Sports sketches on Saturday Night Live are always very hit or miss, but Saturday night’s episode hosted by Ariana Grande featured a good one. Sports sketches tend to be best when they have an athlete hosting, but when they don’t have a sports star on stage, their best work is often poking fun at sports television, rather than the games themselves.
That was what they did with Grande on Saturday, as throughout the night they took advantage of having an incredible singer hosting the show with a number of musical bits. In a pre-taped sketch, they had Grande do an impression of Celine Dion, imagining if the iconic artist turned her hit “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” into a promo song for the UFC. For one, Grande is one of a very few people that could possibly do a sketch as Celine Dion and have it sound right, but beyond that, the writing staff did a tremendous job with the lyrics.
“When you punch me like this, when you choke me like that,” is some truly inspired work, and Grande not only nails doing a Celine Dion remix, but her generally passionate energy and earnestness when doing anything — even if that were to be a UFC promo song.
The intrigue-and-legal-focused thriller vibes are strong at Netflix these days with a new season of The Lincoln Lawyer afoot this month and promises of much more The Night Agent on the horizon. Then there’s The Diplomat, which is not only a thriller but a dramedy with emphasis on the comedy. Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler, a career diplomat who never wanted to travel to the U.K. in the first place, is so chronically exasperated by her professional and personal circumstances that it’s a joy to watch her go off the rails while her handlers aim to put forth a polished image.
Kate is not here for wearing a suit that isn’t colored to hide stains, and forget about her having the time to fix that hair every day, especially while she’s hungover. Surely, this is a sardonic and downright funny nod towards the ex-Mickey Mouse Club star’s controversial Felicity haircut in a way that pairs Russell’s handling of political firestorms in The Americans in an end product that is both unique and makes sense as Russell’s new long-term career rung.
Did we say long-term? Hell yeah. Netflix has revealed an on-set photo (while adding, “More Keri Russell is always a good thing”) to prove that cameras are already rolling on The Diplomat Season 3.
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The one-year turnaround between the first two seasons is impressive enough, so let’s talk about the second season and what clues have been dropped on what to expect next.
Cast
This is where Netflix and Showrunner Debora Cahn are taking an unusual approach to the cliffhanger. Viewers will acutely recall that the life of Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) and other characters were left in the balance by an explosion in the final moments of the first season. Does Hal live? For sure, and Netflix wants you to know that going into the second season.
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Hal is a cockroach, ain’t he? Right now, he is ^^^ probably making a backdoor deal with a random nation before Kate finds out and throttles him again.
The Diplomat‘s second season trailer dispensed with the cliffhanger by revealing that not only does Hal live, but Stewart Hayford (Ato Essandoh) is also alive and well with a forehead bandage. Likewise, the CIA Eidra Graham (Ali Ahn) and Kate Wyler are shown waiting at the hospital, all while Kate is certain that Prime Minister Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) did this terrorist deed.
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Meanwhile, but we haven’t seen followup to how the brewing romance between Kate and Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) would have gone if that semi-romantic evening hadn’t been interrupted by Hal almost-dying, so expect this to be awkward:
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Meanwhile, Kate and Hal will be shuttled over to receive death stares from Allison Janney as the in-the-flesh version of Vice President Grace Penn.
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Plot
Clearly, the aforementioned trailer (along with the above stills) was meant to let us know that this season will hit the ground running without wasting too much time wrapping up the explosion’s aftereffects. Cahn did reveal to Entertainment Weekly that Hal is “shaken,” and “[a]lmost dying like that can shake a lot on every level,” but we have seen that Hal always looks out for Hal, first and foremost. He’s shown himself to be determined to keep his marriage together with Kate, even if they only remain married in name. Expect them to remain an outward couple (and an ex-CIA official consulting on the series has discussed how common it is for married diplomats to stay married for the sake of their careers).
I know, poor Dennison. We might also want to worry about Kate on the professional front, since I’m not so sure that Vice President Grace Penn will be resigning (in scandal) as forecast in the first season. She could be extraordinarily disgusted that replacements are being floated for her at all. That discomfort will add to the tension experienced by Kate while trying to prove that Trowbridge is behind the explosion, and to what end, as Cahn declared to to Entertainment Weekly: “So how do you prove it? And then if you prove it, what the hell do you do about it?”
