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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/29/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Too Much: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Smoke: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description, The institute: S1E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Euphoria: S2E1 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Adaptive: S1E3 (Peacock) no audio description, Silicon Valley: S3E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, and Ballard: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description Too Much- full review coming shortly… Smoke- Now that the series has pulled at a thread, the show is unraveling a little bit before the finale. It might have been a little too early to push at Taron … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/29/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/28/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: The Waterfront: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, And Just Like That: S3E9 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Adaptive: S1E1 and S1E2 (Peacock) no audio description, and Last Week Tonight: MOst Recent (HBo MAX) no audio description Random Audio Description News: South Park’s Sermon On The Mount now has audio description on Paramount Plus. The Waterfront- This was the season finale, so look for a review coming shortly. Dexter: resurrection- I really like Blessing. I hope he doesn’t get killed off. He … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/28/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/27/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Building The Band: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Stick: S1E9 (Apple plus) with audio description, Mindhunter: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Dexter: S5E8 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Red Eye: S1E1 (Hulu) no audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description Building The Band- Seems like the right final three. Liam is my favorite judge, as he actually feels like he wants to give real feedback, and not just “reality show judge” babble that Nicole is so used to giving, after spending years telling every mediocre celebrity they are … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/27/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/26/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Squid Game: Series Finale (Netflix), Black Mirror: S3E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Adults: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E12 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Untamed: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Match Game: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E27 (Amazon) with audio description Squid Game and Adults will both be getting a full review shortly. Black Mirror- men Against Fire presents itself initially as maybe the future of war, but instead becomes a cautionary tale and extremely troubling look at the future of genocide. the ability to hack into your brain … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/26/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/25/25

John Stark

TV News: In the past few days, Apple Plus renewed Stick for a second season, Paramount Plus confirmed it would not be moving forward with a second season of happy Face, Netflix gave an early season 3 renewal to Wednesday, SyFy/USA cancelled resident Alien, AMC renewed Daryl Dixon for a 4th season and announced it would be the last, Adult Swim announced a spinoff of Rick And Morty, and Amazon picked up The Legend Of Vox Machina for a 5th and final season. TV Shows Watched: Foundation: S3E3 (Apple plus) with audio description, the Sandman: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/25/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/24/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Too Much: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, The Buccaneers: S2E1 (Apple plus) with audio description, Untamed: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Patience: S1E6 (PBS) with audio Description, South Park: S27E1 (Paramount Plus) no audio description, All of Us Are Dead: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, The Art Detectives: S1E4 (Acorn) no audio description, and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Season Premiere (Hulu) with audio description Too Much- I will review this whole season, but for now, in the penultimate episode, Felix … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/24/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/22/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Too Much: S1E5 and S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, FUBAR: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Smoke: S1E5 (Apple plus) with audio description, Untamed: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description Too Much- Now we’re getting into the meat and potatoes, and instead of just being a straight up raunchy comedy, the heart is being pulled in. Some truly terrific moments as we explore Jessica’s whole past asshole ex-boyfriend. We see this girl we’ve come to love, slowly be emotionally destroyed by her … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/22/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/20/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: From: S2E9 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Too Much: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E11 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, We Were Liars: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Mindhunter: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Ballard: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description From- What on earth is happening in this show? I’m trying to follow the logic, but it seems like no matter which way you slice it, it seems like they aren’t making sense. Either Boyd or Jim just pissed off the natural order by either … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/20/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/19/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Squid Game: S3E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Black Mirror: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Disney POV: Five Videos (Disney plus) no audio description, And Just Like That: S3E8 (HBo MAX) with audio description, too Much: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S5E6 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, All Of us Are Dead: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description Squid Game- I love how the words on the wall are spelled out, so if you want to look them up, you can. Episode 5 answered the big question of how many people will be left in competition at the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/19/25

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The Small Screen Diaries- 07/14/25

John Stark

TV ShowsWatched: The Institute: S1E1 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Waterfront: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Euphoria: S1E6 (MAX) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Kings Of Johburg: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S5E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, nautilus: S1E2 (AMC Plus) no audio description, and The Guilded Age: S3E4 (HBO MAX) with audio description Best Episode: The Institute, Runner Up: Euphoria Best Audio Description: The Institute, Runner Up: The Waterfront Best performance: Julia Stiles (Dexter), Runner Up: Nathan Lane (The Guilded Age) Best Moment Of Audio Description: Cooking Up some Self … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 07/14/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

John Stark

I actually finished a lot of shows this week, which should free up a ton of space and shake up the list next week. Joining the list this week are Dexter Resurrection (Paramount Plus), Building The Band (Netflix), Back To The Frontier (HBo MAX), Foundation (Apple Plus), Sullivan’s Crossing (Netflix), and The Art detectives (Acorn). Also, I took a look at A Different World (Netflix) which has audio description! WINNER: Squid Game (Netflix) with audio description- I’m not quite done with the final season, and I’ve basically lost all the new characters I was rooting for, yet something about this … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/12/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Building The band: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, All Of Us Are Dead: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E1 (Paramount Plus), And just Like That: S3E7 (HBo MAX) with audio description, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: S10E10 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Sullivan’s Crossing: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, King Of the hill: S2E6 (Hulu) no audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E25 (Amazon) with audio description, and The Office: S3E17 (Peacock) no audio description Best Episode: And Just Like That, Runner Up: All Of Us Are Dead Best Audio Description: Dexter Resurrection, Runner Up: And … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/12/25

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Dorian TV Awards Winners Announced! ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Pitt’ Take Honors

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Among the other things I do, I am a proud member of GALECA: The Society for LGBTQ Film Journalists, so naturally, I should announce the winners of the awards I voted for. for those who follow my small Screen diaries, you’ll note my finger is on the absolute pulse, as it also is for the many critics and entertainment journalists who voted in these awards.With Emmy nominations only days away, will these serve as a bell weather for things to come on that front as well? GALECA is the 2nd largest Entertainment Journalist organization in the world, boasting over 560 … Continue reading Dorian TV Awards Winners Announced! ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Pitt’ Take Honors

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/09/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Black Mirror: S3E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Buccaneers: S1E7 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Tires: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, motorheads: S1E10 (Amazon) with audio description, Destination X: S1E7 (Peacock) with audio description, Dexter: S5E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Department Q: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, prison Break: S1E3 (Netflix) no audio description, Poker Face: S2E10 (Peacock) with audio description Best Episode: Poker Face, Runner Up: The buccaneers Best Audio Description: Poker Face, Runner Up: Dexter best Performance: Natasha Lyonne (Poker face), runner Up: Vince Vaughn (Tires) Best Moment Of Audio Description: The inciting incident … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/09/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/08/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Ginny And Georgia: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Stick: S1E6 (Apple plus) with audio description, Nine Perfect Strangers: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E11 (MAX) with audio description, Sullivan’s Crossing: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Patience: S1E3 (PBS) with audio description, Peaky Blinders: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, King Of The hill: S2E4 (Hulu) no audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Bosch: Legacy (Amazon) with audio description Best Episode: The Pitt, Runner Up: The Sandman Best Audio Description: the Sandman, Runner Up: Stick … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/08/25