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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Jeopardy!

Gaming TELEVISION

Who Will Be the Permanent Host of ‘Jeopardy!’? We Lay the Odds.

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments A Coney Island of the Mind, Aaron Rodgers, Alexander Nanau, Bill Whitaker, Brockmire, Dr. Oz, Hank Azaria, Jeopardy!, Katie Couric, Ken Jennings, LeVar Burton, Mayim Bialik, Sanjay Gupta, Savannah Guthrie, Tom Brady

Hint: Dr. Oz is a big longshot

Irregulars

Netflix TELEVISION

‘The Irregulars’: Sherlock Holmes’ Multicultural Street Helpers

April 5, 2021April 9, 2021 Frank Wu 0 Comments A Study In Scarlet, Be Water, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Wick, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Scooby Doo, Sherlock Holmes, The Irregulars

Netflix’s dark adult-themed paranormal mystery series expands the Holmesverse again

The Terrible Reign of Dr. Oz

April 1, 2021April 8, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Aaron Rodgers, Alex Trebek, Dr. Oz, Jeopardy!, Katie Couric, Ken Jennings, Mike Richards, Sanjay Gupta

Jeopardy! contestants go to war with a guest host

Looney Tunes

FILM Politics TELEVISION

Looney Tunes Escapes the Censor’s Axe…So Far

March 30, 2021April 1, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Charles Blow, Dr. Seuss, Gabriel Iglesias, Looney Tunes, Pepe LePew, Speedy Gonzales, Tim Soret, Wile E. Coyote

Well, except for Pepe LePew

Three Days of the Condo

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Anthony Mackie, Bucky Barnes, Don Cheadle, Sam Wilson, Sebastian Stan, The Falcon, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Winter Soldier

‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,’ Marvel’s latest not-very-thrilling political thriller

Ginny & Georgia

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Ginny & Georgia’: It’s No ‘Gilmore Girls’

March 18, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Gilmore Girls, Ginny & Georgia

Every episode runs just under an hour, but each manages to feel like a day

Last Chance U

DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION

‘Last Chance U’ Season 6 is a Slam Dunk

March 18, 2021March 31, 2021 Jon Hart 0 Comments East Los Angeles College, John Mosley, Last Chance U, Netflix

The focus switches to college basketball in time for March Madness

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Takes a Pandemic Vacation

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021 Neal Pollack 6 Comments

He goes ‘Searching for Italy’ while the rest of us rot in our homes

pandemic

FICTION FILM MUSIC Netflix NON-FICTION Politics Tech TELEVISION

The Things That Got Us Through the Pandemic Year

March 11, 2021March 17, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments AEW, Animal Crossing, Big Mouth, Bill Burr, Devolution, Dungeons and Dragons, Edward St. Aubyn, Eurovision, Guy Fieri, Hard Life, Jaja Ding Dong, James Tynion, Liam Gallagher, Life on Mars, Liu Cixin, Magnum P.I., Max Brooks, Patrick Melrose, Sault, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Ted Lasso, The Big Goodbye, The Department of Truth, The Good Place, The Mandalorian, The Three Body Problem, Tiger King, Werner Herzog, YouTube

In a tough 12 months, our contributors turned to what they could

Punky Brewster

‘Holy Macanoli!’

March 10, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments 30 Rock, Peacock, Punky Brewster, Soleil Moon Frye

The pitifully warmed-over reboot of ‘Punky Brewster’, on Peacock

WandaVision

‘WandaVision’ Goes Pew Pew

March 9, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Doctor Strange, Family Ties, Malcolm In The Middle, Scarlet Witch, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Vision, WandaVision

Sexy witch costumes and head lasers defeat the avant-garde

Young Rock

‘Young Rock’: TV Show or Campaign Ad?

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dwayne Johnson, Jesse Ventura, Randall Park, The Rock, Young Rock

The Rock runs for President in a sitcom, or maybe he’s just getting us used to the idea of President Dwayne Johnson

Search Party

Where ‘Search Party’ Went To Die

March 5, 2021March 9, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Alia Shawkat, Busy Phillips, Christine Taylor, J Smith Cameron, Michael Showalter, Parker Posey, R.L. Stine, Ron Livingston, Search Party, Susan Sarandon

A former fan wonders why the HBO Max seasons suck

Muppet Show

Is ‘The Muppet Show’ Racist?

February 24, 2021March 18, 2021 Neal Pollack 5 Comments Debbie Harry, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte, Jim Henson, Johnny Cash, Julie Andrews, Lena Horne, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, The Muppet Show, The Swedish Chef

A Disney+ disclaimer creates a cultural uproar

Freaks and Geeks

‘Freaks and Geeks’: Lost and Found

February 18, 2021February 23, 2021 Michael Giltz 0 Comments American Dreams, An American Family, Blair Brown, Brittany Snow, Busy Phillips, David Straithairn, Ernie Kovacs, Freaks and Geeks, Genndy Tartakovsky, Holocaust, Hornblower, I'll Fly Away, Ioan Gruffud, James Franco, Jason Segal, Jay Tarses, Linda Cardellini, Louise Lasser, Mary Hartman, Meryl Streep, Molly Dodd, Moonlighting, Police Squad!, Regina Taylor, Sam Waterston, Seth Rogen, The Clone Wars, The Monkees, The Zucker Brothers, Timothy Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh

With ‘Freaks’ and ‘The Muppet Show’ finally streaming, here are some other great shows we want to see back in the rotation

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