<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joy-behar">Joy Behar</a> is being criticized for her comments about country singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/carrie-underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> performing at Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inauguration">inauguration</a> next week.
On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” the co-host expressed her thoughts on the news, saying, &#8220;I would not normalize [Trump]. [Underwood] says, &#8216;I love our country.&#8217; How do you love our country and support and normalize somebody who was a convicted felon who really wants to destroy the country in my opinion? I don&#8217;t understand how you say you love your country at the same time as you normalize this convicted felon.”
Behar later said, &#8220;I would not be the person to say, &#8216;Don&#8217;t do it,&#8217; because I believe in free speech and everything about it. I personally would not do it. No one&#8217;s asked me, but that&#8217;s another story.&#8221;
Former co-host of “The View” Elisabeth Hasselbeck called out Behar for her reaction to Underwood singing at the inauguration.
&#8220;That @TheView @JoyVBehar needs to simmer down off my friend,&#8221; Hasselbeck <a href="https://x.com/ehasselbeck/status/1879240323706343624">posted</a> on X. Hasselbeck later appeared on Sean Hannity&#8217;s Fox News show Tuesday night to explain her thoughts on the drama. 
Hasselbeck said “The View” doesn’t include “anyone there who has a lick of sense on most days,&#8221; per <a href="https://ew.com/the-view-elisabeth-hasselbeck-slams-joy-behar-carrie-underwood-8774728">Entertainment Weekly</a>. 
She also said Behar&#8217;s comments were &#8220;nothing more than selfish personal publicity-gaining right now&#8221; and claimed she &#8220;wants to attach her name to Carrie Underwood’s name so that she maintains relevance because she knows the ship is sinking.&#8221;
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&#8220;The View&#8221; co-host Whoopi Goldberg also defended Underwood during Tuesday’s episode of “The View.” She said, &#8220;I stand behind her. If I believe I have the right to make up my mind to go perform someplace, I believe they have the same right. So I have to support (her). It doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m particularly interested in watching. I won&#8217;t be watching. But that&#8217;s me.&#8221;
Underwood has been facing a ton of backlash from fans following the announcement that she is slated to sing “America the Beautiful” during the inauguration ceremony on Monday. 
The “American Idol” winner later issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-rich-calls-on-country-stars-who-support-trump-to-announce-themselves">statement</a>, saying, “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event.”
Underwood added, “I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

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Former ‘View’ Host Slams Joy Behar For Comments About Carrie Underwood Playing Trump’s Inauguration

Former 'View' Host Slams Joy Behar For Comments About Carrie Underwood Playing Trump's Inauguration

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Like so many others on social media, commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-mccain">Meghan McCain</a> is weighing in on the recently released trailer for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-markle">Meghan Markle</a>’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> series, “With Love, Meghan.”
The series is being mocked as inauthentic and overproduced, two factors McCain pointed out as well. She said its release is “tone deaf” in light of recent world events and people continuing to suffer the effects of inflation. 
“I was originally a Meghan Markle supporter, I thought she was cool, stylish and refreshing. Like the rest of the world my opinion changed when she disrespected the royal family,” McCain, 40, shared on X.
“Now that she wants to be American again instead of British aristocracy what she seems to forget is Americans want real, raw, uncensored. All of this even in the trailer is highly curated, produced and out of touch,” she went on.
“There have been 2 terror attacks in 2 days, major wars raging and Americans can’t pay for groceries. We are a country in rage, uncertainty and intensity right now. This concept is ill advised. I would have told her to do a show helping bring fresh food to food deserts in low income neighborhoods. Do something to help people instead of your ego.”
“This is why the world doesn’t like you, nothing else,” McCain concluded. “Just completely and utterly tone deaf to the moment.”
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Markle posted a clip about her series on Thursday, and it quickly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-markle-lifestyle-series-coming-to-netflix-and-people-have-thoughts">became a hot topic</a> of conversation online.
The teaser shows the Duchess of Sussex cooking in a kitchen with a rotating cast of guest stars as she shares “some of her favorite tips and tricks for cooking, gardening, crafting, and more” and “reveals how even the most minute details can help add beauty to our lives and, most importantly, help bring people together…” per a synopsis from Netflix.
Markle wrote in the post caption, “I have been so excited to share this with you! I hope you love the show as much as I loved making it. Wishing you all a fantastic new year! Thanks to our amazing crew and the team @netflix. Beyond grateful for the support – and fun! As ever, Meghan.”
“She has ZERO talent and nobody likes her,” one person wrote in response to the clip.
“The never ending narcissism of Meghan Markle,” another commenter agreed.
“With Love, Meghan” is scheduled to premiere on January 15 on Netflix.

