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Star Trek: Picard is boldly going where most Star Trek series have gone before: straight on ahead to its third season. At last night’s annual Star Trek Day celebration, Picard lead actor Patrick Stewart announced the series has officially been renewed for a third season over on Paramount+. While The Hollywood Reporter was quick to note Star Trek: Picard was technically renewed back in January 2020 as part of its two season order, Stewart’s announcement marks the first official confirmation that the network is going ahead with the series.

According to reports, CBS Studios and showrunner Terry Matalas are scheduled to begin production on Star Trek: Picard season 3 back-to-back with season 2 in a “bid to control costs and accommodate production schedules.” The studio also confirmed the writers room for season three has been “up and running for more than a year.”

As of right now, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Evan Evagora, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Jeri Ryan, Orla Brady, John de Lancie, Annie Wersching, Brent Spiner, and the one and only Patrick Stewart are all confirmed to be returning to the series for both its second and third seasons. Alex Kurtzman is still attached as the show’s producer, with Alex Kurtzman and Matalas still on board as showrunners.

Star Trek: Picard is merely one of the many Star Trek original series being produced by Kurtzman as part of a nine-figure deal with CBS Studios. Also in the works right now are Star Trek: Discovery, the animated adult comedy Lower Decks, a Nickelodeon children’s series, Star Trek: Prodigy, and the upcoming Strange New Worlds. For all those simply sticking to Picard, the series is set to return for its second season February 2022.

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase’s life in the NFL has gotten off to a bit of a tricky start. The No. 5 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft has shown that some rust developed from not playing college football last season, as the sure-fire hands that made him such a dangerous threat in LSU’s national championship-winning offense in 2019 haven’t quite caught up to this level of football yet.

Earlier this week, Chase sat down with the media following a Bengals practice and offered up an interesting reason for why he’s had a rough go of things so far: the ball.

“The ball is different because it is bigger,” Chase said. “It doesn’t have the white stripes on the side so you can’t see the ball coming from the tip point so you actually have to look for the strings on the ball at the top, which is hard to see because whole ball is brown and you have the six strings that are white. But for the most part, just have to get used to it and find out what I am comfortable with catching.”

Let’s head to the rule books to get to the bottom of this. Here is what the NFL’s official rules say:

The ball shall be made up of an inflated (12 1/2 to 13 1/2 pounds) urethane bladder enclosed in a pebble grained, leather case (natural tan color) without corrugations of any kind. It shall have the form of a prolate spheroid and the size and weight shall be: long axis, 11 to 11 1/4 inches; long circumference, 28 to 28 1/2 inches; short circumference, 21 to 21 1/4 inches; weight, 14 to 15 ounces.

For the NCAA, here is a screenshot of what their rulebook says about the size of the ball.

It sounds a bit silly on the surface, but Chase is correct about the adjustment. The good news is that the Bengals seem confident that he’ll make it, and Joe Burrow will eventually get to a point where he’s throwing deep balls to his favorite target from his days at LSU again.

Either Donald Trump has finally realized that running for president in 2024 would be a terrible idea, or he’s accidentally begun cultivating a career as some sort of half-witted raconteur. Just hours after announcing that he’ll be commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by providing color commentary for Saturday’s Evander Holyfield fight, the former president popped up on Fox News, where he had his ass kissed was interviewed by Greg Gutfeld.

As if Gutfeld’s squirm-inducing obsequiousness wasn’t enough to make you want to poke your ears and eyes out with a blunt instrument, Fox News wanted to make sure that no one misunderstood how Team Trump they really are… by adding a bizarre laugh track to the Q&A.

When Gutfeld launched into his line of hard-hitting questions, like what Trump—the man who suggested we all drink bleach to take care of the COVID problem—would tell the Fox News host’s unvaccinated wife about getting a jab. Trump’s response:

“Well first of all I’d say, why is she not doing it? Does she have some kind of religious thing?”

Huh?

When Gutfeld admitted that it was simply because his wife is skeptical of the opinion of medical experts, Trump—Freud incarnate—remembered something about Gutfeld’s spouse: “Well, she’s Russian? That’s the end of that.”

