BREAKING NEWS. Last night, while trying to get back to sleep, I had Saturday Night Live (NBC) on, and the damn thing had audio description. I kid you not. I’m planning on also checking out Peacock to see if this is getting ported to the Cock the day after, but it aired live, with live audio description. I didn’t even realize how helpful it was until the opening credits, and I realized there were cast members I had no idea what they looked like. Also, the Scooby Doo sketch was clearly filled with visual humor references, and that whole thing … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/24

I’ve been reading about this woman claiming to be Martha from Baby Reindeer (Netflix) and all the press she’s getting, and I’m just wondering why she would want to confirm that she is Martha? The series says they changed things for dramatic purposes, her name isn’t Martha, so why out herself? It certainly is an interesting show, but I don’t get the internet’s need to find Martha. Fallout (Amazon) inched closer to the season finale for me, as I knocked out episode 7, which seems to have positioned every major character up against the finality of their season long arc. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/17/24

Gird your loins. Bridgerton (Netflix) has returned, and penelope and Colin are taking center stage. I already am hopeful more for Season 3, since I enjoyed 2 more than 1, and Antony and Kate are still around (though clearly not the leads). After Penelope has a less than desirable interaction at the start of the season, Lady Whistledown drops a scathing report on not just the Colin, but the Queen, who hasn’t chosen her diamond for this year yet. I love the audio description here, though most of the characters are returning, so you are already supposed to know a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/16/24

Kicked off the day the best way with Dead boy Detectives (Netflix), which is quickly becoming an attachment of mine. After watching Lockwood and Co go nowhere, if Netflix cancels this show, I’ll never be able to trust them in this genre again. This episode, which saw the boys investigate why two frat boys got murdered, also saw more screentime for Jenny, as she found out her secret admirer, and we learned a bit more about the witch and her evil plans. This show has some really good audio description, and even made a point to bring up the fact … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/15/24

A weird diary day. I swear I watched more TV than this, but some of it didn’t have AD. Like, I finally advanced to the second episode of the second season of Extraordinary, a show that absolutely had audio description created, but Hulu for some reason enjoys paying for things they aren’t using. I don’t understand it. it still doesn’t have audio description attached, even though it exists. This is such an odd phenomenon. It would be like being in a building and wanting to use the accessible bathroom, and finding out that there is one… but no one can … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/14/24

Netflix’s Ripley (Netflix) is continuing to drag out. Seriously, I hope fans of the novel feel like this is a faithful adaptation, because the movie did the same story in a fraction of the time, and was better than this. Though, I do appreciate that Dakota Fanning starts to have more to do toward the end of the series. I’m still catching up on 911 (Hulu) which I’m so happy now has audio description at least as far back as Season 5. I’m still playing catch up, but if I focus on it, I should be ready in time for … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/13/24

I suppose congratulations are in order for fans of FOX dramas Alert and The cleaning lady, as both underperforming shows got renewed. the sad thing is that a show like So Help Me Todd was outperforming these shows, but the bar is so much higher at CBS, so the Cleaning lady lives on despite being the least watched drama on FOX, but Todd gets axed. We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu) feels closer to ending, except Helena just got herself captured. So now we gotta get her out. Every time this ensemble gets any good news, one of them gets … Continue reading The Small Screen diaries- 05/12/24

Well, Not Dead yet is dead, and Constellation is cancelled at Apple, but Shogun is already signing actors for a second season it wasn’t supposed to have. The world works in mysterious ways. Meanwhile, NBC still can’t bring home any of the lost Leapers. Bodkin (Netflix) was something I checked out the first two episodes. The show centers around a journalist who is in a bit of hot water, so her boss makes her work with a podcaster on a true crime podcast that she seems to hate, but the mystery at least is interesting. will Forte co-stars with a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/11/24

Some mornings I wake up, and I’m just like… what the hell did I watch yesterday? I remember Fallout (Amazon), which showed a little more of what was going on in the new vault (BVault 4) that two of our three leads stumbled into. Maximus has the weirdest ways of asking for sex. Honestly, I know it’s supposed to be funny, but it was the only thing i didn’t like about the episode. those two have zero chemistry, and he just suddenly brings up sex. But, what is going on in the vault is so weird, and horrifying. Meanwhile, The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/10/24

Well, they are officially developing a new The Office for peacock, so that’s terrifying. I don’t know how you manage to get such a perfect cast a second time around. The Frasier reboot lacks the chemistry of the original cast, and that series still has one returning series regular. Be afraid, be very afraid. Dark Matter (Apple Plus) continues on in episode two, with the twist now having been revealed. It is going to be a huge pain in the ass, but we have to always use Jason 2 to describe the other Jason. I felt like there were times … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/09/24