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The reason I got so attached to @M after the election is because of the LACK of political commentary. At the end of the day, I just wanted some fun, escapist entertainment. (I tend to read a lot of news coverage during the day, and I regularly watch Sam Bee & John Oliver, so it's not like I have my head in the sand... I know what's going on in the world.) There's really no alternative now except maybe the bubble-headed antics of Jimmy Fallon, and sorry, I would rather watch a test pattern.

This will literally be the first time since the days of "Late Night with David Letterman" (yes, I'm old) that I won't be regularly recording a single late-night TV show. Robin Thede's new show looks promising, but it'll only be on once a week.

I feel weirdly devastated by this news. I kind of hoped it would run forever. I stopped watching TDS after the election, but @M was always my reliable source for stupid jokes and juvenile wit.

If you need a fix of John before LWT returns later this month, he's scheduled to be a guest on "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on July 12.

I'm sure HBO's army of lawyers ran over that script with a fine-toothed comb before it aired. I hope this will be another example of the Streisand Effect, i.e. the piece will get a ton more attention BECAUSE of the lawsuit. Right now it has around 4.5 million YouTube views, but a lot of LWT "top stories" have over 10 million, so this one still has the potential to grab a lot more views.

He was on in 2015 with Tom Rhodes & Kevin Pollak. Kristen Schaal tends to be a little hit or miss for me but I thought she was very funny on yesterday's show.

I laughed SO hard at the queens episode. I have never watched "Drag Race," but Alaska's deadpan delivery was great, and Ginger Minj's wig was an architectural marvel. I had to pause the DVR a couple of times because I was laughing so hard. "I Live For The COCK - Compassion of Christ's Kingdom" just slayed me.

Kind of disappointed that this show is generating so little chatter -- I watched it over the weekend and am urging a couple of my female friends to tune in so we can discuss it. "A Short History of Weird Girls" was the best episode of the bunch, I thought. When I saw in the NYT that playwright Annie Baker was one of the writers of this ep, I decided to watch the entire series since I'm a huge fan of hers (as well as of Heidi Schreck, another young playwright who also worked on the show). Anyway, this episode features four of the female characters talking about their lives straight to camera. It's beautifully shot and written. I highly recommend checking it out even if you don't watch the whole show (though I did wind up enjoying the entire series; it's unlike anything else I've ever seen, that's for sure.)

The puppy show just filled me with joy. One of my all time favorite episodes!! As a major theater fan, I also liked the Dog Broadway Hashtag Wars.

Jon's animation project with HBO has been scrapped. Considering how fast news breaks these days, it seems like doing animated commentary on the news was a non-starter of an idea. Of course, I hope Jon finds something else that better suits his talents.

Mo 4/10: Your Moment of Them: The Best of Roy Wood Jr. Tu 4/11: Your Moment of Them: The Best of Ronny Chieng We 4/12: Your Moment of Them: The Best of Desi Lydec Th 4/13: Your Moment of Them: The Best of Hasan Minaj

PLEASE NOTE: The Thurs. April 6 & Fri. April 7 are special hybrid shows featuring new cold opens and monologues, new guest interviews and encore airings of interviews. Mandy Patinkin and Zosia Mamet’s interviews on Fri. April 7 are both new. Tuesday, April 4 Louis C.K.; Ernie Johnson Jr.; musical performance by Father John Misty Wednesday, April 5 Sigourney Weaver; Podcast hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor; Special appearance by Steve Martin; Neal Schon sitting in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human Thursday, April 6 Special Hybrid Episode: Jessica Lange; Bassem Youssef; Judy Gold Friday, April 7 Special Hybrid Episode: Mandy Patinkin; Zosia Mamet; Jerrod Carmichael Monday, April 10 Emma Roberts; Ken Jeong; interview with and musical performance by Luke Bryan & Dierks Bentley (OAD: 3/29/17) Tuesday, April 11 Bryan Cranston; Audra McDonald; stand-up comedy performance by Greer Barnes (OAD: 3/20/17) Wednesday, April 12 Ryan Reynolds; Josh Lucas; Andy Daly; musical performance by Green Day (OAD: 3/21/17) Thursday, April 13 Anderson Cooper; Judd Apatow; musical performance by Jidenna (OAD: 3/6/17) Friday, April 14 Ewan McGregor; Finn Wittrock; musical performance by The Shins (OAD: 3/13/17)

