#that airs weekly on like cbs

[livvyofthelake]

we need to get colin morgan and bradley james back on the television in a big way. no pair of actors have served odd couple realness on such a scale since them we need it back the world is so bleak!!

[crissiebaby]

Itty-Bitty Crissie

Heyyo everyone! CrissieBaby has captions now! 💕💜💕💜💕💜

This has definitely been a long time coming and I'm so excited to move forward with this new format. We will begin alternating between story/art commissions and captions with sketches by CodiBaby on Fridays, which will be freely available. Additionally, captions will replace Interactive Story Saturdays as weekly premium content on the CrissieBaby SubscribeStar and FANBOX. Both Codi's Coloring Club and Crissie's Bookworm Club, along with all higher tiers will have access to these weekly captions.

That's all for now! 🥰🥰

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Itty-Bitty Crissie

“Pancake!” screamed Crissie with glee, throwing her arms around her favorite stuffed animal. Resting at the size of a football, the pink manta ray with glossy, turquoise dots was far from her largest plushie but that didn’t stop her from folding her arms over him every single night. Never would she have dreamed that the tables of tallness would be turned when it came to her and her fuzzy friend.

Enter the latest and greatest invention from the CrissBaby Diaper Company: a formula that temporarily shrinks its user based on the amount consumed. Was it odd for a diaper company to be dabbling in genetic manipulation? Perhaps but the marketing upside and potential tie-ins were too good to pass up on. After all, what self-respecting Little didn’t dream of fun-sizing themself?

Unsurprisingly, Crissie's hand was held firmly in the air the moment she learned about it despite the vast number of side effects that came up in trials. Filling a bottle with as much as the maximum single dose would allow, she plunged herself down to a mere six inches short, where a miniature CrissBaby diaper was waiting for her. Needless to say, she was beyond ecstatic and incredibly blushy when it came to her altitude reduction. Whether it was being made to have a tea party with her dollies by Codi or getting cradled like an actual baby by Miss Snorington, she was a flustered mess every teensy-tiny step of the way.

However, nothing would stand as monumental as the moment she was laid to bed in her crib, only to come face-to-face with her now massive manta stuffy. The pupils of her eyes turned heart-shaped as she hoisted Pancake up on one end like a mattress. Her body sunk into the mound of polyester-encased stuffing like a fluffy cloud.

Allowing herself to tumble to the bed with Pancake resting atop her, Crissie was asleep within minutes. The last thing on her mind as she nodded off was that she hoped to wake up no bigger than she was now. Funny enough, based on the shrinking formula’s test results, her wish might very well come true…for the foreseeable future…

💜 Artwork By CodiBaby 💜 💕 Story By CrissieBaby 💕

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[chrisodonline]

I have been thinking about the show and you guys a lot more, not just because we're approaching the anniversary of the end but because...it seems like LA ties keep popping up everywhere!

I know I haven't been active, but I do like coming back to see you guys on my dash even if I have no idea what you're posting about because I'm not part of those fandoms. I've been debating on coming back more -- or going back to that LOL, Z blog I started just to make sure I keep writing and staying in touch. So, we'll see.

Work has been crazy, and I just took the first actual day(s) off in a good while. I had some rough losses near the end of last year, and then huge project after huge project has meant not just working without days off but also working on my days off. Finally actually took a couple days off and did nothing. And I actually got a good amount of writing done, so now I don't want to go back. (I find I actually do get going a lot quicker if I start by hand, but my joints cramp up soooo quickly. It's always been annoying. ANYWAY.)

What finally prompted this was I was watching last night's SNL, and NCIS:LA got a mention, despite being off the air. (There was a joke about character actors and appearing on arcs on shows with titles that are only letters. There were four spots, and LA was the fourth. IT IS STILL REMEMBERED! But holy crap, how about that Hawai'i turn? Wow. Anyway.)

In the past year, small things have made me think about LA:

-Waking up to an old episode from a syndicated outdoors show (I sleep with the TV on, don't judge me) that featured Gerald McRaney talking about his acting career -- filmed years ago -- and doing outdoors stuff -Spotting Medalion in a small spot on New Girl -Being addicted to Disney Dreamlight Valley when I was redirecting my impulse shopping addiction into cozy gaming (that was basically ADHD-crack because of all the tasks you just have to complete!). How is this relevant? Because the only fish I could seem to catch most of the time? COD! -Todd popping up in new commercials all the time -Getting into Elsbeth and watching CBS shows on Paramount and hearing the little logo music after or before a show and remembering watching LA on the platform a lot towards the end

And I know there are many more, but age + too may back-to-back storms and natural disasters have made my memory even wonkier. (We currently have a joke about our "weekly tornadoes" here. It's funny because it's not completely a joke. Lololol.)

Anyway, I won't lie to say there wasn't some freedom and relief that came with the show's ending. But there are definitely parts of it I miss like you guys.

[denimbex1986]

'Sixty years is but the blink of an eye for a time-traveller like The Doctor. But for a television series, a Diamond Anniversary is an extremely rare and impressive occurrence.

BBC’s Doctor Who recently celebrated such a milestone with three one-hour specials which, for the first time, streamed globally on Disney+.

Russell T Davies, fresh from his success on ’80s AIDS miniseries It’s A Sin, returned to the show he brought back so successfully in 2005 to the BBC. Bolstering his team are returning producers Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson, and Jane Tranter, the woman who was instrumental in bringing back Doctor Who in 2005. Bad Wolf, the company founded by Tranter and Gardner in 2015, currently produces the show with BBC Studios.

Another big returning name return was David Tennant, who played the 10th Doctor from 2005-2010 and who also returned for the show’s 50th Anniversary in 2013. Beloved by fans and audiences alike, Tennant’s Doctor was a big ratings draw.

Though, it’s not all returning past glories for Doctor Who. There is a new actor portraying the Time Lord, Ncuti Gatwa, who is taking over the titular role with the the forthcoming season 14, and who made his debut with the specials. The Rwandan-Scottish actor made a name for himself as gay teenager Eric Effiong in the Netflix comedy series Sex Education and recently starred as “Artist Ken” in Barbie. His first full season debut in the TARDIS will come in spring 2024, with a premiere date yet to be set.