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Meghan McCain Blasts Meghan Markle’s Netflix Series: ‘Americans Can’t Pay For Groceries’

Meghan McCain Blasts Meghan Markle's Netflix Series: 'Americans Can’t Pay For Groceries'

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The trailer for a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-allen">Tim Allen</a> sitcom called “Shifting Gears” just dropped, getting fans excited to see the 71-year-old&#8217;s return to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">television</a>.
The new series will premiere on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abc">ABC</a> on January 8. Per the show’s <a href="https://www.dgepress.com/abc/shows/shifting-gears/">description</a>, Allen stars as Matt, “the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter Riley (Kat Dennings) and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.”
“Shifting Gears” will be a return to ABC for Allen, who is best known for starring on the sitcom “Home Improvement” in the 1990s and more recently in “Last Man Standing.” The latter series was canceled in 2017 after six seasons but then moved to Fox and aired for three more seasons. 
Other cast members include Seann William Scott as Gabriel and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell as Stitch. Riley’s two children, Carter and Georgia, are played by Maxwell Simkins and Barrett Margolis.
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&#8220;Is that my GTO? I built that thing 15 years ago and somebody stole it,&#8221; Allen as Matt says in the trailer upon encountering a run-down car pulling into his garage. Riley gets out with her kids and says, &#8220;Hey Dad,&#8221; to which Allen replies, &#8220;And there is the thief!&#8221;
Back at Matt&#8217;s house, he recalls how when Riley left, she &#8220;looked back and gave me the double bird.&#8221; Riley responds, &#8220;I was 18 — the double bird is how I ended all our conversations.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m crawling home because I&#8217;m broke and need a place to stay until I figure out what the rest of my life looks like,&#8221; Riley tells her dad.
&#8220;You guys can stay here,&#8221; he says. Riley replies, &#8220;Really? Because I haven&#8217;t changed a lot!&#8221;
“Neither have I!” Matt says.
Other scenes indicate that their relationship rebuilding won’t be easy. &#8220;Can we try to talk to each other like rational adults?&#8221; Riley asks her dad. Matt quips, &#8220;Have you watched the news lately? That&#8217;s not a thing anymore.&#8221;
Most of the comments on the trailer express excitement over the project. 
“So happy to see Tim Allen and Kat Dennings back in another sitcom and I love the fact that both are working together. I’m definitely gonna be tuning in to watch this sitcom cause two of my favorite people are in it,” one YouTube commenter wrote.
“Cannot wait! ABC used to be the home for the family comedy, and I truly hope this show is supported and does well,” another person shared.
“Tim Allen is back,” another person agreed.

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Trailer Drops For New Tim Allen Sitcom ‘Shifting Gears’

Trailer Drops For New Tim Allen Sitcom 'Shifting Gears'

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a>-identifying teenager who voices a character in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a>’s new animated series, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">Win or Lose</a>,” is upset that the studio cut out a trans storyline from the show.
The Pixar series, which will air its first episode on February 19, follows a co-ed middle school softball team preparing for its big championship game. Initially, the series was slated to include a story arc about a player identifying as transgender, but Disney removed those references, a rep <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-pulls-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-animated-series">confirmed</a> to The Hollywood Reporter.
“When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” the Disney spokesperson said in a statement. 
The outlet noted that the character will still appear in the show, but the lines about gender identity have been removed.
Now, the voiceover artist who is voicing that character is speaking out. 
Chanel Stewart learned about the role while scrolling social media and seeing a casting call for a “14-year-old transgender girl” to voice the part, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/12/win-or-lose-transgender-actress-speaks-after-disney-cuts-storyline-1236209109/">Deadline</a>. 
“I was exactly what they wanted to a T, and that’s why it felt so right. It felt just so right,” Stewart told the outlet. “I immediately asked my mom if I could do it, because I just felt like if I don’t do this, it wouldn’t make sense. You know what I mean?”
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“Oh my God, it was crazy,” Stewart, now 18, said of landing the role. “I wore it as a badge. I wore it with pride. I wore it with honor because it meant so much to me. The thought of authentically portraying a transgender teenage girl made me really happy. I wanted to make this for transgender kids like me.”
Stewart’s mom, Keisha, told Deadline that the call from Disney about the storyline being cut was “upsetting.”
“It was upsetting because my daughter is transgender and this is her life. I felt like it was very important that we not hide that fact,” she told the outlet. 
“There may be some parents out there who are not ready to have that conversation, but this is the world that we live in and everyone should be represented,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;Everyone deserves to be recognized. And it felt like it was just another setback for the LGBTQ community, because it’s very hard on transgender teenagers … transgender people, period. Especially when you’re young and you’re trying to figure out how to navigate this world that you live in and be able to grow into your own person.”
“I was very disheartened,” Stewart agreed. “From the moment I got the script, I was excited to share my journey to help empower other trans youth. I knew this would be a very important conversation. Trans stories matter, and they deserve to be heard.”
“It’s just that my character would now be a cis girl, a straight cis girl,” Stewart continued. “So yeah, that’s all they really told me and that I was still a part of the show.”
“I’m definitely one of the first [transgender girls] to do this!” the teen said. “It’s a true honor to be a part of queer history.”
Disney films that include LGBT storylines, such as “Onward” and “Lightyear,” have not performed well with audiences and have inspired negative attention from parents who feel the themes are not appropriate for younger audiences.

