Saturday, January 28, 2023
Zane, Forsberg (TTh) Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist 50
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an episodic animated comedy series about the mediocre work life of Dr. Katz, interrupted with moments of Dr. Katz's son, Ben, and Dr. Katz's receptionist, Laura. The show features a main voice cast of Johnathan Katz, Laura Silverman, and H. Jon Benjamin of Bob's Burgers and Archer. The series is produced by Johnathan Katz, namesake and voice actor of the main character, and Tom Snyder, who went on to produce the similarly styled early 2000s Adult Swim series, Home Movies. The show relies on a unique style of comedy based on retro scripting, the process in which a scene is only given a start and ending, and the voice actors must improv their dialogue in between those two points. To complement this, the animation is very low budget in order to be made to fit with the actors' improv, and a technique known as squigglevision is used to reduce the feeling of a static frame. What Dr. Katz lacks in production value and audio quality, it makes up for with its unique style of comedy seldom replicated since the series' creation in 1995.
Alvarado Amber (TTh) SpongeBob SquarePants 50
SpongeBob SquarePants is an animated comedy Tv series that most children around the early 2000s would grow up and watch. It is originally aired on Nickelodeon and animated by the king himself, Stephen Hillenburg. The show centers on the main character, SpongeBob SquarePants, and his array of land and sea friends in their town of Bikin Bottom. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail Gary and has a good gig at the most popular place in Bikini Bottom, The Krusty Krab. This series is known for SpongeBobs' bright and witty personality alongside his uneducated best friend, Patrick the Star. Patrick and SpongeBob are neighbors but have one obstacle between them, their arrogant and grumpy neighbor Squidward. The many episodes of this series speak for themselves when it comes to creativity and comical show, there is always a new plot in every episode along with uncontrollable laughter.
Montoya, Harrison (TTh) National Treasure: Edge of History 50
National Treasure: Edge of History is an adventure mystery spin off of the early 2000's movies National Treasure and National Treasure: Book of Secrets. The protagonists (Jess) and her friends inherit and find pieces of a treasure map that has been hidden by a group of women that were from the Aztec, Inacan, and Mayan tribes. Along the way they have to fend off the antagonist (Billy), crypto queen and billionaire, and her associates who are also on the hunt. The cast doesn't include many famous actors and actresses but does have cameos of the original movie stars including Justin Bartha (Riley Poole), Harvey Keitel (Peter Sudusky), and Armando Riesco ( Agent Hendricks). The story is full of twists and turns keeping the story interesting.
Green, Baylee (TTh) The Traitors 50
The Traitors is a reality tv show set in a castle in the Scottish Islands. The group starts out at 20, but then 3 people are quickly set apart from the rest of the group and named, "The Traitors." The watcher knows who the traitors are, but the other players don't. The traitors' mission is to go undetected from the rest of the group, also known as the "faithfuls." The group goes on crazy, challenging missions to win money and hopefully find suspicious behavior that will point them in the direction of the traitors. Every night there is a round table where the group gets to discuss who they think are the traitors and cast a vote.
Woojin, Seo (TTh) You Quiz on the Block 50
This program is a kind of variety talk show on tvN, a paid channel in Korea. It is mainly hosted by Yoo Jae-suk, the most famous MC in Korea. And there is also a secondary host, Jo Se-ho who is a comedian. As of January 25,2023 the show has total 178 episodes.The show is about Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them about their lives, and give them surprise quizzes. And If the guest (ordinary people) answers the quiz correctly , the guest might get prize money. The talk and quiz show program spotlights these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day.
Williams, Tianna (TTh) The Hype 50
The Hype is a reality competition show on HBO Max. It features famous designers and celebrities on each episode and takes place in Los Angeles. This is a show all about fashion and finding the next upcoming street wear designer. It gives these designers a chance to showcase their talent for the world to see and gain experience from people in the industry. While also going through different fashion challenges till there is only one designer left standing.
Flannel, Chelsie (TTh) 7 Lives of Lea 10
The 7 Lives of Lea is an originally French show (Les 7 vies de Leo Balami) which has the option to be voiceover in English. The shows follow Lea after stumbling upon the remains of a young man, she instantly connects with the idea of who those remains could belong to. After finding these remains Lea wakes up in the 90s and body swaps seven times as she tries to solve the mystery of the remains while also attempting to prevent it.
