Rick Ellis
@toomuchtv.substack.com
Lifelong journalist now at AllYourScreens.com and toomuchtv.substack.com. TCA Member. Appeared on "Dark Side Of Kids TV" doc, winner of the 2024 David Robb Award for Best Investigative Civil Justice Story and a Regional Murrow Award
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BRO, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!
February 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
BRO, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!
This is not great news for my wallet.
Bruce just can’t get enough of us…
First full band E Street show in Mpls proper since the reunion tour in 1999.
First full band E Street show in Mpls proper since the reunion tour in 1999.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is not great news for my wallet.
One thing I learned as a financial reporter is that leaks about corporate strategy are almost always more about changing the public narrative
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Too Much TV: Who Is Going To Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery? Don't Expect Journalists To Have The Answer
It's important to remember that leaks from Paramount Skydance and/or Netflix are more framing than reality.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
One thing I learned as a financial reporter is that leaks about corporate strategy are almost always more about changing the public narrative
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Dear Substack, it’s awesome that you added this note for when a newsletter writer imported someone’s email address from another platform. This is clear and transparent. I wish every newsletter platform did this.
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Dear Substack, it’s awesome that you added this note for when a newsletter writer imported someone’s email address from another platform. This is clear and transparent. I wish every newsletter platform did this.
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Cullens will read this and say hell yeah
February 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Cullens will read this and say hell yeah
I don't mean to brag. But my son and I are currently watching the World Roofball Championship on ESPN Ocho
February 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I don't mean to brag. But my son and I are currently watching the World Roofball Championship on ESPN Ocho
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Temperatures topped 50 in the Twin Cities. The children played outdoors and praised the sunshine. “Spring is here!,” they screeched. “The snow is melting!” I did not have the heart to tell their innocent freshly freckled faces about fool’s spring and second winter.
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Temperatures topped 50 in the Twin Cities. The children played outdoors and praised the sunshine. “Spring is here!,” they screeched. “The snow is melting!” I did not have the heart to tell their innocent freshly freckled faces about fool’s spring and second winter.
I wanted to pass along some of my stuff from this week in case you missed. I absolutely loved this interview with #StripLaw creator Cullen Crawford @hellocullen.bsky.social
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Q&A: Cullen Crawford Talks 'Strip Law'
The creator of "Strip Law" talks about the evolution of the show, what it's like to work with Netflix and the future of late night television.
www.allyourscreens.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I wanted to pass along some of my stuff from this week in case you missed. I absolutely loved this interview with #StripLaw creator Cullen Crawford @hellocullen.bsky.social
www.allyourscreens.com/latest-news/...
www.allyourscreens.com/latest-news/...
Sigh. I respect anyone's choice on this. But I have my reasons. And it's also frustrating to me that larger publications get a pass on this. For instance, I am pretty sure The Ankler isn't getting many of these complaints
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www.allyourscreens.com/latest-news/...
February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Sigh. I respect anyone's choice on this. But I have my reasons. And it's also frustrating to me that larger publications get a pass on this. For instance, I am pretty sure The Ankler isn't getting many of these complaints
www.allyourscreens.com/latest-news/...
www.allyourscreens.com/latest-news/...
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Me, looking at this touching photo: “Huh, they must have had a warm snap.”
Weather app: it is 39 degrees in Mpls.
Weather app: it is 39 degrees in Mpls.
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Me, looking at this touching photo: “Huh, they must have had a warm snap.”
Weather app: it is 39 degrees in Mpls.
Weather app: it is 39 degrees in Mpls.
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This is probably ok
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is probably ok
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I have mixed feelings about the Mills campaign but as a long-time Susan Collins hater this ad was made for me personally
February 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I have mixed feelings about the Mills campaign but as a long-time Susan Collins hater this ad was made for me personally
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A lot of so-called "adult animation" ends up being a reason to show nipples and have the characters suck "Fuck" a lot.
