Even though we’ve waited for some great 2023 shows to start rolling out–have you guys watched Paul F. Goldman yet–we still have some scholarly opinions about the year that was (even if it ended roughly 20 days ago). And in the age of Peak TV, … Continue reading Screen Scholars Top 20 TV Shows of 2022: 20-11
If you love British procedurals or zombies or vampires or dragons, have we got a Sunday night of new and returning programming for you. JASON’S PICK:The Magpie Murders [PBS, 9p]All hail the editors of the world. In this new British detective series, the acclaimed Lesley … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/16/2022
A new wrongfully accused crime drama comes in as the zombies do their exit for the second of three times in its final season. Meanwhile everyone is murdering pretty much everyone on that show with “killing” in its name (well, presumably except Eve) and Louise … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/10/2022
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
Two years into the pandemic, we needed to laugh. At least the editors here at Screen Scholars feel that way as our year-end list is heavy on the funny. And there were some exciting new programs from comedic legends like Steve Martin and Jean Smart. … Continue reading Screen Scholars Top 20 Shows of 2021!
David Tennant does that 19th Century Jules Verne rhumba while he transverses the globe with that familiar 2 1/2 month deadline leading a Sunday that is both relatively quiet and packed. BRAD’S PICK:Around the World in 80 Days [PBS, 8p]The BBC adaptation of the Jules … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/02/2022
Just two weeks after the most recent Billions season ended–with Damian Lewis leaving supposedly forever–we can still quench our thirst for rich jerks fighting over money and power as its soulmate on its rival cable station returns for a third season today. AMC has to … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/17/2021
You’d almost think we’d rigged our six-month tournament for a winner–that is if more than 100 people knew we existed–as our Comedy TV “March” Madness winner (by a single vote) returns for its record-extending 33rd season tonight on Fox. The Simpsons leads off a night … Continue reading What To Watch: 09/26/2021
Even though he’s been off the project for months, it’s practically impossible to talk about tonight’s most exciting new series without connecting it to its famous creator who has fallen from iconic ally to abusive director who has exhibited signs of hard-to-ignore racism and sexism … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/11/2021
The sprawling series that brought a bunch of people one degree closer to Kevin Bacon returns, and since Ben Affleck is the co-creator you can guess the city in its title. Beyond that, we’ve got the usual cast of Sunday night characters from animation that … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/28/2021
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