new season. A new attempt to find the next show that might assimilate like ‘Ozark’ or ‘Better Call SauL’.
No dice.
The only series I’ve ever wanted to see more than a sample of is Hulu’s “Only Murders In the Building,” which made the list simply because it’s taking an expanded view of the 2022 Emmy nominees.
I dropped out of Only Murders after two episodes that didn’t seem to have much promise.
Luckily, we saw plot twists and character angles that we didn’t expect to match Episode 3.
These came out one after another, and in some ways I found them getting smarter as the episode progressed.
Before I knew it, I was watching parts of the first and second seasons.
Thank you for taking the time to find a performance nominated for Best Actor/Actress in a Guest Role.
Sting, Amy Ryan, and Jane Hoodichel also provided some funny moments.
A second viewing of “Only Murders in the Building” provided an instructive moment. Learned to stay longer than his usual two episodes before viewing the show as a disappointment.
Applying my newfound tolerance didn’t help Fox’s “Monarch,” FX/Hulu’s “Welcome to Wrexham,” or Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”
Only the last part seemed to hold some potential, but that faded somewhere in Episode 2, making it more likely that “Dahmer” was the 10-part “Donoghue” and that it’s a story from childhood. I reviewed the psychological damage and sought an understanding of murderous and predatory cannibals.
Evan Peters, who plays Dahmer, is a standout on the local set Mare of Easttown and is acclaimed for his creepy yet realistic portrayal of the serial killer, but his performance leaves me is not enough to bring back to the show.
“Monarch” was the biggest disappointment. Supposedly, that cast is headed by the usually reliable Susan Sarandon, and features Anna Friel and Faith Prince all being personal favorites.
Unfortunately, the series lives up to its place on standard wireless television networks, and it falls far short of delivering enjoyment, let alone the punch of 40-year-old “Dallas” and “Dynasty.” As a drama about a family of three trying to follow in her mother’s footsteps as the undisputed, undisputed top of country music, it pales in comparison to HBO’s “Succession.” That’s about it.
Sarandon may do well with dialogue, but her talents are useless when faced with the uninspired dialogue she is given. It offers some of the best moments in a “Monarch” episode so far. I don’t know if the series will come to life as the season continues. I also doubt that future Emmy nominations will entice me to take another look.
“Welcome to Wrexham” proves that inventions are often more interesting than reality. ”
The series tells the story of actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney when they buy a bewildering Welsh football (soccer) team with little hope in Britain’s bottom five tiers just before the start of the 2020 COVID pandemic. A documentary about experience. A level pro soccer system.
The show purports to put two famous men in competition by buying the team’s dog, with the final placement in English football’s most elite tier, the Premier League.
The problem is that their narrative relationship is more boring and banal than funny. Just as “Monarch” can’t live up to any of its conceivable models, “Welcome to Wrexham” is as witty as “Ted Lasso,” who won two Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series on Apple+. Not rich, not interesting, not attractive.
Like Jason Sudeikis’ character in ‘Lasso’, Reynolds and McElhenney know nothing about football when they buy the bankrupt Wrexham club that happened before ‘Lasso’ hit television. .
Also, like Sudeikis’ “Lasso,” you find yourself with the dogs of the team that makes the 2014-2021 Phillies club look like a World Series contender.
The documentary begins with a rather interesting comparison, with Wrexham being a working-class town and McElhennie reminiscing about his youth in South Philadelphia, but even in the sleazy friendship between Reynolds and McElhennie, there’s a humorous side to it. You’ll never find that progress in. Grab it as what looks like the final success story.
Indeed, Wrexham, who have been at the bottom of a buried barrel, have won their recent matches and could move to a higher tier (albeit nowhere near premier level).
Concepts and curiosity carried more throughout the opening episode than caring about Wrexham’s fate or Reynolds and McElhennie’s management of it.
I found myself looking at Wrexham’s website to track wins and losses.
Always an optimist, I look forward to seeing several programs emerge, including those over wireless traditional networks.
It’s ABC’s “Alaska Daily,” starring two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank as a reporter who makes a famous gaffe and goes to an Anchorage newspaper to restore her career and reputation. Debuts on Thursday.
The show’s writer, Tom McCarthy, won the 2015 Best Picture Oscar for his film Spotlight about the Boston Globe, and is associated as an actor in The Wire, making The Alaska Daily worthwhile. Raising my hopes that there might be.
