From Jimmy Fallon’s new holiday special to SNL’s Colin Jost hosting Pop Culture Jeopardy!, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Second Chance Stage – Saturday, November 30, Magnolia | Series Premiere Courtesy of Magnolia Network and MaxTaking place in Kansas City, this heartwarming talent competition offers contestants — who…
From a Family Guy holiday special to a Beatlemania documentary, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. ACL Presents: 23rd Annual Americana Honors – Saturday, November 23, WTVS Photo courtesy Americana Music AssociationFans of roots-oriented music will enjoy this this year’s celebration of Americana, held at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so6XoqZgbVM Beneath the pulpy mystery aspect of this series, what deeper themes are being explored in Disclaimer? I think there’s the question of truth, fact, lies . . . the ease that it is to believe something because of your own biases — and the danger of that. Also, it’s sort of exploring outrage;…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXzPaCbpAHc Tensions are high as Cobra Kai heads into the home stretch before concluding next year Bienvenido a Barcelona, Miyagi-do Dojo! After a long, rocky road of trying to unite the students of Eagle Fang and Miyagi-do, the six fighters chosen to represent the San Fernando Valley dojo arrive at the Sekai Taikai tournament ready…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoyn5BCm37o The medical researchers behind IVF are the focus of Netflix's Joy A commonly cited quotation from science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke — “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” — often follows news of monumental scientific discovery. That certainly applies to Joy, a new Netflix movie dramatizing the remarkable work of three…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZwykQK9aZo Saorise Ronan stars as a mother desperately searching for her lost son during the Nazi bombardment of London The Second World War is well-trodden ground both in film and television, but for 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen there were still aspects of these horrors that had gone untold. In his new film,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eixYGYmuu0g Back for an unexpected second season, Bad Sisters pushes the Garvey girls to the brink as another murder threatens to expose their crime When it premiered in 2022, Bad Sisters was seemingly a one-and-done thriller, based on a Belgian miniseries with a finite ending. When actor-writer Sharon Horgan — who’d adapted and starred in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxWT-jpM2Q When you first told people you were working on a show called Sherwood, would you inevitably have to explain that, no, it’s not a new Robin Hood? Yeah, exactly. The word “Sherwood” has massive connotations to it. But I think that’s deliberate on [creator James Graham’s] part. He’s playing on the idea of…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRq7niwEgSM Pedro Páramo is a Mexican movie on an epic scale Anyone who has ever visited Mexico (or watched a travel show set in the country) already knows that it is an ancient and dynamic land teeming with good food, colourful tapestries and a rich culture devoted to honouring the dead. Mexico also has its…
From the season finale of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon to an SNL election special, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Invincible Fight Girl – Saturday, November 2, Adult Swim | Series Premiere Adult SwimA quirky cartoon about chasing your dreams and finding a family in the least likely…