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Women are shocking their boyfriends by showing them how  tampons actually work

Menstrual taboos are as old as time and found across cultures. They’ve been used to separate women from men physically — menstrual huts are still a thing — and socially, by creating the perception that a natural bodily function is a sign of weakness.

Even in today’s world women are deemed unfit for positions of power because some men actually believe they won’t be able to handle stressful situations while mensurating.

“Menstruation is an opening for attack: a mark of shame, a sign of weakness, an argument to keep women out of positions of power,’ Colin Schultz writes in Popular Science.


The big problem with menstrual taboos is the way that males are educated on the subject leaves them with a patchwork of ideas that don’t necessarily add up to the whole picture. First, there’s the information they get from growing up with women in the house.

Then, there are the cryptic descriptions of menstruation seen in advertising and the cold, scientific way the topic is taught in sex education.

“Boys’ early learning about menstruation is haphazard,” a 2011 study published in the Journal of Family Issues reads. “The mysterious nature of what happens to girls contributes to a gap in boys’ knowledge about female bodies and to some negative views about girls.”

Unfortunately, the gaps in the average man’s understanding of a complex female health issue can put women in a difficult position. Whether it’s denying them positions of power or a failure to understand their discomfort.

That’s why it’s so important for men to become better educated about menstruation.

A group of women on TikTok are helping the men in their lives better understand the subject by showing them how tampons work on the inside of their bodies by dousing them in water. They call it the Boyfriend Challenge. Some of the guys’ reactions are clearly over-the-top, but it’s also obvious that many of them have no idea how tampons function.

A video by the Demery family has gone viral attracting nearly eight million views. It’s fun to watch, but it also shows men how tampons function and what women go through during their monthly cycle.

Rachel’s man just uttered the phrase “vagina parachute.”

@mrshillery829 Of course I had to make my husband do this! I will forever call tampons “vagina parachutes”! LMAO!! #tamponchallenge #husbandpranks #funny #fyp
♬ original sound – Rachel Hillery

Paulina’s man was completely flummoxed by the inner workings of a tampon. “You’ve been carrying this like, inside of you?” he asks. “The whole day?”

@paulinat showing him how a tampôn works😭 @fabioguerrrraa
♬ original sound – Pau Torres 🙂

This guy thinks it’s “like a butterfly.”

Amani’s boyfriend was so astounded by the revelation he let out a massive expletive then apologized for the agony she must go through.

@amanialzubi showing my boyfriend how a tampon works 🤣😳❤️ ( @originalisrael ) #comedy #couple #couplegoals #foryou #trend #tiktok
♬ original sound – amani & israel

Ryley just blew her BFF’s mind.

@ryleymick i just got don’t going through a breakdown so i asked veedz if he could cheer me up by reacting to how a tampon works luv u @nolan.veeder
♬ Stuck In The Middle – Tai Verdes

This guy was amazed by the absorbancy.

Let’s hope this challenge gave some men out there a better understanding of what women go through every month and a little more sympathy for the women in their lives.

Hopefully it also makes them feel a little more comfortable around period products and inspires them to pick up the correct box of tampons next time they’re at the grocery store.

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A New TV Take On ‘The Great Gatsby’ Will Reimagine It As A Look At African-American Culture In the 1920s

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classic, has been adapted for the screen a number of times. Sure, you remember the 1974 one with Robert Redford and Mira Farrow and Baz Luhrmann’s 3-D stab, with Leonardo DiCaprio, but what about the 2000 TV one with Mira Sorvino as Daisy and Paul Rudd as Nick? Still, it’s never been turned into a full-flung TV limited series before, and with good reason: It doesn’t even break the 200-page mark.

But that’s about to change. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Hirst — known for various historical stuff, like the Cate Blanchett Elizabeth films, The Tudors, and Vikings — is turning Fitzgerald’s tome into a TV show. But there’s a twist: It won’t be a straight adaptation of the tale of a mysterious, party-throwing millionaire obsessed with a woman who loves money. Instead it will re-imagine it as a look into African-American culture during the same time:

Hirst’s Gatsby will explore New York’s Black community in the 1920s as well as the musical subculture. Columbia University’s William B. Ransford professor of English and comparative literature and African-American studies Farah Jasmine Griffin will also serve as a consultant on the series. She will work directly with Hazard and Hirst on the drama. Described as a reimagining, the series will dig deeper into the hidden lives of its characters through the modern lens of a fractured American dream while also capturing the full majesty of Fitzgerald’s timeless vision.