What is far more addictive than this show’s political happenings, however, are the messy personal lives on display, especially as Keri Russell notes, the Hal-Kate dynamic:
“I think the people around them in the story don’t know what’s happening. They don’t know what to make of them. It’s unnerving because they’re fighting cats and dogs or they’re completely backing each other up in this fierce way. And it’s unnerving because people don’t know where they stand.”
So are Kate and Hal stuck together forever? Maybe not. I know, we just pointed out that Hal won’t leave his marriage unless he is physically dragged away from Kate and presented with divorce papers, but there is a late-breaking development.
Following the official third season renewal, Cahn has further suggested that current and future filming will take place in both London and New York City, and what happens “flips the chessboard.” Then “Kate lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want.” And what would that be? She didn’t really want to become vice president, so she will be relieved if that doesn’t happen. Yet she did want to leave Hal, and she apparently wanted to be with Dennison. So is that how this season will end? None of this makes sense, yet. Thank goodness.
Release Date
On October 31, Hal will go full Halloween villain and rise from the dead. Well, maybe not, but that’s the show’s official premiere date.
Trailer
The season’s full trailer makes no secret of the explosion not turning out as terribly as possible while turning attention to the next threat: Allison Janney.
NBC and Peacock have the Law & Order franchise, but CBS and Paramount+ have been pulling the “hold my police-procedural beer” for quite some time. They’re cranking up their prowess with multiple NCIS spin offs, and of course, CBS’ Criminal Minds ran for fifteen seasons before evolving into (the aptly named) Criminal Minds: Evolution, a revival that streams on Paramount+.
In fans’ minds, however, a giant void exists on that revival, which has been sorely missing the presence of Dr. Spencer Reid, portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubler. He took a bit of a breather from procedurals to work on other projects, but do not fear. You can take the actor out of procedurals, but you can’t take the procedural, well, you catch my drift. Gubler is gearing up to lead his own procedural, Einstein, which has been ordered in pilot form by CBS.
Plot
Gubler is accustomed to portraying a walking encyclopedia as Spencer Reid, and he will portray another genius but with a twist. His character will be the great grandson of Albert Einstein, Lew Einstein (no relation to late U.S. diplomat Lewis Einstein), also impossibly brilliant but who coasts on his intellect. According to CBS, he is “[i]rreverent and misguided,” but his “genius and famous name weighs heavily on him, but using his gift to help solve homicides may – finally – offer his life some direction and purpose.”
Don’t expect Lew to have come by this side gig and new purpose by his own initiative, however. By day, Lew has been making a living as a “comfortably [Princeton] tenured professor until his bad-boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases.”
The series will arrive with the same humorous slant as USA Network’s former Monk, starring Tony Shaloub, who continue his role for a Peacock-streaming movie, Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie. And of course, Einstein will have a built-in audience of Criminal Mind viewers that will hopefully push Einstein from pilot status to full-on series status.
Cast
Gubler is the only confirmed cast member as of now.
Release Date
If this pilot leads to a full season order, then CBS will surely want to get the show out for Fall 2025, although no release date is official yet.
Trailer
In lieu of a teaser or full trailer yet, here is Matthew Gray Gubler info dumping as Dr. Spencer Reid for fourteen consecutive minutes:
OD has been one of the most anticipated video games since the moment it was revealed at the 2023 Game Awards by auteur / mad genius Hideo Kojima. It’s also one of the most mysterious.
“I really like challenging new things, groundbreaking things, that’s my kind of rule,” Kojima said during the ceremony via a translator. “But this one, with the help of Xbox Game Studios and their cloud gaming technology, I am kinda doing this… it’s really to make immersive… something no one has done before. It is a game, don’t get me wrong, but it’s a movie. A new form of media.”
What does any of that mean? Let’s try to find out!
Here’s everything we know about OD, including plot details, Jordan Peele and Hunter Schafer‘s involvement, and whether there’s a release date.
Plot
Hideo Kojima wrote OD with Jordan Peele, who has become one of the biggest names in horror thanks to Get Out, Us, and Nope. The word “horror” is never used in the official Kojima Productions description of the game, but it’s implied with the description: “OD explores the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear – while blurring the boundaries of gaming and film.” The game will be “risky” and “a new challenge for me within the realm of games,” Kojima told Variety, adding, “This is a game, but it’s a game like no other. I can’t go into too much detail, and it’s also hard to explain.”
Kojima met Peele when he invited him on his podcast (I bet he loves the Gremlins 2 sketch). “He’s younger than me, so we’re not the same generation, but after just five minutes of chatting, he felt like a childhood friend,” he said. “We decided to meet in Los Angeles. After several meetings in L.A., we were talking about the projects each of us were working on. I explained the concept of OD to him, and he was really interested in it, so I asked him to join me.”
