The TV thread

Love Baranski's line delivery in basically everything she's done.

 

Watching the Gary Gulman stand up special which just came out on Max -- absolutely fantastic.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...-spencer-donald-faison-nbc-sitcom-1235765807/

So the owner of the Celtics pitches a sitcom based on his new wife and her ex-husband being friends - this is the result. Is it just me or does it sound like a "reboot" of Reboot's "Step It Up."

 

Where did you see it is a Celtics owner's idea?

 

Love Abigail Spencer

 

The review says Spencer’s character starts dating the (fictional) owner of the Celtics, which seems to be based on Wyc Grousbeck’s life experiences

TV sitcom 'Extended Family' inspired by real-life relationship of Celtics owner, wife and her ex

 

I have not run out of Christmas movies so much as I have reached the limit of my tolerance for them. There are two that really need to be consigned to my cinematic dustbin. They are green eggs and ham and no Sam-I-Am will ever convince me they are good: It's A Wonderful Life and Christmas With The Kranks. First of all, there's nothing wrong with being an unmarried librarian, ELIA! Second, Nora and Blairey make my slapping hand itch. Thing is, I love the holidays, but The Kranks makes my heart shrink three sizes. According to this movie, it's okay to bully people into being jolly. blerg. I need to watch Noelle for mind and spirit bleach.

 

Two shows I watched this week that I enjoyed were the final episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO and the Dick Van Dyke 98th birthday celebration on CBS.

Both evoked fond memories of outstanding TV.

 

This looks cool.

 

I’ve been watching The Firm on Amazon. It’s … OK. It is missing something, though, that keeps it from even being good. I’m 16 or so episodes in, so, like the Chiefs season, I’ll ride it till the end.

 

A Murder At The End Of The World - mildly entertaining show that's mostly vibes. Not essential viewing, but decent if you're looking for something in that genre, and want like a B- version of Devs.

We're halfway through season five of Fargo, which is considerably better. Juno Temple is crazy good, and Hamm is really good at being sleazy AF.

Finally convinced my wife to watch THE BEAR, and we binged through S1 in two days. Then again, it's roughly the length of a movie. Hulu really needs to fix their shit when it comes to certain episodes, though. "Review," the intense 19-minute, single take bottle episode, now has THREE commercials. Hulu will sometimes do an extra long commercial at the start of an episode instead of commercials throughout - seems like that should be the default for that particular episode.