Also, “Reasonable Doubt,” which debuts tomorrow on Netflix and delves into Attorney and AMC’s “Interview with a Vampire,” kicks off Sunday and features Sam Reed as Anne Rice’s main Nightcrawler, Lestat. increase.
‘The Simpsons’ launched a new season on Fox last night. Also last night, ABC launched Celebrity Jeopardy! Mayim Bialik as moderator. Normally, I’m ecstatic about the new skein of “Jeopardy!” (as opposed to Restatic). My enthusiasm is dampened by the “celebrity” aspect of the new show.
Celebrities these days dance with every correct answer, act like a baby when they give an incorrect answer, or worse, shrug their shoulders and say, “Who knows that?” I want to be proud of myself. The stars that “Jeopardy” recruits lack the witty sophistication and seriousness that game show panelists assembled in the last century.
I know to tune, but as I write, I’m very afraid of what I’ve found.
A bright spot in the next few weeks on TV is that the Oscar-contending film will be available on various streamers for free or at a nominal price. Looking forward to Wednesdays starring Ana de Armas from “Knives Are Out”.
Another McCarthy shines for Phils
Pat McCarthy made a positive impression while filling in for Scott Franzki as play-by-play announcer for Phillies games on WIP (94.1 FM).
Like Franzke, McCarthy’s voice has many expressions and colors. He brings the broadcast to life, sharing Franzke’s funny ways in words.
Of course Pat has a model. His father, Tom McCarthy, calls the Phillies play-by-play on TV.
Welcome back “back story”
It’s good to see Channel 6’s Inside Story, arguably the best panel show on local TV, and TV in general, is back in the studio after two years of COVID protocols. half an hour.
Tamala Edwards and Matt O’Donnell will continue to alternate moderators on Inside Story.
Opera Philadelphia on screen
Nearly two years ago, at the height of the COVID shutdown, Opera Philadelphia responded to the elimination of live performances by launching the Opera Philadelphia Channel to stream programming, including the movies it produced.
I was on the set at Brandywine Park where one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War took place. We watched the filming of David T. Little’s “Soldier Songs” song series and interviewed its lead and lonely actor, baritone Jonathan McCullough. He plays a universal soldier who sings about his experiences in several wars.
I remember a set with a trailer and camp chairs that served as living quarters for McCullough’s various characters.
‘Soldier’s Song’ is back on the Opera Philadelphia Channel, but tomorrow at 7pm begins the week of ‘Opera on Film’, part of Opera Philadelphia’s festival O22. This includes “Late Night Snack,” a truly provocative and topical cabaret staged at Philadelphia’s Switch Club on his N. 7th Avenue.
The ‘Opera on Film’ selection, including performances by Beyoncé Knowles as Carmen and all screenings at the Philadelphia Film Center in the former Prince’s Theater on Broad Street and Chestnut Street, is as eclectic as O22’s live fair is typical.
After ‘Soldier Songs’ is ‘Shorts: Like, Share, Follow’ on Wednesdays at 6pm, a diverse selection of O22’s diverse offerings. Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ on Wednesdays at 8pm and ‘Short Pieces: The Opera We Made’ on Thursdays at 6pm for even more variety. dwb (Driving While Black) + Soul (Signs)” (Thursday at 9pm). “The Copper Queen” on Friday at 2pm. “Sibyl + Polia and Blastema” on Fridays at 6pm, “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” featuring Beyoncé as Carmen in this her 2001 MTV adaptation of Bizet’s on Fridays at 8pm. Opera Philadelphia’s 2021 Francis Poulenc version of Jean Cocteau’s “The Human Voice” with Patricia Russet and Pedro Almodovar’s 2020 “The Human Voice” with Tilda Swinton will take place Saturday at 1 p.m. “Obscura Nox + After/Glow” on Saturday at 6pm. “Shorts: Opera Boldly Goes…” Sunday at 1:00 p.m. “Goodbye Mr. Chips” at Gordon Getty on Sunday at 4pm.
Works by Al Hirschfeld
Al Hirschfeld is known as a theater chronicler based on thousands of ink sketches of Broadway and other productions. His prolific work has also graced many editions of his TV Guide and other publications on television.
David Leopold, who worked with Hirschfeld and is now director of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, will present a one-night-only multiplayer on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Doing a media show. at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope.
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