TV Reviews3/25/21Mar 25SaveTV Reviews3/25/21BTV ReviewsThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changers is an earnest, feel-good reboot—no more, no lessLaToya Ferguson24When Disney+ first announced it would be the home of a new, live-action Mighty Ducks TV series, it elicited the…
TV Reviews2/26/21Feb 26SaveTV Reviews2/26/21B+TV ReviewsWith “#PalmTreeReform,” Mr. Mayor ends its wobbly first season on solid footingLaToya Ferguson28It might come across as redundant to say this, considering the show’s general vibe, but “#PalmTreeReform” is quite…
TV Reviews2/19/21Feb 19SaveTV Reviews2/19/21B+TV ReviewsMr. Mayor finds some much-needed balance as it places "Hearts Before Parts"LaToya Ferguson15“Hearts Before Parts” may be a saying that Mayor* Neil Bremer just makes up to remind his daughter Orly about all…
TV Reviews2/12/21Feb 12SaveTV Reviews2/12/21C+TV ReviewsMr. Mayor is hit with an “Avocado Crisis,” slowing down its recent momentumLaToya Ferguson15After two back-to-back episodes that presented a more fully-realized version of the show, “Avocado Crisis” returns Mr…
TV Reviews2/5/21Feb 5SaveTV Reviews2/5/21A-TV ReviewsAs Mr. Mayor finds "Respect In The Workplace," it also finds itself as a showLaToya Ferguson20With both last week’s “Dodger Day” and this week’s “Respect In The Workplace,” Mr. Mayor currently feels like the…
TV Reviews1/29/21Jan 29SaveTV Reviews1/29/21B+TV ReviewsIn "Dodger Day," Mr. Mayor dabbles in love, friendship, and having it all (and baseball)LaToya Ferguson19“Dodger Day” is the first episode of Mr. Mayor that feels like a fully-formed new series. It’s still not a perfect…
TV Reviews1/22/21Jan 22SaveTV Reviews1/22/21C-TV ReviewsHolly Hunter and Bobby Moynihan shine as Mr. Mayor hits “The Sac”LaToya Ferguson25“The Sac” has perhaps the strongest opening for a Mr. Mayor episode yet: Holly Hunter’s Arpi is hyped and ready to…
TV Reviews1/15/21Jan 151TV Reviews1/15/21CTV ReviewsMr. Mayor has to take out the “Brentwood Trash,” whether Andie MacDowell likes it or notLaToya Ferguson10For better or for worse, the inevitable effect of there being a new Tina Fey and Robert Carlock show on the air is…
TV Reviews12/16/20Dec 16SaveTV Reviews12/16/20CTV ReviewsIt’s "A Good Day To Die" for Big Sky—even if just for the winterLaToya Ferguson19“A Good Day To Die” is kind of a mess of a Big Sky episode. That may sound redundant, but considering that it’s…
TV Reviews12/9/20Dec 9SaveTV Reviews12/9/20C+TV ReviewsBig Sky continues to draw out its plot, all in the name of "Unfinished Business"LaToya Ferguson27This Monday, ABC announced that it had ordered six more episodes for Big Sky’s first season, bringing it up to 16…
TV Reviews12/2/20Dec 2SaveTV Reviews12/2/20C+TV ReviewsIn Big Sky, no matter how hard you try, you can't keep "The Big Rick" downLaToya Ferguson14“The Big Rick” is the first episode of Big Sky that feels like it has any sense of forward momentum—even though,…
TV Reviews11/25/20Nov 25SaveTV Reviews11/25/20CTV ReviewsWith the twist in the rearview, Big Sky now has "Nowhere To Run"LaToya Ferguson18The choice to air the first two episodes of Big Sky as anything other than a two-hour premiere speaks more to the…
TV Reviews11/17/20Nov 17SaveTV Reviews11/17/20CTV ReviewsCome for Big Sky’s false Twin Peaks promise, stay for John Carroll LynchLaToya Ferguson35The best thing to happen in the Big Sky pilot—other than everything John Carroll Lynch and Valerie Mahaffey are…
TV Reviews8/28/20Aug 28SaveTV Reviews8/28/20B+TV Reviews“Spoiler Alert”: Lucifer ends the first half of season five with its greatest reveal yetLaToya Ferguson85There’s an absolutely stellar-but-short episode of Lucifer in “Spoiler Alert,” as long as you remove everything in…
TV Reviews8/27/20Aug 27SaveTV Reviews8/27/20A-TV ReviewsIn its penultimate episode, Lucifer gets “Our Mojo” backLaToya Ferguson34For an episode that uses the term “mojo” so many times even Austin Powers would be concerned, “Our Mojo” is a rather…
TV Reviews8/26/20Aug 26SaveTV Reviews8/26/20C+TV ReviewsLucifer’s weak “BlueBallz” almost threaten to ruin another girls’ (and guys') nightLaToya Ferguson32I’ve written about pivot points a lot in this half-season of Lucifer, but there’s perhaps no episode pivot point…
TV Reviews8/25/20Aug 25SaveTV Reviews8/25/20A-TV ReviewsWith “Detective Amenadiel” on the case, Lucifer finally answers some lingering questionsLaToya Ferguson48In my first viewing of “Detective Amenadiel,” perhaps because of its placement after “It Never Ends Well For The…
TV Reviews8/24/20Aug 24SaveTV Reviews8/24/20ATV ReviewsIn the exceptional “It Never Ends Well For The Chicken,” it’s storytime at Lucifer’s penthouseLaToya Ferguson29Without question, “It Never Ends Well For The Chicken” is an impressive episode of Lucifer. But it’s even more…
TV Reviews8/23/20Aug 231TV Reviews8/23/20BTV ReviewsIn “¡Diablo!,” Lucifer yearns for meta goodnessLaToya Ferguson14
TV Reviews8/22/20Aug 221TV Reviews8/22/20A-TV ReviewsOn Lucifer, sibling rivalry takes on a new, fearful formLaToya Ferguson36There was a point in The Vampire Diaries where, whenever Katherine Pierce—doppelganger of series protagonist Elena…