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The best shows of the year according to people who actually know what the hell they’re talking about
President Racist Grandpa just keeps doubling down on his racism, and I am fucking exhausted.
‘The Good Place’ is going to TV’s good place after next season
Putin is making his own ‘Chernobyl’ and you’ll never guess who the bad guys will be
Your idiot president commemorates D-Day by whining about Rachel Maddow.
Y’all, it’s possible that the cast of ‘Game of Thrones’ doesn’t know how it’s going to end, either.
I’ve made a list of 20 overlooked shows for you (but you’re so smart and in the know, you’ve probably heard of all of them).
‘Saturday Night Live’ owes Don Cheadle a better episode
Saturday Night Live
Don Cheadle & Gary Clarke Jr.
February 16, 2019
Look, this was a perfectly fine episode of Saturday Night Live. Let me be clear: that’s not meant as a compliment. With a talent like Don Cheadle hosting, this should have been a very good episode at the least. Cheadle is a funny actor, he’s charming, and game — what more could they ask for? Sadly, the material felt obvious and a bit lazy, as if the writers weren’t really trying. It’s a shame because Cheadle did the most he could with some really flat material and he was easily the best thing about the entire night.
Which leads me to ask: how the hell is this the first time Don Cheadle has hosted Saturday Night Live? Cheadle has been in the business since the 80s, well-known since his BRILLIANT 1997 performance in Boogie Nights, and outright famous since he was nominated for a God damned Academy Award in 2004 for Hotel Rwanda. And he’s just now getting around to hosting long after Lance Armstrong, Paris Hilton, Adam Levine, Michael Phelps, and Ronda Rousey have had their turns? That’s some bullshit right there.
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Claire Foy reigns over a better (but still not great) ‘Saturday Night Live’
 H.Saturday Night Live
Claire Foy & Anderson .Paak
December 1, 2018
Aside from the last bit of the night (and maybe the tribute to George H. W. Bush), there wasn’t anything about last night’s episode that any of us will remember a month from now, much less a year. But I guess I’m so starved for a good Saturday Night Live, that I’ll take anything, because I didn’t hate last night’s episode. In fact, I didn’t even notice until my sister pointed it out that there were three — THREE — separate instances where people broke into song, which I usually hate. But maybe it was the charm of Claire Foy, maybe it’s the holiday season, maybe it’s that the lyrics of the “All I Want for Christmas” parody made me feel seen — whatever it was, I was left feeling like this was one of the better episodes of the season so far, maybe even the best. Of course, it doesn’t have a whole lot of competition, so take that as the non-compliment that it is. Continue reading “Claire Foy reigns over a better (but still not great) ‘Saturday Night Live’”