The Emmys On Lockdown Are Just As Stupid And A Lot Less Fun
Mostly, there were no jokes. The ones that existed were terrible. Entertainment took a back seat to moralizing on Jimmy Kimmel’s virtual Emmy Awards.
Drew Barrymore Brings Exuberance Back To Daytime TV
The plan hadn’t been to launch Drew Barrymore’s talk show during global lockdowns, but once the production team accepted that was going to happen, they embraced it.
Keeping Kids From Seeing Smut Will Take A Lot More Than Canceling Netflix
Bringing about meaningful change in the wake of ‘Cuties’ is going take a lot more effort than just canceling your Netflix account.
‘Jeopardy!’ And ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Resume, Signaling A Post-Virus Return To Normalcy For Game Shows
With ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ back on the air, one corner of the entertainment world has returned to something approaching normalcy.
Why This Season Of ‘The Bachelorette’ Might Be The Most Dramatic Yet
A pandemic lockdown, production delays, true love in two weeks, two bachelorettes in one season — what could be more dramatic than that?
Peacock’s Too-Realistic ‘Brave New World’ Shows We Ignore The Individual At Our Peril
NBC’s new version of ‘Brave New World,’ streaming on Peacock, gives voice to the decline of individualism under the guise of increasing happiness.
Regis Philbin Made Us Look At Life In A Different, And Funnier, Way
Regis set out to make people feel better about themselves, and succeeded.
An Ahistorical, Surprisingly Dull Mess, Hulu’s ‘The Great’ Is Anything But
The show thinks it’s subversive and daring with its humor, but the only shock is how relentlessly dull it is, regardless of themes and imagery.
Pressuring Halle Berry To Resign From Transgender Role Typecasts LGBT Actors
By arguing that characters must be played by actors who share their inherent characteristics, Halle Berry and the rest of the left are effectively limiting possibilities for minority actors.
‘Top Chef’ Winner Gets A Pass From Woke Mobs Because She’s Not A White Man
The ‘Top Chef’ producers constantly find themselves trapped in a dilemma: how to appear to be a thrilling, objective competition while appealing to woke sensibilities.
6 More Reasons To Cancel ‘Looney Tunes’ Besides Elmer Fudd’s Gun
HBO Max has already demonstrated the bravery of capitulation by temporarily pulling ‘Gone with the Wind.’ Now it’s time for them to permanently pull the plug on ‘Looney Tunes.’
It Might Be Short On Laughs, But ‘Space Force’ Launches The American Imagination
While ‘Space Force’ is definitely intended as a satire, it makes some rather compelling points about the essential nature of exploration.
TV Reunions During COVID Demonstrate Art’s Creative Potential Under Lockdown
These television reunions demonstrate the creativity (and lack thereof) that can arise when content must be created under social distance.
Don’t Abolish The Police Procedural Entertainment
Cop shows and detective mystery series are the most popular shows on television. They’re not going anywhere anytime soon, despite what The Washington Post says.
‘The Real Housewives’ Is Really About Both Maintaining And Abandoning Propriety
To put it concisely: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are sustaining the illusion of propriety, the Real Housewives of New York are abandoning it.
These 5 Streaming Moves Preview The COVID-19 Entertainment Shift
The streaming wars are heating up, as John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’ signs on with CBS, ‘Hamilton’ heads to Disney Plus, and Tom Hanks’ new war movie goes straight to Apple TV.
Woman Behind Roe v. Wade Leaves Confused Legacy In ‘AKA Jane Roe’
Norma McCorvey went from being a lesbian abortion advocate to a born-again Catholic and pro-life spokeswoman. Upon her death, she said it was all a lie — but which part?
In Compelling Story About Motherhood, ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Explores Blossoming Of Identity Politics In 1990s
In ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ it’s interesting to see the ’90s reflected from this distance of more than 20 years. But the identity politics is suffocating.
How The Aging Stars Of ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Can Keep The Jig Up
Pump Rules’s sometimes grimy studio-apartment aesthetic worked on a network defined by luxury because its stars were fueled by an intense, American desperation to ‘make it’ in Hollywood.
Nobody Watched The Bachelor’s ‘Listen To Your Heart’ Even Though Watching TV Is About All We Can Do
If ‘Listen To Your Heart’ couldn’t generate interest during a pandemic lockdown, it’s hard to believe it could succeed when people are once again allowed to go outside and do literally anything else.
‘Trump Was Right’: Explosive New FBI Texts Detail Internal Furor Over Handling Of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ InvestigationNewly disclosed internal FBI notes and text messages decontinue reading >- Mask Fanatics Have Officially Abandoned Science To Control Your LifeThis is our world in 2020: Not even the experts can keecontinue reading >
- BREAKING: Declassified Susan Rice Email Confirms Michael Flynn Was Personally Targeted In Oval Office MeetingNewly declassified portions of a key Susan Rice email ccontinue reading >
