First Impressions: Blockbuster (Netflix)
Netflix’s latest sitcom gets off to a rough start with an underwhelming first look at the (fictional) last Blockbuster in America.
Category: Features
Processed Media’s Best of: February 2022
Looking back at the best of a short month, with a devastating combination of science… and EMOTION.
Processed Media’s Best Of: January 2022
The title kind of speaks for itself, right?
Monday Musings: The Death of Dramatic Brevity
A call to rein in the ridiculous length of dramatic TV in the streaming age.
Monday Musings: More Sports TV, Please
Thinking about the dearth of sports series, and why TV should fix it.
Monday Musings: Who Killed the Family Comedy?
Thinking about the sad state of the family sitcom, and why we need to save it.
Monday Musings: What’s Up at FX?
FX’s unceremonious cancellation of Y: The Last Man raises some interesting questions about the network’s dramatic identity.
Monday Musings: Let’s Talk About the Last Two Episodes of Squid Game
Taking a deeper look at the final hours of Netflix’s breakout hit Squid Game.
First Impressions: Euphoria (HBO)
Sam Levinson’s teen drama purports its provocative nature is revelatory; the reality, unfortunately, is that is more perfunctory and performative than it needs to be.
First Impressions: Now Apocalypse (Starz)
Gregg Araki’s horny, brash Starz series debuts with an impressive, if familiar, pilot episode.