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Hotshot television anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) welcomes upstart reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) into the male-dominated world of 1970s broadcast news -- that is, until the talented female journalist begins to outshine Burgundy on air. Soon he grows jealous, begins a bitter feud with Veronica and eventually makes a vulgar slip on live TV that ruins his career. However, when an outrageous story breaks at the San Diego Zoo, Ron may get a chance to redeem himself. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 6, 2023 - 8 comments

One question remains: Who did it??? Oh, who are we kidding -- there's a few more questions raised, too. [Season Finale]
posted by lazaruslong on Aug 24, 2022 - 47 comments

Can't remember the last time Weekend Update didn't have a side guest. [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Feb 27, 2022 - 13 comments

When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 21, 2021 - 11 comments

Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 28, 2021 - 0 comments

This week, from the void: many administration and state officials want to reopen the country as quickly as possible despite how stupid that is. And Now: Parents On Television Just Want One Thing (to send kids back to school). Main story concerns conspiracy theories, those things that tons of people believe in, are wantonly spread by Facebook and YouTube, and that are argubly tearing the world apart. On YouTube (22m) To help convince people to stop believing so much bullshit, Last Week Tonight asked several celebrities (Alex Trebek, John Cena, Paul Rudd, Catherine O'Hara and Billy Porter) to make videos asking people to think more critically about what they read on the internet, and put them up at thetruetruetruth.com. [more inside]
posted by JHarris on Jul 20, 2020 - 10 comments

Fearing his career and relationship are both going down the tubes, Miles heeds the advice of a newly successful co-worker and visits a mysterious spa. (Netflix Original) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Oct 18, 2019 - 22 comments

Fearing his career and relationship are both going down the tubes, Miles heeds the advice of a newly successful co-worker and visits a mysterious spa. (Netflix Original)
posted by oh yeah! on Oct 18, 2019 - 4 comments

Zach Galifianakis and his oddball crew take a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews. Come for the cameos. Stay for the credits. [more inside]
posted by Stanczyk on Sep 21, 2019 - 17 comments

Season finale. [more inside]
posted by rhizome on May 21, 2019 - 15 comments

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up. [more inside]
posted by soelo on Dec 14, 2018 - 1 comment

A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth. [more inside]
posted by zinon on Nov 7, 2018 - 1 comment

A mute bartender goes up against his city's gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner. [more inside]
posted by graventy on Feb 25, 2018 - 22 comments

A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil's popularity, but reckons without affairs of the heart getting in the way. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 5, 2018 - 33 comments

Mark's been keeping secrets from JJ! You can't do that to JJ! Also, Beth wants to sell the camp, there just might be a willing buyer, and Katie almost turns apostate. Batter up! [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer on Aug 6, 2017 - 3 comments

A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Dec 4, 2014 - 6 comments