All in all it doesn’t sound too different from HBO’s acclaimed Lovecraft Country, which also used a piece of classic white art to tell the history of African-Americans in the 20th century. On the other hand, it may get “Ain’t We Got Fun” lodged in our heads all over again.

(Via THR)

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A Covid Vaccination Center Had Chick-fil-A Come In To Help Manage Their Gridlocked Drive-Thru Line More Efficiently

“I’ll have a spicy chicken sandwich, side of waffle fries, and a large dose of AstraZeneca.”

It’s no secret that as a country we’re doing just about as well rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine as we did reacting to the virus itself. According to figures obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA Today reports that as of January 26th, only 6% of the US population has received at least one of two COVID-19 shots, with just 1% of people having received both doses (mostly essential workers). 47% of shots distributed still haven’t been used, which puts them at risk of expiration.

Considering there’s also talk of a more contagious variant of the virus in the United States, this is clearly bad news.

The Biden administration recently laid out plans to administer over 100 million shots over his first 100 days. If we hope to meet that goal we’re going to start thinking outside of the box and calling on the pros — exactly what Mount Pleasant South Carolina Mayor Will Haynie did last week when a technical glitch had traffic gridlocked at a vaccine-drive thru site.

According to Fox 13, When Mayor Haynie was notified that traffic had backed up for an hour at a vaccination site at Seacoast Church, he reached out to local Chick-fil-A manager Jerry Walkowiak for additional help. Before Mayor Haynie arrived at the site, Walkowiak was already on-site putting his Chick-fil-A crowd managing skills to work, speeding up wait times by checking drivers’ paperwork in advance, and directing them to a spot to wait for vaccination.

Soon, Walkowiak’s skills had chopped the vaccination site’s wait time from an hour to just 15 minutes. In the rain, no less!

Haynie told Fox he plans to use Walkowiak and Chick-fil-A at future distribution sites — a relief for un-vaccinated South Carolinians but also a reminder that America’s health care infrastructure is in need of a serious overhaul.

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Pamela Anderson Has Quit Social Media To Pursue A Life Of Reading Books In The Woods: ‘I Am Free’

Pamela Anderson is officially bailing on her social media presence. The former Baywatch actress announced on Tuesday that she will no longer post on the four major platforms citing concerns over tech companies controlling people’s brains. Anderson also cited a newfound appreciation for reading and nature, which factored into her decision to adopt the always wise “Never Tweet” policy. She hopes others will follow in her footsteps.

“Lets hope you find the strength and inspiration to follow your purpose and try not to be seduced by wasted time,” Anderson wrote on Instagram. “Thats what THEY want and can use to make money: Control over your brain-”

You can see Pamela Anderson’s farewell post below:

Anderson’s advice is surprisingly sound, and she does know a thing or two about being sucked into the divisiveness of social media. The former Playmate has been a fierce defender of the controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and she went on a profanity-laced rant when he was arrested in London after the Ecuador government ended Assange’s seven-year asylum in its embassy. “How could you Equador? (Because he exposed you)” Anderson tweeted. “How could you U.K.? Of course — you are America’s b*tch and you need a diversion from your idiotic Brexit bullsh*t.”

However, Anderson doesn’t need a Twitter account to get in trouble. Following the #MeToo allegations against Harvey Weinstein, she attacked his accusers during an interview with Megyn Kelly. “You know what you’re getting into if you’re going into a hotel room alone,” she told Kelly. After an ensuing media backlash, Anderson wrote on Instagram that she refuses to apologize for her remarks, so yup, this whole quitting social media thing is probably for the best. Smart thinking.

