11 posts tagged ‘barry’
Ali Wong and Bill Hader Escalate Their Award Show PDA
Jezebel,
As far as I’m concerned, there are two candidates for Kiss of the Night from Monday’s Emmys—and it’s a close tie between The Bear co-stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Matty Matheson, who shared a prolonged smooch after winning Best Comedy Series, and Ali Wong and Bill Hader. Read more...
David Chase calls The Sopranos' 25th anniversary a "funeral" for the golden age of TV
AV Club,
David Chase has suggested that fans of his work should consider the 25th anniversary of The Sopranos a “funeral” for the so-called golden age of TV, saying in a recent U.K. Times interview that “We’re going back to where we were” when he first started making TV. (Which is to say, a “shithole,” per a different part of… Read more...
What's on TV this week—True Detective: Night Country and the Emmy Awards
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, January 14 to Thursday, January 18. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] Read more...
2023 Emmys predictions: Who will win—and who should win
The latest Primetime Emmy nominations, which cover work that aired from June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, offer an embarrassment of riches. The period boasts the final seasons of Succession, Barry, Reservation Dogs, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Ted Lasso; the successful sophomore returns of The White Lotus, Abbott… Read more...
The most disappointing TV shows of the year, Starz' surprisingly solid programming, and more from the week in TV
A guy with a cool eyepatch named Danish Graves once said: “We have our own reality.” That, more than anything, might be Fargo season five’s mission statement. For weeks, we’ve watched Dorothy bob and weave past threats and kidnappings. She’d had to explain herself to those increasingly desperate to, if not help, then… Read more...
Year-end roundtable: What's next for television after a weird 2023?
In a series of special year-end roundtable discussions, The A.V. Club looks back at some of the stories that made the biggest impact on pop culture in 2023. Read more...
The biggest pop culture news stories of 2023
What a year, huh? It feels like we’ve been saying that since March (in the spirit of a 30 Rock meme) but, finally, the expression is earned. Every year is weird at this point; they have been since at least 2020, and you could make the case the weirdness started even earlier. Maybe life itself is weird. It probably is. Read more...
The 10 most disappointing TV shows of 2023
This was a landmark year for television. We devoured some excellent final seasons (Succession, Barry), remarkable returns like The Bear and Heartstopper, and smashing debuts (Beef, The Last Of Us). At the same time, we were subject to some dismaying offerings. It’s not that they belong on a worst-of-the-year list.… Read more...