5 New TV Shows to Watch This Week: From ‘Angelyne’ to ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’
14.05.2022 - 21:23
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“Angelyne”Thursday, May 19, PeacockAll hail Angelyne, the subtle trailblazer who was arguably the first person who ever became famous by being famous. Decades before the Kardashians made their debut it was Angelyne who appeared out of nowhere with a singular, unified brand (mass of bleach blond hair, pink ensemble, pink car) and a billboard in Hollywood.
Soon she was cast in a string of movies and released several albums, still without anybody really knowing who she was or where she came from. This limited series, based in part on a Hollywood Reporter article that exposed her complicated past, stars Emmy Rossum in the lead role, a transformation just as wholly unexpected as Lily James becoming Pamela Anderson.
Will learning the true story behind Angelyne add to her legend or diminish? Can anything really dim a star that mystifyingly bright? [TRAILER]“Amphibia”Saturday, May 14 at 8 p.m., Disney Channel“Amphibia,” created by Matt Braly, was part of a wave of original Disney Channel programming that popped up in the wake of their massively popular series “Gravity Falls” (which Braly worked on). Part fish-out-of-water comedy (or is it frog-out-of-water comedy?), part fantasy epic, “Amphibia” chronicled the life of a human girl named Anne (Brenda Song), who gets magically transported to the titular land, a realm ruled over by anthropomorphic amphibians.
What started off as a relatively straightforward comedy has evolved, over the course of its three seasons, becoming one of the most sophisticated and emotionally nuanced animated series in recent memory. And this series finale promises to be a barnburner.
If you’ve never seen the show, time to catch up. And if you’ve loved it for all these years, it’ll be tough to say good.
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