Here's some more info about Jordan Klepper's new show, which was mentioned in the episode thread earlier today. The stuff about his "Daily Show persona" and "singularly correct world view" makes me think they're gonna try and make this into the new "Colbert Report." Yeah, good luck with that.

Season Two news.

In case you're wondering, as I was: "@midnight, which relocated from midnight to 11:30 PM Monday through Thursday following the cancellation of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, will move back to midnight on Thursday while remaining at 11:30 PM Monday – Wednesday."

Mo 4/3: Dr. Willie Parker Tu 4/4: Chelsea Handler We 4/5: Michelle Rodriguez Th 4/6: Your Moment of Them: The Best of Jordan Klepper

Mo 4/3: Guy Branum, Rhett Miller, Margaret Cho Tu 4/4: Aisha Tyler, Kevin Smith, Rob Riggle We 4/5: Dan St. Germain, Jenna Elfman, Stephen Schneider Then the show will be off 'til the 17th. Back with James Davis, Adam Conover & Stephanie Courtney.

oops, I can't believe I missed that in my cutting & pasting...!

Since this week is the 2017 Tournament of Champions, I thought I'd post last year's results. I'm a little disappointed that Paul F. isn't coming back, but maybe the far-reaching plan is to have a MEGA-tourney in 2019 featuring the three champions from 2016, 2017 and 2018. Well, if the show's still around, that is... Mo 3/7/16: Doug Benson, Nikki Glaser, Kyle Kinane - winner, Kyle Kinane Tu 3/8/16: Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, Randy Sklar - winner, Paul F. Tompkins (who also won the championship) We 3/9/16: Ron Funches, Jesse Joyce, Tom Lennon - winner, Jesse Joyce

They're doing another Tournament of Champions week: Mo 3/27: Ron Funches, Moshe Kasher, Mamrie Hart Tu 3/28: Doug Benson, Jesse Joyce, Megan Neuringer We 3/29: Paul F. Tompkins, Kyle Kinane, Milana Vayntrub Th 3/30: Tournament of Champions

3/27: John Singleton (director & executive producer – promoting BET show “Rebel”) 3/28: Helene Cooper (author – promoting book “Madame President”) 3/29: René Pérez Joglar (hip hop artist and director – promoting documentary “Residenté”) 3/30: Chris Hayes (host of MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes” & author – promoting book “A Colony in a Nation”)

This is actually the 2nd year they've done Third Month Mania. Last year, they had people vote on "the thing that makes you the maddest." The winner was "Trump supporters."

Monday, March 27 Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda; Jay Chandrasekhar; musical performance by Aimee Mann Tuesday, March 28 Hank Azaria; Kate Walsh; performance by Circus 1903 Wednesday, March 29 Emma Roberts; Ken Jeong; interview with and musical performance by Luke Bryan & Dierks Bentley Thursday, March 30 Marisa Tomei; Hugh Dancy; musical performance by Broken Social Scene Friday, March 31 Susan Sarandon; Joey McIntyre; Comedian Robert Klein

Change: 3/23: Zara Larsson (Swedish singer/songwriter – promoting album “So Good”)

3/20/17: Gina Yashere, Dominic Monaghan, Matteo Lane 3/21/17: Jay Chandrasekhar, Joel Kim Booster, Emily Heller 3/22/17: Greg Proops, Hari Kondabolu, Eugene Mirman 3/23/17: Stephanie Beatriz, Sasheer Zamata, Brian Redban