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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin continue to perform like the treasures they are in this dramatic sitcom about retirees who’ve had circumstance thrust upon them, and how they deal with some of the admittedly fantastical changes in their lives. Which, as ever, appears to make for much more palatable viewing when nobody involved really has…
Very conflicting show this – I quite enjoyed the concept, but the characters all really annoyed me, to the point where I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep watching or not, but somehow did. AND there was one bloke who I swore reminded me of somebody, and looked a bit like David Tennant. Hey…
Further adventures of the Manhattanites who behave like spoiled tossers. Generally amusing specific situations, but it’s almost depressing that we live in a world where it might be plausibly possible that people could conduct themselves like this and still lead rewarding professional lives. TV’s a strange thing, isn’t it?
This sitcom about a group of Manhattan-dwelling Harvard grads doesn’t really do anything for the image of the 1% – entertaining as it is, one can’t help feeling that they don’t work particularly hard. Mainly carried by the charisma/animatedness of Keegan Michael-Key, although good to see Fred Savage back in a series too. It’s not…
Jimmy Carr comperes Katherine Ryan and DL Hughely plus rotating guests – along with woefully underused stats expert Mona Chalabi – in a US-based panel game about solving one of the world’s problems. Mainly a platform for the standups, who consistently outshine Jimmy. Really notable as a vector for getting a regular fix of Katherine…
The hands-down must-see Netflix show of 2018 – whilst plenty fanciful/ludicrous, contained some great characters and plot, and I think portrayed an assertive & confident protagonist (who admittedly kept inexplicably wanting to go back to her husband in spite of everything else about her nature). Great production values, and a really perky/snappy delivery makes it…
Circuit comedians improvise a set on a spontaneously-given list of topics as if it’s their actual material – I have to say, I was massively disappointed by this. Having heard a few comedians in podcasts refer to it as pure adrenaline-fuelled craziness, when I saw it it just sort of seemed like an improv game…
Intriguing Australian comedy/drama about sisters brought together after discovering that the scientist heading up the IVF clinic was “enriching the mix”, and the nature/nurture conflicts arising from learning you have an unknown number of siblings. Neat premise, and some fairly complex characters hanging off it, making for quite a good watch! 👍
The mockumentary precursor to W1A, I didn’t realise I’d previously sledged this as “a poor man’s The Games”, following reports that some Brits had more or less ripped off the peerless work of John Clarke & co in their near-perfect Sydney-based comedy. Nevertheless, the cast do an admirable job and the piece when viewed in…
US-transplanted UK comedian & international sex symbol John Oliver continues to highlight some of the complexities of issues in the USA in a way that provokes a fair bit of gawping & forehead-slapping (“HOW DID IT EVER COME TO THIS?!”) in his consistently hilarious and thought-needling way. I have no idea how he summons the…