NBC's Newest Mockumentary Will Stumble Right Into Your Heart

NBC's Newest Mockumentary Will Stumble Right Into Your Heart

Given my desire for a solid sitcom, I was thrilled when I discovered NBC’s newest mockumentary sitcom, Stumble. Set in the world of junior college competitive cheerleading, Stumble stars Jenn Lyon as Cheerleading Coach Courteney Potter, who is being followed by a documentary crew as she pursues her 15th National Cheerleading Championship—the one that will make her the winningest cheer coach in history. The problem is, Courteney has just been fired by her longtime employer, Sammy Davis Senior Junior College, after a video of her giving out an award for “Best Booty” at the Cheerleading Victory party was sent to the Dean, and now she has to start over.

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Emily St. John Mandel Does It Again

Emily St. John Mandel Does It Again

Some books open one door for you at the beginning to enter and another door for you to leave at the end, but not Exit Party. Mandel guides you carefully through multiple doors, none of them shutting behind you, and when she escorts you out the last one it’s not because the story is over, it’s just because your time with the story is up — for now. If you’re anything like me, you’ll be thinking about it long after you close the book.

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