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Double Dose of Summer TV Stars

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The TV networks are announcing their Summer 2021 lineups (which mostly consist of game shows and game-based reality competition series). And it looks like we’ll be getting a double dose of three television personalities: AMY POEHLER The “Saturday Night Live” vet lends her voice to Season 2 of FOX’s animated series “Duncanville”. It premieres with […]
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Analyzing Oscar Races in Six Major Categories

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The Academy Awards is now less than three weeks away – Sunday April 25th. Final voting takes place from the 15th through the 20th. Some races are pretty much (though not entirely) locked-in, while others are still very wide open. Let’s break it down: BEST PICTURE “Nomadland” is the Golden Globe, Critics Choice and PGA […]
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Back To You Podcast Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

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It’s the 2nd Anniversary of the “Back To You Podcast”! I started this special event podcast on April 3, 2019 with the first of 17 episodes (one posted each week) highlighting each episode of the best single season sitcom in television history. The FOX local TV news comedy series starring Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Josh […]
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Best of the First Quarter of 2021

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We’re already through the first quarter of 2021. Out of the nearly 60 new releases I watched during January, February & March, these are the 10 Best… along with three great catch-ups and a fantastic coming attraction: 10 BEST “The Courier” – Well-crafted and engaging spy thriller headlined by Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan and the […]
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27th Annual SAG Awards Predictions

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The 27th Annual SAG Awards ceremony is a week away. It’s only for an hour, will be pre-taped, air on Easter Sunday at 9pmET (on TBS & TNT) and will NOT have a host or Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. But let’s look at the positives: the show will still honor some incredible performances from the […]
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Three Strengths of New ‘Mighty Ducks’ Series

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I’ve screened the first episode of the new “Mighty Ducks” reboot series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”. It premieres this Friday March 26th on Disney+. The episode is predictable and corny and formulaic and standard family sports series content. But there are three positives that shouldn’t be ignored: THE FRAMEWORK Steven Brill, the writer of […]
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‘Genius: Aretha’ a Major Disappointment

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I’m a big fan of the first two seasons of the National Geographic Channel miniseries “Genius”. The life stories of Albert Einstein (played in his older years by Geoffrey Rush) and Pablo Picasso (portrayed in older years by Antonio Banderas) were fascinating to discover over 10 episodes each. The performances, visuals, story swerves and emotional […]
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‘Falcon and Winter Soldier’ Off to Terrific Start

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When “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” premiered on ABC in September 2013, I thought, “This show is gonna be HUGE! Marvel fans are gonna obsess over this. There will be movie star cameos all the time. People will go crazy over it!” And, out of the gate, “S.H.I.E.L.D.” lived-up to those expectations. It delivered more than […]
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2021 Oscar Noms: Few Surprises, Many Snubs

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The 93rd Annual Academy Awards Nominations gave us plenty of expected nominees, especially in Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Animated Feature. And it’s no shocker that “Mank” leads the Oscar Noms – it did quite well in the craft categories. So there are actually very few legitimate surprises. The big ones: Lakeith Stanfield in […]
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2021 Oscars Nominees Predictions

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The Academy Awards nominations will *finally* be announced this Monday morning! There are only 23 categories this year instead of 24 because the Sound categories are now combined (for some ridiculous reason). Here are my predictions of the nominees in seven of the major categories: Best Animated Feature “Onward” “Over The Moon” “A Shaun the […]
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