Not only that, powerhouse streamer Disney+ is now on board to broadcast these new episodes across the world (with the exception of the U.K. and Ireland, where it still airs on BBC)...

What Happened in the 60th Anniversary Specials?

Showrunner Davies brought Tennant back with a cosmic bang and a galactic-sized nod to fan service with an adaptation of a Doctor Who Weekly comic strip first published in 1980.

The first of the three specials, “The Star Beast,” was a 60-minute romp that wonderfully evoked the Tenth Doctor-era, complete with cutesy alien The Meep (think The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda, but bigger and hairier) and the return of much-loved companion, Donna Noble (played by Catherine Tate, The Office).

Last seen in the Tenth Doctor’s finale in 2010, Donna’s return posed a fatal conundrum for the Doctor: If she remembered her past with the Doctor, she would die. Thankfully, writer Davies had a workaround, meaning that the 60th anniversary celebrations did not result in the death of a companion but, in fact, allowed Donna to live unharmed and enjoy some further adventures in time and space with her best friend.

The main question, though, was just why the Fourteenth Doctor, played by Tennant, had the same face and body of the Tenth Doctor, also played by Tennant. This was an unprecedented move in the history, or Whostory, of the show. Special number two, “Wild Blue Yonder,” traveled to the end of the universe and delved into the uncanny, but still posed the query as to why that particular face returned. (It’s a good face, we weren’t complaining).

Fans would have to wait until the third and final special, “The Giggle,” before the mystery was finally revealed. And it was all down to Donna. She surmised that he changed his face and then found her to “come home.” The Doctor commented, “I’ve never been so happy in my life,” as he sat with the Noble family, not fighting aliens and enjoying a spot of lunch.

The Final Special Had More Up Its Intergalactic Sleeve

Aside from the return of fan favorite Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and ’80s-era companion Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford), there was an even bigger returnee waiting in the wings.

Making an all-singing, all-dancing return to Doctor Who was the formidable villain, The Toymaker. Played by Neil Patrick Harris (best known for portraying Barney Stinson on the CBS series, How I Met Your Mother), the Toymaker made his debut opposite the First Doctor (William Hartnell) in the 1966 four-part serial, “The Celestial Toymaker.”

The character was originally played by English actor Michael Gough, who would go on to play Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred in the four Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher. Though, it’s hard to picture Gough pulling off NPH’s manic routine to The Spice Girls’ 1997 hit, “Spice Up Your Life”.

And then there was the first appearance of the new Doctor, Gatwa. But this was no simple regeneration, as seen in Doctor Who so many times previously. Just as the return of a previous actor to play a new regeneration of the Doctor was unprecedented, Davies debuted another new element in the show’s mythology: “bigeneration.” This left fans shocked as the Fourteenth Doctor, seemingly regenerating as per usual, actually split into two, revealing Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor and Tennant’s Fourteenth Doctor standing, looking at one another just as surprised as the millions of Whovians watching across the globe.

What is Bigeneration and What Does it Mean for the Future?

As is explained in the behind-the-scenes show Doctor Who Unleashed, “instead of a new body taking over from the old body, the new body separates from the old body, and both are left alive.”

This means that there are two distinct Doctors roaming the universe at the same time. While it might take some time for Tennant’s Fourteenth Doctor to pick up the keys to his TARDIS and start planet-hopping, as he seems quite happy to kick back in England for a while, it’s possible — nay, highly likely — that the Gatwa and Tennant Doctors will meet again.

For the time being, though, Davies has stated that there are “no plans” for a Fourteenth Doctor return, adding that he’s “parked” on Earth with Donna Noble for a “happy life.”

Interestingly, Davies has also suggested that this has even bigger implications for Doctor Who. This bigeneration has created a new timeline where all previous incarnations have been affected, with every Doctor continuing to exist after their own regeneration. Davies may be joking when he refers to this as a “Doctorverse,” but he has established “The Whoniverse” (bringing in previous spinoffs such as Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures) so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that audiences could witness various team-ups featuring Gatwa with previous Doctors at any moment. Or, perhaps more spinoff series could be on the way featuring the past Doctors on their own...'

[ncisfranchise-source]

The list of shows that have crossed the 1,000-episode milestone is largely populated by talk shows, soap operas, game shows, and reality programs. (And, of course, Sesame Street.) Especially in recent years, the list doesn't include many shows like NCIS. 

Nonetheless, the franchise is hitting its 1,000th episode on April 15, and Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive look at the milestone night.

The threshold will be crossed with the 464th episode of NCIS, the franchise's flagship show. The achievement counts episodes across all NCIS shows, including the original series, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawai'i, and the new NCIS: Sydney. All told, it's roughly 42,722 minutes of water-adjacent investigations across the United States and, as of November, Australia as well.

The April 15 episode of NCIS, currently in its 21st season, is not-so-coyly titled "A Thousand Yards," and CBS says the episode will be rife with Easter eggs for long-time fans, including appearances from NCIS: Los Angeles' Daniela Ruah and NCIS: Hawai'i's Vanessa Lachey. The investigators will face a shadowy enemy from their past as Vance (Rocky Carroll) attempts to mend a fractured relationship with his estranged son.

The show will also drop celebratory Easter eggs on social media throughout the day.

The celebration goes beyond the April 15 broadcasts. It will include an April 8 special, NCISverse: The First 1,000, on Entertainment Tonight that will feature a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the 1,000th episode and stars sharing their favorite NCIS moments.

Franchise stars will also pop up on other shows throughout the week. The many appearances will include Wilmer Valderrama on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on April 10, Brian Dietzen and Diona Reasonover on The Price Is Right, and April 15 appearances on The Talk from Gary Cole, Sean Murray, Carroll, and Lachey.

NCIS may seem inescapable on CBS for the next two weeks as its stars pop up all over the channel. Still, this isn't likely to be the last milestone for the sprawling franchise.

