We’re all about the Thursday night NBC line-up here at Screen Scholars, so you’ll likely see at least two shows from it highlighted in this space every Thursday until we use it up. JASON’S PICK: The Good Place [NBC, 9p] Tonight is a bit of … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/31/2019
It’s the one borough not on an island, it gave us hip-hop (which should be enough on its own) and the Yankees (could be a few points for or against), and its also where one of us was born and two of us attended school … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/30/2019
For one brief, shining moment, Arsenio was the Camelot of late night hosts, but many, many years later he’s back to his roots and streaming (and that’s a sentence that’s all over the generational gap). His late night special debuts today on Netflix as the … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/29/2019
It’s a mostly quiet Monday, but one of Britain’s most fun mysteries returns, along with a pair of Netflix documentary debuts. Meanwhile, the CW has your superhero fix. JASON’S PICK: Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House [Acorn TV] Turn up the quaintly quirky as Agatha … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/28/2019
As it’s not TV, it’s HBO, the behemoth of premium cable is allowed to reset its schedule in late October because, why not. And as such, we see the return of a favorite (or at least a show that was favored by us and others … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/27/2019
Sorry we’re late, there was traffic on the highway back from Hawaii. …That’s a BoJack reference, and Part I of the final season premiered today on Netflix. The trailer for that, plus everything released in theaters and at home (or to your phone, tablet, and streaming … Continue reading Box Office Weekend October 18-25, 2019
Sadness in comedy is nothing new, but few shows have dug as deep into the roots and ravages of depression as a certain animated show about a 50-something horse/man B-list actor in an alternate universe, and few have been as downright funny while doing it. … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/25/2019
Thursday might be the last bastion of appointment television, between NBC’s thought-provoking collection of sit-coms (most in their final seasons) and the continued adventure of Shondaland. BRAD’S PICK: Daybreak [Netflix] Gangs of jocks and Amazon cheerleaders roam the blasted landscape. That’s Netflix’s latest zombie … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/24/2019
Back in 2010, politician/activist Jimmy McMillan became a viral sensation with his exquisitely named Rent Is Too Damn High party, magic white sideburns, and a ready catch phrase that SNL would pick up on and immortalize. Today, that catch phrase gives name to a new Netflix culinary … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/23/2019
The 2019 World Series begins tonight, and in yet another tradition our current Occupant eschews, Trump will not be the one throwing out the ceremonial first pitch as he’s a weenie who’s scared of being booed. Meanwhile, we’ll be watching one of our favorite voice … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/22/2019
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