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Whitney Friedlander

@whitneyfriedlander.com
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Animal and snack enthusiast. TV writer (the kind who writes about it; not for it) www.chatwithcharley.org

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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 3h
This might be an age thing. I'm a Xennial who remembers both, but I quote the former and only think I truly remember the latter for the parodies. My husband is a full GenXer who says he doesn't remember the former at all.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 4h
I think about it every time I fry eggs.
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Danielle Turchiano @danielletbd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We all poured one out for The CW last night, right? I have so many great memories of covering their dramas and it breaks my heart at what the scrappy little network has become. Once again though, @whitneyfriedlander.com says it better than I ever could. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
latimes.com
From creating 'crack for girls' to superhero TV: The untold history of the CW, 20 years later
When the WB and UPN merged 20 years ago, the result was the CW, a network that took younger viewers seriously, spawning stars and hit series like 'Gossip Girl,' 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'Arrow.'
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 29/09/2026
I just meant that it was long. But that works too.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 29/09/2026
The audacity of that description ...
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 29/09/2026
Also, as an OG Crazy Ex-Girlfriend stan, I am sad I couldn't include more titles and interviews in this piece and I apologize if your favorite show wasn't included or covered more thoroughly. Maybe one day I'll get to write a book about all of this ...
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 29/09/2026
I wrote a (very long, but could have totally been longer) oral history of our beloved The CW -- which turned 20 earlier this month and officially entered its new age when All American ended yesterday. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
latimes.com
From creating 'crack for girls' to superhero TV: The untold history of the CW, 20 years later
When the WB and UPN merged 20 years ago, the result was the CW, a network that took younger viewers seriously, spawning stars and hit series like 'Gossip Girl,' 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'Arrow.'
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 28/09/2026
Youth and Adults are both good shows. They are also two shows whose titles could be reversed and we'd still get the joke.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 25/09/2026
This is where we all come together, as a TV-loving public, and submit The Night Shift just for @thefienprint.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: You Decide (Free Access)
More than 500 notable TV stars, showrunners and other experts voted for the best shows of the century. Now it’s your turn.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 22/09/2026
THE BALD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Chris Meloni's going to be in the 600th episode of SVU (ht @marisaroffman.bsky.social) www.givememyremote.com/remote/2026/...
givememyremote.com
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT: Christopher Meloni to Return for Episode 600 - Give Me My Remote
The milestone will air later this year.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 20/09/2026
My parents are in their 70s. They don’t fast on Yom Kippur. Because they never figured out how to be adults.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 16/09/2026
Great. I read this. Now I'M going to get tons of content about container homes.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 15/09/2026
Including Macaulay Culkin was nice and all. But this and using Johnny B. Goode as Michael J Fox's entrance music were both celebrations of MOVIES
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 15/09/2026
The Flatulence Participation Award
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 15/09/2026
Emmys on a Monday night? I don’t think they exi ...
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Rous Rodents Of Unusual Size
ALT: Rous Rodents Of Unusual Size
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 14/09/2026
Hi. Instead of "interviewing" Tilly Norwood, maybe just DON'T GIVE THIS THING EDITORIAL SPACE www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
An “Interview” With Tilly Norwood Proves Absurd and Underwhelming
The creators of the AI-generated "performer" set up a press junket with journalists. It felt cringeworthy, rehearsed and clunky.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 14/09/2026
Bob Mackie dying on the same day that the Deborah Vance TV show is up for its final round of Emmys …
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 14/09/2026
Dear Bob Mackie: You were awesome. And I'm sorry I had to pre-write your Variety obit like 12 years ago. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com
Bob Mackie, Renowned Fashion Designer to Cher, Tina Turner, Carol Burnett and More, Dies at 87
Bob Mackie, the “Sultan of Sequins” known for creating flamboyant, show-stopping looks for divas like Cher and Diana Ross, has died. He was 87.
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Lain Kaplan, Mouthy Jewess 🏳️‍🌈💗🏳️‍⚧️ @lainkaplan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hadn’t thought someone could make a joke fitting for Rosh Hashanah, but … here it is.
Threads user justiseofficial writes:
Last week my doctor told me to keep my daily caloric intake to fewer than whatever the year is. So today I converted to Judaism.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 10/09/2026
It's totally fine if you want to talk about that one time I asked Zoe Kazan a question at TCA and not mention me by name (panel discussion, giant ballroom, six years ago ...). But, um, I'm a woman. www.vulture.com/article/zoe-...
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 10/09/2026
I have a lot of interview transcriptions to go through today. So, naturally, I'm thinking about what my cats should be for Halloween.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 09/09/2026
Please let the new Apple flip phone makes a cameo in the new Romy & Michele movie.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 09/09/2026
It's Susanne Bier, so I'm sure the answer is yes. (Perfect Couple hive).
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 09/09/2026
Just tell me this: Do they dance around the table?
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 09/09/2026
Any profile of Julia Garner that doesn't mention The Americans is suss.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 08/09/2026
Truly cannot tell you how many times this has happened this year alone.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 08/09/2026
This is me pitching you something. Could you, um, just let me know that you've received it?
lori petty kit a league of their own pitching
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 07/09/2026
This is still more accurate that Ted Lasso's Kansas.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 07/09/2026
I don’t know if we have started the bids on the “A-List star” in the Nathan Fielder movie, but my money’s on Taylor Swift.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 03/09/2026
If nothing else, I guess I can tap dance.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 03/09/2026
Just woke up and saw the Gloria Steinem news. Would now like to go back to bed.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 28/08/2026
When the paper of record calls your mugshot “unflattering.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 27/08/2026
Not mentioned in this story: My 6yo crashing my Zoom interview with the Hacks creators and singing "Prettiest Girl in America."
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 27/08/2026
The other's about Abbott's insane undertaking of a season premiere episode variety.com/2026/artisan...
variety.com
How ‘Abbott Elementary’ Pulled Off Its Big Phillies Game Episode
How ‘Abbott Elementary‘ Pulled Off the Phillies Game Episode at Citizens Bank Park and With Star Kyle Schwarber.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 27/08/2026
Happy Emmy season! I wrote two fun awards stories that ran last week when I was out of town. One's about the creative ways Emmy nominees (ahem) make Las Vegas its own character www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
latimes.com
Viva Las Vegas! How TV is tossing out old cliches to show a new side of Sin City
Three Emmy-nominated series visited Vegas this season, and none showed the city as we've come to expect it.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 27/08/2026
Guess it's better than "shows that get renewed and then the network/studio changes its mind."
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Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 26/08/2026
I am told all the cool authors do this: Please enjoy some of the tropes you’ll find in How to Build a #RobotBoyfriend, plus some AO3 tag soup! (Thanks to @meganwesterby.bsky.social for the suggestion/help!) Pre-orders still pre-ordering here: tinyurl.com/robotboyfriend. 6 days until publication!
a copy of the HOW TO BUILD A ROBOT BOYFRIEND cover that features the following tropes:

