I thought from the get-go that the premise of NBC’s new mid-season dramedy “Good Girls” sounded worth checking out. Probably not something I’d be able to convince my husband to watch with me, but it still looked like fun. “Thelma and Louise meets Breaking Bad,” is how they described it, with a big picture of… Continue reading NBC’s Good Girls is Highly Entertaining, with a Side of Feminism
The new network TV season is upon us. I’ve been on the lookout for anything promising among the new series, and I think I’ve found one. It’s a half-hour PG comedy called “The Mayor,” airing Tuesday nights on ABC. And if the pilot is any indication of the type of show it’s going to be… Continue reading ABC’s The Mayor: A Good Start
I never wanted to write this post. What I wanted was to finish watching season 3 of “Jane the Virgin” on Netflix and go out on the inevitable cliffhanger, and at least be able to recommend the show with some reservations. Instead, I stopped after the 18th episode of the season and said enough is… Continue reading The Epic Disappointments of Jane the Virgin
Disclaimer: I haven’t seen season two; this post is on the contents of season 1, which is currently available streaming on Netflix. I had literally never heard of “Life in Pieces” when it came to Netflix a couple months ago. Apparently it premiered on CBS in 2015, but I guess I missed it. When I… Continue reading The Highs and Lows of CBS’s Life in Pieces
This TV season seemed to be the season of new time travel shows. I’m not averse to time travel stories in general, but come on, three? I gave NBC’s dull drama/thriller “Timeless” a shot when it came out last fall, and I quickly lost interest. ABC’s “Time After Time” had an intriguing premise (Jack the… Continue reading Fox’s Making History is a Lot of Fun
There’s actually a social media campaign going around right now to stop ABC’s “Last Man Standing” from being canceled. I completely understand the sentiment and the principle of wanting it to remain on the air, but I think the topic brings up a complex issue. “Last Man Standing” is a multi-camera (think laugh track)… Continue reading My Mixed Feelings on Last Man Standing’s Cancellation
*Update: This show seriously gets better and better. While I liked the first season (for all the reasons I discuss below), I now consider it to be pretty darn fantastic in its outstanding writing, storylines that continually surprise, and consistent portrayal of family and marriage as good and beautiful. There seemed to be quite a bit of… Continue reading This Is Us is Popular for Good Reason
Fox’s new drama series “Pitch” was on my radar when it came out this last fall, but I wasn’t terribly interested in watching it until I saw some good reviews by a Facebook friend of mine. A series about a girl who becomes a major league baseball pitcher? Interesting, but I guess I thought it… Continue reading Fox’s Show “Pitch” Blindsided Me (And Made Me Really Angry!)
The CW’s “Frequency” looked to me like it might be okay, when it first came out this last fall. But it didn’t excite me enough to jump on the premier bandwagon and wait to watch an episode faithfully every week. Then it quickly came to Netflix, and it was trending (which, incidentally, doesn’t necessarily mean… Continue reading “Frequency” is… Fine
*Update: Now in its third season, this is still a darn good show! And though it ventures a little more frequently into the harder end of the PG spectrum, it’s still pretty clean over all. When the new show season was approaching last fall, I hopped onto the Google like any good screenwriter/TV aficionado would do,… Continue reading Why “Speechless” is Perhaps the Best Show on TV Right Now