CBS has already announced two new shows entering the NCISverse next season. NCIS: Origins and another show for Paramount+ that has yet to be named, but stars Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly, reuniting on NCIS for the first time in 10 years as their characters Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo.

NCIS airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. Watch the exclusive preview of the 1,000th episode above.

[blizzardfluffykpop]

You sent me an ask so I shall return the favor! What is the most recent Kpop group you’ve gotten into and how did you find out about them? I always love hearing fan “origin stories” lol

Thank you for returning the favor~ That would be The Boyz 🥰💖 I love hearing fan "origin stories" too hehe (This is gonna get long I love them sm)

Anyways I've known about them since debut? I loved Bloom Bloom Pow with my whole heart when it came out and tried to fall for them then- It didn't work. The next time was when The Stealer (TS) came out~ I had watched them perform for Road to Kingdom- because ptg was on the show too- But I really loved TS cb- sm so that I bought the album about 6 mos later with my favorite members as inclusions at the time (Eric, Kevin and Hyunjae). But nothing came about of it even after watching the weekly idol episodes... Then came Whisper era and I ended up biasing Changmin (Q) and loving that song but again nothing came out of it.

(A little backstory is that Changkyun (I.M) got me into Dominic Fike's music-) Thus, when tiktok showed me Juyeon, Changmin, and Sunwoo dancing to Babydoll earlier this year as a dance cover: I fell. And then I finally checked out Watch It~ But Hui had his solo and it distracted me completely from falling further. Then I had gotten sick and decided 'well, what if I watch their content?' And I did... I watched their hello82 interview and their reaction to fanart of them, and lastly their mafia dance. And I loved each sm that I decided to check out more.

It was the first time I had watched their content and wanted to see more. And now, I watch their content almost daily. It's kind of like they revived the joy of kpop for me? My (old) ult of ults has been on hiatus due to the military so it's been stagnant content lately for me. But then they came in like a breath of fresh air- and I simply can't get enough. This month will be 3 mos and I honestly hope I'll follow them for a long time. (I think they're my new ult of ults tbh)

And lastly now here I am as a Younghoon and Juyeon bias (with bias wrecker: Changmin... he's doing everything to be bias again). And with them having a comeback I loved with my whole heart this past month, I think it really solidified them with me. Honestly, I'm so happy with them.

[ncisladaily]

Jason Antoon has been part of NCIS: Hawai’i since its debut and he was just as surprised by the addition of LL Cool J in season 3 as viewers were.

“You’ve got to adjust to him. I say this in the most loving way, it’s like a wrench being thrown into the whole show for us,” Antoon, 52, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting NCIS’ 1,000th franchise episode, which airs on Monday, April 15. “And I mean that in the best way possible.”

Antoon has played tech genius Ernie Malik since 2021. LL Cool J, meanwhile, starred on NCIS: Los Angeles as Sam Hanna from 2009 to 2023. He made a cameo as the special agent on NCIS: Hawai’i in season 2 in 2023 before becoming a recurring character during 2024’s season 3.

“It sort of shakes things up to our sort of, ‘everybody’s cool ohana,’” Antoon said of the actor’s demeanor on set. “LL plays music between takes and he’s got his little Bluetooth [speaker] and he is blasting music.”

Antoon described season 3 as the “season of LL Cool J,” noting that the musician, 56, is the “most professional guy” and “knows everything” about his lines right out the gate.

“It’s like your cousin visiting for the summer and he just shakes everything up and your whole summer [is] so different. And that’s what this season has been,” Antoon explained. “I mean besides it being so weird with the [SAG-AFTRA and WGA] strikes and only doing half a season … that’s what it’s like. LL season 3.”

The Hawai’i star noted that he doesn’t know what will happen with LL Cool J’s role in the future, adding that the series has not been picked up yet for season 4.

“He’s definitely been a fun addition for sure. CBS loves him and we love him and he’s great,” Antoon said, telling Us that the writers have done a great job of getting both the cast and the viewers invested in LL Cool J’s story line.

Antoon continued: “[The writers] get to know you so they can infuse that into your character and infuse that into the dynamic. And breaking up the dynamic, I think is really cool and important for all the characters, so it doesn’t feel so safe and easy all the time.”

When it comes to his own character’s future, Antoon is hopeful that should the show get renewed, Ernie will find a new love.

“I say to my wife, it’s my only chance to kiss other ladies, even though it’s fake,” Antoon teased. “This season it’s such a strange season for everybody because after the strike there wasn’t room for so much to do to dabble in the character stuff that we normally like to do.”

He shared that season 4 would most likely feature Ernie in a different relationship phase. “There [is] definitely going to be some dating stuff. I think they’re definitely going to go back into the ladies’ man Ernie,” Antoon told Us. “Not in a cheesy lady [man] — not a bad ladies’ man. Ernie’s still a little sweet about it.”

If it was up to Antoon, Ernie would also get help from Lucy Tara (Yasmine Al-Bustami) when looking for the right partner. “She’s so into it and she loves to see Ernie experience that stuff. So she should be the wingman,” he said of Ernie’s office BFF.

[princesssarisa]

Sleeping Beauty Spring: "Let's Pretend: Sleeping Beauty" (late 1940s record album)

For children of the Great Depression and World War II era, a weekly source of fairy tales was the acclaimed radio show Let's Pretend, which aired on CBS from 1934 to 1954. Created, directed, and written by a woman named Nila Mack, and with a cast of "juvenile performers" mostly in their teens and early 20s, the show offered half-hour adaptations of fairy tales, myths, and other fantasy stories. Several record albums of stories were released as well, with the same cast, scripts, and music heard on the radio.

While no Sleeping Beauty episode of the original radio series has survived, the Sleeping Beauty record album does. The cast includes Marilyn Erskine as Princess Beautiful (yes, that's really her name in this version), Albert Aley as Prince Charming, Miriam Wolfe as the Witch, Arthur Anderson (a.k.a. the original voice of Lucky the Lucky Charms Leprechaun) as the King, Sybil Trent as the Queen, Gwen Davies as the Fairy Queen, and the show's host, "Uncle" Bill Adams, as the narrator. The script is by Nila Mack and the musical score is by the series' regular composer/conductor Maurice Brown.

