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Traitors

‘Traitors’ in Our Midst

January 26, 2023 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alan Cumming, The Traitors

On Peacock, Alan Cumming hosts a delightful-cheesy social-deduction game show in his ‘Scottish castle’

Velma

The Living Hell of ‘Velma’

January 17, 2023January 20, 2023 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Charlie Grandy, Constance Wu, Glenn Howerton, Mindy Kaling, Sam Richardson, Velma

Zoinks! Mindy Kaling’s dark Scooby-Doo universe take is a joyless dog

The Best And Worst TV of 2022–Part One

December 12, 2022December 23, 2022 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Adam Scott, Bachelor in Paradise, High School, Nathan Fielder, Rose Leslie, Severance, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Tegan and Sara, The Book of Boba Fett, The Rehearsal, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Winchesters, Theo James, Upload, What We Do In The Shadows

From ‘The Rehearsal’ to ‘Severance’, one critic’s TV favorites and less-favorites, with more to come!

Wednesday

Full of Woe

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jenna Ortega, Luis Guzman, Tim Burton, Wednesday

‘Wednesday,’ a not-wacky enough visit to the ‘Addams Family Universe’

Sex Lives of College Girls

College Girls Have All The Fun

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alyah Chanelle Scott, Amrit Kaur, Mindy Kaling, Pauline Chalet, Renée App, The Sex Lives of College Girls

The breezy co-ed comedy from Mindy Kaling returns for more escapades

Blockbuster

‘Blockbuster’ Fails to Grasp the Irony of its Own Existence

November 15, 2022November 28, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Blockbuster, J.B. Smoove, Melissa Fumero, Randall Park

A clueless, clumsy sitcom that can’t even muster nostalgia for itself, much less the golden age of video rental stores

God Forbid

What About Becki?

November 9, 2022November 14, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Becki Falwell, Donald Trump, Giancarlo Granda, God Forbid, Jerry Falwell Jr.

More concerned about Donald Trump than the actual story at hand, documentary about the Falwell sex scandal is missing some key points of view

Chibnall

The Terrible Reign of Chris Chibnall Finally Ends

November 3, 2022November 8, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Abba, Chris Chibnall, Chris Noth, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Russell T Davies

The showrunner who wrecked modern ‘Doctor Who’ steps aside

The Mole

Revenge of ‘The Mole’

October 20, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alex Wagner, Netflix, The Mole

Netflix reality-show revival is fun, exciting, and satisfying

Reboot

‘Reboot’ is Feeling Like a Retread

October 11, 2022October 13, 2022 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Calum Worthy, Johnny Knoxville, Judy Greer, Keegan Michael Key, Paul Reiser, Rachel Bloom, Reboot, Steven Levitan

It’s hard to brutally satirize sitcom culture when your showrunner created ‘Modern Family’

Colleen Hoover

Do the Hoovering

September 19, 2022September 26, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Colleen Hoover

What’s behind the mega-popularity of author Colleen Hoover?

Boy Oh FBoy

July 22, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Fboy Island, HBO Max, Nikki Glaser

HBO Max’s ‘FBoy Island’ is a golden ticket to guilty pleasures

Networks

Broadcast Networks Flail For Relevance

May 19, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Dan Harmon, David E. Kelley, Gordon Ramsay, Gotham Knights, Grimsburg, Hilary Swank, Jeopardy!, Jon Hamm, Krapopolis, Magnum P.I., Mr. Mayor, Quantum Leap, Susan Sarandon, The Rookie

Fall slates of shows (and 17 cancellations) drop further and further behind the zeitgeist

Abortion

American TV’s Uneasy History of Dealing With Abortion Rights

May 10, 2022 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, HBO, Jane the Virgin, Maude, Shonda Rimes, Six Feet Under

Often (but not always) shying away from the USA’s most emotional topic

The Courtship

Courting Disaster

March 29, 2022April 4, 2022 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Bridgerton, Jane Austen, The Bachelor, The Courtship

How ‘The Courtship’ got ‘Bridgerton,’ Jane Austen, and dating shows completely wrong

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