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Trans-Identifying Teen Who Voices Animated Character Reacts To Disney Cutting Storyline

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> is deleting a storyline about a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a>-identified character from an upcoming animated series, with a rep for the company stating that the topic is best left for parents to discuss with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/children">children</a> themselves.
Pixar’s original animated series “Win or Lose” is scheduled to air its first episode on February 19. The series follows a co-ed middle school softball team preparing for their big championship game. Each of the eight episodes follows one character and shows their point of view.
A rep from Disney confirmed with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disney-pulls-transgender-storyline-win-or-lose-1236088172/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> that the storyline about a transgender-identified individual from one of the later episodes has been removed. “When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” the rep said.
The outlet noted that the character will still be in the show, but the lines about gender identity have been taken out. The Disney rep declined to share any more details about the decision or what exactly was changed.
The topic of LGBT themes in children’s content is nothing new for the company. In June of 2022, Disney released the “Toy Story” spinoff “Lightyear” and got a ton of negative press for the same-sex kiss included in the animated children’s feature. 
The film “Onward&#8221; (2020) also included an openly gay character. That movie, which opened just prior to the COVID pandemic, only brought in $76 million at the global box office, with some more conservative countries refusing to show the movie at all.
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Currently, the issue of transgenderism, especially as it relates to children, is an important topic of conversation. The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-supreme-court-is-about-to-hear-a-major-child-gender-transition-case-heres-what-to-know">recently heard oral arguments</a> in a case dealing with Tennessee’s law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for children.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed Senate Bill 1 into law in March 2023. The bill bans doctors or health care providers from performing so-called “gender-affirming” surgeries or hormonal procedures on minors, including surgery, puberty blockers, and hormones.
The bill came about following a September 2022 investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh. He brought attention to the issue by exposing VUMC’s gender transition procedures for children, including the fact that they called these procedures a “big money maker.”

