Even though we’ve waited for some great 2023 shows to start rolling out–have you guys watched Paul F. Goldman yet–we still have some scholarly opinions about the year that was (even if it ended roughly 20 days ago). And in the age of Peak TV, … Continue reading Screen Scholars Top 20 TV Shows of 2022: 20-11
The Bad-iverse, like all good television, is coming to an end tonight and no one knows how it will end, except that it’s unlikely to be a happy ending for our prequel/sequel’s protagonist. The show’s creator has even said as much. Drama comes in all … Continue reading What To Watch: 08/15/2022
It’s a relatively quiet Monday, but as it is Monday that does mean we do have another tale (the penultimate episode) of Saul Goodman (aka Jimmy McGill, aka Gene Takevic). There’s also an intriguing unlikely detective series from Australia hitting the Acorn streamers. KATHERINE’S PICK:Darby … Continue reading What To Watch: 08/08/2022
This could be the day… Vince Gilligan has tricked us before, but today’s episode title for Better Call Saul is “Breaking Bad” so there’s a good shot we see the pair of cameos we’ve been promised… or maybe not. And in our featured recommendation, we … Continue reading What To Watch: 08/01/2022
A movie shoot miniseries ends as at the same time we get closer to the finish line (maybe) of the Badiverse and find out the ultimate fate of Jimmy/Saul/Gene. Oh, and we’re a day into Shark Week (so a good time to remember Tracy Jordan’s … Continue reading What To Watch: 07/25/2022
If you know what happened at the end of the first half of season six of one of the most bingeworthy and best written shows on television, well, then you know. If not, catch up as soon as you can. And it’s not the only … Continue reading What To Watch: 07/11/2022
Hey little libertines and cannonballs alike, Breeders, starring Martin Freeman — but unfortunately not as Kim Deal, nor does the show have anything to do with the 1990s alternative band — debuts as FX’s last new show before they muddy their waters with their weird … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/02/2020
We’ve got heroes, antiheroes, and whatever the hell you want to call that guy who gives out roses. JASON’S PICK: Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier [Smithsonian, 8p] If there’s one industry where integration happened at an impressive pace from the 1960s, it was … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/24/2020
It’s nothing but the AMC, baby. One loc’d out station, so they’re crazy — with the new debuts. And if you, Dre, and Snoop can forgive us for that intro, here’s our suggestions for the night, leading off with two long-running beasts from that network. … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/23/2020
There’s so many things on tonight, we can’t get all of them and frankly we don’t really even have time for this intro. KATHERINE’S PICK: War of the Worlds [EPIX, 9p] Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern star in a modern-day adaptation of h.G. Wells’ famously … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/16/2020
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