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What's on TV this week: 'Death Stranding'

Hideo Kojima's next game is almost here. Later this week you can finally play Death Stranding on your PS4 and probably either be confused about what exactly the game is, or thoroughly enjoy being confused about exactly what the game is. Other options include the PC port of Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, and several big Netflix releases, including Seth Meyers' comedy special with a political jokes skip button, Green Eggs and Ham, the Christmas special Let it Snow, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, plus new seasons for She-Ra and End of the F***king World.

On other services, BET+ ends the first season of Bigger, while Apple TV adds episodes for its new shows, and Disney's sneak preview of the streaming High School Musical show will air on ABC. Look after the break to check out each day's highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).

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Blu-ray & Games

Hobbs & Shaw (4K)

Moana (4K)

Big Hero 6 (4K)

Zootopia (4K)

The Art of Racing in the Rain

Good Omens

Tangled (4K)

The Princess and the Frog (4K)

Universal Soldier (4K)

Shaun of the Dead (4K)

Hot Fuzz (4K)

Galaxy Quest (20th Anniversary)

Death Stranding (PS4 - 11/8)

Need for Speed Heat (Xbox One, PS4, PC - 11/8)

Just Dance 2020 (PS4, Switch, Xbox One)

The Elder Scrolls Online: Dragonhold DLC (Xbox One, PS4)

Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC)

Super Lucky's Tale (Switch)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Switch)

Monday

Cowboys/Giants, ESPN, 8:15 PM

The Voice, NBC, 8 PM

WWE Raw, USA, 8 PM

Dancing with the Stars, ABC, 8 PM

His Dark Materials (series premiere), HBO, 9 PM

All Rise, CBS, 9 PM

Prodigal Son, Fox, 9 PM

Catherine the Great, HBO, 10 PM

Bull, CBS, 10 PM

The Good Doctor, ABC, 10 PM

Bluff City Law, NBC, 10 PM

Desus & Mero, Showtime, 11 PM

Tuesday

Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby, Netflix, 3 AM

End of the F***king World (S2), Netflix, 3 AM

She-ra and the Princesses of Power (S4), Netflix, 3 AM

Tune in for Love, Netflix, 3 AM

The Little Mermaid Live!, ABC, 8 PM

The Flash, CW, 8 PM

The Voice, NBC, 8 PM

The Resident, Fox, 8 PM

The American Game, ESPN, 8 PM

Arrow, CW, 9 PM

Empire, Fox, 9 PM

The Purge, USA, 9 PM

This is Us, NBC, 9 PM

Inside the NFL, Showtime, 9 PM

FBI, CBS, 9 PM

Emergence, ABC, 10 PM

Treadstone, USA, 10 PM

New Amsterdam, NBC, 10 PM

Mayans M.C. (season finale), FX, 10 PM

Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10 PM

The Jim Jefferies Show, Comedy Central, 10:30 PM

Wednesday

Scams (S1), Netflix, 3 AM

Castle Rock, Hulu, 3 AM

When the Camellia Blooms, Netflix, 3 AM

Virtually History, YouTube, 3 AM

The Masked Singer, Fox, 8 PM

All Elite Wrestling, TNT, 8 PM

Riverdale, CW, 8 PM

The Goldbergs, ABC, 8 PM

Chicago Med, NBC, 8 PM

Survivor, CBS, 8 PM

WWE NXT, USA, 8 PM

Schooled, ABC, 8:30 PM

The Apollo, HBO, 9 PM

The Oval, BET, 9 PM

Nancy Drew, CW, 9 PM

Seal Team, CBS, 9 PM

NFL: The Grind, Epix, 9 PM

Chicago Fire, NBC, 9 PM

Modern Family, ABC, 9 PM

Single Parents, ABC, 9:30 PM

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FXX, 10 PM

South Park, Comedy Central, 10 PM

Stumptown, ABC, 10 PM

Chicago PD, NBC, 10 PM

American Horror Story, FX, 10 PM

Sistas, BET, 10 PM

S.W.A.T., CBS, 10 PM

Cake, FXX, 10:30 PM

Crank Yankers, Comedy Central, 10:30 PM

Thursday

Bigger (season finale), BET+, 3 AM

Explained, Netflix, 3 AM

Sunnyside, NBC.com, 7:30 PM

Supernatural, CW, 8 PM

Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 8 PM

Superstore, NBC, 8 PM

Temple/South Florida college football, ESPN, 8 PM

Chargers/Raiders, Fox, 8 PM

Perfect Harmony, NBC, 8:30 PM

Mysteries Decoded, CW, 9 PM

The Good Place , NBC, 9 PM

A Million Little Things, ABC, 9 PM

Mom, CBS, 9 PM

Will & Grace, NBC, 9:30 PM

How to Get Away With Murder, ABC, 10 PM

Mr Inbetween, FX, 10 PM

Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 10 PM

Temptation Island, USA, 10 PM

Desus & Mero, Showtime, 11 PM

Friday

Green Eggs and Ham (S1), Netflix, 3 AM

Let it Snow, Netflix, 3 AM

Paradise Beach, Netflix, 3 AM

See, Apple TV+, 3 AM

The Great British Baking Show, Netflix, 3 AM

Busted! I Know Who You Are (season premiere), Netflix, 3 AM

One Child Nation, Amazon Prime, 3 AM

Snoopy in Space, Apple TV+, 3 AM

Ghostwriter, Apple TV+, 3 AM

For All Mankind, Apple TV+, 3 AM

Greatest Events in WWII in Colour (S1), Netflix, 3 AM

Helpsters, Apple TV+, 3 AM

The Morning Show, Apple TV+, 3 AM

Vagabond, Netflix, 3 AM

Titans, DC Universe, 9 AM

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: Sneak Preview, ABC, 8 PM

Charmed, CW, 8 PM

Was I Really Kidnapped?, Lifetime Movie Network, 8 PM

WWE Smackdown, Fox, 8 PM

The Blacklist, NBC, 8 PM

Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 8 PM

Dynasty, CW, 9 PM

Magnum P.I., CBS, 9 PM

In the Long Run, Starz, 10 PM

Van Helsing, Syfy, 10 PM

Room 104, HBO, 11 PM

Comedy Central Presents Joe Kwaczala / Nore Davis, Comedy Central, 11 PM

Black Jesus, Adult Swim, 12 AM

Saturday

Little Things (S3), Netflix, 3 AM

Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration, HBO, 7 PM

Missouri/Georgia college football, ESPN, 7 PM

Clemson/NC State college football, ABC, 7:30 PM

Iowa/Oklahoma college football, Fox, 8 PM

Radio Christmas, Lifetime, 8 PM

Amish Abduction, Lifetime Movie Network, 8 PM

Blue Planet Now (series premiere), BBC America, 9 PM

Sunday

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (season premiere), Netflix, 3 AM

