Television
Television
‘Young Sheldon’: Who hath wrought this fresh hell?
Sheldon is a wholly detestable character. At no point does he inspire any sort of empathy from the audience. You find yourself rooting for him to be bullied.
Music
Not Vanilla: Disney channel singers
Mathematically, it does not seem possible that every female star on Disney turns out to be a great singer.
Not Vanilla
Not Vanilla: Big people cartoons
To all the people who say that adults should not or cannot watch cartoons — bite me. I have not stopped watching cartoons since I started to watch them.
Not Vanilla
Not Vanilla: To boldly go…
The original “Star Trek” series was revolutionary — it strived to embody the concept that all life is precious and worth saving, transcended politics, and mirrored real-world issues in the show.
Television
New HBO series more than just animals
“Animals,” currently in its second season, is one of the funniest shows I’ve watched this year.
YouTube
Queens, wigs, and RuPaul
I recently delved into a whole new side of the YouTube and of pop culture: the fantastic realm that is RuPaul’s “Drag Race.”
Netflix
‘Get Down’ not a let down
The show constantly feels like it’s on the verge of being something that I’d love and would watch over and over again, but it never gets there.
CT Recommends
CT Recommends: ‘Shrink’
A show filled with Chicago-based improvisors from the iO and Second City, “Shrink” is an eight-episode series on the NBC/Amazon comedy streaming network, Seeso, and it’s the best show I’ve watched since “Atlanta.”
Television
Barrymore bites back
My first recommendation about watching “The Santa Clarita Diet” is to not do so while eating.