Creatively elastic Jonathan Krisel is on a mission to make you laugh. Not just with one series, but currently with three critically acclaimed comedies which are each uniquely brilliant and come at you from wildly different perspectives. Krisel oversees FXX’s Man Seeking Woman, IFC’s Portlandia and FX’s Baskets, a show that was the first project
This week’s Swamp People is the episode that shows the Edgar clan at loggerheads, with the prodigal son rebelling against the father. We open the show with Daniel Edgar reflecting on his personal history and his own father, Paw’s, disciplinarian behavior. Daniel reckons that if he doesn’t continually push on his kids, the law or life
This week on Braxton Family Values, Towanda’s divorce moves forward but Andre wants full custody of the kids. Divorces can be hard enough when they are amicable or at least civil. But when one or both parties starting making outrageous demands then the only people who suffer are the family and usually the ones to
This week on Hustle & Soul, Lawrence Page continues his efforts to make his Brooklyn soul food restaurant, The Pink Tea Cup, the best in town. However, life is not just about business and he and his better half Ana sit down for a chat about their relationship. Lawrence says at the moment his life feels
MasterChef Junior contestant Justise Mayberry gets to do what many a Kitchen Nightmares chef would have liked to have done — as she splats a pie into Gordon Ramsay’s face. This week’s episode of the hit Fox show sees the top 12 contestants split into four teams of three and challenged to make as many pies as
As the drama builds in season 13 of Grey’s Anatomy, we are being introduced to Maggie Pierce’s mom Diane, played by LaTanya Richardson (also known as LaTanya Richardson Jackson). But who is LaTanya and where have we seen her before? LaTanya was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1949. She attended Atlanta’s Spelman College and, in 1974, met a
The curveball you never saw coming on FX’s breakout hit noir comedy Baskets is the guileless and loyal friend Martha, described by her maternal pal Christine Baskets (Louie Anderson) as “the total package”. This compliment was bestowed upon Martha for her steady gig at Christine’s favorite store Costco, and also because Martha has little if
Sanaa Lathan is the star of FOX’s new murder mystery show, Shots Fired, in which she plays expert investigator Ashe Akino. You probably recognize her — but do you know where from? Here’s a bit of background… Sanaa came into the world on September 19, 1971. Her mother, Eleanor McCoy was a dancer and actress, and
The Last Alaskans is back for Season 3 on Discovery — with the families who feature facing challenges from mother nature like never before. In the new season the remaining families living the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge face pressures like no other year when the snows fail to fall as much as expected. This means
Ms. Juicy IS one to bear a grudge on this week’s Little Women: Atlanta — when she calls in security guards to remove Minnie from the premises after she gatecrashes her party. The girls are celebrating Ms. Juicy’s birthday in a big way but Minnie’s not invited after last week’s chicken wing incident. When she shows up