My Television Recap

Sunday 11th The Last of Us (s2e5) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (s12e11) The Rehearsal (s2e4) Tuesday 13th Andor (s2e10-12) The Handmaid's Tale (s6e8) Wednesday 14th The Amazing Race (s37e11) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (s1e10) The Studio (s1e9) Survivor (s48e12) Thursday 15th Doctor Odyssey (s1e18) Duster (s1e1) Hacks (s4e7-8) Overcompensating (s1e1-8) Poker Face (s2e4) Top Chef (s22e10) Friday 16th Great Performances: Yellowface Matteo Lane: The Al Dante Special RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (s10e3) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (s10e3) Saturday 17th Saturday Night Live (s50e20)

Sunday 4th The Last of Us (s2e4) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (s12e10) The Rehearsal (s2e3) Tuesday 6th Andor (s2e7-9) The Handmaid's Tale (s6e7) Wednesday 7th The Amazing Race (s37e10) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (s1e9) The Studio (s1e8) Survivor (s48e11) Thursday 8th Doctor Odyssey (s1e17) Elsbeth (s2e20) Forever (s1e1-8) Hacks (s4e6) Poker Face (s2e1-3) Top Chef (s22e9) Friday 9th Nonnas RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (s10e1-2) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (s10e1-2) Summer of 69 Saturday 10th Saturday Night Live (s50e19)

Sunday 27th The Last of Us (s2e3) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (s12e9) The Rehearsal (s2e2) Wolf Hall: The Mirror and Light (s2e6) Tuesday 29th Andor (s2e4-6) The Handmaid's Tale (s6e6) St. Denis Medical (s1e18) Wednesday 30th The Amazing Race (s37e9) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (s1e8) Good American Family (s1e8) The Studio (s1e7) Survivor (s48e10) Thursday 1st Another Simple Favour Doctor Odyssey (s1e16) Elsbeth (s2e19) The Four Seasons (s1e1-8) Hacks (s4e5) Top Chef (s22e8) Saturday 3rd Saturday Night Live (s50e19)

Another week another fabulous episode of Hacks fourth season. After three episodes of tension filled shenanigans between Deborah and Ava this latest episode showcases how true the friendship between the two women truly is. I genuinely cried tears of happiness watching the fourth episode entitled "I Love L.A." not because of deeply emotional confessions instead I was affected my even through strive these women showing the slightest bit of affection is so moving due to everything the two have been through all the ups and downs. After the built up leading to Deborah's big first late night show we experience the veteran comedian experience a panic attack/stage fright during the day before rehearsal. Jean Smart has always been incredible as Deborah and this episode showcases how even with all the brilliant wise cracks and insults she gets to fire Smart is truly wonderful playing the woman behind the star that Deborah is. The moments of pause both during the rehearsal and later...

After an impressive two episode premiere two weeks ago we pick up on the season's third episode which again continues the tension of   episodes 1 & 2  between Deborah and Ava really shows at their cores how similar our two funny/loveable women are. Throw in some nameless writers surrounding the two's energy and you have a nice third episode to the season. This episode was a nice return to Vegas of seasons past where we again got to experience the wonders that is Deborah "The Queen of Vegas" also a nice appearance by the always loveable recurring character Kiki (Poppy Liu). While not as compelling as the previous episodes I mostly enjoyed this week's episode especially how the charade Ava and Deborah tried to pull over on the writers room has ended up failing as the two women must now deal with the influence of HR. This plot development giving us more material for Michaela Watkins who even in a few short scenes has made Stacey a great character to experience. T...

Sunday 20th The Last of Us (s2e2) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (s12e9) The Rehearsal (s2e1) Wolf Hall: The Mirror and Light (s2e5) Tuesday 22nd Andor (s2e1-3) The Handmaid's Tale (s6e5) Wednesday 23rd The Amazing Race (s37e8) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (s1e7) Good American Family (s1e7) St. Denis Medical (s1e17) The Studio (s1e6) Survivor (s48e9) Thursday 24th Doctor Odyssey (s1e16) Elsbeth (s2e18) Étoile (s1e1-8) Hacks (s4e4) Top Chef (s22e7) Friday 25th Dope Thief (s1e8) Saturday 26th Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night

 A couple of days removed from the fourth season premiere of Hacks and recently revisiting the  third season  I'm happy to say the show has surprisingly lost none of it's brilliance with two brilliant episodes to start the season. Picking up immediately after the events of the third season Hacks returns with the tension between Deborah and Ava palpable. I loved this choice of the immediate start as the moment of blackmail was such a major twist that you almost couldn't not return immediately. The artistic couple of Deborah and Ava is so central to the shows success so making the two had odds so intensely so far has given some incredible moments of drama and comedy especially. The intense prank pulling by Deborah led to some of the funniest moments of these first two episodes, I'm thinking especially of a scene where Ava is questioned by her show producer Rob (Dan Bucatinsk) having received a pair of 'panties' from her mysteriously. It was nice to see the play be...

