Heroic Mentions: “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Last Week Tonight” did their absolute best to wake up the people of this country–no small thing, and even harder to do while being entertaining, making their success even more Herculean. Also, “The Studio” was more hilarious and even more concerned with being entertaining, but still…
Category: Entertainment Editorial
Best TV Characters of 2025
Best Trend: Three-dimensional animated characters…Some of the best, most well-rounded characters of the year could actually be found on animated series like Pixar’s underrated “Win or Lose,” the “King of the Hill” reboot that defied the trend for awful series continuations of long-ago shows, the squabbling family dynamics of “Long Story Short,” or the thrilling…
The Worst TV Characters of 2025
Since the beginning, I’ve done this annual countdown of the most irritating characters on otherwise good shows (so no “All’s Fair” since there’s nothing good about that show) or on series that really should’ve been better than they were, usually undermined by bad characters. 10. Ray Driscoll (Brian Tyree Henry) in “Dope Thief”…It’s pretty rare…
Best TV Moments or Episodes of 2025
These were some TV moments or episodes that I loved in 2025, with a special emphasis on series that were high quality, but may not appear in my overall “Best TV Shows of 2025” list that’ll be posted soon, making this something of a consolation prize… 10. Best Dance: Dance Mom (Julianne Nicholson) has a…
The Fantastic “One Battle After Another” Reminds You How Irrelevant Most Movies Actually Are
Here, Alabama Liberal not only explains why “One Battle After Another” is everything most films aren’t, but strongly encourages you to see a film that speaks to the moment–while you still can…
ALL 2024 Movies Reviewed, Graded, and Ranked–An Alabama Liberal RECORD of Nearly 500 Movies
Note from Alabama Liberal: “Better late than never” is the thinking about finally releasing this annual movie countdown when it’s damn-near Labor Day. What I lack in speed, I make up for in thoroughness, listing an Alabama Liberal record of almost 500 movies released in a single calendar year. [The only major one I didn’t…
CBS Cancellation of Colbert Should Terrify EVERYONE Who Lives in a Free Society
There seems to be some confusion in the media about whether Paramount’s desire to please an aspiring tyrant like Trump had anything to do with their shocking decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which has been on the air since 1993, but only become number 1 in the ratings under Colbert, and…
Colbert Cancellation Proves Paramount is the Next Business Private Equity Will Kill
Alabama Liberal sounds the alarm that Serial Killer Capital (private equity) is here to murder another business, this time CBS/Paramount Global, who are also about to be taken over by one of Trump’s favorite nepo-baby stooges.
Now That the Best Shark (Mark Cuban) has Left, “Shark Tank” Needs a Total Cast Reboot
Alabama Liberal talks about watching “Shark Tank” from the first episode, why he enjoys the show, why Mark Cuban was the best shark, and the real limitations of the sharks left on the show from the remaining best shark “Queen of Plastic” (Lori Grenier) to Mr. Burns (Kevin O’Leary) who had to literally be bailed…
Disney “Star Wars” Accidental Masterpiece: “Rogue One” and “Andor”
Alabama Liberal describes how “Rogue One” accidentally became the only great “Star Wars” movie since the original trilogy, and how “Andor” (particularly in the second season that overlaps with the Trump regime) became the exact kind-of TV show or movie he HOPED Hollywood would be making right now, similar to the darker films of the…
When Your Favorite Actor Blows Up (and the Common Thread of a Great Walton Goggins Performance)
Alabama Liberal describes the feeling of watching an actor he’s championed since “The Shield” days finally get big, a script he wanted Danny McBride and Goggins to share long before “Vice Principals,” and the only thing the chameleonic Walton’s best performances have in common: joy, and how contagious he makes that for the audience. “Too…
“Gemstones” Finale Proved Danny McBride is the Greatest Living Depicter of the Southeast
Alabama Liberal is sad to see “The Righteous Gemstones” go, but describes WHY he’s such a Danny McBride (and Jody Hill) fan, the parallels between Southern and Irish people, how R-rated Christian themed movies and TV shows would be more realistic, and why he’s looking forward to whatever McBride, Hill, or Walton Goggins do next….
“The Conners” Finale: What Nostalgia TV Will Future Decades Have in Such a Fractured Media Landscape?
Due to powerful “Roseanne” nostalgia, I watched “The Conners” finale despite having never seen an episode of this spinoff and was struck by how much it leaned into a show that ended decades ago as if it hadn’t built new moments for fans to think fondly…Then wonder what the nostalgic reboots will be in the…