Streaming services like Netflix often tend to work on a model which favors hype following instead of leading – for every Marvel property or proven commodity like Black Mirror that's preceded by a blitz of hype, there are dozens of series that get released with little fanfare, banking on big leaps of faith that the right folks will find it. (Remember how little advance buzz accompanied Stranger Things before that first weekend turned it into a phenomenon?) Still, on paper, a true-crime satire that harnessed the appeal of both 13 Reasons Why...
- 12/12/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Streaming services like Netflix often tend to work on a model which favors hype following instead of leading – for every Marvel property or proven commodity like Black Mirror that's preceded by a blitz of hype, there are dozens of series that get released with little fanfare, banking on big leaps of faith that the right folks will find it. (Remember how little advance buzz accompanied Stranger Things before that first weekend turned it into a phenomenon?) Still, on paper, a true-crime satire that harnessed the appeal of both 13 Reasons Why...
- 12/12/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Another week, another episode of the Pop Addled podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly!
Pop Addled is a pop culture podcast with nerd tendencies. Join Keenan, Sam and Timmy as they discuss movies, music, video games, sports, TV, comics, and any intersection thereof. Their brains have been thoroughly addled by pop culture and they’re here to share their twisted thoughts with you!
If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out old episode on Libsyn and iTunes; and we’ll be bringing you the latest episodes each and every week (and sometimes more than that!)…
Pop Addled: TV Special – Stranger Things 2
Last year the Netflix series Stranger Things became a phenomenon. We loved the series so much we did a special for it. So when Netflix released the sequel this year, we had to release another special to discuss it, this time...
Pop Addled is a pop culture podcast with nerd tendencies. Join Keenan, Sam and Timmy as they discuss movies, music, video games, sports, TV, comics, and any intersection thereof. Their brains have been thoroughly addled by pop culture and they’re here to share their twisted thoughts with you!
If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out old episode on Libsyn and iTunes; and we’ll be bringing you the latest episodes each and every week (and sometimes more than that!)…
Pop Addled: TV Special – Stranger Things 2
Last year the Netflix series Stranger Things became a phenomenon. We loved the series so much we did a special for it. So when Netflix released the sequel this year, we had to release another special to discuss it, this time...
- 11/14/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Netflix first made a name for itself with dramas such as “House of Cards,” “Hemlock Grove” and “Orange is the New Black” (which, despite its initial insistence to the contrary, was indeed a drama). But comedy wasn’t far behind. The streaming giant first got into the comedy game in 2013 with the “Arrested Development” revival, and by 2015, premiered signature shows like “Master of None” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
Befitting its desire to offer something for everyone, Netflix has quickly cast a wide comedy net — dark comedy, multi-camera shows shot in front of a studio audience and absurdist humor, among other variations. The best original series from the streaming giant evoke more than just a few chuckles, to be sure. They share insights into the world we all share and offer various perspectives from around the globe. They tell exciting, addictive, and yup, sometimes even alarming stories that will surprise.
But the good ones,...
Befitting its desire to offer something for everyone, Netflix has quickly cast a wide comedy net — dark comedy, multi-camera shows shot in front of a studio audience and absurdist humor, among other variations. The best original series from the streaming giant evoke more than just a few chuckles, to be sure. They share insights into the world we all share and offer various perspectives from around the globe. They tell exciting, addictive, and yup, sometimes even alarming stories that will surprise.
But the good ones,...
- 8/30/2017
- by Ben Travers and Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
“Friends From College” is a mess. It’s a messy story with messy structuring and messy characters, and while the last point may sound like an attribute for a mature adult comedy about aging, relationships, and responsibilities, be warned: These characters won’t stimulate fresh thought or delight you with their quirks. They’re scattered, illogical, and subservient to a plot that’s promising a trainwreck at every turn. And who wants to watch pointless, easily avoidable failure?
It’s shocking how dumb a group of Harvard alumni can be.
Whether that’s the ironic twist or the careless oversight is unclear. The titular group of friends occasionally throw around fat Sat words (often clumped together in overindulgent sentences that scream, “Look how smart I sound!”), but their juvenile behavior is beyond amateur diagnoses. As much as these Ivy Leaguers want to offer advice to one another, none of them...
It’s shocking how dumb a group of Harvard alumni can be.
Whether that’s the ironic twist or the careless oversight is unclear. The titular group of friends occasionally throw around fat Sat words (often clumped together in overindulgent sentences that scream, “Look how smart I sound!”), but their juvenile behavior is beyond amateur diagnoses. As much as these Ivy Leaguers want to offer advice to one another, none of them...
- 7/14/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Friends From College's Cobie Smulders, Fred Savage and Ep Talk Netflix's Nostalgia-Gone-Wrong Comedy
When funny people are being funny, it’s best just to get out of their way and let them do their thing.
So when Friends From College stars Cobie Smulders and Fred Savage, as well as series co-creator Nick Stoller, started cracking themselves up while chatting with TVLine at a Netflix press event, we were glad our recorder was rolling: All the better to bring you in on the jokes.
VideosFriends From College: Cobie Smulders Curses Like a Sailor in First Trailer
Our topic of conversation: Their upcoming comedy, which is available Friday via the streaming video service.
