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TV by the Decade :: November 13•19
Coming in to the middle of November, only one decade saw a new broadcast network scripted series, while only one other decade had multiple new series debuts and all of them on cable ... and all but one in the ...
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever can’t hit the heights of the original
The first Black Panther from director Ryan Coogler was a truly great Marvel movie, with exhaustively impressive production design, costuming, acting, and a legendary score by Ludwig Göransson. It was also buoyed by a very strong set of performances from ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: Thunderstruck
Seriously. SERIOUSLY!? Whoever greenlit that episode as a winter finale should be fired. That barely even passes as a regular season episode. SERIOUSLY!?And once again -- big old network LIE -- as it was NOT a crossover event. There was ...
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The Good Fight :: The End of Everything
February 2017, relatively new streaming service CBS All Access debuts its first original scripted series. It was supposed to be Star Trek: Discovery but production delays put that show behind schedule. Luckily the service had another show already on the ...
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Pennyworth :: Red Marauder
Let's Talk About 'Red Marauder': The people of England are beginning to feel some type of way about the PWEs, aka People With Enhancements.
Gully, aka Captain Blighty, is beginning to grow weaker and weaker due to his exposure to Stormcloud.
Mary ...
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American Horror Story: NYC :: The Sentinel / Fire Island
Let's Talk About 'The Sentinel': Gino and Patrick try to save Henry from Whitely but the tables are quickly turned.
Henry takes a drastic step to save them all.
Patrick's interview with the Native calling out the NYPD does not go over ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #120 :: November 9•15
Out of all of this week's new releases, one can say that a handful remain memorable today. Two decades sat the week out, and many of the others included films that were literary or stage adaptations, or remakes of previous ...
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TV by the Decade :: November 6•12
As we get deeper into the Fall season, new network series debuts are few and far between, with absolutely nothing premiering in 1962 or 1992. 1952 had three new series, two of them anthologies and one of those was broadcast ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: When I Get To The Border
'You have no idea how quickly rumors spread around here!' Amelia nailed that one right on the head! I mean that's the comedy-not-comedy of this week's episode. There's got to be something funny happening back at base-camp as this week's ...
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American Horror Story: NYC :: Bad Fortune / The Body
Let's Talk About 'Bad Fortune': Kathy Pizzaz's stand-in at the bath house is offending her by doing an impression rather than exactly replicating her voice.
Kathy also has a side hustle, operating a fortune telling parlor and she needs a new ...
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The Good Fight :: The End of Democracy
Let's Talk About 'The End of Democracy': Diane and Kurt drive to the funeral of Frank Landau, but Kurt is obviously annoyed knowing he's going to be the lone Republican in a room of Democrats.
Liz, Ri'Chard and Julius are driving ...
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Pennyworth :: Don’t Push It
Let's Talk About 'Don't Push It': Alfred and Daveboy arrive at the Hebrides to find the secret prison where Zahra Khin's father is being held.
Alfie is confronted with a vision from his past.
An anonymous caller tips off Martha that John ...
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