Category: TV

Predictable big winners, a few surprises, some lame segments, and nice shout-outs for three recently departed performers. And once again, we’re asking ourselves do we really need a host for these Awards shows? Here’s a closer look at the 73rd Emmy Awards. Ted Lasso and The Crown won big in the Comedy and Drama Awards.…

True crime dramas are all over TV and seemingly getting more popular all the time. How ’bout O.J. Simpson and Bill Clinton? Gianni Versace, too. American Crime Story was one of the first to jump into this genre and tackled these three crime stories and has more on the way. American Crime Story is a…

It’s time again to honor the best-of primetime TV. The Emmys will be held on Sunday, September 19th at L.A. Live’s outdoor/indoor space, the Event Deck, airing at 5:00 p.m., PST on CBS and Paramount +. As reported in these pages and many others, Awards shows are no longer the go-to destination entertainment event. Ratings…

I haven’t read any of the 33 books by Harlan Coben. The American writer of mystery thrillers has 75 million books in print around the world. His stories share common themes: multiple twists, offshoot plot lines, secrets, resurfacings of the past, and dead bodies. The books, filled with cliffhangers, certainly make for binge-worthy TV. In…

Famous people getting into trouble and the “fixers” who get them out of it. Fixers from the political world of Veep (Mike McClintock, played by Matt Walsh) to the Hollywood of Entourage (Shawna Roberts, played by Debi Mazar) to the criminal violence of Ray Donovan (played by Liev Shreiber), fixers find themselves in comical dilemmas…

The early trailers for Kevin Can F**k Himself were…interesting. A turn-off, yet enticing at the same time. Is it a show within a show, a mash-up, or a dark sitcom? The picture is a little more clear now that AMC has aired the first three episodes (the first four if you have AMC+), but much…

The Serpent is the true story of Charles Sobhraj; a French serial killer who drugged, robbed, and killed numerous young travelers in South Asia in the 1970s. The victims were primarily Westerners with no more than a backpack on them (and lots of traveler’s checks) traveling through Bangkok on their way to Katmandu or other…

For pop culture fans best-of lists are our bread and butter. We love them. We love it when when one of our favorites is highlighted as a “best” and find it hard to believe when our favs are left off the list or placed too low. Best-of lists are also good to discover something you’ve…

Lupin is the most watched Netflix show in many countries of the world, including the U.S. Many people in the States are unfamiliar with the tales of Lupin; I know I was. In France, however, the fictional character Arsene Lupin is a Sherlock Holmes-like popular figure created in 1905 by Maurice Leblanc with 17 novels…

This is a first take post on the premier episode of HBO’s new Sunday night drama, Mare of Easttown. Kate Winslet (Titanic, Sense and Sensibility) plays a small-town detective. It’s clear from the first episode that her “complicated” personal life will pose additional challenges, particularly under the small-town lens where everybody knows everybody. The limited…