Fake TV Critic

Another week, another missed episode. This time, I had COVID! And trust me, if I can get it, so can you - be careful out there! On the bright side, I got to watch a sh*t ton of TV, so I'm touching on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Hardy Boys, and a lot more, and I go in-depth about the very intriguing first episode of HBO Max's The Staircase .

I forgot to record last week! So I'm spending this week playing catch up on everything I've watched, from The Masked Singer 's utterly disgusting and absolutely infuriating reveal of Rudy Giuliani to the season premiere of HBO Max's The Flight Attendant . In between, I take detours about new episodes of Survivor, This Is Us , and the finale of RuPaul's Drag Race season 14. Speaking of Drag Race ,...

This week: So You Think You Can Dance has an all-new panel of judges, and Dancing with the Stars is on the move to Disney+. I'm breaking down this very annoying season of The Real Housewives of Orange County and the first half of Hulu's Amy Schumer comedy Life & Beth . And my recommendation is a true crime docuseries on HBO that may end up being trash but intrigues me so far. *shrug* Click her...

After saying the word "regardless" approximately 400 times in the intro, which I recorded before my brain was properly operating at 7:30am on Sunday, I'm dipping back into the most recent, interminable season of Drag Race now that there's a final five, and then I have a very passionate, very unpopular opinion to share about the new Marvel series Moon Knight on Disney+. Speaking of, my recommendati...

I'm back! My vacation was not very restful, but thank you for asking! This week I'm suffering through the returns of Riverdale and The Masked Singer , both of which are well past their primes and need to be put out of their misery. Or at the very least, I need to stop watching them and put myself out of my own misery. Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Blog: faketvcritic.blogspot.com Outro Music by Box Lunch...

I was very tired as I recorded this week, so apologies in advance for the mush mouth and for constantly losing my train of thought. But you don't come here for perfection, do you? This week I'm recapping the season 19 premiere of Top Chef , and I have a lot to say about switching up the format, the judges (I'm looking at you, Tom Colicchio), and the tone, because it needs a shake-up. Then it's the...

It has been a WEEK. Everything feels dire and terrible and heavy, and I don't know how to deal with it other than distracting myself with television. I hope you were able to find some solace and distraction this week as well, because it's rough out there. I'm doing a speed round this week of almost everything I watched, including NBC's new crime thriller (I think?) The Endgame ; the new Epix horro...

I was super busy this week and didn't really get to watch TV. So all you get is a recap of Pam & Tommy on Hulu and a recommendation for one of, like, three things I had time to watch: Peacemaker on HBO Max, a really fun (and vulgar) extension of the DC Universe. Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Blog: faketvcritic.blogspot.com Outro Music by Box Lunch Beats (IG: @a_maddox_art)

It's hard to be entertained when everything is dying and the globe is on the verge of collapse between a pandemic, economic inflation, unpredictable weather patterns (it was 60 degrees in my neighborhood yesterday, and today we got over an inch of snow wtf), and the evacuation of officials in Ukraine in anticipation of an international incident, but the new season of The Real Housewives of New Jer...

Folks, I'm so sorry, but today's episode is not the most fun or light-hearted listening you're going to have this week. The news was another sh*tstorm, with The Masked Singer and The View at the center of it, leading me into a very complex and incomplete rambling on the different social and anthropological definitions of race. Then I'm recapping the premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. The World...

In the news this week: a Real Housewife was fired, Joe Exotic was resentenced, and Amy Schneider finishes a historic run on Jeopardy! Join me on a wild ride of complaining about reality TV this week as I hate on this season of Vanderpump Rules , which was truly terrible and should have never existed, and the most recent episodes of Queer Eye , which I typically love but am struggling to connect wi...

This week I'm talking about the sh*t show happening behind the scenes of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with Jennie Nguyen's unearthed Facebook posts about the vaccine and the BLM movement; the deaths of Meat Load and Louie Anderson; and more. Then I recap what's been happening on Below Deck and address the vile, racist response to Rayna (the only female Black deckhand in the franchise's hi...

More sad news this week as we mourn Bob Saget's untimely passing so close to that of Betty White. But for a bit of a silver lining to the week, there's a TV sequel to the Tim Allen film franchise The Santa Clause in development, and Justified is returning to FX with Emmy-nominated star Timothy Olyphant. For this week's recaps, I'm covering the very silly premiere of 9-1-1: Lone Star , which has fu...

