Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper’s Take On 2 TV Political Thrillers: Zero Day & Paradise
ZERO DAY Review, PARADISE Review — Tandy vs Lisa on The Hollywood Beat Lisa Johnson Mandell In their Paradise review and Zero Day review, Tandy…
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Tandy Culpepper Interviews Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book “Masters of the Air” And The Limited Series from Which That Best Seller Was Adapted
To say that Donald L. Miller is a brilliant academic is the understatement of all understatements. The John Henry McCracken Professor emeritus at Pennsylvania’s Lafayette…
Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper review Hulu’s New Gay-Themed Sitcom Mid-Century Modern
The streaming service Hulu has dropped a new sitcom, Mid-Century Modern, that more than one pundit has compared to The Golden Girls. The show starred…
Lisa Johnson Mandell and Tandy Culpepper Offer Their Take On 2 Limited Series: Disclaimer and Adolescence
In this episode of The Hollywood Beat’s Take on TV, Lisa and Tandy offer their takes on two drama limited series that push the envelope…
Lisa Johnson Mandell And Tandy Culpepper Review Award-winning TV Comedies Ted Lasso and Hacks
The modern comedy series has become very much a hybrid half-hour of television – at least in the case of two streaming programs equal parts…
Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review TV: The Good Fight & The Gilded Age & An Actress Named Baranski
When it comes to capturing the attention of television audiences — whether they’re bingeing a certain corseted costume drama or two long-running corporate legal sizzlers…
A Lisa Johnson Mandell / Tandy Culpepper TV Review: Masters of the Air &Baby Reindeer
In this episode of The Hollywood Beat, Tandy Culpepper welcomes Critics Choice Association member Lisa Johnson Mandell to begin a regular series of TV reviews….
Tandy Culpepper Reviews Aussie Series Territory: A Western For Fans Of Cattle And Cowboys
Welcome to the Down Under western that technically isn’t a western since it takes place in the northern reaches of Australia’s Northern Territory. The new…
Tandy Culpepper Reviews The Diplomat — Debora Cahn Serves Up An All Hands On Deck Thriller In Season Two
One of the best TV series to hit the small screen in the last two years is Netflix’s drama The Diplomat. Led by the always…
Tandy Culpepper Reviews Fight Night –Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, and Samuel L. Jackson Score a Knockout in Fight Night
Shaye Obgonna’s limited series Fright Night: The Million Dollar Heist is adapted from a 2020 podcast by the same. This fictional account of a factual…