Category: TV

(This is a re-post from 2021 to recognize Never Have I Ever’s fourth and final season which Netflix just released on June 8th. It’s a cute, satisfying show if you haven’t checked it out yet. Season four is ten episodes, each running about 30 minutes. As with some other high school shows (Sex Education, for…

“The following is based on a true story. No names have been changed to protect the innocent because nearly everyone was found guilty.” Then as you see a band of misfits failing to gain entry through a locked door, “There were four Watergate break-in attempts. This was number two.” So, begins HBO’s tale of the…

Some of you have probably seen this series starring Christina Applegate (Married with Children) as Jen Harding and Linda Cardellini (ER) as Judy Hale. For those of you who haven’t, Dead to Me is uneven at times, but the compelling and endearing lead women make it all worthwhile. They’re confounding and irresistible. James Mardsen (Robot…

A girl being chased through a snow-covered forest is suddenly impaled by falling into a hole filled with large, sharp sticks. Fast forward 25 years and a journalist asks, “what really happened out there?” This was the enticing and foreboding opening of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, the network’s latest outstanding contribution to Sunday night TV. It completed…

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” A salient quote from one of history’s great thinkers leads off each episode of the terrific Danish political drama, Borgen. Originally, a DR production (the Danish public broadcast company that previously produced The Killing), Borgen is “The Castle,” the informal name of the…

“Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is murdered. When the DA goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them…

Post Update: This post originally ran in January 2023 after the premier of the second season. I’m re-publishing it because it just started streaming on Netflix. Take a look if you missed it on Showtime. Michael Desiato is a prominent New Orleans judge when his son kills another teenager in an accidental hit-and-run collision. Michael…

Five teenagers navigate the final years of the troubles during the 1990s in Londonderry (“Derry”), Northern Ireland. Sounds interesting, intense, and sad, doesn’t it? Actually, the Netflix comedy is hilarious, raucous, and optimistic (three seasons of six, six, and seven 25-minute episodes). While the Troubles lurk in the background, the show focuses on the antics…

Time for another Best-of list courtesy of the latest Rolling Stone magazine (see previous such posts The Best of Netflix: Rolling Stone’s Top 20 and Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Sitcoms of All Time). They have updated their 2016 list of the greatest TV shows. Like I did before, I’ll provide some brief comments on the…

I’ve discussed the changing landscape of television and the demise of awards shows in previous posts. So, let’s just get right to it. Like it or not, the Emmys were here again on Monday September 12th. Succession had the most nominations (25) giving it a good chance to win again as Best Drama Series. Same…