But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
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But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
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Too Much TV: Cullen Crawford Talks 'Strip Law'
"Strip Law" is a difficult show to explain. But all you need to know is that it is chaotically funny.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
A lot of so-called "adult animation" ends up being a reason to show nipples and have the characters suck "Fuck" a lot.
But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
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This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.
A lot of so-called "adult animation" ends up being a reason to show nipples and have the characters suck "Fuck" a lot.
But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
Too Much TV: Cullen Crawford Talks 'Strip Law'
"Strip Law" is a difficult show to explain. But all you need to know is that it is chaotically funny.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
A lot of so-called "adult animation" ends up being a reason to show nipples and have the characters suck "Fuck" a lot.
But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
But "Strip Law" is not one of those shows
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
I highly recommend his mid-70s album "Chameleon," which has great covers of "Living For The City. "Jet" and "The Way We Were"
On this day: February 13, 1980. Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson at Northrop Auditorium. From the Minnesota Daily.
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I highly recommend his mid-70s album "Chameleon," which has great covers of "Living For The City. "Jet" and "The Way We Were"
If you need an upbeat song to end your week with a positive feel., "Sweet Love" by Stephen Sanchez might just do the trick. It has a fun video as well #UpbeatFriday
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Stephen Sanchez - Sweet Love
YouTube video by StephenSanchezVEVO
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February 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
If you need an upbeat song to end your week with a positive feel., "Sweet Love" by Stephen Sanchez might just do the trick. It has a fun video as well #UpbeatFriday
youtu.be/B62HyHDheIE?...
youtu.be/B62HyHDheIE?...
One of the big issues this week in my suburb is that there are a lot of rumors that a recently sold plot of land that used to be owned by Travel Tags is slated to become a data center. It was recently purchased by a holding company from Dubai & the current zoning would allow a data center.
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
One of the big issues this week in my suburb is that there are a lot of rumors that a recently sold plot of land that used to be owned by Travel Tags is slated to become a data center. It was recently purchased by a holding company from Dubai & the current zoning would allow a data center.
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Still insane that Apple caved and won't release The Savant. Starting to feel like this will never come out.
February 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Still insane that Apple caved and won't release The Savant. Starting to feel like this will never come out.
If movie directors who crank out a couple of especially bad films get put into an unofficial movie jail for a few years as a learning lesson, why can't they do the same with showrunners? Ryan Murphy and Kurt Sutter might be tops on my list
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
If movie directors who crank out a couple of especially bad films get put into an unofficial movie jail for a few years as a learning lesson, why can't they do the same with showrunners? Ryan Murphy and Kurt Sutter might be tops on my list
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“You expect them to be arresting the murderers and the pedophiles, and it’s been the gardeners and the housekeepers and the roofers and the construction guys and the adopted kid from Guatemala who’s been here for 30 years and was pulled over in the Aldi parking lot,” he said."
Guardian reports from Fridley, Apple Valley, Shakopee, Burnsville... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘It’s happening here’: ICE turns quiet Minnesota suburbs into conflict zones
Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:11 AM
“You expect them to be arresting the murderers and the pedophiles, and it’s been the gardeners and the housekeepers and the roofers and the construction guys and the adopted kid from Guatemala who’s been here for 30 years and was pulled over in the Aldi parking lot,” he said."
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Apple dustbinned an already-produced TV series about efforts to fight mass casualty events, due to advance criticism from people who support mass casualty events.
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Apple dustbinned an already-produced TV series about efforts to fight mass casualty events, due to advance criticism from people who support mass casualty events.
I wonder how he feels about conservative media referring to Michelle Obama as "Michael," because they believe she is actually a man?
Fetterman: "I met with Secretary Noem. I've always treated her with respect. I refuse and never will engage in the kinds of sexist terms like 'ICE Barbie' that the left media will use."
February 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I wonder how he feels about conservative media referring to Michelle Obama as "Michael," because they believe she is actually a man?
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Seems very much like another case for the Free Speech Warriors of the last decade to ignore yet again.
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Seems very much like another case for the Free Speech Warriors of the last decade to ignore yet again.