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Digital Trends
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
3 underrated Netflix shows you should watch this weekend (May 23-25)
Netflix is, by design, trying to overwhelm you with the sheer volume of stuff that you can watch. If you're actually trying to watch something, that can make things difficult. It's tough to tell the good from the bad or trust the streamer's algorithm. We've pulled together three wildly different shows that are all available to watch on Netflix. Whether you're looking for comedy or drama or something a little bit hard to explain, we've got you covered with these great shows you can stream now. Recommended Videos Need more recommendations? Then check out the best new shows to stream this week, as well as the best shows on Netflix, the best shows on Hulu, the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, the best shows on Max, and the best shows on Disney+. Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (2025-) Everybody's Live with John Mulaney is one of the oddest experiments that Netflix has produced to date. It's also one of its best. The late–night talk show is stranger and more interesting than any you've likely seen. John Mulaney brings in a stable of guests, and they talk about a specific topic that may or may not be of interest to the celebrities on the panel. They also bring in live callers who have stories related to the topic, and there's a snack robot that brings people things to eat. Oh, and Richard Kind is there to be delightful. Everybody's Live with John Mulaney is zany and unpredictable, but those are both core elements of its appeal. You can watch Everybody's Live with John Mulaney on Netflix. Dark Winds (2022-) A brilliant twist on the modern-day cop show, Dark Winds follows officers of the Navajo Tribal Police as they investigate crimes on the reservation in the 1970s. As they uncover buried truths about their community and the darkness that festers within it, they have to examine their own lives and the secrets that they've tried to bury. Dark Winds is a perfect combination of a conventional criminal procedural with something more specific and slightly stranger. Anchored by a brilliant lead performance from Zahn McClarnon, it's a show that deserves more eyeballs. You can watch Dark Winds on Netflix. The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) Loosely adapted from an Edgar Allan Poe short story, The Fall of the House of Usher is the most recent and most underrated of Mike Flanagan's Netflix miniseries. The show is told largely via flashback and follows a wealthy family whose money was made in the pharmaceutical business as members of their family start dying. As we learn more about the devil's bargain that led to the wealth, we come to appreciate exactly what's going on in this family and why every member seems to be dying in horrific fashion. Featuring plenty of solid scares and a cast filled with Flanagan regulars, The Fall of the House of Usher deserves a second glance. You can watch The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix.
New York Times
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Weirdo Talk Show That Has Suddenly Found Its Way
Last week, John Mulaney hosted his weekly talk show blindfolded, because, well, why not? Covering his eyes enabled him to make a joke about what he has in common with the pope: 'We're both from Chicago and we both willfully blind ourselves to the absurdities of our job.' Yet the stunt had less to do with opportunities for punchlines than with short-circuiting the rhythms of the talk show. Putting a host in such a predicament scrambles the script. Mulaney occasionally wandered away from the camera, leaving us, his viewers, abandoned and slightly worried for him. What's remarkable is that if you were to rank the most bizarre aspects of that hour of 'Everybody's Live With John Mulaney' (every Wednesday on Netflix), blindfolding the host might not make the Top 10. Consider the competition: Mulaney's sidekick, Richard Kind, told a story about taking a nap on a toilet during a date. An actor playing Yakub, a bulbous-headed ancient scientist who the Nation of Islam believes invented white people, came onstage to sing a show tune. That was followed by an actress who did an impression of Jean Smart — that is, if she weren't smart. (The character's name was, naturally, Jean Dumb.) Steve Guttenberg appeared and underneath his name onscreen, it read: 'Defund the Police Academy.' Then there was the subplot of a daredevil robot named Saymo who broke up with his girlfriend in front of a crowd on a studio lot, then tried to roll off a ramp and fly over a car. He failed and crashed to bits. With a lab-experiment aesthetic, 'Everybody's Live' is the most ambitious, most anything-goes television talk show in many years. Whether it works is more of an evolving question. The season began with a firm idea of what was wrong with other talk shows: actors promoting projects, overly planned chat, generic topicality, formulaic structure. Critics like me have long complained about these elements, and Mulaney, bless him, just did away with them. But figuring out the show you want to do is harder than knowing the one you don't. 