Author: Therese Odell
‘Outlander,’ ‘A Man on the Inside,’ ‘Cruel Intentions,’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week
Man on the Inside (Netflix)
From (MGM+)
Charli xcx does her best to keep ‘Saturday Night Live’ from being a turkey
Saturday Night Live
Charli xcx
November 16, 2024
Here’s what I know about Charli xcx: She’s a pop star. She is British. She is responsible for the whole “Brat summer” thing. She’s friends with Troye Sivan who was on The Idol. She had a collaboration with Billie Eilish this summer that was kinda naughty and all over TikTok. What I didn’t know is that she’s been around for about a decade, she’s pretty funny, quite natural in sketches and in front of a live audience, and she’s very happy to make fun of herself and her entire persona.
Now, that said, she wasn’t given a lot of great material to work with this week as the host (and musical guest) of Saturday Night Live. It wasn’t a terrible episode — I can point to countless worse episodes (including last week’s) — but the writers gave her a combination of recurring sketches that are starting to feel a little worn around the edges, and mediocre bits that needed some punching up. The biggest shame, though, is one of the best sketches of the night, and the one where she best shone, was cut for time. I’ll never understand the decision-making process of Mr. Lorne Michaels.
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‘The Onion’ had the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever … so they did.
Oh boy, here comes the orange clown car of cabinet appointees!
George R.R. Martin is hinting at something that could be very good (but will likely never happen)
We finally know which ‘SNL’ host made the cast cry and it’s not a surprise
Bill Burr’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ matches the national mood: Terrible
Saturday Night Live
Bill Burr & Mk.gee
November 9, 2024
Let me just say before going into this recap that I am still furious about the election and the very last thing I needed to comfort me through it was a both-sides-are-stupid comedian talking down to women. Did this color my ability to enjoy this episode? ABSOLUTELY. But here we are, like it or not.
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‘Euphoria’ still hasn’t been canceled even though it sure seems like it’s been canceled
‘Dune: Prophecy,’ ‘St. Denis Medical,’ ‘Cross,’ ‘Bad Sisters,’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week
Dune: Prophecy (HBO, Max)
St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Cross (Prime Video)
