Let’s kick this day off with the big new debut. The Ones Who Live (AMC Plus), which AMC has finally added audio…. Oh wait. no. They haven’t. This show, like Daryl Dixon, Dead City, and the flagship show completely lacks audio description. Great. I wish the show I love loved me back. I’m stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship with The Walking Dead universe, ever since my vision loss. One of the biggest TV shows of all time, which has produced now SIX spinoffs, has no audio description. In Comparison, one of the biggest and longest running TV shows, NCIS, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/26/24

Let’s go ahead and get the big title out of the way first. Avatar The Last Airbender (Netflix) is finally out, and I even conferred with a friend, a sighted one, who is obsessed with the original series. he loves the new show, and hated the movie. I think his direct quote was “The first 15 seconds of this show are better than that 3 hour movie”, and went on to tell me all about the actors, and how close they look and act like their cartoon counterparts. as a late stage fan, who technically has seen all Airbender related … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/25/24

Last night, I was on the panel discussing this years nominees at the Oscars, and their audio description tracks. I had a blast, and a huge shoutout to The Audio Description project, The American Council of The Blind, and my fellow panelists Erika, Carl, and Renee, for inviting me to be a part of the experience. No idea how broadly watched this program was, but I did really have fun talking about this year’s best films. I wish Poor Things had its VOD drop already so I could have been 10/10 of the Best Picture nominees. On the TV side, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/23/24

Big TV news for fans of True Detective! HBO has ordered a fifth season of the anthology drama following the success of the just wrapped fourth season. Also, Paramount Plus put a ring on those tossed salads and scrambled eggs, and the Frazier revival is officially returning for a second season on the streamer. Now that Julia is axed, will David Hyde Pierce guest star? The Traitors (Peacock) is getting rough. I don’t think the shows producers even expected someone to turn down being a traitor, so they had to move quickly to come up with some episode extending twist … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/22/24

While it doesn’t have audio description, I just need to mention that I doing think Teresa Giudice listens to music. Ever. She managed to earn 10K for her charity just by standing there on Name That Tune, despite not being able to name a tune. Even the one that was a TV show theme song from her generation, and not her competition, she couldn’t figure out. It was really silly to watch David essentially win the whole thing, but his final guess didn’t count. I think he still had some new scoring record. I love that Jane Krakowski says that … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/21/24

I am going to be a guest this Friday, 02/23/24 at 8PM EST, for the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project Community Call on The Oscars! Tune in and hear me and three other panelists discuss this years Oscar nominees and so we think will win, as well as the audio description. You can join and listen in by either downloading the ACB Media app, and tuning in to Channel 6 at the scheduled time, or you can ask Alexa to “Open ACB Media”, where she then will ask you to choose a channel from 1-10, and you … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/20/24

Good lord. Sexy Beast (Paramount Plus) is going the shock and awe route. This week, there’s a scene where a terrifyingly fantastic female performance leads to a tragic loss for one of the characters. I was more gripped to this show than I have been so far. There were some other brutal moments in the third episode as well. The audio description is solid, I just hate that it seems to dodge a lot of the porn scenes by just kinda mentioning that porn is happening. If a sighted audience can see it, it should be in the description, and … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/19/24

Sunday. The day I start watching new shows for my rotation. I jumped in on Tracker (Paramount Plus), which has excellent audio description. The same narrator (Andrew Thatcher?) who did Lawman is doing Tracker. It sounds great, he sounds great, and I really fell instantly in love with Justin Hartley’s show about a man who finds missing people. There’s some kind of mystery in this show that will play out over the course of the season, but this was really good stuff. Great call to have it launch after the Super Bowl. One Day (Netflix) is fine, if you like … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/18/24