Month: March 2019

‘Saturday Night Live’ really needed to trust Sandra Oh more

by Therese Odell, posted in saturday night live: season 44

Saturday Night Live
Sandra Oh & Tame Impala
March 30, 2019

I am not sure when I learned Sandra Oh was funny — I’m not a Grey’s Anatomy viewer, so I’m guessing it was with Sideways? — all I know is that I associate Sandra Oh with being a funny actress. And so Sandra Oh hosting Saturday Night Live should have been a natural fit: she’s funny, she’s game, and if you’ve ever seen a single episode of Killing Eve, you should know that she is going to be able to pull off whatever material you give her. And yet, it felt like Saturday Night Live‘s writers weren’t sure what they could trust Oh with, only giving her a couple of sketches in which she was allowed to play something other than the straight (wo)man. It’s a shame because when she was given more room to demonstrate her comic skills, Oh killed it. Here’s hoping SNL has her back soon enough — and gives her more to work with.

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‘Killing Eve,’ ‘The Twilight Zone,’ the series finales of ‘You’re the Worst’ and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

by Therese Odell, posted in set your dvrs
“Nightmare at 30,000 Feet” — Pictured: Adam Scott as Justin Sanderson of the CBS All Access series THE TWILIGHT ZONE available to stream on Monday, April 1st. Photo Cr: Robert Falconer/CBS © 2018 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
THIS IS US — Season: 2 — Pictured: (l-r) Milo Ventimiglia as Jack, Mandy Moore as Rebecca– (Photo by: Maarten de Boer/NBC)
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‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’: Bonding in the Bahamas

by Therese Odell, posted in real housewives of beverly hills: season 9

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
“Sun and Shade in the Bahamas”
February 26, 2019

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Someone has some regrets about leaving ‘The Walking Dead’ now that it’s good again. ~sad trombone here~

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

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Am I going to waaaaay overthink a ‘Game of Thrones’ theory based on a stupid and most likely meaningless promotional tie-in? Oh, absolutely.

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‘The Walking Dead’: Meet the Parents

by Therese Odell, posted in the walking dead: season 9

The Walking Dead
“Guardians”
March 3, 2019

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Boy, this Jussie Smollett story has reached whole new levels of what-the-fuckitude …

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I don’t want to talk about Mueller Report. We have to talk about the Mueller Report.

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‘The Real Housewives of New York City’: Summer Dreams, Ripped at the Seams

by Therese Odell, posted in real housewives of new york city: season 11

The Real Housewives of New York
“Divided, They Summer”
March 6, 2019

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‘Veep,’ ‘Barry,’ ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

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THE HIGHWAYMEN (2019) – pictured L-R Woody Harrelson (“Maney Gault”), Kevin Costner (“Frank Hamer”) and Thomas Mann (“Deputy Ted Hinton”).

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