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The Schmooze This Israeli Army Thriller On Netflix Is Going To Be The New ‘Fauda’
Nothing’s been the same since the Hebrew and Arabic action-drama “Fauda” proved that — surprise! — the tensest geopolitical struggle of our time makes for pretty decent television. While you wait for the third season of the harrowing Israeli spy show to return, feast your fear hormones on “When Heroes Fly,” a riveting Israeli series…
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The Schmooze Cardi B Is In Talks to Play Fran Drescher’s Daughter In ‘The Nanny’ Reboot
When we first found out a reboot of “The Nanny” would possibly be gracing our TV screens with iconic celebrity Fran Drescher, we were all ears. “Tell us more!” we shouted in Queens accents from our rooftops, or rather, our office cubicles. The gorgeous nasal voice of Fran Fine (Drescher’s on-screen name) has spoken to…
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The Schmooze Hillary Clinton And Spielberg Are Making A TV Show About Women’s Voting Rights
Hillary Clinton lost the United States presidency. But she may win an EGOT — an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. On the heels of the news that the former Secretary of State will make a cameo on HBO’s “Madam Secretary” is the news that Clinton and legendary Jewish filmmaker Steven Spielberg are developing a TV…
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The Schmooze ‘Jerry Springer’ Has Been Canceled After 27 Years
4,000 episodes later it seems we have decided that reality is bad enough as it is — the salacious talk show “Jerry Springer” has been canceled after 27 seasons. Daytime drama junkies, don’t panic — “Springer” will still be shown in syndication, plus producers say “there is a possibility” of more original episodes, which doesn’t…
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Community “13 Reasons Why” Has Gone From Worthwhile To Dangerous
For several months in 2017, our teenage students spoke of nothing but Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why.” In early April, we had a handful of teens who watched this sleeper show. But in what seemed like mere days, all of our teenagers were binging this series — sometimes staying up all night to watch the entire…
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The Schmooze 5 Ways We’ll Remember Our Friend Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain died Friday morning at 61. He was one of the world’s best known chefs, a monster presence in the culinary world who built a cult of personality by approaching food and eating with sensuous gusto. He was defined by the sharpness of his intellect and the insatiability of his curiosity. More than anything,…
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The Schmooze Will UnREAL Be ‘Four And Done’ On Hulu?
After a sharp downhill slide in seasons two and three, Hulu is making it easier for you to watch the fourth, final and hopefully redemptive season of “UnREAL.” A Lifetime original series about a Bachelor-style dating show could have been a corny parody of itself. However the Peabody-award winning first season of “UnREAL” was funny,…
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Fast Forward Fox Adapting Israeli Show About An Interracial Couple
(JTA) — Hollywood’s love affair with Israeli television continues. The latest Israeli TV show to be adapted for an American audience will be “Nevsu,” which depicts a marriage between an Ethiopian man and an Ashkenazi Jewish woman. It became the first Israeli show to include a black lead character on a primetime show when it…
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