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T22 WHATS UP! December 26, 2021 - January 1, 2022 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert All American adults are now eli- gible for coronavirus vaccine boosters. ... The move was made in part because rates of people getting boosted were slowed by months of confusion over guide- lines. I don't actually think they were that complicated. Boosters were available for people over the age of 65, those with underly- ing medical conditions, those at risk of exposure as long as they got it in the right arm from the hours of midnight to 6 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, only at participating Wendy's while supplies last. Void where pro- hibited. Not! The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The tuna lawsuit against Subway sandwiches is back, and now they're saying that the "tuna" contains chicken, pork and cat- tle DNA. Even crazier, when they tested Subway's chicken and pork, they found it was 100% tuna. I read that the CEO of Royal Ca- ribbean said that the company has seen historically strong bookings for cruises next sum- mer. Right now members of the Coast Guard and the Navy are looking at each other like, "So, you guys going to handle this, or should we?" Meanwhile, Car- nival Cruises still hasn't let peo- ple off the boat since March 2020. The FAA has proposed more than $200,000 in fines for 10 un- ruly passengers. And this is nice. Starting today, if you're flying from Florida, they asked if you want to pre-pay their fines. The Late Late Show With James Corden A professor at the University of South Korea was giving an on- line lecture recently with just the audio when his camera acci- dentally turned on and showed his students that he was taking a bath. ... I mean, I didn't even like it when you used to bump into a teacher at a grocery store! According to researchers, going to sleep at 10 p.m. could save your life. I mean, it won't — you are going to die eventually ... ap- parently going to bed between 10 and 11 p.m. lowers the risk of heart disease compared to any other time of night. Yeah, so start going to bed at 10 so you can live a long, healthy life as a boring ... loser. In a major win for his domestic agenda, President Biden signed his landmark $1.2-trillion infra- structure package into law today. ... The bill will tackle nearly ev- ery facet of American infrastruc- ture, including public transport, roads, bridges, ports, trains, trains, trains, trains, power grids, trains, as well as water and sew- age systems and trains. Jimmy Kimmel Live! The lengthiest partial lunar eclipse in almost 600 years is happening at this moment, but you don't have to run out imme- diately — it's three hours and 28 minutes long. Longer than the movie Dune! ... When the sun, the Earth and the full moon line up, it's called — I learned this to- day — a "syzygy," which is a word that was first coined when a cat walked across an astrono- mer's keyboard. Late Night with Seth Meyers Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did not attend to- day's signing ceremony for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but in another middle finger to the right, Big Bird did. President Biden signed the bi- partisan infrastructure bill into law yesterday and said, "America is moving again" — and this time, not to Canada. It has been announced that the Los Angeles Staples Center will change its name to the Crypto. com Arena. So, look for the Lak- ers to be up by 20, then down by 40, then up by 10,000 then back to zero. Montana Sen. Jon Tester joked with reporters yesterday that he expects Democratic effort[s] to pass President Biden's Build Back Better agenda to "screw up" his holiday plans. Well, if it makes you feel any better, you're a Democrat in Montana: your relatives probably don't want to see you anyway. LATE LAUGHS BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media 'Belated' casting news: While he's best known for play- ing Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar comedy franchise, Kal Penn has proven his versatility as an actor with several dramatic roles, including his portrayal of a Smithsonian curator-turned-FBI agent in CBS's "Clarice." That series, which was origi- nally picked up for a second sea- son, was effectively canceled earlier this year after talks be- tween CBS and co-producer MGM broke down over a planned move to Paramount+. Luckily, Penn has other opportu- nities lined up, including an FX comedy pilot. The actor has been tapped to play the male lead in "Belated," a pilot (and potential series) from "Rescue Me" co-creator Peter Tolan. The half-hour comedy centers on Penn's character, Owen, who has recently come out as gay. The story follows Owen and his now-ex-wife Diana as they navi- gate their new reality and take on budding relationships, all while continuing to co-parent. The 40-something pediatrician also forms an unlikely friend- ship with Clay, a 17-year-old trans teen who helps shape Ow- en's journey of self-discovery. Penn will also executive pro- duce "Belated," and you can ex- pect the actor to imbue his char- acter with his usual sly wit. There are some parallels be- tween real-life and art here, giv- en that both series creator Tolan and leading actor Penn came out later in life. In fact, it was just in late October, while promoting his tell-all memoir "You Can't Be Serious," that the 44-year-old first spoke publicly about his sexuality and announced his en- gagement to his long-time part- ner. Penn has since been touring in support of his autobiography but took a brief break to volunteer with the USO and bring holiday cheer to those stationed at Thule Air Base and New Boston Space Force Station. In 'Order': NBC's "Law & Order" revival is slowly coming together, and the first alumnus to officially come on board is Anthony Anderson. After teasing his involvement, the "Black-ish" actor and NAACP Image Award host/win- ner has reportedly signed a one- year deal to return for the parent series' 21st season. He'll be re- prising his role as Det. Kevin Bernard, who fans will recall was a junior detective in the fi- nal three seasons of "Law & Or- der." Although it's just a one-season commitment for now, Anderson joins a cast headed up by "Burn Notice" star Jeffrey Donovan, who has already been tapped as a new leading character. Anderson's return makes sense, too, given that his time as a TV patriarch will soon be com- ing to an end: after seven sea- sons, the multi-award-nominat- ed "Black-ish" returns for its fi- nal season Jan. 4 on ABC. Donovan and Anderson aren't the only familiar faces to join the revival, though: Hugh Dancy ("The Path") has also been add- ed as a series regular. This marks Dancy's return to NBC after playing FBI consul- tant Will Graham in Bryan Full- er's critically acclaimed series "Hannibal," opposite Mads Mik- kelsen's ("The Hunt," 2012) titu- lar character. Dancy, who will also be appearing in the upcom- ing film "Downton Abbey: A New Era" (2022), joins the "Law & Order" family as an assistant district attorney — any other character details are still under wraps at this time. The revival, which promises to pick up where the show left off in 2010, is scheduled to pre- miere Thursday, Feb. 24, on NBC. 'Super' Jenna: Lucy Lane is coming back to CW. Actress Jenna Dewan ("Step Up," 2006) first stepped into the role of Lois Lane's younger sister in "Supergirl" during the series' inaugural season in 2015. Fast- forward to the present and De- wan has been tapped to recur in the second season of CW's "Su- perman & Lois," set to premiere Tuesday, Jan. 11 — just a few months after its Season 1 finale. This marks the first time fans will see the Arrowverse's Lane sisters appearing together on- screen, given that the titular Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch, "Grimm") was only introduced in the 2018 "Elseworlds" cross- over event. While the premiere season of "Superman & Lois" focused on Lois and Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin, "Palm Springs," 2020) parenting teenagers in a turbu- lent modern world, the finale in- troduced a few story elements that will be further explored in Season 2 — including the arrival of John Henry Irons' (Wolé Parks, "As the World Turns") daughter, Natalie Irons (Tayler Buck, "Annabelle: Creation," 2017), who believes Lois is her lost mother. While there are a lot of ques- tions regarding Lucy Lane's re- turn to the Arrowverse that need to be addressed, expect her character to be just as driven, smart and fearless as she was in "Supergirl." Kal Penn to star in Peter Tolan's "Belated" STARS ON SCREEN