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hollywood q&a Late laughs By Adam Thomlison TV Media The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon likely to have depression or anxiety — yeah, because you’re rich! In the next few days, top White House aides are going to present Trump with an impeachment response strategy. Just in time! That’s like the captain of the Titanic being like, “Ah we should have taken a left, I’m sorry. Is it too late?” Researchers are saying that people who live close to water have lower levels of anxiety … unless, of course, that water is a trench filled with snakes or alligators. Q: When is “Doctor Who” coming back? It is coming back, right? A: There will be new “Doc- tor Who” episodes airing well into our future, which is great news for fans, but also a bit of a problem, because they also don’t start until well into the future. The most recent episode aired on New Year’s Day of this year, and the network an- nounced at the time that Sea- son 12 wouldn’t premiere until “early 2020.” Of course, there’s specula- tion that that means New Year’s Day again — the show has a tradition of doing a holiday season episode every year, and the producers have been keen to keep that sort of continuity up amid the other changes the show’s going through. Those changes include a new actor (Jodie Whittaker, “Broadchurch”) playing the Doctor — the first time a woman’s stepped into the role — and a new showrunner (Chris Chibnall, “Gracepoint”) who is keen to make the show as accessible to newcomers as he can. BBC has shown some faith in Whittaker and Chibnall, re- portedly renewing the show all the way through Season 15. In other good news for fans, Chibnall has said he’s willing to loosen up his original rule against borrowing from old “Doctor Who” lore for plot points — expect to see more beloved enemies like Daleks, Cybermen and more in the coming season(s). Q: Why can’t I find new episodes of “The Steve Har- vey Show” anymore? A: I think you’re already expecting the answer you’re about to get, but you probably don’t know about all the hard feelings that resulted from the cancellation of “The Steve Har- vey Show.” Cancellations are usu- ally pretty reserved affairs. Broadcasters sometimes don’t mention them at all — it’s up to journalists and fans to 12 | Screentime Jodie Whittaker in “Doctor Who” A: I removed a major plot get the message when new point from your question so schedules are released with no that I can warn other read- mention of the canceled show. ers here: I’m about to spoil And when the stars who have the heck out of Season 2 of lost their jobs say anything, it’s “Yellowstone.” If you haven’t usually just a few comforting already seen it but plan to, you words about how much they should stop reading. enjoyed the experience and With that out of the way, I how excited they are for what’s can now say that you’re right next. — the bomb that Kayce plant- But, not for the first time in ed on the Becks’ plane at the his life, Steve Harvey isn’t fol- beginning of the second-to-last lowing the script. episode was made moot by the The official cancellation fact that they went ahead and of “The Steve Harvey Show” shot all the Becks in the finale came in May, with industry instead. pundits saying it was dropped It’s hard not to think that, to make room for a new talk amid all the tense things going show hosted by pop star Kelly on in the last few episodes of Clarkson. But months earlier, “Yellowstone,” the writers just Harvey already suspected the end was coming, and he wasn’t sort of forgot about the plane. (There was also a kidnapping, afraid to talk about it. a couple of fathers dying, and He was a headline speaker a lot of relationship drama to at a major entertainment biz get through in just a couple of conference in January, and he hours.) said then that NBC was going Of course, that’s not to say to drop his show in favor of the plane plot was wasted. One Clarkson’s. He also said that conflict that ran throughout he wasn’t happy about how it this season has been the one went down. within Kayce Dutton’s soul — “I thought it would’ve been will he grow into a wise and nice of them to come to me — kind man, or a vengeful and as being the only dude that’s hard one? His decision to plant survived [in daytime TV] for a bomb in the plane was a big them for seven years — and swing toward the bad side. say, ‘Steve, we’re thinking But there’s still hope for him. about doing this.’ But no, they The season ended with Kayce’s just made an announcement. tearful reunion with his son So when you do that, I gotta after rescuing him from danger, make announcements, too.” and Luke Grimes, who plays He made one more an- Kayce, said in a teaser video for nouncement about it, this time Season 3 that the upcoming on Instagram, the day before season will be a chance for his his final episode. The message character and family to “heal” this time was a little more after all this violence. positive. So stay tuned. Season 3 is already in production and is Q: In the TV series “Yel- likely to air next summer, in lowstone,” Kevin Costner’s son planted a bomb on their keeping with the past two. enemy’s plane. But then the plot carried on from there Have a question? Email us and [spoiler omitted]. What at questions@tvtabloid.com. happened to the bomb Please include your name and planted on the plane? town. October 23, 2019 | East Oregonian and Hermiston Herald It’s officially October, and stores are already putting up their Halloween decorations. Unfortunately, those aren’t fake cobwebs at Forever 21. They’re even putting up Halloween decorations at the White House. Just to frighten President Trump, instead of a scarecrow they’re using a cardboard cutout of Nancy Pelosi. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Bill Barr is traveling the world trying to prove that all of Trump’s conspiracy theories are true. He’s going to find Obama’s birth certificate! He’s going to find all the people that aliens abducted from Trump’s inauguration crowd! And finally, he’ll bring help to hurricane-ravaged Alabama! The Late Late Show with James Corden The way to look at it is like this: the Democrats are Oprah, and subpoenas are free cars. “You get a subpoena! You get a subpoena! You get a subpoena!” According to a new study, living close to the water is good for your mental health. Those who live less than a mile away from the ocean are less Jimmy Kimmel Live If Trump had been putting all his calls in this special classified server or system or whatever, that would be one thing. But he only put a few in, so you know those were the bad ones. It’s like putting magazines under your mattress. There are no Popular Mechanics under there! A new book cites multiple sources in the administration who say Trump wanted a moat. He wanted snakes, he wanted alligators, he wanted an electrified wall with spikes on top to keep immigrants out. Not only did Trump tweet a denial, he yelled at a reporter who asked him about it. It was a lie! He didn’t want alligators, he wanted dragons! Late Night With Seth Meyers House Democrats this afternoon subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani for documents related to his communications with Ukraine. Said Rudy, “Sure, anything to help!” I’m kidding. He turned into a bat and flew into a window. President Trump today continued to defend his controversial phone call with the president of Ukraine, tweeting that it, quote, “could not have been nicer, warmer, or better.” Hey man, you’re not getting impeached over bad phone manners. You solicited a bribe. If a bank robber says, “Put the money in the bag, please and thank you,” he still goes to jail. In an interview released today, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said the superhero he most identifies with is Spider- man because he is, quote, “kind of a nerdy guy who finds himself in a position of power.” And Joe Biden said he most identifies with Aquaman, because he’s been treading water for months. According to the Washington Post, President Trump has privately suggested that U.S. forces form a human wall to prevent people from crossing the border. I don’t want to say the president is a child, but his immigration policy is literally “Red rover, red rover, send nobody over.” Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che The New York Metropolitan Opera announced that singer Placido Domingo has stepped down after accusations of sexual misconduct. He will be replaced by his far less sexually aggressive understudy: Flaccido Domingo. A Little Late With Lilly Singh I’m trying my best to limit my time on social media. It’s because I recently read a study that said too much social media can impact your posture. It can make you look up to an inch or two shorter — seems completely counterintuitive to how most men use their phones.