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.

Haters gonna watch: Why do we keep turning on terrible TV shows?

June 24, 2015 Ryan Berenz

“IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, DON’T WATCH IT!” the Internet commenters scream via their keyboards. If only it were that simple. Someone pays me money to watch and write about terrible TV shows. What’s your excuse? Not that long ago, if a TV show was bad, people didn’t watch it and the show went away. But in today’s media culture, a bad TV show can thrive so long as it is bad enough that it becomes awesome in its badness. Thus is born the concept of “hate-watching.” Entertainment Weekly’s Darren Franich defines hate-watching as “the practice of watching a TV […]

It’s master vs. apprentice in Spike’s Ink Master Season 6

June 23, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Spike’s Ink Masterhttp://www.spike.com/shows/ink-master reality competition series returns for Season 6 on Tuesday, June 23, at 10pm ET/PT, as 18 tattoo artists from around the country battle it out for a $100,000 grand prize, an editorial feature in Inked magazine and bragging rights. This season, each contestant enters with their own personal rival — their master or their apprentice. Spike has picked up Ink Master for a seventh season of 16 one-hour episodes beginning in spring 2016. Spike also announced a new spinoff series for fall 2015, Ink Master: Redemption, which gives former Ink Master human canvases a chance to receive […]

Discovery Channel Alaskan Bush People recap: Bloodlines

June 22, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Do the Alaskan Bush People get paid? We asked! Read our interview with the Brown family. In Discovery Channel’s Alaskan Bush People Season 2 Episode 12, “Bloodlines” (June 19), the Browns have boat trouble which sends the boys into Hoonah looking for work to pay for the repairs. Ami is forced to confront her past when an Alaska State Trooper requests a meeting with her. Alaskan Bush People Season 1 Recaps: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | The Wild Life Season 2 Recaps: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode […]

2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Round of 16 TV schedule

June 20, 2015 Ryan Berenz

The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada enters the Round of 16 knockout stage on Saturday, June 20, with matches at Lansdowne Stadium in Ottawa and Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. FOX Sports 1 airs the Round of 16 through June 23. Spanish-language coverage will be on Telemundo and NBC Universo. 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Schedule At A Glance Group Matches June 6-17 (FOX, FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports 2) Round of 16 June 20-23 (FOX Sports 1) Quarterfinals June 26-27 (FOX & FOX Sports 1) Semifinals June 30-July 1 (FOX & FOX Sports 1) Third Place Match July 4 (FOX) […]

A Deadly Adoption: Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig’s Lifetime movie baby

June 18, 2015 Ryan Berenz

A Deadly Adoption is a Lifetime movie about a man and his wife who welcome a pregnant woman (Jessica Lowndes) into their home, planning to adopt her baby. Simple enough, right? But this isn’t your ordinary cookie-cutter Lifetime domestic-murder-mystery movie thriller. This is the “secret” Lifetime movie project from Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, which was “leaked” on April Fool’s Day and then abruptly canceled due to the leak. Well, A Deadly Adoption is back on, and it’s premiering on Lifetime Saturday, June 20, at 8pm ET/PT. Expect everything in this movie to be taken so seriously that it becomes […]

HBO’s “The Brink”: Jack Black’s Tenacious Diplomacy

June 18, 2015 Ryan Berenz

HBO’s new dark, satirical political comedy The Brink, premiering Sunday, June 21, at 10:30pm ET/PT, stars Tim Robbins as a hard-drinking U.S. Secretary of State Walter Larson, Jack Black as disinterested diplomat Alex Talbot and Pablo Schreiber as drug-dealing Navy fighter pilot Zeke Tilson. “This job sucks ass. I should’ve asked for secretary of the interior. No one’s going to take you away from a hooker in the middle of the night to save Mount Rushmore,” Tim Robbins snarls in HBO’s new series The Brink, which does to present U.S. policy in the Middle East what Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove […]

FX’s Tyrant returns to power: Season 2 preview

June 16, 2015 Ryan Berenz

High-stakes political thriller Tyrant debuts Season 2 on FX Tuesday, June 16, at 10pm ET/PT. Season 1 saw Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) facing treason charges after the failed attempt to overthrow his brother Jamal’s (Ashrof Barhom) brutal rule over Abbudin. In the Season 2 premiere, “Mark of Cain,” Barry awaits punishment for leading the failed coup, while Jamal agonizes over whether or not to execute him. ALSO SEE: FX’s intense drama “Tyrant” goes to cool, dark places: Middle-East turmoil ensnares an American family in FX’s captivating new series Watch Tyrant Season 1 episodes now on Hulu Tyrant Season 2 […]

Golf Channel’s Altered Course goes the whole 700 yards

June 15, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Golf Channel’s new reality competition series Altered Course combines golf, speed, fitness and strategy as teams have to quickly navigate reimagined and extreme golf holes in excess of 700 yards. Eight two-person teams race against the clock — scored on strokes and time — with weekly eliminations leaving one winning duo standing. The series premieres Monday, June 15, at 9pm ET. The first season of Altered Course takes place in Montego Bay, Jamaica, at the Hyatt Zilara and Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort, with the competition at White Witch and Cinnamon Hill golf courses. Kristen Kenney hosts.

Discovery Channel Alaskan Bush People recap: Divide and Conquer

June 14, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Do the Alaskan Bush People get paid? We asked! Read our interview with the Brown family. In Discovery Channel’s Alaskan Bush People Season 2 Episode 11, “Divide and Conquer” (June 12), the Browns are low on meat and send Matt and Bam out to hunt deer. Bear goes on a date, and some of the Browns go to the town of Gustavus to find chickens. Alaskan Bush People Season 1 Recaps: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | The Wild Life Season 2 Recaps: Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode […]

FOX Sports coverage of the 2015 U.S. Open golf tournament

June 12, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Golf on FOX? Yes, it’s a thing now. FOX Sports airs the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., June 18-21. Golf’s best head to the Pacific Northwest for the national championship at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., June 18-21. Top contenders include Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Justin Rose, 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth and 2014 U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer. This is the first U.S Open broadcast by FOX Sports its new TV rights deal with the USGA. FOX Sports 1 and FOX air the tournament through Sunday, with live coverage and […]