But Peele isn’t the only big name involved. Teasing other members of the OD creative team, Kojima said, “We’re actually calling them ‘The Avengers’ but we have other members like him. If I announced the names, you’d be surprised.”
Considering Kojima’s last game involved turning Norman Reedus’ pee into grenades, nothing surprises me anymore.
Cast
The confirmed cast is Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier, all pictured here, but considering Hideo Kojima’s ever-growing roster of celebrity friends, it wouldn’t be a shock to see him add a few more famous folks. Death Stranding starred Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, Léa Seydoux, Margaret Qualley, Troy Baker, Guillermo del Toro, and Nicolas Winding Refn. Will OD have Patrick Strump from Fall Out Boy, the cool pistol shooter from the Olympics, and Art the Clown from Terrifier? Only Kojima knows for sure!
Release Date
OD doesn’t have a release date yet, so it’s going to be awhile (Kojima is currently hard at work on the Death Stranding sequel). One estimate has it out in 2027 or 2028. It’s being developed as an Xbox exclusive, but who knows what the video game landscape will look like by then.
If all the cool guys want to be like Mike (take your pick). Then all of the IT girls want to be like Jennifer Coolidge. Yesterday (October 12), Saturday Night Live dedicated an entire sketch to The White Lotus star.
Although Coolidge wasn’t around for the episode, that didn’t stop the night’s host Ariana Grande, Chloe Fineman, and Dana Carvey from using her as a muse. During the trio’s hilarious spoof Maybelline advertisement, Chloe Fineman delivered a performance of the actress’ unintentionally funny personality. As Fineman, dripped in pink, touches up her makeup Ariana appears as her reflection.
With of the ladies nailing Coolidge’s beloved vocal fry and cadence between silly jokes the sketch was already comical spot on. But, of course, the SNL writers decided to take it up a notch. To admire her profile, Fineman looks to the side mirror in which Dana Carvey. Carvey went all out in a matching outfit and luscious blonde wig. Despite the trio breaking character several times due to the playfulness of the three-way chat, viewers couldn’t help but do that same.
That wasn’t the only celebrity impression Ariana Grande nailed. In another segment, Ariana put a comical twist on how Celine Dion might approach a sports promotional campaign.
Watch Saturday Night Live’s full Maybelline sketch featuring Ariana Grande, Chloe Fineman, and Dana Carvey above.
However, yesterday (October 12) during Ariana Grande’s opening monologue she decided to treat SNL viewers to a sweet musical offering to unleash her inner theater kid. “Well, it’s every theater kid’s dream to lose their virginity,” she joked. “But their second dream is, of course, to be in ‘Wicked.’ I am just hosting. No, I’m not going to make this about me, I’m just gonna have fun, take it easy and, yeah, just keep it low-key.”
Shortly, after Ariana Grande delivered the goods (live vocals) after jokingly vowing not to. “I’m gonna keep it low-key tonight,” she said. “I promise I’m not gonna sing.”
Then Ariana busted into an impromptu melody performance of No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak.” The kicker is Ariana managed to transform the alternative rock staple into a lively cabaret-style cover just after knocking out her beloved Britney Spears impression.
In the movie musical, Wicked, Ariana Grande is sure to serve as an unofficial Broadway audition. But for now or at least on SNL, she demonstrated she has the technical skills to do it all.
By the time HBO’s Euphoria returns in 2025, it will have been over three years since the last new episode. To put that into perspective, all three films in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out in a two-year span.
It’s been awhile! But excitement for season 3 remains high since, if anything, the show’s cast — especially Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, and Hunter Schafer — has gotten even more famous during the hiatus.
Here’s everything we know about Euphoria season 3, including plot details and the release date window.
Plot
The last time we checked in with Euphoria season 3, there were behind-the-scenes rumblings about the direction the series should go in. Creator Sam Levinson wanted to turn Rue into a private detective, for some reason, but that concept was rejected by HBO — and Zendaya. The Challengers star’s suggestion of making Rue a surrogate mother also went nowhere. They eventually agreed on “an inkling of an idea,” but it’s unclear what it is.
We do know, however, that there will be a time jump that will take Rue, Cassie, etc. out of their teen years (it won’t be a “33-year-old Stockard Channing playing 18-year-old Rizzo in Grease” scenario).
