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Aug 27, 2019

On SYTYCD, the top 8 performed, and performed, and performed: Five dances each, in solos, duos, and groups. We're tired just watching. Mentioned: To the Pointe with Kristyn Burtt and The Dance Room, both podcasts where you can hear from the eliminated contestants each week.

The West Wing's "The Al Smith Dinner" was...


Aug 20, 2019

On SYTYCD, just when we'd kind of gotten over the heartbreak of eager young dancers not being chosen for the show, now we get the heartbreak of eliminations. So long, Eddie and Stephanie (but see you on tour).

Speaking of heartbreak, West Wing crushed us with "Here Today." This episode is hard to watch, and not...


Aug 6, 2019

Just like last weekSo You Think You Can Dance brought us another perplexing round of cuts as the top 5 guys were named: Bailey, Benjamin, Eddie, Ezra, and Gino. Goodbye, tapper we've never seen before (Aleksandr)! Goodbye, professional DWTS troupe member (Vlad)!

Instead of a West Wing episode, we got our dose of Alan...


Jul 30, 2019

On SYTYCD, there was 55 minutes of dancing, and 5 minutes of "huh?" as the top 10 girls were reduced to the top 5: Anna, Madison, Mariah, Sophie, and Stephanie.

On The West Wing, the message we took from "Message of the Week" (season 7) was, not surprisingly, that we're not cut out for politics.

Next week, we'll see the...


Jul 23, 2019

On our entertainment-themed Round 2 this week: It was part 2 of the So You Think You Can Dance Academy, and a bunch of dancers thought wrong and were sent packing.  

Over on The West Wing, Santos hits the campaign trail hard in "The Mommy Problem," a not-your-father's-West-Wing type of episode.

Next week, SYTYCD will...