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Frasier: The Dedication (2024)
Episode 204
Another really enjoyable of Frasier a show that is hitting its stride in Season 2/Season 14 of its run. This was funny and had a great laugh out loud moment with the attempt to replace the file in the therapist's office.
That is the kind of slapstick and goofy comedy that can sometimes leave you with a sour taste in your mouth, but if done right can make it hurt with how much you laugh.
This show, along with most of the shows, on Paramount+ do not have a lot of buzz, but this deserves it. This wipes the floor with a lot of comedy shows on broadcast TV these days, and it is not even close to me.
Bad Monkey: We're in the Memory-Making Business (2024)
Episode 10
Not really a strong ending, but not a bad one either. They put a pin in all of this season's stories, and did not leave any cliffhangers, but they did open the door for a second season with a new setting.
Given the strong views it probably will get one if Vince Vaughn wants to do more, but I don't know if it will work.
This show was very uneven. Some scenes worked, some didn't, some episodes worked, some didn't. Not too crazy about the finale, but it did feel very much like a finale. Everything was wrapped up and we had a lot of excitement. That's all you could ask for in this modern world of TV.
Teacup: Think About the Bubbles (2024)
Episode 1
With the cult following of From on Epix/MGM+ I was hoping more networks would venture into the world of horror and it looks like Peacock is the next network to do it.
Some of the pacing and tone is a little weird, maybe inexperienced writers or someone trying to put their own spin on it, but this is a decent start to the show.
It is dark, both literally and figuratively, and it is going to confine everything to a really small area which is smart. Not sure what exactly is going on, which also makes for a good setting when it comes to horror. Let's see how the rest of the season plays out, but this was interesting.
From: Mouse Trap (2024)
Mouse Trap
This show continues to surprise us week to week. That is a good thing.
We are definitely not going to get all of the answers when all is said and done and that is fine.
It is good popcorn TV and I just feel so bad for the new EMTs who are going to be stuck in this world, but am happy about the reconciliation of Victor and his father after all of these years.
The potential evil baby is interesting though. The bird flying in and causing a raucus after Tillie was planning to read the tarot cards is absolutely not a coincidence.
Another good show this week. Looking forward to the next one for sure.
Trivial Pursuit: The Pursuit (2024)
The Pursuit
If you put a game show on TV I'll watch it. Thankfully, this did not have too many stupid questions like The Weakest Link does, but some of them were a bit too easy. There was a few I actually was not able to get, so I am glad to see that.
LeVar Burton is not good enough as a host though. He doesn't really have any personality and doesn't really offer any expertise. You can tell there were a lot of questions here that he did not really know the answer to.
I will probably stick with it because I love watching game shows, but definitely not excited about this one. Good format, but the wrong host.
The Chase: Episode #17.135 (2024)
October 8
This has probably surpassed Jeopardy as my favorite game show and while that could change back over time, I consistently look forward to watching it every day. There were some good categories of questions either and none that really seemed out of my grasp. A few ones were too British and as an American I stumbled over them, but for the most part it was enjoyable TV.
Outside of The Beast I think Darragh probably makes for the best Chaser experience. He provides a good explanation for the answers he gets right and the player gets wrong, but doesn't drag on for too long sometimes like the others do.
Krapopolis: Ice Week! (2024)
Episode 201
I was fairly critical of the bulk of Krapopolis, but it did give us Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade comedy every week, so there is that.
But the second season of a show FOX probably regrets giving three seasons to, was just not a terrific start.
The Ice Week concept was good, it was something clever to this time period, but the jokes are just not there. I kind of feel like they need to pick one setting and just focus on one or two characters for a change, like Family Guy. You do not need to have every single person featured every single week, it just does not come off as effective when done that way.
The Thin Blue Line: The Queen's Birthday Present (1995)
Episode 1
This show was ahead of its time in many ways. The episode had a lot of laughs, but there were certainly some down points where things seemed to drag on.
You probably could have cut a good 3-5 minutes from the episode and not lost a thing, but that's not really a big deal.
Sitcoms set at a police precinct seem like they would be rife for comedy and laughs and this was not really any different.
The characters all seem to fill a certain role and while some of the writing could have been better there is a lot to like here. After one episode it is easy to see why this became a beloved show for so long.
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage: Episode #4.40 (2024)
October 4
The Young Bucks showing up on Rampage is good for the show because we need more stakes and we need the matches to seem a bit more important. An upset win here, but I still think Private Party lose when they face the Bucks.