Cue the uproarious laughter.

Trump then went off on one of his babbling rants where he’s trying to talk about history and using words that he doesn’t understand (hey, two syllables can be tough). Fortunately, no one was listening, as it was impossible to hear over the computerized hysterics happening in the background. Honestly, if you muted the sound, it would be hard to know whether Gutfeld was laughing, having a stroke, or had accidentally just sharted.

The set got even more slap-happy when Trump started talking about the Taliban, which, let’s face it, is always a laugh-out-loud topic.

Somewhere in the Fox News studios, the echoes of Gutfeld’s maniacal laughter is still ringing. Then again, it’s just these sorts of hijinks one should expect from a man with an exclamation point in his show’s title!

Lucifer: The Final Season arrives this week for one final dance with the devil to add up to six seasons of the Neil Gaiman-created leading character, who’s portrayed to gloriously saucy effect by Tom Ellis. Three of those seasons are a testament to Netflix’s ability to successfully resurrect after a network (in this case, FOX) gave up on a fan-favorite property. Mr. Morningstar has progressed down quite a path, too, with one of those stories that started out as a procedural show with a supernatural bent. Then the show grew more character-based, with the stakes growing ever more ridiculous but all the more engrossing. This year, Satan has (absurdly, but does it really matter?) ascended to being God, and there’s the whole apocalypse thing waving around, but most importantly, the show has convinced me that there’s an instance where Unresolved Sexual Tension (UST) can be resolved without ruining a dynamic for viewers.

Yep, I’m talking about UST here. That silly term that dates back to The X-Files, which (I believe, and correct me if I’m wrong) actually put an acronym on it for the fandom. Nowadays, the kids describe the act of rooting for UST to be resolved as “‘shipping,” and people get awfully invested in this stuff, but The X-Files certainly wasn’t the first show in which the concept surfaced. Several decades have built upon the will-they-or-won’t-they aspect of whether good friends (often colleagues who spend an inordinate amount of time together solving mysteries) will finally capitalize upon their chemistry and fall into bed together. Viewers get invested in this type of set-up, which is why we see it happen endlessly, for better or worse. When it comes to long-running series, I’m here to say that, more often than not, I’ve been disappointed in the results of said hookup.

For simplicity’s sake, let’s give a mention to FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). For eleven seasons (including a so-so revival effort) and two movies, the polar opposites became trusted partners and friends and lovers and ex-lovers and the parents of a child amid multiple instances of alien abduction. Ultimately, I found that the actual pairing wasn’t nearly as heat-filled (and that link refers to an episode that Anderson directed) as their apparently romantic and sexual chemistry (and fan-fiction) would lead one to believe. I mean, it was disappointing to me (and maybe that’s because the show once suggested that Mulder would die of autoerotic asphyxiation, which is… something), but I don’t want to dive too deep on the mechanics of the pairing — although, damn, it seemed mechanical — because ultimately, this is a piece to celebrate the unlikely victory of Lucifer‘s effective resolution of UST.

Still, let’s look at one more case of a TV pairing (a currently running one this time) that’s dancing awfully close to the same flame. This involves Chris Meloni’s return to the Law and Order universe with his Elliot Stabler-focused spinoff, Organized Crime. For a good decade or so, Stabler and Benson put sexual offenders behind bars on SVU before Meloni’s contractual dispute led Stabler to evaporate from NYC and Benson’s orbit. He surfaced a decade later, and Liv’s understandably rattled. They’ve got undeniable chemistry, although they seemed safe from falling prey to temptation because Stabler was happily married and would never cheat. That won’t do for fandom, though, so the show did some service by killing off Stabler’s wife, which is a sad enough development already, but then Stabler’s going off the rails in his quest for vengeance. That eventually led to an intervention by his kids and Olivia, and then he dropped that “I love you” bomb. No one knows if he meant to say that to Liv, and it was left ambiguous, so [big sigh].