America's Funniest Home Videos, ABC, 7 PM

Batwoman, CW, 8 PM

Vikings/Cowboys, NBC, 8:15 PM

The Circus (season finale), Showtime, 8 PM

Dublin Murders (series premiere), Starz, 8 PM

The Simpsons, Fox, 8 PM

A Sweet Christmas, Lifetime, 8 PM

Bless the Harts, Fox, 8:30 PM

God Friended Me, CBS, 8:30 PM

Shameless (season premiere), Showtime, 9 PM

Watchmen, HBO, 9 PM

Supergirl, CW, 9 PM

Godfather of Harlem, Epix, 9 PM

Poldark, PBS, 9 PM

Family Guy, Fox, 9:30 PM

NCIS: LA, CBS, 9:30 PM

The Walking Dead, AMC, 9 PM

Uncensored, TV One, 9 PM

Leavenworth, Starz, 9:30 PM

Back to Life (series premiere), Showtime, 10 PM

Silicon Valley, HBO, 10 PM

Mr. Robot, USA, 10 PM

Get Shorty, Epix, 10 PM

Press (season finale), PBS, 10 PM

Madam Secretary, CBS, 10 PM

The Rookie, ABC, 10 PM

Mrs. Fletcher, HBO, 10:30 PM

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 11 PM

Rick & Morty (season premiere), Adult Swim, 11:30 PM

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America, AMC, 12 AM

All times listed are ET.

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Act like you’ve been there before

[Editor’s note: this is a guest submission from friend of Bleeding Green Nation, Dr. Trevor Strunk.]

Act like you’ve been there before.

It’s that classic line people like to yell at their TV when a young phenom hits a no-doubt home run and flips the bat thirty feet out of the circle or when a speedy wide receiver does a backflip into the endzone after streaking by the deep safety. Usually someone getting a little gray around the temples will harrumph and complain about athletes these days and complain that they’re just too cocky and show off too much. “Act like you’ve been there before,” they say, meaning “it’s a job like any other, don’t celebrate when there’s so much more to do.”

To me, this has always been curmudgeon stuff, a way for parents and grandparents to sublimate their anger at the younger generation through anonymous sports stars. It’s not really a saying that carries a lot of weight when these players have been there for, probably, a decade plus at various levels. Despite his youth, I’m sure Vlad Jr or Patrick Lindsey has been there before. But that’s not always true of the fans.

OK let me explain: obviously we’ve all been fans forever, more or less. I think by and large when you’re looking at a subset of Eagles fans in 2019, you’ll have a few bandwagon jumpers -- which welcome, hello! -- but probably more 10-to-20-to-50 year old lifers. We don’t live in a city that’s really a media hotbed, and as much as we love them, the Eagles are not nearly as relevant to the average fan as the hated Pats or Cowboys. We’re a fanbase that’s primarily made up of people who grew up in the area, as kids of someone from the area, or big Princess Di heads who made up their NFL mind in the early 90s jacket moment. And we’re also a fanbase with a pretty central and worked out identity: fiercely loyal but deeply critical hard-luck losers.

That identity changed a bit in 2018. I’ll go ahead and let you look up the score of Super Bowl LII, on your wall in the place of pride where your various Bibles, family pictures, and massive fish used to hang. Yes, the Eagles finally got over the hump in the same year that they finally got a great coach and a franchise QB. No, they didn’t go back to back in 2019, but they again made the playoffs and made some serious noise and it’s clear this front office and this team plan to be perennial contenders in a way we haven’t seen since Reid-McNabb. Oh, and as a reminder, they won where those two didn’t. So hard-luck losers we ain’t, not anymore.

That uh...hasn’t kept us from acting like we are. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not here to chastise the Philly fanbase; I am of you and love you all, anger and rough edges and all. And I’d never say we have to stop being fiercely loyal -- Mac’s letter to Chase Utley is perfect because it’s real. But we need to stop being so incredibly defensive every time something even slightly rubs us the wrong way.

Last year, for instance: the Saints mocked the Eagles ski-mask routine and called them a “bunch of fraudulents,” after an offseason interview where Alvin Kamara said that they’d have killed the Eagles in the 2018 playoffs. We all, myself included, reacted predictably -- we yelled and screamed about how this made the Saints the least likeable team in the playoffs not wearing blue and silver. We railed about how they didn’t respect us and how we were underdogs again and “we all we got we all we need” etc etc. And, in retrospect, we kind of looked like the Pats did when they complained about “being underdogs” in the Super Bowl. Like spoiled winners who insisted they needed to be the protagonist of the league every year. In reality, the Saints haven’t won in over a decade, and after the Minnesota comeback in 2018, they absolutely needed some fire. Was Kamara a bit rude? Yeah, probably, but that’s how people come at you when you’re the king: hard and fast.

Want something more recent? How about Michael Bennett wanting more money after last year? He said something along the lines of “sure, I love Philly but the cap situation isn’t great there and I’m not taking a pay cut.” He didn’t do situps in his driveway. He didn’t eat lunch in his car. He didn’t even reference Santa Claus or d-cells or whatever else is in the book of 50 Cliches Sportswriters Use About Philadelphia. He just said that, money being what it was, he probably wouldn’t be back in Philly. And lo and behold, he wasn’t. It was the kind of transaction that, if you’re the Patriots or the Rams or some other high-performing team, doesn’t really warrant a shrug. Guy joins team (in this case via trade) and hopes to win a ring. He doesn’t and tries to go to another team that can pay him to win a ring. When you’re Michael Bennett’s age -- and Chris Long’s age for that matter -- you play each year as a hired gun. But a lot of us didn’t see it that way:

That’s a series of responses to a tweet about Bennett wanting a raise -- some weird reactions to his pending bizarre legal case aside, and some calm Eagles fans notwithstanding, this was pretty standard. “Screw you,” we all said, “you never were a true Eagle anyway.” But really who cares if he was? True Eagles were a way we had of making championships from nothing: we had Dawkins probably going into the Hall well before we had a Super Bowl. We had Concrete Charlie and the 92 line and Randall before he went to the Vikings. And those served well when we didn’t have a Super Bowl! But now we do, and we don’t need to keep obsessively collecting True Eagles. I hope we have some on this team; I know we do in Jason Peters and Brandon Graham. Probably in Malcolm Jenkins and Lane Johnson and Zach Ertz and Carson Wentz too. But backing guys like that up are one-year guys who are gonna come in looking to win and move on. When they move on -- and they will -- it’s more sour grapes for a fanbase desperately clinging to relevance to complain about their loyalties. Save that for the Cowboys fans in your life.

