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There are niche shows and then there are niche shows. Schmigadoon!, the musical comedy series that parodies classic musicals, certainly falls into the latter category. As a massive theatre fan, this series was right up my alley, but I suspect it won’t play nearly as well for audience members who aren’t as well-versed in the […]
In this installment of The Best Show You Aren’t Watching, our underappreciated series once again comes from AppleTV+ (the streaming service that seems to be hitting it out of the park when it comes to unassuming and quirky shows that lack big name stars – compared to their big, flashy shows that just aren’t quite […]
If you are going to have a series centered around a number of unlikeable people, you have to give your audience a reason to root for them (hell, even just a reason to root for one of them can be enough). In the era of Peak TV, we were shown a host of antiheroes (think […]
Lisey’s Story has one of the best television casts ever constructed: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joan Allen, Ron Cephas Jones, Dane Dehaan, Michael Pitt. I mean, come on, three of those actors in a show would be incredible, but all of them? It’s an embarrassment of riches! And each one is acting […]
The Me You Can’t See is an ambitious and emotional documentary series from Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and Oprah Winfrey. Ambitious because it aims to tackle the stigma around seeking help for mental health struggles by asking a range of individuals – from their fellow celebrities and elite athletes to average folks – […]
Just over a week ago, my Twitter feed blew up with TV critics praising the second season finale of the AppleTV+ series For All Mankind. I’ll admit that when I saw the series pop-up in my screener queue in 2019, I assumed it was some type of documentary on the space program and I didn’t […]