Lisa Marie’s Week In Television: 7/27/2025 — 8/2/2025

Big Brother 27 (24/7, CBS, Paramount, Pluto TV)

I’ve been writing about Big Brother over at the Big Brother Blog.

Diff’rent Strokes (Tubi)

On Sunday morning, I watched an episode in which Mr. Drummond was being sued by an employee who had lost out on a promotion because Drummond felt he had a responsiblity to give the promotion to a black executive. At first, Willis was all in favor of handing out jobs based on race but then, when he was cut from the school basketball team to make room for a white player, Willis realized that he was actually against Affirmative Action.

I followed this up episode up with a two-parter in which Arnold wore a wire to take down two bullies at his school. Is that really something that the police needed to get involved with? Of course, the middle school bullies did appear to be in their mid-20s so maybe it was a good idea to get the police involved.

On Monday, I watched an episode in which Mr, Drummond gave a promotion to a woman. Willis was all like, “How can you promote a woman!” Kimberly thought the woman was going to try to steal her father. It was a dumb episode. I’m probably not getting the plot right because I was bored. I followed this up with an episode where Arnold wanted to join a football team but the football coach was a jerk. Mr. Drummond told the coach off. Then, I watched an episode where a baseball coach wanted to recruit Willis but Mr. Drummond didn’t approve of the coach’s tactics. Mr. Drummond was kind of a busy body.

Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service (Hulu)

Gordon Ramsay helped a restaurant that was owned by a woman and only employed women. The owner said that her goal was to empower women. So, of course, she brought in Gordon Ramsay to save the restaurant. This restaurant had a dead rat in the kitchen. Close that place down!

The Prisoner (Night Flight Plus)

I watched two more episodes on Saturday night. Rover is my favorite character.

Untold: The Fall of Favre (Netflix)

I watched this Netflix documentary earlier today. It was about how Brett Favre went from being a beloved football hero to a somewhat shady figure of scandal. It really didn’t dive that deeply into the story but I guess it worked as a reminder that a celebrity’s public self is often far different from their private self.

Untold: Johnny Football (Netflix)

Johnny Manziel was trending on twitter for some reason so Erin and I decided to watch this Netflix documentary about him. The documentary explored why Johnny Manziel failed to make much of an impression as a professional football player. The main reason would appear to be that he was kind of dumb.

Untold: Malice at the Palace (Netflix)

This was a documentary about a brawl that broke out during a basketball game. It was interesting to watch, even though I’m not really into basketball. Both the fans and the players came across as being spoiled and immature. I recognized Metta World Peace from his brief stint on Celebrity Big Brother.

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