Tonight was the first episode of Riverdale to air on The CW since Luke Perry’s shocking death due to a massive stroke on Monday. They made sure to let everyone know that he might be gone but he will never be forgotten.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the drama’s creator, declared earlier today, “Tonight’s episode of #Riverdale finds Fred doing what he does best–helping Archie. It is dedicated to Luke, as all episodes will be for the rest of our run. 💔❤️🏆” Which is a sweet way to remember their dad on the show.
No word yet how they will handle his death on the show, but I am sure Fred Andrews will get a proper send off. Right, now we just need to let them all mourn because they lost a dear friend.
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Before Stephen Amell was protecting Starling City from bad guys on Arrow, he was protecting a party from minors on Degrassi: The Next Generation. He looks the same now as he did when he was 22 in that 2004 episode.
As we know, Arrow was renewed for an 8th season in January. Today, we are finding out that it will be the show’s last one and it will only be 10 episodes long.
Stephen Amell wrote this about this show ending, “Playing Oliver Queen has been the greatest professional experience of my life… but you can’t be a vigilante forever.” Then he added, “There’s so much to say… for now I just want to say thank you.”
Arrow was Greg Berlanti’s first DC Universe show he did with The CW and since then they have added The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Black Lightning along with the possibility of Batwoman. Not a bad legacy for the show.
I kind of had a feeling this was going to happen when I saw the show’s ratings on Monday. If they were not a series low, they were pretty close.
UPDATE: Stephen Amell went on Facebook live and spoke more about the show ending. To see what he had to say, then click here!
Alex Trebek has been very open about his health issues in the past and today he announced, in a video message, that he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer this week.
Although the prognosis is not good, the 78-year-old vows, “I’m going to fight this. I’m going to keep working. With the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to BEAT the low survival rate statistics for this disease.”
Then his signature style he added, “Truth told, I have to because, under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy for three more years.”
He concluded his message with, “So help me. Keep the faith and we’ll win. We’ll get it done.”
As long as he keeps telling cancer he is going to kick its ass, he is going to do it. Not only that, he will be around long past the terms of three-year contract with Jeopardy. Heck, he’ll be around to sign a few more contracts.
If he can beat two heart attacks and fall that caused blood clots in the brain, then he can he show cancer who’s the boss! Sony who holds his contract. It is more enforceable than the Devil’s. Therefore, he ain’t going anywhere soon.
After a year of pitching a Mad About You revival, the show finally has a home. Spectrum Originals announced today that it picked up the sitcom for a limited event series to air later this year.
So far the only original cast members returning are Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt aka Paul and Jamie Buchman. I am sure that will change as they ramp up production. When they do start filming, Hunt will direct the first episode along with starring in it.
Katherine Pope, Head of Original Content, has this to say about it, “Two decades ago, fans fell in love with this show, and this time will be no different as Paul, Helen and Peter [Tolan, EP] explore modern marriage through the eyes of two people who have just become empty-nesters. We can’t wait for everyone to fall in love with the Buchmans all over again.”
How much do you want to bet that they have an episode dealing with them trying to figure out how to use social media and how to do esex? I can just hear his NY accent whining about it now.
This is Spectrum’s second original series. LA Finest, a spinoff of Bad Boys with Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, will debut on May 13th.
