TV Shows Watched: The White Lotus: S3E7 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E5 (Hulu) no audio description, Adolescence: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Win Or lose: S1E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Side Quest: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Current (MAX) no audio description Best Episode (Tie): Adolescence and Side Quest- Yes, predictably the Netflix show finished on a strong note as the last episode focused on Jamie’s family, and specifically his father’s birthday, as he tried to have some normalcy in his life. Just yesterday, the Uk government announced they were … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/31/25

TV Shows Watched: Happy Face: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Yellowjackets: S3E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Ghosts: S4E18 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Cassandra: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, the Kardashians: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, and Have I Got News For you: S2E7 (MAX) no audio description Best Episode: Yellowjackets- While I don’t agree with every choice made in this episode as being the most narratively strong choice, nor would I classify this as being the best episode of the season, it was still the best thing I watched. And, I kind of hope Walter is telling … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/30/25

Occasionally, I get follow up comments about my opinion on the audio description for a film that I saw a while back. The first of these was The pale Blue eye, a film I reviewed a few years ago, but could not remember the audio description for it at all. So, my first quality check in a while, is also a second look. The movie stars Christian Bale, is directed by Scott Cooper, and is on Netflix. It would be classified as a dark/gothic mystery, with a tinge of horror. We get some opening text that is a quote from … Continue reading Quality Check: The Pale Blue Eye

Goodrich- There are a host of these coming of middle-age movies, where an aging actor is in some odd place in his life where he’s either stuck, or realizes he’s been making a series of mistakes that he is just now becoming acutely aware of. I suppose, Lost In Translation is probably one of the best examples, but some more lesser discussed examples would be Solitary Man with Michael Douglas, The Land Of Steady Habits with Ben Mendelssohn, and Dan In real Life with Steve Carell. Sometimes these men fall in love, sometimes they rekindle love, sometimes they learn to … Continue reading Going In Blind: Goodrich, Getaway, Utopia

This continues to serve as a reminder of the shows on my broad watchlist that serve as the list I pull from to make my Small Screen Diaries work every week. Winner: The Studio (Apple Plus) with audio description- Coming in HOT! This Apple Plus comedy hits so well for someone like me that is really into Hollywood and all of its various facets. Writer/Director/Creators Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen have an instant hit on their hands, and with a stacked supporting cast led by Catherine O’Hara, and guest appearances by heavyweights like Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, Paul Dano, Sarah … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings

New shows premiering this week include Mobland (Paramount Plus/Sunday) starring Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Tom Hardy, The Bondsman (Amazon/Thursday) starring Kevin Bacon, and Dying For Sex (Hulu/Fri) starring Michelle Williams, alongside the Season 3 premiere of Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix/Thurs), and movies like Y2K (MAX/Friday). TV Shows Watched: The Connors: S6E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Side Quest: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Survival Of The Thickest: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Deli Boys: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Going Dutch: S1E10 (Hulu) no audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E12 (Amazon) with audio description, and Running Point: S1E5 … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/29/25

TV Shows Watched: Surface: S2E5 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Reacher: S3E7 (Amazon) with audio description, The Studio: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, Will Trent: S3E11 (Hulu) with audio description, Invincible: S3E6 (Amazon) with audio description, The Daily Show: Thursday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, The Rookie: S7E11 (Hulu) with audio description, and Abbott Elementary: S4E19 (Hulu) with audio description Best Episode: The Studio- Wow. This series is on fire. I read an interview with Seth Rogen where he discussed how stressful it was to film this episode, and I can see why. The episode is all about his … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/28/25

I caught up on The Masked Singer, and it is crazy how quickly I picked up on that clue package and no one else did. It was obvious that the person was referring to someone who had competed on The Masked Singer, but has since passed, and that list is really small. She also hinted at growing up on television, and I immediately got the reference, I immediately knew which previous contestant it was. Also, she clearly asked to self-eliminate, after only one song, because she was in no way the worst performance of the night. I don’t even like … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/27/25

This would only qualify as TV news, because some of the actors who were included in the announcement for The Avengers: Doomsday started in shows, but the broad cast announcement had a really odd amalgamation of characters, with some notable omissions. I suppose there still could be a surprise or two they are hiding, but it does feel like some obvious choices aren’t present. for me, when you choose to bring back Robert Downey jr as a different character, there are a handful of characters who need to have that emotionally devastating gut punch of seeing someone they held dear. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/26/25

TV Shows Watched: Good American Family: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, The Residence: S1E2 (Netflix), Top chef: S22E2 (Peacock) with audio description, Tracker: S2E14 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Win or Lose: S1E6 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) No Audio Description Best Episode: The Residence- In the second episode, they continue to uncover more about what happened that fateful night, and there are just so many great beats in the episode. There’s one scene where Uzo Aduba just stares at someone, and turns a person who wasn’t going to say anything into someone who … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/25/25

TV Shows Watched: The White Lotus: S1E6 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E4 (Disney plus) no audio description, Dope Thief: S1E3 (Apple plus) with audio description, Adolescence: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, St Dennis Medical: S1E14 (Peacock) with audio description, and Have I Got News For you: S2E6? (MAX) no audio description Best Episode: Adolescence- Sorry, Orgy Lotus, this Netflix limited just slaps. The third episode, which is basically just Jamie and his court appointed therapist, have a very long and uncomfortable conversation, and we see a very different side of Jamie than what we saw in the pilot. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/24/25

TV Shows Watched: Wolf King: S1E1 and S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, From: S1E9 (MGM Plus as a prime Channel Add On) with audio description, Happy Face: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Harley Quinn: S5E10 (MAX) with audio description, School Spirits: S2E8 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Leopard: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?: S1E17 (Amazon) with audio description, Matlock: S1E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and Elzabeth: S2E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description. Best Episode: From-As the Sheriff and Sarah start to wonder if there’s possibly something worse out in the woods … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/23/25

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever- A faith based holiday offering that doesn’t suffer from some of the poor production values of many underfunded faith based films.Featuring at least a few recognizable names in Judy Greer and Lauren Graham, the supposedly true story features a family of the worst children who find out that church gives out free food, and since they are poor, and their parents are quite literally never around, they start working the church. But, this is the time of the Christmas Pageant, and this church puts on a legendary pageant. This year, the lady who has been … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Big Boys, American Cats

This continues to serve as a reminder of all the shows that are currently on my “watchlist”, as I don’t always get to every show every week, and as new shows come in, old shows go out, or I just stop watching something I’m not invested in for the long term. Joining this week are: The Residence (Netflix), Good American Family (Hulu), Long Bright River (Peacock), Wolf King (Netflix), Top Chef (Peacock), Real Time With Bill Maher (MAX), Everybody’s Here with John Mulaney (Netflix), and the walking Dead: Dead City (Netflix). Winner: Severance (Apple plus) (Apple Plus) with audio description- … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings