In today's edition of The Update Journal, we ask the question nobody saw coming in 2026: do we… gotta go back to Mo’s? Modell’s is reportedly plotting a comeback, but online first — because apparently even nostalgia has to clear the digital checkout line before it can reopen a storefront. Still, if this is the first step toward hearing “Gotta Go to Mo’s” again in public, then yes, I am emotionally prepared to pretend I didn’t miss a sporting goods store this much.

Then, Boar’s Head has entered the Thanksgiving group chat with a deep fried turkey breast, which sounds delicious, dangerous, and like something that would get the fire department called if we tried making it ourselves. It’s Thanksgiving energy with deli counter access — the kind of thing that makes you wonder if someone at Boar’s Head looked at a holiday dinner and said, “What if this came sliced, seasoned, and with fewer relatives asking about your life choices?”

And in today’s honorable mention, California cities are dominating the national catfish rankings, proving once again that the West Coast can’t just have sunshine, beaches, and traffic — it also needs emotional fraud with a profile picture from 2017. Apparently, some people are out here getting lured in by fake profiles, fake promises, and dating bios that have more fiction than a CW reboot.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, A former chief of staff to ex Mayor Adams was arrested in a federal bribery case about a lucrative migrant shelter contract, the latest sign that prosecutors continue to scrutinize Adams’ inner circle months after the scandal-bruised Democrat left office.

Mayor Mamdani’s slate of fiery progressives swept establishment-backed Democrats in the state’s congressional primaries, ousting two sitting congressmen in a resounding show of force for the democratic socialist leader of America’s largest city, who is fighting to reshape the Democratic Party in New York and beyond.

And in Texas, Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors at the Christian camp for girls along the Guadalupe River.

In today's edition of The Update Journal, we ask the question nobody expected to take seriously: why does the Cheaters theme song go so hard? A show built entirely around emotional betrayal somehow came with a theme that sounds like heartbreak put on a leather jacket, walked into a recording studio, and said, “Give me something with pain, drama, and a bassline.”

Then, our Interview With the Vampire summer watchlist continues with Episode 3, “Is My Very Nature That of the Devil,” where Louis is spiraling, Lestat is being Lestat, and the emotional foundation of this show starts cracking like a sidewalk in August heat. And with Claudia getting dangerously close to entering the chat, my blood pressure, emotional stability, and ability to watch this show like a normal person are all officially on notice.

And in Brandon’s Take, summer mode is loading… please wait. Because summer may be here on the calendar, but mentally, physically, and spiritually, some of us are still buffering at 37% while trying to survive heat, work, schedules, and whatever chaos New York decides to throw at us next. The season says “relax,” but the city says, “Here’s humidity, subway delays, random thunderstorms, and one more reason to question your life choices before lunch.”

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, a city-hired veterinarian uncovered concerning conditions inside Central Park’s stables, including cramped quarters, skin lesions and swollen limbs, a report revealed— as the fleet of carriage horses returned to work.

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers to come forward with any information about her missing mother, a day after news organizations said a ransom note received months ago had indicated that she was dead.

And out in the American west, the 18-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Northern California library did a walkthrough of the building, then went to his vehicle, got a shotgun and fatally shot a man at the main door and another inside, law enforcement said.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse to name just a few. In Year 5, it was more of the same. There was the Russian war in Ukraine, more mass shootings in America, and the overturning of Roe V. Wade to name just a few that we'll mention. But also, after more than two years out on the road, we made our way to a new studio at UD Team in the summer of 2022. Oh, and one last thing- be on the lookout for some WKRB highlights as we looked back on five years of memories.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse to name just a few. In Year 5, it was more of the same. There was the Russian war in Ukraine, more mass shootings in America, and the overturning of Roe V. Wade to name just a few that we'll mention. But also, after more than two years out on the road, we made our way to a new studio at UD Team in the summer of 2022. Oh, and one last thing- be on the lookout for some WKRB highlights as we looked back on five years of memories.

This edition of The Update Journal takes a hard left turn into nostalgia, broadcast law, and whatever Gen Z found in the back of the fashion closet with a “DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2006” sticker on it.

First, Code Lyoko might be coming back, which means my childhood just sat up in bed like, “Wait… are we doing this again?” A potential Season 5 sounds exciting, terrifying, and emotionally classified as a gray area, because yes, I loved the show — but some memories are delicate museum artifacts. You don’t just reboot them without asking the people who were emotionally raised by cartoon kids fighting evil inside a supercomputer.

Then, in A Closer Look, we get into The FCC vs. WABC, where The View, equal time rules, and license renewal anxiety all walk into the same room and immediately ask for legal counsel. This is the kind of media story where one bad segment can turn into a paperwork tornado, and suddenly everybody is reading FCC guidelines like they’re trying to defuse a bomb with a commercial break coming up.

