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For the east coasters who might have missed this…

The little squeaks! The little grabby paws!

This is an outrage, NYT Games. Of course this is a word.

I’m guessing that in exchange for getting this “scoop,” Reuters agreed to just print propaganda like this, even though there’s no reasonable standard by which Trump’s economy can be described as “strong” or stable.

This is "Weird" Al-level musical satire. So good.

This broke earlier today in my BUFFERING newsletter, but is now live on @vulture.com: This weekend's #SNLUK will stream on Peacock much earlier than last week's premiere. Here's why, plus why the first ep didn't go up until 9 p.m. Sunday. www.vulture.com/article/what...

Happy 53rd anniversary to Pyramid!

Baby Peter Ligouri during his FX era (left) and today (head of Nielsen competitor VideoAmp)

27 years later, every show on this list—other than 90210–is still around.

Wonderful time capsule of 1999 TV via this nearly complete episode of Entertainment Weekly on CNN, including a visit to the set of Sports Night, chats with @dherzog77.bsky.social and a certain CBS boss, plus a critics roundtable with @kentucker.bsky.social youtu.be/ok_AKHLyseM?...

Willard Scott isn’t around, but thankfully Today had Al Roker wish Gene a happy 100th this morning. Truly an icon.

Let the smooth jazz sounds of the Weather Channel soothe you to sleep youtu.be/YeUE1G07yH8?...

Farewell to Lilias Folan (1936–2026) — yoga teacher, broadcaster, author and columnist. As host of the PBS series LILIAS, YOGA AND YOU beginning in 1970, “she was perhaps the first to bring the exotic-seeming practice into middle-American living rooms.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u... #TVSky

Robby’s descent into douchery is the linchpin of ‘The Pitt’ season two’s storytelling, but in order to pull it off, the show is undercutting the rest of its ensemble, TV critic Roxana Hadadi writes.

Caption on photo, top right: "We can't leave it all to Woody Allen."

I know better, but after posting about RJ here, I was curious what sort of buzz it was getting over on Occupied Twitter. Of course, Elon’s rigged algo made this insanely long rant one of the first things it showed me. What a cursed site that place has become.

I finally caught up on the first three episodes of RJ DECKER (ABC/Hulu), and this show is extremely my jam. Great writing, great cast, fun storylines: The ROCKFORD FILES reboot in the works at NBC is going to have a tough time matching what ABC has already done. Very much recommend checking it out.

Two 70s icons, two rookie players on SUPER PASSWORD starting this day in 1987: Phyllis Diller and William Christopher

Valerie Perrine 1943-2026 RIP

Also, I have to say, it's pretty scary/impressive that less than an hour after the first published reports of her passing, both Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant correctly note she passed away today when you ask them for Perrine's age. The Machine never sleeps, I guess

Her last years were filled with a lot of struggle, but based on interviews I read with her, Perrine's spirit remained undefeated. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

ALERT: Professional news. Nine days after leaving CBS, I have found a new professional home: Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor for @meidastouch.com

There were non-sci fi options the week before Christmas 1984, including a movie that had opened a few weeks earlier and was still doing gangbusters at the box office: Beverly Hills Cop

Christmas 1984 was a good time for fans of sci-fi blockbusters.

“I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac; a little voice inside my head said, ‘Sign up now for $9.99 a month and no money down’.” youtu.be/Z-_mxCZfKEY?...

Every spot in the Peacock home page rotator is devoted to some bit of WICKED:FOR GOOD content, and the premiere of SNL UK won’t debut until some random time later tonight. Both of these things explain why Peacock is the smallest major streamer in the U.S., despite the Comcast and NBC of it all

This is disgusting and the fact that anyone on the supposed left would have space for this guy and any of his associates is truly disgusting

"This is the most despicable public statement by an American public official in my lifetime."-- @jfallows.bsky.social in The Atlantic The NYT's response? No stand-alone story, and one sentence: "Mr. Trump remained unforgiving of Mr. Mueller’s investigation even after Mr. Mueller’s death."

(Almost) live from London, it’s Saturday Night youtu.be/yI1Lzi1ufOQ?...

I wrote about Trump’s vile reaction to Mueller’s death. Why is this OK? www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

Peacock won’t stream SNL UK until something like 24 hours after it airs, but in better news, BBC is posting full episode of THE CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN SHOW on YouTube just hours after its premiere. youtu.be/mTPe0OrMUqg?...

The choice was Frasier, and this is how the first episode in the new slot began on September 24, 1998 ("Good Grief" from season 6)

I was so busy yesterday with Bachelor and Buffy, I forgot to post my little Buffering exclusive, but yes, there have been advanced talks. There are very good reasons to be skeptical, and if this is gonna be filled with just Bravo/Peacock reality stars (it almost surely will), it's not for me. BUT!

This is so great: The first 30 minutes of fX, with Tom Bergeron, Laurie Hibberd and future Disney exec Anne Sweeney. (BTW, looks like much of the building that housed the FX apartment is now owned by…Jeff Bezos) youtu.be/9mvPQfYU55Q?...

Next season on THE PITT....

lmao the eurovision mascot is so ugly I literally screamed at this reveal

For CBS News Radio lovers

This is so moving and incredibly well-written, and captures what I think a lot of Jews (and in my case, Jewish Armenians) are feeling these days. Very much worth a read

To be honest, though, I might prefer this? youtu.be/dmK47H_otew?...

I started typing “The Pitt” into the YouTube search field, and before I could finish, the algo read my mind and predicted my next two words would be “ER credits,” and welp, the internet doesn’t disappoint: youtu.be/2oRN_i77Ygk?...

And then there’s this report on CNN’s website, which leads with both sides, then frames it as Dems using TSA to get ICE reforms…before contradicting the first part of the story by admitting, oh yeah, Dems are willing to fun everything but ICE, but the GOP says that’s not acceptable.

What’s infuriating about all the nets is that none will report on TV that Dems have been trying force a vote to fund everything in DHS except ICE—and Trump and GOP refuse to do it. CBS News reported this online, but their TV coverage ignores it!