3 Best TV Shows Similar to Hollywood Squares
The Price Is Right
A crew of workers isolated from the rest of the world encounters some kind of biological agent that turns the infected against the uninfected. A blood test can easily reveal infected individuals, but complications ensue when attempts to apply the test begin. No, I’m not reviewing The Thing. I’m not reviewing either of those X-Files episodes, “Ice” or “Firewalker.” Instead, I’m talking about The Rig, a new series from Prime Video that’s thick with ideas drawn from other works. Continue Reading →
Monsters at Work
TV shows based on hit movies are nothing new. However, programs like The Real Ghostbusters and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command had only the barest connection to their source material and had no chance of scoring any of the performers from the original features. In the age of interconnected cinematic narratives, though, the new Disney+ cartoon Monsters at Work, a sequel to Monsters Inc., goes in the opposite direction. Continue Reading →
The Moment of Truth
On July 23rd 1993, James Jordan, father of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, was driving from a funeral in Wilmington, North Carolina to his home in Charlotte. About halfway through the trip, Jordan pulled off to the side of the highway in Lumberton to rest. He was never heard from again. Continue Reading →