Primetimer Originals
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POSTED June 11, 2020
TV Today: Adam Scott Brings the Silly in ABC's New Game Show, Don't
ALSO: Council of Dads, Holey Moley, Design at Your Door, The Bold Type, and more.
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POSTED June 11, 2020
ABC’s Don’t and the Rise of the Low-Stakes, High-Comedy Game Show
The latest entry in a burgeoning reality TV subgenre sticks with the silly.
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POSTED June 10, 2020
Netflix's Lenox Hill Shows Doctors on the Front Lines in a Pre-COVID World
Grey's Anatomy it isn't, but this eight-part docuseries is gripping nonetheless.
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POSTED June 10, 2020
In Praise of TV Sign-Language Interpreters
Those animated signers for the deaf are the result of a half-century struggle to make TV accessible to all.
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POSTED June 10, 2020
TV Today: What We Do in the Shadows Wraps its Second Season a Breakout Hit
ALSO: Lenox Hill, Bulletproof, Game On, Agents of Shield, The Challenge, The 100, and more.
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POSTED June 9, 2020
TV Today: Standup Goes Primetime: Jim Gaffigan Headlines The CW Happy Hour
ALSO: America's Got Talent, Justice For All, World of Dance, The Last O.G., and more.
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POSTED June 9, 2020
This Original Twilight Zone Episode Is Chillingly Apt for Quarantine Times
If you ever had the thought that quarantine might give you time to catch up on TV, movies, and books, this episode is for you.
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POSTED June 9, 2020
Tracing the Roots of Standup Comedy's TV Resurgence
How Peak TV suddenly made the standup comedy special ubiquitous.
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POSTED June 8, 2020
TV Today: ABC Kicks Off a Flashback Summer with The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons Ever
ALSO: Songland, Roswell, New Mexico, Creepshow, Big Time Bake, and more.
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POSTED June 8, 2020
The Bachelor: Greatest Seasons — Ever! May Just Be the Greatest Idea Ever
Why we're excited for this summer's whirlwind tour through the reality juggernaut's best seasons.
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POSTED June 8, 2020
Jon Hein's TV Picks — Week of June 8, 2020
Family Time, Medieval Pegs and Belfast Undercover.
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POSTED June 6, 2020
Theater Fans Are Lamenting Sunday's Grease Sing-Along
Why swapping out the canceled Tony Awards for the 1978 movie misses the point of what the awards mean to so many people.
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POSTED June 6, 2020
TV Today: A Homebound Viewer's Guide to What's New and Noteworthy on TV This Weekend
HBO bows I May Destroy You, Grease joins TV's sing-along party, 30 For 30 takes on Bruce Lee, and more.
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POSTED June 6, 2020
Current Events Have Made Comfort TV Suddenly Feel Out of Step
Singalongs were fine in a pandemic, but changing times call for some un-comfortable TV.
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POSTED June 5, 2020
TV Today: 13 Reasons Why Drops Its Final Season: Will Graduation Bring a Reckoning?
ALSO: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, Queer Eye, The Stars of SpongeBob Fan Favorites, and more.