What's On Tonight & Pop Culture

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Happy Halloween! And Make Your Own Saturday Headlines

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Friday, October 30, 2026

Politics Corner October 30

beware of Harlan Crow

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I'm out tonight. Tell me about it. We'll talk tomorrow.

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Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Saturday): I Dream of Valkyries

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.

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 30

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.

A Boil On The Butt Of Humanity And Other Friday Headlines

Tom Skerritt Via Tumblr

'We Don’t Know How To Tell You This, But Donald Trump MIGHT BE A Sex Criminal!!1!' [Wonkette]

'The Invitational Week 200: Oh, for Namesakes!' [The Gene Pool]

Thursday, October 29, 2026

What's On Tonight (Friday): Revisit a Time of Television Enthusiasts...

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...

Politics Corner October 29

beware of Harlan Crow

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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.

Political Discussion Welcome

The Great British Sewing Bee, S6 E8: World Sewing Week

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Via The BBC:

Five sewers do battle in the quarter-final, where they must master techniques and styles from France, Spain and the Philippines.

Originally aired June 10, 2020.

Watch on Google Drive.

Jeopardy1 recap for Thur., Oct. 29

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.

RIP Patrick Stewart

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.

The Hollywood Reporter

His favorite.

Shine It On and Your Own Thursday Headlines

Courtesy Playbill.

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.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

What's On Tonight (Thursday): Horror of Horrors

Courtesy Vogue.

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?

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 28

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.

Feed Me: Wild Foods

That's wild asparagus in Nebraska, and today is largely a tribute to Euell Gibbons' outdoor guide and cookbook, Stalking the Wild Asparagus.

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*

Remarkably Dumb Republicans And Other Wednesday Headlines

Sally Field Via Gifer

'California 1, Trump DOJ Vote Stealers 0, As 9th Circuit Tells DOJ To Eat This F*ck' [Wonkette]

Republicans Find Their Woke Side For The Cheesecake Factory [I Might Be Wrong]

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Did they just become best friends? Yep.

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.