Articles by Ryan Berenz

About Ryan Berenz

Member of the Television Critics Association. Charter member of the Ancient and Mystic Society of No Homers. Squire of the Ancient & Benevolent Order of the Lynx, Lodge 49, Long Beach, Calif. Costco Wholesale Gold Star Member since 2011.

5 Questions With Kal Penn of NBC’s ‘Sunnyside’

October 4, 2019 Ryan Berenz

Kal Penn (NBC’s new sitcom ‘Sunnyside’) answers our famous ‘5 Questions.’ […]

Tiffany Haddish Hosts ABC’s ‘Kids Say The Darndest Things’ Revival

October 1, 2019 Ryan Berenz

Comedy superstar Tiffany Haddish emcees ABC’s new incarnation of the classic show, which finds Haddish interacting with kids who have innocent, unfiltered and amusing points of view. […]

2019 MLB Playoffs Preview and TV Schedule

September 30, 2019 Ryan Berenz

The 2019 MLB playoffs begin Oct. 1 with the NL wild-card game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Washington Nationals on TBS. […]

Kal Penn’s Love of ’80s Sitcoms Inspired NBC’s ‘Sunnyside’

September 26, 2019 Ryan Berenz

Kal Penn plays a disgraced New York City councilman who gets a shot at redemption by helping a group of immigrants pass their naturalization tests. […]

‘mixed-ish’ Flashes Back to Rainbow’s Unusual Childhood in the ’80s

September 24, 2019 Ryan Berenz

This new ‘black-ish’ spinoff recounts the unusual childhood of Rainbow Johnson and her mixed-race family in the mid ’80s. […]

Will Viewers Heart Chuck Lorre’s Sitcom ‘Bob (Hearts) Abishola’?

September 23, 2019 Ryan Berenz

Billy Gardell stars as Bob, the middle-aged owner of a sock company. Hospitalized after a heart attack, Bob finds himself enamored with his nurse, Abishola (Folake Olowofoyeku), an immigrant from Nigeria. […]

Anthony Jeselnik Returns to Comedy Central With ‘Good Talk’ Interview Series

September 5, 2019 Ryan Berenz

Host Anthony Jeselnik gives viewers some inside-baseball access to a few of his most accomplished friends in the comedy business. […]

Dive Back Into the Legends of the Lynx in ‘Lodge 49’ Season 2

August 12, 2019 Ryan Berenz

This ‘modern fable’ about the Ancient & Benevolent Order of the Lynx and its great mysteries returns for Season 2, as Dud (Wyatt Russell) tries to restore Lodge 49’s true Sovereign Protector to his rightful throne. […]

An Ill Omen From Across the Sea Haunts Japanese Americans in ‘The Terror: Infamy’

August 11, 2019 Ryan Berenz

A suicide starts a series of strange occurrences that have a Japanese American community fearing an evil spirit may have followed them from across the sea. […]

‘Hard Knocks’ Peeks Inside Raider Nation’s Strange State of Affairs

August 1, 2019 Ryan Berenz

HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Oakland Raiders’ premieres Aug. 6 and airs Tuesdays through Sept. 3. […]