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What I Watched This Week: 10 Mar 2019
NEW SHOWS Crashing – “Mulaney” (A) / series finale As a season finale, it’s perfect. As a somewhat abrupt series finale, it’s still pretty satisfying. While I’m sad the show is ending on what is clearly not its own turns, … Continue reading
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Tagged ap bio, brooklyn nine-nine, crashing, documentary now, hbo, this is us
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What I Watched This Week: 3 Mar 2019
NEW SHOWS Crashing – “The Christian Tour” (B) The stuff on the tour is great, but the break-up and subsequent roasting by a quartet of female comedians feels a little tacked on. This Is Us – “The Graduates” (B-) A … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 24 Feb 2019
NEW SHOWS The Oscars (B+) After all the debacles, this hostless show made for pretty good television, moving along briskly with no segments that leave you thinking, “When is this going to be over?” (Well, except for that excruciating speech … Continue reading
Posted in Oscars, Reviews, Television
Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, crashing, documentary now, hbo, jimmy fallon, oscars, tonight show, true detective
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What I Watched This Week: 17 Feb 2019
NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “The Clown Stays in the Picture” (B+) A funny diversion episode, where we learn of Krusty’s ignominious time as a director of a sci-fi epic, during which Homer and Marge served as grunts. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, crashing, documentary now, hbo, netflix, russian doll, simpsons, this is us, true detective
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2017 Emmy Predictions: Comedy and Variety
COMEDY SERIES Atlanta (FX) Black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Could win: Atlanta Should win: Master of None Will win: Veep Should have been nominated: The Good Place … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 2 July 2017
CURRENT SHOWS Twin Peaks – “The Return, Part 8” (A-) I won’t even begin to say that I understood any of it, but I was mesmerized, which might just be the point. BINGEING Big Little Lies (A- average) The most scathing indictment … Continue reading
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Tagged big little lies, documentary now, grace and frankie, hbo, netflix, showtime, twin peaks
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Netflix Picks: April 2017
BEST BET – FILM Win It All (2017) – 4/7 Small Crimes (2017) – 4/28 I missed both of these when I was down in Austin for SXSW, but I love that Netflix is funding and finding homes for indie … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 18 Sept 2016
OLD SHOWS Documentary Now! (Season 1) “Kunuk Uncovered” (A) “The Eye Doesn’t Lie” (A-) “A Town, a Gangster, a Festival” (B-) “Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee” (A) Other than the muted “A Town, a Gangster, … Continue reading
What I Watched This Week: 11 Sept 2016
NEW SHOWS Atlanta – “Go for Broke” (A-) I don’t want to overrate this episode, especially for a show so new. But this feels like an episode I’ll come back to quite a bit. Nothing much happens per se, but … Continue reading
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Tagged atlanta, difficult people, documentary now, espn, hbo, hulu, oj simpson, south park, wire
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