Viva Shark Vegas
“Sharknado: The 4th Awakens” hits Sin City, and “Squidbillies” are ‘Merica “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens” Sunday, July 31 (Syfy) Movie: Who’s joining Ian Zering and Tara Reid (apparently, the #AprilLives [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in On The Tube
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Dark horse “BoJack Horseman” returns, tragicomic as ever; “Looking” says buh-bye
“BoJack Horseman” Friday, July 22 (Netflix) Season Premiere: Recently, Netflix released promo art that placed cartoon character BoJack Horseman (voiced by Will Arnett) in the same league as troubled [...]
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Posted July 13, 2016in On The Tube
School’s in
Vice Principals takes “Eastbound & Down” to class; “BrainDead” isn’t dead yet. “Vice Principals” Sunday, July 17 (HBO) Series Debut: While I still contend that “Eastbound & Down” was one [...]
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Posted July 06, 2016in On The Tube
Law and disorder “The Night of” takes on the (in)justice system; “Mr. Robot” is back for the re-hack
“The Night of” Sunday, July 10 (HBO) Series Debut: Novelist/screenwriter Richard Price (“Clockers,” “The Wire”) and writer/filmmaker Steve Zaillian (“A Civil Action”) spend eight episodes chronicling eight bad, bad [...]
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Posted June 29, 2016in On The Tube
Rock on
“Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” is still dumb fun; “Killjoys” returns. “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” Thursday, June 30 (FX) Season Premiere: The debut of Denis Leary’s “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” last summer presaged two rock-centric dramas, HBO’s [...]
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Posted June 22, 2016in On The Tube
Killer queen
“Queen of the South” heats up USA; “Roadies” is out of tune. Queen of the South Thursday, June 23 (USA) Series Debut: USA continues to get somewhat browner; baby [...]
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Posted June 15, 2016in On The Tube
Manson family values
“Aquarius” is back on Charles Manson’s trail; “American Gothic” is more dim than dark. “Aquarius” Thursday, June 16 (NBC) Season premiere: When last we (meaning [...]
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Posted June 08, 2016in On The Tube
Torrid 10
10 hot(ish) new series debuting this summer. “Ride With Norman Reedus” (AMC; Sunday, June 12) Series Debut: The “Walking Dead” star gets his own motorcycle road-trip series because [...]
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Posted June 01, 2016in On The Tube
Repossessed
“Outcast” brings the satanic scares; “Feed the Beast” arrives undercooked. “Outcast” Friday, June 3 (Cinemax) Series Debut: While the fanboys are nerd-raging against each other over the authenticity [...]
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Posted May 25, 2016in On The Tube
Fall fails
What to “look forward to” this fall from the broadcast networks. It’s been a rough couple of seasons for broadcast network television. Programming competition from cable and streaming services [...]
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