I guess what I’m trying to say is this: we were a fanbase with its share of disappointment and disaster, and we still are. The history of the team doesn’t change just because they won one. But if Super Bowl LII was the catharsis that we all describe it as, then we have to leave it changed in some way, or else we risk becoming the spoiled Boston sports fans we all despise. The Eagles climbed the mountain and nothing is going to take that away -- no amount of trash talk, or fluke tweets, or free agent departures. Let’s stay loyal to our teams, but let’s allow a bit of grace and wisdom too.

After all, we’ve been there now -- why not act like it?

Source: https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2019/3/16/18261814/act-like-youve-been-there-before-eagles-super-bowl-michael-bennett-trade-defensive-nfl-2019

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Guía de series: Estrenos y regresos de agosto 2020

En agosto, la segunda unidad a la mitad. ¡Estamos de saldo! De nuevo, un mes algo ligero, pero nada que no hayamos visto otros años a estas alturas. Verano equivale a sequía. De todas formas, como siempre, seguro que sabéis encontrar alguna joya oculta.

¡Feliz agosto!

Leyenda:

Verde: series nuevas.

Negro: regresos de otras series.

Naranja: miniseries o series documentales.

Amarillo: tv movies, documentales, especiales o pilotos.

Morado: season finales.

Púrpura: midseason finales.

Calendario de series

3 de agosto:

The Deceived (1T) en Channel 5

The Fugitive (1T) en Quibi

Immigration Nation en Netflix

4 de agosto: Little Birds (1T completa) en Sky Atlantic

6 de agosto:

The Rain (3T y última completa) en Netflix

An American Pickle en HBO Max

Star Trek: Lower Decks (1T) en CBS All Access

Semi-Detached (1T) en BBC Two

7 de agosto: Alta mar (3T completa) y Work It en Netflix

9 de agosto: The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (2T finale) en TNT

11 de agosto: Stargirl (1T finale) en DC Universe

12 de agosto: (Un)Well en Netflix

13 de agosto: Mandy (1T) en BBC Two

14 de agosto:

Ted Lasso (1T) en Apple TV+

3% (4T completa), Teenage Bounty Hunters (1T completa), Fearless y Project Power en Netflix

16 de agosto: Lovecraft Country (1T) en HBO

18 de agosto: The Fugitive (1T finale) en Quibi

20 de agosto: Biohackers (1T completa) en Netflix

21 de agosto:

Lucifer (5aT completa) y The Sleepover en Netflix

Chemical Hearts en Amazon

22 de agosto: Love in the Time of Corona en Freeform

23 de agosto:

The Vow en HBO

Love in the Time of Corona en Freeform

24 de agosto: Reno 911! (7bT) en Quibi

25 de agosto: Trinkets (2T y última completa) en Netflix

28 de agosto: All Together Now y Orígenes secretos en Netflix

30 de agosto: Wynonna Earp (4T midseason finale) en Syfy

Estrenos de series

The Deceived (Channel 5)

Ophelia (Emily Reid, Belgravia, The Trouble with Maggie Cole) es una estudiante británica que se enamora de un profesor casado (Emmett J. Scanlan; The Fall, In the Flesh), viendo en él todas las respuestas a sus necesidades. La aventura resulta en una trágica muerte y Ophelia se ve atrapada en un mundo en el que ya no puede confiar en su propia mente. Completan el reparto Catherine Walker (Cursed, Versailles), Eleanor Methven (Little Women, Normal People), Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls), Shelley Conn (Liar, The Lottery) y Dempsey Bovell.

Escrita y producida por Lisa McGee (Derry Girls, Being Human) y Tobias Beer y dirigida por Chloe Thomas (Victoria, Harlots). Cuatro episodios.

Estreno: 3 de agosto

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The Fugitive (Quibi)

Es una adaptación de la película de 1993 que seguirá a Mike Ferro (Boyd Holbrook; Narcos, Logan), un hombre acusado de organizar un atentado en el metro de Los Ángeles justo seis meses después de salir de la cárcel por otro crimen. Se le puede reconocer perfectamente en las grabaciones de las cámaras de seguridad justo antes del atentado, y la periodista Pritti Patel (Tiya Sircar; The Good Place, Witches of East End) informa antes de tiempo de su autoría. Clay Bryce (Kiefer Sutherland; 24, Designated Survivor) es el agente de contraterrorismo encargado de perseguirle. Completan el reparto Natalie Martinez (Kingdom, Under the Dome), Brian Geraghty (Chicago PD, The Alienist), Genesis Rodriguez (Time After Time, Entourage), Glenn Howerton (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The Mindy Project), Daniel David Stewart (Catch-22) y Keilani Arellanes (Euphoria).

Escrita y producida por Nick Santora (Prison Break, Scorpion). Catorce episodios.

Estreno: 3 de agosto

Estreno en España: 3 de agosto en Quibi

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Little Birds (Sky Atlantic)

Inspirada en la colección de historias eróticas de Anaïs Nin, publicadas póstumamente en 1979, sigue a Lucy Savage (Juno Temple; Dirty John, Vinyl), una americana recién llegada a Tánger en 1955 que desea liberarse de la prisión en la que le ha mantenido la sociedad y consigue la dolorosa pero necesaria independencia al mismo tiempo que el país. Participan también Rossy de Palma (Julieta, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios), Hugh Skinner (Fleabag, W1A), Nina Sosanya (Marcella, Last Tango in Halifax), Jean-Marc Barr (Dancer in the Dark, The Cellar), David Costabile (Billions, Breaking Bad), Amy Landecker (Transparent, Doctor Strange), Matt Lauria (Kingdom, Parenthood), Yumna Marwan (Submarine) y Raphael Acloque (24: Legacy).

Escrita por Sophia Al-Maria (The Girl Who Fell to Earth) y dirigida por Stacie Passon (The Path, Transparent). Seis episodios.

