Stuck in a TV rut? Tired of the same old procedurals, hangout comedies, superhero series, and remakes or reboots? If you’re nodding your head yes, and you’re up for something a bit more bizarre, check out one of these gems. Not only are they weird, but they all lasted more than one season.
Completely Arbitrary 2021 TV Superlatives
Welcome to my eighth annual, let’s just call it what it is – a list of television shows and things I loved the most during the past year. While 2021 wasn’t exactly as bleak as 2020, it still wasn’t all rainbows and kittens and my TV viewing generally reflected that as I both engaged with …
Despite what you may have heard, Peacock actually has more to watch than The Office. Over the last year or so the streaming service has slowly but surely built up a catalog of original comedy series worth watching. Here’s my favorite three of the bunch, so far.
Long story short, yeah, Tubi TV is alright. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a top tier streaming service by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s still worth adding to whatever device you use to stream TV and movies. Here’s three reasons I recommend Tubi TV.
I really dig Apple TV+’s alt-world space race drama For All Mankind. However, it wasn’t exactly love at first sight. It took the arrival of the promo-promised female astronauts in the third episode for it to become the show I wanted it to be. Escalated cold war tensions and the increased threat of annihilation aside, …
Apple TV+’s Dickinson is a really fun TV show. It’s well cast, the scenery and costumes are on point, and the use of present-day music and dialog is amusing. The way the series manages to bring the poetry of Emily Dickinson to life is also impressive. But there’s plenty of other people praising those points. …
While scrolling through the vast menu screen that is HBO Max, I happened upon a show called The Head. Its official synopsis describes the series as “a six-episode survival thriller set in an isolated and inaccessible Antarctic research station” and that’s all I had to read before adding the show to my watchlist.
This post contains spoilers, you have been warned… Here’s a screencap of every shot of Nora’s notebook from the first season of The Wilds, a new Amazon Prime original. Have a closer look at her notes and drawings, all of which take on greater meaning after that late reveal. Her earlier conversation with Leah, about …
Completely Arbitrary 2020 TV Superlatives
Welp, 2020 was… a year. Just going to leave it at that. As with any year though, new shows debuted, old favorites bid adieu, and as always TV provided a much needed escape from reality. And while I did add a handful of new series to my watchlist, I probably spent more time than I’d …