On the day that will appear prominently in our 2022 Top Ten coming out on Sunday and Monday, we’ve got some worthwhile watches… if you know where to look–including a famous reader hosting a new version of a classic word game, a movie about women … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/11/2022
In a rare move, we’re leaning with CBS. Are we getting old? We’ve also got a rom-com and Hulu’s investigation of the mostly unpunished treason that happened 364 days ago. Madenningly, neither its producers at ABC News nor Hulu are really promoting it. The world … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/05/2021
The Fall Sweeps continue surprisingly strong as we hear from the Chicago contingent (is Chicago Party Aunt in that same universe) and many of the classic reality competitions–along with a new one for the social media age. Here’s our choices for this Wednesday’s night of … Continue reading What To Watch: 09/22/2021
The first female five-timer on SNL and one of television’s great comedy legends, Candice Bergen, returns to television as an extended member of the family Conner. Every year the “spin-off” lasts is a joyful slap in the face to every Parler member. Wait, Parler has … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/13/2021
It’s Prom Night on ABC which might bring up all sorts of feelings this year, but one of the coolest things about the line-up is that the shows take place all over the map, decades-wise, so we’re bound to see so much deliciously bad fashion. … Continue reading What To Watch: 05/13/2020
eerfeeefe JASON’S PICK: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee [TBS, 10:30p] With her husband, fellow ex-Daily Show correspondent and TBS star Jason Jones, on camera and kids holding cue cards, Samantha Bee returns to the airwaves in her first post-Trump Pandemic full show. Her take on … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/25/2020
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
Happy Halloween, everybody! FIONA’S PICK: Criminal Minds [CBS, 9p] Tonight the BAU investigates a local ghost story as people go missing. Spooky vibes abound this Halloween! BRAD’S PICK: American Horror Story: Apocalypse [FX, 10p] The witches are back. Have been for a while now, but now the … Continue reading What to Watch: 10/31/2018
It’s a modern new age feelgoodery … and that means a lot of shows debuting which oftentimes thrive on their ability to make viewers feel bad. Yesterday, beloved sobfest This Is Us came back. Today, the new TIU debuts, as does a promising new semi-sit com starring SNL alumnus Taran … Continue reading What to Watch: 09/26/2018
Battles are the theme of the day’s recommendation–whether that’s the rekindling of a three-decades old rivalry from a classic 80s movie or between Archie and his murderous and deceptive pals or the survival dances of cockatoos and crabs in the wild. It is ON for … Continue reading What to Watch: 05/02/2018
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