Estreno: 4 de agosto

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Semi-Detached (BBC Two)

Comedia en tiempo real que sigue a Stuart (Lee Mack, Not Going Out), un perdedor que está malgastando su vida en un barrio de las afueras. Solo quiere una vida tranquila como DJ de bodas, pero su familia parece tener otros planes. En el piloto, ya emitido, su esposa April (Ellie White; The Windsors, The Other One) se ponía de parto, y Stuart debía pedirle ayuda al novio de su exmujer (Patrick Baladi; Marcella, Breeders), que vive en el barrio, para llegar al hospital. Con Neil Fitzmaurice (Brassic, Mount Pleasant), Clive Russell (Game of Thrones, Cursed), Samantha Spiro (Sex Education, London Spy), Sarah Hoare (Chewing Gum) y Geoff McGivern (Quiz, Free Rein).

Creada por David Crow y Oliver Maltman y dirigida por Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners, Breeders). Seis episodios.

Estreno: 6 de agosto

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Mandy (BBC Two)

El sueño de Mandy es criar perros dóberman. Para superar los obstáculos que se lo impiden, intenta llevar una vida más saludable, alquila su habitación en Airbnb y coge varios trabajos de corta duración y sueldo escaso. Por suerte, cuenta con Lola (Michelle Greenidge; After Life, Code 404), su amiga y confidente del salón de manicura.

Escrita, dirigida y protagonizada por Diane Morgan (After Life, Frayed). Seis episodios. Estreno: 13 de agosto

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Ted Lasso es un personaje que creó Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live) en 2013 para cubrir la Premier League en NBC Sports. Es un entrenador de fútbol americano universitario de Kansas. Repitiendo la idea, Ted es contratado por un equipo inglés de fútbol (soccer) pese a su nula experiencia. Le acompañarán Hannah Waddingham (Game of Thrones, Sex Education), Brendan Hunt (Bless This Mess), Jeremy Swift (Downton Abbey, Wanderlust), Juno Temple (Dirty John, Vinyl), Brett Goldstein (Uncle, Drifters), Phil Dunster (Humans, Strike Back), Stephen Manas, Colin Blyth (The Crown), Bronson Webb (Strike, The Aliens) y Nick Mohammed (Uncle, Drifters).

Idea original de Sudeikis y Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town). Diez episodios. Estreno: 14 de agosto Estreno en España: 14 de agosto en Apple TV+ España

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Teenage Bounty Hunters (Netflix)

Sterling (Maddie Phillips; Van Helsing, Supernatural) y Blair (Anjelica Bette Fellini; The Gifted, The French Dispatch) son dos hermanas mellizas de dieciséis años que se alían con un cazarrecompensas (Kadeem Hardison; Black Monday, Love Is___) y conocerán qué es saltarse las normas mientras experimentan el amor y el sexo adolescente.

Creada por Kathleen Jordan (American Princess), escrita por Robert Sudduth (On My Block, American Princess) y producida por Jenji Kohan (Orange Is the New Black, Weeds).

Estreno: 14 de agosto Estreno en España: 14 de agosto en Netflix España

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Lovecraft Country (HBO)

Adaptación de la novela de terror de Matt Ruff (2016) en la que tres afroamericanos viajan por Estados Unidos en los años 50 enfrentándose tanto al racismo de los blancos como a espíritus malvados. Leti Dandridge (Jurnee Smollett-Bell; Underground, Friday Night Lights) es una artista que quiere echar raíces tras protestar por los derechos civiles a través de todo el país. Le acompañan Atticus Black (Jonathan Majors; When We Rise, Hostiles), que está buscando a su padre (Michael Kenneth Williams; The Wire, Hap and Leonard); y su tío George (Courtney B. Vance; American Crime Story, Law & Order: Criminal Intent).

Completan el reparto Wunmi Mosaku (The End of the F***ing World, Kiri), Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico, Designated Survivor), Jamie Chung (The Gifted, Once Upon a Time), Jordan Patrick Smith (Vikings, Neighbours), Jamie Neumann (The Deuce, Jessica Jones), Erica Tazel (Justified, The Good Fight), Mac Brandt (Kingdom, Arrested Development), Tony Goldwyn (Scandal, Ghost), Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road), Marcus A. Griffin Jr., Chase Brown y Jada Harris .

Escrita por Misha Green (Underground) y producida por Jordan Peele (Get Out) y J.J. Abrams (Castle Rock, Westworld). Ocho episodios.

Estreno: 16 de agosto Estreno en España: 17 de agosto en HBO España

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Biohackers (Netflix)

Mia (Luna Wedler; Dem Horizont so nah, Blue My Mind) decide estudiar medicina en una importante universidad alemana para acercarse a una profesora (Jessica Schwarz) que podría estar relacionada con su tragedia familiar, pero acaba inmersa en un peligroso mundo lleno de experimentos genéticos ilegales y tendrá que decidir entre la venganza y proteger a sus nuevos amigos.. Con Thomas Prenn (8 Tage), Adrian Julius Tillmann, Caro Cult (Babylon Berlin), Jing Xiang, Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer y Benno Fürmann (Babylon Berlin, Hanna).

Escrita y dirigida por Christian Ditter (Girlboss, Vorstadtkrokodile). Seis episodios.

Estreno: 20 de agosto Estreno en España: 20 de agosto en Netflix España

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Love in the Time of Corona (Freeform)

Limited series sobre la búsqueda del amor y el sexo en tiempos de distanciamiento social. Con Leslie Odom Jr. (Smash, Person of Interest), Nicolette Robinson (The Affair, Hart of Dixie), Tommy Dorfman (13 Reasons Why, Jane the Virgin), Rainey Qualley, Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal, Patriot), Rya Kihlstedt (Charmed, One Mississippi), Ava Bellows y L. Scott Caldwell (Lost, How to Get Away with Murder)

Grabado desde las casas reales de sus protagonistas. Escrita por Joanna Johnson (The Fosters, Good Trouble) y producida por Christine Sacani (The Fosters, Good Trouble) y Robyn Meisinger (Prisoners, Slender Man). Cuatro episodios.