Disney Pulls Transgender Storyline From Upcoming Animated Series

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The second season of the popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> series “Squid Game” has some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBT</a> activists up in arms because a “cis man” was cast to play the part of a transgender-identified character.
The series, which became a massive hit in 2021, is a dystopian survival thriller about broke contestants vying to win a cash prize on a game show. To be victorious, they have to participate in a series of children’s games such as Red Light/Green Light and Marbles, but losing a game is a death sentence.
Actor Park Sung-hoo was cast in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-korea">Korea</a><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-korea">n</a>-language show’s second season to play the role of Hyun-Ju, a transgender woman. But activists wish an actual trans-identifying star had been cast instead.
“This is not how you give representation&#8230; a cis man pretending to be part of a minority group just doesn’t sit right with me, especially when they could’ve hired an actual trans actress,” one person <a href="https://x.com/dawnmoer/status/1864457966948139257">wrote</a> on X.
“Could they not cast an actual transgender woman… this gonna piss me off,” a second commenter <a href="https://x.com/arianaunext/status/1864456453035307202">wrote</a>.
There were plenty of people in the comments pointing out the flaw in the argument that an actor couldn’t pretend to be someone he wasn’t.
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“People mad they cast a man to play a man,” one person <a href="https://x.com/DPGBehler/status/1864720287423443265">wrote</a>.
“An actor pretending to be someone pretending. Wokeception!” another <a href="https://x.com/The_VA_Ginge/status/1864692372048683322">joked</a>.
Park said during a “Meet the Cast” interview that the character Hyun-Ju is a former special forces soldier who is working to raise money for gender reassignment surgery.
“Even though she faces prejudices and tough situations, she shows incredible strength, decisiveness, and natural leadership. Through her resilience, she breaks down stereotypes and shines as an inspiring character,” the actor said.
The second season of “Squid Game” premieres on December 26. 
This issue has come up before on the topic of straight actors playing gay roles in Hollywood. 
“There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not. It’s part of the gig,” actor Eric McCormack, who played Will on the sitcom “Will &amp; Grace,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-grace-star-weighs-in-on-straight-actors-playing-gay-characters">said</a> on the topic earlier this year.
The actor continued, “If gay actors weren’t allowed to play straight actors, Broadway would be over. So this is what we do.”
Meanwhile, Tom Hanks believes the opposite is true.
“Could a straight man do what I did in ‘Philadelphia’ now? No, and rightly so,” he told The New York Times in a 2022 interview.
“The whole point of ‘Philadelphia’ was don’t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren’t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man,” he added. “We’re beyond that now. I don’t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy. It’s not a crime, it’s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity.”

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LGBT Activists Complain That ‘Squid Game 2’ Trans Character Is ‘A Cis Man Pretending’

LGBT Activists Complain That 'Squid Game 2' Trans Character Is 'A Cis Man Pretending'

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Sketch comedy show “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>” did a bit that mentioned Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro">Ben Shapiro</a> in a segment about a college student whose parents overreacted to him getting an earring.
The bit was part of the latest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">episode</a> that aired this past Saturday, December 7. In it, a mother and father welcome their college-aged son (Paul Mescal) home for the holidays but react in horror when they realize he has gotten his ear pierced.
When his parents express their disdain for the earring, the son asks, “What’s the big deal?”
“What’s the big deal? Let me answer that question with another question,” the mother replies. “What’s the big deal if I came home one day with skeleton hands tattooed around my neck?”
“Yeah, what’s the big deal?” the father adds. “Maybe I’ll show up to work tomorrow naked? Tell my boss, no it’s OK. My son has an earring. We’re all free, man.”
After the son says the earring is “cool,” the parents continue throwing out ridiculous suggestions that they equate to getting an earring, such as peeing on the floor and shooting a goat.
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Next, the son suggests that his parents might be upset because they think he’s gay, which he denies, then calls them “extremely homophobic.”
The parents get even more upset, and the father says, “Poli sci major got us good. Oh, college student owns Ben Shapiro.”
“You think we’re homophobic? Your father has been gay for 15 years,” the mother retorts.
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The bit continues with the parents becoming more and more upset, going as far as throwing grandma out the window and resorting to self-harm until the bit ends with their second son arriving home from college. The joke is that he’s dressed in all black and has facial piercings, but the father says, “Oh well that’s different, I mean, he looks good.”
The same episode of “SNL” was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snl-slammed-for-making-jokes-about-murder-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo">slammed</a> for making jokes about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during the “Weekend Update” segment. 
The episode mocked the NYPD for not having a suspect in custody at the time. Segment host Colin Jost also said, “It really says something about America that a guy was murdered in cold blood and the two main reactions were, ‘Yeah, well, healthcare stinks!’ And also, ‘Girl, that shooter hot.&#8217;”

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‘SNL’ Skit On Woke College Student Mentions Ben Shapiro

