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Today’s contestants are: Kate, an assistant athletic director, whose mom was a 3-day Jeopardy! champ; Nalin, a clinical data analyst, plays Dungeons and Dragons as “Bardy McBardface”; and Greg, a school administrator, likes musicals, especially “Wicked” and “Hamilton”. Greg is … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Nov. 12
My first exposure to Doctor Who came on November 23, 2013, when I first catch glimpses of the 50th anniversary special “The Day of the Doctor”. Impressed by the special, I decided to watched it on Netflix (back where the … Continue reading Weekly Who: “The Eleventh Hour” S05E01 (Modern Who Retrospective)
“By Any Other Name” (Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 21) At the time of its original airing, what set Star Trek apart from other science fiction TV properties like The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits was … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “By Any Other Name”
One of the best and hardest things to do for a lot of series, especially in this day and age of heavy serialized TV, is to stick the landing on the series finale. For a lot of shows, it really … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 12: Favorite Series Finale
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and … Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread
New Discovery episode! Have you noticed that I always use exclamation points in these posts! I didn’t realize I was doing it until now! It’s because I’m excited! Anyway, share your thoughts about the new episode here. In conclusion, ! Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S3E5: Die Trying
Let’s meet today’s contestants: Doug, a high school economics teacher, drove a Zamboni; Daniella. an attorney, was known in law school as “Senator Beef” ; and Greg, a school administrator, is a world traveler. Greg is a one-day champ with … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Nov. 11
Note: The Roku Channel says it has the entirety of Fear Itself to watch online. However, episodes are swapped in the program order and at least one episode is missing. Family Man is that missing episode. is listed under E7: … Continue reading Fear Itself: S1E03 “Family Man”
Steven and the Gems head back to the family barn to build some robots. Continue reading Steven Universe Rewind – Back to the Barn
The way TV has changed over the decades is definitely fascinating as it works a kind of natural evolution at times, from live productions to pre-recorded and then the slow coming seasons and seasonal runs for them, with some being … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 11: The Longest-Running Series You Watch
Here are today’s contestants: Greg, a school administrator; Melissa, a voice professor and singer; and Ben, a data scientist. Ben is a one-day champ with winnings of $44,401. Ben made a strong all-in move on DD2 to break open close … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Nov. 10
Original Airbenders What a week. After a short hiatus for processing the world in the past seven days I’m happy to so that I’m motivated and ready to wrap up the rest of the Legend of Korra. Indeed the timing is noticeably … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Original Airbenders” & “The Terror Within”
Being born in the early 70s and growing up watching cartoons on Saturday mornings, which was where you usually could only see them on some of the half dozen channels you had access to, was one of those glorious times. … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 10: Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoon
Today’s show opened with an emotional statement from showrunner Mike Richards on Alex’s passing, and assured us that it was Alex’s wish that his final 35 episodes be aired as scheduled. The lights were then dimmed in the studio in … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Nov. 9
“When I was a boy I dreamed of two very different lives.” “Only two? I wanted hundreds.” The strangest thing about many early Farscape episodes is that the character they’re about is often not the character that they follow. “Thank … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×06, “Thank God It’s Friday, Again”
The miniseries isn’t what it used to be but we do see some coming up from time to time. Also known as a limited series, they’ve been around forever with classics like Roots and Shogun and events like the original V movies that … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 9: Your Favorite Miniseries
Alex had long been established as the avuncular sage of game show hosts, the wise authority figure you never wanted to disappoint should you have the honor to appear before him on the beloved cultural institution that is Jeopardy! But … Continue reading My journey through the career of Alex Trebek
Episode Grade: A– It’s Wagstaff, isn’t it? There’s just something about the school, and the various weirdos who attend and work there, that brings out the best in Bob’s Burgers. This is partially a result of the deep bench of … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers S11E05: “Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School”
Willem Dafoe continues to be an undervoted Movie Star for these tournaments, but the ones we like, we definitely like. No close races again. Instead, Mississippi Burning was blanked completely by The Lighthouse, and our only TV nominee, The Simpsons: … Continue reading Dafoe: The Elite Eight
This season has squashed the characters into caricatures of themselves, and nobody has suffered that worse than Lisa; the writers know she’s supposed to be principled and idealistic, but they often fail to forget what those principles actually are, and … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Twenty-Four, “Lost Our Lisa”