“It’s important because there’s only so much high school drama you can deal with,” Zendaya said on The Awards podcast. She continued:
“I don’t actually know much about what is happening. I don’t quite know exactly what the season is going to look like, but I do know that the time jump is happening. It will be fascinating to see and understand these characters outside of the context of high school and how all the stuff that we saw when they were kids and they were in high school affects the adulthood they have and who they become in a much bigger world. I’ll be interested to see what happens too.”
Sydney Sweeney is a lot more famous now than she was during previous seasons, but she’s still excited for more Euphoria. “I’m very excited to jump back into Cassie,” the Anyone but You star told People. “She is definitely one of the most special characters for me and I love my Euphoria family, so I look forward to it.” As for what she wants to see from Cassie in season 2, “I love crazy Cassie, so the crazier, the better for me,” she said.
Euphoria season 3 will begin filming in January. Fingers crossed!
Cast
“All of the principal cast” will be back for season 3 of Euphoria, including Zendaya (Rue), Sydney Sweeney (Cassie), Jacob Elordi (Nate), Hunter Schafer (Jules), and Oscar nominee Colman Domingo (Ali). Other cast members likely to return: Alexa Demie (Maddy), Maude Apatow (Lexi), Nika King (Leslie), Storm Reid (Gia), Austin Abrams (Ethan), and possibly Dominic Fike (Elliot).
Barbie Ferreira (Kat) got sick of playing the “fat best friend” so she exited the show, while Angus Cloud (Fez) tragically passed away in July 2023.
Release Date
Season 3 is expected to premiere on HBO in 2025, likely late in the year.
Trailer
There’s no trailer or even a teaser for season 3 yet. So instead, check out Sydney Sweeney giving a tour of the Euphoria set.
The match was violence from the very beginning, with Moxley attacking Danielson before he’d even finished his entrance. From moves on the announce table to the concrete floor, Danielson and Moxley fought all around ringside. Moxley was able to stave off a handful of Busaiku Knee strikes and eventually ended Danielson’s career with a rear-naked choke, where he refused to tap, but the referee called the match.
After the match, Claudio Castagnoli, Marina Shafir, and Pac join Moxley in the ring. Moxley grabs the belt and hands it to Castagnoli, who stuffs it in a duffle bag. Moxley takes a plastic bag, but Wheeler Yuta and Darby Allin make the save. Yuta turns on Allin, attacking him with a Busaiku Knee, then takes the plastic bag and chokes out Danielson. The post-match beatdown continued as the group fended off attempts to save Danielson, and he was eventually carried out on a stretcher.
Danielson told us August that he’s suffering from very real neck issues and will need to get it checked out when his full-time career is over. While his full-time wrestling career is over, there remains an opening for one-off appearances.
With regards to a future in creative next to AEW CEO Tony Khan, Danielson said, “anytime Tony wants to run ideas by me or get my input in the creative process, I’ll be more than willing to help out because that’s one of the things that I really love.” He does not, however, want to travel much or be away from his family.
The Boys has been gleefully skewering superheroes for five years on Prime Video/Amazon while the MCU and DCU eventually crumbled at the feet of Homelander statues. Not to sound nostalgic about a show that began with Hughie kissing his soon-to-be-liquified girlfriend, Robin, but I’m going to miss this debauched treasure after the fifth and final season.
This will also be a season that has far too much to finish after the fourth season finale that turned a majority of characters’ fates upside down while passing the baton to Gen V‘s second season. Eventually, Vought Rising will head back in time to show us how the first Supes were wrought upon humanity, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves there. We are mostly sticking with The Boys for purposes of this discussion, so let’s get down to business on what to expect from Homelander and Foes in the fifth season.
Cast
Almost too much is happening here, so before we talk about the plot, sorting out where the vast ensemble of actors stand is a fine place to start.
Returning cast regulars will include Antony Starr (Homelander), Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Jack Quaid (Hughie), Susan Heyward (Sister Sage), Chace Crawford (Deep), Erin Moriarty (Annie January/Starlight), Jessie T. Usher (A-Train), Valorie Curry (Firecracker), Nathan Mitchell (Black Noir), Colby Minifie (Ashley), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk), Tomer Capone (Frenchie), and Cameron Crovetti (Ryan).
Whereas we will not be seeing Claudia Doumit after Butcher made sure that Victoria Neuman is deader than dead. Likewise, Sabrina Saudin, who portrayed Also Ashley, has left the building.
