Today’s top content is a mix of shows bowing out and other programs coming in. The biggest new program features a familiar comedic acting face in a surreal and mystical comedy. Meanwhile, The CW is home of two popular shows reaching the end of their … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/29/2023
jkljkjkljkljkljkl JASON’S PICK:Not Dead Yet [ABC, 8:30p]To paraphrase a certain canceled Simpsons character, “this was the sight of my spiritual de-pantsing.” I’ve had a character running around my head for over a decade whose job was an obituary writer. On a lark, I took a … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/08/2022
We’ve got Ryan Murphy sneaking posthumous peeks at a legendary pop art personality’s diary, a new Fab Five with a Teutonic twist, the return of a whole bunch of CW shows, and a bunch of people who, like the Pet Shop Boys, like to “all day all day, watch them all fall down”… or at least we think that’s what that song is about.
KATHERINE’S PICK:
The Andy Warhol Diaries [Netflix]
The six-part documentary, executive produced by Ryan Murphy, promises an intimate examination of Warhol’s richer, inner life through interviews, his diaries, and Warhol himself (as a deep fake).
FIONA’S PICK:
Queer Eye: Germany [Netflix]
Unlike Queer Eye Japan where the American fab five traveled to Japan to work their magic, this German version features a whole new German fab five. I am very interested to see how the dynamics play out and learn more about German Queer culture!
BRAD’S PICK:
Kung Fu [The CW, 9p]
This reboot’s first season was better than I was expecting it to be and now we enter season 2. There was a lot reckoning in the season finale and the next chapter is sure to deal with a lot of the effects. If that’s not enough, and unexpected visitor may just complicate things even further.
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
It’s a quiet day for new content with one major exception as a comic who never quite found his performative voice on SNL (although he did have at least one unforgettable sketch) unfurls the second season of his darkly ingenious Netflix sketch show. There’s also … Continue reading What To Watch: 07/06/2021
Dancers, dogs, and very fast superheroes. What more can you ask for a Tuesdays’ worth of television. KATHERINE’S PICK:The Legend of the Underground [HBO, 9p]This documentary, which premiered earlier this month at TK, follows queer youth in Nigeria who rebel against their country’s discriminatory laws. … Continue reading What To Watch: 06/29/2021
While nothing major drops today on TV or streaming, there’s a lot of fun, small stuff–including cool musical documentaries and unlikely game show reboots! KATHERINE’S PICK:This Is Pop [Netflix]This docu-series charts (ha) the 70+ year history of pop music with interviews and old footage. Topics … Continue reading What To Watch: 06/22/2021
It’s a big, if not banner, day in traditional television as a couple of superhero shows near the end of their seasonal runs as our favorite Bananarama-song named thriller amps up the tension (what’s in the snow globe, Jeanette?!). However, we’re going to lead with … Continue reading What To Watch: 06/08/2021
It’s been a year since Derek Chauvin and police inaction led to the wrongful death of George Floyd, and there are multiple programs examining the year since it happened. On the other side of the spectrum, yet also somehow on the same side, Sasha Baron … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/25/2021
It’s a great day for informative viewing–that is if you haven’t got hooked by the multi-timeline Freeform fabulousness that is Cruel Summer. KATHERINE’S PICK:Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer [PBS, 8p]This new, four-part series will examine medical innovation that has doubled life expectancy across the … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/11/2021
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