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
Happy solstice to y’all out there. Is it just us or did the Winter fly by? We’ve got exciting new episodes of favorite shows alongside some (at least somewhat) intriguing new programs. JASON’S PICK:Step Into.. The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough [ABC, 10p]Way, way … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/20/2022
The CW brings back its reboots, a bachelorette continues to make her decisions, and Michael Che finds the humor in the world around him minus Colin Jost, a news desk, and recurring characters. JASON’S PICK:Michael Che: Shame the Devil [Netflix]Che has way past established himself … Continue reading What To Watch: 11/16/2021
If those few minutes at the beginning of the 2009 hit animated film Up sent you into sobs as it did us, get your hankies ready, as just days after the lead voice of that series, TV legend Ed Asner, died at 92, the spinoff … Continue reading What To Watch: 09/01/2021
It’s a great night of television if you love intrigue, whimsy, and/or Awkwafina. We’ve got a new limited series from the creator of Big Little Lies. Queens native Nora has new adventures on Comedy Central. Meanwhile, those MTV competitive adventurers continue to battle it out … Continue reading What To Watch: 08/18/2021
It’s a big day for fans of fantastical stories as debuting on streaming today are both a collection of quirky superhero re-imaginations and a new documentary chronicling an incredible memoir about an unlikely manner of Holocaust survival that turned out to be entirely untrue. We … Continue reading What To Watch: 08/11/2021
It’s a good day for documentaries and dystopian versions of comic book towns. Let’s proceed… JASON’S PICK:The Day Sports Stood Still [HBO, 9p]As we sit at home, somewhat deluded that we have already defeated COVID and can go about our business, it’s not the worst … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/24/2021
What does it mean when a show openly lampshades the TV classic whose hearty fanbase they are hoping will tune into watch as a quirky new Netflix drama does about a legendary quirky mother/daughter combo in the first seconds of its trailer? JASON’S PICK:Ginny & … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/24/2021
It’s a relatively slow Wednesday night of television, but if you love provocative documentaries, you’re in luck, as our rec’s for the day both fit that bill–one focusing on murder and mystery, the other on sex and profit. JASON’S PICK:Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/10/2021
The fourth Wednesday of 2021 greets us with one new series and one Netflix movie debut, both of which offering rich promise (and Rotten Tomato ratings on the green side of the ledger). There’s also new episodes of a host of fan (and Scholars) favorites. … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/27/2021
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