This, actually, was a coupling that I mildly rooted for to happen, but now that we’re on the cusp of it all, with Stabler and Olivia finishing up last season on another SVU crossover episode where they’re wistfully staring into the sky together while attending a wedding for Ice-T’s character, I find myself thinking, “Oh please, TV gods, don’t let this happen.” There’s simply been too much buildup, and these two would seriously get on each other’s nerves after a while. Stabler likes the old-fashioned relationship vibe with his wife holding down the fort, and Olivia’s blissfully independent. He might think that he needs her, but she won’t need him for sure, and yeah, this sh*t would be a mess. Don’t do it, Dick Wolf and company.

The problem, quite often, is that the magic of UST is in its unresolved nature. There’s a heat there that threatens to evaporate when the coupling finally happens. Yet Lucifer has changed my mind about how UST can be resolved in a fulfilling way for both characters and audience. And I realize that talking about other shows is an unorthodox way to recommend watching a different show, but UST resolution is a large part of what this Netflix series has to offer to the skeptical.

What I’m saying is this: I was prepared for enjoying Lucifer already on a few fronts: (1) The procedural framing of the show, which has (in the later seasons) taken an increasing backseat, although damn, it’s highly enjoyable to watch the Devil decide to be an LAPD detective because he’s bored with Hell and gets his jollies from solving human crimes; (2) It’s a Neil Gaiman property, which means the characters are drawn in such a way that you can appreciate their most superficial and deepest qualities in equal measure; (3) It’s simply a fun show, and one that makes great use of the most ridiculous fantasy elements imaginable, including warring angel-and-devil wings.

The UST factor, though, is what (surprisingly) make this show the long-game standout. At first, though, I groaned over how both Lucifer and Chloe danced around each other as “co-workers,” before their undeniable physical chemistry evaporated every time because she’d catch him having sexy times with a stewardess or whomever. And boy, did I roll my eyes at Chloe’s origin story, which was that she was created for Lucifer. That pissed her off for a short period of time, and then she somehow didn’t mind it. I wanted more for Chloe and actively cringed as it became inevitable that they’d sleep together.

Yet when they did fall into bed in Season 5 (relatively late in the game, so kudos to the writers for drawing it out that long), the fallout for Lucifer was spectacular and hilarious. Chloe walked away with his “mojo” power, and he was left scrambling without it. And she could even use the mojo against him, which was delightful. There’s nothing more disarming than a sputtering Tom Ellis, after all, and eventually, he got that mojo back, but he appeared to have walked away while learning a lesson, one that has reverberated into this final season: being a pain-in-the-butt is highly overrated. And it’s a waste of energy. There are more important and rewarding endeavors, and that’s part of what the final season is all about.

We see Lucifer transform, and the writers really do the leg work. He’s still a bit of a dick, yes, but he’s somehow a genuinely good “person.” It took six seasons for the show to make that reveal, and he makes grand sacrifices and learns to stop putting himself first in this final season. He does this not only out of love for Chloe but for other, spoiler-y reasons, but chief among them: the resolution of the Unresolved Sexual Tension took Lucifer other (unlikely) places beyond the carnal. The UST was actually a building block to better places, so the show turned out to be a lot less shallow than expected, and that goes for other characters, too. Major props go out to Warner Bros. for being able to wrap up this show with a surprisingly profound ending to what originally began as pure fluff.

At the heart of it all, the UST managed to take the show to unexpected places and far beyond the sexual realms. Instead of fizzling out of energy, like what can happen when two ‘shipped characters finally give in and sleep together, these characters went to more interesting new heights. And that, somehow, extended to supporting characters, too. Lucifer’s messy therapist gains dimension. Eve and Lilith and Amenadiel find purposes beyond their initial supernatural intent, the forensic-team characters find purposes beyond the obvious (Ella Lopez is still great), and somehow, this show gets deep, even addressing the Black Lives Matter movement in a fitting way. The new layers and texture all feel earned, too, rather than tacked on for a final, initially unplanned season that could have simply been fan service and gotten away with it.

Ultimately, lots of credit goes to Netflix for picking up a network-canceled show and giving it three more seasons while making it a series that got better with time, churning out mythology and moving past its initial gimmicks to give us characters worth caring about. And heck, I cried (a tiny bit) at the end. Got all emotional about the Devil and his friends and enemies, and yep, I’ll miss them all. Lucifer turned out to be a much better show than it ever needed to be, and the final season is a downright pleasure to witness.

Netflix’s ‘Lucifer: The Final Season’ streams on September 10.

24KGoldn, the San Francisco-born hitmaker halfway responsible for the No. 1 single “Mood” (along with Iann Dior), dropped by Uproxx Studios recently to detail his rise to “The Top” with an upbeat, melodic performance for UPROXX Sessions. Bedecked in tie-dye and oozing youthful charm, the easygoing 20-year-old lays out a lighthearted performance of the opener from his March debut album El Dorado.

In 2020, 24KGoldn was selected to be one of XXL’s Freshman Class after fan voting helped him land the coveted 10th spot. That same month, “Mood” first charted before rising to the No. 1 position on the Hot 100, where it remained for eight non-consecutive weeks. 24KGoldn followed up in 2021 with the Columbia Records debut El Dorado, which peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 and has to date racked up a gold certification from the RIAA (500,000 equivalent sales). He’s due to go on his tour for the album beginning in November.

Watch 24KGoldn’s melodic UPROXX Sessions performance of “The Top” above.

UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.

James Bond is a notorious ladies man, but in Skyfall, he makes a sexually-charged hint about his history with men. After being tied up and having his shirt unbuttoned, Javier Bardem’s villainous Raoul Silva tells 007, “We can either eat each other… or eat everyone else.” He continues to stroke Bond’s neck and legs, calling it a “first time for everything.” This causes Bond to smile. “What makes you think this is my first time?” he says. It’s the most homoerotic scene in an action movie since Top Gun — and one of the best scenes in any of Daniel Craig’s Bond movies. But it was almost cut from the film.

“I remember we were told to cut that line by the studio and we said, ‘No, no, no.’ We resisted,” producer Barbara Broccoli said in the Apple TV+ documentary, Being James Bond. “The night of the premiere, that line, just the whole place rocked it then… I remember looking at the studio executive [and] going, ‘See, told you.’” Skyfall director Sam Mendes added, “I think there’s a huge homoerotic undertow in a lot of Bond movies.” The movies where the hunk frequently gets tied up with rope? You don’t say.

Pierce Brosnan, the Bond before Craig, has said that he would welcome a gay 007 and it would make for an “interesting viewing,” but he doesn’t “how it would work. I don’t think Barbara would allow a gay Bond to happen in her lifetime.” At least we’ll always have Skyfall (and Paul F. Tompkins’ cover of the iconic theme song).

(Via the Guardian)

Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish movies available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.

10. (tie) Reminiscence (HBO Max)

The last time Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson starred in a movie together, it was The Greatest Showman and it made $435 million at the box office. Reminiscence is being released on HBO Max the same day it comes out in theaters, so it won’t equal The Greatest Showman’s total gross. But the twisty thriller about nostalgia and lost love from Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy might make you say this is… what I’m watching tonight. Watch it on HBO Max.

10. (tie) Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal, and Greed (Netflix)

Bob Ross is beloved worldwide for his landscapes and peaceful vibes, but this new Netflix documentary reveals that things weren’t all sunsets and smiles when it came to his fortune and estate. Money will do that, even when the money comes from someone as sweet as Bob Freakin’ Ross, apparently. Watch it on Netflix.

9. Jungle Cruise (Disney+)

Though the plot gets a bit convoluted in the second half of the movie, the dazzling, movie star-esque performances here by The Rock, Emily Blunt, and Jesse Plemons make this an entertaining movie well worth watching. Set in 1916, this movie about a race to be the first to get to a tree with magical healing powers has a distinct Indiana Jones/Raiders of the Lost Ark vibe to it. In fact, a couple of the scenes play like homages to those earlier films. And Jesse Plemons appears to be having the time of his life portraying the villain in this film, and who on God’s green Earth doesn’t love Jesse Plemons?! Watch it on Disney+.

8. Annette (Amazon)

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A stand-up comedian (Adam Driver) and a world-famous opera singer (Marion Cotillard) have a child that turns out to be a wooden marionette doll, and the doll begins taunting them with its own singing voice after their marital problems lead to chaos. It sounds… weird. It sounds weird. There’s no way around that. But it does have an interesting cast and is getting solid reviews so maybe give it a run if you’re in the mood to have your mind bent a little. Watch it on Amazon.

