The season premiere was great and I’m so happy to have the show back. Unfortunately, I read today that they only shot six episodes before shutting down production due to coronavirus so we are assumingly only going to have new episodes until the end of April, which stinks.

I’ll be honest, I am kind of surprised to see the really positive reception to this season. I found not only that many storylines stalled, were underdeveloped or ended up being completely dropped, but the dialogue in many episodes was stale and the show rarely felt as personal or even groundbreaking as it did during the first two seasons. I…[Read more]

You know that The Weeknd is one person, right? And “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights” were released two days apart so they’re basically co-lead singles, each catering to a different audience.

So my prediction that “I Know This Much Is True” would premiere on April 27th turned out to be correct, but it still doesn’t make sense with “The Third Day” premiering two weeks later unless HBO is expanding to two hours of programming on Monday nights? I think they’re airing “The New Pope” and “McMillions” in a two-hour block right now, so maybe…[Read more]

It should have been “Sex Education” but it was classified as a drama which ruined its chances. I think “Dead to Me” is the easy choice here. I’m sure they’ll throw a campaign behind “The Politician” as well too. I think I read somewhere that the season might be launching at the end of the summer, which would time out nicely with Emmys.

It’s very good, but it is not near as great as “Get Out.” Elisabeth Moss is excellent, but she’s still not as good as other snubbed horror performances in recent years like Toni Collette, Lupita Nyong’o and Florence Pugh. The sound work is excellent and it could pick up steam there, which would make the best comparison “A Quiet Place” then, I guess.

I had him in my predictions and was surprised to not see him in the predictions center. He and Jessie Buckley made the best impression in that trailer and look to be standouts.

I can see “Maisel” and “Schitt” pulling a “Handmaid’s Tale” season two and (to a lesser extent because no Andrew Scott) “Fleabag” season two, and getting most of their core cast nominated. “Maisel” is already Sort of there, but could conceivably add Zegen, Lynch, and basically guest star Brown. Eugene Levy and O’Hara should be back, as well as Dan…[Read more]

I wanted to predict Goggins instead of Goodman but he’s not in the predictions center. I think he was arguably agreed upon as the best part of the show.

Annie Murphy might have secured her Emmy nomination last night. What a beautiful episode for her. The scenes with Dustin Milligan weree great, yes, but my favorite part of the episode was her scene with Sarah Levy. The Alexis-Twyla relationship has never necessarily been at the forefront of the show, but has developed steadily and beautifully over…[Read more]

I definitely get that Brown is an actor’s favorite and can certainly understand the reasons you’ve listed above as to why he would get in. But I think Zegen has to be ahead of Brown at this point. Did Brown really make much of an impact? After his first episode, he didn’t really have much to do. If you’re gonna nominate a third “Maisel” actor,…[Read more]

It’s the best time of the year! I’m excited to see the limited races unfold because I’ve placed a lot of 100/1 bets right now and hoping at least some of them pull through.

I can understand why Sterling K. Brown is higher than Michael Zegen in the odds, but if voters are actually watching “Maisel,” are they really going to go for Brown over…[Read more]

This. Two of my top five votes for Best Picture were animated films. Then again, only one of my picks on my nomination ballot actually got in.

Are “The Undoing” and “I Know This Much Is True” airing this season? The former was announced for May and the latter was scheduled for April, according to HBO press releases on The Futon Critic. Sundays at 9 are taken by “Westworld” from March 15th to May 3rd, and “The Plot Against America” runs from March 16th to April 20th, so conceivably “I…[Read more]

While that is true, part of me thinks that has more to do with what half-hour comedies they have available to air this spring and “Insecure” just being in the right place at the right time. But if HBO wants to throw more marketing muscle behind “Insecure,” they should do it by all means. At the very least, we know Issa is capable of an Actress…[Read more]

In that case, the comedy races are going to be pretty interesting. I’m now focusing on the Emmy race with the Oscars done, and going through my first round of predictions now. Without “Veep” or “Barry,” I would imagine HBO will push “Run” pretty hard, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” seems like it’ll make it back in no matter what, and we could even see…[Read more]

I wonder when we’ll definitively know if “Barry,” “Russian Doll” and “Dead to Me” are airing during the eligibility period. I kind of think “Dead to Me” will but feel like we would’ve heard by now if the other two were premiering before the end of may. With HBO’s scheduling for the rest of the spring, “Barry” seems impossible to launch this cycle.

Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara had some beautiful moments in this week’s episode. O’Hara’s were a bit more obvious but really sweet, while Levy beautifully underplayed the whole story and brought that much more warmth to the whole thing. I can’t believe we’re already halfway through the final season!

I was expecting to enjoy this and make for a nice, quick binge, but I must say that I really ended up loving this show. What a showcase for Zoë Kravitz! This role was tailor made for her and you can tell she’s giving everything over to it. This is better than anything she’s ever done on “Big Little Lies,” even the more dramatic moments that are…[Read more]

I considered Strong lead and Cox supporting in season two, with both lead in season two. Cox was my personal supporting actor winner last year and Strong was my runner-up behind Richard Madden. This year, I’d pick Strong over Cox head-to-head, while recognizing they’re both better in season two than they were in season one.

As for Snook (off…[Read more]