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What I Watched This Week: 22 Jan 2017
NEW SHOWS Saturday Night Live – “Aziz Ansari/Big Sean” (A-) While no sketches will be considered all-timers, this is one of the most remarkably consistent episodes of SNL that I can remember. Absolutely no dud sketches, a terrific monologue and at … Continue reading
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Tagged bright lights, happy endings, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, saturday night live, snl, this is us
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What I Watched This Week: 15 Jan 2017
NEW SHOWS It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – “Old Lady House: A Situation Comedy” (A) A brilliant deconstruction of multi-cam sitcoms and the type of network interference Sunny has been lucky to avoid by virtue of being on a a cable … Continue reading
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Tagged good place, it's always sunny in philadelphia, this is us
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What I Watched This Week: 1 Jan 2017
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “The Fugitive” (B+) Sometimes I miss NBC’s “super-sized” episodes that weren’t quite double-length. That would have been perfect for this episode. Its subplots are superfluous, but its main story of hunting down escaped convicts with … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, good place, it's always sunny in philadelphia
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Netflix Picks: January 2017
BEST BET – FILM Miss Sharon Jones! – 1/7 Sharon Jones’s 2016 death really hurt, especially since this documentary – which showed her struggle to recover from and (temporarily) overcome cancer – gave me hope that she’d be back on … Continue reading
Posted in Previews, Television
Tagged bates motel, bill burr, clinical, coin heist, crystal alonzo, degrassi, frontier, gad gone wild, growing up coy, investigator, it's always sunny in philadelphia, jen kirkman, jim gaffigan, mar de plastico, miss sharon jones, neal brennan, one day at a time, real detective, ripper street, señora acero, series of unfortunate events, sharon jones, take the 10, tarzan and jane, terrace house, voltron, wartime portraits
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What I Watched This Week: 24 Jan 2016
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “The Cruise” (B+) Not as strong as previous installments with the Pontiac Bandit, but nearly any time with Doug Judy and Jake Peralta is a magical time. CURRENT SHOWS It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia “Chardee … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, simpsons, wire
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Netflix Picks: January 2016
Since I haven’t written a Weekender column since May 2015, and with Oscar season winding down, I figured I’d start something new. So here is my guide to what will drop on Netflix each month. It won’t be comprehensive: I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged 30 for 30, chelsea does, chelsea handler, degrassi, from dusk till dawn, intolerable cruelty, it's always sunny in philadelphia, netflix, new girl, parks and rec, z nation
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Best of the Decade… So Far – TV
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
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Tagged americans, breaking bad, brooklyn nine-nine, colbert report, community, daily show, fargo, friday night lights, hannibal, happy endings, it's always sunny in philadelphia, key and peele, louie, men of a certain, modern family, newsroom, orange is the new black, parks and rec, terriers, true detective, veep
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2013 in Review: The Best Shows — Honorable Mentions
There’s a lot of great TV every year. But not every season is worthy of my Top 10. Below are the best of the rest. Arrested Development — “Colony Collapse” The biggest overall problem with Season 4 of Arrested Development … Continue reading
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Tagged arrested development, behind the candelabra, bill cosby, bridge, community, daily show, girls, gun control, hbo, house of cards, it's always sunny in philadelphia, john oliver, modern family, netflix
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What I Watched This Week: 10 Nov 2013
NEW SHOWS: Key & Peele – Season 3, Episode 9 (B) Features maybe the most bizarre (in a bad way) sketch they’ve ever done, but I appreciate them trying to find humor in the mundane. Still, what this duo can … Continue reading
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Tagged grey's anatomy, it's always sunny in philadelphia, key and peele, modern family, parks and rec, simpsons
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What I Watched This Week: 3 Nov 2013
NEW SHOWS: Key & Peele – Season 3, Episode 8 (A-) Not a dud in the bunch, even if many of the sketches were rather low-brow. Now say it with me: “I was hy on poteneuse.” DVR BINGE: It’s Always … Continue reading
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Tagged it's always sunny in philadelphia, key and peele, modern family, saturday night live, simpsons, snl
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