TV Tattle

TV Tattle

Smiling Friends ended just as it was becoming a phenomenon / CBS expects to lose its total viewership crown to NBC / The Pitt’s pet photos have to be “legally cleared”

PLUS: Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a story firmly grounded in the real world, and all the more interesting for it.

Norman Weiss
Apr 16, 2026
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Smiling Friends ended just as it was becoming a phenomenon
“Last year, Smiling Friends felt like Adult Swim‘s new flagship hit,” says IndieWire’s Wilson Chapman of the Adult Swim series that abruptly …

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