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T22 WHATS UP! April 17 - 23, 2022 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert At last week's [Space X] launch, [Elon] Musk hit back at the Russkies' [agency boss Dmitry Rogozin], saying "time to let [the] American broom- stick fly..." Take that, Russia! We don't need you! We just need help from a wack-a-doo billionaire who shoots sports cars into high orbit and thinks imaginary dog money should live in the cloud. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After a two-year hiatus, the St. Patrick's Day Parade finally re- turned to New York City. ... Some people wore shirts that said "Kiss me, I'm Irish," while others opted for the newer "Kiss me, rapid's negative." A man in Florida accidentally spent the night in a stranger's home because he thought it was his Airbnb. The guy apolo- gized and then drove off in the stranger's car. The Late Late Show With James Corden The Senate passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent ... and if it passes in the House, it means the clock stays as it is and we wouldn't have to fall back in autumn. ... They're calling it the "Sun- shine Protection Act," which is actually my favorite Maroon 5 album. Earlier today, the Eiffel tower got even taller — this is true. A new antenna got attached to the top of the monument today, so the tower is officially 19 feet taller. To which the Empire State Building was like, "It's ac- tually more about girth." Disneyland is offering a new food item that is proving to be extremely divisive among park guests. ... It's a desert pasta — it's peanut butter and jelly pas- ta. ... It was eating that that gave Eeyore depression. [The Rockefeller Center ice skating rink] closes for the sea- son this weekend, but for the very first time in decades, it's going to be replaced with a roller-skating rink. First ice skating, now roller skating — Rockefeller Center is excited about it, too. They're promot- ing it as, "Now you can fracture your pelvis all year round!" A Silicon Valley venture capi- tal firm has now apologized af- ter they posted a job opening this week that required appli- cants to submit their IQ scores. ... The Silicon Valley company said they will instead continue hiring people the old-fash- ioned way: giving jobs to their friends' kids. Jimmy Kimmel Live! Pharmaceutical companies have stopped shipping non-es- sential drugs to Russia, includ- ing Abbvie, ... the company that makes Botox, which is in- teresting because Vladimir Putin is widely rumored to use Botox. What a weird time for Russians: their assets are fro- zen, but their foreheads are not. Judge [Ketanji Brown] Jackson would be the first Black wom- an on the Supreme court [and] she doesn't need any Republi- can votes to get confirmed be- cause the vice president, [Ka- mala Harris], is the tiebreaker. ... That would be the GOP's ul- timate nightmare: having things decided by two Black women whose names they can't pronounce. Late Night With Seth Meyers A cargo ship named Ever For- ward is stuck in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay after running aground on a sandbar, and they're really rolling the dice by sending the Never Sinks to save it. Republican Pennsylvania Sen- ate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz said yesterday [March 16] that he would renounce his dual Turkish citizenship if he gets elected. No word yet on when he'll renounce the title of "Doc- tor." And finally, tomorrow [March 18] is National Awkward Mo- ments Day. This news first re- ported by the guy who was ac- tually waving to the person be- hind you. LATE LAUGHS BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media ABC's 'Avalon': While ABC's crime thriller "Big Sky" recently wrapped its second sea- son and posted some solid digi- tal ratings, its creator/executive producer David E. Kelley is al- ready hard at work on his next project. Kelley is both penning the pi- lot and serving as an executive producer of "Avalon," which was handed a straight-to-series or- der. It's expected to find its way into ABC's prime-time lineup during the upcoming 2022-23 season. According to ABC, the new mystery series is set in the city of Avalon, on the tourist-friendly Catalina Island, where L.A. Sher- iff's Department Det. Nicole "Nic" Searcy heads up a small office. Every day when the fer- ries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories land on the island, but for Det. Searcy, one particu- lar career-defining mystery will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island. "Avalon" marks Kelley's sec- ond TV collaboration with best- selling author Michael Connelly (Netflix's "The Lincoln Lawyer," which was previously in devel- opment for CBS, is the first). It is also the latest addition to an al- ready long list of TV credits for Kelley, the auteur of such TV classics as "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice," and whose re- cent projects include Netflix's "Anatomy of a Scandal" and Disney+'s "Doogie Kamealoha, M.D." "David E. Kelley is one of the great storytellers of our time, and we are excited to continue our successful relationship with him on what we believe will be his next epic series on ABC," Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertain- ment, said. "Michael Connelly's short story is ripe with mystery and intrigue, and we can't wait for David and Michael to bring this eerie and captivating world to life." A 'Full Monty' show: Re- member "The Full Monty"? The BAFTA-winning film featured a cast led by Robert Carlyle ("Once Upon a Time") and cen- tered on a group of unemployed workers who turned to stripping to make extra cash. It was a big hit globally in 1997; now, nearly 25 years later, it is set to return as a Disney+ limited TV series. The eight-episode series from FX and Searchlight Television is currently in production, with filming already underway in Sheffield and Manchester, U.K. While Andrew Chaplin ("Al- ma's Not Normal") and Cathe- rine Morshead ("No Offence") are taking over direction, the se- ries reunites the original's Os- car-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy ("Slumdog Millionaire," 2008) and producer Uberto Pa- solini ("Nowhere Special," 2020). The original cast is coming back, too, including lead actor Carlyle as Gaz; Mark Addy ("Game of Thrones") as Dave; Lesley Sharp ("Before We Die") as Jean; Hugo Speer ("Shadow and Bone") as Guy; Paul Barber ("Casualty") as Horse; Steve Huison ("The Royal Today") as Lomper; Wim Snape ("The Bea- ker Girls") as Nathan; and Tom Wilkinson ("Batman Begins," 2005) as Gerald. Expect the storylines to intro- duce a new generation, as the children and grandchildren of the returning characters, who have apparently remained in Sheffield, navigate crumbling health-care, education and em- ployment sectors while trying to find a brighter way to triumph over adversity. "Twenty-five years ago, Si- mon [Lewis, producer] intro- duced us to a group of funny, fearless and resilient unem- ployed working-class men from Sheffield and the world fell in love with them," Lee Mason, Disney+'s director of scripted content, said in an official state- ment. "We're therefore delight- ed to reunite the original cast for this brand-new series on Dis- ney+, to catch up with these iconic characters and what they've been up to since we last saw them on stage in all their glory, and we can't wait to intro- duce a host of exciting new faces and characters." Grammy winner's life: Fresh off her surprise Oscar per- formance, Grammy-winning re- cording artist Megan Thee Stal- lion will soon be focusing her at- tention on a new multi-part TV docuseries that chronicles her life and rise to fame. Time Studios and Jay-Z's Roc Nation label, which signed Me- gan to a management deal in 2019, have teamed up to develop the project, which will focus on the entrepreneur and activist's Texas upbringing and career highlights. At the time of the announce- ment, no network or streaming platform was officially attached, but Nigerian-American produc- er/filmmaker Nneka Onuorah ("Lizzo's Watch Out For the Big Grrrls") has been tapped to di- rect. According to several news outlets, the series will use archi- val footage and video verité (truthful depictions/reenact- ments of real-life events) to highlight Megan's personal and professional trajectory through the years, from viral freestyling phenom to global pop icon (and one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2020). It hasn't necessarily been the smoothest journey for Megan, who has had a few legal beefs with her record label, 1501 Certi- fied Entertainment. Emmy winner David E. Kelley's new series, "Avalon," picked up by ABC STARS ON SCREEN