The story is told in a concise, straightforward way, but with a surprising number of creative choices. The opening scene places far more emphasis than usual on the religious nature of the baby princess's christening, as it takes place in a cathedral instead of at the castle. The villainess who curses the baby isn't a fairy whom the King and Queen neglected to invite, but (as the cast list above indicates) a witch. Her anger at being snubbed seems less valid and more insane than the traditional fairy's, and her curse is especially sadistic too, as she declares that when Beautiful pierces her hand with a spindle, "blood will flow, her hand turn green" and "pain will twist her body crooked" before she dies. The traditional "last good fairy who hasn't yet given her gift" is also omitted. Here, the only significant good fairy is the Fairy Queen, and despite having already given the baby the gift of beauty, it's she who softens the Witch's curse from death to a hundred year sleep.

On Princess Beautiful's sixteenth birthday, her parents make the mistake of leaving her alone in the garden to pick roses. Then along comes the Witch, disguised as an old peddler woman with a spinning wheel for sale. In keeping with her sadistic words, after Beautiful pricks her hand, the curse takes effect so slowly that Beautiful runs away, bleeding and in pain, finds her parents, and tells them all that happened before collapsing. The King and Queen summon the Fairy Queen, but all she can do is instruct them to make their sleeping daughter look lovely on her couch (dressed in pink velvet robes, with a crown studded with diamond stars on her head), and then put the whole castle to sleep as well.

A hundred years later, Prince Charming and his squire Alan find the castle surrounded by dense trees, but when they approach, the trees part to form a pathway to the castle gates. The two explore the sleeping castle, and eventually, the prince finds Princess Beautiful's chamber, is smitten by her beauty, and kisses her. Upon waking, Beautiful instantly knows Prince Charming by name, explaining that the Fairy Queen told her in her sleep that he would come. The King and Queen wake and reunite with their daughter, the rest of the castle follows, and the wedding is joyfully announced.

Like most Let's Pretend installments, this Sleeping Beauty is full of simple charm. The young cast acts their roles well, the writing is poetic, and Maurice Brown's music provides the perfect compliment. One oddity, though, is that the actors always say "an hundred years" instead of "a hundred years. Did it used to be considered "proper grammar" for "H" to always be preceded with "an"?

I wholeheartedly recommend this album to old-time radio fans and fairy tale lovers alike.

@ariel-seagull-wings, @thealmightyemprex, @reds-revenge, @faintingheroine, @thatscarletflycatcher, @autistic-prince-cinderella, @the-blue-fairie, @paexgo-rosa, @themousefromfantasyland

[magentagalaxies]

[image id: a screenshot of part of a magazine with the title GREAT SCOTT. the body text reads: "I have just read Issue 620, and I find it unbelievable that in "1992 Year in Review" there is no mention of Scott Thompson, the openly gay comedian on the CBS late-night TV show The Kids in the Hall. I cannot think of one other openly gay man on a weekly television show, especially one airing on a major network, and yet The Advocate has not mentioned Thompson since 1989. Why? Do you hate him, or does no one on your staff watch the show? It boggles my mind that someone like Gregg Araki can make a movie that less than 1 million people see and inkwells are spilled in his name, yet someone who has for four years been writing and performing openly gay comedy on a television show that draws over 10 million viewers a week is relegated to obscurity." The message is credited to Paul Bellini Toronto, Canada. End ID]

it has come to my attention that most kith fans are not aware of this hilariously passive aggressive paul bellini wrote to the advocate in 1993 about kids in the hall that i uncovered in my buddy cole doc research. for the record i highly agree with everything said but i have so many thoughts. first of course is damn it's clear the advocate did not watch the show if they published a kith related letter by "paul bellini toronto, canada" without acknowledging he's literally a writer on the show. second, and more importantly, i'm so curious whether paul genuinely was so pissed off he wrote this letter or if scott was pissed off about that particular year end list so often that paul was like "jfc scott fine i'll write them a passive aggressive letter if you'll stop complaining." it all reminds me of how my elementary school had a "good egg" board highlighting student acts of kindness and i was mad that i never got on the board to 8-year-old jess literally made zir friend write a letter to the teacher about zir going unrecognized so ze could finally get on the board

[nickgerlich]

Up In The Air

A decade has passed since Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rocked the universe with yet another disruption to the way we do things. He announced that Amazon Prime Air would one day deliver packages to shoppers. It was a jaw-dropping moment that evening for those watching CBS’ 60 Minutes, and quickly spread across all media.

For fans of The Jetsons, it was confirmation that all those hours spent watching a futuristic cartoon were worth it, because one more thing was coming true.

Unfortunately for Bezos, there would be many hurdles, not the least of which was the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). Even with Bezos’ promise that his drones would only fly at altitudes less than 400 feet, there was still the possibility that mishaps with airlines could occur, not to mention flying into very tall buildings, power lines, wind turbines, and anything else jutting out of the earth.

Amazon completed its first drone delivery in December 2016, although that is not to say that his unmanned aerial vehicles have taken to the skies in large numbers. There are still a lot of things to work out, as well as limitations on the size and weight of parcels. Oh, and never mind rednecks who took it upon themselves to declare open season on an entirely new species of bird.

But that has not stopped Amazon as well as Walmart and courier companies like UPS and FedEx from working toward solving those matters. In fact, Walmart, in partnership with Alphabet’s Wing division, just announced it would start a new drone delivery program in north Dallas suburbs by the end of the year. Residences within a six-mile radius of two stores—60,000 of them—will be able to receive drone delivery within 30 minutes.

In fact, Walmart has been quietly amassing a solid history of drone delivery, with more than 10,000 deliveries from 36 stores in seven states. In contrast, CNBC reported last May that Amazon had only made 100 drone deliveries thus far, in spite of having forecast 10,000 for this year.

