New Trailer for The Americans
For me, January is the new September when it comes to looking forward to returning shows. For example? The wholly excellent The Americans (returning January 28 to FX). This story about a family of...
View ArticleHere's Eddie Marsan in the BBC's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
BRITISH BRITISH BRITISH. Between Peep Show and Black Mirror, all I've been watching on Netflix the past few weeks are British people being British, and now here come some more British people, ready to...
View ArticleSNL: The Office—Middle Earth
Adorable Brit dreamboat Martin Freeman hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend, which turned out to be the best episode in ages. (Funny what happens when a great comic actor hosts, huh?) Check out this...
View ArticleCheck Out the Trailer for Schitt's Creek
In case you're wondering, Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara (formerly of the brilliant SCTV) still have it, and they're flaunting it on a new sitcom debuting on February 11 called Schitt's Creek on POP...
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Some Thoughts on Marco Polo, Netflix's New Series For People Who Like Boobs...
Netflix released Marco Polo, a new, ten-episode original series on Friday. I’m pretty sure that I’m the target audience. I listen to approximately seven billion different history podcasts, for...
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The Glorious Finale to The Colbert Report
In case you missed it, here is last night's oh-so-GLORIOUS finale to The Colbert Report in which Stephen says goodbye to his much beloved character with some help from Santa, Unicorn Abraham Lincoln,...
View ArticleDarlene Love's Final "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
1986 was the first year that R&B singer Darlene Love performed her barn-burning rendition of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on David Letterman. Remind yourself:And though she's visited...
View ArticleTrailer for the Black Mirror Christmas Special...
... ummm... which you probably can't watch unless you're in either a relatively small group of people, or a goddamn thief. Why? Because unless you live in England, like to steal stuff off the internet,...
View ArticleWhat to Watch Today: How About Five Seasons of Pee-Wee's Playhouse?
Santa's come and gone, and all you're left with is a hangover. So what you should be convalescing on the couch with today? How about some ice cream, a big turkey leg (optional), and all five seasons of...
View ArticleWho Wants to See KISS' Paul Stanley in a Folgers Commercial?
Basically the story went like this: In the year 2000, Folgers coffee wanted someone cool to be in their commercial. So they were like, "Ummm... Paul Stanley from KISS, duh!" However at that point, Paul...
View ArticleTonight on TV... Well, There's This
I despise reality shows with the heat of one thousand suns. And yet? I am strangely attracted to this one, debuting tonight on the Tru TV network at 10 pm, Branson Famous. It's about a singing family...
View ArticleA Master Class in Screaming
One thing I miss from classic TV shows of the '60s and '70s are the actors that just FUCKING GO FOR IT. Like Paul Lynde in Bewitched, Don Knotts in The Andy Griffith Show, and Jonathan Harris as the...
View ArticleNew Better Call Saul Trailer!
I'm doing my best to manage my expectations in regards to the Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul—but so far I've been woefully unsuccessful. And this plot description from AMC isn't helping!The...
View ArticleTroll Hunter: The Commenter's Worst Nightmare
I'm wildly shocked that America didn't come up with this idea first—especially since our internet trolls are globally unparalleled. Check out the trailer below for the Swedish show Troll Hunter...
View ArticleTonight on TV: The Final Season of The Kroll Show
It's a true rarity when a beloved American TV show ends in a reasonable amount of time, rather than slowly sucking its creativity dry over seven seasons. That's why we should tip our hats to The Kroll...
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This Weekend's Movies: American Sniper, Blackhat, and Zero Motivation, Plus...
FIRST, here's a big deal: It's been announced that tomorrow night at the Hollywood, Simpsons, Futurama, and Life in Hell creator Matt Groening will be in attendance for a retrospective screening of his...
View ArticleIt's On TV Tonight: FX's Justified
As dutifully reported this week in I Love Television™, I'm squirting SQUEE juice over tonight's season premiere of Justified:Justified (FX, Tues Jan 20, 10 pm). Though last season was a bit of a dud,...
View ArticleLife is a Trip to the Dildo Factory
Last season on Showtime's House of Lies, The O.C.'s Adam "Seth" Brody appeared as a sex toy manufacturer, and took the gang on a tour of his dildo factory. THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT. What's important is...
View ArticleCheck Out the Trailer for Netflix' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
One of the great things about living in the multi-platform age is that when old-timey broadcast networks pass on an unusual show, sometimes it's picked up by other cable or streaming services and BAM!...
View ArticleHannibal Season 3 Trailer
It's pretty apparent by now that NBC has LOST THEIR DAMN MIND, passing on Tina Fey's new comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and pushing one of their most interesting and gorgeous shows, Hannibal, to the...
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