Ah, another category benefiting from Game of Thrones' absence this year, since Littlefinger's multiple accents are the heavy favorite.

The character development you mention, those first (4) seasons adapt the first 3 novels, which are widely considered stronger than the AFFC/ADWD material, right? It's not too surprising that Joffrey and Lysa and Tywin had more satisfying deaths, while Stannis and Margaery (and Tommen and Myrcella) did not. We're…

I meant Bighetti from Silicon Valley, who spent his research team on a huge potato cannon. (Somewhat obscure reference, I know.) So, no, I don't make everything in the entire world about Trump as most people around here do.

Is this what Big Head has been up to?

And before any TV roles, he sang on Broadway: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

True, the atmosphere is claustrophobic by definition, so it's hard to be expansive and avoid repetition. I feel the same about all the Star Treks et al, when so many episodes are confined to the ship.

Not only did Oz get no emmy nominations besides Guest Actor and Casting, it got no attention from the Television Critics Association Awards either, despite that group acknowledging HBO's Larry Sanders since 1993. Drama was still assumed to be the major networks' domain until The Sopranos burst on the scene.

Alan Sepinwall's book, The Revolution Was Televised, is about the cable (mostly) ascent into the era of prestige TV, and well worth checking out. After a prologue covering the major '80s & '90s serialized dramas from Hill Street Blues to ER, the first chapter is given to Oz.

"… shirts with see-through chest windows… blah blah blah … Milana Vayntrub"

Bourdain has no reservations about making his opinions known.

For me, any L&O post-Adam Schiff never happened (and none of the spinoffs ever interested me either). In fact, if the show had only run till 1997 or so, and that's all the Law & Order we ever got, it would have a much higher rep today.

Four starring roles in successful, original Broadway musicals (Carnival, Promises Promises, Chicago, 42nd Street) across 20 years — that is a huge achievement for any actor, and that's not even to mention the straight plays and revivals of other major shows.

Fun fact: Orbach and Ice-T spent 12 and 17+ years on their respective Law & Order series, but never shared an episode. Orbach guested on SVU three times, but all in the first season before Ice-T joined the cast, while Ice-T guested on the original series once, the year after Orbach left.

That totally says Jenny Orbach.

Good call. :)

That's interesting; the instagrams I follow have very little food or cats, but an enormous amount of near-nudity.

This new automated moderation system should be greeted with hurrahs by all those women who want the entire world of social media to be constant praise and validation, but no criticism or dissent whatsoever (despite commenters' complete anonymity and freedom from real consequences).

Also, I have a suspicion that the scene on a Tibetan road may have been filmed in California.

head cannon

If I wanted to see an insane, floppy naked person, I'd just look in the mirror.