Sunday 13th The Last of Us (s2e1) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (s12e8) Wolf Hall: The Mirror and Light (s2e4) Tuesday 15th The Handmaid's Tale (s6e4) Wednesday 16th Abbott Elementary (s4e22) The Amazing Race (s37e7) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (s1e6) Good American Family (s1e6) The Studio (s1e5) Survivor (s48e8) Thursday 17th #1 Happy Family USA (s1e1-8) Doctor Odyssey (s1e15) Hacks (s4e3) Matlock (s1e18) Top Chef (s22e6) Friday 18th Dope Thief (s1e7) RuPaul's Drag Race (s17e16)

Sunday 6th Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (s12e7) The White Lotus (s3e8) Wolf Hall: The Mirror and Light (s2e3) Tuesday 8th The Handmaid's Tale (s6e1-3) Wednesday 9th Abbott Elementary (s4e21) The Amazing Race (s37e6) Black Mirror (s7e1-6) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (s1e5) Good American Family (s1e5) The Studio (s1e4) Survivor (s48e7) Thursday 10th Doctor Odyssey (s1e14) Elsbeth (s2e17) G20 Hacks (s4e1-2) Matlock (s1e17) The Pitt (s1e15) Top Chef (s22e5) Friday 11th Dope Thief (s1e6) RuPaul's Drag Race (s17e15) Your Friends and Neighbors (s1e1-2) Saturday 12th Saturday Night Live (s50e17)

  With us a week away from the fourth season of HBO/Max's critically acclaimed Hacks I decided today to revisit the shows third season which we all are away rightfully won the series it's first Primetime Emmy Award for Comedy Series. A victory I agree with having also awarded the season my  Comedy Series  win. Having loved the shows first two seasons all the episodes of built up relationship wise between Ava and Deborah really came to a head multiple times throughout the series basically perfect nine episode season. The season didn't waste anytime getting us back into the up and down yet always fascinating relationship between the pro Deborah (Jean Smart) and her young comedy writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) with them almost immediately coming back together with some brilliant moments of comedy and dramatic realisations that carried throughout their bond during the rest of the season. The show also having taken the time to let us know the shows supporting characters also led...

 After finding the first two episodes of Apple TV+ new comedy series The Studio a bit outrageous and over the top at the times watching today's third episode there was something a bit comforting now with enough episodes past that I feel like a I've sat a bit more into the specific delivery and heightened energy of the series. It's sort've funny that with Ron Howard's appearance as himself on The Studio we have now gotten two major comedy series this season using Howard as a main plot point to an episode with Howard having appeared as himself in a memorable cameo on Only Murders in the Building. Howard gets to unleash much more in his Studio appearance leading to some brilliant physical comedy in the shows ending when Rogen's " Matt" Remick giving Rogen a note which leads to their physical altercation. While I still believe The Studio is covering similar themes to that of films like 1992's The Player or HBO's Entourage I'm glad to say I'...

Sunday 30th Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (s12e6) The White Lotus (s3e7) Wolf Hall: The Mirror and Light (s2e2) Tuesday 1st St. Denis Medical (s1e16) Wednesday 2nd Abbott Elementary (s4e20) The Amazing Race (s37e5) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (s1e4) Good American Family (s1e4) The Studio (s1e3) Survivor (s48e6) Thursday 3rd Doctor Odyssey (s1e13) Elsbeth (s2e16) Matlock (s1e16) The Pitt (s1e14) Pulse (s1e1-10) Top Chef (s22e4) Friday 4th Dope Thief (s1e5) Dying for Sex (s1e1-8) RuPaul's Drag Race (s17e14) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (s17e14) Saturday 5th Saturday Night Live (s50e16)

Hello to all and anybody who comes across this blog post. For anyone unfamiliar with me I am an avid consumer of the latest in weekly television managing to keep up to date with many shows regardless of their genre, platform or release strategy. I do tend to focus my attention on the best in film and television on my other regular blog  "An Irish Person" Awards  where in the lead up to either the Oscars or Emmys I post about what I consider to be my favourites from each medium's eligibility seasons. I will continue to keep this blog going but this venture will be about focusing in on the weekly releases and hopefully reaching out to other consumers of television because given the large amount of produced series each year there is so much brilliant art worth discussing. Please feel free to reply in comments with what you enjoy watching on television currently or what you are looking forward to for the week's ahead as we enter into April where many new shows will be pre...