Roofman is a lot of fun, and offers Charming Potato at his most charming and his least potato-ish.

The third episode of Pluribus raised the question of whether Carol Sturka is the ideal person to choose whether the world needs to be saved from happiness. ICYMI, my review:

When Landry is balling out for the Knicks

The third episode of Pluribus raised the question of whether Carol Sturka is the ideal person to choose whether the world needs to be saved from happiness. ICYMI, my review:

You may also enjoy Rhea's laughter when I used the word "romantasy," Rhea and Karolina Wydra being baffled by Vince and I going on an extended Twilight Zone tangent, and Vince explaining why he now refuses to explain his shows. (His lack of mustache was not discussed, I'm afraid.)

In today's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter, The Pitt goes uncensored on basic cable, Poker Face attempts a huge change, Alien: Earth gets renewed, Pluribus, and more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Find a stranger in the Alps! www.whatsalanwatching.com/no-s-given-a...

The PaleyFest Pluribus panel I moderated is now up on YouTube. (My favorite part comes around the 33-minute mark, where Rhea Seehorn off the cuff expertly dissects an aspect of Carol she hadn't even thought about before.)

In this week’s Pluribus, Carol tries to restore some normalcy, and finds out how far the Others will go to please her. My review:

In today's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter, The Pitt goes uncensored on basic cable, Poker Face attempts a huge change, Alien: Earth gets renewed, Pluribus, and more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Find a stranger in the Alps! www.whatsalanwatching.com/no-s-given-a...

In this week’s Pluribus, Carol tries to restore some normalcy, and finds out how far the Others will go to please her. My review:

Contrary to what this picture suggests, Matthew Rhys gets to play a guy who smiles in Netflix's cat-and-mouse thriller The Beast In Me, co-starring Claire Danes as an author trying to prove Rhys murdered his first wife. My review:

The PaleyFest Pluribus panel I moderated is now up on YouTube. (My favorite part comes around the 33-minute mark, where Rhea Seehorn off the cuff expertly dissects an aspect of Carol she hadn't even thought about before.)

This is... confusing. But also just a bummer, because even if Johnson manages to pull this off, I'll miss Lyonne as Charlie so much.

Hey, look! Something is actually being *added* to the HBO Max library. And it's Mad Men finally in 4K!

Contrary to what this picture suggests, Matthew Rhys gets to play a guy who smiles in Netflix's cat-and-mouse thriller The Beast In Me, co-starring Claire Danes as an author trying to prove Rhys murdered his first wife. My review:

Every now and then, it's important to be reminded that no one has ever described a celebrity more succinctly than Jim Brockmire:

Every now and then, it's important to be reminded that no one has ever described a celebrity more succinctly than Jim Brockmire:

When I’m yelling at Jeopardy contestants for failing to answer an 80s movie question, when @kenjennings.bsky.social says that a lot of Gen X’ers are probably yelling at the screen now:

Not a day goes by that I don't wish he'd gotten to host SNL, if only to complement Jon Hamm's John Ham with a spot for his own terrible celebrity travel agency, Slattery Will Get You Nowhere.

Remember when Roger Sterling had a mustache? It's important that we not let this kind of image slip from our collective memories.

New for What Else Is Alan Watching? bonus tier subscribers: what if actors with similar careers swapped signature roles? Could Keri Russell play Carrie Mathison? Could Tina Fey play Leslie Knope? How about a younger Bryan Cranston as Don Draper?

Did a 90s rewatch double feature of Thelma & Louise and Devil in a Blue Dress. Both are spectacular star vehicles. And both have supporting performances from relative unknowns that made audiences ask, “Who in the world is THAT?”

Repost with an iconic fictional band

Christmas (and giant robots🤖) are coming to @podcastlikeits.bsky.social next month! Get ready for the Queen of Christmas aka @emilystjams.bsky.social to reign over your holidays along with some wonderful guests! …and lots of holiday explosions courtesy of Katie McGrath on our Patreon!

New for What Else Is Alan Watching? bonus tier subscribers: what if actors with similar careers swapped signature roles? Could Keri Russell play Carrie Mathison? Could Tina Fey play Leslie Knope? How about a younger Bryan Cranston as Don Draper?

Some days, you don't watch any TV episodes where people do copious lines of cocaine. Other days, you watch several episodes in a row.

1. Watch The Lowdown, one of the best shows I've seen in quite some time. 2. Read Kathryn on The Lowdown, one of the best TV columns I've read in quite some time. 3. Profit.

This week’s The Chair Company was somehow even weirder than usual, delightfully. My review:

This week’s The Chair Company was somehow even weirder than usual, delightfully. My review:

There are stories about certain American shows (Turn-On, You're in the Picture) being canceled midway through ep1, but that just means the networks decided not to air ep2 while the first one was on the air. Never heard of this happening here.

Has any coach ever been fired before a game was over? Asking for a Giants fan.

Mamdani is going to implement Sharona law. All Monk episodes with Natalie Teeger will be banned.

Happy Pluribus Premiere Weekend, everyone!

Thirty years ago today, Doug Ross saved a boy trapped in a storm drain, and George Clooney became the biggest star in the world: youtu.be/bMxr5oM9GFI?...

The Netflix miniseries Death By Lightning turns a historical footnote — Charles Guiteau's assassination of President James Garfield — into a grand entertainment, with wonderful performances by Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin, and, especially, Nick Offerman. My review:

Whatever happened to that Spielberg kid, anyway?

I found Elordi so exasperating on Euphoria, though the great majority of that is how terribly that character is written. He’s incredible in Frankenstein.

For Emmy magazine, I interviewed Matthew Macfadyen about getting to know Charles Guiteau: www.televisionacademy.com/features/onl...

Had a great time moderating the PaleyFest panel for Pluribus last night, with Vince Gilligan, Rhea Seehorn, and Karolina Wydra.

In the free Friday What's Alan Watching? newsletter: a milestone for my Rod Serling biography, Pluribus, Diane Ladd, Hank Azaria sings Springsteen, and a lot more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Sing about a groovy lady!

Happy Pluribus Day! If you haven't already checked out Vince Gilligan's new sci-fi series and are curious if you should start, here's my review, with the bare minimum of detail regarding its very high concept:

PaleyFest NY kicked off with a bang as @sepinwall.bsky.social moderated a fantastic Pluribus panel, and as a post-panel bonus, Vince and Rhea channeled Johnny and Ed on our (actual) Tonight Show set

This was right before there was an audience question about Twilight Zone, which led to Vince Gilligan asking me to fact check him in real time.

And if you've already watched the first two episodes, I dug deep on what happens, what it means, and why the show works:

If you've already watched the first two Pluribus episodes, I had a lot of thoughts on all the things Vince Gilligan, Rhea Seehorn and company are doing so well right from the start:

I'll be moderating tonight's Pluribus discussion, so if you were lucky enough to already have tickets, say hi!

Happy Pluribus Day! If you haven't already checked out Vince Gilligan's new sci-fi series and are curious if you should start, here's my review, with the bare minimum of detail regarding its very high concept:

In the free Friday What's Alan Watching? newsletter: a milestone for my Rod Serling biography, Pluribus, Diane Ladd, Hank Azaria sings Springsteen, and a lot more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Sing about a groovy lady!

If you've already watched the first two Pluribus episodes, I had a lot of thoughts on all the things Vince Gilligan, Rhea Seehorn and company are doing so well right from the start: