The TV thread

Very stylish and smooth but not a lot “there”. Certainly not like Season 1. I really like Crudup though.

 

Kojak and Barney Miller both took place at the 11th Precinct.

 

Reece Witherspoon (45) is 7 years younger than Jennifer Aniston.

 

Some programming news. Family Guy reruns are quietly leaving Cartoon Network and TBS and shifting to FXX and Freeform. They'd been airing as part of the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network for 18 years in a relationship that helped turn it from a short-lived and canceled show to almost a cultural institution.

FXX Expands ‘Family Guy’ Rights To Full Catalog Of Past Seasons, Adds ‘Futurama’ – Deadline

 

Lil Mike & Funnybone perform Sunday at the grand opening of the First Americans Museum. The two Native rappers now have recurring roles on FX’s “Reservation Dogs.”

 

It's like looking at the Best of RIP threads from the last year.

 

Not much Emmy's talk, unless I'm missing a thread. Mostly a "meh" show to me, but kind of hard to quibble with the big winners - Mare, Ted Lasso, Queen's Gambit. The Crown was probably the only iffy choice, but I don't watch it, so I'm not sure if it's in the "stodgy reputation voting" category yet or if it's legitimately still good.

Agree with The Ringer piece on the ceremony - Most of the bits went about as well as you'd expect on an awards show on CBS. I thought the opening rap was OK, mostly thanks to Lil Dicky and (surprisingly!) Rita Wilson. The non-winner panel with Jason Alexander and others was funny, as was the short Cedric's wives bit. The fly skit and everything else was excruciating, especially since they aired that and then were trying to play people off way too quickly.

Best part of the show - Conan O'Brien, chaos agent. He repeatedly shouted "YES!" during the usually boring speech by the chairman of the television academy, and saluted him the whole time. Now that he's no longer hosting a show and seemingly deep into his "IDGAF" phase, just have him host all award shows.

 

Terrible presentation. It concentrated too much on the musicians then had an awkward transition to full screen on Screech. Poor fonts made some of the cards hard to read. Asner deserved more than a half second slide.

 

but doesn't rate an RIP mention.

 

With the exception of a couple of one liners, Cedric was a flop.

 

Any new basic-cable series I should add to the DVR? I have no streaming services, just expensive TV.