It’s a good day for Screen Scholars favorites as there are exciting new episodes of two shows which have been featured in our year-end top 10… and if you haven’t watched last night’s Saul, you’ve got a nice night of television in front of you. … Continue reading What To Watch: 08/02/2022
A new wrongfully accused crime drama comes in as the zombies do their exit for the second of three times in its final season. Meanwhile everyone is murdering pretty much everyone on that show with “killing” in its name (well, presumably except Eve) and Louise … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/10/2022
It’s that day when statues are handed out for being the greatest pretenders, when we remember some of the people who died in the last year (and inevitably forget to remember at least one all-time great), and when voices battle red-lit fanfares to get the … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/27/2022
It’s a night of long-awaited second season returns on HBO as a pair of very different–both well-reviewed and with a cult following–come back after pandemic-related delays. Meanwhle, one of our top 20 shows of the past year airs its penultimate episode of its opening season. … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/09/2022
It’s the return of the awkward at HBO today as both Issa Rae and Larry David’s shows return for their 5th and 11th seasons, respectfully. Otherwise, the dead keep walking, the Belchers keep flipping burgers, and life goes on. NAVANI’S PICK:Insecure [HBO, 10p]HBO rules Sundays … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/24/2021
Old favorites returnng and old favorites that never really went away is the theme of this Sunday. And how is Gabriel still alive?!?! KATHERINE’S PICK:Buried [Showtime, 9p]In 1989 Eileen Franklin-Lipsker claimed to have witnessed the murder of her friend Susan Nason, at the hands of her father, George … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/10/2021
You’d almost think we’d rigged our six-month tournament for a winner–that is if more than 100 people knew we existed–as our Comedy TV “March” Madness winner (by a single vote) returns for its record-extending 33rd season tonight on Fox. The Simpsons leads off a night … Continue reading What To Watch: 09/26/2021
Our Sectional Winners Section A: #1 Parks & Recreation vs. #2 The Daily Show Given the exalted status of Mike Schur’s kind-hearted comedy, it was shocking how close the kings of newsy satire kept this match-up. In voting, the show got off to a slow … Continue reading Sixteen Going On Eight! Here’s the Winners of Our Round of Sweetness!
So here we are. It’s the first round where you can vote for every show still in our tournament in one handy place. Recency bias is not just a river in Egypt as 11 of the shows aired episodes within the last decade, while just … Continue reading How Sweet It Is? Just 16 Shows Remain in Our Comedy TV Tournament!
It’s taken months, but we’re almost down to sixteen sweet classic TV comedies in this Battle Royale for the hearts and minds of a dedicated few. In the second half of our Tubular 32, we’ve got the definitive groundbreaking Norman Lear classic, the sketch show … Continue reading Let’s Finish That Sweet Sixteen: Here’s the Final Eight Matchups of the Comedy TV Tubular 32
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