I’ve done freelance work for Teen VogueQueerty, LGBTQ Nation, INTO, New York Daily NewsWerkLife, Us Weekly, Marie Claire, Life & StyleCloser Weekly, In Touch WeeklyA Plus, Daily Mail, Distractify, Market Realist, The List, and TV Insider.

15 Years Ago, Conan O’Brien’s ‘Tonight Show’ Stint Came to an Ignominious End

The audience members who gave Conan O’Brien a standing ovation upon his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last year — whom O’Brien then playfully chided for cutting into his 10 minutes on the late-night NBC talk show — likely remember that for a moment, the Tonight Show desk was his. That stint came to an end 15 years ago now as O’Brien lost the job to Jay Leno, his predecessor, after just seven months and fewer than 150 episodes.

Ranking The WB’s 15 Best Shows, 30 Years After the Broadcast Network’s Debut

For more than a decade, young TV viewers had a go-to channel on broadcast TV: The WB. Launched by Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting on January 11, 1995, The WB was a destination for teen dramas, family sitcoms, and supernatural series before it merged with UPN to form The CW in 2006. Now, on what would have been its 30th birthday, we’re counting down our picks for the best shows from The WB’s 11-year run.

No Humbug Here! Our 10 Favorite Ebenezer Scrooges From Film & TV

A “squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner” of a character has proven irresistible to film and TV actors for decades, as star after star has taken on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in screen adaptations of A Christmas Carol. Some played it faithful to Charles Dickens’ novella; others transferred the action to contemporary times and even turned Ebenezer into Ebbie, Ebony, or Ebenita. But they all gave a miserable misanthrope a crash course in the Christmas spirit.

12 Shows Forced to Kill a Main Character: ‘Grey’s,’ ‘Yellowstone’ and More

When a television star wants (or is wanted) off a series, writers and producers have to devise an exit strategy for that actor’s character — and sometimes sending in the Grim Reaper seems to be the only choice. Kevin Costner’s falling out with Yellowstone meant the Paramount Network hit’s writers had to kill off his character, and as you’ll see here, his exit is just one instance of what TV Tropes calls the “Actor Leaves, Character Dies” phenomenon.

“Leave Shawn Mendes alone” is the new “Leave Britney alone” after the singer's recent disclosure

In case you missed it, pop star and Internet boyfriend Shawn Mendes told the crowd at an October 28 concert that his sexuality is still TBD. Mendes’ candor about his personal life became viral news, with many people misinterpreting his comments as a coming-out. Of course, people have been making assumptions and insinuations about Mendes’ sexuality for years now, despite his many pleas for a stop to the speculation.

‘Desperate Housewives’ Is 20: ‘Matlock,’ ‘The Munsters’ & More Shows Filmed on Wisteria Lane

Two decades ago, TV viewers tuned into Desperate Housewives for the first time and met the residents of Wisteria Lane, a suburban street where lawns couldn’t be tidier and lives couldn’t be messier. But the fictional Wisteria Lane is the real-life Colonial Street, one of the outdoor sets on Universal Studios’ backlot in Los Angeles. And many of the houses had been in use in films and the TV shows for decades by the time of Desperate Housewives’ debut.

These #GayBatman posts are revealing what Bruce Wayne’s nightly activities are really like

Holy nerdy holiday, Batman! As the third Saturday of September, this Saturday, September 21, is Batman Day—a day to pay tribute to a caped crusader who has protected Gotham since his introduction in the 1939 comic book Detective Comics #27. And it wasn’t long before people came to the understandable conclusion that Bruce Wayne is a hero in the streets and a queero in the sheets.
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