Tara Ariano

2 weeks ago | cracked.com | Tara Ariano

Anyone who has been watching Jackie Harris (Laurie Metcalf) since her character’s 1988 début on Roseanne probably could have predicted that, when she retired, it wasn’t going to take. Jackie has always seemed like someone who wakes up at 60 mph and spends the day trying to burn off all her nervous energy, so I, at least, wasn’t that surprised that after retiring in the sixth season of The Conners, she almost immediately tried to find a new way to spend her time productively.

2 weeks ago | cracked.com | Tara Ariano

As you may have recently read, the U.S. economy is probably on the verge of falling into a chasm the likes of which no one has seen since the Great Depression, possibly on the advice of ChatGPT. Prices of all kinds of consumer goods are about to go up. So might mortgage rates. This will mean less discretionary spending for those who even have an income, which may not be all of us, since manufacturing layoffs started almost immediately.

3 weeks ago | cracked.com | Tara Ariano

It’s only been a few days since Taylor Tomlinson ended her run as the only woman in late-night TV to host her own show solo. And it wasn’t because After Midnight, the show she had hosted on CBS, wasn’t successful: It had just been renewed for a third season earlier this month.

3 weeks ago | cracked.com | Tara Ariano

The tragic glamor of a fatal disease diagnosis is a pop cultural go-to. Unlike death by misadventure, a terminal illness gives the patient the time and space to change their life, which can be as simple as being less of a doormat (The Big C) or as elaborate as going on a globetrotting adventure (Joe Versus the Volcano).

3 weeks ago | cracked.com | Tara Ariano

The series premiere of St. Denis Medical, which launched on NBC last fall, employs a time-tested trick for getting the audience up to speed on a workplace show’s setting and cast: starting on someone’s first day. In this case, the newcomer is Matt, an ER nurse from Montana. While that description primes his colleagues to expect someone tough and rugged, Matt is played by Mekki Leeper, so he’s kind of short, definitely slight and very nervous.