'Everybody's Live' is less original than it appears (even the blindfold had been done before). Trying to escape topicality, Pete Holmes's short-lived talk show organized monologues around not the news but broad subjects like marriage or family. Mulaney did something similar, centering every episode on quirkier themes like 'Can major surgery be fun?' Nearly everything has been done before, of course, but Mulaney tends to steal from the best. (Like 'Late Night With David Letterman,' he did a Christmas special far from the holiday season.) Mulaney's opening monologues have been a consistent highlight, mixing behind-the-scenes stories, like a failed attempt to book Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, with polished stand-up bits, like an irreverent case against the F.B.I. But some of his fever-dream stunts (recasting 'Seinfeld' with members of Phish) are easier to admire than laugh at. The phone calls from viewers he fields in a recurring segment have often been awkward. And the panel chat can be aimless. How did they pull off a boring chat with Conan O'Brien, Tina Fey and Mulaney? That's the risk you take when you do away with more prepared conversation. Mulaney asked Fey if she collected anything, learned she didn't and hit a dead end. 'Everybody's Live' is still always interesting because of its taste and ambition and mad chutzpah. But a guilty thought occurred to me watching the first few episodes: What if someone went to great lengths to make exactly the kind of talk show that I want to see — and I didn't like it? Is that on me? Truly adventurous talk shows take time to find their voice. And if you gave up on this program early on, you've missed out, because 'Everybody's Live' has evolved, gotten tighter, funnier, more meta. Mulaney has downplayed the viewer calls (which could be cut altogether without much loss). And he has done more work strategizing for interviews, like one in which he and Andy Samberg read fan-fiction written about them online. The bookings have become savvier, mixing relaxed stars with a chaos agent like the comic Robby Hoffman, who has the critical quality of appearing more at ease the more uncomfortable everyone else becomes. In an episode spoofing fictionalized movies inspired by real people, Mulaney said everyone on the show was based on a real person. When an elderly man in the audience loudly complained that Samberg was playing him ('I'd never sit like that!'), the actor responded: 'He's just mad that as part of my research, I slept with his wife multiple times.' Mulaney has also cultivated his own Lonely Island-like secret weapons, with hilarious videos by the writers Jeremy Levick and Rajat Suresh that skewer pandering anti-Trump political comedy and obsessive behind-the-scenes documentaries with pitch-perfect precision. In late-night talk-show writers rooms, the true comedy purists have long pleaded for evergreen rather than topical jokes, but riffing off the news pays off. 'Everybody's Live' has smartly embraced it more, parodying the '60 Minutes' interview with Bill Belichick by having a woman interrupt Kind throughout one episode, creating a sidekick to the sidekick. The show's core identity is that it takes big comedic swings that might go over people's heads, greenlighting ideas that other mainstream shows would reject. But as the season has progressed, the volume of jokes has increased. What started as loose and rambling now feels as punchy as a '30 Rock' episode. Recently there's been considerable anxiety over the future of the late-night talk show in the streaming era. Everyone from Donald Trump to Jimmy Kimmel has said it is dying. I am more of an optimist, but there's so much disruption in entertainment right now that anyone would be foolish to confidently predict that in five years, late night will look like it does now. But we tend to focus too much on these business questions when discussing the health of this venerable art form. And this breeds caution. It's worth remembering that the winner of the late-night war during the height of the genre's popularity was Jay Leno, a solid joke-merchant who has faded into obscurity. David Letterman lost, but that had little impact on his beloved reputation. No artistic genre deserves to be around forever, but late-night talk shows should stay alive if they can continue to feature risk-taking artists doing funny work. Sometimes, that will mean safe jokes about the news, but the entertainment landscape is far more crowded than when the only laughs to be found on television around midnight were on 'The Tonight Show.' Now there's more of a premium on novelty and the unexpected. There is a rich tradition of that kind of late-night work going back to Ernie Kovacs and Steve Allen. Mulaney is making a high-profile case for that legacy, with the help of some of the biggest stars in popular culture. Whether their efforts will reach a big enough audience to get renewed is an open question. But an upcoming stunt has commercial promise. About a month ago, Mulaney announced that on the final episode this season (May 28), he would fight three 14-year-old boys. Not since Hunter S. Thompson wrote about getting beaten up by a bunch of bikers to close out his book 'Hell's Angels' has an artist promised a more pugilistic finale. Is this whole thing a trick to get your attention? If so, it's a good one, because I have spent a fair amount of time considering ways that the host could possibly avoid taking a beating. It's not easy to dream up a winning strategy for a delicate-looking 42-year-old comic that doesn't include weapons or rigging the rules. Mulaney appears confident about his chances. Of course, he always does. He takes part in all these stupendously stupid and absurd things, not with an ironic wink like Letterman or a sense of childlike silliness like O'Brien, but with an alien sureness, as if he were born to tell jokes blindfolded and get pummeled by teenagers for our entertainment. Until recently, he was the wholesome, very nice young man of stand-up comedy. Then divorce and rehab shifted his image, and his special about it catapulted him to a new position: the most acclaimed stand-up of the moment. That he is now spending his cultural capital on this weirdo show is something that deserves attention, credit and, I hope, another season.
New York Post
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Richard Kind is going on tour and has a show in NY. Get tickets today
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Your favorite character actor's favorite character actor is hitting the road. From May through July, Richard Kind is embarking on his 'How Not To Be Famous – A Conversation with Richard Kind' tour that will take him to venues all North America. Along the way, the 68-year-old 'Everybody's Live' sidekick is slated to make two stops in New York and New Jersey. First, he'll swing into Patchogue, NY's Patchogue Theatre on Sunday, May 18. At that gig, he'll be chatting with NPR 'Fresh Air' host David Bianculli. A little over a month later, the Trenton native drops by Englewood, NJ's Bergen Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 28. At all shows, Kind takes the stage to perform stand-up comedy and then take questions from the audience. 'I'm going to be coming to your town talking about me and only me,' the 'A Serious Man' actor shared via Instagram. '…it might be funny. It might not. I don't know. Would you come see me?' In an interview with the Suffolk County News, he elaborated 'I just tell stories. I talk about how sitcoms are different from movies. I talk about different acting styles. It's a little bit educational.' If this sounds like the show for you, tickets are available for all 'How Not To Be Famous' shows as of now. At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $47 before fees on Vivid Seats. Other shows have seats starting anywhere from $54 before fees to $115 including fees. For more information, our team has everything you need to know and more about Richard Kind's 'How Not To Be Famous Tour' below. All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation. Richard Kind tour schedule 2025 A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here: Richard Kind tour dates Ticket prices start at May 18 at the Patchogue Theater in Patchogue, NY $56 June 13 at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, CA $115 (fees included) June 14 at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey, CA $109 (fees included) June 21 at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre in San Antonio, TX $69 June 28 at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, NJ $47 July 19 at the Atlanta Symphony Hall in Atlanta, GA $54 July 26 at the Pantages Theater in Tacoma, WA $83 (Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn't noted, will include additional fees at checkout.) Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event. Still curious about Vivid Seats? You can find an article from their team about why the company is legit here. 'Everybody's Live with John Mulaney' In May 2024, Kind served as the sidekick to John Mulaney for his experimental six-episode 'Everybody's In LA' talk show filmed during the Netflix is a Joke Festival. Each episode featured a topic that high-profile guests, experts and callers would weigh in on. Subversive, interstitial gags and genre-smashing musical guests fleshed out the exciting live show that toyed with the format of what exactly a talk show could be. This year, Mulaney brought the envelope-pushing series back — now known as 'Everybody's Live' — with Kind and their trusty pal Saymo, who delivers snacks mid-show. Standout guests this season include Luenell, Fred Armisen, Tracy Morgan, Tina Fey and Wanda Sykes. Want to catch up? You can find all episodes of the inventive series here. Richard Kind upcoming projects Shockingly, Kind only has two projects in the works, according to IMDb. Here's a little bit about each to whet your appetite. '10-13' As of now, plot details are under wraps for David Zayas' film. All we know is that Kind stars alongside fellow character actor heavyweights Mekhi Phifer and Dylan Baker. 'The Auction' takes place at Aztec Corp., a company that auctions off ancient antiquities and semi-distinct wild exotic animals. Mary-Louise Parker, Billy Crudup, Audra McDonald, Ben Vereen and Richard Schiff round out the ensemble. Comedians on tour in 2025 Many of the funniest people around — by our estimation — are playing venues all over the U.S. and Canada these next few months. Here are just five of our favorites we can't wait to see IRL. • John Mulaney • Steve Martin with Martin Short • Tina Fey with Amy Poehler • Jerry Seinfeld • Bill Murray Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of all the biggest comedians on tour in 2025 to find the show for you. This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Richard Kind on Reuniting With the 'Only Murders in the Building' Cast
Richard Kind talks about reuniting with the 'Only Murders in the Building' cast at the SAG Awards. Plus, he talks about why it is important to him to show support to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
