Ever since I first saw the trailer for the new ABC sitcom “The Kids Are Alright” about a big Catholic family of all boys, I’ve been dying to see it. It looked funny, well-done, and most importantly, didn’t really look like it was a Catholic-bashing vehicle. Could it be, I asked myself? Was it… Continue reading ABC’s New Comedy The Kids Are Alright: So Far, So Good
Disclaimer: I’ve only seen season 1 of “The Good Place” so far.. Hurry up and get season 2, Netflix! When NBC first premiered its comedy starring Kristen Bell as a girl who’s made it to the “Good Place” after death, I gave the pilot a shot and then quickly gave up. While the premise was… Continue reading NBC’s The Good Place is Crude but Valuable
I’ve been a pretty regular watcher of the (formerly) Fox detective sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” since the very beginning. I even got a bunch of my family members into the show after I watched the hilarious pilot. The thing about this Golden Globe-winning comedy is that it’s been pretty consistently hilarious and high-quality ever since. But,… Continue reading Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Good, The Bad, and the Hilariously Funny
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 started watching “Malcolm in the Middle” by myself on a whim, a couple years ago, when my oldest kid was too tiny to have a clue about anything inappropriate it might contain if he was listening nearby. And then my husband saw it in my Netflix “Continue Watching” list and reminisced about watching it… Continue reading Malcolm in the Middle: A Good Family-Centric Sitcom
Most of the time when my husband and I try a new show on Netflix that we’ve never even heard of until we spot it in some suggestion list, it’s not very good. If it’s not a Netflix original or something I’ve caught wind of in some way during my personal quest to stay informed… Continue reading Borderline is a Lot of Office-Like Fun
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 post is about the American version of “The Office,” not the smuttier British version. I was never a huge fan of NBC’s “The Office” when it was in its prime-time prime. I’d tried watching it once or twice at some random mid-season episode and couldn’t quite understand the hype. The funny thing is, my… Continue reading The Office: Nine Seasons of Fun
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
*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
