Tagged - television

“Saturday Night Live” Season 51 preview: the hires, the hosts, and the heartbreaks

If these new cast members can bring in fresh energy, new identities, unique senses of humor, and continue to hook younger audiences from TikTok and Instagram, we should be in store for a smooth transition into the next generation of “SNL.” Read More

Controversy ensues after “DWTS” Week 6

I was truly at an impasse and distraught: I didn’t want anyone to go home. But someone must.  Read More

No tens at week 5-“DWTS” returns

Long time no see, but I am back with a new round-up of “Dancing With the Stars!” Read More

“Heartstopper” Season 3 is an ode to queerness and mental health

The hit queer coming-of-age show “Heartstopper” returns with its junior season — and this time it tackles heftier topics than before. Read More

‘First Kill’ deserved a second season

“First Kill” wasn’t canceled because it was bad. It was canceled because it was fun. Read More

The Good, The Bad, and the Meta

More than anything else, I believe that people in the middle of a 2-year-long (and counting) pandemic are simply desperate to feel a physical human connection again. Read More
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How ‘Orange Is the New Black’ fails female prisoners

Rape isn’t a joke, and you’d expect a show that fancies itself feminist to know that. Read More

UR student Maddy Wary stars alongside Ben Affleck in Netflix film

Maddy Wary seems like your average college student, aside from having her own IMDb page and having acted alongside Ben Affleck. A first-year at UR, Wary recently starred in Netflix film “Triple Frontier” withAffleck, Pedro Pascal, and Oscar Isaac. The movie was directed by the Oscar-nominated J.C. Chandor and was filmed mainly in Hawaii, where […]

Not Vanilla: The search for sitcoms

With all the classic comedy shows of my childhood gone (I’m talking “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office,” “Community,” “Drake & Josh,” “Friends”), I have been on the lookout for new comedies to catch my eye. For me, a comedy has to be smart with minimal cringe, present likeable characters, and preferably include a couple to […]