Bernard, Harriet (TTh) Freaks And Geeks 50
Freaks And Geeks (1999-2000), created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Judd Apatow is a teenage comedy-drama set in an American high school near Detroit, Michigan in 1980. The plot surrounds two friend groups in high school stemming from one 'typical' suburban family, the Weirs, starring older sister Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) and younger brother Sam (John Francis Daley). They both experience bonding together as siblings, as well as navigating their 'not so typical' friend groups, while also experiencing the difficulty of being in high school. The cast also features popular comedian actors Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jason Segel. It consists if one season with 18 episodes and can currently be watched on Hulu, Paramount+ and Prime Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyK8kVEhXZ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyK8kVEhXZ0
Jacobson, Cassie (TTh) Ginny & Georgia 50
Ginny & Georgia is an American romantic drama-comedy series. The show centers on Ginny, a 15-year-old who is more responsible than her 30-year-old mother, Georgia Miller, in a New England community where Georgia chose to make a home with her young son Austin and teenage daughter Ginny. Throughout the course of the series, Ginny learns about her mother's unusual past and has to find ways to cope with it while at the same time going through several relationship and friendship shifts.
Shin, Jeongyoon (TTh) The Glory 50
This is a Netflix drama series about school bullying and revenge.
The main character, Dongeun, gets bullied by her classmates, who are rich. The leader was a girl named Yeonjin, the richest one in the group. Not only getting hit, but she gets burnt all over by a curling iron, and being sexually harassed was also included. She tries to drop out of school by accusing those classmates but they get away easily. Dongeun, who is a daughter to a one-parent and is poor, gets no help from her homeroom teacher, nor from her mother. She tries to kill herself but determines to get revenge on them. She works and studies day and night, and becomes an elementary school teacher.
The main character, Dongeun, gets bullied by her classmates, who are rich. The leader was a girl named Yeonjin, the richest one in the group. Not only getting hit, but she gets burnt all over by a curling iron, and being sexually harassed was also included. She tries to drop out of school by accusing those classmates but they get away easily. Dongeun, who is a daughter to a one-parent and is poor, gets no help from her homeroom teacher, nor from her mother. She tries to kill herself but determines to get revenge on them. She works and studies day and night, and becomes an elementary school teacher.
Friday, November 4, 2022
Flanagan, JP (TTh) Ink Master 50
Ink Master is a reality Tv show that features a few artists from across the country competing for the title "Ink Master" and a chance to win $100,000. The show is hosted by Dave Navaro a well-known guitarist and songwriter who is also a tattoo enthusiast. The show consists of the contestants competing in numerous challenges that are mainly tattoo based but can sometimes include other forms of art like graffiti and painting. Each episode brings its own unique challenges and creates a lot of drama between contestants as they are competing for a grand prize. I personally became fond of the show just because it is cool to see the work that goes into creating tattoos with even higher stakes. The contestants are judged by a group of accredited tattoo artists and the people who received the tattoo It can also be very informative as it teaches about the history of tattoos and different styles and creativity. The older episodes of the show are currently available to watch on Netflix and the new season is strictly on paramount.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Alvarez, Kayla (TTH) Wife Swap 10
Wife Swap is a reality tv series on the ABC network that aired in 2004 to 2010. Every episode there are two new families brought on the show to do the swap. From very different families with different lifestyles a wife/mother is taken from their family and is to swap lives with the other and be the new stand in wife of the opposite family for two weeks. During the first week the wives must follow the instructions left by the actual wife, thus seeing how they run their home. The following week they are then allowed to make their own rules and the family must abide. After the two weeks are over they return to their actual families and the wives meet and share their experiences and what they learned from each other's living situation which could be a good thing or a bad thing that may result in changes in their homes.
Bynes Sydney (TTh) Kath and Kim 10
The comedy series Kath and Kim follows a mother and daughter in Fountain Lakes, a fictional outlying suburb based in Australia. Kath Day, is enjoying her new relationship with gourmet sausage maker .After problems in her marriage to Brett Craig , a computer salesman at Fountain Gate, Kath and Kim's favorite local shopping complex, her lazy, self-centered daughter Kim, moves back home. Another frequent visitor to Kath's house is Sharon Strezlecki , Kim's second-best friend who suffers from allergies and enjoys sports. Through four series of eight half-hour episodes, Kath and Kim follows this quartet's mishaps.
