‘Cheer,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Lead Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations
Nominations for the second annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards were announced Monday morning with Netflix topping the leaderboard at 31 nods for its reality programming. The streamer’s “Cheer” and VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” each with five nominations, lead the nominees for the awards contest, whose winners will be announced June 29. Other series landing multiple nods are Netflix’s “Queer Eye” with four and...
HBO Max Launches with ‘Friends,’ Movies, Series, Docs and Specials
Back in the day when “Friends” ended its iconic run in 2004, to steal a line from its catchy theme song, no one told you life was gonna to be this way. And by this way, we mean today’s landmark launch of HBO Max, the subscription streaming platform that promises to give Netflix, Amazon and Hulu a run for their money. It’s the latest entry in the competition for eyeballs that also includes Disney+, Apple TV+, the soft-launched Peacock,...
Who Will Win? Meet the Top Five Finalists on ‘The Voice’
The process may have changed because of the pandemic, but one thing about “The Voice” remains the same. Five very talented artists will compete to win the title as the reality competition series concludes on NBC May 18 and 19. There won’t be confetti falling from the ceiling as the audience roars its approval, but the winner will always have the distinction of owning the trophy. During the course of the Season 18, I’ve have had the...
‘Belgravia’ Wraps up its Victorian Era Mystery
Blink and you might have missed it but “Belgravia” wraps up its limited series run on Epix Sunday night, May 17. The six-episode drama set in the first half of the 1800s is adapted from the novel by Julian Fellowes, by Fellowes himself, just as he wrote all the episodes of “Downton Abbey.” Many fans of that dearly-missed drama have migrated to “Belgravia,” the name of an upper-class section of London that was being developed in the...
Graduation Day 2020: A Commencement Like No Other
Just about all the typical trappings of academic graduation will be gone this year. No more caps thrown in the air in celebration and ensuing hugs and kisses all around. But the most important thing to hundreds of thousands of students completing their studies in high school and college this season, the diploma itself, will still be awarded. And there will be commencement speeches. Lots of them. From personages ranging from President...