This Streaming Friday[TM] really does have something for just about everyone, led by a shiny new Pixar flick (and who does not get excited about that? do they have a pulse?). We also have the return of a quirky sci-fi afterlife show, a new miniseries … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/11/2022
It’s a huge Streaming Friday led by a superhero comic adaptation’s long-awaited debut, a nerdgasmy comedy about video game construction comes back for a second season, and Aidy Bryant’s brilliant take as columnist Lindy West returns for its third, and sadly final season. Let’s go … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/07/2021
It’s Ru’s world, we just live (and occasionally try to get a good read in) in it. Following on the debut of his ’70s throwback road series on Netflix, the main features of the Ruiverse return today with both the race and the untucked afterparty … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/28/2020
Apple TV got off to a rocky start, at least programming-wise, but tonight might mark its first critical breakout hit — this one an anthology of true immigrant stories from newly jacked Kumail Nanjiani, a naturalized citizen born in Pakistan himself, and his wife. Brad … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/17/2020
Vince Gilligan seems to never want to leave the Bad-iverse, and now along with going backwards to chronicle the rise of Saul Goodman, he looks forward to see just where the f Jesse was going after crashing that El Camino through the gates. Also, … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/11/2019
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
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
For the sake of clarity, and your lunch hour, I’ve combined both polls into one post for the Reboot/Spinoff division. You can thank me in the comments, and you can pick for your favorite new wave shows under the [curling reference unavailable] below.
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