GRAD SCHOOL
HORNINESS IS
NOT A CRIME

UNLIKELY
BEST
FRIENDS

SCHOOLGIRL
CRUSHES

SMART IS
SEXY

BATMAN JOKES (CUZ LIZ IS A NERD)

IF YOU BUILD IT, YOU WILL...

ROBOT SEX ED
101(100101)

(HAND)
SCULPTED
ABS

ICE CREAM
IS A MEAL

VILLAIN
MIGHT RESEMBLE ELON MUSK A BITAO3 tag cloud featuring the following tags:

The Ethics Of Falling In Love With A Synthetic
unlikely BFFs
at least a little plot
homemade robot penis
lowkey wanted to name him bob for the shits and giggles
our sweet robot cinnamon roll
too many candles
2030s
No Al this is handcrafted artisanal bullshit
Teacher-Student Relationship
Robot Sex
done as ethically as I could manage
Humanophilia
Robot/Human Relationships,
dictatorship of tech companies
improper use of welding
one robocop reference
Not too distant future though
Self Confidence Issues
Wild speculation about future movies
Yearning
my platonic loser besties
cheap halloween costumes
What idiot would build a robot you cant fuck of course they have dicks
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 26/08/2026
It's OK to be sad about Tim Curry and Dolly Parton AND be horrified about the Nepal-Tibet floods. It's fine that only one of these people probably taught us that communism was a red herring.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 21/08/2026
🌮🎵🌮🎵 It's raining content From out of my inbox Content With publicists everywhere Just watch this, read that and pitch your editors It's raining content 🌮🎵🌮🎵
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 21/08/2026
Hot tea from @latimes.com apple.news/AOOadrlpaRmG...
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 13/08/2026
I pity the person in charge of updating this section on Wikipedia. deadline.com/2026/08/trum...
deadline.com
Kennedy Center Board Votes To Return Trump's Name To Front Of Complex
The board voted for a plan for a two-year closure, with an extension, called the Reach, remaining open for limited programming.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 11/08/2026
Sir, you have already been a part of two major franchises. You do not need to do this.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 10/08/2026
More breaking news: Confirmation that the Sunset PI cast is the hardest game of FMK.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 10/08/2026
Breaking news from the NBC Backlot Pass press day: confirmation that Keith David is, in fact, the coolest (Jake Johnson is also cool too. Or so I'm told).
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 10/08/2026
NBC remains a #TCA26 faithful.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 07/08/2026
"So what is this story about exactly?"-- me, right now and always, to myself
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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.org · 06/08/2026
If you're looking for more live theatrical productions to watch on streaming after seeing #Hadestown, we have the rundown of where to look.
tellyvisions.org
Every Way to Stream British Theatrical Productions
Our rundown of all the different ways to watch professionally shot live theater performances in the U.S.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 06/08/2026
For one of @variety.com's Emmy issues, I wrote about Mark Ruffalo's monologue n the season finale of Task -- an IYKYK moment for parents of kids with disabilities variety.com/2026/tv/focu...
variety.com
How Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Task’ Monologue Became the Heart of the Emmy-Nominated HBO Drama
‘Task’ Creator Brad Ingelsby Breaks Down Mark Ruffalo’s Monologue.
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 06/08/2026
1. Cocomelon is a stain on society 2. Cocomelon is free YouTube slop that parents let their kids watch when they can no longer deal. 3. Cocomelon’s whole point is that it has no plot. So … why would parents pay to take their kids to see this????
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 05/08/2026
I wonder what it's like to have a name common enough that you can hide on the internet.
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