The Small Screen Diaries: 05/05/26
TV Shows Watched: American Idol: S24E14 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Witch Hat Atelier: S1E2 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description, Beef: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Rooster: S1E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Current (HBO MAX) no audio description yet, The Madison: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description American Idol- They couldn’t get KatPee back or Daughtry, and I was surprised PAris made it back since her career stalled. Kellie Pickler, Bucky Covington, and Elliot Yamin rounded out the non winner returnees, as Ryan Seacrest used the Taylor Hicks appearance to get him a spot on Dancing With … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 05/05/26
Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Espina
Already my favorite International title of the year, considering the bar is impossibly low. Since very few International titles wind up with audio description to begin with, finding one with some artistic merit is a pleasant surprise. Often, Netflix and Amazon just toss audio description on titles they determine to have broad reach, which is always a random interpretation.Espina is also disability centric, having played the Reel Abilities Film Festival in 2026. And if that isn’t enough, it is a film from Panama, about a Venezuelan ex-pat living in Mexico, who needs to go on a road trip. Director Daniel … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Espina
Going In Blind: The Python Hunt
I saw someone say that this film will do for pythons what Jaws did for sharks.That is what we call chasing a pull quote. I could do the same thing. The Python Hunt hits its target! A bullseye! The Python Hunt makes Anaconda don’t want none. In every generation, there is a slayer… of pythons. I know. I should be running around preaching the good word of The Python Hunt, since it happens in my neck of the woods. For the uneducated, many moons ago we let snake breeding get out of hand, and people were releasing their snakes into … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Python Hunt
Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Disposable Humanity
Disposable Humanity lingers, insisting on remembrance, standing out as a deeply human work of historical recovery, and a quietly urgent, powerful act of morality. Director Cameron Mitchell’s documentary recently played the 2026 Reel Abilities Film Festival, and instantly justified its presence, illuminating and often undercut aspect of the holocaust. Eugenics. Hitler and the Nazi Party worked to cleanse their bloodline of impurities by executing their disabled population. Not just the disabled Jewish population, but any disabled population as part of a specialized program designed to exterminate those in their society they felt were undesirable. Of course, this is just the … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Disposable Humanity
The Small Screen Diaries: 05/04/26
Some cancellation news. Predictably, FOX axed Going Dutch after two seasons. It consistently ranked at the bottom of their programming, so they’ll try and pair Animal Control with something else. And, Netflix announced that the already renewed The Night Agent is entering its final season. The show is already in production on Season 4, which will be the conclusion. Originally, The Night Agent drew in 20 million fans with its first season, but has since dipped to just 8 million for its third season. TV Shows Watched: Star Wars: Maul: Shadow Lord: S1E9 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Count … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 05/04/26
Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: No One Cares About Crazy People
No One Cares About Crazy People is the kind of documentary that announces the urgency and problem right in the title. No questioning about what the film is about, clearly the guide is to show us that no one cares about crazy people, and thats something we should… care about. Based on the book by Ron Powers, who is included in the documentary, and wrote about his experience dealing with two sons dealing with various mental health issues, the film broadens its reach in scope by finding more individual stories to amplify the scale of the epidemic. As an example, … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: No One Cares About Crazy People
The Small Screen Diaries: 05/03/26
TV Shows Watched: From: S4E3 (MGM Plus) with audio description, For All Mankind: S5E3 (Apple) with audio description, Million Dollar Secret: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, RJ Decker: S1E4 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Celebrity Jeopardy: S4E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, and Running Point: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description From- Some shit is getting real. Hard to discuss without spoilers, because the show is so intricate, but I shall try. Victor is doing great until he finds an article of clothing that is the most terrifying thing he’s apparently ever seen. Tabitha wants a repeat of what happened before, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 05/03/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 05/02/26
