The Emmy nominations were announced this morning and naturally I have thoughts. I shared my favorites of the 2017-2018 season here. You can view the full list at this link. Lets dig into the Emmy analysis. The Good -Jeffrey Wright, Issa Rae, and Sandra Oh landing lead acting nominations. All three gave really great performances
The Emmy FYC window ended yesterday and after taking stock of the television season, I can say that this year was truly wild. TV has never been more diverse and we have never had as many shows as we have had in any point in the history of television. In the past TV season, I
It’s not surprising to me that a movie like HBO’s Fahrenhei 451 would get made given our now universal reliance on technology and the kind of world it seems we are living in. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, the TV adaptation of Ray Bradburry’s classic novel doesn’t really shock the core like it should, mostly because
Netflix, like with every other genre it seems, has gone full throttle into the true crime genre. This year alone we’ve been hit with like five zeitgeist busting docuseries from the network. The most recent in this is Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist, a true crime story that starts
Dear White People is a confounding beast to watch as a young black person. On the one hand, the show occupies a vital space in the world of TV and is at times uproariously entertaining. On the other hand, it still is a show that gets bogged down by its own indulgences and throws so
So many of my interests have been lining up this week. Not only have the brackets taken over my life, but the good folks at the Hollywood Reporter have talked about doing drafts! Tim Goodman lays out the rules as follows: What it might be like if cable channels, networks and streaming services were in