EVENING NIGHTCAP: TV Shows Cancellations. Trend Alert - Paperbag Shorts. Shut Up About It Already, Lea!

 

 ► The TV networks are sharpening their pencils and deciding what stays or goes for the fall 2025 schedule. NBC network is the first announce shows that are getting pink slips.  To no one's surprise, "Suits LA" has been cancelled after one season. Th much-hyped offshoot of "Suits" was a colossal failure. Critics and fans of the original show say Suits LA lacked good writing, acting, direction, character development, etc. The network tried to save it by having a few original cast members do cameo appearances, but that didn't help. Other shows that are getting DOGE memos to leave the building include: Lopez vs. Lopez (which was about as funny as a cavity), Night Court reboot, The Irrational, and Found. "The Masked Singer" is skipping the fall 2025 season to "regroup", which is code for: We know it sucks, so we're gonna try to figure out what to do about this silly turd.  Read More

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Comment: Suits LA was doomed to fail. The original Suits was a mediocre show (at best) on the USA network. When it was on, it really wasn't all that popular. The only reason it became known  was because of Duchess of Grievances (Govt Name: MeAgain Markle) was on it as a supporting character and the media hype of her Temu Edward fauxmance & marriage.  If it wasn't for that, it would be another show on the USA network that came and went...like a fart in the wind. But, given Hollywood's greed, someone made the decision to capitalize on this notoriety and create a spin-off. 

 

►  I'm not a fashion hound but I know that PW Manor readers appreciate fashuuun and trends. It's a slow news day. And nope, I'm not going to cover Diddy's trial. It's gross, he's gross, and the details coming out of it are disturbing. I will cover it if JLo or other celebs are called to testify and the verdict. I'm hoping he will be found guilty and rot in jail with R. Kelly. They can share a cell and make jail house hooch out of toilet water while conducting cockroach races for entertainment.  Anyhoo, a headline about a fashion trend caught my attention: Paperbag shorts. I had to click on the article because I was bored.  Paperbag shorts are loose fitting shorts that are high waisted with a draw string. To my disappointment they're not made out of paper. Paperbag shorts look like something an 80 year old cruise ship tourist wears to play shuffleboard.  Read More

Paperbag-style shorts. Photo: Edward Berthelot/Getty Images/US Weekly

Comment:  In the old days, we called this style of shorts "grandpa" or old people shorts. They're comfy and you can let everything hang out. Just make sure to wear undies. No one wants to see your beaver or wang.  Since Gen Z likes to give pretentious names to things because they think they're cleaver,  they anointed it paperbag shorts. Ugh.

 

► I've noticed a pattern of behavior with alum "Glee" actress Lea Michelle (38). Whenever she needs a media boost, she invokes the name of the late Cory Monteith. Lea and Cory were on the Glee together from 2009-2013. They dated for about 2 years. Supposedly, they were going to split up because of his drug addiction but Cory passed away in 2013. Since his tragic death of a heroin overdose, Lea has not stopped bringing up his name every chance she gets. BTW,  Lea is now married with kids, yet she still finds ways to bring up their relationship and his death every chance she gets. The most recent instance occurred  during the Therapuss podcast. She was telling the story of how tour buses would drive by her house during her Glee days. But then, she had to bring up Cory. After this death, she said the tour bus would bring up the details of his death while they drove by her house. FYI: Cory died in Vancouver, so I have no idea why she would even say anything. Oh, and she said something about hearing "eerie" music at home, bla, bla, bla when the tour bus would drive and talk about Cory.  I find all of this this hard to believe. The only person who keeps bringing it up is her.  I would not be shocked if she paid the tour bus operator to drive by her house. She strikes me as being that desperate for relevancy.  Read More 

Lea Michelle and Cory Monteith on the set of Glee. Photo: Fox Images Collection via Getty Images/Entertainment Weekly

Comment: Lea needs to STFU about Cory already and move on. It's been 12 years! Her husband has to be fed up with this nonsense, as well as Cory's family. Every damn chance she gets she HAS to bring Cory into the conversation. She could be talking about cleaning products and somehow she'll find a way to invoke his name. Let the dude rest in peace already. But we are talking about Lea Michelle, who has no shame. One of two things are going on with this dingus: 1) she needs extensive therapy to deal with his death; or 2) she needs extensive therapy so she can stop being an attention seeking, self absorbed putz. Take your pick. Or in the famous words of the Taco Bell girl, "Why not both?".