The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

And we’re back for a full list of all the shows I’m watchin, or trying to watch, as new shows enter, some finish, and others get the dreaded “remove from watchlist”. Attempting to join and stay on the list this week are The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives (Hulu), Motorheads (Amazon), Love Death and Robots (Netflix), She the People (Netflix), Sirens (Netflix), Tucci In Italy (Hulu), Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu), Yellowstone (Peacock), and Dark Winds (Netflix). WINNER: The Handmaids Tale (Hulu) with audio description- I know people who watch this in real life, and those ladies cried. I told them … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/24/25

Coming up this week, I’m excited for the return of And just Like That and Rick and Morty, as well as some promising new shows like Adults on FX or Department Q on Netflix. it also will be the final episode for the Handmaids Tale ever, and the season finale of the Last Of us. Captain America: Brave New World hits Disney plus on Wednesday, reality staple America’s Got Talent returns on Tuesday, and Dogman finally hits Peacock on Friday. TV Shows Watched: nine Perfect Strangers: S2E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Sirens: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Murderbot: S1E3 (Apple … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/24/25

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/23/25

TV Shows Watched: #1 Happy Family USA- S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description, Duster: S1E2 (MAX) with audio description, Survivor: S48E13 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, got To Get Out: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Love Death and Robots: S4E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Bad thoughts: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Tucci In Italy: S1E1 (Hulu) no audio description, and Hacks: S4E5 (MAX) with audio description. Best Episode: hacks- There’s still this bubbling chaos between our leads as the talk show is getting off the air, and a resistance to listen to each others … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/23/25

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/22/25

TV Shows Watched: Murderbot: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, Sirens: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Midcentury Modern: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Etoile: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, ghosts: S4E21 (Paramount Plus), Will Trent: S4E18 (Hulu) with audio description, She the people: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E7 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Octopus: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, and Your friends And neighbors: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description Best Episode: Sirens- While I enjoyed several shows, I’m always impressed with a strong pilot episode. In a day and age where most shows aren’t required to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/22/25

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/21/25

TV Shows Watched: Bet: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Studio: S1E10 (Apple plus) with audio description, overcompensating: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Devil may Cry: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, the Pitt: S1E4 (MAX) with audio description, Krapapolis: S2E19 (Hulu) no audio description, The Rehearsal: S1E5 (MAX) with audio description, Jordan Klepper Fingers America (Paramount Plus) no audio description, The Four Seasons: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description best Episode: Overcompensating- today was really close, but I love watching a show hit its stride, which I feel like Overcompensating is doing. Some shows hit with a banger pilot, and others … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/21/25

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/20/25

I generally try to avoid spoilers here, but this weeks episode of The Handmaids Tale is so epic, and so full of spoiler potential, I’m hitting you right away with a warning of sorts. It will be next to impossible to not reveal something about that episode that might make your jaw drop is you just go see it without knowing anything. TV Shows Watched: The Handmaids Tale: S6E9 (Hulu) with audio description, Black Mirror: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Motorheads: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, No Man’s Land: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Love, Death, and Robots: S4E1 (Netflix) … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/20/25

going In blind: Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story

Stories like this matter. I may know a ton of random pop culture tidbits, and actors names that could cause me to win every possible version of Six degrees there is, but I’m not really into sports. i look like i should be. I could easily sit in any stadium, for any sport, and no one would think I had little clue who was on the field at the time, and had very little interest in which team won. I know major names, because I know pop culture, but in the boxing world, I’m limited to a handful of obvious … Continue reading going In blind: Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/19/25

TV Shows Watched: The Last of Us: S2E6 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E19 (Hulu) no audio description, Wandla: S2E4 (Apple plus) with audio description, forever: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, You: S5E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most recent (MAX) no audio description Best Episode: The Last Of Us- I love character development in shows, and the opportunity to know more abut the people whose lives we are supposed to react when they live or die in any given situation. So to take an episode where Ellie and Joel flashback quickly through the time jump between … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/19/25

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25

TV Shows watched: the walking dead: dead city: S2E3 (AMC Plus)no audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S3E6 (Netflix) with audio description, from: S2E1 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Got To Get Out: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Grimmsburg: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Overcompensating: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, the Stolen Girl: S1E3 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Bet: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Yes Chef: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Bosch legacy: S3E2 (Amazon) with audio description, and Poker … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25

The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings

Another week, another list of everything that is in some form on my watchlist… until I either finish it or cancel it. Does any show get the axed this week? Joining the rankings for the first time are Yes Chef (Peacock), Bosch Legacy (amazon), Bet (Netflix), Overcompensating (Amazon), Octopus (Amazon), Poker Face (Peacock), Duster (MAX), The Secrets We Keep (Netflix), Bad thoughts (Netflix), No Other Land (Hulu), and Murderbot (Apple Plus). Winner: Andor (Disney Plus) with audio description- it had a big jump last week after episodes 7, 8, and 9 blew me away, and after finishing and closing strong, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25

TV News: Sadly, the Bondsman will not live to see another day. Amazon has buried Kevin Bacon’s supernatural horror super quick after just one season. This is not Bacon’s first short-lived show at Amazon, so my suggestion would be to work elsewhere where they appreciate your work. TV Shows Watched: The Handmaids Tale: S6E8 (Hulu) Finally With Audio Description, Murderbot: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Survival Of The Thickest: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, 911: S8E18 (Hulu) with audio description, The Rehearsal: S1E5 (MAX) with audio description, The Walking … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/16/25

TV Shows Watched: Andor:S2E12 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Duster: S1E1 (MAX) with audio description, the Secrets We Keep: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Survivor: S48E12 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Battle Camp: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Etoile: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Lazarus: S1E6 (MAX) with audio description, Bad Thoughts: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Krapapolis: S2E17 (Hulu) no audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop culture Jeopardy: S1E17 (Amazon) with audio description, Elzabeth: S2E18 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and No Man’s Land: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description NOTE: yesterday, as I mentioned, The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/16/25

Going In Blind: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Ive been trying to take back the phrase “going in blind”, which is used by so many sighted people to just mean “I have no idea what this is, but I’m doing it anyway.” I literally go in blind to everything, whether I know what it is or not. But, to take the somewhat co-opted ableist approach, I went in blind on this one, both possible meanings of that phrase. Sony Pictures Classics offered me an advance of Jane Austen Wrecked My life, and I really didn’t know anything about this except for some basic logline material. The movie spends … Continue reading Going In Blind: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/15/25

TV News: Again, as of me typing this, The Handmaids Tale: S6E8 still does not have audio description. This would be more shocking, or more of a grace period for a little mistake if Hulu didn’t routinely miss out on next day audio description, and not include audio description day and date on titles coming straight to them from the house of Mouse. it truly is that this service does not care. if you have Hulu but not Disney Plus, did you check out any of that content on loan? Because, those Star Wars films have audio description on Disney … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/15/25

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/14/25

TV News: Day Two. the Handmaids Tale: S6E8 still has no audio description. Still. This is preventing me from moving forward, and it is a true statement as of this writing (as I just checked before posting this). Maybe it will change later today. TV Shows Watched: Black mirror: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Andor: S2E10 (Disney plus) with audio description, Ghosts: S4E20 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Will Trent: S3E17 (Hulu) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E3 (MAX) with audio description, The Stolen Girl: S1E2 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Bad Thoughts: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The daily … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/14/25