If it is beginning to look like Bezos was merely in the inspiration business, you might just be right. His wild dream has failed to take off, while his biggest competitor in the retail space is doing amazingly well with it.

Yes, there are still many concerns, such as whether the recipient needs to be present to take delivery. Porch pirates could steal anything dropped from the sky. Pets might have a little too much fun opening the box. And, of course, you would not do your weekly shopping online and hope to have it all delivered by a drone. The limit is 10 pounds.

I rather like this idea, though. I can imagine a day when residences will have a small helipad in their front yard, a target for the drone to hit. With precise GPS coordinates, hitting the target would be straightforward. Better yet, beyond all the convenience of receiving purchases about as fast as one could possibly imagine while never leaving home, drones fall into the “One Less Car” category. Your car. Their delivery truck. Whatever. These could help alleviate traffic snarls, and since drones fly on a straight line path not bound by where the roads are, this is about as good as it gets.

Well, as long as operators at home base can keep them from flying into one another. And I do have to wonder how Walmart will be able to track UPS or Amazon drones in the sky. Details, details.

Now think of the new jobs that will arise from a nationwide deployment of drones. Highly-trained operators will be needed to program and oversee deliveries. This is far more sophisticated than flying radio-control toys or using a drone to photograph for fun or to help sell real estate. This is one more net benefit.

If I could just get the local Thai place to use these. I dream of the day when I could exit the Classroom Center at the designated moment, and my lunch slowly drops from the sky into my ever-loving hands. DoorDash, you better take note. How about that? A disrupter being disrupted by more technology.

It’s just too bad the guy who envisioned it all hasn’t yet been able to actually do it.

Dr “I’ll Be Out Front�� Gerlich

Audio Blog

[mamusiq]

*Mikell's was a jazz club on the corner of 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, in New York City.

Run by Mike Mikell and Pat Mikell, from 1969 to 1991 it was a regular venue for New York's top studio and session musicians, who would turn up for jam sessions with major soul, funk and jazz artists visiting the city. Paul Shaffer, bandleader for CBS's Late Show with David Letterman, called Mikell's "soul heaven".

Among the performers and bands associated with Mikell’s are Stuff, the alliance of studio musicians that played almost weekly at Mikell's in the 1970s.

Writer James Baldwin's brother David worked as a bartender at the club in the 1970s and 1980s, thereby attracting patronage from Baldwin as well as other authors, including Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka and Maya Angelou, and musician friends such as Art Blakey, Roy Ayres and Wynton Marsalis.

Mike Mikell, 80, Owner of an Influential R&B and Jazz Club, Dies

Mikell's was my neighborhood hangout--a great place that has become a drab coffee shop.--CA November 21, 2005

Mike Mikell, 80, Owner of an Influential R&B and Jazz Club, Dies

By JON PARELES

Mike Mikell, whose Upper West Side club, Mikell's, was a vital part of New York City rhythm-and-blues and jazz scenes for two decades, died on Friday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 80 and lived in Woodstock, N.Y. The cause was cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known and Lou Gehrig's disease, his wife, Pat, said.

Mikell's opened in 1969 at the corner of 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, and became both a literary and musical magnet, which it remained until it closed, in 1991. At a tribute to the club last year, Paul Shaffer, the bandleader for CBS's "Late Show With David Letterman," called Mikell's "soul heaven." Harold Craig Mikell, who was known as Mike, was born in Quincy, Fla., and grew up in Hartford. As a young man, he earned a living picking tobacco. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and returned to Hartford to work in restaurants as a chef and manager. But he would regularly visit New York and the jazz clubs that were thriving on 52nd Street, and he eventually moved to the city.

He was the manager of Terry's Pub on the Upper West Side when the owner decided to give up the lease, and Mr. Mikell took it over with the help of a Small Business Administration loan; he renamed it Mikell's.

In 1971 he married Patricia Nuccitelli, who survives him, along with a son, Zachary Mikell, of Hartford and two daughters, Deborah Glover of Georgia and Monique Mikell of Woodstock.

With the writer James Baldwin's brother David working at the club as a bartender, Mikell's drew Baldwin and other authors as regulars, including Tony Morrison, Amiri Baraka and Maya Angelou. Top studio musicians came to unwind there with late-night jam sessions, and around them a 1970's New York City style coalesced that mixed blues, gospel and soul roots with urban sophistication. It was a style that would permeate albums by Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and many others, and would also define the sound of late-night television bands on "Saturday Night Live" and Mr. Letterman's shows.

An instrumental group of studio musicians, called Stuff, which formed in 1974, played at Mikell's three nights a week until 1980, and singers like Stevie Wonder and Joe Cocker would show up to sing with them. A teenage Whitney Houston made her solo debut at Mikell's after performing regularly there with her mother, the gospel singer Cissy Houston. One night, Cissy Houston told her daughter she was too ill to perform and Whitney would have to sing a set herself; it was a ploy to give Whitney her start. Clive Davis of Arista Records later discovered Whitney Houston during a Mikell's engagement.

The club remained an Upper West Side landmark through the 1980's, presenting mainstream jazz groups, pop-soul singers and Latin jazz. Ms. Mikell said that the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis sat in with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers there one night and was offered a spot in the group, a turning point in his career.

In 1991, Mr. Mikell took on outside investors to get a longer lease for the club, and problems with those investors led to bankruptcy and the club's closing. In the early 1990's, Mr. Mikell and his wife moved to Woodstock.

A 2004 tribute concert at Symphony Space reunited many of the club's performers and brought a proclamation from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg that praised Mr. Mikell for "providing a stage for the world's most talented and ingenious poets, musicians and artists."

Mikell's - James Baldwin, Mike Mikell, James' brother David Balwin, who was bartender at the club

James Baldwin is writing himself into bad health. After two heart attacks, the author returns to New York City for some rest, relaxation and much-needed TLC. First on his itinerary is the iconic jazz club Mikell’s, a favorite hangout, where his brother David tends bar. But things have changed.