(Via Pamela Anderson on Instagram)

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French Montana Says He And Jay-Z ‘Found The Song’ For Their First-Ever Collaboration

Of all the big-name rappers in New York, one of the last names remaining who hasn’t done a song with Jay-Z (who doesn’t also have beef with Jay-Z) is French Montana. That may soon be changing, per French himself in a new interview with DJ Semtex’s Hip Hop Raised Me podcast. As Montana explained that the two had never directly collaborated, he revealed that “We finally found the song,” and teased “hopefully that’ll go down,” noting they’ve “been going back and forth” working on it.

“I was playing this song for somebody in the studio,” he explained. “And the artist just grabbed me and started wrinkling my shirt, asking me, ‘What is this?’ Jay-Z happened to see that. Jay was like, ‘Yo, that record is crazy.’ He was like, ‘Let me get motivated to write 16 on this real quick.’” Now he’s just waiting for Jay to enter a creative mood and bless the beat. With French due for another album — his last full-length Montana came out in 2019, although the Coke Boys 5 mixtape arrived in November 2020 to tide fans’ over — could we potentially get the chance to hear what a Jay-Z/French Montana collaboration sounds like on his next one?

Hopefully, but really, the endgame here — at least for this hip-hop aficionado — is a Jay-Z album produced entirely by French’s go-to beatmaker Harry Fraud. I won’t hold my breath, but in the meantime, you can check out the snippet from French’s interview with DJ Semtex above and the full episode below.

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The Hedge Fund That Made Millions On ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Flopping Got Crushed By GameStop’s Stock Surge

GameStop has been the talk of the financial world the last two weeks, with its stock price soaring thanks to a bizarre battle between Reddit day traders and investment firms betting against them to fail. So far, those who have been fortunate enough to buy low on the stock have seen huge gains, and Reddit is filled with screenshots of people making big calls and paying off their student loans in the process.

But one company that has taken a big hit is no stranger to betting on failures in the video game world. As amateur day traders strike it big on GameStop, large firms shorting the stock are losing trillions in the process. And according to the Wall Street Journal, a hedge fund that bet big against GameStop has essentially needed rescuing because it lost so much money on the short so quickly. On Monday, Melvin Capital Management got a $2.75 billion investment from two other companies, Citadel and Point72, after Melvin took huge losses on several short bets that have gone for huge losses. The one noted in the story, of course, was GameStop.

The influx of cash is expected to help stabilize Melvin, which in 2021 has lost 30% through Friday, said people familiar with the firm. Melvin started the year with $12.5 billion and had been one of the best performing hedge funds on Wall Street in recent years. The losses stem from Melvin’s array of short bets against companies and have stunned clients and other traders. Among other short positions, Melvin bet against the surging stock of videogame retailer GameStop Corp.

Interestingly, that same hedge fund made millions off of the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077. According to Financial News London, Melvin Capital made $25 million shorting CD Projekt Red stock as the price plummeted in the wake of the game’s buggy launch and bad publicity.

New York-based Melvin Capital Management held a short position representing about 0.6% of shares of Warsaw-based developer CD Projekt Red as of 22 September. Melvin was founded by Gabe Plotkin, a former protégé of hedge fund titan Steve Cohen.

The game launched on 10 December, when CD Projekt Red’s share price sat at 390 Polish zloty (£79.30).

By 15 December, after waves of negative reviews and playthroughs, the firm’s share price had reached a low of 238.50 zloty — translating to a windfall for Melvin of about $24.7m (£18.3m), according to data from short-selling research firm Breakout Point.

It’s a good reminder that video games are very much a business, and among the variety of factors that doomed Cyberpunk 2077, the demands company executives put on those making the game to satisfy stockholders certainly played a large part. While games are very much an art form, it’s very much a high-stakes business behind making those games, and there’s just as much money to be made when something fails as when it succeeds if you know how to play it. This is what has made the GameStock story so interesting: the people who usually know the market and profit off failures keep getting it wrong in a big way thanks to a bunch of people online simply banding together and acting in unison.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk tweeted about GameStop on Tuesday, causing another surge in price and a lot of excitement online.

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A former QAnon believer answers all your questions about how the cult really works

Several years ago, you wouldn’t have known what QAnon was unless you spent a lot of time reading through comments on Twitter or frequented internet chat rooms. Now, with prominent Q adherents making headlines for storming the U.S. Capitol and elements of the QAnon worldview spilling into mainstream politics, the conspiracy theory/doomsday cult has become a household topic of conversation.

Many of us have watched helplessly as friends and family members fall down the rabbit hole, spewing strange ideas about Democrats and celebrities being pedophiles who torture children while Donald Trump leads a behind-the-scenes roundup of these evil Deep State actors. Perfectly intelligent people can be susceptible to conspiracy theories, no matter how insane, which makes it all the more frustrating.

A person who was a true believer in QAnon mythology (which you can read more about here) recently participated in an “Ask Me Anything” thread on Reddit, and what they shared about their experiences was eye-opening. The writer’s Reddit handle is “diceblue,” but for simplicity’s sake we’ll call them “DB.”

DB explained that they weren’t new to conspiracy theories when QAnon came on the scene. “I had been DEEP into conspiracy for about 8 years,” they wrote. “Had very recently been down the ufo paranormal rabbit hole so when Q really took off midterm for trump I ‘did my research’ and fell right into it.”

DB says they were a true believer until a couple of years ago when they had an experience that snapped them out of it:


It was a couple of posts made by Q on the chans that seemed highly suspicious because of how ignorant they were of technology. Q posts often had weird syntax as a kind of code

    • Kind Of [writing like this] as if there was [a secret] in using brackets To Tell The Truth.

One morning Q claimed to have shut down 7 FBI super computers (named after the seven dwarves no less) via satellite hacking and all the rabid fans ate it up, claiming that “their internet was running a little bit faster)

FBI Super Computer ::SLEEPY::[[OFFLINE]]

alarm bells went off in my head because, come on, that’s not how any of this works. Using elementary school syntax form To SpeLl a [[Secret Code ]] felt fishy, and claiming your email in rural Montana loaded faster because seven super computers got shut down by remote hacking was a bridge too far for me. I realized that most of the Q believers I had seen were Boomers with no idea how technology works or people my age with no idea how computers operate. That day, I Googled Q Anon Debunked and got out.”

If simply Googling “QAnon Debunked” were enough to get QAnoners to deprogram themselves, why don’t more of them do it? That’s the tricky part. DB explains several elements to Q belief that keeps people in it. A big part of what primed DB to accept conspiracy thinking was a fundamentalist Christian upbringing.

“Theories about evil evolution, science denial and The End of The world rapture return of Christ stuff is all pretty crazy too,” wrote DB, who moved to a more progressive version of Christianity after leaving QAnon behind. “There’s a strong link between the two.”

There’s also some “perverse comfort” in conspiracy theories like QAnon, DB wrote, “because of the false sense of order and purpose it brings to the world. Either the world is a boardgame chess match between Good and Evil forces working behind the scenes, and you might be a pawn but at least you are on The Right Side or you admit that the world is a mess, nobody is in charge, there is no grand battle of good and evil behind the scenes and your life has less purpose and order than you hoped.”

They also said overconfidence and arrogance play a big role in people staying in the QAnon world, as well as the belief that you are the one engaging in critical thinking while everyone else is a mindless sheep.

“At this point the problem isn’t Q, it’s gullible people who lack critical thinking skills and gain a massive ego boost in thinking they have secret in that the sheeple don’t know,” DB wrote.

“Worth noting, conspiracy thinking hooks the brain because it feels like critical thinking. Even though it isn’t.”

That piece right there really is key.

As another user explained, the “do your own research” concept works to reinforce conspiracy theories while making people think they’re coming to conclusions on their own, thanks to the way search engines and social media algorithms work:

“The idea behind the ‘research’ is that you are more likely to believe a source if YOU stumble upon it yourself vs if I tell you -go watch this video.

So if I tell you Hillary is a lizard person, watch this video … It’s easy to watch and dismiss me as a crazy that saw a dumb video. BUT … if I tell you Hillary is a lizard person, but don’t take my word for it – google it yourself…. and you come across hundreds of videos and articles about Hillary being a lizard person – that makes it all the more believable. Especially since there’s so many articles saying Hillary is NOT a lizard person. If it wasn’t true, why would people be making videos and articles ‘debunking’ it?

