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  • If you wanted to escape reality and move to a fictional TV world, where would you live? Many are dystopian hellscapes and stressful workplaces. But other TV shows are a fun hang. Today, we're talking about TV shows where we'd like to live — including Game of Thrones, Derry Girls, Parks and Recreation, and Gilligan's Island.
  • A controversial proposal to standardize driver's licenses -- known as the Real ID Act -- passed the House Thursday as part of a large spending bill. For supporters, requiring applicants to prove residency is an important step in the war on terrorism. For critics, it's an invasion of privacy. Peter Swire, a law professor at Ohio State University and former privacy advisor to President Clinton, discusses the changes.
  • Judges in these cases have declined to rule on the constitutionality of the laws. Instead, they have signaled the laws would withstand scrutiny if states can ensure that the vast majority of voters have easier access to free IDs. Legal scholars agree that many of these measures could be enacted after Election Day.
  • Series: World’s Greatest Novels “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” Part 3 of 3 6/18/48 NBC, Adventures By Morse “A Coffin For the Lady” Part 3 of 3 4/1/44 Syndicated.
  • True History: Cavalcade of America “Juliet in Pigtails” 10/24/50 NBC, Hallmark Hall of Fame “George Gershwin” 9/20/53 CBS.
  • Comedy: Charlie McCarthy Show 10/19/47 NBC, Burns and Allen “Guest: Fred Astaire” 2/15/44 CBS / AFRS.
  • Comedy: Milton Berle Show 11/4/47 NBC, Fibber McGee and Molly 1/15/52 NBC.
  • Google reported better than expected third-quarter sales and profits, reporting a profit of nearly $3 billion during the third quarter, up nearly 40 percent from a year earlier.
  • Science Fiction: Two Thousand Plus “When the Worlds Met” 5/3/50 MBS, Exploring Tomorrow “The Martian Queen” 4/2/58 MBS, Biography in Sound (Excerpt of “Ticket to the Moon” episode) 12/4/56.
  • The emojis now have different skin tones and the family icons now come in configurations that include two moms and two dads.
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