Note: One thing I noticed about the TV shows I selected as the “Best of the Year” are that setting plays a huge role in almost all of them. I can’t remember a time I’ve done this annual list, and the distinctive locations of each series were so central to them; that’s even true of… Read More »
A few honorable mentions: I almost included Evan Peters’s shocking death in “Mare of Easttown,” but felt conflicted; while that was certainly the most shocking murder of 2021 TV, I just felt too bad for his character (one of my favorites) to really include it as a “Best” moment. Likewise, I enjoyed “Yellowstone”‘s no-fuss, no-muss… Read More »
I had a hard time narrowing the list down this year, and I rewrote it a few times before finally deciding to exclude a handful of favorites. The toughest cuts included: Mandy Patinkin’s wacky-yet-earnest judge in the fourth season of “The Good Fight,” Kate Winslet’s dogged detective in “Mare of Easttown,” Anthony Mackie’s soaring arc… Read More »
Here’s hoping against hope Showtime won’t greenlight some God-awful Harrison spinoff, and this actually will be all the seasons of Dexter there are. The seasons of Dexter are a little hard to properly rank since the series has two bad seasons, two terrific seasons, and five that are different variations of “pretty good.” It’s those… Read More »
Now that we know how it ends, the question on every “Dexter: New Blood” viewer’s mind is: “Will this be the real series finale of “Dexter?” [Spoilers ahead] Surely to God it will be since the idea of doing this a third time may be too much even for the hardest core “Dexter” fan…of which… Read More »
As always with this annual list of the year’s worst TV characters, I focused on TV shows that were of a reasonable quality, and it’s only a character or two (or 10) that wasn’t working. Worst Ending for a Beloved Character: Bosch (Titus Welliver) from “Bosch”…I love this series and am already planning to watch… Read More »
Alabama Liberal runs through a few of the most talked about choices for James Bond, but settles on Richard Madden as the perfect choice to succeed Daniel Craig (and Sean Connery)…
Longtime readers know I try to list movies I’m looking forward at the beginning of the year (for the entirety of that year), for the Summer, and for the Fall. Well, that didn’t really happen this Summer since it wasn’t entirely clear which movies would actually open. Likewise, several movies I’m including in this Fall… Read More »
Alabama Liberal concludes his countdown of the 25 best TV shows of this century. See his opinion on shows that overlap heavily with the best TV shows ever made.
Before Alabama Liberal gets to the end of his “25 Best Shows of The Century” Countdown, he looks at a few TV shows that weren’t eligible for the “Best TV Shows of the Century” because they got cancelled after one season. They’re still excellent and worth a watch