Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7fLTuSMaZQ New three-part docuseries explores the brief-but-powerful history of disco In retrospect, it’s easy to dismiss disco music as one of the many fads that emerged and then quickly faded away during the 1970s, along with pet rocks, mood rings, water beds and lava lamps. Yet that doesn’t do justice to a unique musical genre…

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We Are Lady Parts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uZ0OWGen1w Britain’s most unique all-female, Muslim punk band is back for a second season of musical comedy We Are Lady Parts The term “punk rock” evokes images of spray-painted brick walls and leather-clad teenagers with mohawk hairdos, perhaps leading to the chorus of Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.” or The Clash’s “I Fought the…

The boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzFXDvC-EwM The Boys returns with a new season of superhero antihero mayhem, along with a few new supes Humanity is being goaded into tearing itself apart in a brand-new season of The Boys, with the first three episodes of the ultra-violent, anti-superhero series dropping this week. Last season, The Boys thoroughly explored how and why…

Queenie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yUW-bQ3buY A young Jamaican-British woman living in South London struggles to define herself in Queenie Published in 2019, author Candice Carty-Williams’ novel Queenie quickly became a literary sensation. “A must-read novel about sex, selfhood, and the best friendships that get us through it all,” is how the book was described by Candace Bushnell, whose newspaper…

The Morning Show

Former ET Canada correspondent Morgan Hoffman tells TV Week about her new role on Global’s The Morning Show Morgan Hoffman is a familiar face to Canadian television viewers from her four years on ET Canada, having joined in 2019. When Global announced late last year that it was cancelling the show after 18 seasons,…

Wheel of Fortune

Pat Sajak ends his four-decade run on Wheel of Fortune Friday, June 7 will mark the end of an era when Pat Sajak celebrates his final episode as host of Wheel of Fortune. Sajak joined the show in 1981, but he wasn’t its first host. That honour went to Chuck Woolery, who was partnered with…

Star Wars: The Acolyte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tzur6JrUEA The Star Wars TV universe plunges into the Dark Side with this murder mystery about an intergalactic conspiracy that’s picking off Jedi Knights en masse Russian Doll star Charlie Barnett may not have known exactly what kind of role he was auditioning for when he pursued a part in the latest Star Wars series…

Sweet Tooth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os4R9IEBOA8 Post-apocalyptic saga Sweet Tooth sets out on its final season One boy’s long, adventurous quest to be reunited with his mother comes to a close when Sweet Tooth, the award-winning Netflix fantasy drama, returns for its third and final season. Based on the comic book series by Canadian author Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth follows…

clipped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPIcQNMQchQ This star-studded new miniseries recounts the downfall of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, as played by Modern Family’s Ed O’Neill The story of L.A.’s “other” basketball team takes you behind the scenes of a notorious NBA owner’s racist remarks captured on tape and heard ’round the world. In 2014, Clippers owner Donald Sterling…

The Big Door Prize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ye6vpH-z0 The cast and creator of this surreal, profound comedy discuss a second season that challenges its characters to reflect on their life choices and explore new possibilities After arriving in Deerfield and wreaking havoc on its small-town inhabitants, the Morpho machine — a retro arcade-like game doling out cards containing the player’s life potential…

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