Estreno: 22 de agosto

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ethanalter · 6 years

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'SNL' recap: Natalie Portman returns to rap, spoof 'Stranger Things'

The first “Natalie Raps” remains one of Natalie Portman’s best screen performances and Lonely Island’s greatest Saturday Night Live achievements — their own personal Star Wars, if you will. This week’s sequel could never be The Empire Strikes Back or The Last Jedi… it just had to outclass Attack of the Clones. Thankfully “Natalie Raps 2” falls squarely into Force Awakens territory, a loose repeat that knowingly plays on everything we loved about the original, right down to the Andy Samberg cameo and Portman’s “No more questions” tag. But the high point had to be seeing Portman in her old Princess Amidala get-up, a bit of galactic nostalgia that actually made us want to revisit the prequels, Jar Jar Binks and all.

Worst Sketch: “Stranger Things 3” The Internet has already decided that Millie Bobby Brown and Natalie Portman are basically the same person, so a Stranger Things spoof with the former Padme as the current Eleven must have seemed like a slam dunk. Too bad the writers spent more time scrolling through the Portman/Brown Twitter memes than trying to come up with better material than boner gags and fart jokes.

Best Ad Disguised as a Sketch: “Opening Monologue” It’s a time-honored tradition for SNL hosts to hype their upcoming projects when they first take the stage. But Portman barely made any mention of her new movie, Annihilation — which comes out Feb. 23, for the record — instead expertly (and hilariously) shilling for NBC’s upcoming Winter Olympics coverage as Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson provided incisive mid-monologue commentary. And like the best ads, the monologue performed a valuable public service by reminding the nation that Leslie Jones will be sharing her expert opinions from Pyeongchang. Consider us sold.

Best Drunk History Homage: “Patriots vs. Philadelphia” Speaking of commercials for upcoming NBC sporting events, SNL brought back star players Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey to hype the network’s telecast of Super Bowl LII. The pair headed up opposing tribes of Revolutionary War-era New England patriots and fly Philadelphians united in drunken boasting about their battlefield prowess. Fifty years from now, Drunk History should do a boozy recreation about how this sketch came to be.

Best “Weekend Update” Guests: Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve McKinnon and Cecily Strong had a grand old time playing two grand dames of French cinema, back in the news for their less-than-popular views about the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment in the movie industry. These two may not be woke, but their presence perked up an otherwise listless “Update.”

Trump’s Return: “Fox & Friends Cold Open” After taking January off, Alec Baldwin emerged from his burrow the night after Groundhog Day to reprise his Donald Trump impression for the first time since mid-December. And since we didn’t see his shadow, that means it may not be another six weeks until Baldwin’s next SNL appearance. And maybe then he won’t phone it in… literally. In the cold open, the actor rang up his friends over at Fox & Friends to chat about the news of the day, including a certain memo and the (not so) enormous State of the Union ratings. Calling in from his White House digs in the middle of his morning exercise — chowing down on a calorie-rich breakfast sandwich — Trump boasted about “saving the economy” and “destroying ISIS” before revealing he was also in the process of getting his daily intelligence briefing. His source? Fox & Friends, of course.

But this particular briefing proved to be a two-way street, as Trump shared some invented intel with the unquestioning hosts. He offered a ringing endorsement of his personal “house elf,” Devin Nunes, who did him a solid by penning “the greatest memo since the Declaration of Independence.” And as for the State of the Union, according to POTUS’s dubious sources, it nabbed 10 billion viewers — three billion more than actually exist on Earth. Not only that, none other than Paul Ryan described his oration as being “better than Martin Luther King’s ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ speech.” A lot of it certainly felt like a re-run, that’s for sure.

Melania’s Return: “First Lady” Later on in the show, Trump’s better half, Melania, got the chance to tell her side of the State of the Union, when she was visited by the spirits of First Ladies past. The visitations started with Portman reprising her Oscar-nominated role as Jackie Kennedy, who commiserated with the current FLOTUS about philandering husbands. “Jack cheated on me with Marilyn Monroe,” Jackie O pointed out, to which Melania replied, “She was in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Donald’s girl was in Guys Like It Shaved.” The party got bigger when Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton entered the room, followed by Aidy Bryant as Martha Washington and Leslie Jones as the eternally popular Michelle Obama. “My arms rule, I love vegetables, and I can be President whenever I want,” Michelle said to enthusiastic applause. Put that in a memo and release it!

Episode MVP: Beck Bennett It takes a brave performer to talk out of his ass without blinking an eye. And Bennett heroically subjected his butt to a lengthy close-up in a “What the hell was that?” Star Trek spoof, “Alien Lover,” where Portman’s human officer cozied up to an alien colleague whose face was his rear and vice versa. Whether flexing his buns to simulate speech or using water to turn the seat of his pants into a puddle, Bennett committed to his part with cheeky intensity. If they ever reboot Ace Ventura, he’s a shoo-in to replace Jim Carrey.

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NFL Dad, Week 17: Good riddance to the Ravens, Seahawks, and 2017

On the final day of the year, one NFL fan tried to watch all of the RedZone action while parenting two toddlers.

It’s fitting that the NFL season came to a close on New Year’s Eve. After the Week 17 games, every team will start with a clean slate — either vying for the Lombardi Trophy in the playoffs, or taking stock of what went wrong and planning for 2018. Coaches will be fired, management restructured, free agents signed, hopes laid upon draftees. Injured players will return stronger than ever, and you’ll take this opportunity to improve yourself, too. Exercise more. Eat better. Work harder. A fresh start for all!

It’s a lie, of course. Unless a franchise has recently fired Jeff Fisher, a team will only take incremental steps forward or backward. Sure, there are exceptions: One or two teams will experience huge leaps in the win column thanks to turnover luck and positive results in close games, and those teams’ fans will be CERTAIN that it was the result of effort and superior coaching, and not the random providence of luck, destined to regress to the mean.

The truth is, the calendar is the only thing that’s changed. We can experience temporary improvements, but most of us are destined to regress to our personal means. And NFL teams are the same: Your team is unlikely to improve dramatically.

But the NFL monolith will scrape forward nonetheless. Your favorite players will get injured. People will complain about the refs. The Patriots will go 12-4. 2018 is the same hell as 2017, just fresher.

EARLY GAMES, FIRST HALF

— It’s a tame early slate. Bears-Vikings, Jets-Pats, and Browns-Steelers are the only games with playoff implications, and that’s being generous. The (heavy) favorites in those games only have minor jockeying for bye weeks and top-2 conference seeding. I’m saving most of my attention span for the late games.

— A common theme for many of the early games is the extreme cold hitting much of the country. Players wear extra layers, helmets shrink, and Jets quarterbacks live out the metaphors of their station in life.

