Category: guest stars

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BH90210

The reboot of Beverly Hills 90210 was a fantastic summer mini series!!! It was a campy fictionalized meta story about the cast, playing themselves, coming back for a reboot. I loved every minute of it!

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Live with Norman Lear

Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear and Justin Theroux put together a fantastic live special featuring an incredible cast recreating two scripts word for word.  Every word was as relevant today as it was then.

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Busy Tonight

Busy Tonight is over.  It’s yet another woman-led talk show that was given too short of a run to catch on, even though it was perfect from the get-go.  Busy Phillips prioritized feminist content, women in front of and behind the camera, and female-friendly fun.  I will miss it forever and am thankful that all […]

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The Stinky and Dirty Show

Over the holidays I was charged with watching my nephews for a day, aged 5 and 8.  We all had the same thought when plans were made: TV!  And true to form, we watched an entire season of a kids show called “The Stinky and Dirty Show” on Amazon.  We were going to go outside […]

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Busy Tonight

New favorite late night talk show alert!  Move over Colbert!  “Busy Tonight” is swift, whimsical and decidedly feminist.  Busy Phillips is a wonderful and hilarious host.  First guest Mindy Kaling rocked and I now look forward to this E! network show 4 nights a week!  Any show that celebrates pajamas named “Mr. Nightgown” has my […]

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General Hospital

Because I’m always watching General Hospital!  But today was so momentous I just had to post about it.  A trans actress is playing a trans character on a soap opera!  Now, this is not the first time it’s happened on Daytime TV.  Back in 2015 the CBS soap “Bold and the Beautiful” had a transgender […]

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9-1-1

Tim Minear (Firefly) and Brad Falchuk (Glee) came together to make an outrageous procedural for Fox called 9-1-1.  The first 10-episode season has just concluded, and the last few minutes were accompanied by applause from yours truly.  The cast is fantastic – Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Connie Britton and frequent guest Tracie Thoms. The stories […]

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2 Dope Queens

These four HBO specials are very funny.  And the best way to enjoy them is the same way they were apparently premiered: in pajamas under blankets, warm and tired and ready to laugh yourself silly.  The friendship between Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson is so delightful.  Then they bring in comedians who come out with […]