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Swap Swagger As things stand right now, only two of the seven Canadian NHL teams – the Montreal Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers – are in playoff positions, with less than six weeks to go in the regular season. It puts an intriguing spin on who will be buyers and who will be sellers as the annual NHL Trade Deadline approaches in mere hours. TSN has every angle covered with its annual special, TRADECENTRE, airing today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, live on TSN, TSN.ca, and the TSN app. Led by host James Duthie, the special features comprehensive breaking news, interviews, guests, and the fun moments fans have come to expect from the TSN Hockey crew. It’s also a big weekend on TSN as the 2026 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ season begins.

Rule the ROOSTER Fans of Steve Carell are crowing about ROOSTER, the new HBO comedy from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses that premieres Sunday on Crave. Carell plays Greg Russo, a best-selling writer of popular – if not necessarily critically acclaimed – novels who is brought in to speak at a liberal arts college where his professor daughter Katie works. Played by Charly Clive, Katie is in the midst of a romantic crisis that should be very personal, but practically everyone on campus knows about it. Greg doesn’t want Katie to make the same mistakes he did, so he gets a little too involved in Katie’s life, much to Katie’s chagrin, while also unexpectedly becoming a bit of an awkward campus fixture. Phil Dunster, Danielle Deadwyler, John C. McGinley, and Lauren Tsai also star.

Nice to Have Options In Christina Applegate’s brand new memoir You with the Sad Eyes, she recalls the time that she actually dumped Brad Pitt at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards for Skid Row rocker Sebastian Bach! As Applegate explains, she was 17 and had a hit TV show – MARRIED … WITH CHILDREN – when she asked Pitt, who was still two years away from his breakout role in Thelma & Louise, to accompany her to the awards ceremony. But not only did Applegate become infatuated with Bach that night, she also left a “sullen” Pitt to drive her mom home! Pitt wouldn’t talk to Applegate for a long time afterward, but they eventually made up. To remember Applegate and Pitt in that bygone era, both MARRIED … WITH CHILDREN and Thelma & Louise are on Crave.

Swan Song Season 4 of THE TRAITORS US has now reached its conclusion, including the explosive reunion special (all episodes are available on Crave). Without giving anything specific away for those who may not be completely up to date, singer-songwriter and Season 4 player Eric Nam has released a video for his new song “How the Fire Started,” in which he leans heavily into what happened during his experience on the show. The video features several other Season 4 players, including Rob Rausch, Maura Higgins, Ron Funches, Natalie Anderson, and Yam Yam Arocho. “It was good to see everybody in a different element, just chilling,” Nam told People. The song signifies Nam’s return to music, as he prepares for a full album release later this year.

Umbrella Parenting The cast for HBO’s HOW TO SURVIVE WITHOUT ME is growing deeper and deeper, with the news that Kaley Cuoco is now on board, joining Ray Romano and Joshua Jackson. From Greg Berlanti, Bash Doran, and Robbie Rogers, HOW TO SURVIVE WITHOUT ME tells the story of a family that is dealing with the death of its matriarch, who has still has found a way to control their lives from the great beyond. Cuoco will play eldest daughter Kate, an interior designer who presents an immaculate image to the world, but has deeper wounds that aren’t fully addressed. The role marks the second collaboration between Cuoco and Berlanti, as Cuoco previously starred in THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT – available on Crave – which Berlanti executive produced.

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