Richard Speight Jr. — A.K.A. the archangel Gabriel — is the frontman of Dick Jr. & The Volunteers
Richard Speight Jr. is a man of many hats. The actor and director played the archangel Gabriel on The CW’s beloved monster-hunting series “Supernatural” and directed no less than four episodes of its 15th and final season this year. But while most people were hunkering down in quarantine, he was making a music video with his band, Dick Jr. & The Volunteers.
The song, called “Goin’ Straight” (“to the bottom of the bottle,” that is) is off of the band’s debut 2019 album “The Dance and How to Do It.” You can watch the music video, premiered exclusively by TheWrap, above.
A cheeky ode to drinking, the song was co-written by Speight and his bandmates Emma Fitzpatrick and Zachary Ross. The idea came about when Fitzpatrick pulled Speight aside at a show and sang the line from the second verse: “A little whiskey gonna pick me right up/ I’m tired of singing the blues.”
From there, a Johnny Cash and June Carter-style duet was born. Speight’s opening verse, “I got a pal named Mezcal/ we gonna tie one on,” followed, and before they knew it, “We had ourselves basically a toe-tappin’, bar shufflin’ drinking song,” Speight told TheWrap.
Though Fitzpatrick takes a flame to a photo of Speight in the video, he says the fun little number is meant to be a joking love song.
“Oh, they’re in a scrap now, but they’re going to make up when the song is over,” he assured us.
To make the video, each band member filmed themselves remotely using iPhones at their respective homes, including vocalist Fitzgerald; guitarist Ross; guitarist Billy Moran, who also plays in Louden Swain, a band lead by “Supernatural” actor Rob Benedict, who plays God A.K.A. Chuck Shurley on the show; percussionist Rob Humphreys; bassist Cooper Appelt, and Jason Manns, who does backing vocals and also plays the occasional beer bottle.
Speight directed the video and cut the whole thing together himself.
“It was as DIY as you can possibly D and IY,” he said.
He means that, too. The scenes where Ross plays electric guitar in the street were filmed by his girlfriend, Mary, who duct-taped an iPhone to the front of their Prius and drove forward and backward to get the shots.
Some of the band members’ children also helped out. Those are Moran’s daughters you see dressed up as a barmaid and a sheriff in the video — plus, Speight’s three sons, Steve, Fletcher and Frank, also helped him shoot those tricky underwater parts. The scene at the end shot in reverse where Speight jumps out of the water and catches a drink in his hand? That took multiple days of repeatedly falling into a pool while his youngest son manned the camera.
“I thought, well, I gotta do something to keep myself from going nuts, and this could be fun with the kids,” Speight said. “We’re all in lockdown. Let’s make lemonade out of lemons here.”
From Caroline County Record Company, Dick Jr. & the Volunteers’ album “The Dance and How to Do It” is currently available on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, and everywhere music is streamed.
Fall TV 2020: All the Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows – So Far (Photos)
Fall will be here before we know it and it’s safe to say that when it arrives, everyone will still be staying at home as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Luckily, dozens of new and returning shows are premiering this autumn to keep you company. TheWrap has rounded up all the dates we know — so far — for Fall TV shows’ debuts. We will continue to update the list as more become available.
For the purposes of this gallery, we’ve designated Sept. 1 as the beginning of fall rather than the official Sept. 22 start, since “Fall TV” is sure to be more loosely defined this year.
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Series: “Teen Mom 2” Net: MTV Premiere Date: Tuesday, Sept. 1 Time: 8 p.m.
MTV
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Series: “16 and Recovering” Net: MTV Premiere Date: Tuesday, Sept. 1 Time: 9 p.m.
MTV
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Series: “Transplant” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Tuesday, Sept. 1 Time: 10 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “A.P. Bio” Net: Peacock Premiere Date: Thursday, Sept. 3 Time: N/A
Peacock
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Series: “Raised by Wolves” Net: HBO Max Premiere Date: Thursday, Sept. 3 Time: N/A
HBO Max
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Series: “Away” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 4 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “Noughts + Crosses” Net: Peacock Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 4 Time: N/A
Peacock
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Series: “The Boys” Net: Amazon Prime Video Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 5 Time: N/A
Amazon Prime Video
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Series: “Power Book II: Ghost” Net: Starz Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 6 Time: 9 p.m.
Starz
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Series: “American Ninja Warrior” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 7 Time: 8 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “L.A’s Finest” Net: Spectrum Originals Premiere Date: Wednesday, Sept. 9 Time: N/A
Spectrum Originals
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Series: “Woke” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Wednesday, Sept. 9 Time: N/A
Hulu
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Series: “Julie and the Phantoms” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Thursday, Sept. 10 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “The Duchess” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 11 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “Dancing With the Stars” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 14 Time: 8 p.m.
ABC
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Series: “The Third Day” Net: HBO Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 14 Time: 9 p.m.
HBO
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Series: “We Are Who We Are” Net: HBO Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 14 Time: 10 p.m.
HBO
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Series: “Enslaved” Net: Epix Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 14 Time: 10 p.m.
Epix
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Series: “Tosh.0” Net: Comedy Central Premiere Date: Tuesday, Sept. 15 Time: 10 p.m.
Comedy Central
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Series: “Archer” Net: FXX Premiere Date: Wednesday, Sept. 16 Time: 10 p.m.
FXX
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Series: “Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 18 Time: N/A
Hulu
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Series: “Pen15” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 18 Time: N/A
Hulu
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Series: “Ratched” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 18 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “World’s Funniest Animals” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 18 Time: 9 p.m.
