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T22 WHATS UP! December 4 - 10, 2022 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert As a performer, there are three things you don't want to follow: animals, children or a fascist takeover of your country — "Cabaret" aside. [With regard to] Dr. Oz, losing this [election] is a huge blow for the far right of Pennsylva- nia, which in Oz's case is New Jersey. Nevada officials are still receiv- ing mail-in ballots [as of Nov. 9], which, by state law, can be counted if they arrive as late as Saturday. But everybody knows time passes quickly in Vegas; you go to kill 10 minutes at the blackjack table and the next thing you know it's two weeks later and you're married to a French-Canadian contortionist from Cirque du Soleil. As of this morning [Nov. 9], neither candidate [Herschel Walker nor Raphael Warnock] had 50% of the vote, so by Georgia law, the race will go to a runoff. A lucky break for Her- schel because, according to many women and children, he's got a lot of experience running off. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon For both parties, it [the elec- tion] wasn't great, but also not terrible. It was the political equivalent of eating at TGI Fri- day's. Apparently [Donald] Trump blamed Melania for convincing him to back Dr. Oz, saying that it wasn't her "best decision." Then Melania was like, "Well, it certainly wasn't my worst." A man in the U.K. was just ar- rested for allegedly throwing eggs at King Charles. Yup, some of the eggs shattered on the ground, and, this is tragic, but it's been reported that all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put them back together again. Jimmy Kimmel Live! Yesterday [Nov. 8], of course, was a very important day in American history: it was Tara Reid's 47th birthday. It was also Election Day. I feel like every- one is exhausted. This is the first election where people don't even have the energy to threaten to move to Canada. We just wanna go to sleep. We might not have the [elec- tion] results from Nevada until the weekend, which is crazy. Nevada: this is a state where you've got slot machines, you've got poker machines, you've got keno, you've got bin- go, you go into a sports book [and] they're tallying up the odds for every game, every horse race, every jai alai match in the world. All of those scores and odds somehow appear on a giant video board in real time — and it takes them five days to count a pile of cardboard. Late Night With Seth Meyers Pennsylvania Republican Sen- ate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz conceded yesterday in a phone call to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. Fetterman knew it was him be- cause it was not a Pennsylvania number. A T-Rex dinosaur skull will go up for auction next month and is expected to sell for 20 million of Nic Cage's dollars. A professional archer in Den- mark recently broke a Guinness World Record by shooting sev- en arrows through a keyhole. Great for him, terrible for his nosey neighbor. The Late Late Show with James Corden Sources say Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign is quietly preparing for a launch after next week's midterms. That's Donald Trump for you: the paragon of quiet. Like the footsteps of a kitten on a cloud of cotton candy. Election day is fast approach- ing, and President Biden has been crisscrossing the country making final pushes for Demo- cratic candidates. Tomorrow he will be in California ... [fol- lowing his] visits to New Mexi- co and Florida, which actually makes me wonder if he's even campaigning at all or is he just following Jimmy Buffet on tour. LATE LAUGHS BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media 'Hamilton' as an Olympian: Award-winning actor, director, producer and Broadway show creator Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Hamilton," 2020) recently booked a guest-starring role in Disney+'s upcoming "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" se- ries. The series, which is based on the book series of the same name, tells the story of 12-year- old modern demigod Percy Jack- son (Walter Scobell, "The Adam Project," 2022), who is just com- ing to terms with his divine pow- ers when Zeus accuses him of stealing his lightning bolt. With the help of his friends Grover (Aryan Simhadri, "Cheaper By the Dozen," 2022) and Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries, "Beast," 2022), Percy embarks on a quest to find the missing lightning bolt and ultimately restore order to Olympus, home of the gods. The show's Twitter account (@PercySeries) announced Mi- randa will play Hermes, the messenger god who looks out for travelers and thieves. Known to be the life of the party and a bit of a trickster, all of Hermes' high energy and charm doesn't help his strained relationship with his son, Luke (Charlie Bushnell, "Diary of a Future President"). Miranda's Hermes is also hesi- tant to help Percy in his quest, because he fears getting in- volved might be more trouble than it's worth. If you've read the books, you'll know Hermes doesn't appear until the second instalment, "The Sea of Monsters." In a blog entry posted on author Rick Riordan's website (RickRiordan. com), the Percy Jackson creator discussed Miranda joining the Disney+ series. "Remember when I told you we are adding new glimpses of backstory, Easter eggs and other nuances to enhance the narra- tive while remaining true to the original storyline?" Riordan teased. "This is a prime example. When you see the episode in question, it will make sense why we introduced Hermes early." "Percy Jackson and the Olym- pians" is currently in production in Vancouver and should hope- fully premiere in 2024. Pompeo's exit: It's hard to imagine "Grey's Anatomy" with- out its titular Grey character, but the ABC drama and series lead Ellen Pompeo have been laying the groundwork for her exit for quite some time. Pompeo's role as Meredith Grey has already been scaled back this season as the long-run- ning series introduced a new group of interns to fill the void pending Meredith's eventual move to Boston. Pompeo's on- screen farewell, and Meredith's departure from Grey Sloan, is now set for Thursday, Feb. 23, when the show returns from its winter hiatus. Despite the on-screen good- bye, Pompeo will remain with "Grey's Anatomy" as an execu- tive producer and the narrator for all episodes this season (at least). And don't rule out occa- sional appearances: former cast members, such as Jesse Wil- liams ("The Cabin in the Woods," 2012), still return to the series in guest spots — Pompeo may even be back for the season finale. Pompeo's next TV project is an eight-episode limited series for Hulu. Based on real events, it's the story of a Midwestern couple that adopts a girl (played by Imogen Reid, "Willow") with a rare form of dwarfism. As they raise her alongside their other children, the couple begins to suspect she may not be who she says she is. According to the official de- scription, the parents are "con- fronted with hard questions of their own about the lengths they're willing to go to defend themselves and protect their own narrative, falling into a bat- tle that's fought in the tabloids, the courtroom and ultimately their marriage." Live Rock show: Always looking to push the boundaries and change the way we consume TV, Netflix has revealed it plans to introduce live streaming in 2023 with a Chris Rock ("Spiral," 2021) standup special. The live, global streaming event would mark Rock's second Netflix standup special after 2018's "Tamborine" — although he also appeared in the Netflix Is a Joke festival earlier this spring. "Chris Rock is one of the most iconic and important comedic voices of our generation," said Robbie Praw, vice-president of standup and comedy formats at Netflix. "We're thrilled the en- tire world will be able to experi- ence a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history. This will be an unforget- table moment. and we're so hon- ored that Chris is carrying this torch." It seems the technology is still in the development stage, but once it is rolled out successfully, live streaming could further blur the line between streamers and linear networks. It would cer- tainly enable live voting for competition shows, similar to the live specials for ABC's "American Idol," allowing for in- teractive elements to be incor- porated into Netflix's unscripted shows. As for Rock, he is currently out on his Ego Death world tour, and, of course, everyone wants to know his thoughts on the infa- mous Oscars slap. During a per- formance in London, U.K., he ac- knowledged the incident, saying, "I'm not going to talk about it right now. I'll get to it eventually, on Netflix." Lin-Manuel Miranda to star in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" STARS ON SCREEN