7. The Green Knight (VOD)

Some of us have been waiting an entire year to see a glowed-up Dev Patel play a troubled, handsomely rugged knight in this trippy take on an Arthurian legend, but now that The Green Knight is finally streaming everywhere … well, we all win. Patel plays Gawain, the film’s should-be hero who must fulfill an oath and face off against a myth-like creature who demands his head. Talking foxes, blood magic, and literal giants all pop up, inhabiting a mystical, terrifying, otherworldly landscape from the twisted, creative genius of director David Lowery. Find it on your VOD outlet of choice.

6. Vacation Friends (Hulu)

Well look at that, it’s a vacation romp featuring mismatched couples, one a party animal pair played by John Cena and Meredith Hagner, the other a more straightlaced duo played by Lil Rel Howery and Yvonne Orji. They’re all in Mexico. One assumes hijinks will ensue. Watch it on Hulu.

5. Worth (Netflix)

It’s a hell of trick, the way Michael Keaton went from being just a little more alive and electric than everyone else on the screen to how he now fades into roles where he’s at the center of slow-burn David and Goliath stories that mythologize the dogged pursuit of justice. It’s like he pointed his jets inward to melt away any sense of movie star sparkle to become the son of Pittsburgh everyman that he was born to be. One expects we’ll see that in the upcoming Dopesick, we certainly saw it in Spotlight, and from the producers of that film comes this story about the effort to compensate the families of 9/11 victims and the fight to not have that effort lose the thread of empathy and respect when confronted by such titanic loss. Watch it on Netflix.

4. Cinderella (Amazon Prime)

It is time, apparently, once again, time for a new take on Cinderella, the classic story of a girl and her evil family and how magic and some rodents make her a star. This time around, we have Camilia Cabello in the lead role and Billy Porter as her fairy godparent and Idina Menzel as the evil stepmother and, look at that, Pierce Brosnan as the king. The whole thing basically puts a series of small twists on a story you’ve seen a few dozen times, but sometimes that’s okay. The cast is strong enough to make it all worth a shot. Watch it on Amazon.

3. The Voyeurs (Amazon Prime)

What we have here is an old-school erotic thriller — think Basic Instinct or Fatal Attraction — with White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney as one half of a curious couple who spends a not-insignificant amount of time spying on their exhibitionist-type neighbors. Things get weird and twisted and steamy, as they do in these kinds of movies, which were super popular in the 1980s and 1990s and have since just about disappeared. Might be worth it to give it a try, but think about closing your own blinds first. Watch it on Amazon Prime.

2. Malignant (HBO Max)

James Wan, he of the Saw and Insidious and Conjuring movies, is back with a new horror film. This one focuses on a woman who has terrifying visions of brutal murders, which are ruining her life a little (as terrifying visions of brutal murders will do) and are also –surprise — actually happening in the real world (which is bad). None of it sounds like a good time for her. For you, though? Maybe. Watch it on Netflix.

1. Kate (Netflix)

Granted, this movie sounds a whole lot like Crank (those infamous Jason Statham flicks), but it’s got Mary Elizabeth Winstead kicking enormous ass, so are we really complaining about derivative stories here? Nope. Here, Winstead stars as the title character, who’s taking revenge upon a criminal organization after being poisoned and only having 24 hours to live. Woody Harrelson’s also on board here (he makes everything better), and let’s hope that Kate gains some vengeance before the clock expires. Watch it on Netflix.

Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.

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10. (tie) Scenes From A Marriage (HBO Max)

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain made us promises when they sauntered down the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival, smoldering at each other with so much sexual tension we were forced to watch it in slo-mo to truly appreciate the chemistry lesson on display. They promised heat. They promised titillation. They promised a love story for the ages. And they deliver on most of those promises with this remake of Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman’s classic miniseries about a married couple wading through the painfully slow disintegration of their relationship. There’s more angst than fans of that red-carpet moment might like, and frustratingly few moments where these two incredibly hot people can just bask in their own sex appeal with each other, but the acting is so charged, you’ll forgive the insane premise: that anyone would dump Pedro Pascal’s boyfriend. Watch it on HBO Max.

