The Oscars

By Maxine Bass Conan O’Brien makes his hosting debut at the 96th annual Academy Awards The Oscar race is on, and this year’s edition of the Academy Awards caps off a banner year at the movies. This year’s ceremony also marks the hosting debut of Conan O’Brien, whose stint as a late-night host lasted from…

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Douglas Is Cancelled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dODMgsz1r9M A British news anchor tells a joke that causes his life to crumble in British dramedy Douglas is Cancelled In this age of social media dominance, at least a minutiae of media literacy is encouraged among the masses. Whereas ’90s and ’00s parents once cautioned their children to “surf the net” safely, watching for…

Apple Cider Vinegar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Yj_rmCzhE The true story of a health guru’s fake claims of curing herself of cancer unfolds in Apple Cider Vinegar In the footsteps of Inventing Anna and The Dropout arrives another story of a real-life con woman whose promises of health and wealth were too good to be true. This time the object of fascination…

The Gorge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUSdnuOLebE Opposing snipers (Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller) fall in love while guarding a mysterious ravine in The Gorge Across a vast gorge, two solitary snipers develop a flirty relationship. Even though the 600-metre distance keeps them apart, these two are immediately struck with the sense that they have inexplicably found their equal at the…

The Baldwins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xVv5g89xgE Alec Baldwin, wife Hilaria and their seven kids open their lives for new TLC reality show The Baldwins “Seven children, six animals, two parents. Wild family.” That’s the tagline for The Baldwins, TLC’s highly anticipated new reality show taking viewers inside the life of Alec Baldwin, wife Hilaria, and their rambunctious brood of kids,…

The Americas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqLqbnenLY New nature docuseries The Americas explores the diversity of our supercontinent NBC is horning in on what has traditionally been PBS’ turf with The Americas, a new documentary series that “showcases the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the world’s greatest supercontinent.” For this ambitious project, filmmakers with the renowned BBC Studios Natural History Unit…

Berlin ER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXNlCOtVDnE Berlin ER explores the life-or-death drama inside a hospital emergency room From the opening moments of the drama series Berlin ER, it is clear this is not a hospital where you get treated if you have a choice. New chief doctor Suzanna Parker (Haley Louise Jones) arrives at Krankenhaus, the most overcrowded and underfunded…

Zero Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOfBiiPdQPI Robert De Niro heads the cast of Zero Day, an ambitious new conspiracy thriller boasting a star-studded cast The divisive political landscape we find ourselves living through these days can feel stranger than fiction. Proving the idiom true is the new, eerily timely six-episode limited series Zero Day. Oscar winner Robert De Niro stars…

Wild Cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBAlCjGADDo Stars Giacomo Giannotti and Vanessa Morgan dish on the second season of Wild Cards Demoted by-the-book cop Cole Ellis (Giacomo Giannotti) and spirited con woman Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) didn’t start their professional collaboration on the most enthusiastic note, but after a season of crime solving, partnership building and personal bonding, the two are…

Good Cop/Bad Cop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyJWZI8KHRc Brother-and-sister detectives solve crimes in a quirky small town where their dad is chief of police in new procedural comedy Good Cop/Bad Cop Television series have presented a bounty of police partners, some of them even being aliens and robots, but only rarely have they been siblings. The recently ended Blue Bloods is a…

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