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Best Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)Don Cheadle (Black Monday)Ted Danson (The Good Place)Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)Ramy Youssef (Ramy) Best Actress in a Comedy Series Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. … Continue reading Discussion: 2020 Emmy Nominations
The Awakening How do you build back up after tearing everything down? Eventually all great storytellers arrive at this problem, one that’s so difficult to solve that many just tumble through it and let things be. Hell George R. R. … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “The Awakening” & “The Headband”
Let’s meet today’s contestants for the first celebrity Jeopardy! in the Trebek era: Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, is playing for Cardinal Hayes High School; Donna Mills, an actress from Knots Landing. is … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Jul. 27 – encore from Oct. 26, 1992
I always enjoy playing the contrarian, so I’m disappointed to admit that I fall in the general consensus of finding this episode really, really annoying in conception; I was kind of hoping that it would turn out to be more … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Nine, “Lisa The Skeptic”
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
I thought I would make a dedicated page for this. Continue reading RIP Regis Philbin
And so we come to what now seems the Inevitable Two. Glory versus Malcolm X. Two important movies on important events that changed the world. And gave our Movie Star an Oscar and his (very arguably) greatest performance. Neither movie … Continue reading Denzel: The Finals
Let’s meet the contestants for game two of the final of the 10th Anniversary Tournament: Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California, earned $100 yesterday; Tom Nosek, an engineer from Torrance, California, brings over a score of $13,600 from … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jul. 24 – encore from Dec. 3, 1993
In Which The Stars Turn and a Decision Presents Itself Avatar has never been shy about its influences. The creators are open to the fact that they cribbed from most major pieces of genre storytelling at the time. The stew of Star … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “The Guru” & “The Crossroads of Destiny”
The Squire of Gothos (TOS) The A-Story: Oops, not that. I’ve never read David’s Q-Squared, but Trelane being a Q is one of the few retcons that kinda makes sense. Rewatching The Squire of Gothos, it’s also evident that Encounter … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me?
Let’s meet today’s contestants: Murdock Martin, a graduate student originally from Moss Point, Mississippi, taught in Taiwan; Barbara Prideaux, a teacher from St. Charles, Missouri, helps other teachers to build self-esteem; and Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jul. 23 – encore from Jan. 15, 1990
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
What began as a disappointment had by its fourth season become one of the best shows in Mutant Enemy’s (Buffy, Angel, Firefly) storied history and one of the most acclaimed and consistently entertaining superhero series on television. They’ve teamed up … Continue reading Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Final Season Reaction/Discussion Thread – 7.9 “As I Have Always Been”
Let’s meet today’s contestants: Linda Alznauer, a student and actress originally from Los Angeles, California, stumped the band on Carson’s Tonight Show; Susan McGowan, an office automation manager from San Francisco, California, has experienced a different reality; and Chuck Forrest, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jul. 22 – encore from Oct. 4, 1985
Masters of Horror was an anthology horror series released by Showtime in 2005. Famous and rising horror directors from around the world were invited to create hour-long horror films with no restrictions. The show ran for two seasons on Showtime … Continue reading Masters of Horror: S1E13 “Imprint”
Connie trains with Pearl to be a swordfighter. Continue reading Steven Universe Rewind: Sworn to the Sword
Klaus drags the guys along to a wild bachelor party. Klaus is getting married?!?!?! Klaus is getting married. Klaus also want a bachelor party and enlists Stan, Roger and Jeff to join him. Men only, so no Steve. Klaus even … Continue reading “Men II Boyz” American Dad! S17E13
“Brainwave Jr.“ Uncovered secrets from Henry Jr.’s family’s past force him to make a difficult decision. Here’s the Live Chat. Continue reading 7/21/2020 Stargirl Live Chat
Let’s meet today’s contestants: Paul Schaeffer, a registered nurse originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, really is a registered nurse; Lynne Crawford, a carpenter originally from West Springfield, Massachusetts, really is a carpenter; and Greg Hopkins, an energy demonstrator from Waverly, Ohio, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jul. 21 – encore from Sept. 11, 1984
The Top 4 Seeds of the Tournament have made it to the Top, and now only have each other to battle. Glory and Malcolm X easily toppled their competitors He Got Game and Man on Fire by double digits. But … Continue reading Denzel: The Final Four
Lake Laogai Avatar has always been a show haunted by death. Hell even its title is a gesture to the genocide that serves as the thematic underpinning of the whole fair. A rather grim cornerstone from which to build a program … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Lake Laogai” & “The Earth King”
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