And today’s honorable mention: Gen Z has revived a sexy fashion trend that was previously declared extinct, because apparently no trend ever truly dies. It just waits in a drawer, gains confidence, and comes back when someone under 25 says, “Actually, this is a vibe.” Somewhere, a millennial is staring at their old photos in horror, whispering, “We buried this for a reason.”

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys, has died, his family confirmed. He was 94.

The Supreme Court reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.

And in Minnesota, a federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, accusing the Justice Department of using its investigatory powers to retaliate against state officials for not cooperating with federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.

On this edition of The Update Journal, we begin by honoring the true soldiers of the school year — the ones who never get a prep period, never get a lunch break, and somehow are always expected to perform miracles five minutes before dismissal. Today, we salute the main office printer, a machine that has survived permission slips, attendance sheets, event flyers, missing homework packets, last-minute schedules, and at least twelve people saying, “Can you print this real quick?” like that phrase has ever meant anything quick in the history of education.

Then, our summertime watchlist continues with Interview With the Vampire, Episode 2: “He Had a Way About Him… And Apparently a Casino Budget.” Louis continues getting pulled deeper into Lestat’s spell because, as he puts it, Lestat “had a way about him.” And apparently that “way” includes emotional manipulation, vampire mess, and the kind of financial flexibility where buying someone a casino is treated like picking up a birthday card from CVS. Louis is trying to understand his new life, his new urges, and the growing distance from his family, while Lestat is out here handling conflict like, “Have you considered real estate?”

And finally, we talk about the last week of school — also known as organized chaos with bulletin boards. The kids can smell summer vacation. The adults can smell burnout. The building is running on half-empty coffee cups, lost permission slips, hallway announcements, and the collective prayer that nobody does anything wild before the final bell. It is the one week where everyone is physically present, mentally on a beach, and emotionally one printer jam away from a full collapse.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, A 51-year-old Connecticut man fell to his death from an upper deck of Madison Square Garden during a concert on Saturday night, police said.

Four people — including two teens — were shot and wounded in a wild shootout that erupted at a Big Apple park Saturday night, cops said.

And in Chicago, a spate of shootings in Chicago has led to at least seven deaths and 38 injuries since Friday evening, police say, prompting President Trump to renew his call for a military intervention in the nation’s third-largest city.

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we investigate whether the Knicks won a championship through defense, chemistry, clutch shot-making… or by accidentally turning the playoffs into a monastery with sneakers. If the rumors are true, New York may have borrowed from the Dodgers’ apparent “no distractions, no problems” championship blueprint — which raises the terrifying possibility that abstinence has better postseason analytics than half the league’s coaching staffs.

Then, the vampire schedule starts biting back. Watching Interview With the Vampire one episode a week sounded responsible, mature, and emotionally safe — until The Vampire Lestat entries started piling up like unpaid bills with fangs. Now there’s a sleepaway camp deadline, limited free time, questionable Wi-Fi, and the deeply unwise possibility of watching Claudia-related vampire trauma in the middle of the woods at night. Nothing says “summer programming strategy” like risking nightmares between bug spray and bunk inspections.

And in The Last Word, we close with a reminder that being yourself matters — even when it’s uncomfortable, even when people don’t get it, and even when the world would rather you shrink, hide, or explain yourself in MLA format. Be yourself anyway. Loudly, honestly, and with just enough attitude to make the room adjust.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a teenage tourist was killed when a carriage horse he was riding in got startled and bolted in Central Park after the operator got out to take a photo of the passengers, cops and sources said. The tragedy is sure to reignite the long-standing push by activists and some lawmakers to ban horse carriages in the Big Apple.

After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: “I am responsible” for the crimes.

And Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the Texas coast as the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic basin, threatening a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with potentially dangerous flooding even as it was expected to quickly weaken.

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we look back at the 2025–26 NBA season and ask the important question: what did we actually learn? And the answer is… several things, most of which I had to confirm with the internet because I do not watch basketball with enough authority to lie confidently on air. Still, between chaos, comebacks, questionable shot selection, and New York somehow ending up on top, the season gave us plenty to unpack.

Then, Disney’s recommendation algorithm apparently looked at people who liked American Dragon: Jake Long, Amphibia, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Big Hero 6: The Series, and The Mighty Ducks and said, “Congratulations, you’ll love Dragon Striker.” And I just want to know who approved that math. Because that is not a recommendation — that is a hostage note assembled from my childhood favorites.

And finally, Brandon’s Take gets serious for a second — but only after the jokes — as we talk about why New York does Pride differently, why that matters, and why supporting the people you love should not be treated like extra credit. In this city, Pride is not just a parade. It is loud, crowded, emotional, slightly delayed by train traffic, and absolutely necessary.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Five women suffered burns after two goons on a moped allegedly hurled sulfuric acid at them in a sickening drive-by attack in Jersey City, officials said.

Police are searching for a sicko who allegedly raped a young woman in a Harlem subway station while they were out on a date Sunday evening, authorities and sources said.

And in Washington, law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend, according to court papers unsealed that say plotters who harbored fringe conspiracy theories spoke of flying explosives-laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled.