May sweeps ends with a bit of a whisper, but don’t confuse that with a whimper as there’s still tons of stuff out there, even beyond that documentary on character actors that’s been in your queue for months. Here’s some stuff we love. FIONA’S PICK: … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/31/2018
On last year’s season penultimate episode of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Peter Riegert’s Artie Goodman opined “you know you’re in a Golden Age of Television when you take a show like The Americans for granted.” Of course, given the tenor of the former show, the statement was given … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/30/2018
Now, the story of a fake television family and the one man who said some really dumb things to try to keep them all together, essentially awkwardly mansplaining away a cast member’s aggression, as it all became an Arrested Development-style mess. It’s Season 5. On the plus … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/29/2018
Our idiot president wouldn’t like many of the people on this Memorial Day’s shows as there is a definite theme of people who were captured (including the man he famously mocked for that). There’s also a thread of powerful women, and actual war heroes, and … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/28/2018
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Tonight’s Thursday line-up is mostly about crossing the i’s and dotting the t’s on the official 2017-18 season, but there’s still some fireworks to be had. Our rec’s focus on vicious mermaids, killer queens, and those certain kinds of hipster bros that the Inuit probably … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/24/2018
Today’s slate of recommendations are all over the place, so you’re bound to find something you like. Katherine even dove back to roughly a decade before the time of televisions being widely available for her choice. Yes, we’d do that for you! BRAD’S PICK: The … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/23/2018
May’s showers continue to wash away the 2017-18’s season’s programs, while one of America’s greatest (and driest) comics releases her latest Netflix special. BRAD’S PICK: The Flash [The CW, 8p] The battle against DeVoe reaches a fever pitch as out heroes get help from a surprise … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/22/2018
Doomed ships meet their fate (maybe), an Australian trainwreck introduces herself as she crashes into her friends’ lives, and we learn more about our stories, our selves. It’s all in a Monday night of viewing. KATHERINE’S PICK: The Terror [AMC, 9p] Tonight’s finale is titled “We … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/21/2018
May’s winding down of television seasons is about to itself wind down, with four long-running Fox comedies saying goodnight for the season (and in one case for its last time on the network), and our editors recommend one of them (but wish no SPECIFIC harm … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/20/2018
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