TV Recommendations – Page 6

TV Show Recommendation: Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012-)

11/18/2019

TV Recommendations

Quote from Finding Your Roots by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “Every family has untold stories buried in the fog of the past.” Executive Producers: Peter W. Kunhardt, Henry Louis Gates, Dyllan McGee, Dalton Delan, Stephen Segaller, Anna Harrington, Anne Harrington, Julie Anderson, Directors: Hazel Gurland, Jesse Sweet, Sabin Streeter, Josh Gleason, Muriel Soenens, Jamila Wignot,…
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TV Show Recommendation: The Misery Index (2019-)

11/18/2019

TV Recommendations

Creators: Andy Breckman, Ben Newmark, and Dan Newmark Executive Producers: Michael Lopez, Adam Bold, Andy Breckman, Daniel Calin, Howard Klein, Jason Mauro, Ben Newmark, and Dan Newmark Director: Ryan Polito Writers: Scotty Landes, Andy Breckman, Ben Newmark, Dan Newmark, and Mason Steinberg Cast: Jameela Jamil, Brian Quinn, James Murray, Joe Gatto, and Sal Vulcano Episodes:…
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TV Show: Peaky Blinders Review Season Five (2019)

10/23/2019

Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations, TV Reviews

Quote from Peaky Blinders by Polly Gray “Brave is going where no man has gone before.” DON’T READ ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU’RE OKAY WITH KNOWING ABOUT MINOR PAST AND PRESENT SPOILERS!!! Creator: Steven Knight Executive Producers: Caryn Mandabach, Jamie Glazebrook, Frith Tiplady, Steven Knight, Will Gould, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Read, Greg Brenman, Tommy Bulfin, Donald…
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TV Review: Blacklist Season 7 So Far

10/19/2019

TV Recommendations, TV Reviews, TV Thoughts

Quote from The Blacklist by Raymond Reddington: “I finally had a chance to see her, Sam. There’s a fire inside she got from you. She’s volatile, unpredictable, soft, and hard, and… soft again. Stronger than she knows.” DON’T READ ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU’RE OKAY WITH KNOWING ABOUT PAST AND CURRENT SEASON SPOILERS!!! Creator: Jon Bokenkamp…
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TV Show Recommendation: Forged in Fire (2015-)

09/18/2019

History, TV Recommendations, Weapons

Executive Producers: Paul Hogan, Jaim Pasquarella, Shawn Witt, Simon Thomas, Steve Ascher, David George, Tim Healy, and Brent Montgomery Directors: Michael Pearlman and Alfonso Trinidad Host: Wil Willis Major Cast/Judges: J Neilson, David Baker, Doug Marcaida, Jason Knight (season 3 and 4), and Ben Abbott (season 4-) TV Rating: I didn’t it listed but would…
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Netflix TV Recommendation: Mindhunter (2017-)

08/29/2019

Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote from Mindhunter by Bill Tench: “I can choke down the bile, manufacture empathy – when our subjects are at least informative.” Creator: Joe Penhall Executive Producers: Christopher Daniel, Lone Korslund, Marc Schmidheiny, Petter Skavlan, Johan Christopher Stenersen, Dario Suter, Peter Watson, Henrik Zein, and Harald Zwart Directors: David Fincher, Carl Franklin, Andrew Douglas, Asif…
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TV Recommendation: Impractical Jokers (2011-)

08/12/2019

TV Recommendations

Narrator from Impractical Jokers Warning, this show contains scenes of graphic stupidity among four lifelong friends who compete to embarrass each other. Viewer Discretion is advised. Executive Producers: Charlie DeBevoise, Mark Hickman, Brian Quinn, James Murray, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, Pete McPartland, and Simmy Kustanowitz Directors: Andrew Hood, Mark W. Roden, P.J. Morrison, Dave Scarborough,…
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TV and Documentary Recommendation: American Masters (1985-)/The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (2018)

08/05/2019

Documentary Recommendations, TV Recommendations

As a precursor, I’ve been in my rewriting phase of one of my novel ideas. It’s been a long process. One year passed, then another, and here I am in 2019. You’d think that me working so long on it, I should have a great masterpiece. I’m telling you 100%, it will not be, but…
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TV Series Recommendation: Nova (1974-)

07/24/2019

Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson “Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn’t have a space program, so they’re not here to talk about this problem. We are, and we have the power to do something about it. I don’t want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy, to have had the power to…
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TV Recommendation: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012-)

07/07/2019

Humor, Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote by Jerry Seinfeld: “I have a problem with the strip that runs along the bottom of the news programs. Don’t these idiots who run the news programs know we don’t want to read? That’s why we’re watching TV.” As I did with my blog post about Conan, I’m discarding the information in a list…
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TV Recommendation: Conan Without Borders (2015-)

07/07/2019

Humor, Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote by Conan O’Brien: “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can be a catalyst for profound re-invention.” When Conan O’Brien was fired from The Tonight Show and replaced…
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TV Miniseries Recommendation: Manhunt: Unabomber (2017)

06/18/2019

Netflix Recommendations, True Crime, TV Recommendations

Quote from Manhunt: Unabomber by Ted Kaczynski “You know, the irony is, they’re gonna show this cabin as evidence that I’m crazy. But if everyone was content to live simply like this, we’d have no more war, no poverty, no pollution.” Creators: Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente, Tony Gittelson Executive Producers: Dana Brunetti, John Goldwyn, Troy…
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TV Series Recommendation: American Crime Story (O.J. Simpson and Versace)

06/13/2019

Netflix Recommendations, True Crime, TV Recommendations

I finally got around to watching the second season of FX’s true crime drama involving Andrew Cunanan and those he killed (Jeffrey Trail, David Madson, Lee Miglin, William Reese, and Gianni Versace). The first season involved O.J. Simpson and the two people he was charged with killing (Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman). The third…
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