HERE'S TO THE LADIES WHO LUNCH:  Elaine Stritch, best known for originating the role of Joanne in Company and, in more recent years, for playing Colleen Donaghy on 30 Rock, has died at 89.

UNIVERSALVERSE:  Universal Studios is going to try to reboot all the movie monster franchises it owns -- potentially including Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, Creature Of The Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, Bride Of Frankenstein, and The Mummy -- into a single film narrative universe, like what Marvel did with all the ones for which it still had film rights.

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, AND WHO THE NEXT JERRY MINOR?  SNL will not be renewing the contracts of 2013-14 rookies Noël Wells, John Milhiser, or Brooks Wheelan. [Nasim Pedrad already announced she was leaving to work on Mulaney.]

MAYBE SOMETHING WITHOUT DRUG DEALERS, THIS TIME?  We've done our year of The Wire, and caught up on Breaking Bad before its final season began. [And while not discussing it here, I did race through Band of Brothers during June, and my goodness is that portrayal of true heroism a worthy antidote to all the darkness.]

Well, summer's here, and there's nothing that great on tv, is there?  So tell me what's on Netflix or HBO Go that I should start marathoning next.

BUT WHAT DOES DR. X THINK?  You may still be angry about the ending of HIMYM, but you'll want to see Ted Mosby responding to LeBron's return to Cleveland.  

AND MAYBE A CROQUE MONSIEUR: It's Bastille Day!  Celebrate with your choice of music, either Broadway or pop/EDM.

ALL'S FARE:  A day in the life of a random NYC taxi, visualized.