Great start to the morning so far. Some jerk sideswiped the mirror on my car parked on the street. So now it is not roadworthy. It had just a few weeks left until retirement. Of course they didn’t leave a note.

Be like Katie and watch Widow’s Bay. I’m not saying it is the best new show of the year. But as of June it is a very strong contender.

are ppl aware that paramount is the corporate parent of paws inc. what if bari has been playing the long game so ellison puts her in charge of garfield

Well "Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator" is finally out. Northern Pictures came to me expecting freebie archive footage of British Paint ads, and went quiet once they were offered fair archivist rates. So just know this when you watch this.

Has there been a better US network comedy since Better Off Ted?

Cinema is back, baby.

Cool Jared Leto mask in the toy dept.

Just saw @dylanbyers.bsky.social email announce moving one of his newsletters to @puck.news upper tier "Inner Circle." That was all the incentive I needed to cancel my Puck subscription. I've already unsubbed the podcasts - I tired of Jon Kelly talking about hosting lavish Puck parties on my dollar.

I love looking at my iPhone as I go to bed thinking about the missile strikes I’m supposed to be overseeing.

A season 26 renewal for Law & Order is good news. I was convinced the show was toast because: 1) It was getting very close to the deadline 2) I have only just started watching it in the past couple of seasons (since Reid "Brando" Scott joined). deadline.com/2026/05/law-...

This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of my all-time favourite moments in television: When a prospective job applicant stepped into the BBC for a job interview, only to be mistakenly interviewed on air. open.substack.com/pub/alwaysbe...

There is a key difference between 2024 kids movie Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddy Bear and 2019s feature film for adults Cats.

If David Ellison wants to prove that he is on the side of cinema, he could just greenlight a sequel to Confess, Fletch.

Calling bullshit on Taron Edgerton calling it a “gas station” in #Apex

A dumb EV ‘analysis’ story on the ABC site. Lots to be annoyed by, but what irked me most was the “lucky for some’ comment about EV charging being free for those with solar panels in their roof. Over 40% of Australians made the investment in their homes. It’s not luck. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Come on @nytimes.com - this is pretty poor.

It’s getting to the point of Idiocracy being the best case scenario for the US these days.

If The Testaments was more realistic, we'd see villains with Mar-a-Lago face.

It is 2026 and there is a channel playing nothing but Seinfeld on loop. It can only be downhill from here.

Paradise in season one was silly, watchable nonsense (with a killer episode seven that was hugely entertaining). Season two was a tiresome slog. And who signed off on that Elvis cover song playing over the top of a Graceland visit?

Kristi Noem has asked for “prayers and privacy,” for her family, but I think we should wait and get all the facts before anyone takes any definitive action.

Read the room Telstra. This wasn’t the week to hike prices on your already expensive telco service. I just paid close to $50 for 20 litres of petrol. I wasn’t in the mood.

I have seen this movie. At a cinema, even (I think). I had, obviously, forgotten it existed until now.

Keep your margins straight.

Imagine how many Warner Bros could be purchased by the time this finishes up.

Why can’t people in a Bill Lawrence show act like actual human beings behave?

There were (obviously) better ways for George to let it be known that he was responsible for paying for the Big Salad.

The real winner of MSNBC being spun out into Versant? NBC News Now. It is by far now the most watchable US election news coverage.

Wait until these young whippersnappers move house a couple of times and discover what a burden these collections are.

The Paper (the hugely entertaining 1994 movie) finished streaming and then P+ stated autoplaying The Untouchables. The most spot-on recommendation I’ve ever seen. If next it plays State & Main, I can only assume Skynet has gone live.

The Tom Cherones episodes of Seinfeld are superior to the Andy Ackerman episodes.

I’m tired of feeling sad anytime I’m watching an animated movie with my kid. Can’t Hollywood just make cartoon films set at a beach party with lots of upbeat songs?

This is very good.

If I was to best describe my personality type, it'd be "middle-aged Laufey enthusiast."

Little Miss 4 has just watched The Muppet Show (2026) through twice. It’s a hit in my house.

I love Seinfeld dearly, but outside a handful of catchphrases, it’s dishonest to say it had more of an impact than Friends.

"Industry" is such a weird TV series. Part grotesque, part soap opera with 20% of financial data that makes no sense and would be irrelevant even if it did. Wonderfully shot and cast though. Its ridiculous but strangely impressive.

After so many years of being chased by monsters who turn out to be amusement park owners and the like, why are Shaggy & Scooby still so frightened at every new creature?

I was all set to watch the ridiculous man vs tall skyscraper live event on Netflix right now. I’m 24 hours too early. 👎🏢

So now the "Inside CECOT" report has aired. But there's definitely going to be fallout at CBS. For one thing, Alfonsi's contract is up in just a few months. Hard to imagine she'll be staying at "60." Lots more in my story here:

It's hard to think that broadcasting weeks-old now-damaged goods is going to help the US 60 Minutes move on from making what was a dunderheaded decision from on high.

Made it through my second consecutive year of not watching the Golden Globes.

The world's richest man runs a subscription-based automated service that removes clothing from photographs of children.

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

This is shameful. @cameronwilson.bsky.social asks why the Aus govt continues to financially support X: www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/09/a...

This is the longest I have gone in well over a decade without knowing what Marc Marion is up to. Can someone please do a wellness check?

Super Grover will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

Surely the most delighted man in the United States right now is John Dickerson.

For as much as I was OBSESSED by The X-Files as a teen, I have rarely rewatched much of it in the past 20+ years. The time feels right for a rewatch. There’s also a big chunk of episodes in seasons 7-9 that I never saw. My interest started to fade after the show moved to LA.

I’d like to rewatch the 00s Battlestar Galactica, but the darn show is streaming nowhere. It’s no Battlestar Galactica 1980, but I’d still like to press play.