Svahn Matilda (TTh) Young Royals 50
Young Royals is a show based in Sweden where the characters go to an expensive private school (private schools are not common in Northern Europe). The students at the school are mostly from either a noble family or the Swedish royal family. The main character, the Swedish prince, starts at the school and faces struggles like self-identity, mourning, alcohol and drug use, and overwhelming fame. As the prince goes along with his studies his responsibilities at the royal palace grow and so does his fame. He is unable to hide anything from the public and keeps facing scandals. This is a great show for anyone who enjoys a little bit of drama, but also love and relationships. It is very interesting with the Swedish royal family and how they handle fame.
https://youtu.be/rHmw87EpGIM
https://youtu.be/rHmw87EpGIM
Anderson, Leyla (TTh) The Worst Year of my Life, Again 50
The show The Worst Year of my Life, Again is an Australian TV show that lasted only one season. It is a comedy about a teenage boy. As a teenager, sometimes every other year feels like the worst year ever. For Alex King, he is forced to relive the worst year of his life over and he is determined to try to make it better. Between being bullied and rejected by girls, everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. With the help of his best friend, they attempt to turn the worst year ever into his best one yet. The main cast of characters are King and other teens who attend his small, private school. His family also makes appearances as his house tends to be a common space the show takes place at.
Gray, Cassie (TTh) Escaping Polygamy 50
Escaping Polygamy is one of my favorite documentary/ reality TV series. It has 4 seasons and follows the religion known as polygamy and one of its biggest groups better known as "The Order" or the Kingston's. Polygamy is a plural marriage based on the premise that to get into the highest level of heaven, you must participate in plural marriage. This is basically one man with one legal wife and several "spiritual wives", being that actual plural marriage is illegal. The show follows a few prominent personalities, Jessica, Shanell, and Andrea. These women, as well as a few others, featured in other episodes, all escaped polygamy themselves at some point in their lives and have made a pact to help others who want to escape. These girls shine a light on a "religion" that actually checks enough boxes to be classified as a cult. These women show the truth behind this secretive religion and the brainwashing, neglect, and abuse that it actually thrives on. If you are a fan of documentaries, this is a great option. Not only do you get to see the experience of victims escaping, but you see them adjust to the real world, and hear their stories of what they experienced. This show is available on HULU, the Roku Channel, Pluto TV, and Lifetime.
Gamez, John (TTh) Chillin' Island 50
Chillin Island is a documentary/interview type of show that stars four New Yorkers who invite music artists to an overnight camping trip to reconnect with nature. They start in the morning and do outdoor activities like swimming, surfing, hiking all while talking to the music artist. By nighttime, the viewer usually gets a more inside look of these celebrity's lives, thoughts and personal stories. It's different in a way that puts these artists in adrenalized or anxious states that give a more candid and real response to the conversation about who they are or how they came to be. Invited guests include Ezra Koenig, Young Thug and Rosalia. The target audience would be the fans of these rappers or music artists, whether that be teens or young adults. It is on HBO Max and runs for one season, but hopefully gets renewed.
La Mothe, Brittyne (TTh) Rhythm and Flow 50
Rhythm and Flow is Netflix's first and original reality music competition released in 2019. Hip-hop stars Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I are the judges that hop from their hometowns to try and find the next big thing in and for hip hop. The judges assess and grade unsigned and/or underground rappers competing for a $250,000 prize and a recording contract in this series. Other famous artists, producers, mentors in the music industry join the judges to provide the contestants with additional critique and insight.
Langston Michael'a (TTh) Distant Lands 50
Adventure Time: Distant Lands is an American animated miniseries based on the 2010-2018 animated series Adventure Time. This show takes us back to the land of Ooo and in each episode follows old and new characters. Viewers get a new look at the world they loved so much in the original series Adventure Time. Distant Lands is great for Adventure Time fans or people deciding if they want to watch Adventure Time as it gives origins to some characters and finales for others. Each of the four episodes are completely different but all of them are full of fun, action, adventure, and that good ole Adventure time oddness.
Tankersley, Josh (TTh) Living With Yourself 50
Living with Yourself tells an interesting story. It is about a guy who struggles with his at home life and work life. He meets a friend that sends him to a massage place that makes everyone their best selves. But he did not know he was actually getting cloned to be the perfect self. But something goes wrong after the clone is made and his real self comes back to life. So, there is the real Miles Elliot and the clone Miles. They eventually meet and are very shocked and try and find out a way to both live their life together. Because the clone is better than the real Miles at everything. But that ends up making the real Miles mad so he tries to get rid of him. After all that they end up finding out some news that leaves you on a huge cliff hanger at the end of season 1! The show aired in 2019 and is expected another season, it is by Paul Rudd and he is also the main character.
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