Meanwhile, Daveed Diggs (Hamilton, Snowpiercer) has signed on in an undisclosed role, and Showrunner Eric Kripke’s Supernatural reunions continue with Jared Padalecki recently declaring that he is onboard even though his role hadn’t been written yet, so he didn’t know who the hell he could portray. On that note, Supernatural veteran Jeffrey Dean Morgan will almost surely make repeat appearances inside Butcher’s head as Joe Kessler, and Jensen Ackles is confirmed to return as Soldier Boy for this final season.
Don’t count out another ghostly return from Shantel Van Santen (Becca Butcher), a lifeline answered by Dominique McElligott (Queen Maeve), and/or more destructive displays from Ess Hödlmoser as Cindy, who we will hopefully see for more than one minute of screentime before the series ends.
Additionally, we could see more brief appearances from Gen V crossover stars Maddie Phillips (Cate) and Asa Germann (Sam), especially if some sudden vacancies need filling in The Seven as the bodies start to pile up.
Plot
Since we already mentioned bodies, that’s a cue for us to acknowledge that the show’s hefty dose of plot armor will disappear. Eric Kripke planned for five seasons, and as such, he’s been keeping most notable characters alive during the third and fourth seasons other than swapping out Black Noir versions as portrayed by Nathan Mitchell. As Kripke told Total Film, however, all bets are now off because “[t]here’s no guarantee of who’s gonna survive because we don’t have to keep them for another season, so you can have really shocking, big things happen all the time.”
The bigger question on the “who dies?” note might be this: who gets to kill Homelander? It seems highly unlikely that Antony Starr‘s ultimate baddie will be allowed to leave the show alive after essentially taking control of the White House and declaring martial law, but will Butcher kill him, or will honor fall to Hughie or another character?
There’s every chance that Karl Urban’s character will be distracted by pulling off the Supe Virus deployment, which would leave Homelander open to the countless characters who’d like to see him die. It would, for example, feel fitting to see Ashley hulk out and crush her tormenter. It’s also entirely possible that A-Train (who has made amends with Hughie), Ashley, and Starlight will come together and kill Homie while The Boys remain imprisoned. Whatever else happens, we can almost be certain that Homelander bites it, which would be a high point for the series finale.
Additionally, Starlight must work to free The Boys from their respective imprisonments. From there, MM will need to take a shower after the Love Sausage incident, Kimiko will need to figure out whether she now speaks on a regular basis. And Jack Quaid seems to believe that Hughie’s ongoing hell is for a purpose, and great things will happen for him before the series ends. He deserves everything, even though cake is probably ruined for him forever.
With that said, Prime Video/Amazon hasn’t revealed a plot synopsis, which makes sense since Kripke and the show’s writers only began working on the fifth season’s scripts as of this past spring. And that brings us to a question, will you need to watch Gen V to enjoy the final season from The Boys?
Kripke has been forthright about how it is not mandatory to watch both shows if viewers only wish to watch one of them. As he told Variety: “They each have their own reason for being. They each need to be good enough to exist without the other one existing. But I’m not giving the audience homework.” And it sure sounds like The Boys will be kicking the MCU on the way out the door.
Release Date
The Boys will return in 2026 after Gen V releases its second season in 2025. If we had to guess, Vought Rising will likely be scheduled for 2027, and Eric Kripke has revealed that The Boys: Mexico, if it still happens, is still far down the priority line (probably 2028 or later).
Does a two-year wait between seasons feel too long to wait? Honestly, this is typical for hit streaming series with shows like only effects-light shows like The Diplomat and Slow Horses breaking the mold with annual releases. Then there’s shows like Wednesday and Severance, where the wait for second seasons will eventually pass the three-year mark.
Trailer
Not happening yet, obviously, but if you’d like to feel those fourth season-finale chills again with the final minutes of the episode, feel free to do so below. Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” always hit hard, but arguably, it’s never hit harder than during this set of events:
Every single week, our TV and film experts will list the most important ten streaming selections for you to pop into your queues. We’re not strictly operating upon reviews or accrued streaming clicks (although yes, we’ve scoured the streaming site charts) but, instead, upon those selections that are really worth noticing amid the churning sea of content. There’s a lot out there, after all, and your time is valuable.
This Spanish-language, pandemic sleeper hit now presents a sequel in which a new arrival shakes up the rebellion against the food distribution method that is, naturally, a class-struggle allegory. Co-writer David Desola went on record about being initially inspired by a cookout, which must have been a hell of a spread. This led to dreams that sparked the idea for the hellish movie with final writing touches coming from Pedro Rivera before being pulled together by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.
