Alan Sepinwall
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He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III. https://whatsalanwatching.com
Somehow, Ted Lasso returned. Nobody seems to know why — including the people making the show:
'Ted Lasso' is back. Nobody seems to know why — including the people making it
Thoughts on the belated, and long, Season Four premiere
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Somehow, Ted Lasso returned. Nobody seems to know why — including the people making the show:
'Ted Lasso' is back. Nobody seems to know why — including the people making it
Thoughts on the belated, and long, Season Four premiere
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The TV show The Middleman would do things like randomly have a shirtless Mark Dacascos fight dozens of Luchadors and use something called the Wu-Han Thumb of Death on their leader. We used to be a proper country.
Marc Dacascos In Middleman
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My review of Sterling Point, a new YA drama on Prime from My Old Ass writer/director Megan Park, which I really enjoyed:
Review: Prime has a YA triumph with 'Sterling Point'
'My Old Ass' writer/director Megan Park takes a New York girl to Canada for a journey into her past
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Had to watch a 90s Frasier episode for something I'm working on, and of course Paramount+'s search attempts to first serve me up the short-lived revival.
My review of Sterling Point, a new YA drama on Prime from My Old Ass writer/director Megan Park, which I really enjoyed:
Review: Prime has a YA triumph with 'Sterling Point'
'My Old Ass' writer/director Megan Park takes a New York girl to Canada for a journey into her past
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Vincent Pastore’s death over the weekend reminded me of a chance encounter I had with James Gandolfini at a west village bar at 2:15 a.m. on a Monday morning. I wrote about what happened
My James Gandolfini Story
Vincent Pastore's death this past weekend¹ reminded me of a story that happened, as it turns out, 20 years ago this month. I was sitting at a bar called Gaslight Lounge in Greenwich Village. It was 2:...
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My biggest fail of this month's Patreon: @kvanaren.bsky.social says that nobody would mistake Carrie Coon for anyone else, and I failed to bring up...
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d agoBut wait! There’s more @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social! In this month’s Patreon episode, we talk about The Leftovers s2 premiere, and about one of the greatest creative reinventions any TV show has ever made. Preview the episode:
We've done three drama eps in a row on the @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social Patreon, so we went with four *great* comedy episodes for the Labor Day show.
tvisgoodpod.bsky.social@tvisgoodpod.bsky.social · 2d agoWe picked four notable episodes about life in the workforce as poll options for our next Patreon episode, which will drop on Labor Day: www.patreon.com/TVIsGoodPod/...
But wait! There’s more @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social! In this month’s Patreon episode, we talk about The Leftovers s2 premiere, and about one of the greatest creative reinventions any TV show has ever made. Preview the episode:
The Leftovers: "Axis Mundi" | TV Is Good Patreon Preview
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In this week’s @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social episode, we look at two very different Elizabeth Meriwether-created shows: her dark Hulu crime thriller Furious, and her beloved hangout comedy New Girl. Watch on YouTube:
Wait, the creator of New Girl made a cop show? | TV Is Good #12
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Come for JJ on football, stay for a cameo by me on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!
JJ@jjdotbiz.bsky.social · 2d agoIn this week’s issue of Check Book, I answered 22 reader questions. Topics include my favorite Kirby games, the Blank Check team as Arsenal squad members, my favorite albums of the year, the joy of opening and closing Criterion’s World of Wong Kar Wai box set, and ::Cher voice:: mycareer.
I wrote about how the late Vincent Pastore was so good, David Chase abandoned his original plan for Big Pussy to disappear for good at the end of The Sopranos' first season:
Vincent Pastore was too good for 'The Sopranos' to forget about
How the late character actor got David Chase to change his mind about what to do with Big Pussy
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But wait! There’s more @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social! In this month’s Patreon episode, we talk about The Leftovers s2 premiere, and about one of the greatest creative reinventions any TV show has ever made. Preview the episode:
The Leftovers: "Axis Mundi" | TV Is Good Patreon Preview
YouTube video by TV Is Good
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In this week’s @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social episode, we look at two very different Elizabeth Meriwether-created shows: her dark Hulu crime thriller Furious, and her beloved hangout comedy New Girl. Watch on YouTube:
Wait, the creator of New Girl made a cop show? | TV Is Good #12
YouTube video by TV Is Good
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I wrote about how the late Vincent Pastore was so good, David Chase abandoned his original plan for Big Pussy to disappear for good at the end of The Sopranos' first season:
Vincent Pastore was too good for 'The Sopranos' to forget about
How the late character actor got David Chase to change his mind about what to do with Big Pussy
whatsalanwatching.com
Preordering the book in either print, ebook, or audio form all qualifies you to get the free bonus episode I wrote about the best Twilight Zone episode: hachettebookgroup.formstack.com/forms/serling
TV is good, but that view is better.
