The TV thread

Oh, I know. Just wanted to fill on all the folks who missed out on the magic of CiC. Honestly, there should be a Behind the Music for TV shows.

 

Long before he became a top MAGA celebrity, Scott Baio rose to his greatest heights on the sitcom classic Charles and Charge. After being canceled by CBS, the show had a shocking rebirth in first-run syndication.

With trusty Zapped co-star Willie Aames along for the ride, Baio and a new cast of actors were in charge of the airwaves for years.

But, accusations of misconduct would sully the show's sterling reputation. This is Charles in Charge. The story Behind the Screen.

 

Good lord, that was wretched.

Hate to say this, but the latest iteration of Only Murders... has gone from sublime and magical to domething that feels like it's limping to the finish. It's three episodes too long. The revelations just seem to flop out there and lie out on the floor like poor Sazz's corpse. Sometimes you just need to tell the story in the time it takes and not drag things out.

I'm feeling meh bout Agatha All Along as well. It had a promising start, but now it feels like every other witchy TV drama post-Charmed. Even the adorable goofiness of Kathryn Hah and Debra Jo Rupp might not be able to save this one. And where is Aubry Plaza? She showed up, did her best impression of Fairuza Balk from The Craft and then noped out. Four episodes in and they've killed off one of the more interesting witches and I have stopped caring what RawrRawr Teen's name really is or why he he's bound to a sigil. ::sigh::

 

As a massive Sopranos fan, with the exception of the audition footage, I thought that the David Chase documentary was very meh.

 

"Things were going great! We were a top 10 show, then they moved us from the 8:30 slot behind Friends to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and we lost half our audience! We tried adding a cute little kid, the two leads hooking up - but we just couldn't get the mojo back."

 

We binged Nobody Wants This on Netflix. Very fun romcom which was in my demographic. It probably could have been 15% deeper but enjoyable nonetheless

 

One week away.

 

I really enjoyed this. It strikes home for those of us who grew up Jewish and dated shiksas.

 

A was skeptical that Apple TV could make a series about an ill-mannered monkey in the Caribbean that has to switch from owner to owner, but the subplots kept it interesting.

 

My mother was not nearly as kind as Noah’s mom when she met my Cuban girlfriend.

 

Has no one been watching The Penguin? Holy shit, it’s good.