Myles McNutt
@memles.bsky.social
Media Scholar at Old Dominion University and Editor-in-Chief of TV criticism newsletter Episodic Medium
I know we’re focused on the #StrangerThings kids being too old, but I’m mostly struck by how several of them are just reciting their lines without any discernible performance?
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I know we’re focused on the #StrangerThings kids being too old, but I’m mostly struck by how several of them are just reciting their lines without any discernible performance?
Apple's refusal to have #Pluribus press stills up before I have to edit @donnadb.bsky.social's reviews? Annoying.
Getting to take screenshots that are better than the press stills will be anyway? Opportunity.
www.episodicmedium.tv/review-pluri...
Getting to take screenshots that are better than the press stills will be anyway? Opportunity.
www.episodicmedium.tv/review-pluri...
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Apple's refusal to have #Pluribus press stills up before I have to edit @donnadb.bsky.social's reviews? Annoying.
Getting to take screenshots that are better than the press stills will be anyway? Opportunity.
www.episodicmedium.tv/review-pluri...
Getting to take screenshots that are better than the press stills will be anyway? Opportunity.
www.episodicmedium.tv/review-pluri...
Reposted by Myles McNutt
In the first four episodes of its second season, #FindingMrChristmas saw its openly gay contestant emerge as a frontrunner, which raised the question: could Hallmark's Mr. Christmas be gay?
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
Week-to-Week: The Dream of a Gay Mr. Christmas is Dead
But given the realities of Hallmark's competition series, was it ever really alive?
www.episodicmedium.tv
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In the first four episodes of its second season, #FindingMrChristmas saw its openly gay contestant emerge as a frontrunner, which raised the question: could Hallmark's Mr. Christmas be gay?
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
Me every time I click on the tickets link in @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s posts pretending something would have changed between now and the last time I checked and there was nothing within 90 minutes.
I Don'T Know What I Expected GIF
ALT: I Don'T Know What I Expected GIF
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Me every time I click on the tickets link in @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s posts pretending something would have changed between now and the last time I checked and there was nothing within 90 minutes.
In the first four episodes of its second season, #FindingMrChristmas saw its openly gay contestant emerge as a frontrunner, which raised the question: could Hallmark's Mr. Christmas be gay?
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
Week-to-Week: The Dream of a Gay Mr. Christmas is Dead
But given the realities of Hallmark's competition series, was it ever really alive?
www.episodicmedium.tv
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In the first four episodes of its second season, #FindingMrChristmas saw its openly gay contestant emerge as a frontrunner, which raised the question: could Hallmark's Mr. Christmas be gay?
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
The answer from this week's episode probably won't surprise you.
Sister Act Whoopi Goldberg GIF
ALT: Sister Act Whoopi Goldberg GIF
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Sisu 2 has the video game sequel problem: the first movie ended with Sisu with all of his powerups, but then 3-act structure requires him to start from scratch in the second movie. First act struggles pacing-wise because of it, and while it escalates to a sisu-ably wild place, it SHOULD go further.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sisu 2 has the video game sequel problem: the first movie ended with Sisu with all of his powerups, but then 3-act structure requires him to start from scratch in the second movie. First act struggles pacing-wise because of it, and while it escalates to a sisu-ably wild place, it SHOULD go further.
New newsletter up at Episodic Medium: The built-in fanbase for #HeatedRivalry was always going to support U.S. distribution.
Only the viral social content its Canadian distributor has been posting could have convinced HBO Max to launch it with 9 days' notice.
Only the viral social content its Canadian distributor has been posting could have convinced HBO Max to launch it with 9 days' notice.
Week-to-Week: TikToks take Gay Hockey Romance Transnational
You need to read this headline in a WWII-era newsreel voice to really capture it, FYI
www.episodicmedium.tv
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New newsletter up at Episodic Medium: The built-in fanbase for #HeatedRivalry was always going to support U.S. distribution.
Only the viral social content its Canadian distributor has been posting could have convinced HBO Max to launch it with 9 days' notice.
Only the viral social content its Canadian distributor has been posting could have convinced HBO Max to launch it with 9 days' notice.
I'm mid-newsletter on this, but I'm so curious what kind of traction this gets given HBO Max now has—checks notes—9 days to promote this specifically to U.S. audiences.
🚨 The gay Canadian hockey player show is hitting HBO Max NEXT WEEK 🚨
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm mid-newsletter on this, but I'm so curious what kind of traction this gets given HBO Max now has—checks notes—9 days to promote this specifically to U.S. audiences.
Reposted by Myles McNutt
Not seeing enough posts about the Children and Family Emmys finally acknowledging June Squibb as the Outstanding Children’s Personality she clearly is.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Not seeing enough posts about the Children and Family Emmys finally acknowledging June Squibb as the Outstanding Children’s Personality she clearly is.
Not seeing enough posts about the Children and Family Emmys finally acknowledging June Squibb as the Outstanding Children’s Personality she clearly is.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Not seeing enough posts about the Children and Family Emmys finally acknowledging June Squibb as the Outstanding Children’s Personality she clearly is.
The crowd on tonight’s #NameThatTune is so hype for Ron Funches, it’s unprecedented.
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The crowd on tonight’s #NameThatTune is so hype for Ron Funches, it’s unprecedented.
I regret to inform you all that Episodic Medium may not be a safe workplace because Sam is voluntarily watching Entourage for the first time while covering #ILoveLA and I allowed that to happen. My bad.
