Celebrating the Unpopular Arts
 

TV Musicals

When ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ got the ax, I was reminded of the many other attempts to create a TV series in the form of a musical over the past some years. Usually they end up unsuccessful, and sometimes cringy. As I’ve previously mentioned, I have a fondness for musicals, so I’ve watched many of the shows below with varying degrees of enjoyment and disappointment. Let’s take a look at the best of them.

Pointless Fanboy Speculation: The Inferior Five

So Greg raised this question the other day, “what’s your pitch for an ongoing series starring your favorite obscure character?” and while I was typing up the second paragraph of my reply, I realized that I should give it the space and attention it deserves, so I pulled it back and made it a post. And since we have the luxury of space, I’ll include some back-story about how this idea came to be.