The Sesame Street streak of domination continues! Big Bird and Co. are in the coveted top slot of our TV roundup for the second week in a row this week, proving that even in their 45th season (!!!) they've still got the goods. We're hoping this emerging trend continues and that our beloved Streeters can establish viral relevancy on par with their Best TV comrade, John Oliver, and get their adorable hopefulness and can-do messages to spread far and wide. Call us dreamers, but a world filled with both the current events realness of Oliver and the irrepressible optimism of Elmo sounds like a place we want to live. On the way to utopia, though, check out some mad crazy adult contemporary lip sync battling on The Tonight Show, the return of Babs to late night, and a much needed re-up from our favorite broads, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer. You are now hacking into WIRED's favorite TV from the last seven days.
Let's promise to make the world more like this clip. Starting now. Well, starting after you're done crying. We're not quite finished yet over here.
Is there anyone better at improv-ing than Kristen Wiig? Maybe so, but since we've got the proverbial mic we're going to go ahead and just say "Nope!" Watching these two play off each other while trying to get through *Frozen'*s "Let It Go" is giving us happy flashbacks to Wiig and Will Ferrell at last year's Golden Globes, when "You get outta heeerrree" became the anthem of this generation—or at least an anthem of a generation.
Timothy Olyphant should legally change his name to "Casual Heat." George Takei knows what we’re saying.
Babs, still flawless after all these years. As far as duet partners go, Jimmy Fallon is no Judy Garland, that's for sure, but Streisand looks like she's having fun—in addition to sounding like a freaking angel—during her first appearance on late night TV in more than 50 years. Fifty! Hello, gorgeous!
Anyone else out there got a better primer on the referendum for Scottish independence? Anyone? We thought not. Now, everyone sit crisscross applesauce while John Oliver walks us through the abridged version of Scotland/England relations. And don't push. There's enough haggis for everyone.
Watch two major dads and an ageless ska pop star attempt to crawl from the Lip Sync Battle shadow of Emma Stone. Possibly drunk Blake Shelton has our vote because of the exceedingly crisp quality of his syncing, but Gwen Stefani has the edge with stage presence. Once you're done watching consider the question: Is The Voice the best thing that's ever happened to Top 40 singers entering their second or third career acts? Discuss.
Oh, man. It's been too long since we had some new Abbi and Ilana in our lives. Here's the latest addition to their web series "Hack Into Broad City."
