So Fox News yakker Laura Ingraham decided to take a week off after catching major heat for throwing shade, as the kids say, at Parkland, Florida teen David Hogg last week after Hogg was turned down by four different colleges (Hogg is a senior). Hogg, in turn, called on advertisers via Twitter to boycott Ingraham's show because of her remarks. More than a dozen did so, and then Ingraham, whom MSNBC stupidly cut loose a few years back, decided to bolt.
Fox News Channel claims in their slogan to be "fair & balanced", but in truth are anything but. And they're President Trump's favorite channel. Gee, I wonder why. Anyway, Ingraham gets a set of Weasel ears for her ill-advised remarks, then rabbiting out of town to avoid the heat.
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Earlier today, the CW announced that 10 of their primetime series were being renewed for next season. All 6 of Greg Berlanti's entries (Arrow, Black Lightning, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, & Supergirl) will all be back, as will Supernatural, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane The Virgin, & Dynasty, the latter of which was originally thought not to return due to poor early performance. Moving it to Fridays may have saved the show. With CW expanding to 6 nights of programming next season, there's a better chance of going against network president Mark Pedowicz's edicts and having the Berlanti 6 checkerboard the lineup.
Meanwhile, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator/star Rachel Bloom took the time to announce that the coming 4th season will be the last. Season 3 ended early to allow for Dynasty to move to Fridays. After next season, there should be enough episodes for Ex-Girlfriend to land on cable in reruns (i.e. TNT or TBS).
The jury's still out on Life Sentence, which bowed last month, iZombie, which has the night off tonight so CW can plug in a Penn & Teller special opposite the NCAA basketball championship game, and The 100, which will return later this month after Black Lightning finishes its freshman season.
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As a player, Gabe Kapler was a reliable bench player for a few teams, including Detroit & Boston. As a manager? A work in progress.
You've probably heard by now about Kapler's first weekend as Phillies manager. Relying on analytics more than common sense, Kapler pulled his starter in Saturday's game vs. Atlanta, but the reliever he wanted hadn't started warming up. Opposing manager Brian Snitker of Atlanta complained, and was ejected. However, Snitker got the last laugh, as Atlanta won.
Kapler, this week's Dunce Cap winner, will have to wait an extra day to demonstrate his lack of managerial acumen vs. the Mets, as tonight's game was postponed due to inclement weather, which also wiped out the Yankees' home opener vs. Tampa Bay.
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To illustrate just how little priority spring sports gets at Troy High, a quick check of the school's varsity lacrosse schedule on Sportspak Online shows that it does not include a non-league home game vs. city rival LaSalle, set for Thursday night. A check of LaSalle's page on the Colonial Council website is just the opposite, as the Troy game is the last of three road games in as many days.
I can't speak for other schools, though I may find out soon enough, but Troy can't be bothered to print programs for their spring sports or men's and women's soccer, which literally says you can't tell the players without a scorecard. Football & basketball are the only varsity sports which make the cash registers ring at Troy, and presumably everywhere else in Section II, but considering Troy won't be making an appearance at Bruno Stadium again this month, what does that say?
These are strange times at the old barn on Burdett Avenue.
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Marvel Comics announced late last week that they are reviving one of their cornerstone titles later this summer. Yes, the Fantastic Four are being brought back together. That's the end game of the revival of Marvel Two-in-One, the Thing's team-up book from the 70's & 80's, but common sense says to keep Two-in-One in play after the current arc ends. The relaunch of the FF begins in August.
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In other comic book news, fans of the original Charlie's Angels may be delighted to learn that the series is becoming a comic book. Dynamite Entertainment has added it to their ever-expanding line of licensed titles, beginning in June. It'll be the original Angels, Jill (Farrah Fawcett), Kelly (Jaclyn Smith), & Sabrina (Kate Jackson), rendered in pen & ink for the first time. Will it be worth the $4 per issue? We'll know for sure come June.
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