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I'm Pierre Kelly.....and who are you? Oh yeah, you reading this blog. With Phase 1 of the "Back From the Dead" city recovery plan set for next week, we'll soon return to the office with Madison Brunoehler returning as announcer and a few people in the newsroom under 1/4 capacity with a cameraman in tow in the studio. In the meantime, today's edition is presented by......
Mothers. When you take your girlfriend somewhere to your house to......you know, it's just your mother trying to snatch it all away from you. 

What is up, party people on this May Day  and ‬TGIF! Hope you are well. And if you aren't well, well........
Today is National Loyalty Day. We give you the loyalty of you the best positivity in these desperate times today. We hope this blog will give you hope and something to learn along the way. Now let's......get wired!

Gilligan's Illness?

During an Edinburgh TV Festival event streamed over YouTube, Lygo vividly described a nightmare scenario in which ITV can’t make tentpole shows like Love Island, its soaps run dry before the summer, and its schedules face countless months of disruption as TV gets back on its feet.

On the specifics, Lygo suggested there is a real danger that Love Island will not go into production in Mallorca this summer because of the pandemic. The ITV Studios show, which is a key revenue generator because of its loyal young audience, is due to go into pre-production in six weeks and is right at the top of his agenda.

He said there is a risk the show’s 200-strong crew won’t be able to travel to the Spanish island, and if they can, they may be quarantined. Lygo added that they explored making Love Island in Cornwall in the UK, but decided it would distort the DNA of the show, in which singletons couple up under the Mediterranean sun.

Moreover, he said the program may not strike the right tone for the times we’re living in. “What signal might it be sending out if we’re doing a show where everybody’s crammed together slathering over each other and the rest of the world can’t go near anyone in the park,” he said. “I’m a bit uneasy about that.”

The World's Best Recovery

James Corden has been hosting The Late Late Show from his garage for the past couple of weeks, but the CBS late-night host is taking some time off. Corden said today that had “minor eye surgery” Tuesday and “won’t be able to film new episodes for a few nights.”

He didn’t elaborate on the procedure but thanked folks for watching his remote show and added: “I am doing well and recovering. … I’ll be back soon

Corden has been home-showing amid the coronavirus shutdown since April 13, with guests joining him online. His garage-based Late Late Show follows his primetime special Homefest, which CBS aired on March 30. That show featured home-based performances from the likes of Dua Lipa in London; K-pop heroes BTS, who were all quarantined together in South Korea; as well as Andrea Bocelli singing from his house in Italy, one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic.

A Cameo disappearance

You gotta hand it to Bachelor Nation. “The Bachelorette” isn’t even in production right now, but it’s still delivering high-quality drama. Over the weekend, Clare Crawley came for one of her 32 contestants on Twitter for, well, not being on the show for the — all together now — right reasons.

“If you are doing interviews and creating Cameo accounts before you are even on my season… you are in it for the wrong reasons… #dontwasteyourtime,” Crawley tweeted on Saturday. “Respect the opportunity you’ve been given. Respect the rules. Respect me.”

Though she didn’t name names, it was pretty obvious to Bachelor Nation that she was subtweeting Matt James, the BFF and roommate of Season 15 runner-up Tyler Cameron. James has a Cameo account, and has been promoting and doing press for his and Cameron’s charity, ABC Food Tours, a food nonprofit that serves underprivileged children in New York City, and other charities he’s been working with during the coronavirus pandemic. He’s been donating the money from Cameo, for which he charges $29, to charity.

Bachelor Nation was not pleased with Crawley’s shade, and she got ratioed in her replies. Fans pointed out that James was already well-known (in the reality TV and “Bachelor” world) for his charity and association with Cameron, and was not one of those unknown wannabe influencers who want to use the franchise as a springboard for fame and their brand.

You can bet that James saw Crawley’s tweets because hours later, he said this in an Instagram Story: “For those of you who may have missed the messaging earlier this week, myself and Alex Bachman, my former teammate and current New York Giants wide receiver, have pledged all of our Cameo earnings to the Robin Hood Foundation to fight this fight.” The Robin Hood Foundation helps those struggling with poverty in New York City.

After being just an all mime affair, REW decided to go the other way around by going back to it's pre-mime years and keeping a few mines and dumping a few shows out except for "Stuck on The Telly." This channel is still a place for classic ads and mashups but one new character is headed to the channel named Boombox played by a supporter of this channel, actress/breakdancer/graffiti artist/child of God.....Ms. Hip Hope, Sara Kelly. The REW Instagram page allowed you to pick the look that fit the character best, but now I think I'd pick a favorite. Please remember, trigger warning, sometimes clown can scare you. So please, scroll down a bit if you want to do scroll faster past it. And.....now!

Everyone still here? Good.


TikTok is a drag, man.

For the first time in herstory, RuPaul’s DragCon is going digital. The two-day event will stream on World of Wonder’s YouTube channel — WoWPresents — this weekend beginning 12 p.m. PT/ 3 p.m. ET.

Queens from the currently airing twelfth season, along with previous fan favorites, will be participating in “wig-snatching entertainment, exclusive Q&As, glittering performances, shoutouts, and safe-space celebration,” according to the press release.

The event replaces the physical RuPaul’s DragCon, which was supposed to be held in Los Angeles this weekend but was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic



Have you ever seen Trisha Hershberger in a onesie?

In past seasons of CBS’s long-running reality TV show “Survivor,” contestants were often seen walking around nude, including most notably Richard Hatch, the winner of Season 1 (“Borneo”) and a controversial figure in Season 8 (“All-Stars”). However, Jeff Probst noted at a recent event that since the “culture” has changed, “Today it wouldn’t get past our producers for half of a second.”

As the four-time Emmy-winning host explained, “It speaks to the fact that ‘Survivor’ is always of the moment because it’s fresh. Not withstanding returning players, you typically have new people playing and whatever is happening in the culture is what’s happening.” In other words, “Survivor” has evolved, so if you want to see pixelated bodies go watch “Naked and Afraid.”

Head Rush

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michelle Visage is to let cameras into her Los Angeles home for a BBC lockdown series in which she will ask How’s Your Head, Hun?.

World Of Wonder will make the eight-part series for the British broadcaster’s youth service BBC Three, and has rigged cameras around Visage’s house and enlisted her family to help with filming.

The eight-part series will be framed around a weekly family progress report, charting their efforts to keep busy, including Visage cooking, re-organizing her wardrobe and training her newly-adopted dog.

BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell said: “Michelle is a big favorite of ours and her humor, heart and sharp putdowns are always welcome on BBC Three. We’re looking forward to peeking through the window to see her life in lockdown and we hope this series offers some light relief for everyone.”

Programming note: Starting May 11 GSN will bring back Whammy and the network's own version of Pyramid in the morning slots now occupied by Match Game.

With about a chunk of the states still under a shelter in place order, Charissa Memrick decided to write a parody about it. Hit that.

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So I just learned that when on Survivor, being naked means it's just an embarrassment not to mention why network TV today isn't somewhat family friendly. Might as well stick to digital subchannels. 

I wish I gave you more news but alas the hourglass ran out of sand. We'll be together another time when this sound is heard.....



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