Pets- Disney Plus is in the content creation business, and Bryce Dallas Howard is in the business of padding her directing portfolio. Of course, she has a long way to go before she can reach her dad’s level, and Pets won’t get her there. this does have audio description, but the whole thing is going to be underwhelming for a blind/low-vision audience regardless. It is shot like a talking head format, with interview to interview, despite the obvious draw being the animals. As a blind audience, we likely want to see cute puppies and kittens, or cool pet owls, but … Continue reading Going In Blind: Pets

TV Shows Watched: north Of north: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Good American Family: S1E5 (Hulu) with audio description, Deli boys: S1E5 (Hulu) with audio description, Survivor: S48E7 (Paramount Plus), Invincible: S3E8 (Amazon) with audio description, The Kardashians: S1E9 (Hulu) with audio description, papa’s House: S1E14 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Masked Singer: S13E9 (Hulu) no audio description, and Celebrity jeopardy: S3E? (Hulu) with audio description. Best Episode:Invincible (Amazon)- For the season finale, it really looked like our hero had met his match, or at least that Eve had. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an excellent casting choice for Conquest, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/11/25

TV Shows Watched: The Studio: S1E4 (Apple TV +) with audio description, The Handmaid’s Tale: S6E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Top chef: S22E? (Peacock) with audio description, Devil May Cry: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Mythic Quest: S4E10 (Apple Plus) with audio description, The Wheel of time: S3E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Have I Got News For you: S2E8 (MAX) no audio description, and Running Point: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description. Best Episode: The Studio- In a very close situation, having to choose between two excellent programs, I’m giving The Studio the edge, as Seth Rogen and Even Goldberg’s new … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/10/25

TV Shows Watched: Daredevil: Born Again- S1E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Handmaid’s Tale: S6E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Midcentury Modern: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Survival Of The Thickest: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Righteous Gemstones: S4E5 (MAX) with audio description, The Daily Show: Mon (Paramount Plus) no audio description, and The Rookie: S7E14 (Hulu) with audio description Best Episode: The Handmaid’s Tale- I mean, we’re just on a completely new level when Handmaid’s Tale returns. We are continuing to explore June, the person who returned, and their dynamic. As well as the whole New Bethlehem thing, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/09/25

TV Shows Watched: The Handmaid’s Tale: S6E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Happy Face: S1E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Dope Thief: S1E5 (Apple TV +) with audio description, American Idol: S23E? (Hulu) no audio description, Million Dollar Secret: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, St Dennis Medical: S1E15 (Peacock) with audio description, Surface: S2E5 (Apple TV +) with audio description,The Bondsman: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, and Long Bright River: S1E5 (Peacock) with audio description. Best episode: The Handmaid’s Tale- I feel like I’ve been waiting for this and Stranger Things longer than we are supposed to wait for new seasons … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/08/25

TV Shows Watched: The White Lotus: S3E8 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E? (Hulu) no audio description, Side Quest: S1E3 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Dying For sex: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Pulse: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Last Week TonightCurrent (MAX) no audio description, Running Point- S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description. Best Episode: Dying For Sex- Now that we got the how and why out of the way in the pilot, we are now in the discovery portion of the show, which is far more interesting. episode 2 is hilarious, and the cast is excellent. not in … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/07/25

TV Shows Watched: From: S1E10 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Residence: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Good American Family: S1E4 (Hulu) with audio description, Long Bright River: S1E4 (Peacock) with audio description, Krapapolis: S2E13 (Hulu) no audio description, Grimmsburg: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Devil May cry: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Mobland: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and Elzabeth: S2E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description Best Episode: From- A series that loves to propose more questions than answers continued to leave its audience in the lurch for its Season 1 finale, cementing itself as the reason to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/06/25

Another list serving purely of a ranking of every active show on my watchlist, and my random way of ranking them every week. Which show ended up on top? Joining the list this week are Midcentury Modern (Hulu), Dying For Sex (Hulu) the Bondsman (Amazon), Devil May Cry (Netflix), Million Dollar secret (Netflix), and Pulse (Netflix). Generally, a show dips from the previous week if I just didn’t get around to a new episode. WINNER: The Studio (Apple Plus) with audio description- After 3 episodes, it became clear that the new Seth Rogen comedy is exceptional. It truly is something … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings

TV Shows Watched: Wolf King: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Deli Boys: S1E4 (Hulu) with audio description, Midcentury Modern- S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, The Connor’s: S6E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Yellowjackets: S3E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Million Dollar Secret: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description,Suits LA: S1E6 (Peacock) with audio description, Celebrity Jeopardy: S3E10 (Hulu) with audio description, Matlock: S1E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description Best Episode: Yellowjackets- As the series descends into total madness, apparently, we also learn a little secret. one more surviving Yellowjacket is out there. i would think that this is the kind of information … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/05/25

TV Shows Watched: Devil May Cry- S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Bondsman- S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Happy Face: S1E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description,Will Trent: S3E12 (Hulu) with audio description, Invincible: S3E7 (Amazon) with audio description, Number One On The Call Sheet: Part One (Apple TV + with audio description, Dying For Sex: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Survival Of The Thickest: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, The Masked Singer: S13E8 (Hulu) no audio description, the rookie: S7E12 (Hulu) with audio description, and Abbott Elementary: S4E20 (Hulu) with audio description Best Episode (tie): Abbott Elementary and Number One … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/04/25

One of the interesting things about losing your vision is that your drive to consume film trailers goes down significantly. Most of them do not have audio description, which in theatres and television, can result in not even knowing which film is being sold to me. Sometimes, I might have a sighted person with me, but not always, and then the entire trailer is lost on me. Maybe I recognize an actors voice, and IMDb can point me in the right direction. So, I often “go in blind” to these movies. for Companion, this seems to be the preferred method … Continue reading Companion

TV News: ABC renewed a ton of shows, leaving really only Dr Odyssey as the odd show out. That means 911 will be back for Season 9, The Rookie will be back for Season 8, Will Trent will return for Season 4, and Shifting Gears will be back for Season 2. Oh, and something called Grey’s Anatomy? Is that a new show? They will join the previously renewed High Potential and Abbott Elementary as ABC’s returning scripted offerings in the fall. None of these choices surprise me. TV Sows Watched: Mythic Quest: S4E9 (Apple Plus) with audio description, The Studio: … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/03/25

TV Shows Watched: Daredevil: Born Again- S1E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, the righteous Gemstones: S4E4 (MAX) with audio description, The Walking Dead: Dead City (S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Top Chef: S22E3 (Peacock) with audio description, Good American Family: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, and The Wheel Of Time: S3E4 (Amazon) with audio description. Best Episode: the Righteous Gemstones- the kids invite Eli and his new girlfriend to the lake with the express purpose of breaking them up. Things do not go as planned, and the results are hilarious. For the sighted people, I’m sure things happened in this … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/02/25

TV Shows Watched: Dope Thief: S1E4 (Apple Plus) with audio description, American Idol: S23E5 (Hulu) no audio description, Tracker: S2E14 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Residence: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Grosse Pointe Garden Society: S1E6 (Peacock) with audio description, Long Bright River: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, and The Great North: S5E6 (Hulu) no audio description Best Episode: The Residence- Shonda Rhimes’s quirky murder mystery continues to be entertaining and engaging with each successive episode. The joke about the disrespect shown because the depiction of a specific kangaroo on … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/01/25