of our best friends and new widower is over. I need to respond to another friend whose dead brother was a best friend. The live brother asked me last year about a friend to write about for World AIDS Day. This year he wants to know about one of my best best friends. I don't know if I can do it. Jay deserves so much more than I can offer. He lived a larger life than I. There are very few people that can claim that. Thank God for baseball.
Jay happened to be the original Columbia at the Oriental Theater in Milwaukee. Bright, colorful, full of life, and bound to be disappointed.
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| Via CB |
Five sewers do battle in the quarter-final, where they must master techniques and styles from France, Spain and the Philippines.
Here are today's contestants:
- Sarah Sinclair, a product manager from Seattle, Washington;
- Andrew Medlin, a high school teacher from Shreveport, Louisiana; and
- Stefanie Landeweer, a chemistry professor from Lexington Park, Maryland. Stefanie is a one-day champ with winnings of $19,400.
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Sir Patrick Stewart
07/13/1940 - 10/28/2026
A man who has touched many fandoms, from Star Trek to X-Men, American Dad to Shakespeare.
His favorite.
This week's Notable Opening Nights spotlight is on The Act, which opened Oct. 29, 1977, at the Majestic. I'm not feeling up for longform writing, so it's another week of capsule commentaries. Sorry, Liza.
Tonight's Top Pick is the 13th season finale of American Horror Story, airing at 9 p.m. on FX. I haven't watched in years; is Jessica Lange playing Catwoman?
Here are today's contestants:
- Spencer Murphy, an endocrinologist from Menlo Park, California;
- Stefanie Landeweer, a chemistry professor from Lexington Park, Maryland; and
- Shannon Leigh Godwin, an interior designer from Oakland, California. Shannon is a three-day champ with winnings of $40,601.
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October and November are foraging season for nuts, late-season fruits, roots, and cool-weather mushrooms.
Let's break that down.
Nuts: acorns, chestnuts, and black walnuts
Fruits: persimmon, rose hips, Hawthorn berries, and apples
Roots/Tubers: burdock and carrots
Mushrooms: Maitake, Winter Oyster, Lion's Mane, and King Boletes
*Warning for carrots*
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| Brothers |
Booyakasha! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, October 28!
Our Top Pick tonight is the penultimate episode of Brothers (Apple TV, midnight). This comedy reunited detective actors Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey as fictional versions of themselves who learn they might be brothers. I think the plot sounds dumb.
Elsewhere, Ali G gets a movie, da Baby's mama wants more, the FBI goes into the Fire, our size and shape is of Evolution, Abbott gets into spooky season, South Park has some beef, and Jost and Che have a final answer.