Review: I Love LA, “Girl's Girl” | Season 1, Episode 3
A PR crisis throws Maia and Tallulah into a narratively bumpy tailspin
www.episodicmedium.tv
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I regret to inform you all that Episodic Medium may not be a safe workplace because Sam is voluntarily watching Entourage for the first time while covering #ILoveLA and I allowed that to happen. My bad.
There's just such a disconnect between AMC having to create a queue system for Taylor Swift's $34m weekend and being business as usual for the sequel to two of the highest-grossing films of all time, y'know?
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
There's just such a disconnect between AMC having to create a queue system for Taylor Swift's $34m weekend and being business as usual for the sequel to two of the highest-grossing films of all time, y'know?
AI in higher education is very simple: the neoliberal demands of the marketplace require institutions to do the song and dance, and it is left to professors to try to mitigate the damage as the only actors who care about actual student learning.
This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal
Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...
thenewjournalatyale.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
AI in higher education is very simple: the neoliberal demands of the marketplace require institutions to do the song and dance, and it is left to professors to try to mitigate the damage as the only actors who care about actual student learning.
As ever, I really want to know Bill Lawrence’s take on Ted Lasso S3.
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As ever, I really want to know Bill Lawrence’s take on Ted Lasso S3.
They created a #TheFloor category for Box Office Flops and included CYRANO?!
a little girl is making a funny face with the words what ? on her face .
ALT: a little girl is making a funny face with the words what ? on her face .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
They created a #TheFloor category for Box Office Flops and included CYRANO?!
The fall has its Discourse Show, and Episodic Medium has Donna’s words and my screenshots because Apple is being withholding with stills.
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Episode 3 of PLURIBUS has me quoting Warren Zevon and speculative fiction from 1935. It's like they made the show just for me (so I wouldn't be surprised if your mileage varies). My review at Episodic Medium for subscribers: www.episodicmedium.tv/review-pluri...
Review: Pluribus, "Grenade" | Season 1, Episode 3
She wants to live all alone in the desert. She wants to be like Georgia O'Keeffe.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The fall has its Discourse Show, and Episodic Medium has Donna’s words and my screenshots because Apple is being withholding with stills.
Subscribe to join in the fun.
Subscribe to join in the fun.
Is there another set of sports rights NBC can over invest in to fill a Voice-sized hole? Or is this still basically the best they can hope for?
A TALE OF TWO REALITY SHOWS
In A18-49, DWTS notched its best rating for this point in the competition since 2017.
In 2017, the antepenultimate DWTS notched a 1.45 A18-49. This Tuesday, it did a 1.3--down about 10%
In 2017, THE VOICE did a 1.95 A18-49. This week, it did a 0.24.-- down 88%.
In A18-49, DWTS notched its best rating for this point in the competition since 2017.
In 2017, the antepenultimate DWTS notched a 1.45 A18-49. This Tuesday, it did a 1.3--down about 10%
In 2017, THE VOICE did a 1.95 A18-49. This week, it did a 0.24.-- down 88%.
DANCING WITH THE STARS on Tuesday notched its second-best same-day viewership of the season, up vs. last week and behind only the Halloween ep. It would've set a season best without the whole YT dispute, I'm guessing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Is there another set of sports rights NBC can over invest in to fill a Voice-sized hole? Or is this still basically the best they can hope for?
The unanswered question: would Lyonne have continued if Peacock had wanted a third season?
This is... confusing. But also just a bummer, because even if Johnson manages to pull this off, I'll miss Lyonne as Charlie so much.
Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
deadline.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The unanswered question: would Lyonne have continued if Peacock had wanted a third season?
FX saw everyone siphoning hope from horror and said “We want in!”
‘English Teacher’ Canceled by FX After Two Seasons
FX has canceled Brian Jordan Alvarez's 'English Teacher' after two seasons.
variety.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
FX saw everyone siphoning hope from horror and said “We want in!”
Reposted by Myles McNutt
Listen, after four years of writing about over 100 rom-coms, I thought I might be done with the genre for good. But hearing how many of you miss my old column made me realize the love story isn't over after all. So welcome to my brand new column, You've Got Rom-Com! I hope you'll join
My new rom-com column kicks off with ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’
You've Got Rom-Com makes the case that the 2011 ensemble comedy is the *most* rom-com ever made
girlculture.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Listen, after four years of writing about over 100 rom-coms, I thought I might be done with the genre for good. But hearing how many of you miss my old column made me realize the love story isn't over after all. So welcome to my brand new column, You've Got Rom-Com! I hope you'll join
The thing about putting on Hallmark screeners in the background while I work is that I can’t post the #EmptyCupAwards content until the embargo lifts.
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The thing about putting on Hallmark screeners in the background while I work is that I can’t post the #EmptyCupAwards content until the embargo lifts.
One of my students just told me he watched one of the Kung Fu Panda movies every day for two and a half years and then walked out before I could ask SEVERAL questions.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One of my students just told me he watched one of the Kung Fu Panda movies every day for two and a half years and then walked out before I could ask SEVERAL questions.
The Enthusiast Press absolutely has its place, but it is 100% a corruptive influence.
One more thing I would add: There's a popular idea that "Media wants negative reviews because that gets clicks." Not to overgeneralize but for a good while a lot of incentive has been the opposite, toward ingratiation: "We like that thing that you like! We're OBSESSED with ___!" &c
My ears were glued to Wesley Morris and Kelefa Sanneh on the nice-ification of music criticism. This is a thing I think about a lot lately with TV criticism, although the reasons/dynamics are different. Maybe inside baseball, but you follow a critic on social media! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerX...
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Enthusiast Press absolutely has its place, but it is 100% a corruptive influence.