It’s a day of finales — or more precisely of one near-M*A*S*H level finale (sorry, Bill Hader, but if it is any consolation, at least one editor here has the audacity to be more excited to see your show). Yup, of course, we are starting … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/19/2019
While spring’s Sweeps Month is traditionally the one we are in now, it was last Sunday, still safely in the midst of April showers that HBO and others delivered knockout blows as the dragon show had its epic record-setting battle, the hit-man program whipped … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/05/2019
It’s the night of the great battle — we’re talking long enough for Roddy Piper to get Keith David to put on the glasses six-plus times (THEY MATH!). There’s also a new hard-hitting show from a controversial Obama appointee, the sixtieth on-air show that Greg … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/28/2019
While dragons and sweet soul music are both valid ways to celebrate the resurrection, we’re gonna lead today with Katherine and her on-the-nose classic flix pick. KATHERINE’S PICK: Easter Parade [TCM, 8p] It’s not perfect, but you can do a lot worse (Mel Gibson’s Passion … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/21/2019
The year of final seasons forges on, as this week Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s third Emmy-factory heads into its seventh and ultimate campaign on HBO. That season opener will be preceded by second season return of the story of a slightly less sociopathic human — a reluctant … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/31/2019
It may have something to do with the world being constantly on fire right now and the need for distraction from said fire (“this is fine”), but our Top 20 for 2018 is dominated by comedy. Admittedly, it’s mostly humor that comes from a darker … Continue reading Best Of 2018: Our Top 20 Shows (20-11)
What a diff’rence two days makes! The saga of the 99th Precinct came to a close that has filled our editors with endless delight as NBC has picked up the smart and hilarious half-hour comedy starring Andy Samberg (and an ensemble nonpareil) and there will … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/13/2018
It’s the Sunday to begin May Sweeps, so, yeah, there’s some stuff on the teevee. Starz unveils two exciting new series. HBO has one of its best Sunday line-ups going at the ready. There’s a bunch of Fox comedies bowing out for the season (and … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/06/2018
WestworldTrapped in our own modern dystopia, we turn to TV, more specifically to familiar Sunday shows to soothe our moods. Meanwhile, a voice in the wind rails against the hypocrisy. Resisting just at the surface, the Screen Scholars editors have some thoughts of small screen … Continue reading What to Watch: 04/29/2018
It’s time to go back to that Disneyland for Awful People; Westworld is HBO’s latest addition to its Best-Of-All-Time canon and as Anthony Hopkins apparently exits stage right (for now), we welcome a craven new world to the land of androids and sociopaths. As it’s Sunday, your … Continue reading What to Watch: 04/22/2018
