ladyteruki🇸🇰 Viktor Hudák used to be a very important man : for 10 years, he was the Prime minister of Slovakia ! Nowadays, he's hardly the most important person in his own living room. Political comedy #Víťaz shows no mercy for this man, and he doesn't even realize it !
🇵🇪 When your country becomes more unlivable by the day, when you're losing everything, when life just keeps getting sadder... you need hope more than ever. Even if it's absurd. Especially if it's absurd.
Today I review Peruvian mini-series #Eldíademisuerte.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Le-jour-de-chance-est-arrive-X8X0QYQ97
🇧🇷 They're young, beautiful, in great shape, and they're about to go on the best vacation ever ! Except of course, Brazilian series #ÚltimasFérias will not let that happen, and will turn this soapy series into a typical summer thriller.
🇪🇬 In Egyptian series #FeKoulOsbouaYoumGomaa (or #EveryWeekHasAFriday), a woman plays dead and starts her life over. But the deal she has made with the rich woman who helped her might lead her to uncover unsettling things...
Also, Ko-fi contributions are how my disabled self is able to pay her bills. So boosts are definitely appreciated !
🇦🇷 Even at the local level, professional sports are often a matter of corruption and various less-than-clean maneuvers. Argentine series #Barrabrava explores the violent and dark sides of soccer, and if you know me, you can guess where this is going...
🇿🇦 The family in #GrootboomandSons owns a funeral parlor, passed down from generation to generation. Sounds familiar ? Oh, how I wish I could tell you this South African drama is as good as the one you're thinking of.
🇯🇵 If you played Pokemon Red in the 90s, you're exactly the audience Japanese dramedy #PocketniBoukenwoTsumekonde is designed for. Each episode has its main character using her nostalgia in her current adult life. Gotta watch 'em all !
https://ko-fi.com/post/Gotta-watch-em-all-I3I3R5KL7
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #Jdrama #Pokemon #ladytelephagy
🇸🇦 An engagement should be an occasion to celebrate, but in Razan's family, things are always a little bit more complicated than that. Things take a funny but thoughtful start in Saudi comedy #JaibaEid (#CrashingEid).
🇬🇧 Cats have nine lives, and so far David Marking/Joe Petrus has had two. But in British heist series #Culprits, it's hard to tell which is the one with the most excitement and danger !
🇩🇪 In 1954, West Germany is more than happy to move forward, and leave its recent past behind. But do the Nazis know that they belong to the past ? German series #Bonn isn't so sure.
https://ko-fi.com/post/None-so-blind-as-those-who-will-not-see-O5O6R9712
Everything matters !
🇨🇱 Many spy dramas would have you believe that spies only ever work to dismantle dangerous systems... Not here. Chilean period drama #MaryyMike is a sobering reminder that spies can also work FOR dangerous governments.
🇨🇦 There are few shows about vets on TV, and one of the reasons might be that this could entail some difficult scenes, like the one that opens the 1st episode of French Canadian comedy #Tempsdechien, and almost made me quit watching.
🇯🇵 It is a mistake to think that you can only achieve greatness, or nothing. To find what else you can be when you can't be great is a complicated equation, that Japanese culinary drama #FermatnoRyouri attempts to solve.
🇬🇧 Usually it's pretty simple to talk about a pilot : I either liked it, or didn't like it. But of course nothing is ever that reliably simple, and here I am with a more divided opinion of British comedy #SuchBraveGirls.
🇸🇪 Nothing's been the same since Stella's rape four years ago, and yet, noone in the family seems willing to acknowledge it. But that's not even where the story of Swedish thriller #Enheltvanligfamilj starts.
🇹🇷🇵🇰 Sometimes talking about international television means discussing sensitive topics, like Turkish-Pakistani period drama #KudüsFatihiSelahaddinEyyubi. This Saladin biopic set in the 12th century revolves around the fight for Jerusalem.
🇵🇭 It is no secret that I have a fondness for Filipino TV... and for food dramas. So you can imagine how delighted I am to report that the first Filipino Netflix original, #ReplacingChefChico, is an absolute gem ! And for me to say this about a show that includes a romance should really tell you something.
But hey, it's also one of my favorite shows this year, so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZvKFMs95s
The Cast of Replacing Chef Chico Replace Chef Chico | Netflix Philippines
🇫🇷 It's ok to be moved by a TV show. To just let the characters be, and tell us who they are and how they deal with the worst possible things. It makes for great television. That's what French drama #Toutvabien does, and I'm thankful for it.
❔ November has been quite a busy month on the Dotcom, but that has never stopped me from writing a new Take Five, with 5 mystery shows reviewed real quick while I have the chance. What shows are these ? Only one way to find out...
🇸🇪 It's the first day of December, time for the televised Advent calendars to make their return on Scandinavian television. In today's very long article, I offer to you a review of Swedish Julkalendar #Mirakel... and much more !
🇨🇦 #RobynHood is a poor attempt at presenting a modern take on Robin Hood's myth. But behind all the reasons to mock the show (and there's more than a few), the Canadian series brings some good news.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Y-a-t-il-une-ame-qui-priera-pour-moi-loin-de-New-N-E1E0RRBKF
🇨🇿 Today instead of one review, I'm giving you two ! These two Czech shows appeared at the same time where I could find them, despite being produced years apart. What do #Bohéma and #Herec have in common ? The way they look at History, for starters.
