Does Ted Lasso Make Apple TV+ Worth Your Subscription?
Apple’s streaming service is just over a year old and has given us a mixed bag of shows to watch, but despite a tepid initial run, Ted Lasso has convinced me to give Apple TV+ another chance.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published December 3, 2020 · Last modified June 26, 2023
Apple’s streaming service is just over a year old and has given us a mixed bag of shows to watch, but despite a tepid initial run, Ted Lasso has convinced me to give Apple TV+ another chance.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published October 27, 2020 · Last modified September 4, 2023
FX’s What We Do in the Shadows is one of the rare TV shows adapted from a movie that actually lives up to the original. Here’s how this series defied the TV spinoff odds and became one of the best new comedies on TV.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published October 12, 2020 · Last modified October 27, 2020
True Blood was one of HBO’s biggest hits, but just six years after the final episode aired, it seems like nobody talks about it anymore. Why did the show go from sexy, campy classic to fizzled-out and forgotten?
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 29, 2020 · Last modified December 3, 2020
Female-led comedies have moved away from aspirational shows like Friends or Sex and the City toward awkward, relatable shows like Hulu’s Shrill and Pen15.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 20, 2020 · Last modified September 4, 2023
HBO now has two killer robot shows in its lineup, but with very different budgets and ways of presenting their themes. So, does the Ridley-Scott-produced HBO Max original rival HBO flagship Westworld?
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 15, 2020 · Last modified September 29, 2020
Netflix has some of the best true crime on TV, but why are we so hooked on their shows? It all starts in 1988 with a documentary that changed true crime.
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by Alexis Gentry · Published September 4, 2020 · Last modified September 4, 2023
Most people have Netflix and Amazon Prime, so you’ve probably seen The Umbrella Academy and The Boys, but there’s another superb superhero series you probably haven’t watched.