Never check your stats. I know some people subscribe, so if you’re getting this in an email, and it isn’t showing up as a metric, speak soon or forever hold your peace. These Diaries have declined so much that they now average between 4 and 6 views. In a Top 50 ranking of my posts and how they’ve performed in the last week, all of them performed worse than my review for XXX: Return Of Xander Cage, which is neither linked to Rotten tomatoes, and is from my pre-blindness review era. when reviews like that start trending above new content, Whitney Houston, we have a problem. Part of the diaries is spreading out the love between streamers and shows each day, which since I try to check out a large block of shows, means that it can take me a while to finish one. I could just watch the whole thing, and review it quicker, and screw the diaries. Not that the 4-6 of you who read this aren’t important, but there used to be a bigger audience. it has gone away, and that indicates to me that the current format doesn’t work. But for now…
TV Shows Watched: American Idol: S24E12 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Something Very Bad Is going To Happen: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, the Pitt: S2E11 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Pluribus: S1E9 Apple) with audio description, Crutch: S1E6 (Paramount) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount) no audio description
American Idol- The eliminations didn’t shock me. They have a lot of male rock/country singers in the competition, and my guess is that they will start cannibalizing each other soon.Only three girls remain, and they sound completely different, with varying styles, whereas three of the remaining six boys sound nearly identical. Brooks has his own thing going, and at some point, America will pick between Jordan and Daniel, and as much as I love Daniel, I think they’ll pick Jordan.Daniel’s narrative as a teacher has gotten him far, and his voice is incredible, but there’s something about how Jordan’s been set up all season that makes him feel like a finalist. If I had to predict the final three right now, I would say Jordan, keila, and Hannah. Hannah has made it so far on her viral hit original, but hasn’t been able to do another original. Disney week is next, so that won’t change. I’m banking at some point she’ll be afforded a chance to either do String cheese again, or another original. if not, I’d put maybe Brooks in the final three. Fingers crossed on AD soon.
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen- Rachel is functionally a terrible female lead now. Episode six is so profoundly stupid. After continuing to move forward with everything up to this point, in Episode 6, she breaks into the county clerk’s office to look through marriage and death certificates, finding her family tree that marries and dies on the same day. Cool. Your ENTIRE FAMILY keeps marrying in this same obscure area that you were unaware you were from until Nicky drove your ass across country to get here? Run. Why hasn’t she driven away? Or, at least pondered if it was the location, and suggested a destination wedding instead. Something. Do something. And, how is there a family tree if half of it dies on the wedding day? Is everyone having premarital sex? Wouldn’t her bloodline die out? Are they all shotgun weddings?
The Pitt- The show continues to prod at ICE, while dealing with the very likely death of a young child, and having thoughts on the mother’s reaction. I wonder how many Emmy nominations this season will get. Dana deserves an Emmy nomination.
Pluribus- Finally finished it. I hope to review it, but the season finale certainly moved the narrative forward, and set up some conflict for next season. I wonder if and who gets an Emmy nomination here as well. I feel Rhea Seahorn is a lock in actress, but outside of that? Can it get a series nod?
Crutch- Tracy Morgan’s other sitcom is limping along. It hasn’t been renewed or cancelled, and neither has his other show, the Fall And Rise Of Reggie Deakins. I wonder if one is waiting on the other?
the Daily Show- The guests were an Israeli and Palestinian man who found common ground and wrote a book about it. Not the same duo behind no Other Land.
