#‘Clean Slate’ Review: Laverne Cox and George Wallace Lead Amazon’s Warm, Well-Meaning, Not Especially Funny Comedy

#‘Clean Slate’ Review: Laverne Cox and George Wallace Lead Amazon’s Warm, Well-Meaning, Not Especially Funny Comedy

Amazon‘s Clean Slate is more of a fantasy of societal understanding than an issue-oriented comedy, very rarely producing laughs but very frequently generating reasonably earned warm-fuzzies. Even after watching the full eight-episode first season, it’s unclear if this is the safest, softest comedy it would be possible to make about a topic still pushing the…

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#‘Good Times’ Review: Netflix’s Animated Sequel Improves When It Steps Out From Norman Lear’s Shadow

#‘Good Times’ Review: Netflix’s Animated Sequel Improves When It Steps Out From Norman Lear’s Shadow

The title of Eric Monte and Mike Evans’ Norman Lear-produced sitcom Good Times was designed to be welcoming and inclusive. The theme song was a litany of poverty-driven adversity — temporary layoffs, easy credit rip-offs, etc. — interjected with the chorus of “Good Times!,” setting up the story of the Evans family weathering the travails…

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#Most Memorable Emmy Moments, From ‘The Bear’ Stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Matty Matheson’s Kiss to Ali Wong and Quinta Brunson Making History

#Most Memorable Emmy Moments, From ‘The Bear’ Stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Matty Matheson’s Kiss to Ali Wong and Quinta Brunson Making History

The 75th Emmy Awards were filled with plenty of memorable moments, from historic wins to emotional tributes and a long, sultry onstage kiss. Some of them included Ali Wong and Quinta Brunson wins’ serving as Emmy milestones, Elton John joining the very elusive EGOT club, and Matty Matheson getting a kiss on the mouth from The…

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#‘Fleishman Is in Trouble,’ ‘Mrs. Davis’ Among 2023 Sentinel Awards Winners, as Norman Lear’s Wife Lyn Pays Tribute to the Icon

#‘Fleishman Is in Trouble,’ ‘Mrs. Davis’ Among 2023 Sentinel Awards Winners, as Norman Lear’s Wife Lyn Pays Tribute to the Icon

Hollywood, Health and Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center toasted its 2023 Sentinel Awards winners on Wednesday at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, where Lear’s life took center stage after his passing was announced earlier in the day at the age of 101. Lear’s wife Lyn sent a statement to be…

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#‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Reservation Dogs’ Among Those Celebrated at 2022 Sentinel Awards

#‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Reservation Dogs’ Among Those Celebrated at 2022 Sentinel Awards

‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Reservation Dogs’ Among Those Celebrated at 2022 Sentinel Awards The Sentinel Awards returned on Tuesday night at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theater for its first in-person ceremony in three years, honoring 12 shows whose storytelling tackled powerful and timely topics. The event, hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown, recognized Reservation Dogs, Abbott Elementary, Dopesick,…

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