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This Week In TV: THRONES!!!!!!!!!

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**DISCLAIMER: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM SEASONS 1-5 OF GAME OF THRONES. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OF SEASON 5 AND CARE ABOUT SPOILERS, PLEASE STOP READING. NOTHING FROM SEASON 6 IS SPOILED HERE, SO IF YOU’RE UP TO DATE, YOU’RE SAFE. THANK YOU**

HBO’s Game of Thrones is back for a sixth season of violence, amazement, glee, heartbreak, sadness, and overall immense emotional torture.

One would think the roller coaster of emotions GoT puts viewers on would be a turnoff, but it is in fact quite the opposite. What amazes me most about Game of Thrones is the sheer number of actual viewers. It’s the most watched (and the most pirated) show in the world, it’s number one in over 170 countries.
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This Week in TV… The Most Unfair Review of Fuller House You’ll Ever Read

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When I was in Middle School, it seemed like almost every time I flipped on the TV, Full House was on. I liked the wholesome Tanner family a lot as a 13 year old, but eventually I realized there was much better TV to watch and literally never gave the show a second thought.

That was until rumors started swirling recently that Netflix was releasing Fuller House, basically a spin-off of the original Full House with the same plot and most of the same characters and their catch phrases.

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This Week In TV: Archer Returns

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(Let me just preface this by saying that no, I’m not on FX’s payroll. They just make such high quality TV that I find myself posting about their shows week in and week out. If I end up doing a post about American Horror Story at some point, I’ll start it with the same disclaimer. But simply put, FX has some of the best shows on TV right now.)

The obnoxious, disgusting, annoying, and hilarious Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) returned to his spy-bro ways this past Thursday, March 31st, for an 8th season of unbridled animated debauchery. It’s kind of FX’s version of Family Guy, an offensive but hilarious cartoon for adults. Archer is about the titular hero’s antics as head spy of his mother’s spy organization, and it’s probably the dirtiest cartoon you’ll ever watch. Full of drinking, sex, offensive language and themes, it also happens to be pretty funny.

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This Week In TV: “The Americans” is Back!!

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Before I start fawning about what a masterpiece of a show The Americans is, let me preface with this. I’m not shy about the fact that Game of Thrones is my favorite show ever. It’s number one — GOAT. Enough said. So, since it’s pretty difficult to top the best, it’s often more interesting and even easier for me to talk about the other shows that are in my Top 5 and Top 10 favorites.

The Americans, which can be found on FX and binge watched on Amazon Video, safely occupies my number 2 spot. But the only reason The Americans has to be relegated to number 2 is just because Game of Thrones exists. In a world without HBO and George RR Martin, The Americans would reign supreme.

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This Week In TV: A Shark’s Engagement

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Yes, the Oscars were on this past Sunday. Yes, the lack of diversity in the nominees was a huge issue raised by everyone and their mother and was talked about (and rightfully so) continuously throughout the ceremony. And yes, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar for Best Actor for The Revenant after an entire career’s worth of crushing losses.

And that’s all I’m going say about the Oscars. You’re now asking yourself: one of television’s biggest events just occurred and I don’t want to talk about it?

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This Week In TV: The Untimely Passing of Big Ang (And Why It Matters)

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You may have noticed the name of my mini-blog is This Week IN TV, not this week ON TV. And there’s a good reason for the grammatical switch of phrase.

Television is a pop culture monster in of itself, an entire realm that one can talk for hours about. And everyone likes their own mix of the shows and personalities that it features. There in lies the beauty of TV, there’s so much offered and one can pick and choose as to what is right for them.

So let’s get down to it:

When it comes to reality TV, I have an immense love-hate relationship with the popular genre: I think it’s the dumbest form of entertainment in the history of the world.

However, if I am extremely ill, or if I have nothing else to do, or if I I see that there’s a 12 hour marathon of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills followed by another 12 hours of Beverly Hills housewife Lisa Vanderpump’s spinoff Vanderpump Rules, I’m likely going to sit down and watch attentively as I waste a day of my life. (And, full disclosure, I absolutely love the Kardashians and their show. You can hate me. I know. I’ll get over it.)

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