Tina Fey brings back Sarah Palin for ‘Saturday Night Live,’ but was it enough? (No, not really.)

by Therese Odell, posted in saturday night live, saturday night live: season 43

Saturday Night Live
Tina Fey & Nicki Minaj
May 19, 2018

I wanted to love this episode. I love Tina Fey and believe that if anyone can wring out some genuine hilarity from this show, it is Mama Tina. However, if we’re all being honest with each other, the Saturday Night Live finale featuring Tina was a bit of a let-down. It wasn’t terrible — or even bad! — but it wasn’t the consistently funny and revelatory episode I was hoping for, either.

Don’t get me wrong: there were some terrific moments. Tina managed to find a way to bring her amazing Sarah Palin impersonation back and make it (kinda) politically relevant; and her attempts to join the cast of Mean Girls is a master class is self-deprecation. But the rest of the episode felt … anticipatory …  like we were all waiting for something genuinely hilarious to happen … and it never quite did.

tina fey disappointed sigh blerg

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‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’: Hurry up and shove 30 bobby pins into your uncombed hair, we’ve got a reunion to get to

by Therese Odell, posted in real housewives of beverly hills, real housewives of beverly hills: season 8

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
“Reunion, Part 1”
April 24, 2018

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Here is some meaningless TV news to distract you from the endlessly violent murderhole our country has become

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Late night discusses the most important issue of our time: Yanny or Laurel

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‘Arrested Development’ splits its fifth season. LIKE A BANANA. Get it? High five. Great joke.

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UPDATED! AGAIN! Everything we know about The CW’s 2018-2019 season … so far

by Therese Odell, posted in upfront

HI GUYS! So Upfronts begin next week and I AM A LITTLE STRESSED OUT. Cancelations, renewals, series orders, THERE IS JUST A WHOLE LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND IT’S HARD TO KEEP UP, QUITE HONESTLY, SOMEONE FETCH ME A RESTORATIVE COCKTAIL.

This post is an attempt to organize what we know about what The CW has in store for the fall season: all the new shows, all the renewed shows and, R.I.P. — all the canceled shows. News is fluid right now, so check back in as I will continue to update these posts.

The CW’s Upfront presentation is in the morning of Thursday, May 17th. By then, we should have photos, trailers, a schedule and a full list of The CW’s renewed and canceled series. I will add that information as it comes in. Send … you know what? Send all the candy. That’s all I want at this point: candy.

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