It’s all about Michelle today as one of the few universally popular figures in the political world sees her blockbuster memoir gets the Netflix documentary treatment. Meanwhile, those mothers with jobs return for a second season, while (along with Mrs. Obama) we tout the supernatural. … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/06/2020
Not unlike the Troggs in 1967 (and to a lesser effect Wet Wet Wet in 1994), love is all around us, written in both the wind and on TV writers’ laptops, and in many varieties of forbidden. KATHERINE’S PICK: Normal People [Hulu] Oh, yeah. … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/29/2020
We first saw Amy Hoggart as one half of a spectacularly vapid royal sibling pair in Almost Royal, her performance so strong that you almost believed she was indeed the blissfully unaware Poppy and 51st in line to the British throne. She then popped up … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/26/2020
If you’re suffering from Bojack Horseman withdrawal, we’ve got something of a workaround fix tonight as voice of Bojack, Will Arnett, hosts a reality show featuring contestants creating art in the medium of a popular kids’ toy. Meanwhile, Netflix has two intriguing new docu-series — … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/05/2020
Everything’s coming up Awkwafina these days, and it’s a testament to the power of Peak TV that the rapper-turned-comic-turned-actor comes off a Golden Globe nominated and critically feted film to take over television. And we are here for it, to the tune of getting that … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/22/2020
It’s beginning to look a lot LOT like Christmas as we have a bunch of very special (or at least somewhat special) holiday episodes of Your Favorite Shows[TM], but our two highlights go in a different direction. JASON’S PICK: Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements … Continue reading What To Watch: 12/11/2019
While the trial in AMC’s latest documentary shares many surface aspects to the Central Park Five case dramatized in the brilliant Netflix series — both concern violent crimes that took place in New York’s Central Park in the 1980s — the case of Robert Chambers … Continue reading What To Watch: 11/13/2019
It’s an iconic location on 125th St. in New York City famous for its stand-up, legendary musical moments, and famously brutally tough crowd who if displeased with the performance of the “artist” on stage, could be known to call for a literal hook or, in … Continue reading What To Watch: 11/06/2019
It’s the one borough not on an island, it gave us hip-hop (which should be enough on its own) and the Yankees (could be a few points for or against), and its also where one of us was born and two of us attended school … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/30/2019
Back in 2010, politician/activist Jimmy McMillan became a viral sensation with his exquisitely named Rent Is Too Damn High party, magic white sideburns, and a ready catch phrase that SNL would pick up on and immortalize. Today, that catch phrase gives name to a new Netflix culinary … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/23/2019