Inspiring start for Bryce Petty and the Jets http://pic.twitter.com/3t9LvfGCxb

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) December 31, 2017

— My wife and I rented a car to take our kids to my sister’s place for a couple days after Christmas, with a stop along the way to see old friends. And I’m not going to relive the entire journey, but I will offer one unpleasant travel snapshot: Experiencing carsickness from constantly torquing my neck and back around to fruitlessly attempt to soothe two toddlers completely unaccustomed to car travel as snarled traffic turned a 3.5-hour car trip into a 6.5-hour cry-a-thon.

The lesson I refuse to learn: NEVER. GO. ANYWHERE.

The lesson I refuse to learn as a parent of young children: NEVER. GO. ANYWHERE.

— James Harrison is making his debut for the Patriots, and some Steelers fans are aghast. I don’t quite get the surprise. When Harrison was cut by the Steelers in 2013, he signed with the division rival Bengals. He also had a stint with the Ravens after being on the Steelers’ practice squad early in his career. This is James Harrison we’re talking about. He’s not a paragon of virtue loyal to the black and yellow; he’s a vindictive maniac who has dedicated his entire life to hitting people. Of COURSE he went to the Steelers’ biggest rival this year.

— Juju Smith-Schuster’s touchdown celebration gets an A for joyous creativity, and a D for snowball packing.

— It’s 2:15 p.m. and my son is awake at least 45 minutes earlier than my wife and I would like. He only ever takes 90-minute naps now. My daughter at his age would regularly sleep for three hours in the afternoon. Hell, she still sleeps longer in the afternoon than he does, and she’s twice his age. Sleep longer, you adorable goblin! You’re tired!

— The Bears score a touchdown on the famous fake where the punt returner feigns tracking the ball on one side of the field while a second player catches it on the other side of the field. Long live this explainer on why the play is so unstoppable.

— Dallas and Philadelphia are tied 0-0 at the half. Someone named Jeff Sudfeld is playing quarterback for the Eagles. Nick Foles is too valuable for the Eagles’ playoff run!

Last reminder of the year: (extremely long sigh) Any team in the NFL could have signed Colin Kaepernick on the cheap.

EARLY GAMES, SECOND HALF

— The Colts attempt a surprise onside kick, and there appears to be an end-of-year fire sale on trick plays. If I were a coach about to get fired, you can bet your ass I would throw every unused page in the playbook at an opponent in Week 17: Fake punts, surprise onside kicks, hook-and-laterals, Fumblerooskis — the trick plays would get the defense so on edge for the trick plays that they would get knocked over by power runs.

And then I would be fired.

— Much of what I do on a week-to-week basis has already been collected, with much more brevity, in this piece of service journalism: Every dumb thing that happened in NFL Week 17. (No bits about parenting there, though.)

— Eight minutes into the third quarter, the Giants and Washington are a combined three-for-19 on third downs. It’s hard for me to express how much I’m enjoying not watching that game.

Instead, I’m watching these bad bartending videos:

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There’s a whole series of those that are equally confounding, and they are either the stupidest videos on YouTube or the subtlest troll jobs I’ve ever seen.

As someone who’s been absorbing online culture as a job for more than a decade, it’s rare for me to find something like this inscrutable. Hundreds of dollars for a full bar, but no muddler? The totally incapable but somehow believable bartender? The pint glass of whiskey? This is a ruse, right? I refuse to be anyone’s mark.

— A fun new thing I have since the round-trip car voyage is a semi-permanent eye tic. Just a tiny little muscle spasm on my lower left eyelid that’s like, “Hey, remember that time you were trapped in a rolling box of stress for six hours? Twice?” Look for it on SB Nation’s YouTube channel in 2018.

Hey, remember that time you were trapped in a rolling box of stress for six hours?

— My wife leaves to walk the dog right as the early games wind down. Because we’re keeping our children out of the Arctic blast, I stay back with both kids. My son immediately grabs the iPad off the table and shoves his face into it.

“I want Elsa,” my daughter says, so I play “Let It Go” on Spotify and pull up an image of Elsa for her to look at while the song plays. Frozen is the next horizon for us after Moana. I’m fine with this eventuality, but Moana definitely has the superior story and soundtrack. The important thing is that they’re both better than the 50 years of Disney princess movies that came before. GAHHHH WHY DO I SPEND SO MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT DISNEY CARTOONS?

— The Browns, despite their best effort against the Steelers’ B-team, finish their season 0-16. Congratulations?

— Because all nine (!!!) late games start at 4:25 p.m. Eastern, RedZone’s Scott Hanson must deal with an action-less lull that’s unusual for so early in the day. It’s 4:15 and RedZone is running highlights, snippets of press conferences, and fantasy updates. And come on: I know the segment is sponsored, no self-respecting fantasy league is active in Week 17. Much like Le’Veon Bell.

LATE GAMES, FIRST HALF

— GAME TIME. My focus today is Panthers-Falcons, Saints-Bucs, and Cardinals-Seahawks. I want the Seahawks to win to stay alive for a playoff spot, and I need the Panthers to be motivated to beat the Falcons, which means I need Tampa Bay to give the Saints a fight, which means the Seahawks are probably going to miss the playoffs. Which, frankly, is probably better than getting blown out by the Rams or Saints on Wild Card Weekend. Everything is meaningless, by the way.

— Ah crap, Arizona opens the game with a touchdown. Drew Stanton escapes Michael Bennett on what could have been a 15-yard sack, buying enough time to throw a TD pass instead. I am going to hate today.

Tyler Lockett returns the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to tie the game. I am already closing off all emotion to deal with whatever happens for the next three hours.

— In Tampa, the Bucs score game-opening TD. Yay! But then Alvin Kamara returns the ensuing kickoff for a TD. I NEED EVERYONE TO SETTLE DOWN, PLEASE.

— The kids are at the dinner table, alternately painting with watercolors and screaming. My son, whose relentless teething continues, takes a sip of water from the cup he’d been dipping his paintbrush in. My daughter, who has recovered from a double ear infection over Christmas only to get ANOTHER ear infection, has a Moana-themed coloring book. I read her the plot point that goes with each picture as another Panthers drive stalls. COME ON, CAM.

— The Niners are dominating early and up 10-0, but a Jimmy Garoppolo INT sets the Rams up in the red zone. However, the Niners D holds firm, and the Rams are forced to kick a field goal.

