Claire Mabey A silly and delightful show Not since Broad City has New York-inspired TV made me laugh so genuinely and joyfully: great gags, superb lines, perfectly placed moments of the surreal. It’s worth watching just to catch the return of Jane Lynch as the unhinged stuntwoman Sazz Patki, who steals the show every time. The wonderfully unlikely combination of Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez is enhanced by a stellar performance by Meryl Streep and a ludicrously sassy turn by Paul Rudd. I can’t get enough of this silly, delightful show that gently satirises showbiz and the global obsession with true crime podcasts. Only Murders in the Building (season three, Disney+) Unchained did what Drive to Survive has done so spectacularly for F1 and gave you the personalities inside the lycra – making this year’s sensational race far more appealing as a result. This year, before the great race, Netflix released Unchained, a documentary following the 2022 event, which revealed a new great rivalry between Jonas Vingegard and Tadej Pogačar. Then, the drug scandals of the 2000s whittled away at my interest. Gabi LardiesĪs a teenager, I would stay up all night watching Miguel Indurain grind away at the mountain stages of the Tour de France. Here, the Ice King is Simon Petrikov, and for longtime fans it’s an opportunity to learn more about his backstory. Fionna and Cake live in a different part of the multiverse than the classic Adventure Time crew, but luckily BMO does make an appearance or two. I have tried other cartoons but none have soothed my heart in quite the same way, so when I found out Fionna & Cake was in the works, I tried very hard not to get too excited, because I am easily crushed by disappointment. (Yes, I do sing along to the theme song and all the other songs too). I mostly watch TV for comfort, which roughly equates to constant rewatches of Adventure Time. Alex Casey The Curse will haunt your dreams It took a while to get it here but, now that it’s on Neon, you gotta get stuck in over the holidays. Co-created by Fielder and Benny Safdie of Uncut Gems fame, it is the perfect marriage of the former’s obsession with the facade of television and the latter’s obsession with slow, stressful zooms. Starring Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone as an insufferably well-intentioned couple doing televised good deeds in a town that wants nothing to do with them, The Curse is a frequently excruciating journey through the hell of gentrification, white guilt, and performative activism. ![]() Is it illegal to choose a show that I haven’t even finished yet? I don’t care, because The Curse is under my skin and now living in my head rent free, just like one of the Siegel’s lucky, lucky tenants. It cost a lot but has become a triumph for the whole team that made it - and its success might also bring dividends for the whole country’s screen industry. ![]() Because it has also been picked up by the UK and Australia, there’s a decent chance this will become a global buzz show in 2024. Somehow, it became a huge and beloved hit, gaining viewers as it went on – it’s surely the most talked about New Zealand show in years. Then TVNZ commissioned this deeply uncomfortable show about a maybe-paedophile teacher and his drunk, obsessive ex-wife. Have a wonderful summer and we’ll be back for whatever 2024 has in store.įor years, we’ve been told we couldn’t have the prickly Scandi-style dramas so beloved by critics because our networks needed broad shows to acquire broad audiences. If you’re looking to fill in the gaps over the summer holidays, The Spinoff writers put their heads together and came up with this: a giant megalist of the very best things that we watched, listened to and enjoyed this year. With so much happening all the time, you’d be forgiven for not being able to fully absorb all of the glorious television, music and movies that have also been released in 2023. Twitter became X, Logan Roy died, Taylor Swift made one hundred bajillion dollars, Tāme Iti was on Celebrity Treasure Island, Matthew Perry died, The Project NZ ended, Rihanna revealed her pregnancy at the SuperBowl, Bubbah got a huge tattoo on Taskmaster NZ, Prince Harry wrote about his chilly todger, and Angela Basset did the thing. Well folks, we made it to the end of 2023 and what a weird year in popular culture it has been, both here in Aotearoa and beyond. From Beyoncé and Barbie to Bottoms and Below Deck, here are a few of The Spinoff’s very favourite pop culture offerings from 2023.
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