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
The Screen Scholars are all about action this Tuesday — even if that action is simply city slickers stumbling their way through farm life, and sliding into friendship with the elusive David Koechner and Lennon Parnham. We’re also surprisingly curious about USA Network shows for … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/15/2019
Desi Lydic, with Roy Wood, Jr., has been one of the best reasons to keep tuning into The Daily Show for the last few seasons — and we don’t mean that as a knock on Trevor Noah, whose first episode three of our editors attended. Her unique … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/13/2019
If you’re still not down after all your indulgence in Throne-y goodness (or smugly explaining why you’re not into dragon-and-sandal-based fantasy programming), it’s a day with a lot of superhero choices, but also a rare Monday Netflix show debut (is today the day for streaming … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/15/2019
Our recs all involve battles of some sort, from the return of a History Channel show that deals with those who fought centuries ago to a the real-life stories of powerful women who helped stop a war to singers of songs going up against each … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/25/2019
Our rec’s are going in every different directions: from a scathing documentary indicting a deceased national treasure to a gritty sci-fi show to the lighthearted adventures of an attractive virgin seeking true love. There’s also a bunch of new junk shows to speed up your … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/04/2019
A post-Grammy haze? It’s a relatively quiet night, but we’ve got one long-running show making its return, Fiona loves her some Bachelor, and Katherine goes digging in the crates. JASON’S PICK: American Dad! [TBS, 10p] Seth’s other (arguably much better — or at … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/11/2019
Television itself seems to be on a post-Super Bowl hangover, but we are not (other than wishing we were in a sea of puppies and kitties from the bowl and…whoa. That sneaked up on us. Here’s our picks. JASON’S PICK: Elvis Goes There [Epix, … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/04/2019
We lead with a show that’s essentially L.A. Law in Abu Dhabi (because that’s exactly what it’s intended as), but is called Justice here. Speaking of: we can never get enough of the man whose urinal mutterings sealed his fate. JASON’S PICK: Justice [Netflix] This new procedural … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/21/2019
We got killer robots, Neapolitan novels, classic superheroes, and miles and miles of luminescent lights. We are Screen Scholars and you are definitely gonna hear us roar, mostly while pointlessly referencing five-year-old songs. JASON’S PICK: The Truth About Killer Robots [HBO, 10p] The latest hard-hitting HBO … Continue reading What to Watch: 11/26/2018
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