TV: Flight of the Conchords (Seasons 1–2)
Had I had watched Flight of the Conchords in real time, it might have reminded me of the original British version of The Office: a low-key, low-budget sitcom about losers …
Had I had watched Flight of the Conchords in real time, it might have reminded me of the original British version of The Office: a low-key, low-budget sitcom about losers …
Apple+’s The Afterparty joins a burgeoning, newish subgenre of mystery-comedies. Like the shows it resembles (The Flight Attendant and Only Murders in the Building immediately leap to mind), The Afterparty …
There’s a long and storied history of “competence porn” in television story-telling; by comparison, “incompetence porn” is so new that it probably isn’t even a trope. Into that perhaps budding …
Apple+’s Schmigadoon! begins with an appealing, wry mission: to both execute and subvert the tropes of the musical genre. Unfortunately, its modest six-episode run exhausts the premise well before the …
The real world isn’t all that hilarious these days, but at least we still have comedy. Comedy is the TV genre I’m most scattershot about reviewing—I tend to watch it …
Any doubts as to Aubrey Plaza’s acting chops should go out the window with Ingrid Goes West (2017), a quirky dark comedy that shines a spotlight not only on Plaza’s …
Oh, Rebecca Bunch, what have you gotten yourself—and everyone else—into this time? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend just broadcast the finale of its third season, and continues to build on its reputation as …
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend set the bar pretty high in season one, and while its sophomore year doesn’t always clear that bar, it starts strongly enough and ends with such brilliant, disturbing …
It took some convincing for me to watch the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but after plying me with hilarious YouTube videos, Jenn eventually wooed me into watching this one. Now I …