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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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2016 Emmy Predictions: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should and will win: Veep Could win: Black-ish Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine COMEDY ACTOR Anthony Anderson, … Continue reading
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Fall TV Preview 2015
Well, another fall season is upon us. I’m not alone in thinking this is one of the weakest slates of new shows in a long, long time. With that, and the fact that my schedule is far busier this autumn … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, american horror story, ash vs evil dead, brooklyn nine-nine, casual, crazy ex-girlfriend, daily show, fargo, grinder, hotel, jessica jones, man in the high castle, master of none, mindy project, modern family, muppets, netflix, saturday night live, simpsons, snl, south park, with bob and david
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2015 Emmy Predictions: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should win: Parks and Recreation Could win: Veep Will win: Transparent Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, big bang theory, blackish, brooklyn nine-nine, comeback, episodes, getting on, girls, grace and frankie, hbo, house of lies, inside amy schumer, key and peele, last man on earth, louie, modern family, mom, netflix, nurse jackie, parks and rec, saturday night live, shameless, showtime, silicon valley, snl, transparent, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, veep
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Summer TV Hangout: Week 10
The Simpsons – Season 6 “Homer Badman” (A-) Even more great satire from the true masters. When Homer rips a rare gummi snack off the rear end of the babysitter, he ignites a firestorm in Springfield. “2! 4! 6! 8! … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout: Week 9
The Simpsons – Season 6 “Lisa on Ice” (A-) For my money, The Simpsons remains the only show that had the exact ratio down for satirical and sweet. I love Lisa & Bart Competition episodes, even if, like all overused … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout: Week 8
The Simpsons – Season 6 “Bart’s Girlfriend” (B+) I think what I love most about Season Six, despite being more joke-focused, is that so far every canonical episode has only told one story, and done it very well. Jessica may just … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout: Week 7
The Simpsons – Season 6 “Treehouse of Horror V” (A) Overall, it’s the greatest of all the Halloween specials, with their most spot-on parody ever, a hilarious Twilight Zone/Outer Limits riff, and a short that actually gets better on repeated viewings. … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout: Week 6
Freaks and Geeks – Season 1 “Carded and Discarded” (A) This was the only episode I remember watching when the show was originally on. There’s no way I could have imagined just how much it would mean to me later … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout: Week 5
I’m now completely done with House of Cards and I have to say that while I’m not disappointed, the show could have gone deeper, given its characters more to do (aside from Frank and Peter) and been a little more devastating. Season … Continue reading
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