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New ‘Punisher’ Trailer Finally Sets November Netflix Premiere
Marvel may never shake questions of gun violence around The Punisher, but the Netflix spinoff is taking aim at a new release. A second trailer for the Defenders-adjacent drama delves into Frank’s past and sets an official November premiere date.
‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Changed Pretty Much All Its Episode Titles
Stranger Things had the internet in a tizzy with Season 2’s announcement, simultaneously revealing nine cryptic episode titles. Well, so much for all your detective work! A new teaser reveals the list was completely overhauled, and apparently too spoiler-y for its own good.
Gal Gadot and Kumail Nanjiani to Host ‘SNL’ in October
Well, if Baby Goose didn’t float your boat, SNL’s October lineup will either fill you with Wonder, or make you Sick with anticipation. Season 43’s next hosts have been announced, including Gal Gadot and Kumail Nanjiani.
‘The Defenders’ May Have Been Marvel’s Least-Watched Netflix Debut
The combined might of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist was enough to take out The Defenders’ biggest foes, but perhaps not enough to hook viewers. Reports indicate that Defenders may have been the least-viewed premiere of all Marvel’s Netflix series in its first month.
‘Punisher’ Keeps a GoPro War Journal in New Netflix Teaser
We knew Marvel’s Netflix Punisher would have to distinguish itself from the dimly-lit Defenders, but who knew that meant body-cams and broad daylight murder? Frank Castle is a woodland killer in the latest teaser for the Daredevil spinoff.
Watch Stephen Colbert’s Alter-Ego Return for Obama’s Final ‘Werd’
If ever conservative madmen escaped into the real world, Stephen Colbert would be judge. The Late Show host’s not-quite Colbert Report alter-ego returned to have the final “Werd” on Barack Obama’s presidency, the full clip of which you can watch right now.
Andrew Lincoln Swears ‘The Walking Dead’ Will Be Less Depressing in 2017
It’s been an exceptionally punishing year for fans of The Walking Dead, who first endured the cop-out of Negan’s entrance, a summer spent waiting, and about eight episodes since of misery under The Saviors’ reign. Rick will finally fight back when Season 7 returns in February, and Andrew Lincoln insists “There’s a lot more levity, if you can believe that.”
Patrick Stewart’s ‘Blunt Talk’ Canceled After Two Seasons
Appealing as the concept of Patrick Stewart playing a debauchery-prone news anchor might have sounded, it seems Starz’s Blunt Talk has officially burned out. The network has opted not to renew the Seth MacFarlane-Jonathan Ames produced comedy beyond Season 2, completing its original order.
Alan Thicke, ‘Growing Pains’ Star, Dies at 69
As 2016 seems to be an unendingly cruel mistress, another beloved TV parent has left us behind. Alan Thicke, actor behind Growing Pains patriarch Jason Seaver has passed away at age 69. The acclaimed sitcom star had only days earlier made a surprise cameo in the second season of Netflix’s Fuller House.
Colbert Flexes His Profanity in New Showtime Election Special Teasers
We’re all going to let the expeletives fly on Election Night 2016, regardless of the outcome, and no one is more excited than Stephen Colbert. After years of keeping it cable and broadcast-appropriate, the Late Show host is exercising all the profanity he can muster in new TV spots for the live Showtime election special.