'SNL' Skit On Woke College Student Mentions Ben Shapiro

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Many viewers were not laughing at the Weekend Update bit on the most recent episode of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>” as it made jokes about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">murder</a> of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Saturday night&#8217;s episode of the sketch comedy show included hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che making a few jokes about the circumstances surrounding Thompson&#8217;s death on December 4, including the NYPD&#8217;s search for the shooter and reactions to the exec’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/assassination">assassination</a>.
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&#8220;This week, New York City officials sent a tough message on crime,&#8221; Jost said, mocking law enforcement for not having a suspect in custody yet. &#8220;&#8216;If you shoot somebody in the middle of the street, you better get on your bike, hop on a bus, and get the heck out of here, mister.'&#8221;
&#8220;The manhunt continues for the assassin who gunned down the CEO of UnitedHealthcare on Wednesday,&#8221; Jost went on. &#8220;And it really says something about America that a guy was murdered in cold blood and the two main reactions were, &#8216;Yeah, well, healthcare stinks!&#8217; And also, &#8216;Girl, that shooter hot.'&#8221;
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Jost also mentioned the lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, which happened the same day Thompson was murdered. &#8220;It&#8217;s also so crazy that the shooting happened three blocks from here in broad daylight, and the guy just bicycled away. Probably because they have every cop in the city guarding our Christmas tree,” he said.
&#8220;The NYPD now believes the suspect left the city on a bus from Port Authority. Thanks, but a Port Authority passenger who looks like a murderer actually widens the search,&#8221; Jost went on.
&#8220;New York City police say that they were able to get the smiling picture of the suspect after the man apparently was caught on camera at a local hostel, flirting with a female employee, whose name has been reported as ‘Lucky S. Bechalive,'&#8221; Che said.
Reactions to the bit have been mixed, with many saying the bit was in poor taste as Thompson was a husband and father to two young sons.
&#8220;Long time viewer of SNL. I don&#8217;t consider myself particularly [sensitive] to any topic, but in today&#8217;s Weekend Update edition they made jokes about the United Health CEO gunned down in NYC. That was really distasteful and disrespectful. SNL, you need to do better,&#8221; one X user <a href="https://x.com/JCarrilloH/status/1865631926880494014">wrote</a>.
“Disgusting. I couldn’t watch this segment. The victim’s family and friends are very much grieving right now,” one commenter wrote in response to a YouTube clip of the segment. 
“Agreed,” said another. “I don’t usually watch SNL, and I can see by the segment and comments supporting it, that I will no longer be watching it. Joking about someone’s murder like that is absolutely disgusting… a family is grieving right now.”
Thompson was gunned down last Wednesday morning by a masked assassin. Some people on social media openly celebrated the CEO’s death as they insisted it was retribution for corruption and greed in the healthcare industry.
On Monday, police <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-news">arrested</a> Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald&#8217;s on firearms charges. Law enforcement described him as &#8220;a strong person of interest&#8221; in connection with the murder.
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TV mastermind Taylor Sheridan isn’t a conservative. He’s suggested as much in various interviews, and there’s little reason to doubt him.
He just knows how conservatives think and refuses to ignore them. And, sometimes, he lets them speak without a filter. If Hollywood wants to thrive in the Trump 2.0 era, it should watch a Sheridan show.
And take some notes.
<div id="attachment_840069" style="width: 891px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-840069" class="size-large wp-image-840069" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/Billy-Bobb-II-881x576.jpeg" alt="Billy Bob Thornton in “Landman.” Photo by Emerson Miller/Emerson Miller/Paramount+. Copyright 2024 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. “Landman” and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom. IMDB." width="881" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/Billy-Bobb-II-881x576.jpeg 881w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/Billy-Bobb-II-300x196.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/Billy-Bobb-II-768x502.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/Billy-Bobb-II-1536x1004.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/Billy-Bobb-II-2048x1338.jpeg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px" />Billy Bob Thornton in “Landman.” Photo by Emerson Miller/Emerson Miller/Paramount+. Copyright 2024 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.</div>
Sheridan’s newest series, “Landman,” recently went viral for a character’s screed against the green movement. Billy Bob Thornton plays Tommy Norris, an oil company executive who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/scene-from-billy-bob-thorntons-new-show-landman-slams-clean-energy-goes-viral-x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">puts a green activist in her place.</a>
<blockquote>You have any idea how much diesel will have to burn to mix that much concrete or make that steel and haul this s*** out here and put it together with a 450-foot crane? You want to guess how much oil it takes to lubricate that f***ing thing? Or winterize it? In its 20-year lifespan, it won’t offset the carbon footprint of making it. And don’t get me started on solar panels and the lithium in your Tesla battery.</blockquote>
That’s just part of Tommy’s stemwinder. Is it any wonder social media ate it up? Can you imagine that dialogue coming from a network TV show? What about an HBO original? A Netflix and Chill affair?
Impossible.
Sheridan is willing to share stories and angles others miss. It’s why he conquered the small screen in dramatic fashion.
It’s not surprising that “Landman,” co-starring Jon Hamm, Demi Moore and Ali Larter, is another Sheridan smash.
The Paramount+ original’s debut drew a <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/landman-ratings-paramount-plus-views-1236234121/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">total of 14.6 million viewers</a> in one week across the streaming network and the Paramount Network. That’s the <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/landman-paramount-plus-ratings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">biggest debut</a> for a Paramount+ streaming original.
That matters in the highly competitive streaming landscape.
In just six years Sheridan has upended the world of television with his muscular, uncompromised vision. In that span he’s given us “Yellowstone,” “Tulsa King,” “Special Ops: Lioness.” “1883,” “1923,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and now “Landman.”
<div id="attachment_840061" style="width: 872px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-840061" class="wp-image-840061 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-971891732-862x576.jpg" alt="HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 11: Taylor Sheridan, Kelly Reilly and Kevin Costner attend the premiere of Paramount Pictures' &quot;Yellowstone&quot; at Paramount Studios on June 11, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images)" width="862" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-971891732-862x576.jpg 862w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-971891732-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-971891732-768x513.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-971891732.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px" />Taylor Sheridan, Kelly Reilly and Kevin Costner attend the premiere of Paramount Pictures&#8217; &#8220;Yellowstone&#8221; at Paramount Studios on June 11, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images)</div>
Not every series is a blockbuster, although “Yellowstone” more than qualifies. The series inspired two prequel shows and more spinoffs may be on the way.
“Tulsa King,” starring Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone as a mafioso who brings his thuggish acumen to the Midwest, is another hit. Paramount+ is teasing a deal to bring a third and fourth season of the show to viewers.
The first season found Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi railing against some of the <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=418091">cultural changes</a> that happened while he was in prison.
“And these pronouns. What the f*** is with the pronouns? He, she, him, they, the, boom, bang, ba, fa, foo. You know what my pronoun is? Guess. Time’s up. It. As in, it can’t take this s*** anymore. I’m all for change. I am. I really am. But somebody keeps moving the goalpost.”
