Author: Sam Sprules

As a British person, Thanksgiving has always seemed a little weird to me. It’s always seemed like a strange, pre-Christmas celebration. Much like Christmas, though, it’s a holiday often celebrated on TV shows and, occasionally, with TV specials. This got me thinking—where did this tradition start? The first Thanksgiving special, “The

Following the success of Grease Live earlier this year, Fox has re-created another musical for television. This time, they chose to recreate the 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. Overall, it’s not a bad recreation, but it just feels a little unnecessary to remake such a beloved film. Rocky Horror Picture Show follows a

As an avid fan of both The CW’s DC TV series ( known as the ‘Arrowverse’ after the oldest of the shows, Arrow, but which also contains The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl) and Netflix’s Marvel Universe (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage), I have compared the two fairly often, trying to

ABC’s new show Speechless follows the same vein as its other family-based programs (Modern Family, black-ish), and is full of typical ABC diversity. What is new about Speechless, though, is that this time diversity comes in the form of J.J. DiMeo, a 16-year-old who has cerebral palsy, resulting in him being both mute and