In praise of Hallmark Christmas movies
There is not enough football on TV not to get drawn into the Countdown to Christmas
Television
Tuesday
Tuesday
Were we all wrong about Frasier?
Early reactions to the revised show have been generally positive
Wednesday
Why What We Do in the Shadows works
A vampire sitcom that doesn’t suck
Wednesday
Before Yellowstone there was The Big Valley
It paved the way for modern neo-Westerns
‘Slow Horses’ is thriller television at its best
It’s not funny, but it’s terrific
Friday
Yawn: your childhood just died again
When the transgressive becomes normal, the normal will become transgressive
Monday
The magnetism of His Dark Materials
Pullman’s color palette is of vibrant grays. He rejects absolute goods and evils
Sunday
The heart of The Rings of Power
Amazon’s Tolkien adaptation does justice to the aesthetics as well as the ethics of his world
Tuesday
The deeply human Walking Dead
The show made us feel we could find light in that which set us apart from savagery
Tuesday
The time trap of Irma Vep
The HBO Max miniseries shows a rare interest in the present moment
Tuesday
Game of Thrones was the last water cooler show
While its prequel seems just another tale of a girlboss girlbossing
Friday
The quiet end of the Golden Age of television
The Better Call Saul finale wraps up an era
Wednesday
Charlie Rose, comeback king
Hasn’t he spent long enough in time-out?
Wednesday
Ricky Gervais, Netflix and clickbait controversy
Audiences are increasingly wise to knee-jerk manipulation
Friday
Netflix changes woke course after Chappelle attack
They went woke and now they’re going broke
Monday
Around and around the world
Masterpiece has brought Around the World in 80 Days to the small screen
Thursday
Stop hating on celebrity politicians
We should leverage their massive egos for our own advantage
Wednesday
Volodymyr Zelensky’s sitcom is now as sad as it is funny
Future generations will view it as a historical artifact
Monday
Reality bit
True Story: What Reality TV Says about Us by Danielle Lindemann reviewed
Saturday
Perry Mason was America’s Sherlock Holmes
Perry Mason personified the country that won World War Two and was enjoying well-deserved prosperity
