‘Home Economics’ Is a Rare Look at Class on TV: Review

Eva Mendes may be one of the most private celebs in the business — never sharing photos of her children or even with her famous baby daddy Ryan Gosling — but she sure as heck isn’t shy about telling anyone how she feels!

Salford are confident of having Andy Ackers available to face Leigh on Friday evening and will tonight appeal the suspension to hand him a one-game ban.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticFrom its title, “Sasquatch” sounds like the story of Bigfoot — and at the start, it looks that way too. The three-part documentary series begins with journalist David Holthouse recounting the time he visited a cannabis farm and overheard the tale of three workers who had been devoured by the legendary beast.“Sasquatch” shares with its most prominent on-screen voice, Holthouse, an abiding interest in looking beneath the surface of the seemingly ordinary.

She isn't usually one to post pictures of her children, but Sunday was an exception as Holly Willoughby shared a rare snap of her son Chester.The mum-of-three, who previously stunned in an M&S dress, took to Instagram to share a sweet photo with her six year old boy.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Big Shot” doesn’t seem to fit among the most-heralded new series on Disney Plus. Unlike “The Mandalorian” or “WandaVision” or even another family-oriented sports series like “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” it is not attached to any existing intellectual property.But calling it original might be a stretch.

Disney+ has just unveiled a new clip from an upcoming nature documentary series that reveals a secret about sperm whales that has long eluded marine biologists: how baby whales are nursed by their mothers.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Cruel Summer” has set up an intriguing challenge for itself. Each episode of the new Freeform drama series depicts a single day over the course of three years — 1993, 1994 and 1995 — in order to convey the long-tail effects of a kidnapping.

Love Island star Amy Hart has moved into a gorgeous new pad with her best friend Luke. And the blonde beauty, 28, who recently revealed she was “anxious” about the life change, has given her 1.1million Instagram fans a sneak peek into her sleek new home.

After three days of playback, the April 7 series debut of ABC’s new comedy series Home Economics rose to a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating and 4.1 million total viewers (from 0.5 rating and 3 million viewers in Live+Same Day.) That is even in the demo and up 3% in viewers from the show’s lead-in, veteran The Goldbergs (0.6 in 18-49, 4.0 million in L+3).

Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott are one of reality TV's golden couples.The duo have not been spending the lockdown twiddling their thumbs, but instead they've been busy decorating the gorgeous Fulham home they share.The former Love Islander, 24, and her Made In Chelsea beau, 28, split last year after word of Zara's infidelity during The X Factor: Celebrity came to light. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe fissures racism has carved into American life, and American lives, are so surreally deep that to convey them, artists must use the tools of exaggeration that genre provides.

ABC's promising-if-unformed new comedy Home Economics wants to be a timely show about the importance of family in a precarious post-quarantine world, when it's actually a comedy slightly out of sync with its time. Home Economics is launching at least a year late, since it could have been hailed as the best comedy in a midseason 2020 pack full of shows about how family is the best cure for economic insecurity.

“Home Economics” co-star Sasheer Zamata said the realism of her new ABC sitcom hit close to home.“There aren’t too many family shows that talk about money, which is kind of surprising,” Zamata, 34, told The Post.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticErin Brockovich’s personal story is elementally compelling: That’s why the movie about her works so well. As played by Julia Roberts in 2000’s “Erin Brockovich,” she is a crusader in the legal arena, an advocate who’s less self-taught than simply intuitive.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticRaoul Peck is a director who feels deep and evident comfort bringing together different manners of storytelling. His 2016 documentary about James Baldwin, “I Am Not Your Negro,” was notable not merely for the brilliance and insight of Baldwin but for its blending of the late author’s recollections with narration and explication of the times in which Baldwin lived and the figures who were his contemporaries.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticGreg Berlanti’s domination of the CW continues with “Kung Fu” — and the new drama he executive produces is proof positive that the super-producer is using his powers for good. The show is a revival of a drama starring David Carradine that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1975.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe 1990 robbery of Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum remains a part of that institution’s life to this day, as empty frames hang on the wall marking the spots from which paintings were removed. The case remains unsolved — vexingly so.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIt begins with the accent.

“Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah has been charged in relation to an alleged scam that possibly preyed on “hundreds” of victims.