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The current detective who is overseeing the murdered case of Amber Hagerman says he had no idea the AMBER Alert system inspired by a case in his own hometown of Arlington, Texas while growing up. And that’s what Peacock’s Amber: The Girl Behind the Alert hopes to change. On Jan. 15, 1996, Amber, only 9,Continue reading “‘Amber’ Documentary Gives Life To Murdered Girl”

I’m going to spitball this out as a theory. But I think the Disney-Plus sequel series Willow didn’t initially start out as a Willow sequel series. The series was developed by Jonathan Kasdan based on the 1988 movie of the same name. However, I felt that somewhere in a filing cabinet in an office ownedContinue reading “‘Willow’ Series Felt Like Fanfiction”

Part of what made the original Night Court so wonderful was the absurdity of the series seemed to be believable during the 1980s Manhattan era. New York City in general had become known by 1984 as a cesspool of crime and strange characters, it was a stereotype of rude and vulgar people. Most images andContinue reading “‘Night Court’ Sequel Series Makes A Good Argument”

What the fuck was David Zaslav thinking? How badly was Batgirl that Zaslav, the CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery, to look at Velma and mak the Sophie’s Choice that Batgirl was worst? Velma isn’t the bottom of the barrel of TV shows, it’s the sludge that exits underneath barrels when condensation forms withContinue reading “‘Velma’ Doesn’t Even Work As Background Noise”

When I first heard that Taylor Sheridan was shooting a TV series set in Oklahoma and starring Sylvester Stallone as a mobster, I was very thrilled. And even through most of the production was in Oklahoma City, I was still interested in seeing it. However, the first few episodes of the nine-episode first season seemedContinue reading “‘Tulsa King’ Earns Its Crown, Somewhat”

Celebrities are a derivative of “celebrate.” Who do we celebrate? Filmmakers, actors, musicians, writers, politicians? They all do something. But in the past 30 years, we’ve started to celebrate people who need no celebration because they haven’t done anything. I point the finger at MTV and it’s bloated use of “reality TV.” Say what youContinue reading “‘Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker’ A Warning On Who We Turn Into Celebrities”

“What’s a Ponzi scheme?” That is the question Bernie Madoff’s wife, Ruth, asked when he came clean about his years of ripping people off in a Ponzi scheme. She didn’t know or didn’t want to know. She got to live the lavish lifestyle of New York City elite. Sometimes you don’t want to know howContinue reading “Bernie Madoff Was Really A ‘Monster Of Wall Street’”

There’s a scene in Hulu’s limited series Welcome to Chippendales where some women in the audience commented that the song-and-dance routine the dancers are doing is getting old because they’ve performed it many times already. That could be a good explanation for the series which tries to be Boogie Nights but lacks the excitement thatContinue reading “‘Welcome To Chippendales’ Still Performs While Being Mostly Flaccid”