Y'all! You get to hear TWO voices on this episode! My best friend was back in dirty Jerz, so we got together to watch the first episode of RuPaul's Drag Race and reminisce about the good ol' days of the show while tackling what we liked and (mostly) didn't like about the premiere of season 14. If you are not a Drag Race fan, sorry, you'll be lost on this one; we went deep on past winners, viewers...

It's a bonus episode! 2021 was a dumpster fire, but it gave us some good TV shows, so that's something. My full list of my favorite shows of the year: Yellowjackets, Hightown, Resident Alien, Them, Cruel Summer, Pen15, Drag Race UK (season 2), Mare of Easttown, The Other Two, The White Lotus, The Chair, It's a Sin, Pose, Midnight Mass, Dr. Death, Only Murders in the Building, Chucky, Evil . Twitte...

Happy holidays! This week I'm talking about my favorite Christmas movies and where you can find them on streaming, because Christmas just isn't Christmas without Kevin McCallister's scream, Will Ferrell in yellow tights, and Arnold Schwarzenegger flying through Minneapolis on a jet pack. But before we can get to the joy of the holidays, the news this week was unhinged as Mr. Big is accused of mult...

This week's news is all about men being awful: Chris Cuomo got fired, Josh Duggar (of 19 Kids and Counting ) was convicted on child pornography charges, and Jussie Smollett was found guilty of five felonies for his fake 2019 hate crime. Jeez. And things are only mildly looking up in the recaps as I cover the first two episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County and the idiocy of pretending th...

Christmas is coming! Holiday programming is reaching levels of insanity this year, and I'm recapping some of it this week: Annie Live! on NBC, its latest televised musical, which was somehow not a trainwreck; and 12 Dates of Christmas , an unhinged and queer AF dating show on HBO Max about people trying to find a hot fitness instructor to take home to meet their families for the holidays. Also, Ha...

I had a lazy week, like many of us, so I'm only reviewing one show this week: The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City , which is (I'M TELLING YOU!) the most unreal, utterly engrossing thing currently airing on television. No, I'm not being facetious. Yes, you must watch it. Also, more actors are forfeiting paychecks in the name of "personal freedom." Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Blog: faketvcritic.blogspo...

More actors are leaving work on the table because they don't want the vaccine, and a Buffy star testified about her allegations of sexual harassment in front of Congress this week. It's getting colder around here, so I'm taking a vacation to Turks & Caicos with the ladies of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip , which is a surprisingly honest and very fun "all stars" edition of the franchi...

There's a lot to unpack in news this week, starting with Emilio Estevez setting the record straight (or is he?) on why he's not returning to The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers . I'm more confused than before after a strange statement from the actor which clarifies nothing. I'm recapping the finale of American Crime Story: Impeachment and reflecting on wtf the "crime" of the season is actually suppose...

I'm sick. :-( So this is a shorter episode than usual. (I know, you're absolutely heartbroken.) Anyway, there's news this week about a potential new talk show for Jennifer Hudson; a prequel to The 100 ; and a cast shake-up on The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers . Then I'm recapping Amazon's new reality show Tampa Baes , a hot mess of a docusoap about a huge group of lesbian friends in Tampa Bay. And e...

This week on the pod: the Disney Plus reboot of National Treasure finds its lead, the People's Choice Awards nominations are out, and Squid Game is encouraging kids to beat the absolute crap out of each other during recess. Plus I'm recapping the season nine premiere of Bravo's Below Deck and the latest episode of HBO's drag docuseries We're Here . And new for the holiday season (because, yes, it...

After getting into the horrifying accidents that have been happening on film and TV sets recently, I'm recapping the season finale of American Horror Story: Double Feature and wondering out loud why the image of male rape is so pervasive in alien fiction. Then it's a speed round of TV I'm watching, with brief discussions of how things are going on The Masked Singer, Hightown, Survivor, and Batwoma...

I'm starting off with a discussion about Dave Chappelle's transphobic remarks in The Closer and the equally transphobic response from Netflix. Then I'm prepping for Halloween by recapping the premiere of Chucky on USA/SyFy, which is better than I thought a small-screen adaptation of a horror franchise about a killer doll could be, and the third season of You (which, yes, is on Netflix, after I ber...