<div id="attachment_840085" style="width: 825px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-840085" class="size-large wp-image-840085" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/MixCollage-06-Dec-2024-04-06-PM-6607-815x576.jpg" alt="Sylvester Stallone in &quot;Tulsa King&quot; (2022). Paramount+. IMDB." width="815" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/MixCollage-06-Dec-2024-04-06-PM-6607-815x576.jpg 815w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/MixCollage-06-Dec-2024-04-06-PM-6607-300x212.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/MixCollage-06-Dec-2024-04-06-PM-6607-768x543.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/MixCollage-06-Dec-2024-04-06-PM-6607-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/MixCollage-06-Dec-2024-04-06-PM-6607-2048x1448.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px" />Sylvester Stallone in &#8220;Tulsa King&#8221; (2022). Paramount+. IMDB.</div>
Sheridan isn’t just making up dialogue. He’s listening to both halves of the country. Another sequence found Stallone’s character accusing someone of racially profiling his young black colleague.
It’s precisely how a shrewd operator like Manfredi would shift the balance of power to his advantage. It’s not woke. It’s storytelling.
Keep in mind Manfredi is the story’s anti-hero. Viewers are rooting for him, despite his flaws, much like they rallied behind James Gandolfini’s patriarch in “The Sopranos.”
Conservatives quickly latched onto “Yellowstone” as that rare conservative show early in its run. The saga followed an old-school rancher, memorably played by Kevin Costner, and his complicated brood.
How many shows are set in Montana these days?
<div id="attachment_840111" style="width: 769px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-840111" class="wp-image-840111 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1446611904-759x576.jpg" alt="LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 03: (L-R) Helen Mirren, Taylor Sheridan, and Harrison Ford attend Paramount+'s &quot;1923&quot; Las Vegas Premiere at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on December 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mindy Small/Getty Images)" width="759" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1446611904-759x576.jpg 759w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1446611904-300x228.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1446611904-768x583.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1446611904.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px" />(L-R) Helen Mirren, Taylor Sheridan, and Harrison Ford attend Paramount+&#8217;s &#8220;1923&#8221; Las Vegas Premiere at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on December 03, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Small/Getty Images)</div>
Yet some conservatives railed against progressive elements in the saga, from vegan protesters to a lesbian romance.
<a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/yellowstone-director-taylor-sheridan-reacts-claims-show-anti-woke-really" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheridan politely disagreed</a> with the conservative label some slapped on the drama.
&#8220;And I just sit back laughing. I’m like, ‘Really?’ The show’s talking about the displacement of Native Americans and the way Native American women were treated…about corporate greed…the gentrification of the West, and land-grabbing. That’s a red-state show?&#8221;
He’s right. It’s not a red-meat entrée for a famished heartland. It’s just been so long since conservatives saw themselves on screen they embraced the saga, warts and all.
That’s ultimately Sheridan’s trick. He’s not looking to score cheap partisan points or curry favor with progressives. The story comes first. And he doesn’t seem to care that his apolitical bent may hurt him come awards time.
<div id="attachment_840091" style="width: 745px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-840091" class="wp-image-840091 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1358551240-735x576.jpg" alt="LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 11: Sam Elliott (L) and Taylor Sheridan attend the after party for the world premiere of &quot;1883&quot; at SW Steakhouse at Wynn Las Vegas on December 11, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)" width="735" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1358551240-735x576.jpg 735w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1358551240-300x235.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1358551240-768x602.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/GettyImages-1358551240.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px" />Sam Elliott (L) and Taylor Sheridan attend the after party for the world premiere of &#8220;1883&#8221; at SW Steakhouse at Wynn Las Vegas on December 11, 2021. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)</div>
“Yellowstone” earned strong reviews and endless audience praise, but to date, it’s snagged just one Emmy nomination for Outstanding Production Design. It’s a populist hit, and that’s more than enough for Sheridan. After all, network executives care more about ratings than awards.
The actor-turned-showrunner is neither Right nor Left, but he certainly isn’t woke. That became clear during a January chat with Spotify superstar <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm9N-lyNQms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a>. The two mocked the notion of “toxic masculinity,” with Sheridan revealing the thinking behind his TV empire.
“You need masculinity and femininity,” he explained <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/yellowstone-creator-rogan-scoff-modern-liberal-ideology-demonizing-work-ethic-masculinity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">before taking on the Left’s word police movement.</a>
“It&#8217;s fascinating that language is being reinvented before our eyes. There&#8217;s all these new words that are just meant to keep one person from disagreeing with another person&#8217;s position.&#8221;
Woke is the enemy of creative storytelling. Sheridan, no matter his political leanings, instinctively gets that. His growing body of work captures that philosophy. It’s no wonder he conquered TV in the Age of Woke. He had little competition.
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Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-murray">Bill Murray</a> insists that the sketch comedy show “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>” is still funny, despite many viewers voicing their disagreement lately.
The “Ghostbusters” star, once a regular on the show, discussed his thoughts on a recent episode of Travis and Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast.
“People always give me a hard time about, ‘Oh, the original show was so great and it’s lousy now,’” Murray said, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/bill-murray-defends-snl-cast-critics-lousy-1236236995/">Variety.</a> “And I say, ‘No, it’s not.’ The show that’s on now, they do stuff that’s just as good as anybody ever did, all the time.”
The actor also said he would “certainly” come back to help celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary next year, the outlet noted.
“I told ‘em I’d like to host one this year. So maybe if I get organized,&#8221; said Murray. &#8220;I think I did it two other times when I was there. I’d like to try it one more time. It might be the last time to try it.”
The “What About Bob?” actor also revealed who he thought the best host of the show was. “There’s only one that stands above all others,” Murray said. “It was Ray Charles. [He] completely buries every other entertainer I’ve ever met or worked with or read about.”
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He went on, “Ray Charles knew all his lines cold. Ray Charles came in and played solo, he played with The Raelettes, he played with his scepter and he played with the ‘Saturday Night Live’ orchestra. And he may have played with his quintet as well. And he killed and murdered every single one of [his performances].”
“At the end of that show, they play that song and saxophones playing and you’re like ‘Hey man I had a great week,’” Murray said. “You’re up there on the stage and you’re waving at people—I did not want to stand on that stage. I had no business being on that stage with Ray Charles.”
The show debuted in 1975 and has helped launch the careers of dozens of comedians. During the lead-up to the 2024 election, “SNL” was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgusting-team-trump-rips-saturday-night-live-for-joke-about-assassination-attempts">criticized</a> for making jokes about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. 
The show also scheduled Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for a last-minute appearance the weekend before the election, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-snls-pro-kamala-stunt-just-backfired-bigly">backfired</a> when NBC was forced to give Trump equal airtime after a Sunday night football game. 
Sunday Night Football regularly attracts more than 20 million viewers, while the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kamala-harris-ratings-snl-sunday-night-football-1980095">ratings</a> show that “SNL&#8221; recently attracted 5.6 million viewers for its season premiere.