Mikell’s is closing, and his entourage this night consists of just Maya Angelou and Miles Davis. What’s intended as a celebration turns into an Irish wake for the not-yet deceased, instigated by Miles as James impulsively, on the spot, starts writing an elegy to his beloved old joint. It’s time to par-taayy!!

Mikell's NYC No X-Cess Baggage Blues Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men

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The Latest On Two TV Rewatch Podcasts -- Charmed & Melrose Place

TV rewatch podcasts were hatched in the early days of podcasting. They are still extremely popular today. I've lost count of the myriad Star Trek rewatch podcasts. Games Of Thrones, The Sopranos, and Breaking Bad are also fertile ground for rewatch podcasts. There's even a TV rewatch podcast for Moonlight, a 2007-2008 CBS series about a vampire / private investigator, Mick St. John. The show, while quite good and well-received, was canceled after only 16 episodes. 

TV rewatch podcasts make sense for podcast networks like iHeart. There's a built-in audience. These rewatch podcasts give necessary structure to the celebrities co-hosting the show. Streaming channels have reinvigorated some of these long-canceled TV shows (See Suits and The Resident on Netflix), and the topic attracts the actors who were on the show. 

Therefore, iHeartPodcasts announced that The House of Halliwell: A Charmed Rewatch Podcast will join the iHeartPodcast Network with new co-host Shannen Doherty. The first episode is available and new ones will drop each week. The House of Halliwell: A Charmed Rewatch Podcast has been a fan-favorite among the series' loyal followers, offering episode recaps and behind-the-scenes stories and insights into the magical world of the Halliwell sisters. Shannen Doherty, who portrayed the iconic character Prue Halliwell, will join Holly Marie Combs, Drew Fuller and Brian Krause (also known as Piper Halliwell, Chris Halliwell, and Leo Wyatt) as a co-host. The former cast members are together again as they relaunch the podcast and take it all the way back to the very first season and episode that aired in 1998. More about the podcast from iHeart: “Witch” storylines did they love? What REALLY went down behind the scenes of the cult favorite? From special powers to special effects, the cast is ready to walk us through one of the most talked about sets in TV history. Fighting the forces of evil isn't always easy, but Prue and Piper make it look like wicked fun!" In a similar development about TV rewatch podcasts, iHeartPodcasts also announced Still The Place, a new rewatch podcast that will celebrate the TV drama, “Melrose Place.” Former cast members Laura Leighton, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Daphne Zuniga (who played Sydney Andrews, Alison Parker and Jo Reynolds respectively) are together again as hosts of the new weekly podcast out today. Fans can tune into the premiere episode now on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.

As an ode to the cultural phenomenon that Melrose Place became in the 1990s, Still The Place made its debut on the anniversary of the show's original premiere date - July 8, 1992. Laura, Courtney and Daphne will dissect each episode from the very beginning, share behind-the-scenes stories and interview special guests from the original cast and crew. More about the podcast from iHeart: "On July 8, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same once “Melrose Place” was introduced to the world. It took drama and mayhem to an entirely new level. “Still The Place” will relive every hookup, every scandal, every backstab, blackmail, explosion and every wig removal... together! Secrets are revealed as the hosts rewatch every moment with fans." Special guests from back in the day will drop by… Sydney, Alison and Jo are back together on “Still The Place,” with a trip down memory lane to Melrose Place. So if you enjoyed these two TV shows as first-run episodes or as reruns on broadcast or streaming, check out The House of Halliwell: A Charmed Rewatch Podcast and Still The Place. If you don't like these two shows, then check out these excellent TV rewatch podcasts -- Office Ladies and Parks And Recollection.

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I have soo many thoughts on this since I saw this yesterday. Didn't have time to post anything yet. So… I'm somehow excited and worried at the same time.

I think he really wanted to do this because likes the strategy of the game, the rest is a byproduct he has to take and get through. I'm worried about these circumstances. He's not outdoorsy. And I worry even more that people ask something about his private life. He surly doesn't want that, but he can't control that. But he must know this and took the risk anyway. I hope he can deal with it if that happens.

I hope he won't become one of those people who get shuffled around from one reality format to another. I really don't want him to become that a "reality personality".

I used to watch Survivor (like ten years ago) on YT back when that was possible - watch it before CBS pulls the videos. Jeff Probst was already annoying then and I think it has only gotten worse. The show is highly edited to a degree that it blindsides the audience. That might be good TV, but doesn't really show you the actual gameplay sometimes. Hated that. And the twists have gotten more as far as I've read since then (like an inflation of idols). The original game is great. Not so sure about it now. I'll see if I can watch some of it when it airs, though probably not. :(

I know that contestants don't really wear clothes they chose, only approved by production clothes, so I'm wary about judging, but L's shirt looks like it's something like polyester/-acrylic/-amide. So: sweaty. We'll see him shirtless.

Not sure if I call it a midlife crisis, I see it more as a last chance to actually do it. It's now or never, and since the players are mostly recruited, my guess is he was asked to be on the show (because he's a famous fan) and of course he said yes.

I don't think J or T are mad, and my impression is they knew. Now they're just poking fun at him. They'll roast him, too, when he gets back.

I hope Pundit's abandonment issues are not so bad. I somehow hope she's with Fran.

I had not even considered Fran an option as a babysitter, and it's the most obvious choice. What is a shirtless L even like? Are we comfortable posting that? I don't even know. I'll have time to decide. I'll wait and see what move Crooked makes.

I really hope Emily and Ira do make a weekly podcast for his sake.

I see this going one of two ways, the other castaways love him and he stays to the bitter end or they see his politics adjacent experience as a threat and he's voted off immediately

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The NCIS-verse aired its 1,000th episode tonight, and for Brian Dietzen, who plays lovable medical examiner Jimmy Palmer, “A Thousand Yards” wasn’t just the perfect way to honor the CBS show’s longevity. It was also the latest in a long line of episodes created with a team he’s proud to be a part of. 

“I love these people that I work with, and our crew that's been together with us for 21 years, a lot of them all the way through from the beginning to now,” Dietzen tells Entertainment Weekly. “I think you can see that camaraderie and the comfort and familiarity. It comes through to viewers.”

