Josh Reviews The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
I’ve been a huge fan of Garry Shandling for as long as I can remember. Mr. Shandling was a genius-level stand-up comedian, and he masterminded two of the greatest television shows ever made: It’s Garry Shandling’s Show and The Larry Sanders Show. It was Larry San
Catching Up on 2017: Josh Reviews The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season One
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the latest show created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, and produced by Ms. Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel Palladino, the duo behind Gilmore Girls. Set in New York City in 1958, the show tells the story of Midge Maisel, who discovers that she has an
Catching Up on 2017: Josh Reviews The Deuce Season One
The Deuce is the latest television masterpiece from David Simon (The Wire, Treme, Show Me a Hero) and George Pelicanos (novelist and a key writer on both The Wire and Treme), set primarily around Times Square in the seventies, chronicling the legalization and growth of the porn indust
Josh Reviews The Good Place: Season Two
I didn’t watch the first season of The Good Place last year. But when season two began in the fall, I wondered, why am I not watching this new show by Mike Schur, who has been behind so many other great shows that I have loved (particularly Parks and Recreation)?? So I went
Josh Reviews The X-Files: Season 11 — Part Two!
Click here for my comments on the first three episodes of The X-Files: Season 11. And now, onward! “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat” — Darin Morgan only wrote four episodes from The X-Files’ original run, but they were among the series’ very best install
Josh Looks Back on Star Trek: Discovery Season One
I have been thinking a lot about Star Trek: Discovery since the series wrapped up several weeks ago, and I have been having a lot of spirited conversations about the show with my fellow Trek fans. There is quite a range of opinions about the show among the Trek fans that I know. I
Josh Reviews The X-Files: Season 11 — Part One!
Back in 2016, The X-Files returned from the dead for a short sixth episode tenth season (what Fox called at the time an “event series”). Since 2002, I had been lamenting that it was a tragedy that The X-Files had been left without a proper ending. (The show ended in 20
Josh Reviews American Gods Season One
A few years ago I read and absolutely loved Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods. It was weird and wonderful and funny and heartbreaking and I pretty much loved every page. I was of course interested when I heard that there would be a TV adaptation, and then when when it was an
Josh Reviews the Series Finale of Star Wars Rebels!
It is an incredibly rare thing these days for a popular ongoing story, in whatever medium — but particularly film or TV — to be given the opportunity for a proper ending. This is something I have written about a lot on this site. Generally franchises are either struck do
Josh Reviews Star Wars Rebels: Season Four
Tonight, Star Wars Rebels will draw to a close with the three-part finale. I am super-excited, and I am very much hoping that Dave Filoni and his team can draw this story to a proper close. So far, season four of Star Wars Rebels has been ferociously entertaining, filled with exci