“Bordertown” Sunday, Jan. 3 (Fox) Series Debut: “It’s about time we did something about immigration — the Southwest belongs to retired art teachers and meth-lab entrepreneurs!” So begins “Bordertown,” the long-long-delayed animated comedy from “Family Guy” producer Mark Hentemann, with a cultural-consulting assist from Lalo Alcaraz (“La Cucharacha” cartoonist) and
Read More →“F Is For Family” Friday, Dec. 18 (Netflix) Series Debut: Comedian Bill Burr was slinging (smarter) anti-PC rants long before a certain GOP presidential frontrunner hijacked the practice, and his new animated series is the most hilariously profane revelation since Netflix’s own “Bojack Horseman” — he only had to set
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Posted December 09, 2015in On The Tube
“Transparent” Friday, Dec. 11 (Amazon Prime) Season Premiere: Long before Caitlyn Jenner demanded your instant approval, Mort-turned-Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) earned that respect and adoration in the wildly fantastic debut season of Jill Soloway’s “Transparent,” a family dramedy like nothing ever seen on TV (or streaming service, app, etc.). Season 1
Read More →“A Very Murray Christmas” Friday, Dec. 4 (Netflix) Special: Not a “holiday variety show” in the traditional sense, because it’s directed by Sofia Coppola, so you know it’s going to get weird: When Bill Murray’s grand plans for a Christmas cabaret show at the Carlyle Hotel are dashed as Manhattan
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Posted November 25, 2015in On The Tube
“South of Hell” Friday, Nov. 27 (WeTV) Series Debut: Either WeTV is embracing the binge-watching model by dropping all seven episodes of “South of Hell” tonight, or they’d just rather get it over with and hope no one notices. This likely one-season-and-done horror series, about a southern demon hunter (Mena
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Posted November 18, 2015in On The Tube
“The Art of More” Thursday, Nov. 19 (Crackle) Series Debut: Small-time crook Graham Connor (Christian Cooke) slips into the high-end art world of the super-rich — but if the dark side of the auction house doesn’t sting him first, his shady secret past will. The slick and sexy “Art of More” is
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Posted November 11, 2015in On The Tube
Reunited “Mr. Show with Bob & David,” kicking ass with “Into the Badlands” and soaping it up with “The Royals.” “W/ Bob & David” Friday, Nov. 13 (Netflix) Series Debut: I’m going to assume/hope my audience is too young to remember HBO’s “Mr. Show With Bob & David.” If not,
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Posted November 04, 2015in On The Tube
“Master of None” Friday, Nov. 6 (Netflix) Series Debut: Comedian/actor Aziz Ansari (“Parks & Recreation”) plays a New York City comedian/actor who’s a hell of a lot like Aziz Ansari. Depending on your Aziz Ansari tolerance levels, this is either great or terrible news (and nobody’s asking you, “Family Guy”).
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Posted October 28, 2015in On The Tube
“Ash vs. Evil Dead” Saturday, Oct. 31 (Starz) Series Debut: Attention S-Mart shoppers: Ash (Bruce Campbell), and his Boomstick and chainsaw, are back! After three decades of doing little besides lying low, growing a beer belly and pretending the dead never rose — even though re-killing said dead and saving
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Posted October 21, 2015in On The Tube
“Hemlock Grove” Friday, Oct. 23 (Netflix) Season Premiere: Remember “Hemlock Grove”? It was “American Horror Story” Does “Twin Peaks” before “American Horror Story” started doing “Twin Peaks” (seriously, “Hotel,” stop), with a dash of “Twilight” for the kiddies. The Eli Roth-produced series debuted with a bloody splash in 2013, helping
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