Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns 20 today, and it still remains one of the most important and influential shows ever created. When Buffy debuted March 10, 1997 on The WB, it helped the merely two-year old network solidify its audience. While, yes, The WB used Buffy to primarily target teens—along with other mainstays like Dawson’s Creek and Felicity—the show quickly showed what it was capable of,…
Want to feel old? Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns 20 this week. That’s right, Scoobies—Buffy hit The WB on March 10, 1997, serving up a bloody good blend of horror, comedy, and drama, garnished with Sarah Michelle Gellar’s biting (pun intended) display of wit and killer 90’s fashion (which almost feels straight out of yet…
A&E’s Bates Motel chills bones and breaks hearts, and I’m still not over last year’s finale… This consistently off-putting work of genius has kept viewers on edge for seasons as it barrels toward its conclusion for its fifth and final season starting February 20th. It’s astonishing, frankly, just how successful Bates has been, paving its own way,…
SNL delivered a somber cold open last night as Kate McKinnon took the stage–donned in her Hillary Clinton character–and performed an emotional rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” (RIP). The opening actually bumped host Dave Chappelle’s monologue to minutes later…a move not often taken by the sketch comedy show. It’s been a tough week in America for many.…
When we think of holiday songs, Christmas usually takes the cake. That shit is entirely too joyous and happy for me though. STOP BEING SO MERRY. It’s suspicious. Like frog’s breath. Lately though, Halloween tunes have been stepping up their game. 30 Rock gave us the miraculous “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah,” and of course, A Nightmare Before Christmas delivered countless goodies at…
What would happen if the Stranger Things and Buffy ‘verses were combined into one bizarro alternate universe of badness? I think Hawkins + Sunnydale would surely bring the 12th apocalypse and we’d need to beep Buffy ASAP. (Personally, I don’t think the former could handle the epic awesomeness of the latter, but hey, that’s just me.) Lucky for us, someone…
We all know Snoop D-O-Double-G probably has a killer brownie recipe, but who knew his interests would extend to mashed potatoes and Martha Stewart? In this older clip from Martha, the lifestyle maven teaches Snoop how to make her mother’s classic potato recipe. Here’s the highlight reel: -“Skizzin.” Yup. -Snoop is high AF. (“Par-kaaaaaay!”) -Over two-minutes in,…
*Spoilers from this week’s The Challenge Rivals 3 Finale.* That final challenge: WHOA. It’s not that the challenge itself was any more rough-and-tumble than usual (a tumultuous hike up a mountain that’s about half of Everest, no big deal), but what happened in the season’s final moments was certainly a Challenge first. In a mega-twist, T.J. tells the…
I’m currently watching Key & Peele‘s fourth season. I never watched it when it was on TV. I don’t know why (because I suck), but I’m working diligently to right these television wrongs that I committed against humanity. In the 9th episode, Key undergoes an aerobics meltdown that is one for the record books, my…
Pop culture has an unquenchable thirst for nostalgia. Rebooted films dominate the big screen (It), throwback candy and juice are stocked on every store shelf (or forever sold out, like Ecto Cooler), and 80’s purists still abide by the “Be Kind, Rewind” mantra on Instagram. Nostalgia is not only omnipresent, but it’s dictating the way studios are producing content, which is why…