In a season shortened by the Hollywood labor strikes, Dietzen says the cast and crew turned lemons into lemonade with an inventive 10-episode season that culminates in a pulse-pounding finale.

“As per usual with NCIS, it's gonna leave a lot of people with their mouths wide open after the credits start to roll,” Dietzen teases. “I think everyone's pretty damn proud of what we put together.” 

Below, the actor and writer, who co-authored this season’s emotional tribute episode to Dr. Mallard and David McCallum, talks about this major TV milestone, the shape of the season to come, and how the medical examiner in the Harry Potter glasses evolved into a romantic lead over 21 years.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congratulations on the 1,000th episode! How does it feel to be a part of that legacy?

BRIAN DIETZEN: Oh, my gosh, think about 1,000 episodes. That's some pretty rare stuff. It feels very humbling to be a part of something so humongous, you know, and to have any small part in helping in its success. So yeah, it's incredible. It's definitely some “pinch me” type of stuff.

I imagine! Well, I'd love to talk about the episode itself. Let me start by saying, poor Leon Vance [Rocky Carroll]. That man has suffered.

No kidding. We've got a few people like that on our team who've gone through the wringer, but I think none more so than Leon Vance. And, you know, you couldn't get a better actor than Rocky Carroll to play him. I mean, he just embodied that man and like you said, he’s gone through the wringer over the last 16, 17 years. I just love watching Rocky Carroll. I could listen to him read out of a phone book. So good. It's always an absolute pleasure to have a story where Vance is a central character.

The episode throws it way, way back. How important was it for everyone involved in the show to honor the deepest of those deep roots?

Well, I think you’ve got to honor everything. There are a lot of people. Those 1,000 episodes don't happen without over 1,000 people working behind the scenes over the course of these 21 years, not just on our show, but on our sister shows as well. So I was really, really happy when I was reading this script to see some shout-outs to past characters that are no longer on the show and also past storylines that meant a lot to the fans and meant a lot to us as NCIS family members.

The ending, it just got me. It’s one thing to read it in script form, but then when you get to see it, and see how visually it all comes together with the music swelling and you're showing some of these seminal moments from the history of NCIS and also simple moments like Gibbs helping a kid build a tree house. You know, the stuff that made NCIS what it is for two decades. And you're reminded that this is how we got here. Yeah, it definitely got me.

I would love to talk about the evolution of Jimmy Palmer over 20 seasons. What is it like as an actor to embody a character who’s growing professionally and personally over two decades?

It's really interesting. Obviously, it's not something that's generally done in most actors’ careers, you know? With procedural television like this, that character has a new story to tell each week, and he has to remain similar enough that people can recognize him as the character they've grown to love. But he needs to change a bit over time because that's what it means to be human, right? We grow and change. As an actor, what makes it interesting is to find those changes that are gradual and really playing the long game with it so that it doesn't seem like just overnight, oh, gosh, Jimmy's changed so dramatically from season 10 to 11, or from season 20 to 21, that those things make sense and still seem organic. It’s been a delightful challenge to play. And it’s not just me accepting that challenge.  It's our writers who are looking constantly at ways for our characters to evolve and to push us as actors. It’s definitely a group effort.

When you started on NCIS at the end of season 1, did you anticipate your character being the core romantic pairing on the show at some point in the future?

Yes, we all saw this coming. From season 1, the assistant to Donald Mallard, we were like, “That guy. That kid right there. The guy with the Harry Potter glasses. That's the guy that's gonna have the lead romantic relationship.” [Dietzen laughs.] No, of course not. That was never a thing. It was kind of a punchline that no, there's no way that guy could be the one to get the girls. But it's been nice to see that evolution for Jimmy for sure, and for him to find happiness has been great.

What Jimmy brings to the show is a huge part of what makes me love NCIS, that kindness and patience and optimism. Do you see that as an important component to a show with as much action as NCIS generally has?

I think it's vital. I really do. You can have an episode of NCIS and it's very action-filled, and you'll have people say, “I wish they had more comedy in this.” You'll have one that's very silly and people will say, “I wish they'd be a little more serious.” But that’s what makes our show go. Those things complement each other really well. And when we have that light-hearted nature, that optimism, it does set up the audience pretty well for a sucker punch that happens here and there that takes your breath away. Like when Vance falls to the ground and he’s been shot [in “A Thousand Yards”]. That’s not something you saw coming. I think the show does a really good job of setting up those moments, and the comedy, the light-hearted nature and the optimism, is integral to that type of storytelling.

What is it what is it that made you want to include writing in your arsenal of skills? [Dietzen co-wrote “The Helpers” in season 19, “Old Wounds” in season 20, and Ducky’s season 21 tribute “The Stories We Leave Behind.”]

I've always loved writing, and I have a huge appreciation for our writers and what they do. This show is not an easy show to write. Anybody who steps up to the plate and says, “Hey, I want to try this thing,” I say hats off to you. Including the history of the characters, the interactions, the optimism, the heart and the soul of what the show is, it's hard to get all those things together. 

So I was really happy when I submitted some writing samples to our showrunner Steve Binder and he said, “Hey, if you want to try it, go ahead.” So I teamed up with Scott Williams for “The Helpers” and we just went with it. I wanted that optimism, that thing that NCIS does so well, which is people looking after their own. I was really happy with the way that it turned out. And I was happy that I got to write again, two more times in the next three years.

I’m curious what kind of discussion went into putting you in the writer's room for the Ducky tribute episode.

Obviously, that was the episode that no one wants to write because it means we've lost someone that's so near and dear to us, a member of our family. And Scott, from what I understand, stood up and said “If we're going to do a Ducky tribute episode, I'd love to be a part of that.” Scott's has always been so good at writing for David, and he said, “I think that it's only right if Brian joins me on this. We’ll write this thing as a team.” I had already said I don't need to be taking scripts away from anybody else when we have such a such a truncated season, but everyone in the room said “No, that seems right that Brian should be a part of it considering how closely he and David worked over the years and how close they were as friends, too.” So I was beyond honored to throw my hat in the ring for that and to add whatever I could to it.

