Meanwhile, HBO has renewed "Perry Mason: The Skinny Years" for a second season:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/perry-mason-renewed-season-2-at-hbo-1303980 On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 1:06 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > I must say that, despite my apparently being the only person who doesn't > think Tatiana Maslany is all that or even that good (her vocal technique is > non-existent, among other flaws), this week's episode was the first really > good one. It was coherent, interesting, and had an ending I didn't see > coming at all. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 9:24:43 PM UTC-7, Steve Timko wrote: >> >> An unscientific survey of people on my Facebook timeline shows they >> declare it a hit. >> The most common comment is that it compares to "Carnavale." I have not >> seen that show so I can't comment. >> One Facebook friend said it compares to "The Wire" and "The Sopranos." >> Seems unlikely, but it is being praised. >> >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 7:26 PM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 8:49 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Based on the profile of Rhys in Sunday's NY Times, it looks like it's >>>> an origin story: >>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/arts/television/matthew-rhys-perry-mason.html?searchResultPosition=1 >>>> >>>> I fully expect that in the final episode, Mason will be sitting in a >>>> dark study, opining that criminals are a cowardly, superstitious lot just >>>> before Professor Kingsfield flies through the window. >>>> >>> >>> Which reminds me (and almost certainly only me) of a comics trivia >>> special that aired in the '60s. One of the questions showed that panel, and >>> the celebs had to guess what the blanked-out dialogue box said. Jack >>> Douglas's answer: "Oh boy, now I can go to the orphans' picnic!" >>> >>> I recall very little of my childhood, but somehow, that stuck. >>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dWvN2ek05DxJ%2BdUHFzQaAKvzhF%3DtTM2pCG9qQ0wLsB%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dWvN2ek05DxJ%2BdUHFzQaAKvzhF%3DtTM2pCG9qQ0wLsB%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/89b88602-6057-40d0-8688-239dc004f1e8o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/89b88602-6057-40d0-8688-239dc004f1e8o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_udVFywq6nd65scPNxOQnTuCs%3Dj2_hBKyzq83%3DpH0eMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
