Baroness von Sketch Show has won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series in each of its first three seasons. Your average American may wonder how much weight that really carries, given that the only other Canadian sketch show they’ve likely heard of, The Kids in the Hall, ended in the…
Tyler Perry Debuts new BET shows ‘Sistas’ and ‘The Oval,’ TV’s Wildest New Soap
While white Hollywood (is that redundant?) has been giving lip service to programming for black audiences, Tyler Perry has been laughing all the way to the bank, cranking out hit films and TV shows. This month he dropped two more series on BET, Sistas and The Oval, which are sure to find audiences starved for…
‘The Simpsons’ Parodies ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Shape of Water’ in Treehouse of Horror XXX
Despite the look of its title, Treehouse of Horror XXX — airing Sunday, Oct. 20 at 8ET/PT — is not a special adult episode of The Simpsons (or rather, it’s not more adult than the 29 other Halloween specials that came before it). It is, however, episode 666 for the show overall, which is a…
Sling Movie Rental of the Week: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’
The most recent, finally Marvel-sanctioned set of Spider-Man movies featuring Tom Holland and Zendaya are just plain fun. Whether it’s Holland’s impeccable acting or the hilariously uncomfortable scenes reminding you of the awkwardness of high school, the newest Spider-Man series gives us a young, fresh take on the webbed superhero. The best Marvel movies are…
Diversity and Relatability Make ‘Superstore’ One of the Best Shows on TV
You’d be hard pressed to name many 30-minute TV shows that tackle wide-ranging issues like maternity leave, immigration, the Syrian Civl War, unions, workforce-threatening automation, and gerrymandering (and yes, we’re including the news). Okay, now take that count and narrow to include only network television comedies. Effortlessly tackling all of the above, Superstore is in…
Comedy BFFs Kristin Wiig and Maya Rudolph Reunite On ‘Bless the Harts’
Kristin Wiig and Maya Rudolph are like chocolate and caramel: Great on their own, even better together. Lucky for us, the Saturday Night Live alumni have joined forces once again on Fox’s new animated sitcom Bless the Harts. Also reuniting with former SNL writer Emily Spivey — who created the show based on her own…
Why Aren’t You Watching ‘Get Shorty’?
In the event that you’re unaware, and it’s clear that too many of you are, Get Shorty is a dramedic series based on the Elmore Leonard classic of the same name, which previously spawned a hit movie with John Travolta and Gene Hackman. The series is a sort of remix on the source material, and…
The End is Near for ‘The Good Place’
Deep breaths, my little chili babies. Our favorite philosophy-centric afterlife comedy is beginning it’s last season this week. We have a very limited amount of time left with our Soul Squad (14 episodes, to be exact) but, more importantly, it means our lives will have significantly less Ted Danson for the foreseeable future. While this…