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High school interns Rebecca (Zoe Belkin), Michael (Demetrius Joyette) and Amanda write the student issues, gossip and music columns for the teen magazine Teen Buzz. With their editor DJ, the gang tries to keep up with school and life.
Sex & the City
The Sex and the City reboot is a lot like its predecessor. Its characters are witty, smart and unapologetically naughty in a way that’s hard not to love. But it’s also a show that’s clearly of its time, and it’s lost a little of the punchiness it once had.
The reboot follows the lives of Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate their fifties. Carrie’s new gig is hosting a sex podcast, Miranda is back in law school and Charlotte is a highly involved school board parent.
And Just Like That carries a few more storylines than its predecessor, but the pacing is smoother and the show’s tone feels less overbearing. It’s also a lot more diverse, with several people of color joining the cast and a few episodes taking on important social issues.
While some of the subplots remain cringe-worthy, the show has a better feel to it now that its characters are older and more experienced. It also has more time to devote to them, which helps mitigate some of its most grating moments. Whether you’re a fan of the original or not, it’s worth checking out And Just Like That.
And Just Like That
For fans of Carrie Bradshaw and her original friends, And Just Like That is a must-watch. The Sex and the City sequel series has sparked plenty of polarizing debate, from Miranda's kitchen hookup to Carrie peeing her bed, but it also has some unexpected and sexy moments.
The show's second season premiered on June 22, and the series has already dropped some behind-the-scenes footage to tease what fans can expect from the new episodes. Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis will all reprise their roles as Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte respectively.
Additionally, John Corbett will return as Aidan Shaw in a substantial arc. He's been Carrie's one that got away throughout the show's run, so it should be interesting to see how things play out between him and Carrie this time around.
Ramirez, who plays Che Diaz in the show, recently spoke about the future of her character. In particular, she discussed how her on-screen nonbinary persona is a truth-teller who tells it like it is. She says that she loves the character and wants people to watch the show. The first two episodes of the show are available to stream now on Max.
The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette is a franchise that has seen its share of firsts. In season 13, Rachel Lindsay became the first black lead in the series, followed by Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams in seasons 16 and 19, respectively. Now, the show is breaking more barriers with its 2023 cast.
The show’s latest season features Charity Lawson, a 27-year-old child and family therapist from Columbus, Georgia. She competed for Zach Shallcross on last year’s Bachelor and was announced as the new Bachelorette during the Women Tell All special in March.
A Realtor, firefighter, software salesman, mortgage lender, scientist and yacht captain are among the men vying for Lawson’s heart this season. The upcoming episode will see the Bachelorette and her final three men travel to Stevenson, Washington for Fijian pre-marriage rituals, a jungle ATV adventure and jet skiing, as well as visits with their families to find clarity on their future together.
This season is also notable for being the first Bachelorette season to feature two leads. Gabby Windey, a nurse from Denver, and Rachel Recchia will each be dating their own group of men. GLAAD, an LGBT media advocacy organization, released a statement supporting the two ladies’ decision to continue with their careers and private lives as stars of the show.
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory has become a cult classic for its nerdy characters and its uncanny ability to tap into science. One such science enthusiast is Sogand Talebi, a York University space engineering student who says the series helped her embrace her inner nerd.
The show started out as the story of geeky physicist roommates played by Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco, but quickly expanded to include their friends and girlfriends – including neuroscientist Mayim Bialik and microbiologist Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz (Melissa Rauch). And it has made being a nerd cool.
And now it looks like The Big Bang Theory will get its very own spin-off. The merged HBO Max-Discovery+ service and creator Chuck Lorre are working on a new comedy that would take place in the same universe as the original 12-season CBS sitcom. This would be the second Big Bang offshoot, with the current prequel series Young Sheldon, which stars Iain Armitage as a nine-year-old version of the show’s lead character, already in its sixth season. Lorre is also currently producing a Max original comedy, How to Be a Bookie, starring Sebastian Maniscalco. He’s also in the early stages of developing a series set within The Conjuring film franchise, with James Wan executive producing.
The Walking Dead
After more than a decade on the air, AMC's apocalyptic drama The Walking Dead finally comes to a close next month. But the zombie-apocalypse show isn't going out without a bang -- in fact, it's launching its first spinoff next week.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan are back as their TWD characters Maggie and Negan in Dead City, which takes them to a zombie-ravaged New York City. Showrunner Scott M. Gimple describes the series as "a fusion of John Ford and Romero" with a lot more urban action, as opposed to more rural settings of TWD.
AMC has other TWD-related shows coming up, including a prequel that centers on TWD's Abraham and Michonne (Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira). And Thorpe Park will launch the world's first rollercoaster based on a TV show, with a TWD theme in 2022.
The original TWD cast is also expanding with a spinoff series that stars Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride as their TWD characters Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier. TWD chief content officer Angela Kang and co-showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg will serve as creators and executive producers of the six-episode series, which will premiere in 2023.
Orange Is the New Black
There are few series that can claim to have changed the television landscape as much as Orange Is the New Black. The show, based on Piper Kerman’s memoir about her privileged life interrupted by a year in federal prison, gave voice to women of all colors, sizes and ethnicities. It also defied convention, mixing dramedy with comedy and often straying into the territory of drama.
For years, the show has compelled viewers to look at corrupt institutions and the forces that can keep people locked up. It has portrayed women and men in all sorts of trouble, including some who have killed. It has touched on race and gender politics, and even delved into the #MeToo movement.
The seventh and final season premiered on July 26. Creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan has said the series will end with a bang.
The large cast includes Taylor Schilling as Piper, Laura Prepon as Alex Vause, Dascha Polanco as Dayanara Diaz, Uzo Aduba as Crazy Eyes, Yael Stone as Lorna and Natasha Lyonne as Nicky. The show has won 21 Emmy nominations and four wins, including Best TV Series – Comedy or Musical. It has also been nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar.
Black-ish
When it debuted in 2014, Black-ish helped rewrite the rules for how TV comedies talked about race, culture and families of color. Its stars — put-upon ad executive Dre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) and his biracial anesthesiologist wife Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) — were one of the few non-white parents on network TV at the time, and their thorny marriages and family discussions set a new standard for what it means to be a family in America.
The show tackled issues – major and mundane – that are a part of the daily lives of Black people but are rarely depicted on television, from an earnest n-word slip by youngest son Jack to a family showdown over hair straighteners. It also addressed racism in America from the perspective of an upper middle class family. Its success led to spinoff series Grown-ish and the short-lived flashback romcom Mixed-ish, but the show's crowning achievement is its ability to bring deep diversity to network television.
Authenticity is key when it comes to diversity television, and Black-ish excels in its portrayal of an upwardly mobile African American family. The show addresses important topics without being didactic or hectoring, and it is able to take the sting out of sensitive subjects such as sexuality and race without compromising its integrity.