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Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers for Season 5, Episode 12.
The hit Paramount show “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/yellowstone">Yellowstone</a>” killed off another character in Sunday night’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">episode</a>, leaving some fans upset because this is one they didn’t see coming.
Earlier this season, family patriarch John Dutton (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-costner">Kevin Costner</a>) was killed in a not-so-surprising twist to everyone who understood that Costner was not returning to the second half of the fifth season, choosing instead to focus his time on his own passion project Western film, “Horizon: An American Saga.”
The episode after that included another surprise death. Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), the character who hired the company that killed Dutton and framed it as a suicide, was also murdered. Sunday night’s episode showed the minor yet beloved character Colby Mayfield (Denim Richards), who has been on the show since it began, getting killed off.
Colby died after being kicked in the chest by a wild stallion.
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Fans headed to social media to express disdain for the character’s death, blaming showrunner Taylor Sheridan for messing with their emotions.
Richards posted a photo of a director’s chair with his name on it, plus his cowboy hat and boots, and included the caption, “Grateful.”
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Grateful✊🏾🙏🏾✊🏾 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YellowstoneTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YellowstoneTV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/yellowstone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#yellowstone</a> <a href="https://t.co/ebrKfOxdvd">pic.twitter.com/ebrKfOxdvd</a>
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“My whole fam is in a bad mood tonight. Why did this hurt worse than John being killed?” one fan <a href="https://x.com/Oh_Katie_Babie/status/1863454422203801768">wrote</a> in response to Richards’ X post.
“There [have] been all kinds of death on the show. This one felt the worst. Brilliant part for an equally brilliant actor. Well done Sir,” another response <a href="https://x.com/BranshawThe/status/1863454448476946610">said</a>.
“I am so happy for your success in the show but I AM LIVID about Taylor killing my favorite cowboy,” a third fan <a href="https://x.com/sdshelt/status/1863445755119202596">wrote</a>. “I was yelling at the TV and my husband! Well at least he went out in a heroic way. But I will not get over this any time soon! Thanks for playing Colby, I loved him!”
There are only two episodes left in the season, with the finale scheduled to air on Paramount on December 15.