Queen Aminata is a star, but they need a slow build here. Kamille has star potential, I watched plenty of NWA matches so I know that, but it doesn't seem like they are setting her up for success.
Kyle O'Reilly just feels lost in the shuffle here. Not sure there is a way for him to recover unless he reunites with Adam Cole when he shows up. Not sure if that is the plan though.
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: 5 Year Anniversary (2024)
October 2
I see a lot of negative comments around this show but I found it to be enjoyable for the most part.
Bryan Danielson and Kazuchika Okada had a good main event and Okada seems like the NJPW star of old when he mixes it up with the Dragon. I don't know why they needed the first 20 minutes bit though, they should have just said neither title is on the line.
Will Ospreay and Ricochet was okay. I know they are capable of more and I know people will attack all the flips they did, but I think they would have been fine with it if it had been done on WWE TV. That's just the way the internet works nowadays.
Bad Monkey: The Russian Mob Is Very Active in Key West (2024)
Episode 8
I feel like this show is very schizophrenic and week to week you don't know the quality you are going to get, but there were some good humorous jabs from Yancy, and it just seemed to flow at a very natural and enjoyable pace. The episode was maybe five minutes too long or so, but that is a small and minor complaint at this point.
I think they found a way to make the bad guys even more villainous and for us as viewers to hate them even more, so that is a good thing, but I also feel like the structure of this story is falling apart a bit. It doesn't even seem clear that the bad guys are doing anymore.
Bad Monkey: You Really Don't Want to Kill This Scrumptious Little Puppy (2024)
Episode 9
The special effects of the airplane leaving and the storm were really bad, but that is a small thing. I am not one of the people that complains about that.
Yancy abandoning his plan to "catch" the bad guys, when they already had them trapped, and potentially ruin his relationship (it still could be a ruse) just doesn't make a lot of sense.
This wasn't bad, but last week's episode was a little bit better.
This show is really struggling to find its identity a bit and I keep hoping for it to sort itself out and being really strong television. It is worth watching, but it is just too inconsistent to me.
The Voice: The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2 (2024)
The Blinds 2
The advertisements for the show are not fully lying, there is something fresh about the show. The new group of coaches seems to understand the assignment and that is to be entertaining, but I do worry about the validity of some of the criticisms that we will get as things progress. Can they be critical when needed, and will the contestants actually get any meaningful advice?
That is the one thing missing from the current incarnation of music shows, but from an entertainment point of view so far so good for NBC. The Voice needed this reboot and it is working so far in the 2024 TV season in my opinion.
Penelope: Five (2024)
Episode Five
However this show does end, Penelope has learned a lot about herself and faced an absolutely dangerous and wild string of events and still come out alive for now. The importance of finding your true purpose and overcoming trauma is a key plot device of this show, but as a viewer at home I am taken back and starting to reevaluate some things in my life as a result. I know that I could not handle this no matter how many supplies you gave me so I need to toughen up and I need to start looking at things the way Penelope has.
That sounds kind of hard though, but this show might inspire me to try camping once.
Penelope: Four (2024)
Episode Four
We got a major wrench thrown into the premise and the journey of our hero tonight as we saw her meet another individual and someone who has a similar, if not significantly more extreme, vision of the woods and its survival.
You could see executive producer and writer Mark Duplass' fingerprints all over the hippie lady here, but it was definitely compelling television for sure.
This show does have me intrigued. The pacing is slow, but I think that that is done absolutely deliberately. This is not something that is going to win Emmys, but I could see a show like this getting a cult following for sure.
Penelope: Three (2024)
Episode 3
I don't know why I should be entertained by a teenager struggling and befriending a bear and living in the woods, but that is kind of what this show has been able to accomplish. There is something refreshing about Penelope and the world that the team behind this Netflix original has created. So many shows are about overcomplicated premises, but this one is just about nothing.
The mother bear destroying the campsite at the end was heartbreaking, but this is the kind of thing that the hero needed to happen. She needed to realize just how dangerous this world is first hand and now we'll see if she reassesses.
Penelope: Two (2024)
Episode Two
If you had any doubt that this show was going to be nothing but Penelope in the woods then those were alleviated here tonight as that is all we got.
The show does have some kind of polarizing thing about it though. Seeing this kind of journey and making us all rethink how we go through life and if we really need all the technology that we have and if us whining about the speed of the internet matters in the grand scheme of things.
