Abbott Elementary: Courtney the cult leader and Vampire Weekend
The excellent Abbott Elementary was back tonight. With some tough students bullying some of the members of our favorite faculty. It was another funny show. Janine’s teaching skills and dedication were put to the test when she ended up with Courtney. A problem student who’s file was “thicker than aContinue Reading
Grand Crew: “House Arrest” with pies and Queen’s Gambit 90
Grand Crew was back tonight, and the fast moving action continued with a family business in crisis, online chess dating, and uncomfortable hook-ups. The episode was Noah-centric as he tried to figure out what was going on with his father’s business “Copy and Donuts” (exactly what it sounds like) whichContinue Reading
American Auto: the commercial reshoot was uncomfortable comedy in it’s wildest form
This episode was just crazy. From beginning to end. American Auto was back this week with an emphasis on corporate responsibility, more specifically damage control after a social media post intended to show solidarity with the LGBTQ community went wrong. The group from Payne Motors decided to try and makeContinue Reading
Gilded Age: “Downton Abbey” in America, starts strong with enjoyable acting and aesthetics
Downton Abbey in America. Lazy thinking but promising if put to practice properly. Those were my thoughts when I first heard about “The Gilded Age” which premiered on HBO this week. And promising is what I would use to describe the Julian Fellowes story. The show begins in New YorkContinue Reading
Local TV Tonight: 911, Abbot Elementary, This is Us
Plenty of new local TV tonight for our free antenna watchers with a little bit of everything coming to your screens. ABC: kicks off with Judge Steve Harvey, and then continues with one of my favorite new shows of the year in “Abbot Elementary”, followed by “Black-ish” and a repeatContinue Reading
Promised Land: Has clever twists but still feels like “Succession” on a vineyard
“Promised Land” began it’s run tonight on ABC with a very valuable Bachelor lead-in and at first look, the show has some neat angles, but not enough to make up for the formulaic story telling just yet. Let’s focus on -just yet- because this is the first night. But mostContinue Reading
The Bachelor: We got a host by committee approach tonight
The Bachelor was back on television tonight after taking a week off due to NFL playoff football. While the show was a hit with “The Shrimp Heist” catching the attention of social media (story HERE). Regular viewers did notice a trend during tonight’s show. We didn’t see a lot ofContinue Reading
The Bachelor: Shrimp etiquette takes center stage
The Bachelor was back tonight after taking a week off due to NFL Playoff football. And we had “The Circle” date where everyone shared their past challenges with relationships. But a lot of you wanted to talk about shrimp. The segment in question came during a lull in the actionContinue Reading
ESPN: First Take crew reacts to skit from Saturday Night Live
Over the weekend, the First Take crew was given the Saturday Night Live treatment as the legendary skit show spoofed Stephen A. Smith, Molly Qerim, and Michael Irving, with Chris Redd, Chloe Fineman, and Keenan Thompson playing them respectively. And this morning, the real crew reacted. And they loved it.Continue Reading
ESPN: Dan Orlovsky went nuts celebrating Matthew Stafford’s win over the Bucs this morning
“I told you so!” Said a leather jacket clad, Dan Orlovsky on Monday morning ESPN TV, several times during the show’s run time, as he celebrated Matthew Stafford’s win on Sunday, as he lead the Los Angeles Rams over Tom Brady and the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay BuccaneersContinue Reading