Tag Archives: saturday night live

11
Jul

2024 Emmy Picks: Guest Acting and Variety/Talk

With so many categories, and so much time on my hands, I thought I’d expand my Emmy Picks this year to include the awards that are usually relegated to the Creative Arts presentations. The Guest Acting categories are notoriously hard … Continue reading →

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22
Sep

Emmy Re-Do: 2012-13

The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards should have aired this week. Alas, two strikes prevented them from going on as planned (as they should… give ’em hell, WGA and SAG!) and they won’t be handed out until January. Instead, I’ll take … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Reviews, Television | Tagged 30 rock, arrested development, breaking bad, hbo, homeland, house of cards, mad men, netflix, newsroom, parks and rec, saturday night live, showtime, snl, veep | Leave a comment

11
Jul

2023 Emmy Picks: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIESAbbott Elementary (ABC)Barry (HBO)The Bear (Hulu)The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)Shrinking (AppleTV+)Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Potential surprises:Atlanta (FX) – 2 nominationsThe Great (Hulu) – 1 nominationPoker Face (Peacock) – … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged abbott elementary, amazon, apple, atlanta, barry, bear, black lady sketch show, daily show, hbo, hulu, jimmy kimmel, john oliver, jon stewart, last week tonight, late night, late show, marvelous mrs maisel, netflix, only murders in the building, peacock, poker face, prime, problem, saturday night live, seth meyers, shrinking, snl, stephen colbert, ted lasso, trevor noah, wednesday, what we do in the shadows | Leave a comment

10
Sep

Emmy Predictions 2022: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIESAbbott Elementary (ABC)Barry (HBO)Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)Hacks (HBO Max)The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime)Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Will win: Abbott ElementaryCould win: Ted LassoShould win: BarryShould have been nominated: Reservation … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged abbott elementary, ali wong, amazon, atlanta, barry, black lady sketch show, curb your enthusiasm, daily show, flight attendant, great, hacks, hbo, hbo max, hulu, insecure, jerrod carmichael, jimmy kimmel, john oliver, marvelous mrs maisel, ms pat, nicole byer, norm macdonald, only murders in the building, prime, saturday night live, seth meyers, snl, stephen colbert, ted lasso, trevor noah, what we do in the shadows | Leave a comment

10
Jul

2022 Emmy Picks: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIESAbbott Elementary (ABC)Atlanta (FX)Barry (HBO)Hacks (HBO Max)The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime)Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Potential surprises:The Afterparty (AppleTV+) – new showblack-ish (ABC) – 4 nominationsCobra Kai (Netflix) – 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged abbott elementary, adele, amazon, annie, apple, atlanta, b positive, barry, black lady sketch show, blackish, daily show, dave chappelle, emmys, flight attendant, full frontal, grammys, hacks, hbo, hbo max, hulu, insecure, jerrod carmichael, jimmy kimmel, kennedy center honors, lady gaga, last week tonight, late show, live in front of a studio audience, marvelous mrs maisel, netflix, only murders in the building, oscars, prime, saturday night live, snl, ted lasso, tony awards, tony bennett, what we do in the shadows | Leave a comment

18
Sep

Emmy Predictions 2021: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIESblack-ish (ABC)Cobra Kai (Netflix)Emily in Paris (Netflix) The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)Hacks (HBO Max)The Kominsky Method (Netflix)PEN15 (Hulu)Ted Lasso (AppleTV+) Will and should win: Ted LassoCould win: HacksShould have been here: Search Party (HBO Max) The skinny: Last summer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged american utopia, apple, b positive, black lady sketch show, blackish, bo burnham, celebrating america, cobra kai, conan, daily show, dave chappelle, david byrne, disney, emily in paris, emmys, flight attendant, friends, girls5eva, grammys, hacks, hamilton, hbo, hbo max, hulu, jimmy kimmel, kenan, kominsky method, last week tonight, late show, mom, netflix, oscars, peacock, pen15, saturday night live, shameless, showtime, shrill, snl, stephen colbert, super bowl, ted lasso, west wing | Leave a comment

9
Jul

2021 Emmy Picks: Comedy and Variety

With so many series facing extended production delays due to the pandemic, the window is open for a lot of series that probably wouldn’t have ever gotten their shot in a “normal” TV year. So let’s celebrate these underdogs. COMEDY … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged american utopia, apple, between the world and me, black lady sketch show, blackish, bo burnham, breeders, celebrating america, daily show, david byrne, disney, dolly parton, flight attendant, full frontal, girls5eva, grammys, hacks, hamilton, hbo, hbo max, jimmy kimmel, john oliver, kenan, kominsky method, last week tonight, late show, master of none, mom, mr mayor, netflix, oscars, peacock, pen15, samantha bee, saturday night live, snl, stephen colbert, super bowl, superstore, ted lasso, trevor noah, weeknd, zoey's extraordinary playlist | Leave a comment

14
Nov

What I Watched This Week: 8 Nov 2020

NEW SHOWSSaturday Night Live – “Dave Chappelle/Foo Fighters” (B+)The cold open wasn’t a complete atrocity, like Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton singing “Hallelujah,” but it wasn’t anything special either. Chappelle’s blistering monologue was excellent, as was the Aunt Jemima/Uncle Ben sketch. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged disney, mandalorian, netflix, queen's gambit, saturday night live, snl | Leave a comment

7
Nov

What I Watched This Week: 1 Nov 2020

NEW SHOWSSaturday Night Live – “John Mulaney/The Strokes” (B)The weakest of Mulaney’s turns hosting, but still plenty of inspired silliness. He also had a great monologue, taking what was surely a note about enthusiastically going to the polls Tuesday and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged disney, Harvey birdman, hbo max, mandalorian, saturday night live, simpsons, snl | Leave a comment

24
Oct

What I Watched This Week: 18 Oct 2020

NEW SHOWSSaturday Night Live – “Issa Rae/Justin Bieber” (B-)A bit of a mixed bag. Nothing was outright terrible, and it did feature the best cold open of the season so far. Weekend Update has been on fire, too. Kyle Mooney’s … Continue reading →

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