…Let’s hope it lives up to what is, for TV addicts, a fascinating premise.
TV Pilot Preview: The CW’s ‘Cult’
by Philiana NgIt won’t launch until midseason, but the CW is edging into darker territory with Cult, from executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.
We’re seeing a beautiful Wes Anderson film in this. (Sadly, we doubt that Wes does.)
Bob Kerrey’s wife, Sarah Paley, rues his political career, disses Nebraska, in Vogue essay
Here’s an interesting twist on the adoring political spouse: Does it matter to voters if a wife or husband really, really doesn’t want to be part of the campaign?
Satire, sarcasm, irony, just plain humor, call it what you will – academics don’t get it. The proof of this statement is in the courses colleges teach on the subject. The seriousness with which they approach comedy. Can one really dissect something using its opposite as the tool?
Case in point:
Can’t help it. This site has me by the scro throat. I check it every day. 4 times a day. It’s more important than food, drink, my career…
Oh, wait, I don’t have a career. But I could if…if…
Can no one rid me of this accursed addiction?!
What happens when a vet cares far more for the animals he treats than the humans who own them? That’s the premise of Animal Practice, a new NBC sitcom with Justin Kirk at the center as George Coleman, one of the best vets working but he has no tolerance or empathy for people. When he’s forced to work with his former flame, Dorothy Rutledge (Joanna Garcia Swisher) after she inherits the facility, they butt heads about how best to run the hospital, especially when it comes to treating the pet owners better.
The Hollywood Reporter screened the pilot of Animal Practice and found the workplace comedy surprising and funny. Here’s what you need to know about it.