TV OT: 'Ted Lasso' returns and why am I watching 'So Freakin' Cheap'?

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TV OT is simply a play look astatine what CNN's amusement squad is watching since excessively overmuch tv has america each moving overtime.

(CNN)You amended judge that "Ted Lasso" was the astir anticipated Season 2 debut successful my household since we waited for the instrumentality of "Instant Hotel." (We sometimes person trash taste. I don't apologize.)

Except successful the lawsuit of "Ted Lasso," we were acold from unsocial successful our anticipation.

This much-lauded, much-awarded drama comes backmost with a much-elevated buzz. Some crush nether the unit successful a improvement known arsenic the sophomore slump. But not lone does Ted Lasso, the coach, person astonishing posture, he'd astir apt person a folksy anecdote astir however sophomore years are precise important.

This and much successful this week's TV overtime.

1:1 with Dani Rojas

Cristo Fernandez successful "Ted Lasso," present streaming connected Apple TV+.

Football is beingness and talking to histrion Cristo Fernandez, who plays Dani Rojas connected "Ted Lasso," low-key made mine.

And we had plentifulness to speech about.

"Ted Lasso" Season 2 explores intelligence wellness more with the assistance of a caller quality -- a sports psychologist, played by histrion Sarah Niles.

Spoiler alert if you haven't seen the premiere, which is streaming now: Sarah is introduced due to the fact that Dani accidentally kills the squad mascot portion trying to sprout a goal. Fernandez laughed portion recalling the storyline but stopped himself, saying, "I shouldn't beryllium laughing but I laughter due to the fact that it's comic -- I deliberation we some agree."

"She's going to beryllium truly important for the squad and everyone successful our world," helium teased.

Heading into the 2nd season, helium admitted, helium felt immoderate "nervousness" astir surviving up to the expectations acceptable by the incredibly fashionable freshman season, some connected surface and off.

And adjacent though Covid protocols analyzable astir the archetypal fractional of their six months of production, helium says helium realized overmuch of his nerves were "internal," arsenic everything seemed to autumn backmost into place.

"Everything connected acceptable with [executive producers] Jason [Sudekis], Brendan [Hunt], Joe [Kelly], and Bill [Lawrence], I'm conscionable learning truthful overmuch from them -- however they managed and however they preserved that bully vibes environment," helium said. "Again, it was specified a truly bully experience."

Cleaning retired the cue

'WandaVision' is nominated for 23 Emmy Awards.

If you're idiosyncratic who uses Emmy nominations to freshen up your streaming cues, articulation the club. Normally I wouldn't archer you what I haven't watched due to the fact that I don't privation to beryllium shame-belled connected Twitter. But successful the tone of transparency, I'll archer you one: "WandaVision."

Maybe you tin empathize with why, though.

As quality beings, I deliberation it's important to admit our ain affectional limitations. I don't cognize galore details astir "WandaVision" -- which my colleagues person covered wonderfully -- but I cognize that the amusement tackles the contented of grief. That, combined with my cognition Wanda's MCU filmverse journey, gives maine capable accusation to infer the affectional portion of the premise.

I, similar truthful many, person experienced nonaccomplishment successful my life. And though my begetter died respective years ago, it's inactive precise overmuch thing that comes up successful therapy often and tin beryllium a unrecorded ligament successful my regular life. (Looking astatine you, institution that sent to my location an auto-mailed advertisement addressed to my father.)

In short, I'm inactive dealing. With the pandemic past twelvemonth and missing him and everyone, my mode was much hearts and rainbows than heartache. As conversations astir the amusement took place, I felt a small similar a failure. Because I'm not beardown enough, I'm atrocious astatine my occupation and missing an important taste moment.

That, of course, was not true, but it feels similar it is astatine the time.

All this to say, springiness yourself grace erstwhile you deliberation you mightiness beryllium missing retired connected a tv zeitgeist infinitesimal -- immoderate the crushed whitethorn be. 1) It's conscionable TV. 2) Everything is connected the net and volition beryllium determination waiting for you erstwhile you're ready. 3) You're ne'er alone. We're each ever catching up connected thing and determination volition ever beryllium idiosyncratic determination to speech astir it with.

To those who haven't watched "WandaVision": Should we commencement together?

Is anyone other watching...?

The Tran household from TLC's 'So Freakin' Cheap.'

In different programming news, my hubby has gone backmost to the bureau aft months of america moving astatine location together. I miss him, but I bash bask having my trash tv connected successful the inheritance portion I enactment again.

My latest find -- recovered successful the depths of TLC's lineup -- is simply a amusement called "So Freakin' Cheap." (This is not to beryllium confused with the network's amusement "Extreme Cheapskates," which has been connected the aerial for galore years.)

In the premiere, we conscionable families who spell to utmost lengths to prevention money. One ma is trying to program her daughter's wedding for a fund of $750. (For those who don't talk wedding industry, that's, like, a cake.) In different episode, the aforesaid ma spoke astir however she utilized to reuse contraceptives. I won't elaborate.

Casting directors, I bow to you.

Guilt-free pleasure

Netflix debuted a caller dating bid called 'Sexy Beasts.'

Can we delight speech astir "Sexy Beasts"?

The premise of this ripped-from-your-nightmares amusement is simple, arsenic CNN's Brian Lowry explains successful his review:

"In each episode, a subordinate successful dense prosthetic constitution is presented with 3 imaginable matches, each likewise adorned successful antithetic guises. The thought is for the chooser to get to cognize the candidates without being unduly influenced by looks (Netflix truly likes this construct), earlier the large uncover erstwhile helium oregon she and the assemblage gets to spot what the bachelors/bachelorettes really look like."

But helium points retired 1 large flaw, writing, "there's an inherent cheat built into the format, lacking adjacent the courageousness of its slim conceit, since everyone -- stripped of their prosthetic appliances -- is charismatic by accepted standards and those of the genre. In 1 episode, the bachelorette announces that she's a model, and she's not wearing a sackcloth, truthful arsenic dice rolls spell betting connected whether she looks OK erstwhile she removes the disguise isn't overmuch of a gamble."

I'm with him. Call maine erstwhile they commencement throwing immoderate existent twists successful determination -- similar an occurrence wherever idiosyncratic with antennae reveals they aren't wearing immoderate constitution astatine all.

Weekend watch

Julia Haart and Robert Brotherton successful an occurrence of "My Unorthodox Life."

I'm astir to dive successful connected the past episodes of "My Unorthodox Life." This Netflix world bid is astir Julia Haart, Elite World Group CEO and a erstwhile subordinate of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, who near that beingness successful her 40s and is present precise affluent and precise dedicated to wearing high-heeled shoes.

Some of Haart's characterizations of her past experiences person drawn disapproval from members of the orthodox Jewish assemblage and Haart herself is somewhat of a polarizing figure. We mightiness dive into this adjacent week, depending connected however I consciousness astir these last episodes. Or I whitethorn conscionable effort to hitch the bid from my encephalon with 1 of those "Men successful Black" devices.