The week in entertainment news: The Golden Bachelor gets tarnished, and Scream's salary scare
Catching up with The A.V. Club's top news stories from the week of November 27-December 1
The Golden Bachelor’s Gerry Turner may not be so nice after all
The secret partner or very recent ex back home is a time-honored Bachelor Nation tradition, perhaps most notably practiced by Hannah Brown’s short-lived fiancé Jed Wyatt, who was later exposed for being in a relationship the entire time he was on the show. The Golden Bachelor was supposed to be an antidote to all that—a 72-year-old widower who calls sex “knocking boots” can’t be that much of a player, right? Read More
Scream reportedly lost Jenna Ortega over yet another salary dispute
Things are looking pretty dire for the Scream franchise right now, and it’s not because of Ghostface. After Scream VI murdered the box office with a surprise $43.5 million opening—the best of the entire franchise—this past March, Scream VII was poised to slay the competition once again. Then all of last week’s news broke. Read More
Hierarchy of power in hotel TVs to change as Mark Cuban preps Shark Tank exit
Shark Tank is nothing without its beady-eyed, razor-toothed, man-eating aquatic hosts. Since season two, Draymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec, “Mr. Wonderful” Kevin O’Leary, and Mark Cuban have been manning the board seats, tearing apart aspiring entrepreneurs, pitching yet another breakthrough in golf course urination technology. Now, that school of five, their bellies filled with chum made of flop sweat and flailing business school dropouts, is set to become four. In what amounts to the greatest shift in power in hotel room television consumption since the advent of impractical jokes, Mark Cuban, one of the Tank’s most powerful and renowned sharks, is leaving Shark Tank. Read More
Max confirms that Looney Tunes is not leaving the platform, but some Adult Swim shows still are
In a revised press release, Max has confirmed that the remaining Looney Tunes cartoons that were not removed earlier this year will not be leaving the platform at the end of December, despite initially reporting the opposite in its monthly “here’s what’s coming to Max” post. The company says that “the show will continue streaming on Max,” and it has removed Looney Tunes from the post. Our original story, which now feels a little excessively frustrated, is below. Read More