Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a much anticipated appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by his doppelganger, Larry David. It was the parody of David's HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm which stole the show. Entitled (of course) "Bern Your Enthusiasm," it melded the fictional David with Sanders after his narrow loss of the Iowa Caucus...

2016

Jan

'SESAME STREET' MOVES TO A NEW UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD: HBO By Monique Nazareth

Sesame Street starts its 46th season at 9 a.m. ET Saturday with two new episodes and a new address...

2016

Jan

LIKE ITS FICTIONAL COUNTERPART, AL JAZEERA AMERICA WILL CLOSE By Monique Nazareth

In 2013, I wrote a piece for TVWW on Al Jazeera America’s premiere in which I compared it to the fictional channel in HBO’s The Newsroom. That much-praised show was canceled after three seasons and the real life newsroom is meeting the same fate...

2015

Oct

IT'S THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW By Monique Nazareth

It's no surprise Saturday Night Live would open this week's show with a parody of the CNN presidential debate. But what was unexpected was just how well they cast it, especially when it came to having SNL alum and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David playing what some have called his doppelgänger...

2015

Oct

A LITTLE LATE NIGHT MUSIC By Monique Nazareth

In case you missed it, recently CBS’s late night hosts got together on The Late Show to display their musical theater skills...

2015

Jul

A CONFUSED SLIM SHADY By Monique Nazareth

Stephen Colbert seems to be warming up for his September Late Night premiere...

2015

May

AN APPEAL TO HULU FOR 'MINDY' By Monique Nazareth

Around the web, over Twitter and Facebook and, I’m sure, other social networks, women expressed outrage at the news that The Mindy Project had been cancelled despite an exceptionally good third season...

2015

May

ANOTHER ONE LEAVES 'THE DAILY SHOW' NEST By Monique Nazareth

As Jon Stewart himself said, The Daily Show has been "down this road a few times this year. Each time it's not easy." He was talking about another departure from the show...

2015

Feb

FRANK UNDERWOLF'S 'HOUSE OF BRICKS' By Monique Nazareth

Sesame Workshop continues to prove it’s a master of the spoof. This time it’s Netflix series House of Cards...

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Monique Nazareth

Monique Nazareth is a former producer on Knowledge@Wharton on SiriusXM's business channel, former senior producer on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show, and former producer on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She started her journalism career at Monitor Radio and is a graduate of the University of Iowa.

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