One Season Wonders

Lovecraft Country (2020)

If you ask Twitter what show they would bring back that was canceled, you would get an overwhelming response of people saying HBO’s Lovecraft Country. The sci-fi/fantasy show led by Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett captivated viewers from the very first, very intense episode titled “Sundown,” and kept us glued to our TV screens every […]

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Pitch (2016)

Kylie Bunbury was a relative newcomer when, in 2016, the show Pitch premiered on FOX. She was the lead of this show, which was about a woman breaking gender barriers and playing in the MLB as a pitcher. As a baseball fan, I was instantly intrigued by it. Especially since as a young kid, I […]

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One Season Wonders

Vinyl (2016)

When you see Martin Scorsese’s name attached to a project, it’s guaranteed to be a hit, right? Well, that unfortunately wasn’t the case for Vinyl, the HBO series created by Scorsese, Rich Cohen, and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. Set in the 1970s, it followed a New York music executive as he attempts to find […]

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Trophy Wife (2013)

Who knows if it was the title of the show itself that prevented people from watching this ABC sitcom created by future Booksmart co-writers Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, but alas, the show did not retain enough viewers for it to be renewed for a second season. Yes, Trophy Wife is not a conventional name […]

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High Fidelity (2020)

On Valentine’s Day 2020, a wonderful show by the name of High Fidelity starring Zoe Kravitz was released on Hulu. A television remake of the movie by the same name starring John Cusack, it completely reframed the story by centering it around a black queer woman in Brooklyn. Legit, perfect television show for today’s world. […]

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Stumptown (2019)

Like many in May 2020, I was ecstatic that ABC had renewed the show Stumptown, starring Cobie Smulders, Jake Johnson, and Michael Ealy. It was easily my favorite new show of the 2019/2020 season. It was funny, intriguing, well acted, and had a diverse and inclusive cast, as well as stories being told on screen. […]

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