And the debunk articles are appearing higher in searches than the articles saying she is. Why is that? Is big tech in on it to ….and you see where this is going.

So their ‘research’ is just a way of manipulating people.”

DB shared that it was hard to admit that they’d been played by a baseless conspiracy theory. “It’s NOT easy realizing you’ve been conned, been a rube, been taken in,” they wrote. “It was massively humbling to realize I’d been a sucker.”

However, they are also surprised to see how much “crazier” QAnon has gotten, as when they left a couple of years ago they were “certain it would all be over soon.” They weren’t a “storm the Capitol” kind of believer, but rather a “snicker quietly to myself in my bedroom because those sheeple don’t know the truth” type.

DB explained that they keep themselves away from the edge of the rabbit hole now by embracing doubt and different ideas and have added “some fucking worldview humility” to their life.

“The problem with fundamentalist religions, cults, and conspiracy theories is they all demonize doubt and are all so absolutely certain that they have the total truth of reality figured out. I hold my beliefs much more humbly now, I acknowledge that I could be wrong,” they wrote.

“I read more widely and expose myself to the ideas of others, so that I don’t end up in an echo chamber.”

As for how to help others get out? DB said that arguing with a QAnon adherent, especially online, is a waste of time—and their simple explanation for why makes perfect sense:

“I don’t think they can be reasoned out of beliefs they were not reasoned into.”

There’s no way to rationalize with irrational beliefs, unfortunately. DB suggests if you have loved ones who’ve fallen down the rabbit hole that you maybe try asking them questions using Street Epistemology techniques (which you can read about here), avoid confronting and trying to reason with them (because it’s simply not effective), and continue loving them (while setting boundaries about what you’re willing to listen to) so they have a stable place to land if and when they are able to extricate themselves.

You can read the entire Reddit thread of Q and A here.

As frustrating as it is to see people we know fall for kooky conspiracy theories, seeing that it’s possible for someone to get out offers a ray of hope that they aren’t necessarily gone for good.

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NBA Stars Remembered Their First Time Playing Kobe Bryant

Every incoming rookie has their “Welcome to the NBA” moment. This usually comes courtesy of an established vet or a superstar firmly in their prime, who seizes the opportunity to show the young bloods just exactly what the league is all about. It can be a painful and humbling lesson. For some, it sends them spiraling into an existential crisis and has them questioning everything they thought they knew about the game of basketball.

Most, however, emerge stronger and wiser because of it. The opportunity to match up against a player they’ve idolized since they were a child has an enormously validating effect. Players who are hungry to learn as much as they can about the game study the best and add those elements to their repertoire.

That was Kobe Bryant, who in one of his most iconic photos, stands hunched over next to his idol, Michael Jordan, eagerly asking him questions about his footwork on his fade-away jump shot. The student eventually became the teacher, and Kobe would go on to influence a whole new generation of superstars.

On the anniversary of his passing, many of those stars took the opportunity to honor his memory by reminiscing about the first time they ever shared the court against him in their early careers.

One common thread throughout all their recollections was the sense of awe they felt just being in his presence. For many, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream. Kobe was often referred to as his generation’s Jordan, which was very much be design on his part, as he modeled his own game after GOAT.

No doubt Kobe will continue to influence and inspire future generations of basketball players, as his legacy will be kept alive, not just with tributes and homages, but through every turn-around fade-away, acrobatic layup, game-winner, and reverse tomahawk jam. Kobe’s spirit lives on in the game itself.

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A Review Of Pizza Hut’s New Detroit Style Pizza

When 2021 rolled around and Pizza Hut introduced the Nothing But The Stuffed Crust Pizza it was a weird moment for those of us who still make room in our diets for fast food. Here was a giant of the national pizza space (some might even say the giant) rolling out a new product that was literally just crust filled with cheese. Kind of a letdown.

Sure it was just a marketing gimmick, but it also existed in the real world. Meaning it wasn’t just a gimmick. Resources went into it. Resources that could have gone elsewhere.

In the end, we ate it, enjoyed it, slapped our heads at the wasteful packaging, reviewed it, and then fell into a state of melancholy over how stunts seem to be the default rather than the exception these days. But perhaps we drew that conclusion too soon — because right on those absurdist crust-with-no-pizza heels comes Pizza Hut’s new Detroit Style pizza. Yes, an actual, genuine, new menu item that introduces something fresh to the fast-food pizza space.

Regional pizza heads will know Detroit-style well, but if you’re unfamiliar, we’re talking about an always rectangular pie with crust-to-crust cheese. Another trademark is this layering procedure: sauce on top of the dough, sheets of brick cheese on top of the sauce, toppings, finish with even more cheese. It’s just as distinct a style of pizza as New York Style, Chicago Deep Dish, and the “anything goes” West Coast pies, and it appears that Detroit-style’s nationwide popularity is steadily gaining steam.

But while we welcome a new fast food entry that isn’t just a media and IG thirst trap, the question remains: Can Pizza Hut’s Detroit Style stack up to the real thing? As in, is it actually any good? Let’s find out!

Pizza Hut’s Detroit Style — What It Is And What It Isn’t

Dane Rivera

Right off the bat let’s get this out of the way, Pizza Hut’s Detroit Style pizza will never live up to the real thing. Period.

It’s built the same, following the Detroit-style layering process, but it uses the more familiar Mozzarella over Wisconsin brick cheese (the two are similar, but brick cheese has a more distinct and buttery flavor), and while it’s cooked in a specially designed rectangular pan, it’s not baked in actual repurposed automotive pans like legit Detroit pies. That doesn’t make it bad — not by any means — but if you have a nostalgic connection to authentic Detroit-style pizza this will probably disappoint you.

For the rest of us though, this is a new pizza form-factor that hasn’t been seen at the big national chains, and that’s exciting. Officially dropping nationwide for a limited time beginning today, Pizza the Hutt’s new Detroit-style drops in four iterations:

  • Detroit Double Pepperoni — which sports 80 slices of pepperoni on a single pie.
  • Double Cheesy — starring a blend of mozzarella and parmesan (again not brick cheese, but getting closer).
  • Meaty Deluxe — topped with bacon, sausage, and crispy cupped pepperoni
  • Supremo — featuring Italian sausage, red onions, and green bell peppers.

Each pie is topped with a new blend of Pizza Hut’s tomato sauce and features crust to crust cheese — which will always be better than cheese in the crust. Always.

Detroit Double Pepperoni Taste Test

Dane Rivera

We ate Pizza Hut’s Double Pepperoni, which features 80 pepperonis on a single pie. Since Pizza Hut was really pushing that selling point, we actually counted the pepperonis on the pie (dorky, but necessary) and were shocked to find that there were exactly 80 lurking beneath the various layers of cheese and sauce. Points for quality control.

For their Detroit-style, Pizza Hut changed things up a bit by introducing cup-style pepperoni. They layer both the cup style and their traditional pepperoni here, but we prefer the cup style — it crisps up on the edges nicely, and its smaller size and curled shape keep it from getting soggy underneath the various layers. The same can’t be said for the traditional pepperonis, unfortunately.

The new tomato sauce blend is also an improvement over Pizza Hut’s original sauce, with a zestier and brighter flavor. It’s less herb-filled than Pizza Hut’s typical sauce, much chunkier, and has a more tomato-forward flavor, which is perfect because (considering the layering of this pizza) the sauce is as much a topping as anything else. Biting into a slice we’re greeted by the brightness of the tomato sauce which gets grounded once our teeth seek into the cheese, layers of pepperoni, and the cushiony crust. The crust’s exterior is crispy and toasty — think Pizza Hut’s pan-style — with a thick, chewy center that satisfies after a single slice.

Our only major gripe with this pizza is that 80 pepperonis are just way just too much. I don’t mean on a personal preference level either. From a definitive factual standpoint. The first layer of pepperonis never really crisped up like the top layer, leaving soggy, flappy pepperonis, which weren’t a problem initially but became much more noticeable once the pizza started to cool.

