The Forward Jewish News covrage about Television and posts and storis about TV series.
Television
The Latest
-
Culture ‘Seinfeld’ Revolutionized Pop Culture 25 Years Ago — and That’s a Bad Thing
Every era gets the sitcom it deserves. In the early 90s that sitcom was “Seinfeld,” a show about a motley collection of Jews on the upper west side of Manhattan, kvetching, kvelling and ordering soup. And now, 25 years after its premiere, Seinfeld can be seen as a turning point not only in American comedy,…
-
The Schmooze ‘Rising Star’ Is Surprisingly Short of Stars
Now available to stream online: the premiere auditions of the newest reality singing competition, Rising Star, based on an Israeli reality show, HaKovkhav Haba, or “The Next Star” in Hebrew. The first episode of the American version debuted Sunday, June 22. Now, I’ve seen my fair share of reality television shows. I watched American Idol…
-
Fast Forward Jewish Analyst Pedro Brieger Justifies Killing of Israeli Teens
Argentine Jewish leaders slammed CNN in Spanish contributor Pedro Brieger for justifying the killing of three Israeli teens in a commentary on Argentina television. “Every occupation provokes resistance of all kinds, peaceful and violent,” said Brieger, who is Jewish, in a commentary that aired Monday on public TV. It was the same day that the…
-
The Schmooze ‘Nathan For You’ Is the Most Uncomfortable Show on Television
“Nathan For You” is built on an undercurrent of mundane desperation: most of us will go along with anything if it means 10 minutes of face-time on TV. We’ll serve (artificial!) poo flavored yogurt at our FroYo shop; court lawsuits for the publicity; deceive the public with bogus animal videos; and camp with unknown men…
-
The Schmooze ‘Tyrant’ Is Brutal, But Not Anti-Arab
“Tyrant” is a new series made possible by the combination of a network willing to take chances with a producer/writer/director who understands the Middle East and international intrigue. The network is FX, which long ago decided that an audience for intelligent TV existed, and you didn’t need Kardashians to goose ratings. There followed a series…
-
The Schmooze Israeli Actress Moran Atias Talks ‘Third Person’ and ‘Tyrant’
“Third Person,” written and directed by Paul Haggis (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Crash”), tells three love stories about passion, trust and betrayal. “In any relationship,” Haggis said, “there is always a third person present in some form.” Israeli actress Moran Atias, who starred in the TV series “Crash,” pitched the idea of a multi-plotline film about…
-
The Schmooze ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and the Future of Television
Summer is the cruelest cultural season. With that in mind, ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) is a new occasional series highlighting movies, TV shows, books, comics and everything else we might have missed in the past few months that we can catch up on in the next few. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” was last year’s best…
-
The Schmooze ‘Mad Men’ in Land of the Dead
Images courtesy of AMC Watching “Mad Men” is like watching shades dance. The undead and the dying slouch at every corner. This one was born in a concentration camp. Never sane, this season brought a self-immolating insanity. This one stole a dead man’s identity, legally killing his true self in the process. Now he works…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Exclusive Mahmoud Khalil wants to reassure you
- 2
Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
- 3
Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
- 4
Opinion Trump is backed into a corner on Iran. Get ready for him to start blaming Jews
In Case You Missed It
-
News Atlanta movie exec who complained of ‘nasty Jews’ is running for Congress
-
Books A new book explores the vibrancy of pre-war Warsaw
-
Opinion Mahmoud Khalil’s anti-Zionist case to Jews shows the case for skepticism
-
Opinion Mahmoud Khalil’s reassurances are bad for Jews but even worse for Palestinians
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
