After a strike-induced delay, it’s at last time to celebrate television greatness. The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards are this upcoming Monday night, January 15th, so let’s celebrate by making bold, completely baseless predictions?
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Pokémon Concierge is the slice-of-life Pokémon series you’ve dreamed of, with a slow, relaxing pace and beautiful stop-motion animation. Like most vacations, it’s short, but you’ll be begging to go back.
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It’s the Media Boat 2023 Year-End Wrap-Up! Today we’re taking a look back at the year in Television! First we’ll recap the year in news, choosing one story that defined the year. Next, we’ll give our individual Top Five Shows, followed by choice for Media Boat’s Show of the Year!
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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is a beautifully animated re-telling of the Scott Pilgrim story, enhancing everything great about the books and film with a thoughtful new perspective.
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The series ends right where it began, with the company on the verge of changing hands and only the Roy family with the power to stave off elimination.
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The Last of Us is a series filled with emotional highs that will keep you on the edge of your seat in a world ravaged by an ever-spreading infection.
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If you like Knives Out and Glass Onion, then I have some good news for you. Rian Johnson has a new murder-mystery show starring Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) as Charlie Cale, a woman who can tell when people are lying. With a power like that, you would think our main character would be a detective or secret agent, but instead Natasha is a woman-on-the-run with no place to call home.
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In its final season, Aggretsuko’s heavy metal screaming red panda turns its ire towards Japan’s aging political system.
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Pressure Cooker on Netflix is a quick fix cooking competition where the winner is decided amongst the contestant chefs and not chosen by any outside judges. They cook, taste, and vote on each others’ dishes. It'll give you a quick fix, but it’s not substantial enough to warrant a return visit.
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The year is almost over, so it’s time to wrap it up! Today we have a recap of the year in Television. What do we think was the biggest news story of the year? Listen and find out! Then we have Mike & Matt’s top 5 shows of the year. Can we choose one show to crown the Media Boat Podcast Show of the Year?
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the New York Times best seller I'll Be Gone in the Dark has inspired a documentary series of the same name. The six-episode series follows the writing process of the late McNamara while chasing down the cold case of the Golden State Killer.
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When The Umbrella Academy ended its first season, the super powered family was escaping the apocalypse they caused into an unknown future. Or rather, the past, as season 2 puts our dynamic heroes in the midst of a turning point in US history with lots of different social and cultural changes happening. The new season also adds character depth while expanding its cast of characters.
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HBO Sports has put out some incredible hour-long documentaries over the past couple of years. From the inside look at NCAA athletics Student Athlete to the sickening inside look into USA gymnastics with At the Heart of Gold, the storytelling and identification of a problem hits your harder than expected. That’s why their newest documentary The Weight of Gold could be the most important one yet as it talks about something that rarely gets brought up: Mental health.
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Nearly a month ago, the NBA announced it would have all players, coaches, and staff report to Orlando, Florida to form a bubble city at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex to keep players healthy. Well, you can’t burst this bubble as the NBA has successfully been able to test players and keep them away from the Coronavirus. In what can be considered a success so far, the 2019-2020 NBA champion could be crowned by October. The remaining season and future playoff games have begun and here is a quick run down of what to expect.
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It’s a utopian society that’s guarded by three rules: no privacy, no monogamy, and no natural births. That’s the basic setup for Peacock's newest original series Brave New World based off the book of the same name by Aldous Huxley. Every day is as perfect as the last, so long as you don't look at it too closely, otherwise it all falls apart.
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The Emmy Nominations for the 2020 season have been revealed. Netflix set an industry record by receiving 160 nominations across all categories. HBO scored 107 nominations with Watchmen leading their pack with an impressive 26 nominations. NBC lead the major broadcasting networks with 47 nominations including The Good Place and This is Us but neither for Outstanding Series in their respective categories. See the nominations below for the major awards and visit the Emmy website for a compete list.
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Major League Baseball is back after a one hundred twenty-four day delay and things will be very different. This isn’t just about constant testing, but rather new rules and adjustments for this coming season. With opening day ceremonies commencing, let's have a look at the confusing 2020 season we have entered.
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What happens when you want to have a baby by the end of the year, but also want to find a baby daddy and maybe love along the way? You get the Fox reality competition Labor of Love where mother-to-be, Kristy, gets the Bachelorette treatment among 15 single men ready to jump into fatherhood. Yes, it’s the kind of trash reality TV you would expect from Fox, but at the end of it all, it became an even bigger dumpster fire than I could have expected.
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With the launch of Peacock TV to the streaming service game, so comes with it original programming to entice you into a subscription. That’s what Intelligence tries to accomplish as the new comedy on the site. And tries it does as this formulaic, fish-out-of-water concept doesn’t have the heart or charm to stay afloat.
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While Close Enough doesn’t have the emotional heft of BoJack or the similarly surreal Tuca & Bertie, it does have a unique perspective and flavor that’s charming and consistently funny.
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