Primetimer Originals
This page lists only original content published at Primetimer (No aggregation here).
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POSTED October 24, 2023
Behind the Music Ushered in a Golden Age of Cultural Literacy
Paramount+'s Milli Vanilli documentary reminds us of a time when edutainment made us better cultural consumers.
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POSTED October 23, 2023
Big Mouth Flexes Its Newfound Maturity in Its Standout International Episode
After seven seasons, Big Mouth has acknowledged a world beyond these privileged, primarily white characters.
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POSTED October 23, 2023
Lessons in Chemistry's Unusual Pregnancy Test Scene Follows in a Long Line of Classic TV Moments
What is now an expected story arc was once a revelation, and breaking barriers isn't reserved for prestige drama.
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POSTED October 23, 2023
Rick and Morty Still Hasn't Topped Its Best, Darkest Year
Moving into a new season without Justin Roiland, the Adult Swim smash settles for "classic Rick and Morty adventures" over something more daring.
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POSTED October 22, 2023
American Horror Stories Looks to Our Digital Nightmare for Inspiration
Plus: The Enfield Poltergeist revisits the 1977 haunting, Milli Vanilli reframes the duo's downfall, and more.
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POSTED October 20, 2023
Baz Luhrmann Takes Another Crack at Australia in the Faraway Downs Trailer
PLUS: A new sex-cult documentary, Scott Pilgrim goes anime, and Lena Headey is back making genre TV.
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POSTED October 20, 2023
Padma Lakshmi, Megan Thee Stallion, and Zazie Beetz Lead the New Voices in Big Mouth Season 7
As the horny middle schoolers of Big Mouth prepare to level up to horny high schoolers, they'll encounter a slew of celebrity guest voices.
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POSTED October 20, 2023
Lessons in Chemistry Proves B.J. Novak Was Born to Play a Dog
The unexpected narrative twist in Episode 3 is also the biggest homage to the source material on which the show is based.
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POSTED October 19, 2023
House of Villains: Shake and Jax's Fight Upends the Reality TV Hierarchy
After two embarrassing blunders, Shake has made a move to eliminate the house's biggest physical threat.
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POSTED October 19, 2023
American Horror Story: Delicate Can't Step Out of Ryan Murphy's Shadow
An unplanned mid-season finale sees a show struggling to be more than just the same old AHS.
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POSTED October 19, 2023
Netflix Has a Hit on Its Hands With Time-Traveling Murder Mystery Bodies
The British limited series offers an intriguing blend of sci-fi, period drama, and procedural tropes.
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POSTED October 19, 2023
Michaela Bradshaw Has Already Won The Challenge: USA
In her fourth season on reality TV, Michaela's unwavering game play has been rewarded.
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POSTED October 18, 2023
Finished Ken Burns' American Buffalo Doc? Then It's Time for Homecoming
Director Julianna Brannum chronicles the bison's return to Indigenous lands in a new PBS documentary short.
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POSTED October 18, 2023
Anna Torv Was the Secret Ingredient in Mindhunter's Criminal Profiling Team
Season 1's middle stretch belonged to Dr. Wendy Carr, whose approach to criminal profiling complicated the simple Tench/Ford binary.
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POSTED October 18, 2023
This Fall, TV Ponders What Could Be More Horrifying Than Motherhood
The Changeling and American Horror Story: Delicate capture mothers' primal fears, while Only Murders shows their fierce protectiveness.