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Dad Shows

Liam Mathews

TV for the dad-minded

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The Terminal List’s Voltstreem News Is a Bad Investment for a Shady Ukrainian Billionaire

I just noticed she has a Clash shirt on, lol. Marni Grossman/Prime

On The Terminal List Season 2 — which I reviewed for TV Guide; it’s pretty good — Russian-Ukrainian billionaire Vasili Andrenov (Costa Ronin) buys Voltstreem News, the digi...

7 days ago
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Everything Else I Watched in September 2026

I finally watched ‘Slow Horses’

Every month I do a paid subscriber-only post about stuff I watched but didn’t write about on Dad Shows or in my freelance work (In case you missed it, check out my review of Brothers for TV Guide). If this r...

a month ago
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‘Lego One Piece’ Showrunner Tom Hyndman Snuck an ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Joke Into the Show

Netflix

I got the opportunity to talk to Tom Hyndman, the showrunner of Lego One Piece, which premieres on Netflix Sept. 29. It’s a two-part special that adapts the first two seasons of Netflix’s fantasy adventure series One Piece with ani...

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Do You Call It a Flash Drive, a Thumb Drive, or a Jump Drive?

Answer the question. Prime Video

The MacGuffin in Reacher’s just-concluded fourth season is a USB drive that various criminals, government agents, and shadowy operatives are trying to obtain. (Spoiler alert: It contains pirated episodes of...

a month ago
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‘High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’ Is a Real-Life Jack Ryan Dad Show

Take a Ba’ath. TNT

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is what most people imagine when they think of a Dad Show. It’s pretty good, but not very good. It’s an entertaining and well-made thriller that gets the job done in an unflashy, wo...

2 months ago
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    Author of Dad Shows. Writer for TV Guide, Gold Derby, TheWrap, Parade, etc.

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