Kathryn VanArendonk@kvanaren.bsky.social · 4d agofor your consideration: switzerland
I read about 26,000 words of the Serling audiobook yesterday. In related news, I won't be speaking again for the rest of the weekend.
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 5d agoIt's a jam-packed free Friday newsletter, including the bad Wonder Man news, another audiobook rehearsal, and thoughts on the fun detective show Diarra from Detroit, which just moved to Paramount+:
It's a jam-packed free Friday newsletter, including the bad Wonder Man news, another audiobook rehearsal, and thoughts on the fun detective show Diarra from Detroit, which just moved to Paramount+:
Friday Check-In: Let's go to 'Diarra from Detroit'
The fun detective dramedy moves to Paramount+, plus audiobook challenges, 'Wonder Man' dies (again), 'Adults' rewrites its own history, and more
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It's a jam-packed free Friday newsletter, including the bad Wonder Man news, another audiobook rehearsal, and thoughts on the fun detective show Diarra from Detroit, which just moved to Paramount+:
Friday Check-In: Let's go to 'Diarra from Detroit'
The fun detective dramedy moves to Paramount+, plus audiobook challenges, 'Wonder Man' dies (again), 'Adults' rewrites its own history, and more
whatsalanwatching.com
One of my favorite parts of doing @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social is seeing @kvanaren.bsky.social's face light up on my screen when I share some unexpected fact with her, like the identity of the actress who played Mrs. Columbo. Bonus points for her having the perfect Mulgrew anecdote ready to go:
TV Is Good on Instagram: "In which Kathryn is thrilled to find out the origin of Mrs. Columbo — and then to share her personal history with Mrs. Columbo herself, Kate Mulgrew. Watch or listen to this ...
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This is a fun podcast and more of you should be listening.
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 6d agoOne of my favorite parts of doing @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social is seeing @kvanaren.bsky.social's face light up on my screen when I share some unexpected fact with her, like the identity of the actress who played Mrs. Columbo. Bonus points for her having the perfect Mulgrew anecdote ready to go:
One of my favorite parts of doing @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social is seeing @kvanaren.bsky.social's face light up on my screen when I share some unexpected fact with her, like the identity of the actress who played Mrs. Columbo. Bonus points for her having the perfect Mulgrew anecdote ready to go:
TV Is Good on Instagram: "In which Kathryn is thrilled to find out the origin of Mrs. Columbo — and then to share her personal history with Mrs. Columbo herself, Kate Mulgrew. Watch or listen to this ...
1 likes, 0 comments - tvisgoodpod on July 30, 2026: "In which Kathryn is thrilled to find out the origin of Mrs. Columbo — and then to share her personal history with Mrs. Columbo herself, Kate Mulgre...
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My review of this week's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a haunted house story with some interesting ideas it repeats a few too many times:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds recap, Season 4, episode 2: 'The Griffin Incident'
Kirk, Spock, and La'an find themselves trapped on a haunted ship
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Catching up on Reacher s3 before s4 debuts in Aug. Still think Ritchson mostly just checks the "what if a guy was *big*?" spot on the list of casting requirements. But I'll say two things: 1)The Big Boy vs Bigger Boy fight in finale was solid, and 2)Sonya Cassidy's Boston accent is really something
On the one hand, this really bums me out, because s1 was so good, and Yahya even got an Emmy nom for it. On the other hand, it feels sadly on-brand for Wonder Man — a guy whose whole deal in the comics is that he keeps dying and coming back — to get an improbable renewal, then have it taken away.
‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)
"Wonder Man" has been canceled at Disney+, Variety has learned.
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My review of this week's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a haunted house story with some interesting ideas it repeats a few too many times:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds recap, Season 4, episode 2: 'The Griffin Incident'
Kirk, Spock, and La'an find themselves trapped on a haunted ship
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Well, at least this makes more sense as a straightforward legasequel than the previous attempt to make it a mystery about Cher's disappearance. What is dead may never die.
Rick Porter@rickporter.bsky.social · 6d agoThird time's a charm, I guess? After the '90s TGIF series, there have been two tries in recent years to mine the "Clueless" IP, including a version of what Paramount+ just picked up at Peacock. Story from @katiekilkenny.bsky.social