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Series: “L.A.’s Finest”* Net: Fox Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 21 Time: 8 p.m. *Broadcast debut of Spectrum Originals series’ first season
Fox
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Series: “Filthy Rich” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 21 Time: 9 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “The Masked Singer” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Wednesday, Sept. 23 Time: 8 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “I Can See Your Voice” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Wednesday, Sept. 23 Time: 9 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “Utopia” Net: Amazon Prime Video Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 25 Time: N/A
Amazon
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Series: “A Wilderness of Error” Net: FX Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 25 Time: 8 p.m.
FX
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Series: “The Simpsons” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 27 Time: 8 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “Bless the Harts” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 27 Time: 8:30 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “Bob’s Burgers” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 27 Time: 9 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “The Comey Rule” Net: Showtime Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 27 Time: 9 p.m.
Showtime
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Series: “Family Guy” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 27 Time: 9:30 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “Weakest Link” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Monday, Sept. 28 Time: 10 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “Fargo” Net: FX Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 27 Time: 10 p.m.
FX
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Series: “Gangs of London” Net: AMC+ Premiere Date: Thursday, Oct. 1 Time: N/A
AMC
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Series: “The Salisbury Poisonings” Net: AMC+ Premiere Date: Thursday, Oct. 1 Time: N/A
AMC
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Series: “Connecting…” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Thursday, Oct. 1 Time: 8:30 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “Monsterland” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 2 Time: N/A
Getty
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Series: “Emily in Paris” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 2 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “Undercover Boss” Net: CBS Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 2 Time: 9 p.m.
CBS
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Series: “Pandora” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 4 Time: 8 p.m.
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Series: “The Good Lord Bird” Net: Showtime Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 4 Time: 9 p.m.
Showtime
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Series: “Britannia” Net: Epix Premiere Date: Sunday Oct. 4 Time: 9 p.m.
Epix
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Series: “The Walking Dead: World Beyond” Net: AMC Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 4 Time: 10 p.m.
AMC
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Series: “Soulmates” Net: AMC Premiere Date: Monday, Oct. 5 Time: 10 p.m.
AMC
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Series: “Swamp Thing”* Net: The CW Premiere Date: Tuesday, Oct. 6 Time: 8 p.m.
*Broadcast debut of DC Universe series’ first season
DC Universe
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Series: “Next” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Tuesday, Oct. 6 Time: 9 p.m.
Fox
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Series: “Devils” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Wednesday, Oct. 7 Time: 8 p.m.
The CW
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Series: “Coroner” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Wednesday, Oct. 7 Time: 9 p.m.
The CW
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Series: “Supernatural” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Thursday, Oct. 8 Time: 8 p.m.
The CW
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Series: “The Outpost” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Thursday, Oct. 8 Time: 9 p.m.
The CW
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Series: “The Right Stuff” Net: Disney+ Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 9 Time: N/A
Disney+
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Series: “The Haunting of Bly Manor” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 9 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “Fear the Walking Dead” Net: AMC Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 11 Time: 9 p.m.
AMC
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Series: “The Bachelorette” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Tuesday, Oct. 13 Time: 8 p.m.
ABC
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Series: “Tell Me a Story”* Net: The CW Premiere Date: Tuesday, Oct. 13 Time: 9 p.m.
*Broadcast debut of CBS All Access series’ first season
The CW
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Series: “The Amazing Race” Net: CBS Premiere Date: Wednesday, Oct. 14 Time: 9 p.m.
CBS
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Series: “Star Trek: Discovery” Net: CBS All Access Premiere Date: Thursday, Oct. 15 Time: N/A
CBS All Access
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Series: “Helstrom” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 16 Time: N/A
Hulu
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Series: “Shark Tank” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 16 Time: 9 p.m.
ABC
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Series: “America’s Funniest Home Videos” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 18 Time: 7 p.m.
ABC
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Series: “Unsolved Mysteries” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Monday, Oct. 19 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “Supermarket Sweep” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 18 Time: 8 p.m.
Getty
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Series: “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 18 Time: 9 p.m.
ABC
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Series: “Card Sharks” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 18 Time: 10 p.m.
ABC
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Series: “The Voice” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Monday, Oct. 19 Time: 8 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “Superstore” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Thursday, Oct. 22 Time: 8 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “The Queen’s Gambit” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 23 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “The Undoing” Net: HBO Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 25 Time: 9 p.m.
HBO
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Series: “This Is Us” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Tuesday, Nov. 10 Time: 9 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “Chicago Med” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Wednesday, Nov. 11 Time: 8 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “Chicago Fire” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Wednesday, Nov. 11 Time: 9 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “Chicago PD” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Wednesday, Nov. 11 Time: 10 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Thursday, Nov. 12 Time: 9 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “The Blacklist” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 13 Time: 8 p.m.
NBC
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Series: “The Crown” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 15 Time: N/A
Netflix
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Series: “Animaniacs” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 20 Time: N/A
Hulu
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Series: “The Stand” Net: CBS All Access Premiere Date: Thursday, Dec. 17 Time: N/A
CBS All Access
Here’s when 81 broadcast, cable and streaming series debut and come back
Fall will be here before we know it and it’s safe to say that when it arrives, everyone will still be staying at home as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Luckily, dozens of new and returning shows are premiering this autumn to keep you company. TheWrap has rounded up all the dates we know — so far — for Fall TV shows’ debuts. We will continue to update the list as more become available.
For the purposes of this gallery, we’ve designated Sept. 1 as the beginning of fall rather than the official Sept. 22 start, since “Fall TV” is sure to be more loosely defined this year.
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