Category: Television
September 28 was a sad day for soap fans. Days of Our Lives‘ Drake Hogestyn passed away just one day shy of his 71st birthday. I’m reeling from the news. Hogestyn has been John Black to Deidre Hall’s Marlena Evans for as long as I can remember. He joined Days …
It’s the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth that legal dramas are one of the most reliable TV genres. When someone deserves justice and someone else’s freedom or financial standing is on the line, the stakes are almost criminally high. And it’s up to our favorite small-screen …
Critic’s Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 4.3 Trying to be perfect constantly was difficult, yet Sloane tried to, especially around her overbearing mother. Sloane’s storyline changed the most from Lisa Taddeo’s book. The series focuses more on the intricacies of the swinging relationship and why Sloane needed so much warmth and …
We’re putting a spin on Knock Your Blocks Off — a swoonworthy spin. When Calls the Heart stars Erin Krakow and Kevin McGarry stopped by TV Insider’s office to play the first-ever Swooon version of Knock Your Blocks Off, and they did not disappoint. With this romance-centric theme, the costars …
Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 Welcome aboard the Odyssey! We’ve got Joshua Jackson, as charming as ever, Don Johnson in all his dapper glory, and a very intriguing twist on the standard medical drama. Doctor Odyssey has a little something for everyone! (Disney/Tina Thorpe) At this point in his …
If you’re a fan of the nostalgic ’90s show 7th Heaven, some of its stars have a special treat for you. Not only does the cast regularly reunite at ’90s fan conventions but three of the stars are now hosting a new podcast called Catching Up with the Camdens, where …
Critic’s Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 4.6 The energy feels different, doesn’t it? There’s something distinctly different about diving into Chicago PD Season 12 Episode 1, yet there’s also a familiar quality. Chicago PD is back with an action-packed, introspective, and dark hour that grabbed our attention from those quiet opening …
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage has yet to debut, but the upcoming series is already teasing another Young Sheldon reunion as vet Annie Potts shared a fun behind-the-scenes video on social media. Potts, who plays Meemaw teased Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Cooper family reunion while taping the upcoming Thanksgiving …
Critic’s Rating: 5 / 5.0 5 We may only be two episodes into High Potential, but Kaitlin Olson and ABC have a certified hit on their hands! I am not usually a procedural kind of guy. However, this show is making me reevaluate my interests! Miss Morgan is a whole …
David Erb might’ve come into Tuesday’s (September 24) Jeopardy! game as just a one-day champion (and with comparisons to a certain celebrity look-alike), but he walked away with a heavier bag and some very wide respect from audiences at home. In fact, after the episode, some fans are already predicting he …
Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 Brilliant Minds pulls you immediately because of Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto). He believes that he can’t help patients without knowing who they are. Based on real-life neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, Dr. Wolf was a risk taker and a rule breaker if that meant …
Outlander‘s spinoff Outlander: Blood of My Blood gets closer as the new year approaches and while many of the characters featured in the prequel will be introduced for the first time, there are plenty of familiar faces resurfacing as younger versions of themselves. Out of the four leads for the …
Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 It’s a new dawn and day, and betrayal is heavy in the air after Industry Season 3 Episode 7. The season’s penultimate installment threw everything at us, leaving fates hanging in the balance, significant changes on the horizon, and kept the foot on the …
Season 9 of Below Deck Mediterranean was no Greek holiday for Captain Sandy Yawn. The fearless leader of the 180-foot M/Y Mustique worked through delayed provisions, wild weather, demanding guests with staff not all up to standard. However, if there was one thing Yawn loves is a good challenge. That and …
It’s not looking good for Fiona. Days of Our Lives spoilers for the week of 9-23-24 suggest she’s the next to go down. It’s about time, if true. Fiona’s been keeping this horrible secret for far too long about the night Sarah was run over — and Xander’s about to …
Magpie Murders is back with the latest installment, Moonflower Murders. Like the first series, it follows Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville), an editor, solving a real murder mirrored by a mystery in a client’s novel. Pippa Bennett-Warner plays Madeline, a character in the story within a story. “I tried not to think about the …
While Three Women Season 1 Episode 1 introduced us to our leading ladies, the next several installments will focus on only one central story per episode. Three Women’s Season 1 Episode 2 focused on Lina. Her story seemed the most relatable, and my heart broke for her. She was in …
Liza Colón-Zayas may have just won her first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Tina in FX‘s streaming series The Bear, but the star has been gracing TV screens for years in roles across shows like Law & Order: SVU, David Makes Man, …
Critic’s Rating: 5 / 5.0 5 Trust a mother to get her kid’s head on straight — and that’s exactly what sets everything in motion on The Penguin Season 1, Episode 1. With a little maternal nudge, Oswald “Oz” Cobb embarks on his tangled journey to claim Gotham’s underworld as …
Michael Emerson has played quite a few villainous characters over the years, with his latest role as Leland Townsend on Paramount+‘s Evil—gone too soon, sadly, after four seasons. And if you ask him, that’s not even his most evil character! “Leland would vote for himself to be the most evil, but …
Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 If you’re anything like this TV Fanatic, you had the tissues ready and waiting for this emotionally charged episode of The Ark. Here I thought things had gotten sad enough in the previous episode. No one needs to tell this show where its strengths …
Jeopardy‘s two-day champ ended their winning streak with a difficult loss. The downturn began with an incorrect Daily Double answer, and the player never truly recovered from there. Playing in the episode were returning champ Aiden Orzech, a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario, whose two-day winnings total was $49,599; Chris Lindsay, …
Critic’s Rating: 5 / 5.0 5 There might have been something to that SAG-AFTRA Strike after all because the shows coming out of the woodwork for the fall broadcast season are incredibly written with High Potential at the top. It turns out that paying writers their fair share means quality …
Ryan Seacrest may be new to the game, but he already knows when a player is about to make a big mistake… and he’s not afraid to help them avoid it, either. On Tuesday’s (September 17) edition of Wheel of Fortune the nascent host was helpful to all of the three …
Hallmark+ is coming out of the gate strong. With The Chicken Sisters and Lacey Chabert’s Celebrations already making waves, the streamer has announced an upcoming limited series based on a popular podcast. They’re giving this new brand a fighting chance with original content that was lacking on Hallmark Movies Now, …
Some Jeopardy! clues can be confusing, and that was definitely the case during Monday’s (September 16) game. Returning champ Evan Suttell, a nonprofit program assistant originally from Lakewood, Ohio, with a one-day total of $20,200, faced off against Aiden Orzech, a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario, and Sam Watson, a pharmacy …
As Dan Levy said, the 76th Annual Emmy Awards were “Broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.” If you don’t have streaming and if you didn’t watch one of the 33 shows nominated out of the 516 scripted programs available in the US, you probably didn’t …
Would you like Swooon in your inbox? Signup for our Swooon! newsletter! The biggest night in Hollywood for television stars has arrived. Before the Emmy Awards ceremony, hosted by Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, the stars dazzled on the red carpet — and many showed up as a twosome. Before …
The 2024 Emmys will be held on Sunday night, and while don’t yet know who the night’s big winners will be, it’s a safe bet that the folks responsible for the FX series The Bear and Shogun will have much to smile about. The Bear leads all comedies (we’ll set …
Hearties, it sounds like we’re about to learn more about one of the residents of Hope Valley when When Calls the Heart returns for Season 12. Melissa Gilbert is set to guest star in two episodes of the long-running series, Hallmark Channel announced at the show’s annual Hearties Family Reunion in …
