Netflix’s ‘The Upshaws’ Brings New Characters to Age-Old Sitcom Format: TV Review

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThere aren’t too many surefire ideas out there these days, though “what if ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ didn’t have to be G-rated?” is about as straight down the middle a pitch as it gets. Still, “HouseBroken” finds a few ways to make itself stand out, especially with the help of several solid voiceover performances from actors who know how to make any character a standout.

Genshin Impact‘s 1.6 update, which will be arriving on June 9.In time with the changing season, the update is titled Midsummer Island Adventure, which also introduces summery alternative outfits for a few of the game’s characters.In this update, players will be able to join Klee on a boat that will take them to a new secluded archipelago.

managed to avoid the sophomore slump with even sharper and funnier sketches than before. And as a writer and performer on the variety series, Ashley Nicole Black had a hand in making sure everyone felt seen once again. Admittedly, Black is surprised by the impact the series has had, especially the way that social media has responded in kind to their various sketches, including a returning favorite from season 1, “Black Lady Courtroom.” “The internet just went wild for that sketch.

Moonlight star Trevante Rhodes is set to play Mike Tyson in new Hulu series Iron Mike.Production on the eight-episode series is set to begin later this year, with Rhodes executive producing alongside his starring role, according to Variety.Iron Mike is not related to the Tyson-backed drama series Tyson, which is set to star Jamie Foxx as the iconic boxer.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe most shocking revelation of the “Friends” reunion might be that the actors — now six of the most famous in the world — never met until their first table read.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAs Ryan O’Connell often tells it, the first season of “Special” was a tough sell. Based on his own experiences as a gay man with cerebral palsy, “getting the show made has been a fucking journey,” as he told Variety in 2019.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticA compelling monologue — as in a monologue that compels you to truly listen without interruption or distraction — is one of the trickiest high-wire writing acts there is. Giving a monologue shape and depth requires skill and a fine-tuned ear for the way a character talks and thinks.

“Romanians are bad at making movies. We have such a beautiful country, but they only show doom and gloom,” whines Pompiliu (Alexandru Papadopol) in the shaggy, summery comedy “Two Lottery Tickets.” Meant as a playful jab toward the Romanian New Wave movement that has put the country on the cinematic map, local audiences might have found a little bit of truth in writer/director Paul Negoescu’s script as they were clearly ready for something different.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticFour years after the last episode of “Master of None,” a new season will premiere and feel nothing like the show that preceded it.When Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s series first debuted in 2015, it was one of Netflix’s early critical successes and an early indication of how storytelling on the streaming platform could be distinctive from broadcast and cable offerings.

Katie Holmes and her boyfriend, restaurant chef Emilio Vitolo Jr. are broken up.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAs I pressed play on the first episode of “Run the World,” I wasn’t intending to mainline the entire eight-episode season in one greedy gulp.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterFor 55 years, “Ultraman” has been one of Japan’s A-list superheroes — defending the planet from alien kaiju and inspiring all manner of global pop culture, from the “Power Rangers” to Paul Rudd’s “Ant-Man” suit.

Emilio Vitolo Jr. The Dawson's Creek star found love with the chef and aspiring actor after a split from Jamie Foxx, and spent many al fresco dates with him, being photographed enjoying meals, kissing and walking hand in hand.

Disney+ is adding some new characters to its upcoming series, “The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder”.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the third and final season of “Shrill,” now streaming on Hulu.Halfway through its second season, “Shrill” beat its wayward characters to the punch by figuring itself out completely.Based on Lindy West’s memoir of the same name, the Hulu comedy spent much of tis first season fixated on a single cataclysmic event.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“Citizen Penn” opens in Hollywood in 2019, with Jamie Foxx, in high spirits, introducing Sean Penn at a benefit gala for Haiti. It doesn’t take long for the spirits to come crashing down to earth, as Penn, founder and spokesman of the J/P Relief Organization, hits the audience with a Debbie Downer buzzkill.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAfter a year of Zoom calls, virtual happy hours, and friendships confined to screens, “The Circle” should have sent me screaming into that good night with abject horror. And yet, a whole season later, I mostly find myself wishing I had more.Based on a British format, Netflix’s reality series is one of its most surreal (which, if you’re at all familiar with Netflix’s slate of reality shows, is saying something).