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Jake Winningham, Nicholas Ottone, Martin Kennedy and Matthew Munhall | Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Today, Scene continues to chug along its end-of-year lists by looking at 2018’s best of the small screen. Some shows brought us to tears of laughter while forcing us to reexamine the importance of social media. Other shows told stories of segments of society, such as the extended LGBTQ+ community and communities of color, that
Carlos De Loera | Thursday, November 15, 2018
We’re all familiar with the situation. You’re up really late or really early and just trying to watch reruns of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” on ABC Family, (that’s right, I have no respect for FreeForm) or “Friends” on TBS because that’s all that is ever on any TV station. But just as you prepare
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 19, 2018
If you are anything like me, you rejoiced when you saw on Aug. 31, Netflix added the fifth season “The Great British Baking Show” to its lineup. I have just recently completed the rollercoaster of emotions called season 5 (or collection 5 if you’re pretentious) and have mixed emotions, both about the season and the
Carlos De Loera | Thursday, August 30, 2018
On June 8 it was reported that master storyteller, chef and TV show host Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in his hotel room in France while on location for his CNN show “Parts Unknown.” The nature of his death came as a surprise to many, especially those who viewed his life as idyllic, and it’s hard
Carlos De Loera | Thursday, August 23, 2018
The MTV Video Music Awards died of irrelevance Monday night, officials of the University of Common Sense said. The show had been suffering from the disease for years, a disease brought on by the increasing popularity of the internet. The show was surrounded by some of its closest friends Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith at
Nora McGreevy, Charlie Kenney, Nicholas Ottone, Ryan Israel and Carlos De Loera | Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Twitter redemption stories, kitschy ‘80s television shows about women wrestlers, folk music in Rhode Island, jazz by the Smithsonian and Drake has a secret kid? Yes, to all of the above. Read on for a glimpse into the arts and culture that Scene’s writers loved this summer. “Brooklyn 99,” resurrected By Nora McGreevy,
Nicholas Ottone | Tuesday, February 13, 2018
After the Super Bowl, 27 million viewers tuned into “This Is Us” to watch Jack Pearson, the show’s beloved patriarch, die. Fans of the show realized the culmination of a season’s worth of emotional groundwork, an episode rooted in grief and guilt, while everyone else probably stared in confusion. “This Is Us” premiered in the
Nicholas Ottone | Friday, February 9, 2018
I was simply not aware television could do what “The Good Place” accomplishes in every single episode. In its first season, “The Good Place” was incredibly funny, occasionally great and constantly surprising, inviting viewers to watch its characters attempt self-improvement in an idealized heaven. Yet, nothing could prepare viewers for its season-ending, premise-exploding twist and
Megan Valley | Tuesday, February 6, 2018
There’s a lot to say about the overwhelming wave of reboots in Hollywood. Much like most of the think pieces about them, these reboots are repetitive, overdone, cash-grabbing and rarely add enough to the original to make them worth the effort. Being too similar to the original is not the problem most critics have had
Jimmy Kemper | Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Recently, Netflix announced a huge deal with Jerry Seinfeld: It would acquire the Emmy-nominated “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” from streaming service Crackle, producing 24 episodes for a new season set to release later this year. Additionally, Netflix will release two brand new stand-up specials from Seinfeld, which would be his first since the 1998