10. (tie) The Chair (Netflix)

Created by Amanda Peet and produced by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, The Chair tells the story of a new professor dealing with a failing English department at a fancy private university. It’s always nice to see Sandra Oh get a meaty lead role like this, and if her work on shows like Killing Eve is any indication, she’ll carry it well. Watch it on Netflix.

9. The Other Two (HBO Max)

The Other Two returns after a long, long wait following a one-year shutdown on production for… you know why. The result of that time away? Brooke and Cary are still assholes (but assholes who are advancing in their lives and dealing with the chaos of that), Chase is giving the Stranger Things kids a run for their money in the “let’s pretend these growth spurts didn’t happen” department, Streeter has gone blonde, and Molly Shannon has been UNLEASHED as Pat Dubek becomes a star in her own right. The results are somehow equally scathing and heartfelt, allowing the show to climb another wrung in the “you really need to watch this” hierarchy. Watch it on HBO Max.

8. American Horror Story: Double Feature (FX/Hulu)

Ryan Murphy’s now-classic, still pulpy, always fun scare parade is back for a 10th season, with two separate stories told by a crew of familiar faces. Yes, Sarah Paulson is in there, as are Finn Wittrock and Lily Rabe, as per usual, but you knew that. The bigger story is that Macauley Culkin drops by this season as a character named Mickey. It was always coming to this, really, looping Culkin into the AHS universe. The biggest surprise is that it took this long. Watch it on Hulu.

7. A.P. Bio (Peacock)

Glenn Howerton’s misbehaving tin man found a heart and a few reasons to turn the volume down on his hatred of Toledo and Whitlock High School, but there’s little chance A.P. Bio is going to turn into the feel-good hit of the late summer when it returns to Peacock for its 4th season (and 2nd on the streamer). Instead, look for the show’s standout teen cast to continue stealing scenes and for Howerton’s Jack to continue using annoyance as a fuel source, albeit with some different rules of the road now that he has more evident stakes. Beyond all that though, we’re stoaked to see more Paula Pell flexes. With A.P. Bio and Girls5Eva, the longtime SNL writer is proving to be Peacock’s secret comedy weapon and we are here for it. Digitally insert her into reruns of The Office, inject some levity into Dr. Death, SAVED BY THE BELL CROSSOVER! The world is crying out for more Paula Pell. Watch it on Peacock.

6. Money Heist (Netflix)

Netflix really has the market cornered on wildly popular European heist shows between Lupin and this series, which follows a criminal mastermind named “The Professor” and a group of associates with a collection of very specific skills as they attempt to rob various banks and literal money-printing operation in Spain. It’s a juicy binge-watch with drama and slick thieves and misdirection, all you need in a fun heist series. And hey, if you get into the action deep enough and pay close attention to the English subtitles while the characters are talking, you might end up learning Spanish by accident. That would be cool. Watch it on Netflix.

5. Lucifer (Netflix)

The Devil is back for one last dance-of-a-rodeo in Season 6, and naturally, Lucifer Morningstar is still a total pain in the tush, and you’ll love him for it. Fortunately, he’s no longer attempting to be a detective. Lucifer is now God (don’t ask), and if he doesn’t get with the new program, he’s liable to trigger the apocalypse of all apocalypses. This is one last, fan-requested hurrah for a Netflix-resurrected series, and Neil Gaiman’s creation will live on in fans’ hearts and, most likely, their pants as well. Watch it on Netflix.

4. Reservation Dogs (Hulu)

Taika Waititi’s follow-up to What We Do in the Shadows brings us a comedy series that’s co-written by Native American filmmaker Sterlin Harjo. Yes, the lead quartet in this show rocks suits that look strikingly similar to the characters of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, yet they’re four Indigenous teens who want to commit crime and simply can’t pull it off. The show was shot in and near Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and these teens hope to make it all the way to California. The cast and crew come from indigenous communities, from where Harjo and Waititi are aiming their storytelling styles as well. Watch it on Hulu.

3. Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)

Selena Gomez stars alongside the legendary Steve Martin and Martin Short, and the three portray NYC neighbors who aim to unravel an apparent murder inside their apartment building. Yes, they’re all podcasting because everyone does it (duh), and before long, the killer might be after them, too. Martin hasn’t written a feature film since the Pink Panther movies and Shopgirl, and we don’t wanna come out and call this trio a “much cooler Three Amigos” update, but Martin wrote that, too, so why not? Watch it on Hulu

2. Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

There are moments in the early stages of season two that feel like they’re doubling down on the show’s signature positivity and niceness, but there’s no such thing as sweetness overload here as the show grows our affection for characters that are clearly taking a step forward in their arcs. Especially Ted, even though it seems like there may be some challenges ahead. Watch it on Apple TV+.

1. What We Do In The Shadows (FX/Hulu)

Well, well, well. Guillermo turned out to be a vampire killer, which sure as heck came as a surprise to Nandor, Nadja, and Laszlo, and Colin. The four Staten Island roommates must figure out how to handle this conundrum, along with tackling the other challenges of this season. Those include dealing with wellness cults and gym culture, along with gargoyles, werewolves who play kickball, casinos, and more. In other words, this is still one of the funniest shows on TV. Watch it on FX and Hulu.

After spending the better part of 2021 dominating The View with shouting matches and bizarre space-princess hairstyles, Meghan McCain left the daytime talk show at the end of its 24th season, capping off a four-year run. Since then, McCain has been a constant presence on Twitter, despite promising to delete her account on her last day at The View, and now, it seems her penchant for rants has landed her a new gig as a columnist for The Daily Mail.

The UK publication announced McCain’s hiring on Thursday with an official statement:

‘It’s a privilege to join the DailyMail.com team as a columnist. I’ve been an avid reader of the website for many years and have been impressed by its global influence and reach. It truly is a juggernaut.

‘I’ve always respected the way DailyMail.com tackles issues across the entire political spectrum and I’m looking forward to sharing my own opinions without fear or favor on the important issues that matter to our readers across the globe,’ Meghan said on Thursday.

McCain also shared the news on Twitter where she slipped in some more shade at her old employer, but this time, by more pointedly alluding to censorship.

“Everything in my life these days is about going back to basics,” McCain tweeted. “I started as a columnist & am thrilled at the chance to return to it @DailyMail – I am so excited to work in a completely uncensored free space.”

McCain’s new job arrives just three days into The View’s 25th season, which has repeatedly trended on social media thanks to viewers praising the show’s calmer, more chill vibes now that the conservative co-host is gone. Although, we’d be lying if we said we won’t miss Whoopi Goldberg’s facial reactions to McCain’s rants. Just pure gold, every time.

(Via Meghan McCain on Twitter, Daily Mail)

Ted Cruz never misses an opportunity to take a cheap shot, even though the tactic generally backfires on him. That was the case when Cruz, a self-declared The Princess Bride superfan, came for Westley actor Cary Elwes, who mopped the floor with the Texas Republican. And Ted, who spends way too much time on social media, decided to come for comedian Patton Oswalt, who announced that he pulled multiple tour dates (in Florida and Utah) from venues that refused to require proof of vaccination and a negatory COVID test for audience members.

While retweeting an article from The Blaze (a conservative outlet), Ted decided to get snippy with a boilerplate comeback: “Both of his fans were disappointed.”

This presented a huge onslaught of reactions from Patton fans (it must be noted that he bests Cruz with 4.7 million Twitter followers as opposed to 4.5 million), but first, here are Patton’s (weary) replies, which included shot at Ted’s Cancun fiasco and “Ted, you Tweeted this at 1am. Put the phone down and return to liquid form for a few hours.” The A.P. Bio star also couldn’t resist firing a shot at Ted’s notorious (apparent) porn “like” and the January 6 hearings.

However, the real smackdown came from Patton fans that piled onto Ted’s tweet to ask why he’s making light of a pandemic. People also noted the difference in followers between Ted and Patton, and they wondered why Ted isn’t focusing his energy on, you know, the job that he was elected to do.

Fair enough. Also, this: