Rick Porter

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Write about the TV business for THR, do other things offline that I probably won't talk about much here.

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Every picture of JD Vance looks like the worst outtake from The CW series "Reaper." iykyk

Every picture of JD Vance looks like he's a former child star meth addict appearing in court

Making dinner last night, the 9yo girl is helping. I'm making a vinaigrette and explaining how a little mustard helps it emulsify. "Oh," she says. "It's like that one friend that connects two other friends. I'm like that - but this is for condiments." Be like that kid and be the mustard, folks.

"Take the stairs," but make it mental health.

Exactly, some people really will benefit from little breaks or more hobby-like activities but other people have chemical imbalances in their brains that need to be managed with medication. "Have you tried going for a walk?" can be unbelievably condescending if it's over-applied

Submitted: JD Vance is the millennial Ted Cruz, in that only the most ghoulish of ghouls even pretends to like him and that growing a beard was an image upgrade.

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Hey media folks, please spread far and wide: The Boston Globe is hiring a TV critic. Probably doesn't need to be said but these job openings are hella rare these days. Heartening to see this gig is available, pls let folks know TVsky! : bostonglobemediapartners.applytojob.com/apply/OLsbys...

TV Critic - Boston Globe Media Partners - Career Pagebostonglobemediapartners.applytojob.com The Boston Globe seeks a full-time TV critic to join our staff

The "Smash"-on-Peacock news has been out for a good 15 minutes and I have yet to see a photo of Kat McPhee's head on the Dillon Panthers' star RB's body. Can someone check on @sepinwall.bsky.social please.

Season 2 of "Presumed Innocent" will just be eight episodes of everyone wondering how Rusty got so jacked.

‘Presumed Innocent’ Renewed for Second Season at Apple TV+www.hollywoodreporter.com The streamer says the legal thriller is its most watched drama to date.

Merge two films: The Lost Weekend at Bernie's

Merge two films: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford v Ferrari

Bill Belichick is now a CW star. What world is this. (He's going to be on "Inside the NFL" this season.)

NBC or Amazon, one of you just get Kevin Harlan on your team. Or heck, ESPN, bring him as the second guy behind Breen. That's all I'm asking.

NBA Finalizes TV Deals With Disney, NBC and Amazon … But TNT’s Future Is Unclearwww.hollywoodreporter.com The league has finalized deals with its new partners, but Warner Bros. Discovery could try to match ... or sue.

Make a band more vegetable The English Beet

Make a band more vegetable NINE INCH NANTES

After the closing/gutting of MTV News, Comedy Central & other websites, I've been going through my old stuff and archiving (with Authory) things I want to save. It is remarkable how many stories I wrote about Quibi programming late 2019-early 2020. (I am not saving those stories)

I think @thefienprint.bsky.social is off today, but I know he'd want us all to pour one out for Josh Brolin's hole.

‘Outer Range’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Amazonwww.hollywoodreporter.com Josh Brolin starred in the series that blended western and sci-fi elements.

Underrated part of the on-off-on-off-now-on-again Paramount-Skydance saga is getting to use the extremely goofy pic of Shari Redstone brandishing a coffee cup over and over.

They’re Back: Skydance and Paramount Restart Talkswww.hollywoodreporter.com Get ready for some holiday week M&A negotiations? David Ellison's Skydance Media has reemerged as a suitor.

As a Northwestern alum, I … cannot argue with a single word of this. And f the clowns bringing this suit.

"The complaint alleges that the private university’s law school gives hiring preference to 'mediocre' women and applicants of color." The idea that Northwestern hasn't hired plenty of mediocre white dudes is wholly unsustainable in light of Northwestern's many mediocre white dudes.

Lawsuit: Northwestern’s law school is biased against White men in hiringwww.washingtonpost.com The lawsuit, filed by a prominent attorney, alleges the university’s law school gives hiring preference to women and people of color.

Thanks to this morning's playlist, I now got that dog. in me.

Minneapolis by that dogwww.youtube.com YouTube video by oh re

Just wanted to say that listening to @lindaholmes.bsky.social and @aishaharris.bsky.social do a taxonomy of will they-or-won't they tropes on PCHH was a lovely way to start my day. Thanks.

Writers of online things: How do you archive your stuff? What services/tips/tricks do you use? I haven't done this enough and have been badly burned by previous site killings. (Not expecting it to happen in my current gig but I'd still like to have backups somewhere safe.)

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Hey for extra fun guess what was the only way for people who still work at the show to find old clips that are important to have in the course of producing said show!

2002: "Careful, kids, the Internet is forever!" 2024: "Oh, hey, all the work you did for a decade of your life was just deleted from the Internet for Business Reasons." latenighter.com/news/paramou...

Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gonelatenighter.com One of the richest repositories of late-night videos—including 25 years of clips from 'The Daily Show' and the entire run of 'The Colbert Report'—is no longer.

Like a week ago, I looked up a bunch of "Daily Show" clips from past political conventions. Today all that's gone. The enshittifcation continues apace.

Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content On Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websiteswww.hollywoodreporter.com The sites, formerly home to a trove of clips and other related materials, now redirect users to Paramount+.

So are we calling the NBA team in Manhattan Knicksanova or VillaKnicksa now? @sepinwall.bsky.social care to weigh in?

Me encountering pretzels on their own: These are a fine snack. Me encountering pretzels in any snack mix: What the hell. This is bullshit.

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So much $$$ wasted in the past five years on trying to develop and market branding for different streamers adjacent to their different cable properties — "FX on Hulu," "Max Originals" etc — only to discover that none of these brands — much less "cable" and "streamers" — mean ANYTHING to "the kids."

Here's how I'm thinking about it, based on what I wrote and Casey's interview w/Variety: HBO is still HBO, but with more big-budget, IP-driven shows. Max is some genuinely good comedies (Hacks, Sex Lives of College Girls) + dramas that 10 years ago would've run on TNT + all the Discovery stuff

Honestly, with no TV's Top 5 on which to discuss this, I have a hard time caring. I'll let Casey Bloys' Bluesky burner account explain it all to me.

‘Welcome to Derry,’ ‘Harry Potter’ Series Move to HBO From Max in Tentpole Strategy Changewww.hollywoodreporter.com Big-budget series will now carry the branding of HBO originals.

I present to you the logline for "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story," an actual Hallmark Christmas movie airing this year.

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After consuming a full bag* of the fiery mango Doritos (over several sittings/days), I would advise you to spend your $6.29 elsewhere. Not terrible, but lower-tier chips for sure. (*Impulse grocery buy. No one really liked them, but the generic heat was OK when I wanted something spicy.)

It is not even close to his best/most important/defining role, but Donald Sutherland's delivery of "I'm not kidding! This is my job!" in "Animal House" is a) entirely perfect and b) among the most instantly accessible clips in the library in my head.

The Sports Illustrated curse, but for business ghouls.

TIL that somehow Nathan Lane never guest-starred on "Will & Grace," and honestly I'm still not sure I believe that's true.