A weekly thread devoted to the discussion of TV
This iconic scene probably looks like poop on Netflix, thanks to the AI that was used by Carsey-Werner’s contractor for its divisive remastering of A Different World. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – August 20, 2026
This week on the soft reboot of Ted Lasso, no one knows for sure if the User lives outside the Net and inputs games for pleasure, so Higgins intends to find out. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – August 13, 2026
Spinoff! Is there any word more thrilling to the human soul? Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – August 6, 2026
The Agent Kim Reactivated finale was solid, but it also had so many product placements that you kept expecting Wayne and Garth to waltz in with a box of Pizza Hut while Roger Sterling pours himself a Smirnoff. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – July 30, 2026
Shocking news: The entire run of Tales from the Crypt is now free on Tubi. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – July 23, 2026
Here we see Apple TV reacting to Widow’s Bay‘s 19 Emmy nominations. Today’s Couch Avocados header is about Netflix fatigue and why Apple TV is having a better year than Netflix. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – July 16, 2026
Because of both a disappointingly sparse comments section and a writer’s block, Jim on the Move is reposting this week something from his Serializd account. It’s about when John Oliver got slapped on General Hospital, the continuing stooooory of a thug who’s gone to the dogs. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – July 9, 2026
On Agent Kim Reactivated, Agent Kim’s terrifying wire traps for his enemies make Fred’s traps from Scooby-Doo look like traps that were built by the Care Bears. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – July 2, 2026
The words “Directed by James Burrows” often meant you were in for a funny and entertaining ride. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – June 25, 2026
Don Draper is 🎵making his way downtown, walking fast. Faces pass, and he’s homebound.🎵 Mad Men was one of many shows that debuted in the summer—the subject of today’s Couch Avocados header. 🎵’Cause Don needs you. Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh. And he’ll miss you. Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh…🎵 Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – June 18, 2026
Whether as Giles or a jerk like Ted Lasso villain Rupert Mannion, the late Anthony Head owned the screen and was always a class act. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – June 11, 2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes is worth a rental at the Wherehouse. Where? The Wherehouse. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – June 4, 2026
The Couch Avocados column ends its Asian Pacific American Heritage Month series of posts on the Asian American action drama Warrior with a bang—and a lovely impalement with a giant cross. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – You Get May?! 28, 2026
You Get May?!, a month-long series of posts (in the vein of Farscape February) about the action drama Warrior, continues with a look at a cathartic and magnificent episode where unexpected heroes strike back at anti-Asian hate. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – You Get May?! 21, 2026
The greatest fight scene from Warrior doesn’t feature Warrior star Andrew Koji. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – You Get May?! 14, 2026
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month means it’s You Get May?! over at the Couch Avocados column. Every header will be about Warrior, a show Asian Americans needed when anti-Asian hate was on the rise. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – You Get May?! 7, 2026
Korean barbecue is to Bloodhounds what pizza is to every incarnation of Ninja Turtles. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – April 30, 2026
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is one of many Warner Bros. Animation shows that are currently on Tubi, but don’t count on it being on that same Bat-channel for long. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – April 23, 2026
Keith Richards looks fantastic while waking up on his new Sealy Posturepedic bed. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – April 16, 2026
Today, the Couch Avocados column looks at Warp Wilde, a rejected cartoon that would have been the Disney Afternoon equivalent of The Jetsons, the show that promised us flying cars that turn into briefcases. Still waiting on that, Carl Friedrik. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – April 9, 2026
Ryan Coogler’s upcoming X-Files reboot pilot and Riz Ahmed’s terrific new show Bait have a few things in common—other than the fact that a pig’s severed head plays a role in key episodes of both shows. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – April 2, 2026