Yesterday was not a great day. Broke my Bluetooth keyboard, among other things, and waited for Amazon to deliver me a new one. This is a half-diary, only because I started a new show Saturday. TV Shows Watched: Star Wars: Maul: Shadow Lord: S1E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description,Half Man: S1E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description Half-Diary day, but Half Man is very strange. I’m disturbed. Richard Gad (Baby Reindeer) created the series and stars. Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 05/02/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 05/01/26
There’s some light drama online from Fire Country fans who found out that the show is only getting 13 episodes next season, while Sheriff Country is getting a full second season. the reason for this is the midseason launch of the second spinoff, Med country, which will take Fire Country’s slot. Honestly, with more and more people tuning into streaming services, less shows should be producing 20+ episode seasons anyway, especially dramas. TV Shows Watched: beef: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, high Potential: S2E15 (Disney Plus) with audio description, School Spirits: S3E8 (Paramount) with audio description, Stumble: S1E9 (Peacock) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 05/01/26
Balls Up
The Farrelly Brothers used to be a dominating force in comedy. When they had a new film out, their name attached used to bring the rare clout of a director, because they had so expertly set the tone for what to expect. They started with Dumb and Dumber, which became an instant comedy classic, and then transitioned to Kingpin, which while not as big of a hit still has fans, and then There’s something About Mary, an obvious classic and vehicle for Cameron Diaz and Ben stiller. They moved into the new millennium with mixed results, films like Me Myself … Continue reading Balls Up
Reel Abilities 2026: Lone Wolves
This year, I had the honor and privilege to be able to screen several features at this years Reel Abilities international Film Festival, held in New York City.the best part about the festival, is that because it is focused on bringing the disabled voices front and center, the festival had its entire lineup described. Is this heaven? A film festival with full accessibility? Be still my heart. Lone Wolves is one of the narrative features I had the pleasure of enjoying, and when you think of disability representation in film, this likely isn’t it.We are always just so damn inspirational … Continue reading Reel Abilities 2026: Lone Wolves
The Small Screen Diaries: 04/30/26
Great news for fans of Scrubs and Shifting Gears. ABC picked up both sitcoms for next season, taking Scrubs to Season 11, and Shifting Gears to Season 3.RJ Decker is now the only remaining ABC scripted show on the bubble. TV Shows Watched: The Boys: S5E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S4E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Gold Land: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, American Classic: S1E3 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Witch Hat Atelier: S1E1 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description, and The Last Thing He Told Me: S2E6 (Apple) with audio description The Boys- The episode focused on … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/30/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 04/29/26
TV Shows Watched: Daredevil: Born Again: S2E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, the Testaments: S1E6 (Disney plus) with audio description, Tomb Raider: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description, Bait: s1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, DTF: St Louis: S1E6 (HBO MAX) with audio description, and virgin River: S7e2 (Netflix) with audio description Daredevil: Born Again- The audio description here is still solid as Matt works to try and find a way to free Karen, realizing Kingpin is forcing another vigilante trial. He’ll have to use another particular set of skills. Jessica Jones resurfaces because Disney paid her, and they might need her … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/29/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 04/28/26
TV Shows Watched: American Idol: S24E14 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Beef: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Imperfect Women: S1E4 (Apple) with audio description, Invincible: S4E2 (Amazon) with audio description, The Daily show: Monday (Paramount) no audio description American Idol- The Top 7 sang two songs. One from Taylor Swift’s catalog, and another from artists from California, as part of their partnership with Visit California. Nicki Glazer joined the judges panel because she has a comedy special to promote. Going into this episode, I thought maybe Braden and Chris, at least one, would bite the dust. I’ve been worried about … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/28/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 04/27/26
TV Shows Watched: Star Wars: Maul: Shadow Lord: S1E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Big Mistakes: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, The Count Of Monte Cristo: S1E6 (PBS) with audio description, American Gladiators: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description,Monarch: S2E6 (Apple) with audio description, and LAst Week Tonight: Most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description yet Maul: Shadow Lord- Yes, virginia, this is human narrated.I clocked that this was human narrated a while ago, yet I got wind of a complaint that this was AI. No. It’s Dave Wallace. You think Disney started to dive into TTS audio description, and they … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/27/26
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