After last season’s finale that basically kicked everything we ever knew about NBC’s The Good Place right into the sun, season two kicked off last night under new but unclear rules. If you recall, season one ended with Eleanor (Kristen Bell), Chidi (William Jackson Harper), Tahani (Jameela Jamil) and Jason (Manny Jacinto) trying to figure…
AWARDS CHATTER: It’s Past Time For William H. Macy To Win An Emmy For ‘Shameless’
Through chaos comes comedy for the Gallagher family as they fight through day after day to simply survive in the southside of Chicago. Despite being a major driving force behind the show and each character, it’s easy to forget Showtime’s Shameless wades through some of the darkest waters, like addiction, mental illness and death in…
‘Tracey Ullman’s Show’ Gets Return Date on HBO
Not to be confused with her 1980s Golden Globe-winning sketch comedy show The Tracey Ullman Show, the British comedian is returning for a second season of her latest sketch comedy show, Tracey Ullman’s Show, next month. Tracey Ullman’s Show takes sketch comedy to the next level as its Emmy and Golden Globe-winning namesake takes on various…
REVIEW: Pamela Adlon’s Terrific ‘Better Things’ Gets Even Better in Season 2
Season 2 of Better Things, which stars Pamela Adlon as a working actress and single mother to three daughters in Los Angeles, begins with a close-up. A close-up of Adlon’s face. It lingers there for a few long moments, before cutting to a wider shot, revealing that she is sitting on the toilet. After another…
REVIEW: ‘Broad City’ is Back, Kweens!
Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer are finally back (after a year and a half hiatus!) in an amazing all-new season of Broad City. It’s the show’s fourth season but it’s has a few important firsts, like the first time Ilana and Abbi met, or the first time Ilana runs into Lincoln (Hannibal Buress) since they…
AWARDS CHATTER: ‘Silicon Valley’ Tweaked the Code in Season 4
Despite the fact that it reliably comes up with some of the best and most original jokes in TV comedy, delivered by one of the strongest casts, and has been nominated for Best Comedy Series at the Emmys for each of its four seasons, one of the knocks on Silicon Valley has been that, not…
REVIEW: Seth Macfarlane’s ‘The Orville’ is Not What it Looks Like
When you think of Seth Macfarlane, what comes to mind? For me, it’s rapid-fire jokes built around various pop-culture references; raunchy stoner humor a la the Ted movies; maybe the Brian Griffin voice or the Stewie voice or the Ted voice. The best thing you can do before you check out The Orville, Macfarlane’s new series…
AWARDS CHATTER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Up for Emmy Six-peat for ‘Veep’
Nominated for Best Comedy Series, Best Writing for a Comedy Series (for two different episodes), Best Directing for a Comedy Series (for three different episodes), Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Julia Louis-Dreyfus (which, if she wins, will make six in a row), and acting nods for series regulars Tony Hale (who has won…