by Damian Holbrook
TV Guide Magazine
Cheers to Chris Pratt
for making a Mom pit stop. The Parks and Recreation goof turned matinee idol saddled up for a guest spot on real-life wife Anna Faris’s (left, with Pratt) sitcom as the horseback-riding instructor of Christy’s dreams. Now this is nepotism we can get behind.
Cheers to The Magicians
for conjuring up an addictive second season. Now that Quentin (Jason Ralph) and Co. are tasked with saving their beloved fantasy land Fillory, the stakes are higher, the relationships are stickier and the show is more enchanting than ever.
Jeers to SNL‘s off Key Goodbye to Obama
At the tail-end of Aziz Ansari’s episode, Cecily Strong and Sasheer Zamata performed an awkwardly earnest version of “To Sir with Love” dedicated to our former Pres filled with more forced emotion than an episode of This Is Us.
Jeers to The New Celebrity Apprentice
for making reality grate again. A recent challenge led to a way-too-weird boardroom battle over adviser Warren Buffett’s penchant for dark chocolate and Jon Lovitz’s lack of rich friends. Oh, Arnold, this is interminably boring.