Daniel Fienberg
@thefienprint.bsky.social
Chief Television Critic, The Hollywood Reporter. General social media dabbler.
Most of my content/writing/word-spewing can be found here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/the-fien-print/
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Reposted by Daniel Fienberg
I've only seen two episodes, but I was mostly amused by HBO Max/Crave's "What if Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin were canoodling?" hockey rom-dram "Heated Rivalry."
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
‘Heated Rivalry’ Review: HBO Max’s Horny Hockey Drama Is a Playful Gay Romance for Grown-Ups
'Letterkenny' co-creator Jacob Tierney wrote and directed the six-part series about a pair of rising hockey stars who fall into a steamy affair.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I've only seen two episodes, but I was mostly amused by HBO Max/Crave's "What if Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin were canoodling?" hockey rom-dram "Heated Rivalry."
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
Time for us all to gather together to watch the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever made, “The Last Waltz.”
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Time for us all to gather together to watch the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever made, “The Last Waltz.”
I've only seen two episodes, but I was mostly amused by HBO Max/Crave's "What if Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin were canoodling?" hockey rom-dram "Heated Rivalry."
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
‘Heated Rivalry’ Review: HBO Max’s Horny Hockey Drama Is a Playful Gay Romance for Grown-Ups
'Letterkenny' co-creator Jacob Tierney wrote and directed the six-part series about a pair of rising hockey stars who fall into a steamy affair.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I've only seen two episodes, but I was mostly amused by HBO Max/Crave's "What if Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin were canoodling?" hockey rom-dram "Heated Rivalry."
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
It's "Queer As Puck"! It puts the "bone" in "zamboni"! The "twink" in "rink"!
Coming to Netflix in time for Thanksgiving, "Perducken: A Person on the Inside of a Duck on the Inside of a Chicken." From Ryan Murphy.
Just realized that in consecutive weeks, Netflix released "The Beast in Me" and "A Man on the Inside." Somebody in Netflix development has a very confused idea of internal biology.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Coming to Netflix in time for Thanksgiving, "Perducken: A Person on the Inside of a Duck on the Inside of a Chicken." From Ryan Murphy.
Just realized that in consecutive weeks, Netflix released "The Beast in Me" and "A Man on the Inside." Somebody in Netflix development has a very confused idea of internal biology.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just realized that in consecutive weeks, Netflix released "The Beast in Me" and "A Man on the Inside." Somebody in Netflix development has a very confused idea of internal biology.
I says to Angie, "Angie," I says, "Based on the headline, this makes no sense to me. Will it make sense to me after I read the whole story?"
It makes significantly LESS sense.
[Angie did not claim otherwise.]
It makes significantly LESS sense.
[Angie did not claim otherwise.]
kate beckinsale is a rare shining example of "why are you like this (complimentary)"
Kate Beckinsale claims her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs: 'It’s a little bit gross'
In a truly unbelievable 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' interview, Kate Beckinsale claimed that her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs — and had pictures to prove it: 'What in the world?'
ew.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I says to Angie, "Angie," I says, "Based on the headline, this makes no sense to me. Will it make sense to me after I read the whole story?"
It makes significantly LESS sense.
[Angie did not claim otherwise.]
It makes significantly LESS sense.
[Angie did not claim otherwise.]
Resolved: Next presidential election, instead of a tasteless imbecile, let's elect a president willing to pressure studios to make additional "Master & Commander" movies or, at the VERY least, a wrap-up season of "The Society" that answers some basic questions.
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Resolved: Next presidential election, instead of a tasteless imbecile, let's elect a president willing to pressure studios to make additional "Master & Commander" movies or, at the VERY least, a wrap-up season of "The Society" that answers some basic questions.
Tons of TV chatter in my normal biweekly chat with @nickdigilio.bsky.social, from "SNL" to "A Man on the Inside" to "Stranger Things":
Nick D - Dan Fienberg, TV Talk, and Don't Ruin the Turkey!
Nick talks TV with Dan Fienberg and dives into holiday cooking with Esmeralda Leon.
radiomisfits.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tons of TV chatter in my normal biweekly chat with @nickdigilio.bsky.social, from "SNL" to "A Man on the Inside" to "Stranger Things":
Look, No.1 on the Variety comedies list is ridiculous and close to unjustifiable, but the number of people in the comments here claiming that "Fargo" ISN'T a comedy (and lying that nobody has watched "Tootsie" in 30 years and that it isn't brilliant) serves as a reminder of humor's subjectivity.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Look, No.1 on the Variety comedies list is ridiculous and close to unjustifiable, but the number of people in the comments here claiming that "Fargo" ISN'T a comedy (and lying that nobody has watched "Tootsie" in 30 years and that it isn't brilliant) serves as a reminder of humor's subjectivity.
If You Run Into an Asshole in the Morning, You Ran Into an Asshole. If You Run into Assholes All Day, You're the Asshole, Charlie Brown!
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
If You Run Into an Asshole in the Morning, You Ran Into an Asshole. If You Run into Assholes All Day, You're the Asshole, Charlie Brown!
It doesn't make me happy that my entire enjoyment of a show set in 1906 can be torpedoed by a reference to "tiramisu," but even if your show thrives on anachronisms, you can't have a reference to tiramisu in 1906.
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It doesn't make me happy that my entire enjoyment of a show set in 1906 can be torpedoed by a reference to "tiramisu," but even if your show thrives on anachronisms, you can't have a reference to tiramisu in 1906.
Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday Papal, yeah, yeah
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday Papal, yeah, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday Papal, yeah, yeah
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday Papal, yeah, yeah
I saw @sepinwall.bsky.social at 34th Street orientation day at the DP and thought, "You can do THAT as your job?"
[It's actually probably more about reading Pauline Kael from a very young age, but it's important to honor the elders.]
[It's actually probably more about reading Pauline Kael from a very young age, but it's important to honor the elders.]
Saw these guys on tv, thought, “you can do THAT as your job?”
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I saw @sepinwall.bsky.social at 34th Street orientation day at the DP and thought, "You can do THAT as your job?"
[It's actually probably more about reading Pauline Kael from a very young age, but it's important to honor the elders.]
[It's actually probably more about reading Pauline Kael from a very young age, but it's important to honor the elders.]
The "Conjuring" and "Paranormal Activity" franchises have 16 entries, of which I've seen done, which I say as neither a point of pride nor shame. That's just... more than the normal number of franchise entries for me to not see. Maybe I'll watch "The Conjuring" tonight.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The "Conjuring" and "Paranormal Activity" franchises have 16 entries, of which I've seen done, which I say as neither a point of pride nor shame. That's just... more than the normal number of franchise entries for me to not see. Maybe I'll watch "The Conjuring" tonight.
I still refuse to give Greene credit for calling out the bullshit.
It's aftermath (hopefully) of a frat party to end all frat parties. MTG's staggering out and doing the walk of shame before SOME. She didn't clean up and she's still covered in puke and she's already planning a rager of her own..
It's aftermath (hopefully) of a frat party to end all frat parties. MTG's staggering out and doing the walk of shame before SOME. She didn't clean up and she's still covered in puke and she's already planning a rager of her own..
In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I still refuse to give Greene credit for calling out the bullshit.
It's aftermath (hopefully) of a frat party to end all frat parties. MTG's staggering out and doing the walk of shame before SOME. She didn't clean up and she's still covered in puke and she's already planning a rager of her own..
It's aftermath (hopefully) of a frat party to end all frat parties. MTG's staggering out and doing the walk of shame before SOME. She didn't clean up and she's still covered in puke and she's already planning a rager of her own..
You might say she's looking for a Greene New Deal.
I wouldn't, though.
I wouldn't, though.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You might say she's looking for a Greene New Deal.
I wouldn't, though.
I wouldn't, though.
This feels like a great and heartwarming opportunity for Mamdani to teach Trump to say, "You're the man now, dawg!"
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This feels like a great and heartwarming opportunity for Mamdani to teach Trump to say, "You're the man now, dawg!"
I've been reflecting since yesterday on how many of my colleagues have used the word "kind" to describe Robert and how accurate it is and how how little "kindness" is prioritized in our business and how truly sad it is to lose somebody who was good at their job, but ALSO truly kind. #RIP
Robert Pietranton, a longtime public relations executive at Warner Bros. Television, has died.
Robert Pietranton, Warner Bros. TV Publicity Executive, Dies at 56
Robert Pietranton, a longtime public relations executive at Warner Bros. Television, has died.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I've been reflecting since yesterday on how many of my colleagues have used the word "kind" to describe Robert and how accurate it is and how how little "kindness" is prioritized in our business and how truly sad it is to lose somebody who was good at their job, but ALSO truly kind. #RIP
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Everybody should see "The Star Wars Holiday Special," but I'm fundamentally opposed to it being EASY to see. Kids today who can just go to YouTube and choose between six versions can't POSSIBLY appreciate the effort that used to be required to see that piece of garbage, and for that, it suffers.
Cannot wait to unwrap The Star Wars Holiday Special with George Lucas Talk Show host @connorratliff.bsky.social on Sunday 12/7 at 3 pm. And be sure to come early, at 1, when we'll screen The Star Wars Holiday Special in full from the Paley Archive. More info: www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Everybody should see "The Star Wars Holiday Special," but I'm fundamentally opposed to it being EASY to see. Kids today who can just go to YouTube and choose between six versions can't POSSIBLY appreciate the effort that used to be required to see that piece of garbage, and for that, it suffers.
Looks like those clowns in congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Looks like those clowns in congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.
Reposted by Daniel Fienberg
There's fun to be had with AMC+'s "The Assassin," but it definitely could have been better.
My review:
My review:
‘The Assassin’ Review: Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore Bicker Charmingly in AMC+’s Too-Slight Hitwoman Comedy
Harry and Jack Williams created this series about a killer for hire and her journalist son, set in and around various photogenic European locales.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
There's fun to be had with AMC+'s "The Assassin," but it definitely could have been better.
My review:
My review:
Ooh, if you're a fan of nerdy kids sexually assaulting lifeguards, "The Sandlot" is on Netflix now for some reason.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ooh, if you're a fan of nerdy kids sexually assaulting lifeguards, "The Sandlot" is on Netflix now for some reason.
This is only good news if you're running for Senate in Maine.
Otherwise, it's both awful and... random?
Otherwise, it's both awful and... random?
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is only good news if you're running for Senate in Maine.
Otherwise, it's both awful and... random?
Otherwise, it's both awful and... random?
I sure hope Nick Fuentes was never a guest on Parmigiano Reggiano's podcast.
It was never a matter of if Parmigiano Reggiano was going to make it big in Hollywood. It was only a matter of ‘say when.’ And now, she’s got the backing of UTA.
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
It was never a matter of if Parmigiano Reggiano was going to make it big in Hollywood. It was only a matter of ‘say when.’ And now, she’s got the backing of UTA.
www.vulture.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I sure hope Nick Fuentes was never a guest on Parmigiano Reggiano's podcast.