‘Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch’ Delivers a Satisfying Twist on a Beloved Sitcom: TV Review

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticTo enjoy long-term success, a reality show needs to surprise, to delight, to reinvent and subvert its own formula as it goes. But to break out in the first place, it needs a compelling hook.“Sexy Beasts,” Netflix’s new dating series, has the latter part down, sort of.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“You’re trying to punish me. Surely the Southern Hemisphere is bad enough.”So says Edie Henley (Harriet Walter) to her daughter Kate (Frances O’Connor) in the early scenes of the drama “The End.” This dark comedy created by Samantha Strauss comes to Showtime after a 2020 run in Australia; its first episode shows us how and why Edie, a widow, has been brought to Australia from her native England.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThough it’s plenty punishing, AMC Plus’ new limited series “The North Water” has something richly escapist about it: The show, set on a whaling ship in the 1850s and shot within the Arctic Circle, creates a sense of chilliness that will permeate one’s bones on even the hottest summer night.In this adaptation of Ian McGuire’s historical-fiction novel, Jack O’Connell plays Patrick Sumner, a British army surgeon running from his past; he signs on to be a doctor on a

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticRonan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein — first his coverage in The New Yorker in 2017, then his metacoverage of what it took to get that story in his 2019 book “Catch and Kill” — helped to crystallize and define a moment in American cultural life.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticFX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” is a master class in extending a slight premise boundlessly outward. That series, based on Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s film, imagines a comic universe in which ancient vampires make their way through humdrum lives stripped of Transylvanian glamour in modern New York City.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticChristopher Duntsch, the onetime Dallas neurosurgeon whose butcher-like techniques killed two patients and permanently injured more, feels made to exist at the center of a work of fiction; perhaps, to our eye, he might seem to belong to the realm of make-believe more than to our real world. That creates a problem for “Dr.

Kelly Ripa stepped out on the Live With Kelly and Ryan stage wearing one that we can’t stop swooning over.  The fashionista recycled her beloved Isabel Marant Etoile ivory denim dress, which comes complete with voluminous puff sleeves, V-cut panels, and a silhouette that cinches at the waist.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticYour inclination towards “Schmigadoon!,” at least in its early going, will likely be determined by your reaction to its title.If you think it’s a clever, charming wink to “Brigadoon” — the Lerner and Loewe musical about an enchanted village, don’t you know? — then you may very well be along for the ride from the first moment.

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Gisele Bündchen’s kids are definitely following in her footsteps.

Gisele Bundchen’s latest Instagram post ended up being a special gift for fans when she shared the sweetest childhood photo, and her husband Tom Brady slid into the comments.  MORE: Celebrity 4th of July outfit inspiration: from Jlo to Beyoncé and moreIn the post, the supermodel can be seen as a little girl hugging a chicken.

The softer side! Benjamin Hollingsworth‘s Dan Brady played the bad boy for the first two seasons of Virgin River but that’s about to change — maybe. The actor, 36, exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about what to expect from the upcoming third season and just how much Brady has grown.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWatching Paramount Plus’ “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch” — a recreation of the 1971 season 2 episode, “Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?” – audiences could easily think the sets were also faithfully recreated for this “RuPaul’s Drag Race” meets “The Brady Bunch” crossover.

Get ready for the TV crossover we didn’t know we needed when members of the original cast of “The Brady Bunch” team up with RuPaul, Michelle Visage and more “RuPaul’s Drag Race” favourites to recreate a classic “Brady Bunch” episode.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Sex/Life,” Netflix’s new series about marital dissatisfaction and monogamy, sets out to ask several big questions. By the end, it’s only proved one thing to the viewer’s satisfaction: That it takes hard work to pull off satisfying trash.Inspired by the book “44 Chapters About 4 Men” by BB Easton and created by Stacy Rukeyser, “Sex/Life” is at least at first organized around the diary kept by Billie Connelly (Sarah Shahi).

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThese days, family TV loves nothing more than a planet in peril.On Netflix, for instance, kids may have recently watched a group of hybrid children undergo a population-decimating pandemic on “Sweet Tooth,” a team of extraordinary children attempting to save London from the supernatural in “The Irregulars,” and a kid superhero face down cataclysm in “Raising Dion” — to name just a few. While imagining kids with unique powers is hardly new (ask J.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs Hollywood returns to normalcy and production returns amid COVID protocols still in place, Variety was invited for an exclusive set visit to “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch.”The special, which airs June 30 Paramount Plus, was filmed at Castle Studios in Burbank.

Tom Brady pulls off quite the unexpected move. No, it’s not another NFL play no one saw coming, more like a note no one saw him hitting.MORE: Tom Brady shares adorable picture of all three children sparking reaction from fansTom appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden as part of the host’s segment, Two Hours Off.

Tom Brady and James Corden recently enjoyed a day of golfing and singing. On Thursday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback shared a clip on social media from his recent appearance on James Corden's "Late Late Show" on CBS.