— Oh, hello there, AFC. I understand there are some stakes in your conference today, too, hmmm? In Los Angeles, where the Chargers need a win and some help to secure a playoff spot, Melvin Gordon fumbles, but Keenan Allen scoops up the fumble for an awesome TD.

Wait. WHAT?! Gordon loses it. Allen recovers. And SCORES. #Chargers http://pic.twitter.com/PQ59L012NB

— NFL (@NFL) December 31, 2017

My feelings on the four AFC teams vying for two Wild Card spots, ranked by preference:

Chargers. I know they deserve nothing but misery for leaving San Diego, but this team is genuinely fun to watch. Philip Rivers has been incredible this year, and Keenan Allen has stayed healthy! Melvin Gordon is great and likable! The defense has the kind of scary pass rush that can enable a deep playoff run (read: can knock Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger on their asses).

Bills. I hate tables.

Titans. This is one of the least inspiring winning teams I’ve seen in a long time, which is what it’s been since RedZone last clicked over to the Seattle game. Who has ever looked at the AFC South and said, “Yes, this division needs TWO playoff teams.”

Ravens. I strenuously object to Joe Flacco’s existence. If the Ravens offense touches your field, the earth there will be fallow for seven years.

— My kids, still sitting at the table, dance to “Twist and Shout” like two little Elaine Beneses, a brief moment of cheer before the Cardinals punch in another touchdown to take a 17-7 lead over the Seahawks. But the dancing! It’s so herky-jerky and devoid of coordination — like Seattle’s offensive line, but happy.

— What was I saying about the Chargers’ fearsome defense? On third and 22, Derek Carr unloads a bomb to Amari Cooper for an 87-yard touchdown.

EIGHTY-SEVEN YARDS!@DerekCarrQB to @AmariCooper9 for SIX! #RaiderNation http://pic.twitter.com/GLf0Q7bAva

— NFL (@NFL) December 31, 2017

My wife tells my daughter that the Raiders are Uncle Sean’s favorite team. “Can you say the Raiders?” she asks.

Daughter: “The Raid-ahhhhhs.” Chris Berman’s tics are much better when they’re done by toddlers.

— I get a text from Steven Godfrey, SB Nation’s excellent college football reporter who is also doomed to an existence of Falcons fandom. It is to me and Brian Floyd, our managing editor who is also a Seahawks fan: “Please God take this wildcard spot.”

Floyd and I both reject any desire to see these Seahawks in the playoffs. It feels good to own the feeling, to want a different team in a new season instead of watching this one for another week.

— Here is the first RedZone play featuring the Ravens offense that I see: Joe Flacco throws a one-yard crossing route to a running back, who drops the ball. A graphic pops up that says it is the Ravens’ fifth dropped pass of the day. Put this offense in a rocket and fire it into the deepest reaches of space.

— Philip Rivers throws another deep bomb for a touchdown. God, this team belongs in the playoffs, and they’re not going to make it because the first quarter of their season was a grotesque monkey’s paw retribution inflicted by the San Diego city council.

— The Saints attempt a fake field goal, the Bucs don’t fall for it, and Wil Lutz gets CRUSHED. If you ask me, there are simply not enough punters getting blown up by defenders in today’s NFL. (Miss you, Sean Taylor.)

Not enough punters are getting blown up in today’s NFL.

— A big hit in the Ufford household these days is the Daddy Monster. I become my alter ego, roar, and chase my son into the corner where I tickle him and pretend to eat him. “OM NOM NOM!” I say.

He stands up and says, “Naan naan naan!” in his little voice. I feign terror and let him chase me. I hope you didn’t take what I said about the car ride and the eye tic too seriously, because parenting is great.

— Breaking news: The Colts have fired Chuck Pagano. So we’re doing away with Black Monday now? Just getting it out of the way on Sunday?

— I change my son’s poopy diaper. But don’t think of it as poop! It’s more like his butt threw up.

— Flacco watch:

Flacco 3/16 says "Hey remember that time I won a Super Bowl?" http://pic.twitter.com/pvaQG3RKhs

— James Dator [waiting for recognition] (@James_Dator) December 31, 2017

— HALFTIME SCORES:

The Seahawks trail at home 20-7, their only score a kickoff return TD. Burn this season to the ground.

Chargers lead the Raiders 20-10 despite having a FG and PAT blocked. Very on-brand.

Carolina and Atlanta are tied 7-7.

Buffalo leads Miami 10-0. David Fales has replaced Jay Cutler, who is riding a jet ski pantsless to the nearest bank with a boat-thru teller to cash his game check. I am gonna miss that guy so much.

Only a missed extra point is keeping the Bucs from being even with the Saints. New Orleans leads 14-13. Get inspired, Carolina!

Titans 12, Jags 3. Jacksonville trails because its defensive and special teams units have struggled to score touchdowns.

49ers 20, Rams 6. If anything, this score is flattering for the Rams. San Fran-Clara will be a chic pick to win the NFC West next year.

An 85(ish)-yard kickoff return with seconds left in the half gifts Baltimore with a touchdown that cuts the Cincinnati lead to 17-10. C’mon Bengals, don’t Bengal this one.

LATE GAMES, SECOND HALF

— I make a vow to myself: The Seahawks have one possession, the first of the half, to keep me interested in the result of their game, and even then … BARELY. Naturally, the run game comes to life, Russell Wilson connects on a pass, and this appears to be a crude approximation of a drive.

— Shady McCoy is carted off. Screw this season.

— I help with the end of the kids’ bath time. My son, who hates getting out of the bath, sits in tub as the water empties. “Fee-oh,” he says, for frio, because my children are dual-language geniuses. I let him chill there while I peek at the TV; I’m just in time to see Doug Baldwin score a touchdown that narrows the score to 20-14.

The next drive — at least, the next drive I catch a glimpse of — Shaquill Griffin intercepts a Drew Stanton overthrow, and I now feel confident that the Seahawks can get a comeback victory, only for the Falcons to lock down the last playoff spot with a win. (With the Panthers trailing 10-7, Cam Newton promptly throws a terrible interception.)

— The Saints have been a little shaky for the last month of the season, but I could definitely endorse Alvin Kamara destroying the entire playoff field. Look at him make a contested catch downfield:

Oh my goodness, @A_kamara6. #GoSaints http://pic.twitter.com/4bLIJaPrzI

— NFL (@NFL) December 31, 2017

That drive ends in a field goal, and the Saints lead 17-13.

