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The golden years are definitely over now and we are in a new era of ‘The Simpsons’ but that doesn’t necessarily mean the show has started a real down hill trajectory, it just means it no longer lives up to the ‘best ever on TV’ levels of some of the past seasons. The opening episode …
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2020 has been a tough year for everyone in so many ways, but one of the positives of spending much more time at home has been the chance to watch more of the superb content on TV. The best and most groundbreaking show of 2020 so far has been Michaela Coel’s ‘I May Destroy You’, …
This years Emmy Awards was always going to be very different, as it was delayed and then done virtually due to the Corona Virus pandemic. However, the awards themselves were incredibly straight forward and mostly as we expected with three (mostly deserving) shows sweeping across the board. I thought it was great to see how …
“Sometimes when you love someone you will do crazy things” Following the stunning success of Season 1, and the subsequent departure of Phoebe Waller-Bridge as showrunner, season 2 of ‘Killing Eve’ was always going to have a lot to live up to, and in some ways it did, and others it definitely did not. The …
This years Emmy awards are not only going to be unlike any other in the show’s history due to the pandemic, but they are also going to be unlike nay awards show that has taken place since the pandemic began, as the virtual awards will be live and not pre-recorded, so expect some enjoyable chaos …
In recent years, multiple female stand up comedians have finally been given the opportunities that were usual saved for their male counterparts and have been able to lead (and often create) their own TV shows. This time, the honour falls to Katherine Ryan, the constantly funny guest on many panel shows and a strong stand …
Recent years has seen an renaissance of ‘prestige’ comedy in Britain where the likes of ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Derry Girls’ manage your perfectly mix important subject matters with genuine humour, resulting in some incredibly nuanced and enjoyable TV. However, this rise has also coincided with the fall in the ‘farce’ and ‘laugh a minute’ comedies that …
In recent years, there has been a large amount of Britain’s finest female comedians finally getting the TV show opportunities of their male counterparts and it has resulted in mostly incredible work (Aisling Bea’s ‘This Way Up’ is a masterpiece) and this time it is Diane Morgan’s turn to write and star in her own …
In response to the recent Black Lives Matters civil rights movement that has (rightfully) gripped the entire globe, ITV decided to create four 15 minute shorts, filmed in lockdown (just like they did with ‘Isolation Stories’) tackling different British perspectives on race relations. All episodes are tackling different perspectives on racism and race relations, and …
After the first couple of seasons were spent finding its feet, ‘The Simpsons’ experienced a golden age unlike many shows have ever managed, and it was incredible. However, season 9 spells the end of that particular golden age for me, and even then, it is still an incredible season of TV that just struggles to …
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