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GIF The CW’s original “Fight Club” ad, teaming up its DC superheroes and villains, was a bit of amazingly silly fan service. How could someone possibly improve on it? Three words: Add. Kara. Danvers. The channel has just dropped “Fight Club 2.0”, which bumps up the crossover’s superheroic potential with the arrival of Supergirl and…
We’ve seen brief glimpses of the superteam in various Legends of Tomorrow stills and footage, but now we have them all together in our best look yet at this newest version of DC’s classic heroes. The Justice Society will make their debut in the second episode of Legends’ new season, aptly titled “The Justice Society…
GIF If you can watch this and not desperately wish that there was an Indiana Jones cartoon to accompany it, then you are a stronger person than I. In his free time over the past five years, artist Patrick Schoenmaker has been putting together this wonderful trailer for an animated Indiana Jones adventure, and now…
Kiefer Sutherland stars as a low-level White House cabinet member forced to step in to become president after a major attack. There’s something very ominous about Designated Survivor, the new ABC series that has arguably the most intriguing premise in a pilot this season — a very low-level cabinet member becomes president because, as the…
TV man Jimmy Fallon had impacted molar Donald Trump on his program Thursday night, where Fallon proceeded to act like this whole thing is a fucking joke. The gentle, baby-soft interview included a little bit of joshing about Trump’s “bromance” with Vladimir Putin, then culminated with him playfully ruffling Trump’s hair. Of course you did,…
Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari.ABC As Jimmy Kimmel noted in his opening speech at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, this year marks the most inclusive ceremony ever, with a wide variety of nonwhite creators and performers nominated throughout the night. Among those nominees were Master of None co-creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, who…
Image: Adam Clark Estes Fifty years is an enormous milestone, especially when you’re talking about the relatively short history of television shows. So why on Earth and Vulcan did CBS and Paramount fail to capitalize on Star Trek’s 50th anniversary? Do you know how the two mammoth companies acknowledged this beloved, decades-spanning, money-generating franchise? Late…
Here’s what’s going on in Matt Lauer’s neck of the woods…nothing. For part two: https://youtu.be/cVjax8Fb3ag. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new … “Asking” the “Tough” “Questions” (Act 2, Part 1) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: “Asking” the “Tough” “Questions” (Act 2, Part 1) | Full Frontal with…
Dear Mr. Frank Fahrenkopf and Mr. Michael McCurry: As you gentlemen undoubtedly know, Week 1 of the 2016 NFL season concluded with its usual and unusual fanfare: roaring crowds, jammed parking lots, overserved fans, heartfelt renditions of “The Star Spangled Banner” (with some players kneeling, others raising their fists and an entire team locking arms)…