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I generally like to give a new series at least three episodes for everyone to find their footing, from the cast to the writers to everyone else behind-the-scenes. Snowpiercer had a particularly torturous journey from big screen to small, so ...
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With the regular season now past, the major networks aired very little in the way of new programming between June and September, so anything between 1950 and 2000 will be a rarity. But with the advent of cable TV and ...
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It's the third week of competition in the Legendary ballroom, and in addition to the regular panel of judges, this week saw the arrival of an extra special guest judge (emphasis on the extra) with self-described ballroom icon (more of ...
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We're Here has been one of my top shows of 2020, so I was very disappointed to learn that the season consisted of just six episodes. This week we find out why. As the Queens pulled into Spartanburg, South Carolina ...
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The fourth season of Rick and Morty ended with the episode ‘Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri’, which is an obvious reference to Return of the Jedi and the frequent annoyed remarks by Rick about a 'Star Wars' style adventure ...
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Train detective Andre Layton caused himself a world of trouble in the second episode and desperately needed to earn back the trust of Melanie and Mr. Wilford, but he also knows they need to give him enough latitude to conduct ...
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Between 1950 and 1990, the TV networks did not present a lot of original programming during the summer months since viewership was down while kids stayed outside playing with their friends later (imagine that) and families were taking vacations. With ...
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If Steve Carell is on your screen, chances are his presence in what you’re watching was a driving factor in how you decided to spend your time. He’s managed to make a name for himself through his ability to transition ...
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So here we are at the seventh and final episode of the pandemic-shortened fourth season, and this episode was a doozy, keeping hearts pounding througout even if the final shot was a bit ... goofy. But what is going on ...
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It's finally here! The long-awaited debut of the new HBO Max streaming service from WarnerMedia. The new service will offer a wide variety of programming -- movies, TV series -- from the vast Warner Brothers library (including programming from HBO) ...
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The latest episode of Rick and Morty is called 'Childrick of Mort', which is a reference to the sci-fi dystopian movie Children of Men and that movie does center around children, but that’s really where the comparisons end. Here we ...
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With most regular season series ended by this point in May, networks didn't really begin offering original summer fare until the late 90s-early 2000s when cable began to explode with new networks popping up left and right with a need ...
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