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What I Watched This Week: 16 Oct 2016
NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXVII” (B+) Not a weak segment in the bunch, which is extremely rare for any of their Halloween specials, let alone one this late in the game. The Hunger Games/Mad Max: Fury … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 9 Oct 2016
NEW SHOWS The Mindy Project – “Nurses’ Strike” (B+) Even though it introduces a new love interest, which I’m kind of dreading, this is another consistently funny episode. Mindy is MVP of her own show again, with killer lines about … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 2 Oct 2016
NEW SHOWS Poldark – “Episode 1” (B) / season premiere Watched this with my wife and in-laws. While it’s not exactly my cup of tea, it’s extremely well-executed. The wife really liked this one, but I imagine it will get … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, brooklyn nine-nine, designated survivor, fleabag, hulu, mindy project, poldark, saturday night live, simpsons, snl
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What I Watched This Week: 25 Sept 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “Coral Palms, Part 2” (A) The show at its absolute best. The entire cast is phenomenal, including guest stars Ken Marino as the new laissez-faire captain, Maya Rudolph as a horny U.S. marshal and Jim … 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
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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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What I Watched This Week: 4 Sept 2016
NEW SHOWS Atlanta “The Big Bang” (A-) / series premiere “Streets on Lock” (B+) An extremely confident pilot, followed by an extremely baffling follow-up (which I also loved). It’s early, but I doubt any new show this fall will live … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 28 Aug 2016
NEW SHOWS The Night Of – “The Call of the Wild” (A-) / series finale A lot more satisfying than I thought it would be. Yes, they could have treated Chandra better. (Though like almost every character here, her hubris brings … Continue reading
What I Watched This Week: 21 Aug 2016
NEW SHOWS The Night Of – “Ordinary Death” (A-) The kiss between Nas and Chandra is the only misstep the show has made thus far. But who has time to worry about such things, when the testimonies of Detective Box … Continue reading
What I Watched This Week: 14 Aug 2016
NEW SHOWS The Night Of – “Samson and Delilah” (B+) The show slides into its comfort zone as a more artful courtroom drama/prison horror show as the trial begins. And after last week letting the audience question if maybe Nas … Continue reading
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Tagged casual, hbo, hulu, i love dick, jean-claude van johnson, night of, nightly show, office, tick, wire
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