Part 1: How the Documentary Ignited A Life-Long Affair With The National Pastime and What It Does So Well It has been a great year for baseball even if you haven’t been paying attention. This past May Miguel Cabrera, one of the greatest hitters of all time, took his official…

(Before You Cancel Me, Read The Article) Over the past two years there has been a great deal of controversy involving the Golden Globes. Following the 2021 ceremonies, several actors and writers protested the Hollywood Foreign Press Association based on the racial and sexual makeup of the membership, with Tom…

Abbott Elementary Returns For A Second Blissful Season Some series are born great. Some series achieve greatness. And some series have been created by Quinta Brunson, who in less than a year has gone from a mere internet sensation to one of the most astonishing hyphenates in the history of…

The Cleaning Lady is a Refreshing Breeze on Network TV When I saw the ads for Fox’s The Cleaning Lady last January, I have to admit the idea intrigued me. The idea of a Cambodian immigrant who, while trying to earn money to get her son a kidney transplant, becomes…

What The Show Said About Race in Baltimore — And America When Homicide debuted in 1993, one of the things that struck many critics and viewers was how many African Americans were regulars. When the series debuted, fully a third of the series nine-person cast were African American actors: Andre…

He Created The Modern YA. Why is He Almost Forgotten Today? When I was in sixth grade, I was already an avid reader but my tastes in reading were divided between the assigned reading of middle school, books so detailed I read without comprehension and books that were too young…

These Endless Delights Lead To An Endless Mess Many of the series that I consider for this column, I consider overrated because of their lack of ambition (Succession, Ozark) or their emphasis of style over substance (Euphoria). However, there are also some series that I don’t want to consider overrated…

And There May Yet Be Method to Donald Glover’s Madness While I have few complaints about the Emmy nominations for Best Comedy this past year, I was irked that the third season of Atlanta which was more radical, surreal and hysterical than many comedies hope to be was ignored for…

Reservation Dogs Returns for a Sublime Second Season One of the minor gems of the 2021–2022 season was the Hulu and FX collaboration Reservation Dogs. Executive produced by the legendary Taiki Waititi and written by the incredible Sterling Harjo, the series exploded on to the consciousness by being the first…