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A college professor claims that some of the hate against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Barney the Dinosaur</a> is due to men rebelling against an alternate version of masculinity and being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homophobia">homophobic</a>.
There have been multiple articles and documentaries on the topic of the public backlash against the popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">cartoon</a> from the 1990s. These latest statements were made on a new podcast episode in the series “Generation Barney,” which takes a look at the history of the show and its reception.
&#8220;Understanding particularly why adult men didn&#8217;t like Barney reveals a lot about gender and power in our current society. There were women who didn&#8217;t like Barney, but the high-profile hate was really coming from men,&#8221; podcast host Sabrina Herrera says in the <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/podcast/generation-barney/2024-11-19/love-2-hate">episode</a> titled, “Love 2 Hate.”
&#8220;He offered up a different model for masculinity, even as a purple dinosaur and not a human. This message about love, about nurturing, about looking after others, that these are emotions and also sort of social practices and responsibilities that in our culture are constructed and understood to be sort of feminine and feminizing,&#8221; Dr. Emily Contois, a media studies teacher at the University of Tulsa, replied.
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&#8220;Barney could be understood as resisting that, pushing back against that, offering a different model of sexuality and gender and size all coming together. And so for some of these men who reacted very poorly to him, that could be a piece of their reaction,&#8221; the professor continued.
Dr. Contois added, “A part of that white masculine sort of set of authorities is also this incredible resistance to homosexuality.&#8221;
The “Barney &amp; Friends” series was based on a friendly purple and green Tyrannosaurus rex character and a cast of children who went on adventures, enjoying songs, dances, and games that made learning fun. The show debuted in 1992 and was extremely popular with young children of that generation.
Bob West, the original voice actor for Barney, recalled getting death threats for playing the character. &#8220;There were certain things, certain messages that people would send that were pretty threatening,&#8221; he said during last week’s episode of the same podcast. 
&#8220;If you get a death threat from a middle school child who sends you an email, then it doesn&#8217;t make me feel bad for me. It makes me feel bad for them because they&#8217;re obviously going through something that&#8217;s leading them [to] act out this way,&#8221; he went on, per <a href="https://people.com/barney-voice-actor-recalls-getting-death-threats-for-show-8740141">People</a>.

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