9. Speak No Evil – Universal Pictures film on VOD & Amazon Prime
James McAvoy totally makes that iconic The Shining face in this Blumhouse Productions remake of the same-named Danish thriller, which should teach everyone not to accept out-of-the-blue weekending invitations from that couple who randomly befriends you on a holiday. Although it’s still hard to believe that the sweet guy from Penelope is so damn good at being so pants-sh*ttingly scary onscreen, that’s why they (presumably) pay him the big bucks. Do they? Whatever he’s being paid, he deserves more.
If you once dreamed of the day when you could escape your small town while coming of age, then you might find this series especially nightmarish. This season, newcomers will pose a special challenge while the town’s residents continue to work against those unknown forces that make them say put while emerging memories make the experience feel worse. This show is now grinding through the third season while (mostly) managing to avoid horror tropes and still making the show believable despite the far-fetched setting.
7. Strange Darling – Magenta Light Studios film on VOD & Amazon Prime
This selection isn’t quite streaming yet, but VOD will do. If you know Willa Fitzgerald from Reacher and The Fall Of The House Of Usher, then you should run, not jog, to your nearest streaming TV device and fire this up. The less said about the plot, the better, but the story revolves around an ominous one-night stand and a serial killer. Willa is incredible, and in all roles, she lets the world know not to f*ck with her in more layered ways than casual viewers of her work might expect, at first.
Love is in the stratosphere again with Nick and Charlie growing closer and solidifying their relationship but still leaving crucial thoughts off the table. Charlie’s mental health issues will be an issue that Nick needs to come to terms with while the pair juggles the thoughts of their future, including potentially diverging paths with college on the horizon. This show’s audience doesn’t mind pulling on the heart strings, but will Netflix continue the story beyond the crucial three-season mark? That remains to be seen.
Deadpool and Wolverine might have saved the MCU in theaters, but the witches are working their magic in an attempt to do so for Disney+’s MCU small-screen outings. Will Daredevil: Born Again score the same level of audience enthusiasm that those characters deserve, too? Kevin Feige seems to be stepping back and viewing these shows from the bigger-picture perspective rather than the “shovel everything at viewers” strategy of yesteryear, so confidence is warranted, for now.
Always Sunny‘s Kaitlin Olsen is following up her occasional episode-stealing Hacks role in this Poker Face-esque dramedy that is an instant prime-time hit. The Sweet Dee actress portrays a single mom who falls into crime-scene investigations, and of this is a far-fetched premise, but Olsen sells the premise with her usual brand of charm. If you’re looking for counter programming in this most-spooky month, you’ve got it here.
Come for Colin Farrell in prosthetics, and stay for the liberal use of Pepsi-Bismol and Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone. Matt Reeves’ The Batman sits outside the DCU, as does this spin off show with Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot navigating the Gotham underworld’s power vacuum and finding exactly where he fits in after the murder of mob boss Carmine Falcone by Paul Dano’s The Riddler. Farrell has gone on record declaring that he could not stand the prosthetics process here, so god only knows how long he will portray this character. Enjoy it while you can, I guess.
2. Yellowjackets – Showtime series streaming on Paramount+
Another Showtime series (waves to Dexter) is flying high on Netflix, which is boosting interest before the show’s third season surfaces next year. If you haven’t watched this series yet, do not eat before you start binging, and that’s not only because of the cannibalism that eventually ends up being on display. My main takeaways from this series (because the “mystery” got teased too long, imo) is that Sophie Thatcher should be in more projects, that Melanie Lynskey is a national treasure, and that the rise of Ella Purnell should continue unabated. Very scientific takes for sure, but also, Christina Ricci seems to be having the time of her life, and her antagonistic era also includes the first Wednesday season on Netflix, so while you’re waiting for more Yellowjackets, there’s more Villain Ricci to enjoy on the same streaming service.
This series, starring Kristen Bell as a sex-friendly podcaster and Adam Brody as a single rabbi, has stirred up some Sex and the City-reminiscent controversy, but nonetheless, the streaming service has scored viewership in the romcom-series department. Creator Erin Foster has maintained that the series is partially based upon her own real-life experiences and adult conversion to Judaism, and Netflix made a late-breaking declaration that a second season will happen, so get ready for extra-skeptical commentary.
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