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Asian American Commercial Watch: NBC’s Winter Olympics Best of U.S. – Chloe...
Oftentimes, many Super Bowl advertisers will “leak” their TV commercials on the Internet prior to the Super Bowl to generate some buzz. NBC is no different. Well, NBC posted recently a TV ad for the...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Ride the Tiger”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 4, Episode 16: “Ride the Tiger” Original airdate February 6, 2018. Synopsis: In celebration of Chinese New Year, the Huangs have a contest to see who can go the longest...
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The Jim Jefferies Show: Congressman Ted Lieu – Trolling the President
I’ve blogged about my favorite Taiwanese American Congressman, Ted Lieu. I’ve never watched The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Show, but I saw this interview with Congressman Lieu I think on Facebook....
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Let Me Go, Bro”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 4, Episode 17: “Let Me Go, Bro” Original airdate February 27, 2018. Synopsis: Eddie stuns his family when he announces he’s to be inducted into the National Honor Society....
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Measure Twice, Cut Once”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 4, Episode 18: “Measure Twice, Cut Once” Original airdate March 13, 2018. Synopsis: Louis has second thoughts about buying Kenny Rogers’s half of Kenny Rogers’s Michael...
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “King in the North”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 4, Episode 19: “King in the North” Original airdate March 20, 2018. Synopsis: Honey needs time away from home to relax and get ready for the baby, so Jessica tricks her into...
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Jimmy O. Yang
I’m a big fan of Stephen Colbert and saw that Jimmy O. Yang, of HBO Silicon Valley fame, was going to be on the show, I was curious as to learn more about him. As I’ve blogged before, I am not a big...
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‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Renewed for Fifth Season
It’s not the ’90s without the Huang family. #FreshOffTheBoat is returning for Season 5! pic.twitter.com/IKGpOZK9bD — Fresh off the Boat (@FreshOffABC) May 11, 2018 Aaaaaaaaand EXhale. I’m often...
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is not our ‘Black Panther.’ It’s a Movement.
By Tim Lounibos Major strides (25 years ago) Twenty-five years ago, an Asian American industry movement seemed imminent. I was young and returned from Hong Kong as the lead in Clara Law’s Wonton Soup....
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Kids Meet Issues in New Web Series ‘Radical Cram School’
By Nako Narter What does it mean to be an Asian American child in Trump’s America? New episodes are still rolling out for comedian Kristina Wong’s Radical Cram School, a web series featuring not merely...
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AA Industry Success, Geoffrey Owens & Acting Realities
by Tim Lounibos It’s an amazing time The past several weeks have been absolutely amazing for the Asian American entertainment industry. Crazy Rich Asians blew past $100 million at the box office in...
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Non-Spoiler ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Fresh Off the RV”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 5, Episode 1: “Fresh Off the RV” (season premiere) Airs tonight, October 5, 2018 at 8:00. It’s the end of summer, 1998 in Fresh Off the Boat time, and it’s time for Honey to...
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‘Fresh Off the Boat” Episode Review: “The Hand That Sits the Cradle”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 5, Episode 2: “The Hand That Sits the Cradle” Original airdate October 12, 2018. I’m goin’ out tonight: Jessica volunteers to take care of Honey’s zuo yue zi (“sitting the...
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‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Workin’ the ‘Ween”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 5, Episode 3: “Workin’ the ‘Ween” Original airdate October 20, 2018. It’s the heart afraid of breaking Marvin and Honey ask Louis and Jessica to be their baby’s godparents....
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Mo’ Chinese Mo’ Problems”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 5, Episode 5: “Mo’ Chinese Mo’ Problems” Original airdate November 9, 2018. The ladies will kick it: While going door to door as a U.S. Census volunteer, Evan discovers...
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Ellen DeGeneres Surprises McDonald’s Pranksters Pushing For Asian American...
This a great story on a prank when two Asian American men noticed that Asian Americans weren’t being profiled in some of McDonald’s restaurant’s posters: “Earlier this month, Jevh Maravilla and...
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Ken Jeong’s Netflix Comedy Special: ‘You Complete Me, Ho’ Now Streaming
On Valentine’s Day, Netflix released Ken Jeong’s first ever comedy special titled, ‘You Complete Me, Ho’ : In his first-ever stand-up special, Ken Jeong pays tribute to his wife and shares stories...
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Andrew Yang for President 2020 – CNN Townhall Meeting – Sun April 14th, 8 PM EST
In my last blog post about presidential candidate Andrew Yang, I mentioned he had made it on The Daily Show as well as made the Democratic Party Presidential debates. Well now, Yang has his own CNN...
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Kim’s Convenience is HILARIOUS – Available on Netflix
I had heard of the Canadian television comedy Kim’s Convenience a few years ago when it debuted, but never got around to watching it, even when it became available on Netflix last year in the U.S. But...
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BTS Takes Over America & the World
I hate to admit it, but I hadn’t listened to one song or seen one of their music videos before BTS made their appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ on Saturday, April 13th, 2019 – the first ever for a...
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