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“All’s Fair” and the problem with Kim Kardashian

If you haven’t yet subjected yourself to the three-episode premiere of “All’s Fair,” I have a challenge for you: Break out a stopwatch, start the timer the moment the action begins, and see how long it takes for your jaw…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

The radical politics of “Dancing With the Stars”

A chorus of boos seems to rise up in the presence of Sarah Palin — and America wants to believe. A teen mom gets in a pitch for abstinence. An outspoken comic declares: “It’s a tough time for the gay…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Ryan Murphy’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is an example of the brand undermining the mission

It doesn’t take a dedicated Ryan Murphy aficionado to understand why Jeffrey Dahmer appeals to him as a drama subject. The nature of Dahmer’s singularly horrific crimes, several of which are studiously dramatized in Netflix’s “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

The late night rise of “Gutfeld!” is telling us something. It isn’t funny, but that doesn’t matter

Greg Gutfeld proudly preaches that his worldview is informed by 1978’s “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” a movie Generation X and Boomers consider to be a comedy classic. Watch his Fox News hit “Gutfeld!” and you can see it. In his mannerism,…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Anna Delvey on “Dancing with the Stars” isn’t “brat,” it’s sad

When it was announced a couple of weeks ago that faux heiress and convicted grand larcenist Anna Delvey would be competing in the 33rd season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” the consensus reaction was, “Of course she is.” Because criminals being made…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Maybe “Love Is Blind,” but does politics adjust the lens on this show’s relationships?

The second episode of the Washington D.C. “Love Is Blind” season is named for a game a few women play to pass the time: “Perfect Husband, but…” It’s about as serious as a slumber party as they offer a series of…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Netflix’s current Christmas slate has left us cold. What went wrong after its promising start?

It may seem unimaginable now that we’ve once again found ourselves covered in cheap tinsel and fake snow every time we hear the tu-dum! sound, but a mere 10 years ago, there was no such thing as the Netflix Christmas…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

It’s a rough world out there. Kids deserve to know

It seems almost strange, given that we were all young once upon a time, but figuring out how to communicate with kids can be challenging. No one really wants to admit it, but it’s true. Kids are smart. They know…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Jake Clemons on his Beatles conversion and the family legacy that started it all

E Street Band member and multi-instrumentalist Jake Clemons joined host Kenneth Womack to discuss going from being reluctant to accept Beatles music to becoming a full-fledged fan on “Everything Fab Four,” a podcast co-produced by me and Womack (a music…

November 6, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“I’m more conservative than people think”: Colbert pushes back against “lefty” perception

Stephen Colbert doesn’t see himself as a paragon of progressivism. In an interview with GQ covering his two decades as a television host and his sudden cancellation by CBS, Colbert said his “honest” reaction to the news of the day…

November 4, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0