Have you seen a difference over the show's run in how people react to you when you're just walking down the street?

I have to say, those glasses did a lot of work for a long time. It was one of those things where I never got recognized, but now when I'm traveling to see my family in Colorado and/or Illinois, I definitely get stopped, a bit more so in the Midwest than I do in Los Angeles. But it's great. People don't stop you because they hate your show. People only stop you because they like it. So it's really been nice.

What can you tell us about what’s in store for the rest of this season? 

There's plenty in store there. It's only a 10-episode season, right? It just kind of feels like each of our writers kind of only gets one at-bat, and they're really swinging for the fences and they are not disappointing. One that's coming up pretty soon here highlights Gary Cole's character Parker in a way that, to me, is some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a long, long time on the show, just situationally funny. Having read it, I can't wait to see what Gary does with the material. 

Will you be glad to get back to a more traditional season next year, or are you hoping this will roll over into “let's keep swinging for the fences” with some new approaches?

Our cast and, more importantly, our crew really depends on working day in and day out on our show, and we really, really love it. I'm proud of the season that we put together in spite of two major strikes in Hollywood, and I can definitely speak for our crew and the rest of our cast when I say we're looking forward to a full slate of 22 shows, 22 different stories, and a full season's worth of work for all of us. Maybe we can take some of the lessons that we learned this year and apply them to a full 22, yeah. I'm hoping that we hold each other to high standards and we keep making some good stories because it’s hard to get a better gig than this when you're working with people that you care for, and you really love what they do artistically as well. I'm very, very excited for everyone to join us next year to have 22 fresh episodes — you know, building toward episode number 2,000.

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Hi Em, how are you? This is more of a letter but I hope it’s fun! Sorry for the delay but I’m so excited to give you your gift, I have an idea I hope you’ll find fun! Nice Percy Jackson icon by the way, I love the first few episodes. And thank you for adding the trailer ❤️ It sounds so interesting and that one scene where Maia is in the white gown and Thomas is behind her and she looks over her shoulder did something to me lol. I’ll have to check it out! For my own show rec I just started watching Elementary and it is excellent (it also features a super well used Lucy Liu!) I just went back to the fancam and that’s crazy! They’re in love! “I can’t imagine life without you in it” my god!

Also no need to apologize for the messages getting long because this is getting long too! First pick is Selfie, it’s this romantic (towards the end :( ) comedy that’s a remake of My Fair Ladg starring John Cho and Karen Gillan and it’s adorable and funny and the only significant age gap romance I’ve ever truly adored (bc it’s not weird, they’re just bringing new insights to the table but they compliment each other so well!) and then it got canceled on a cliffhanger after one season and it pains me. Here’s a fancam so you get what I mean!

https://x.com/selfieignite/status/1511780782498480130?s=46

I would also bring back The Get Down, which was canceled after one season and was an early Netflix original that genuinely seemed so cool. Lastly, I would bring back We Are Lady Parts, which is this British show about a group of Muslim women in a punk rock band that’s absolutely hilarious. I am hoping that it’s suffering from British tv scheduling and just taking its sweet time to return. I think I’m just leaning towards shows gone too soon but if I had to pick a show that ended perfectly but that I just want more of if I would go Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (but then cut out half of season three because ugh. Do you have a character who joined a show and you just couldn’t stand him? Mine is named Nathaniel.)

Since we’re gearing up towards bitch pack holiday swap I wanted to ask if you had any happy memories with bitch pack this last year that you’re grateful for? I always love our guessing games, they get so silly (and hello to anyone from bitch pack reading this!! <3) — your secret santa, ☃️

bestie do Not apologize for the delay I am glad that u are sending these at all!! I mean ik the server asks for everyone who participates to send them but I still like them <3. so I actually made this icon when entertainment weekly got some hq stills for a preview article, but I held onto it for this exact moment sdghdhg. also the eps were SO GOOD AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I am not nearly as talented as others in the server but if u want an icon hit me up w who u want! they don't take me too long now since I make them decently often <3. also re artful dodger of course also that scene where maia looks back at thomas Should make u feel some typa way!!! they're *chef's kiss* from ep one (where that scene is lol). also I actually love elementary we used to watch it in my house when it aired on cbs!!! when sherlock and watson finally slept together I was Hollering!!!!!! also tho TOOK U LONG ENOUGH UR SUPPOSED TO BE A GENIUS SHERLOCK!!!!!!!! LIKE SHE'S SO HOT HOW DID U NOT MAKE SHACKING UP W HER PRIORITY #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! elementary>>>>>> bbc sherlock!!!

I think I watched some of selfie (?) but I will check this fancam situation out to familiarize!! I saw my fair lady w audrey hepburn and I do like that movie and I do love some adaptations!! also I feel u w cliffhanger endings they're the Worst like the oa has such a cliffhanger ending bc it was supposed to be 5 seasons not 2 :(. netflix are snakes for doing us both dirty w cancelling originals of theirs that we loved </3. also will be checking out we are lady parts that sounds incredible and I do love british tv! I have never seen crazy ex girlfriend but I do prefer that shows end when they are good instead of keeping themselves going and becoming bad and I certainly would drop parts of shows (cough cough titans cough cough) if I had been a screenwriter in some shows. also in this house we hate nathaniel (idk him but if u hate him, I hate him)!!!

ooh bpack memories is a good one hmm.....I loved seeing what in the m*tt channel got starboarded without context (if ur a mod don't add me I don't need context jsdgdkjfgkfdhg), the jokes we were making when sc**ter was losing all his clients and the jokes the night that karlie kloss was in the 300s level at eras, kasia's plane drawing after the fact (still absolutely sent me), the bees/honey things, battling the mee6! bot that we did not know could in fact talk to us as a knight in search of the perfect nachos, the tmnt classical art lecture slide, winning the hunger games simulator on the first round despite never hunger gamesing once in my life, when everyone had the same taylor then destiel names/icons, and sending ppl to the brig!! what were urs bestie???