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Black Content That’s Not Just About Trauma

July 1, 2020July 3, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ashley Nicole Black, Barack Obama, Eddie Murphy, F. Gary Gray, Gabrielle Dennis, Hollywood Shuffle, Inside Man, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michelle Obama, Omar Epps, Queen Latifah, Quinta Brunson, Robert Townsend, Robin Thede, Set It Off, Southside With You, Spike Lee, Taye Diggs, The Fits, The Watermelon Woman, The Wood, Vivica A. Fox

Sketch comedies, family dramas, surrealist horror, and a couple of heist flicks

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Bye Bye Blackvoice

June 29, 2020July 2, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Apu, Big Mouth, Bill Cosby, Christian Lorentzen, Family Guy, Fat Albert, Hank Azaria, Hari Kondabolu, Harry Shearer, Jenny Slate, Kristen Bell, Mike Henry, Nick Kroll, Seth MacFarlane, The Simpsons

Casting changes afoot after white actors give up their roles

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The End of Hipster Blackface

June 25, 2020July 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 30 Rock, Adam Carolla, Billy Crystal, Bob Odenkirk, Caitlin Olson, Charlie Day, David Cross, Glenn Howerton, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jane Krakowski, Jenny Slate, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Trudeau, Karl Malone, Keegan Michael Key, Mr. Show, Robert Downey Jr., Ted Danson, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Tropic Thunder, Whoopi Goldberg, Zach Braff

All our favorite comedy stars were doing it, and we laughed along

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‘Shaun the Sheep’ Will Keep You Safe at Home

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Aardman, Chicken Run, Early Man, Nick Park, Shaun the Sheep, Tales From Mossy Bottom, Wallace and Gromit

All the Sheeple should be watching Aardman animation while the world burns

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For the Love of Holey Moley

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Holey Moley, Joe Tessitore, Rob Riggle, Steph Curry

Distract yourself with a little extreme mini-golf

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The Brave New World of TV Production

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Chicago Film Office, COVID-19, Gavin Newsom, New York City, Schitt's Creek, The Great British Baking Show, Tiger King, TV production, Unorthodox, Zoom

Shorter work days, no sex or fight scenes, and COVID-19 compliance officers

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Should We Defund the Police Shows?

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments 9-1-1, Cops, Law and Order: SVU, Live PD, NCIS

And what would TV look like after that?

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‘Mythic Quest’ Satirizes the Gaming Industry

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Charlie Day, Charlotte Nicdao, F. Murray Abraham, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Megan Ganz, Mythic Quest, Mythic Quest: Quarantine, Parks and Recreation, Rob McElhenney, The Office

“Always Sunny” creator’s new Show has humor and heart

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School’s Out

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Allison Janney, Bad Education, Hugh Jackman, Ray Romano

HBO’s ‘Bad Education’ could have been a much better and more damning indictment of the system

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Is John Krasinski a Sellout?

June 4, 2020June 8, 2020 Jake Harris 1 Comment

The brief and highly-profitable history of Some Good News

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The Wrong Stuff

June 3, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Greg Daniels, Jimmy O. Yang, John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, Noah Emmerich, Space Force, Steve Carell

Lame ‘Space Force’ explodes on the launch pad

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Will RuPaul Save Us All?

June 2, 2020June 1, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments AJ and the Queen, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars

Or is the reign up for our longest-standing queen?

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All the New Shows on HBO Max

May 29, 2020 Zack Teibloom 0 Comments Anna Kendrick, Bugs Bunny, Cookie Monster, Daffy Duck, Elmo, HBO Max, Jameela Jamil, Jimmy Fallon, John Mulaney, Jonas Brothers, Legendary, Lil Nas X, Looney Tunes, Love Life, Ru Paul's Drag Race

Not that many, and not that good

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‘Homecoming’ Forgets the Reason it Exists

May 29, 2020June 3, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Chris Cooper, Homecoming, Hong Chau, Janelle Monae, Joan Cusack, Julia Roberts, Stephan James

Janelle Monáe is here, though she doesn’t remember why

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‘Solar Opposites’ Might as Well be ‘Rick and Morty’

May 28, 2020June 1, 2020 Elijah Pollack 0 Comments Justin Roiland, Rick And Morty, Solar Opposites

A sci-fi family sitcom starring wacky aliens

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