Fake TV Critic

SURPRISE! Welcome to a bonus episode of Fake TV Critic, where I couldn't shut my white mouth up about HBO's The White Lotus. The finale was last night, and it left me with a lot of thoughts and a lot of feelings and a lot of conversation to potentially be had about privilege, colonialism, heritage, belonging, and how replaceable minorities of all kinds tend to be in the eyes of the white, rich, and privileged. So listen along and feel free to call me an assh*le on Twitter! I also talk briefly about the TV I've been watching (or not) since the last episode and what's in store for the coming weeks that's got me excited (or not).

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This week was a mess, y'all. A former Disney Channel star is charged with a felony against a minor and Cosby was released from prison on a technicality. But hey, Good Omens got a surprise renewal on Amazon Prime Video! The sh*tstorm continues as I recap the finale of Top Chef and the allegations of sexual harassment against Gabe Erales that broke just as he was being deemed the winner. Fortunately, there's some dumb fun to be had in the nostalgia of Netflix's Fear Street series of films, and I'm recapping the first (Fear Street Part One: 1994). To end things on a positive note, my recommendation is the hilariously silly Brady Bunch recreation on Paramount Plus, Dragging the Classics, featuring a top-tier cast of Drag Race alum and some original Brady actors.

Also: an announcement about the podcast!

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In news this week: Manifest remains dead, Supernatural won't stay dead, Mark Harmon is getting too old for a full season of NCIS, Drake Bell sexted an underage girl, and the Peabodys announced their winners. Since there's not much on TV that I'm currently watching and since it's the last episode of Pride Month, I'm just recapping both new episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 6! There are a lot of queens we love returning, and also just a lot of queens. I'm breaking down the variety extravaganza (Jan was robbed) and the blue ball (again, Jan was robbed), as well as airing some grievances about the show's format now that it's shifted to streaming on Paramount Plus.

If you want to (legally) watch All Stars without paying, the first episode is streaming in full on YouTube. You'll have to pony up for the rest (or get a friend who has a subscription SorryIAlreadyGaveOutMyAccountInfoToAsManyPeopleAsImAllowed!), or you can get a 30 day free trial through July 1. But the service starts at only $4.99/month to subscribe if you don't mind paying.

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In news this week, a Beauty and the Beast prequel series is in the works, a sitcom star of yesteryear has passed, and Barry Watson falls deeper into the Evangelical entertainment rabbit hole. Then I'm recapping the finale of Cruel Summer, which was so much better than any Freeform show has a right to be; and Drag Race Down Under, which was so much worse than any drag show has a right to be.

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This week's news: Zoey's Playlist isn't so Extraodinary anymore; Seth MacFarlane's foul-mouthed Ted is coming to the small screen; and Chris Harrison's rose has wilted.

For this week's recaps, I'm covering the new RHOBH spinoff on Peacock, Vanderpump Dogs, starring Lisa Vanderpump and a bunch of adorable pooches looking for fur-ever homes (I hate me too for that dad joke, don't worry); and the second season of Hulu's gay coming-of-age story Love, Victor, which has grown up quite a bit since season one (see: this episode's title). I also go on a really long detour about my own coming out that I probably should see a therapist about, but that's why you all are here!

Drag Race: All Stars 6 is coming! We got a cast announcement and premiere date this week, along with some news on Debris, a new Marvel series on Disney+, the 2021 Tony Awards, and Bill Cosby's parole hearing. For recaps this week, I'm covering the season five finale of This Is Us, which features a semi-shocking flash forward, and the first few episodes of Amazon's new teen thriller series Panic, about a small Texas town where recent high school grads play a game where they try not to die for money. It's a whole thing. What did you watch this Memorial Day weekend?!

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Lots of renewal and cancellation news this week, including the surprise announcements that NBC will not be broadcasting the 2022 Golden Globes and Ellen's talk show is getting the boot. For this week's recaps, I watched the latest episode of The CW's Nancy Drew, which introduced us to a gay Black billionaire tech genius named Tom Swift, who may be getting his own spin-off. Then it's on to the series finale of Mom, one of my favorite comfort food sitcoms, which ended on the most hopeful note possible for a show about a group of people in recovery. Finally, my recommendation is a new book that I hope you'll read (and eventually watch, since it's being adapted for TV over at Amazon).

Also, I'll be blogging the fall schedules and new series announcements for the major broadcast networks this week for upfronts. Follow along at faketvcritic.blogspot.com!

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It was a slow news week, so I took up most of the current events segment gossiping about Janet Mock's "emotionally unhinged" (as Page Six called it) speech at the Pose premiere party. And since I'm so ecstatic that Pose is back, I also recapped the season three premiere. After a long hiatus, Million Dollar Listing New York is also back on the air, and I'm discussing the new broker (the first woman to be featured on the series), the ugly apartments that cost more than I could earn in five lifetimes, and the issue of diversity on Bravo shows.

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