— Ravens WR Chris Moore bobbles a red zone pass, which is intercepted and returned for a touchdown. The Bengals lead 24-10, and I am HERE for the season implosion.

Yes, that is Joe Flacco's pick-six. http://pic.twitter.com/Utx1SfhBP3

— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) December 31, 2017

— The Bucs force a fumble on a punt return and return it for a touchdown! The used coffee grounds of the NFC South are ahead of the division leaders, 20-14.

— With the Seahawks trailing 23-14, they definitely could use a field goal to make it a one-score game. Instead:

Thomas Rawls' taunting penalty cost the Seahawks 15 yards and likely cost them three points as well.

— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) December 31, 2017

— With the Tennessee leading 15-3 in the fourth quarter, all the Titans have to do is bleed clock and let Blake Bortles throw it to their defense. Instead, Marcus Mariota and Derrick Henry collide on a handoff, and the Jaguars return the fumble for a touchdown.

I just checked, and the Jaguars have seven defensive touchdowns this year. That’s a lot, but I could have sworn it was more. Like, if you told me that Bortles had thrown as many touchdowns as the defense scored, I would have believed you. But Bortles had 21 passing TDs (to 13 picks); the NFL works in mysterious ways.

— I pause RedZone to put the kids to bed. I read my son Good Night Moon because he freaking LOVES seeing the moon. “MOON! MOON! MOON!” every time there’s a moon on the page of a book. As I read the last page — “Good night noises everywhere” — he puts his finger to his lips and says, “Shhhh.”

I offer him a choice of second books but he olds up Good Night Moon again. So I read it a second time, but with four pages to go, he shuts the book and says, “All done!” Oh, I’m sorry. Did you perhaps already know how it ends?

— Twenty minutes later, the kids are in bed and I’m back in front of the TV, but I don’t have the energy or desire to watch everything I missed, so I just skip to live TV. The biggest news is that the Panthers have farted their way around the second half to lose to the Falcons by two scores, rendering the Seahawks game pointless. Or more pointless than usual, at least.

And the Panthers should be kicking themselves over that performance: With nine seconds remaining in Tampa, the Bucs score a go-ahead touchdown that gives them a meaningless win and leads to a super-awkward unfriendly never-ending handshake between Sean Payton and Dirk Koetter. The Panthers will go on the road to face the Saints instead of hosting them next weekend.

— The Titans lock up a playoff spot with their win over the Jaguars. When it comes to the other Wild Card spot, the Bills win, but they need help from the Bengals, who have lost their lead in Baltimore. Ravens ahead 27-24.

— Oh, the Seahawks lost, too. Blair Walsh missing a 48-yarder to lose a game that couldn’t save their season is the perfect ending to this campaign. (I may have been miserable watching the Seahawks this season, but they were also an effective kicker away from being 12-4.)

— The last game of the RedZone season is Bengals-Ravens, and my remaining hopes and dreams rest on ... an Andy Dalton drive? Oh Jesus, where’s the liquor?

— On 4th and 12 near midfield, the Bengals season is about to sputter and die, and I’m beginning to accept the Ravens beating Kansas City when DALTON COMPLETES THE PASS! TYLER BOYD SLIPS A TACKLE AND GETS TO THE END ZONE!!!

THE @BENGALS! TOUCHDOWNNNN! WOW. #Bengals50 http://pic.twitter.com/NB78jk9U2a

— NFL (@NFL) January 1, 2018

YEAAAAAGGGHHHHH I COULD LIFT A VOLKSWAGEN OVER MY HEAD RIGHT NOW

— With a chance to respond, Joe Flacco quickly leads the Ravens to zero first downs and 4th and 14, at which point he completes a pass eight yards short of the first-down marker. GOOD RIDDANCE, GARBAGE BIRDS.*

And good riddance, 2017. Here’s to marginal improvements in 2018.

*insult also applicable to the author’s team of choice

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Activists Whine “RACISM” Over Pro-Military Billboard in New Jersey

Remember when everyone was saying that “All Lives Matter” was racist? Well, that kind of pig-dumb idiocy is apparently still around, and it’s alive and well in New Jersey. There, activists are crying “RACISM” over a pro-military billboard put up on the highway by a local gun range. The billboard is being protested by the NAACP and a feminist group in the area because it is critical of the NFL’s “kneel for the national anthem” movement. Apparently we’ve reached the point where to even express the “wrong” opinion about these protests is considered racist. What a fine and fancy way to avoid having a serious debate. What a lovely way to shut down opinions you don’t agree with.

Well, it’s not like we haven’t seen these tactics before.

So far, the South Jersey Shooting Club is refusing to take the billboard down or to apologize for its message, which they insist has “nothing to do with race.”

The billboard depicts a soldier kneeling with his rifle drawn. “The only time we take a knee,” reads the caption below the silhouette.

The billboard infuriated MoNeke Ragsdale, who posted a picture of it on social media with the following message: “This billboard on Rt.73 in Voorhees. Tell them this billboard is racist. Taking a knee is a protest to say NO to police brutality. The women of SJWPC are taking a knee to support black and brown people. Take it down! The Manager is Carmen Console: 609-704-9500.”

The SJWPC doesn’t stand for Social Justice Warriors of Princess City, we were sad to discover, but rather South Jersey Women for Progressive Change, which is probably less truthfully descriptive.

“We’re talking about police murdering unarmed black people,” said local NAACP representative Keith Benson Sr. “They deserve all the disrespect they’re going to get as a result of putting it up. But they probably thought they were clever. They probably thought they were strong, patriotic Americans.”

Or…maybe they simply realize that back here in the real world, police aren’t running around “murdering unarmed black people.” But you content yourself with your little fantasies of a racist police state, Mr. Benson. We know these fictitious narratives give you and your fellow activists a reason to get up in the morning, so far be it from us to take that away from you.

Our favorite bit from the story in the Philadelphia Inquirer has to be where another member of the SJWPC called the gun range to complain.

“I told him the billboard was offensive, and he said, ‘That’s nice,’ and he hung up,” said Susan Druckenbrod.

That just made us laugh really hard for some reason.

In fact, that’s going to become our go-to response for all of these ludicrous left-wing complaints from now on. “That’s nice.” Perfect, concise, and it gives them the exact amount of attention they deserve. Kudos, gun range guy. Well played, indeed.

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