TELEVISION Archives - Page 2 of 29

Formula One is Having a Moment

August 26, 2021September 3, 2021 Jaclyn Trop 0 Comments COVID-19, Daniel Ricciardo, Drive to Survive, F1, Formula One, Geri Halliwell, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Red Bull Racing Team, Romain Grosjean

‘Drive to Survive’ has created a mania for F1 in the U.S.A.

TELEVISION

Hail to ‘The Chair’

August 25, 2021September 5, 2021 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Amanda Peet, Annie Julia Wyman, Holland Taylor, Jay Duplass, Sandra Oh, The Chair, Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Netflix academic farce is triggering professors everywhere

TELEVISION Uncategorized

Why Are Live-Action Sitcoms Making Animated Specials?

August 25, 2021September 1, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Anna Konkle, Black-ash, Community, Maya Erskine, One Day At A Time, Pen15

PEN15 joins a growing list

Gaming TELEVISION

I Should Be the Host of ‘Jeopardy!’

August 24, 2021August 27, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Buzzy Cohen, Charles Barkley, Dennis Miller, Dr. Oz, Greg Gutfeld, Jeopardy!, Johnny Rotten, Ken Jennings, LeVar Burton, Mike Richards, Neal Pollack, Robert Davi, Virginia Postrel

The choice is obvious

Gaming TELEVISION

Mike Richards: Timeline of a Jeopardy! Fiasco

August 23, 2021September 2, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments

Becoming a game-show host is an inside job

TELEVISION

We Don’t Need a Season 2 of ‘The White Lotus’

August 19, 2021August 25, 2021 Adam Hirschfelder 0 Comments HBO, Mike White, The White Lotus

The rich keep getting richer

TELEVISION

I Have Seen the ‘Ted Lasso’ Christmas Episode, and Now I Am Dead

August 16, 2021August 27, 2021 Neal Pollack 4 Comments Brockmire, Jamie Tartt, Roy Kent, Ted Lasso

God help us, every one

TELEVISION

‘The Pursuit of Love’ Turns a Modern Eye on the Mitford Sisters

August 10, 2021August 20, 2021 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments Andrew Scott, Emily Mortimer, Jessica Mitford, Lily James, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love

Neither as charming or as harmless as they were cracked up to be

Gaming TELEVISION

The Rise of Matt Amodio

August 2, 2021August 20, 2021 Daniel Cohen 3 Comments Dr. Oz, Jeopardy!, Katie Couric, LeVar Burton, Matt Amodio

LeVar Burton had a surprisingly lousy week as the host of ‘Jeopardy!’, drawing focus from one of the best players in the show’s history

TELEVISION

The Fabulous Charms of ‘Schmigadoon!’

July 28, 2021August 1, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alan Cumming, Cecily Strong, Cinco Paul, Keegan Michael Key, Ken Daurio, Kristin Chenoweth, Schmigadoon!

The Apple+ comedy is musical nirvana for theater kids

TELEVISION

He-Man: Masters of the Wokeverse

July 27, 2021August 4, 2021 G.L. Ford 1 Comment He-Man, Kevin Smith, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Teela

Kevin Smith’s He-Man reboot is a weird balancing act between nostalgia and revisionism

TELEVISION

Manifest Destiny

July 26, 2021August 4, 2021 Adam Hirschfelder 24 Comments #savemanifest, Jeff Rake, Manifest, NBC, Netflix, Peacock, The Sopranos

The passionate fan drive to rescue the ludicrous but addictive ‘Manifest’

TELEVISION

‘Loki’ Shanks its Finale

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Jonathan Majors, Kang the Conqueror, Loki, Tom Hiddleston, WandaVision

Bad casting, too much exposition and world-building, not enough action

TELEVISION

Pour One Out for ‘The Bold Type’

June 29, 2021August 3, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Cosmopolitan, Freeform, Sassy Magazine, The Bold Type

Praise for the fashion-magazine show as it steers to a close

FILM TELEVISION

Childless Kids’ Movies: A Proposal

June 29, 2021August 3, 2021 Brittani Sonnenberg 0 Comments Anne of Green Gables, Disney, Garfield, Lemony Snicket, Mary Poppins, Soul, The Incredibles, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, Willy Wonka

Enough with the lovable nuclear families already