So when Friends From College stars Cobie Smulders and Fred Savage, as well as series co-creator Nick Stoller, started cracking themselves up while chatting with TVLine at a Netflix press event, we were glad our recorder was rolling: All the better to bring you in on the jokes.
VideosFriends From College: Cobie Smulders Curses Like a Sailor in First Trailer
Our topic of conversation: Their upcoming comedy, which is available Friday via the streaming video service.
- 7/13/2017
- TVLine.com
We don’t know the viewing statistics for “Red Oaks,” but unless every single Amazon Prime subscriber is watching, it’s safe to say Gregory Jacobs and Joe Gangemi’s brilliant coming-of-age comedy is under-seen. Despite the nation’s recent over-infatuation with nostalgia-driven films and TV shows, somehow audiences overlooked this inventive and insightful gem last year — perhaps because it was one of the few period pieces not totally reliant on ’80s references to sell its story. And while skipping “Red Oaks” may have been an unfortunate error of omission then, it’s a grave mistake now.
Aside from the sheer enjoyment that comes from watching the delightful and whip-smart comedy, there’s a case to be made for “Red Oaks” as the most significant nostalgia-infused TV series currently streaming — especially as its Season 2 release is just days after the most dividing event on America’s calendar. Following an election...
Aside from the sheer enjoyment that comes from watching the delightful and whip-smart comedy, there’s a case to be made for “Red Oaks” as the most significant nostalgia-infused TV series currently streaming — especially as its Season 2 release is just days after the most dividing event on America’s calendar. Following an election...
- 11/9/2016
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Netflix has made an Atypical series pickup, ordering eight episodes of the autism-themed family comedy starring Jennifer Jason Leigh.
The coming of age story follows Sam (played by The United States of Tara‘s Keir Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum who is on a search for love and independence. His funny yet painful journey of self-discovery upends his entire family, forcing them all to grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal?
Leigh stars as Sam’s mother, Elsa, and Michael Rapaport (Justified) plays his father,...
The coming of age story follows Sam (played by The United States of Tara‘s Keir Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum who is on a search for love and independence. His funny yet painful journey of self-discovery upends his entire family, forcing them all to grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal?
Leigh stars as Sam’s mother, Elsa, and Michael Rapaport (Justified) plays his father,...
- 10/17/2016
- TVLine.com
Comedy doesn't have to be autobiographical, but it can help a lot. Whether in sitcom plots or stand-up routines, specificity makes everything better, and it's hard to get more specific than drawing details the writers know by heart because they've lived them. Many of TV's greatest comedies were heavily based on the experiences of their creators and/or stars, from The Dick Van Dyke Show — where Carl Reiner would famously begin each Monday by asking his writers to recount what they did with their spouses and kids over the weekend — to Roseanne, Seinfeld (and, thus, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Everybody Loves Raymond, and recent shows like black-ish. Peak TV also seems to have brought with it Peak Autobiographical Dramedy, with comedians playing a version of themselves that's thinly-disguised at best, having adventures that feel therapeutic as much as comic. Even with Louie — the creative high point, to date, of this particular...
- 9/7/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t think you’d read today: When Alison Brie makes her wrestling debut, she’ll have Marc Maron in her corner.
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The former Maron star has been tapped to play washed-up Hollywood director Sam Sylvia in Netflix’s half-hour ’80s wrestling comedy G.L.O.W., TVLine has learned. Sam is said to have a “complicated history with women,” one which will only become more complicated as he “now must lead 14 of them on the journey to wrestling stardom.”
Set in Los Angeles,...
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The former Maron star has been tapped to play washed-up Hollywood director Sam Sylvia in Netflix’s half-hour ’80s wrestling comedy G.L.O.W., TVLine has learned. Sam is said to have a “complicated history with women,” one which will only become more complicated as he “now must lead 14 of them on the journey to wrestling stardom.”
Set in Los Angeles,...
- 8/31/2016
- TVLine.com
We don’t yet know who’s playing him, but the mystery villain Prometheus looms large in the first set of photos from Arrow Season 5.
There’s also Oliver in a suit that is neither green nor leather, a Speedy sighting and the return of frenemy Anatoly Knyazev (played by David Nykl), who is accompanied by seemingly half the population of Luchegorsk.
RelatedArrow Season 5 Trailer: Oliver Breaks in New Team, Shirtless Bratva Fights
Arrow Season 5 will feature a variety of fresh faces, including Rocky IV opponent Dolph Lundgren (as a Big Bad in the Russia flashbacks), Popular alum Carly Pope...
There’s also Oliver in a suit that is neither green nor leather, a Speedy sighting and the return of frenemy Anatoly Knyazev (played by David Nykl), who is accompanied by seemingly half the population of Luchegorsk.
RelatedArrow Season 5 Trailer: Oliver Breaks in New Team, Shirtless Bratva Fights
Arrow Season 5 will feature a variety of fresh faces, including Rocky IV opponent Dolph Lundgren (as a Big Bad in the Russia flashbacks), Popular alum Carly Pope...
- 8/30/2016
- TVLine.com
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