Tracy Morgan Breaks Good in ‘The Last O.G.’
Tracy Morgan more than earned his place at the top of Comedy Mountain a long time ago, with seven-year runs on both Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, but his career was rudely interrupted in 2014 when he was in a near-fatal car accident that kept him out of action for over a year. Morgan…
Bill Hader Hits The Bullseye with HBO’s ‘Barry’
When I first heard Bill Hader would be playing a former Marine-turned-hitman in HBO’s new show Barry, I thought, ‘Well, okay, he’s a good actor but I’m not sure if I can believe him as a hitman.” Then, I heard the other, very important piece of the titular character’s story: he’s a hitman who decides he wants…
Introducing Nathan Lee Graham as Bernard, The Wind Beneath ‘LA to Vegas’ Wings
If you’ve been sleeping on FOX’s freshman comedy LA to Vegas, then shame on you! Objectively, you’ve been missing a full season of one of the best, most quotable characters to ever be created for television. If you’ve yet to meet Bernard, Jackpot Airline’s fiercest and most mysterious flight attendant, then allow me to introduce…
7 Reasons to Binge ‘The Good Place’ While You Still Can
In this job, a lot of TV shows come over the transom, and I regretfully admit that I don’t get to all of them as quickly as I’d like, if I get to them at all. Such was the case with NBC’s The Good Place, which finished its second critically adored season last month. I…
It’s Eat or Be Eaten in ‘Atlanta: Robbin’ Season’
It has been a long wait, as creator and star Donald Glover needed a little extra time off to pay Lando Calrissian, but the best show of 2016 is finally back and, judging by the three new episodes sent to critics, better than ever. Atlanta’s strength has always been twofold: its facility with tone, easily…
NBC’s ‘A.P. Bio’ Goes For Extra Credit
When you hear a premise like ‘disgraced Harvard philosophy professor uses the students at his new job teaching advanced biology in Toledo to get revenge on his academic rival,’ there can be a tendency to assume that it will make a great pilot episode, maybe even a good whole first season, but that it will…
Put a Bird on It: The Best ‘Portlandia’ Characters Ever
Since it first aired in 2011, Portlandia has become a cult favorite, thanks to its perfect satire of life in Portland. With the eighth and final season airing on January 18th, we’re mentally preparing to say goodbye to our favorite characters we’ve met on the show over the past seven seasons. While season eight will…