Emmy FYC season is here which means “For Your Consideration” events and billboards have popped up all over town, once again touting TV shows to L.A. based Emmy voters (despite the writers strike and what looks like an impending SAG strike). Not all shows are worthy, of course (The Kardashians just held an FYC event this week at the DGA…for some reason). It remains to be seen what will actually score a nod this year, but Peacock has some well-deserved confidence about its slate and one show in particular tops the list: Pete Davidson and Lorne Michaels’ BUPKIS.
The show, loosely based on Davidson’s life, is quite brilliant, effortlessly walking the line between Curb Your Enthusiasm cringe comedy and heartfelt family drama. If you don’t have Peacock, and haven’t seen it yet, you’re in luck. The network just did a surprise drop of the critically-acclaimed second episode on YouTube yesterday. They’ll also broadcast it on NBC this Saturday before Saturday Night Live (which will re-air an episode from last year with Miles Teller and musical guest Kendrick Lamar).
“Do as I Say, Not as I Do,” sees young Pete (Preston Brodrick) attending his uncle’s wedding after losing his father on 9/11 (as he did in real life). The performances are top-notch, especially Bobby Cannavale as the uncle and Edie Falco as his newly-widowed mother. Joe Pesci also brings his curmudgeonly crude magnetism to the fold in the episode– and truly, he does so in the entire show. It’ll be a crime if all three are not nominated for gold statues for Bupkis.
Brad Garrett is another standout on the show, especially in the first episode when he awkwardly asks his nephew Pete to help him have sex with a prostitute (you have to watch it to understand what this actually means). Beyond the core cast, the list of cameos and guest actors on the show is equally stellar. We got to talk to one in particular– Ray Romano– who joined his old Everybody Loves Raymond co-star Garrett…
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