On that note, this is a pizza that is best eaten as soon as it arrives — it’s not the grab-from-the-fridge variety. Not a problem necessarily, but something to consider if you live for that day-old pizza flavor.

The Bottom Line

So it’s not legit Detroit-style pizza, but with travel shut down, who cares? It’s something new and different from a fast-food space that lacks innovation, and it’s easily Pizza Hut’s best product since their original Pan Pizza. In fact, it just might give the OG pizza a run for its money, flavor-wise.

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What’s On Tonight: HBO Max Keeps Bringing The Throwbacks With All Of ‘Babylon 5,’ And ‘Mixed-Ish’ Returns To ABC

Babylon 5: All Seasons (Warner Bros. series on HBO Max) — WarnerMedia’s streaming service keeps adding to its throwback library (last Wednesday, they did all of Everwood), and now, here’s something for the nerds. Revisit the futuristic space opera that takes place across five seasons and five miles of space station. There’s plenty of potential warfare concerning the Earth Alliance and plenty of personal drama.

Mixed-Ish (ABC, 9:30pm) — Season 2 sees Rainbow growing angry when she finds out that Johan has been pretending to be of a different race, all while Alicia and Paul work to encourage Johan to take pride in being Black.

Black-Ish (ABC, 9:00pm) — A neighborhood power outage pushes Dre into survival mode. During the mess, Junior looks for a place where he can charge his phone, and Bow works on helping the neighbors.

Prodigal Son (FOX, 9:00pm) — Bright’s alma mater experiences a gruesome happening, which leads him toward a troubling secret, and Jessica’s attempting to end her relationship.

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC, 8:00pm) — Zoey determines to “choose happiness” but doesn’t quite get there in one shot. Meanwhile, Mo and Max are working through growing pains as business partners, and David reflects upon his priorities.

Go Dog Go: Season 1 (Netflix series) — This one’s mostly for the kids, but it’s DreamWorks stuff, so hey, adults might like it, too. The show follows an inventive puppy named Tag, who seeks adventure and helps solve problems in the town of Pawston with the help of her best friend, Scooch.

Two Sentence Horror Stories (CW, 8:00pm) — Hmm, a deadly virus outbreak happens while a fulfillment center attempts to stay up and running while a psych student makes a demonic discovery when he attempts to check in on his estranged sister.

Trickster (CW, 9:00pm) — Jared’s battling with Richie at home while Maggie is missing, and everyone is trying to figure out what the hell is happening with Wade as Georgina makes an entrance.

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Adrianne Lenker

Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Anthony Anderson, Sal Iacono, Death Cab for Cutie

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon — Susan Sarandon, JJ Watt, Thad Cockrell

Late Night With Seth Meyers — Ted Danson, Ann Patchett

The Late Late Show With James Corden — Jared Leto, Jacob Collier

In case you missed these recent picks:

Everwood: All Seasons (Warner Bros. series on HBO Max) — One of Greg Berlanti’s most beloved series returns with two MCU stars in tow. Revisit Chris Pratt’s early aughts hair and marvel at how Emily VanCamp manages to look cool, and almost like she still appears today, beside the guy who who would go on to play Star-Lord. To be slightly more serious, this is an opportunity to catch up on all four seasons of a a dramedy that’s set in a fictional, idyllic Colorado town, where a city boy attempts to fit into the small-community vibe and relationships of all types swirl after a Manhattan physician decides to transplant to Everwood. There’s plenty of bright (and Pratt’s character is actually named Bright) and tragic and heartwarming moments to be found in this show.

Disenchantment: Season 3 (Netflix series) — Matt Groening of The Simpsons fame (and more) is still cranking away on this adult animated comedy fantasy series that digs into the many misadventures of boozy and feisty characters, including ogres, mermaids, walruses, and even human fools while exploring Dreamland. In this batch of episodes, the hard-drinking Princess Bean continues to explore her own destiny and identity as she comes into power. Don’t worry, Bean’s personal demon, Luci, and feisty elf companion, Elfo, are still a big focus.