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Fox News Pays Tribute To Roger Ailes By Putting The Worst Possible Shit On TV Today
The Fox News Specialists, the new Fox program that gave the world Joe Namath yakking about Syria with Karl Rove, has blessed us again. Yapping cheshire cat and First Take host Stephen A. Smith linked up with apartheid apologist Ted Nugent on another edition of the show this afternoon, and the two specialists got into…
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We're Never Getting Another Game Of Thrones Book, But HBO Will Be Making Thrones Spinoffs Forever
Normally around this time in May, Game Of Thrones, HBO’s hit show about sailing and cousin-fucking, is approaching the halfway point of its season. The course of the season’s plot has been charted, glowery dudes have glowered across dimly lit tables at each other, and at least one character has been parted with their…
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Which TV Shows Have The Most People Boned To?
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering eating aliens, identity crises, bandwagon fans, and more.
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The Time Has Come For The Americans' Philip Jennings To Defect
I like watching The Americans because I like watching two characters who are, without question, worse parents that I am. As much as I fuck up, I will never have to shield my kids from the fact that I have slaughtered dozens of innocent people, and I will not then attempt to indoctrinate the oldest one into my…
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NFL's Head Of Officiating Leaving To Become A TV Guy
NFL VP of officiating Dean Blandino, whose job it is to publicly eat shit every time the the referees blow a call (he eats a lot of shit), is leaving the league for that sweet TV life.
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What Year Is It?
What the hell is going on, here? I thought the show about the guys breaking out of prison ended like eight years ago. Now I am seeing commercials that are all like This Tuesday … [grim men looking at each other through chain-link fence] … on Fox … [sooty-faced men being serious] … you can never … [prison…
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LaVar Ball Vs. Stephen A. Smith Made For Some Profoundly Dumb TV
I suppose the logical apotheosis of the media tour that LaVar Ball, patron saint of loud sports dads, has embarked upon over the past month is an appearance on ESPN’s preeminent shouting match, First Take. This morning, Ball joined the program to discuss his series of outlandish public proclamations—that his son Lonzo…
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Wheel Of Fortune Contestant Completely Blows It
Fake Strongmen Fool Morning News Shows, Create Deeply Stupid TV
Local morning news shows have a lot of air to fill each day. So when a pair claiming to be an inspirational strongman duo blasted out a press release—citing a nonexistent tour and an America’s Got Talent appearance, and offering no video or documentation—they were immediately booked by seven different shows across the…
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Two Kids Barge Into Room During Expert's BBC Interview About South Korea
It’s honestly surprising that this doesn’t happen more often with remote interviews from subjects’ houses.
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Here Is A Harrowingly In-Depth Analysis Of The New Game Of Thrones Poster
Game Of Thrones, HBO’s hit show about cartography and snowstorms, will be back soonish (probably in July). The release date hasn’t been announced yet, but the first bit of show-related ephemera dropped today, via EW. It’s a poster. There’s a lot of ice.
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Don't Watch Donald Trump
I thought I was planning to watch Donald Trump speak last night, but then my older kid forgot to do his homework till the last minute before bedtime, and I started to get mad, and I paused and figured out I was really mad because I didn’t want to have to watch Donald Trump speak.
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Report: Fox Sports 1 Will Get Rid Of The Good Parts
Fox Sports 1, a network aiming to build its programming around as many washed-up zoilists as possible, will reportedly get rid of two shows that didn’t sufficiently delve into the topic of cyber-humans.
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Don't Volunteer To Be Ambushed On Television
This week, Washington Post media columnist Erik Wemple appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, Tucker Carlson’s Inexplicable Tenth Shot At Hosting A Cable News Show.
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Whatever The Hell The Young Pope Was, It Ruled
If there’s one scene that best captures the sense of hallucinatory wonder of watching HBO’s The Young Pope, it’s a vision that the Pope has in the season finale.
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Steve Young Insists He Gives A Crap About His ESPN Job
Steve Young is in damage control mode, apologizing to ESPN after participating in a profile that sure made it look like he’s not that into the NFL or his Monday Night Football analyst job, and even seemed to imply his MNF job is merely a means to bolster his private equity firm.
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Mike Tirico Just Took The Reins From Bob Costas
Despite still looking like a lad fresh out of short pants, Bob Costas is 64 years old and could not continue as the face of NBC Sports forever. His heir has been apparent since last year when NBC hired Mike Tirico, but the transition is happening quicker than we expected.
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Here’s our buddy Alan Siegel on “Homer’s Phobia,” a social milestone, a wonderful Simpsons episode i
Here’s our buddy Alan Siegel on “Homer’s Phobia,” a social milestone, a wonderful Simpsons episode in its own right, and one of the last where a celebrity voice made sense and wasn’t just stunt casting. [The Ringer]
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Austrian TV's Super Bowl Highlight Reel Is Much Better Than Anything Fox Produced
Super Bowl LI was an incredible game that featured a historic comeback and two of the greatest catches in Super Bowl history. But you might not get a sense of how bonkers the Patriots’ unholy comeback was from watching the limp highlight reel that FOX played at the end of the game. If you want the good shit, Austria’s…
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Proposal: They Should Make Sherlock Into Movies
The fourth season of Sherlock came and went, and it’s altogether possible that there won’t be a fifth one, because Benedict Cumberbatch is a huge fucking movie star now, and Martin Freeman isn’t far behind. These are busy men, and getting them together with creators Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss (who pulls double…
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Why Do So Many Goddamn Sportswriters Watch The Bachelor?
If there’s one thing I know about old sportswriters, it’s that they love Bruce Springsteen. HURRRRR WELL DURRRRR ME AND SALLY WE COULDA MADE IT BUT THEN I LOST MY UNION CARD BRRRRGHH.
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Canadian Super Bowl Broadcaster Forced To Air Stupid American Ads For Free
This morning, a spokesman for Bell Media announced that the company would be laying off an undisclosed amount of workers at over two dozen locations. With over 6,000 employees, Bell is Canada’s largest media company. They are the parent company of Canadian sports giant TSN and they have broadcast partnerships with…
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Brent Musburger Will Leave ESPN At The End Of The Month
Longtime sports broadcaster Brent Musburger will call his final game for ESPN at the end of the month, according to a statement from the network. The 77-year-old’s last event will be a Georgia-Kentucky men’s basketball game on Jan. 31.
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Every Episode Of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Ranked
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia has been on the air since 2005, and somehow, a show about five terrible idiots who hatch insane schemes and treat each other with unabashed disdain is probably going to end up as the longest running live-action comedy series in TV history. The show is just getting into its 12th season…
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Watch the Super Bowl Sans-Cable With This $16 Amplified HDTV Antenna
All of a sudden, it’s 2017 and the Super Bowl is a few weeks away. If you don’t have cable, but are looking for a cheap and easy alternative to streaming the game, how about this $16 amplified antenna?
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