🇦🇺 A musical reality TV show has brought together 5 young women, who are now reaching national stardom. But Australian series #PaperDolls is not a beautiful story about dreams becoming true.
🇿🇦 Tonight I come to you to apologize : I messed up. This review has been in the works for a while. I should have told you a long time ago about the first season of this South African series. Long live #TheRepublic !
🇯🇵 Most of the time, TV is interested in the highly skilled and the extremely talented characters. Not Japanese legal dramedy #UchinoBengoshiwaTegaKakaru, though, where supporting professionals are the stars of the show. Although... they're also highly skilled !
https://ko-fi.com/post/Light-comes-from-the-shadow-A0A5RYI82
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #Jdrama #ladytelephagy
🇪🇸 In the past 12 months, it has sometimes been difficult to make time so that I could discuss shows like Spanish thriller dramedy #Sinhuellas, a series that does nothing wrong at all, and yet...
🇧🇦 I've been writing about television from all over the world for a while now, and yet it's my first time reviewing a Bosnian TV show. Happy to report that the first episode of #Znamkakodišeš shows promise.
🇨🇦 A linguistic minority in their own country, French Canadians rarely discuss that matter in fiction. Except this year, when they did, with a series named #ElToro which is set in the 60s and in the French-speaking community (admittedly you can't tell by its title).
🇮🇳 Too often I want to take the time to talk about how good Indian shows can be, and I end up doing it so rarely. So allow me to take the time with #Chamak, a musical thriller full of an intense energy.
https://ko-fi.com/post/The-villain-of-his-own-story-M4M0S4J00
🇳🇬 I don't like to talk about horror TV shows, because watching them THEN carrying them with me is something I rarely can handle. And it's sort of the reason why I almost didn't talk about Nigerian mini-series #TheOriginMadamKoiKoi, but also, not exactly why.
🇿🇦 Yesterday's review was scary, today's is horrific. My least favorite romcom is back, and at the same time, I'm talking about a new show : #YohChristmas, the South African version of a story Netflix appears to be fond of. A sentiment I really don't share.
🇯🇵 The only reason why there is a review today is because @Mila_no_toot insisted (she doesn't know she did). Without her, I wouldn't have watched the first episode of Japanese series #ANIMALS. And I would have missed out.
https://ko-fi.com/post/She-works-hard-for-the-money-B0B7S9E8G
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #Jdrama #ladytelephagy
🇬🇧🇮🇪 The first episode of British-Irish series #TheDollFactory appears to place more importance on atmosphere than story ; but don't believe for a second that it's a bad thing... Although, if you want to see bad things, you won't be disappointed.
🇩🇪 I watched German series #DieKaiserin (about the Austrian Empress "Sisi" Elisabeth) earlier this year, hoping to find an alternative to rewatching another show I love much more. You'll never guess what happened.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Cage-doree-D1D1SL3TY
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #ladytelephagy
🇮🇩 One of my favorite shows of 2023 was an Indonesian series I would not have expected from Amazon Prime Video : #RencanaBesar offers a well-written thriller with an explicitly anti-capitalistic stance.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Avec-interet-L4L3SNI7D
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #ladytelephagy
🇯🇵 Today on ladyteruki.com , I'm talking about taxes... but also about television. I know it doesn't sound like it, but I have only praise for Japanese drama #Zeicho ! Just be open-minded, and give me a chance to explain why.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Ne-nous-sous-estimez-pas-J3J8SOTY1
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #Jdrama #ladytelephagy
🇩🇰 Danish series #CarmenCurlers is a thing of the past... and not just because its story is set in the 60s. Is it just me, or it's time to move past this kind of stories ?
https://ko-fi.com/post/Tout-roule-E1E3SRK2V
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #ladytelephagy
🇺🇸 This is it. The last review of 2023 (well... mostly) on ladyteruki.com, and for this occasion I decided to review the first season of #TheLegendofVoxMachina ! It's not Thursday yet, but close enough.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Les-des-sont-jetes-W7W1SSVZA
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #ladytelephagy
❔ Last chance ! These shows almost never got a review in 2023, but thanks to Take Five, you can read a little bit about them. What these shows are, however, will only be revealed to you by clicking !
https://ko-fi.com/post/Take-Five-Douze-O5O1SSW72
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #ladytelephagy
🌐 As is the tradition every year, let me offer, rather than a ranking or a "best of" (or, ew, "worst of"), a complete recap of everything published on ladyteruki.com during 2023. Get ready to catch up !
https://ko-fi.com/post/2023-le-calme-pendant-la-tempete-K3K6SSWDD
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #ladytelephagy
In case you missed it last night, I posted a giant recap of ALL the articles I posted in 2023. Because I don't believe in ranking things !
https://ko-fi.com/post/2023-le-calme-pendant-la-tempete-K3K6SSWDD
The picture is a TL;DR 😅
#Television #TV #TVShows #TVSeries #SeriesTV #ladytelephagy #reruns
And with that, the 2023 thread has officially come to a close !
Thanks for supporting me in any way, shape or form during this past year ; be it through Ko-fi, through comments, or simply through boosts 💜
I hope I made you curious about television from all over the world, and through it, curious about the world :)
I'll be starting the 2024 thread soon and we'll go on more telephagic trips around the globe !
Pendulionalso I was glad to read in your wrap up article of 2023 that you're regaining an enjoyable relationship with writing and watching shows, that was the best part <3
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