Last week, Max, formerly known as HBO, dropped not one but two trailers for the second season of House of the Dragon, a series based off of George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood. The show is a prequel… No hoodwinking…
Now that Netflix’s The Crown has finally come to an end, one of the most expensive and elaborate TV series around is Feud, created by Ryan Murphy, Jaffe Cohen, and Michael Zam and aired on FX and Hulu… No hoodwinking…
I still recall when my mother’s favorite daytime TV show was Dr. Phil Primetime. I’ve always liked the guy — just never enough to sit down for hours at a time to watch him sort through people’s mes… No hoodwinking…
Connecticut in the Movies: From Dream Houses to Dark Suburbia By Illeana Douglas (Lyons Press, 352 pages, $40) Hollywood has had a longstanding fascination with Connecticut, as evidenced by the m… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…
At Monday’s Emmy Awards, LGBTQ issues commanded greater attention than did TV shows. The awards show featured a demand that TV spotlight more transgender characters, a defense of drag queen story hour… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…
Last month, reporting here on the first part of the sixth and last season of The Crown, I was, if I say so myself, a mite snotty. I more or less accused the series’ creator, Peter Morgan, of shameless… No…
When I was a cute, sweet little boy back in 1960s Brooklyn, every Friday night after family Shabbat dinner I would lie on the floor in our living room. My dad would be lying right there, nearby on a c……
Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever By Matt Singer (G.P. Putman’s Sons, 352 pages, $30) In the late 1960s, Gene Siskel was a young reporter at the Chicago Tribune and … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
I learned about the television industry the hard way as a kid. One Monday night in 1968, I turned on the TV to watch my favorite show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. For three and a half years, I’d enjoyed t……
Both of my grandfathers are dead. Both died abruptly. My father’s father passed away from a stroke when I was just 13. My father and I watched it happen. Or, rather, I watched my father watch it h… No hoodwinking…