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T22 WHATS UP! January 30 - February 5, 2022 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert It's 2022, an unprecedented third straight year of 2020. But you know what? Let's be positive. It's a new year, and I have a pretty good feeling about 2023. The fifth wave [of COVID] is putting a real strain on our trans- portation system. Due to pan- demic-related staff shortages, more than 12,000 flights were canceled between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day, and, here in New York City, staffing issues led to the suspension of several subway lines. What? Closing the subway because of germs is like closing Broadway because of jazz hands. Apple's market value is now roughly equal to the gross do- mestic product of Britain or In- dia and is worth more than the value of all the world's crypto- currencies — but not even half as annoying. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon I like having New Year's resolu- tions because you can just make them up as you go — sort of like the CDC rules on COVID. President Biden flew into Wash- ington, D.C., from Delaware right as a major snowstorm was hitting, and when he landed he actually got stuck on Air Force One because they had trouble driving the stairs over to the plane. ... The last time D.C. was hit with that much whiteness it was Jan. 6 [2021]. A woman chose to quarantine in an airplane bathroom for three hours after testing posi- tive for COVID mid-flight. It wasn't really a tough choice. It was either that or the overhead bin, you know? Meanwhile, a second passenger spent three hours in the other bathroom af- ter testing positive for the hum- mus wrap. Get this: Mercedes just unveiled a new concept car that's made from sustainable materials like mushrooms, cacti and food scraps. If you thought Tesla owners were annoying, just wait for the guy whose electric car is also vegan. Tonight's Powerball jackpot was over $600,000,000, one of the largest in history. The chances of winning are 292 million to one — they're saying it's the same odds as finding a rapid test at CVS. The Late Late Show With James Corden The weather was so bad in the Washington, D.C., area today federal offices closed for an offi- cial snow day. The area received around 10 inches of snow. L.A. residents were like, "If you think that's bad, last week it wasn't even sunny here!" Twitter permanently suspended the personal account of Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over the weekend. ... for spread- ing blatantly false information about COVID. On the bright side, she is still a full-fledged member of the United States Congress. A former White House adviser to Donald Trump is now pro- moting a pro-Trump board game that pushes baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. It's called Election 2020: You De- cide. ... Right, because who wouldn't want to relive the 2020 election? It's like a Trump sup- porter's fantasy of Monopoly, complete with Hillary Clinton spending the entire game locked up in jail. I think they blew it on the title, though, I do. A conspir- acy theory board game should be called Clue Anon. Jimmy Kimmel Live! Google just released their Year in Search video for 2021. This is the annual short film they put out every December chroni- cling what everyone's been Googling this year. ... We also asked Google to look up some of the top trending questions about me this year. These are real: One of them was, "Why did Sofia Vergara slap Jimmy Kim- mel?" Not only do I not know why, I have no recollection of that happening. Did I get slapped by Sofia Vergara this year? Maybe she hit me so hard I got amnesia. I don't know. An- other top search was, "Is Jimmy Kimmel rude?" I don't know, but maybe that's why Sofia Vergara slapped me. LATE LAUGHS BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media When the curtain falls: Net- flix's strategy of commissioning a series or season rather than a pilot, like networks do, has yielded an impressive amount of binge-worthy content, but that model also means there's a long list of shows that have been un- ceremoniously canceled after their freshman year. Sadly, the supernatural musical comedy "Julie and the Phantoms" is one of them. Based on the Brazilian series "Julie e os Fantasmas," Netflix's adaptation starred new talent Madison Reyes as the titular teen character, Julie Molina, who forms a band (and a close bond) with the ghosts of three dead rockers, played by Charlie Gil- lespie ("The Rest of Us," 2019), Jeremy Shada ("Adventure Time") and Owen Patrick Joyner ("Knight Squad"). "Julie and the Phantoms" was fairly well received by viewers and critics, who praised the show's musical numbers. It won three Daytime Emmy Awards (Outstanding Original Song, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama or Daytime Fiction Program, and Outstanding Mul- tiple Camera Editing), as well as an MTV Movie and TV Award for Best Musical Moment, but it seems even industry recognition couldn't convince Netflix to re- new the series for a second sea- son, leaving fans on a cliffhanger and with many unanswered questions about the group hug at the end of the finale. While Netflix considered the show's fate, director-producer Kenny Ortega ("High School Musical," 2006) did an interview with Digital Spy and explained the ending would be "answered very early on in the next season," saying, "it was meant to leave you in some suspense and hope- fully some intrigue — hopeful that something magical is occur- ring, and that it's not the end for these three characters." Alas, Ortega later confirmed the series' cancelation on Insta- gram, where he thanked "our Fantoms all over the world" for "the tremendous outpouring of love and support you have shown us." Adding, "Although our hearts are saddened, we move on with such pride for what we accomplished as a team and the family we built while creating 'Julie.'" TV 'Pilgrim': Great news for fans of the 2010 film "Scott Pil- grim vs. the World" and the graphic novels it was based on: It seems creator Bryan Lee O'Malley has teamed up with "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" showrunner BenDavid Grabins- ki to develop an anime-style TV adaptation that may be "coming soon" (ish) to Netflix. Netflix hasn't actually handed the project a full series order, but the streamer and Universal Con- tent Production, the production company behind "The Umbrella Academy," are definitely in- volved. So is executive producer Edgar Wright, who both direct- ed and penned the screenplay for the 2010 film, as well as co- writer Michael Bacall. The adventures of the bass- playing, evil ex-defeating slacker from Toronto played out in six graphic novels published be- tween 2004 and 2010 by Oni Press. It was an indie comic hit, and despite a disappointing box office performance, the 2010 film adaptation starring Michael Cera ("Arrested Development") and Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Fargo") is now regarded as a modern cult classic with a huge following — the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sci- ences even hosted a watch party in honor of the film's 10th anni- versary. With this TV adaptation, the anime format offers a nice nod to the various manga that influ- enced O'Malley's graphic nov- els, but Canadian animators who were hoping to get their shot at bringing this set-in-Toronto sto- ry to life will be disappointed: Tokyo-based Science SARU has been tapped to animate the se- ries once Netflix gives the greenlight, while Spanish ani- mator Abel Góngora ("Star Wars: Visions"), who heads the studio's digital animation de- partment, will direct. No Bones: He's been an in- house mentor since 2018, but when "American Idol" kicks off its 20th season on Feb. 27, it will likely do so without Bobby Bones' involvement. Bones, whose real name is Bobby Estell, seemingly beat ABC to the punch by revealing his (surprise) exit from the hit competition show in an Insta- gram story. In a now-expired post (such is the nature of the In- stagram story), the host of "The Bobby Bones Show" and "Grand Ole Opry" was responding to a fan's question about why he was in Costa Rica, explaining it was tied to an upcoming project: "As soon as I can say, I will. The [n] etwork hasn't even announced the show yet. So I'm going to chill for a bit. But it's a really good show." He continued: "And some of you noticed, I'm not in the Idol promos this season. My contract w[ith] my new network won't let me do another show right now. Love Idol, btw. Was a great 4 years." The radio personality and "Dancing With the Stars" win- ner first joined ABC's revival of "American Idol" as a guest men- tor for Season 16 and was bumped up to full-time status the following season. Hopeful fans will recall Bones' name was also conspicuously absent from ABC's news release announcing Season 19, though he did, in fact, return for that season — albeit in a significantly smaller role due to his involvement with his Na- tional Geographic series, "Breaking Bobby Bones." Jeremy Shada, Madison Reyes, Owen Patrick Joyner and Charlie Gillespie as seen in "Julie and the Phantoms" STARS ON SCREEN