The Wednesday Wine Down🍷 (10-6)

Headlines

• Debating The Title of Squid Game, Plus Will It Get Another Season? (TVLine)

• Tina Turner Sells Her Entire Catalog To BMG (Rolling Stone)

• Kristen Stewart Could Really Be The Queen of Awards Season? (EW)

• Daniel Craig Talks Saying Goodbye To Bond (EW)

• Jeremy O. Harris Pulls Slave Play From LA Over Theatre’s Lack of Women Playwrights (Variety)

• Silver Linings Playbook Getting Musical With Broadway Show (THR)

• Is Adele Setting Up Residence(y) In Vegas (Billboard)

• Will Packer To Produce 2022 Oscars (The Wrap)

• Just Sage Steele Being Sage Steele As ESPN & Rona Put Her In Timeout (Variety)

• ABC Getting Into The Law With L.A. Law Sequel With Blair Underwood (THR)

• Justin Bieber Getting Into The “Peach” Business (The Wrap)

• Get Your Official Squid Game Merch At Netflix’s Online Store (Variety)

• Obamas’ First Feature At Production Co.- Bayard Rustin Biopic (The Wrap)

• Double Vaxxed Emmy Winner Dies of Rona (USA TODAY)

What’s Really Going On

• Biden Accuses GOP of Playing “Russian Roulette” With Debt Ceiling (NBC News)

• FBI Raids NY Police Union Offices (NBC News)

• Pro-Life State Missouri Executes Mentally Disabled Man (The Independent)

• Pence Now Has Amnesia About “That One Day In January” (CNN)

• Rivals Gained Sign-Ups During Facebook Outage (The Independent)

• 2021 Deaths From Covid Surpass Those of 2020 (USA TODAY)

• Trans Teen Makes History As High School Homecoming Queen (CNN)

• Trump Falls Off of Forbes Richest People In America List (NPR)

• Zuckerburg Defends Facebook Defends Facebook Against “Deeply Illogical” Whistleblower Claims (Rolling Stone)

MUSIC NEWS & NOTES

• Best Moments In Latin Music This Week (10-2)

• Video Soul Making Comeback After 25 Years (VIBE)

• Urban Alternative Gaining Ground & Markets Thanks To Public Radio (rbr.com)

• Summer Is Coming (VIBE)

• What is Harry Styles’ Watermelon Sugar Really About? (Billboard)

• Teasing Adele’s Return (Pitchfork)

• Nirvana’s Nevermind Gets A Massive Re-release For 30th Anniversary (Billboard)

Sports Talk

• Red Sox Run Rival Yankees To Win Wild Card Game, Advance In MLB Playoffs (ESPN)

• Former NWSL Players Speak Out Against “Predator” Coach (CNN)

• The Inevitable Breakup Between Ben Simmons & Sixers Just Keeps Getting Worse (Sports Illustrated)

• All You Need To Know About Teams Battling For MLB Title (ESPN)

• Jags Owner: Meyer’s Actions “Inexcusable” (USA TODAY)

• Nets Not Sure What To Do If Kyrie Remains Unvaxxed (ESPN)

• Cowboys Shock The World By Releasing 2016 2nd Round Pick Jaylon Smith (USA TODAY)

• Why Phoenix Is Top Pick To Claim WNBA Title (ESPN)

• Meet Kim Davis The Agent of Change Leading The NHL’s Culture of Change (Sports Illustrated)

SPORTS

Scores & Schedules

• MLB Scoreboard 10-5 (Sports Illustrated)

• Week 4 NFL Scoreboard (Sports Illustrated)

• WNBA Playoff Scoreboard (ESPN)

• Week 5 College Football Scoreboard (USA TODAY)

• MLB Playoff Schedule (ESPN)

Rankings

• College Football USA TODAY  Coaches Poll [10-3]- (USA TODAY)

• College Football AP Poll [10-3]- (Sporting News)

• College Football Power Rankings Wk 5 [10-4]-(ESPN)

• MLB Power Rankings [10-3]-(Sports Illustrated)

• Week 4NFL Power Rankings [10-5]- (USA TODAY)

• Ranking the NBA’s Top 100 Players 21-22 Season (Sports Illustrated)

• NBA Top100: Snubs Edition (Sports Illustrated)

• The Best Players In WNBA History (ESPN)

MUSIC & BOOKS

What’s Charting & Playing

• New This Week On The Radio [10-3] - (Wine Down Radio)

• Who Had The Best Week In Music? [10-3] - (Billboard)

• EW’s Best New Songs of the Week [10-1]- (Billboard)

• Songs To Get You Through The Week [10-4] (Billboard)

• Week’s Freshest R&B/Hip Hop Joints [10-4]- (Billboard)

• Billboard Hot 100 [10-9] (Billboard)

• Billboard Hot 200 [10-9}-(Billboard)

• 2021 Album Release Calendar (Metacritic)

BookEnds

• The October Reading List (EW)

• NY TIMES Best Seller List [10-10]  (NY TIMES)

• Books By Latino Authors (EW)

• Read First Chapter of Legal Thriller All Her Little Secrets, Coming This Fall (EW)

• Read Excerpt FromThe Lost Dreamer, Coming Next Spring (EW)

• August’s Best Comics (EW)

• August’s Romances Heat It Up (EW)

• In Real Life: Fall’s Best Memoirs (EW)

• Best Books of the Year, So Far (Barnes & Noble)

THE WATCHOUT

Highlights

• Best Movies Streaming October (EW)

• What’s Leaving Netflix In October (THR)

• 2021 Movie Release Calendar (Cinemablend)

• Look At Fall’s New & Returning Shows (EW)

• Fall TV Schedule (TVLine)

• Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 (Variety)

• 2022 Awards Season Calendar (EW)

• Fall TV Premiere Dates (EW)

What’s Poppin’

• Top 10 Movies From Toronto International Film Festival (Rolling Stone)

• Meet The TIME 100 (Time Magazine)

• Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of all Time (Rolling Stone)

• 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of 21st Century (Thrillist)

• Esquire’s 40 Best Books Of The Year So Far (Esquire)

• 100 Best Sitcoms of All Time (Rolling Stone)

• 50 Best Teen Dramas of All Time (EW)

• Billboard Team Ranks The Top 50 Albums of The Year So Far (Billboard)

• 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time (Rolling Stone)

WINE DOWN TV

The Latest In Streaming

• 9 Must-Watch Shows This Fall (EW)

• This Week’s Comings & Goings (10-3) (TVLine)

• What’s Streaming In October (Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon, etc…) (TV Guide)

• 9 Best Movies On HBO Max In October (The Wrap)

TV Listings

• EW Wednesday Listings

• TVLine Wednesday Listings

• TV Guide Wednesday Listings

Tonight’s Focus

• Bad Sport (Netflix)

• Turner & Hooch- Season Finale (Disney+)

• What If…? - Season Finale (Disney+)

• MLB Wild Card Game (St. Louis Cardinals v. Los Angeles Dodgers) 8E/7C (TBS)

• CSI:Vegas 10E/9C (CBS)

🎬 Trailer Park- 🎬

Pretty Smart (Cinthya Carmona; Gregg Sulkin; Emily Osment) Netflix (Oct 8)

Escape The Undertaker (Mark Calaway; Ettore Ewen; Kofi Kingston) Netflix (Now Playing)