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T22 WHATS UP! October 2 - 8, 2022 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Joe Biden has been riding high. He passed a climate change bill, gas prices are dropping and this weekend he found a quarter be- hind his grandson's ear. Right now, the former president [Donald Trump] is struggling mightily to find a good lawyer, because his current legal team consists of "a Florida insurance lawyer who's never had a federal case, a former host at far-right One America News and a past general counsel for a parking ga- rage company." ... I don't ask for much, but please let this go to trial. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After two failed attempts to launch their new moon rocket, NASA has postponed the mis- sion until at least next month. Even more annoying, they still texted the moon, "there in 15." A British reboot of the reality show "Survivor" is coming to the BBC. It's going to be even harder than the American ver- sion: the contestants will be stranded on an island with nothing but unlimited British food. I read that an E. coli outbreak linked to the lettuce at Wendy's has now spread to six different states and sickened 97 people. Meanwhile, Chipotle heard that and was like "97? Please, we do that in a day." Jimmy Kimmel Live! I've been trying to understand how [Donald Trump] could possibly believe he had the right to take all those documents to his house. It's weird that a per- son who barely reads would even want documents. It's like finding out your dog collects stamps. Trump keeps claiming he de- classified the documents, which, first of all, no he didn't. But sec- ond of all, even if he had, which he didn't, that's even more crazy. That's like finding your wife in bed with another guy and she's like, "It's OK! I took my ring off first." Late Night With Seth Meyers Election Day is nine weeks away, and only time will tell if Republicans gain seats or if it was rigged. Two Air France Pilots were sus- pended recently after a physical fight in the cockpit during a flight. The fight was reportedly so intense that one of them dropped his cigarette. A large spill of Alfredo sauce recently shut down an inter- state highway in Tennessee. Well, it wouldn't be the first time Alfredo sauce clogged a major artery. Rapper Eminem won an Emmy Award over the weekend and now just needs a Tony Award to achieve so-called EGOT status, so look for him this fall in "Dear Evan Hansen." The Late Late Show with James Cordon More details are emerging about the sensitive documents found inside Donald Trump's Florida home, and it turns out some of those documents in- cluded information about a foreign nation's military de- fenses and their nuclear capa- bilities. It's pretty shocking. It's hard to imagine such reckless- ness from an otherwise per- fectly buttoned-up administra- tion. People think that they are con- gratulating the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Twitter, but they've actually been sending messages to @ LizTruss, who isn't the new prime minister, and that Twit- ter handle is owned by a com- pletely different woman who is named Liz Trussell. ... Face it, the only way someone on Twitter would say something nice to someone else is by ac- cident. Rapper Lil Yachty has just re- leased his own line of frozen piz- zas, exclusively available at Walmart. So now you can be like, "I had the most wonderful meal last night prepared by this hot, new celebrity chef." Instead of telling the truth, which is you had a Walmart frozen pizza for dinner. LATE LAUGHS BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media Sparks Fly: A "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" reunion? Not quite. More than two decades after the wildly popular frontier dra- ma ended its run (1993-1998) on CBS, the series' star couple — or rather the actors who played the two characters — is reuniting for a new Lifetime holiday mov- ie. Produced by singer Toni Brax- ton ("Braxton Family Values"), "A Christmas Spark" stars Jane Seymour, who played the titular Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn in the classic TV series. But in this modern-day Christmas movie, Seymour plays recently wid- owed Molly, who has "lost her zest for life and given up on ever finding love again," according to the official logline. Molly decides to visit her daughter for Christmas, and while there, the former drama teacher reluctantly agrees to di- rect the town's Christmas pag- eant. Molly soon finds herself falling for her leading man, Hank, who is also the town's most eligible bachelor. Hank, of course, is played by actor Joe Lando, best known for his star turn in the '90s as Sully, Dr. Quinn's love interest. Understandably, this romantic reteaming is exciting news for fans, though "A Christmas Spark" isn't their first TV pair- ing since their "Dr. Quinn" days. The former co-stars, who are good friends off-screen, also ap- peared together in the 2011 Hall- mark movie "Perfectly Pru- dence" and the 2020 movie "Friendsgiving." "A Christmas Spark" is one of several Lifetime movies that are part of the upcoming "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" holiday lineup, which includes "Merry Swissmas," starring Jodie Sweet- in ("Full House") and Tim Ro- zon (Mutt from "Schitt's Creek"); and "Kirk Franklin's The Night Before Christmas," starring Naturi Naughton ("Power") and Luke James ("The Chi"). 'Sugar' cast: Now that "Bet- ter Call Saul" has wrapped up its sixth (and final) season, the cast of the "Breaking Bad" prequel is moving on to new projects — in- cluding one that features stars from both series. Apple TV+ announced it had added a few more names to the cast of its upcoming series "Sug- ar," which hails from creator/ex- ecutive producer Mark Protose- vich ("I Am Legend," 2007). Dennis Boutsikaris, who had a recurring role as lawyer Rick Schweikart in "Better Call Saul," has been tapped as one of the se- ries regulars, along with Alex Hernandez ("Invasion") and Lindsey Pulsipher ("True Blood"). And Anna Gunn, who played Skyler White in "Break- ing Bad," is set to have a recur- ring role, as will Emmy winner James Cromwell ("American Horror Story: Asylum"). Apple has remained tight- lipped about any of its charac- ters, and it certainly hasn't re- leased many details about "Sug- ar," except to tease it as a "genre- bending series" and "a moving, character-driven science-fiction drama." Reportedly, it will be some sort of private eye story starring Colin Farrell ("The Lob- ster," 2015), who is attached as both series lead and executive producer. Kirby Howell-Baptiste ("Killing Eve") and Amy Ryan ("Only Murders in the Build- ing") have also been cast. 'King of the Hill': According to series co-creator Mike Judge, the classic animated series "King of the Hill" has "a very good chance of coming back." But according to a more recent report from The Hollywood Re- porter, any revival wouldn't hap- pen at Fox, where the series originally ran for 13 seasons. There has been talk of re- launching the beloved series for a while now. In 2017, Dana Walden, then-chairman and CEO of Fox Television Group, indicated that the network had had "a very preliminary conver- sation" with creators Judge and Greg Daniels, but quickly clari- fied, "It was one meeting and I hope to revisit it." But specula- tion really ramped up last year after writer Brent Forrester re- vealed on Reddit that the cre- ators were "in hot negotiations to bring back" the series. And then there was the promising update from Judge, who made the comment during a panel at San Diego's Comic-Con. But The Hollywood Reporter recently quoted Fox Entertain- ment president Michael Thorn as saying any possible revival is "not going to be with Fox." "We love that team, and we love that show," Thorn explained. "It's ob- viously part of our animation legacy. But where we're really focusing on animation is launch- ing the kind of the next wave of our signature animated series, while still having our great lega- cy shows." Ownership seems to be the issue here. The original series was produced by 20th Century Fox TV, which is now owned by Disney, and it seems the Fox network wants to focus on projects it partially or wholly owns. "And on a show like 'King of the Hill,' which we love, there's really no opportu- nity for us to have an owner- ship stake in that show," Thorn explained. "It's not a move that we can make as we grow out our next wave of animation, where ownership is so, so cru- cial to the long-running suc- cess of these series." Jane Seymour to star in "A Christmas Spark" STARS ON SCREEN