But this one trick pony act may grow tiresome. I kind of like the show, but I have yet to be blown away by it and I doubt the current format will change that soon.
Penelope: One (2024)
Episode 1
I am intrigued by this show. The Duplass Brothers and their oddball projects can be hit or miss, but this one seemed like a good concept.
But centering so much of it through the lense of a young girl, I don't know if that is a sustainable format for 8 episodes.
Let's see how things go though. I am intrigued, it feels authentic and down to earth. It feels very indy-riffic, which is the vibe I think they are going for.
But with so many big budget shows to choose from and things to watch right now I am not sure if this will capture enough eyeballs. The TV landscape is a little too crowded right now.
Only Murders in the Building: Blow-Up (2024)
Episode 406
I appreciate the show giving us something a little bit unique and trying to do something fresh, but this just felt so disjointed. I don't know why they couldn't just commit to showcasing the film in one camera level, let it all be a documentary. Or let it all be Howard's documentary. But jumping between both projects, and the main "real life" camera work was just too much.
It also feels like they are grasping at straws with the story this year. The murderer seems like an afterthought, the Only Murders in the Building movie seems like an afterthought, I don't even know what to care about at this point.
Ring of Honor Wrestling: ROH on HonorClub #84 (2024)
October 3
Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe is the best match I have ever seen live, maybe one of the best matches period, so reliving it is never a bad thing, but I don't know why they did not have enough content for a real show tonight.
Thankfully we did get an emergency meeting and we got some more great Athena, Lexy and Billie work.
Mark Briscoe and Matt Taven are ROH legends and I just wish they were better utilized on AEW TV than they are now. The Conglomeration and the "word of the day" bit might be mildly amusing, but it is not a main event act and at this point in his career he should be at that point.
AEW Collision: Bunkhouse Brawl (2024)
September 21
Not going to complain about Mariah May and Lady Frost getting screen time and a good match, but this was not their best work. I know they are capable of much more.
Darby Allin should not be wrestling Evil Uno in any capacity and they need to get him back into the main event picture.
The Grizzled Young Vets are a good and reliable tag team and AEW is better with them than without, but there are a lot of homegrown stars not getting time while they are. I would rather see a team like The Infantry get this opportunity, but we know they are stuck on ROH and not going anywhere anytime soon unfortunately.
AEW Collision: AEW Grand Slam 2024 - Tag 2 (2024)
September 28
Grand Slam as a two night event was a good idea, but this lineup of matches just did not work. A lot of this felt really skippable.
Sammy Guevara's slow rebuild has been working and he had a good match with Kazuchika Okada, but this is someone who you thought might be a World Champion one day and he feels so far removed from it.
Rush, Dralistico and Mortos could be a good stable, but Rush just joined the Don Callis Family. If they are going to have him leave so soon they better have Powerhouse Hobbs ready to rejoin or something or it will just make everyone look weak.
Please let Jamie Hayter move on to something new too.
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage: Episode #4.38 (2024)
September 20
Rampage has not been as unwatchable as it was at points last year, but I feel like the show still has a lot of work it needs to do. They're kind of figuring out their roster of regulars, but it is still not like Collision or Dynamite which kind of has their own list of stars.
I think we need a few short matches, they don't have to be squash matches, but just a way to highlight some of the stars who you plan to push. And then just make sure we get a really good main event each week.
We had an okay main event here, but not one that I think I would go back and rewatch again or even fans of theirs would.
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage: Episode #4.39 (2024)
September 27
Not sure what to make of the strategy of just giving us brief clips of the Will Ospreay, Ricochet and Renee Paquette sit-down and telling us to head to YouTube for the rest. Why not show the whole thing on Dynamite or even Rampage so we can see the full build to their match.
The MxM Collection is such a breath of fresh air to this program and this company, but they have to be careful not to overdue it. You have to let them wrestle too and not just be outlandish characters.
The matches were okay here, but this felt very fillersish as they continue the build toward WrestleDream and I guess tomorrow's Grand Slam Collision.
Only Murders in the Building: The Stunt Man (2024)
Episode 404
I don't really like them bringing back Paul Rudd to play a lookalike stunt double, but let's see what happens there. There was some good comedy here and seeing the balance of laughs while Charles still tries to mourn his friend is always an area that interests me when it comes to TV shows.
This isn't great though and I am just not loving any of the major arcs we are getting so far with this program. I think they definitely need to give us some kind of shock be it another death or a new character or something to save the season or it could be a chore to get through the rest of the year for me.