With the networks behind, it’s time to look at some of the decisions being made recently by Netflix. The streamer gave a two season renewal to Bridgerton, bringing it through Season 6. Some shows returning soon include Virgin River (March 12th), Sweet Magnolias (June), and One Piece (March 10th). Two recent Netflix stalwarts, The night Agent and The Lincoln Lawyer both dropped new seasons, 3 and 4 respectively. The Night Agent has scored an early Season 4 renewal, while The Lincoln Lawyer is having to wait and see. Several recent half-hours, Emily In Paris, Nobody Wants This, and A Man On The Inside all gained another season as well. Netflix’s development includes everything from a Captain Planet series to a reboot of Land Of The Lost. Their slate is large as they are in constant development. As far as big talent, Netflix landed Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan for the new season of Beef (coming in April), and in terms of film, Netflix has Greta Gerwig’s first Narnia film coming at Christmas. Millie Bobby Brown is also returning to Enolah Holmes. Just a quick overview.

TV Shows Watched: The Fall And Rise of Reggie Deakins: S1E2 (Peacock) no audio description, Ghosts: S5E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Solar Opposites: S6E6 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Free Bert: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Rick and Morty: S8E7 (HBO MAX) with audio description, The Greatest Average American: S1E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, SNL: Tiana Taylor (Peacock) with audio description

The Fall and Rise Of Reggie Deakins- I always like to try and get a little exercise in the morning, and I chose this. Not only is the Peacock app broke as hell, it didn’t even default to audio description. When I try to do literally anything, I get show details, but no other buttons pop up. No pause, fast forward, or audio options. I can only pause because my headphones allow me that functionality. I just finished it anyway, but kudos to Peacock for pushing through a broke ass iOS patch. Totes fun.

Ghosts- Trevor is still trying to balance being a ghost dad, with some solid jokes about the Bill Cosby movie, and how perhaps some news hasn’t passed down to the ghost community. I love how ghosts remains creatively strong five seasons deep. The AD is also pretty decent for the format. A lot of half hours struggle, but Ghosts seems to get most of the material in that flesh out the jokes.Most.

Solar Opposites- They try and do another holiday special, but a lackluster attempt at a 4th of July special, and the gang being up to their usual shenanigans. I’ll miss this show when I run out of episodes. How is it that FOX’s Animation Domination has these shows that run forever, and I can’t even get Solar Opposites to a 7th season?

Free Bert- Bert’s daughter is dating an older boy, which bothers him, until he learns the boy has a secret, which then makes him the best candidate for boyfriend material. This episode got weird fast.

Rick and Morty- Some solid jokes at the expense of James Gunn and Zack Snyder as Rick and Morty explore whether or not a fan could actually make a better franchise film, finding out it is harder than expected, even if you have a machine to help. Great audio description.

The Greatest Average American- I’m not feeling this audio description. I’m not sure it has figured out how to be useful, but instead, just interjects a few times so they can bill ABC. I’m not going to say it didn’t describe visuals, I’m just not sold on those being the right ones at the right times.

SNL- I love hearing the live AD performers giggle. Truly. It reminds us this was done live with actual humans. One thing though. There’s a joke where Tiana says “deez nuts”, and then Kenan throws a bag at a passenger. The AD performer clocked it as being a bag of chips, which it might have been, but be ready to die on that hill, because it makes no sense. flight Attendants used to hand out peanuts on planes, Taylor’s joke is punctuated by that knowledge, and I can’t imagine the props crew at SNl would have thrown a bag of chips. Chips doesn’t support the joke, it just makes it confusing. Somewhere right now, there’s a narrator on a hill now questioning if it was a bag of chips, or possibly could have been nuts, and thinking maybe this is not the hill on which to be laid to rest.