With a lapse in new tv I’ve managed to wrap up the latest season on streaming for Ramy (great elements), Tuca & Bertie (didn’t grab me with its layers like BoJack did), Mindhunter (still good but not as strong for me as the first season), and Glow (enjoyed where they went and the variance of episodes) as well as the series finale of Madam Secretary (fictional political escapism pretty well done). I’m working through the 5th season of Schitts Creek which I won’t hit before the 6th premieres on Tuesday. I’m also super ready for the new season of Ink Master on Tuesday, this theme is ‘Rep Your Region’ with four regional teams.
With not a ton of info on new shows if I were to recommend one show it would be Sex Education (Netflix) which returns for its second season, the first was one of my favorites of 2019 (stay tuned for the full list) great characters and moments.
- One Day at a Time (Pop) Promo special, Tuesday 1/7 – With the move to POP for its fourth season here’s a look, this was a good show and I’m glad it got picked up after Netflix dropped the ball.
- FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) Series Premiere, Tuesday 1/7 – A spin-off from the FBI show, which never grabbed me.
- AJ and the Queen (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 1/10 – RuPaul stars as as drag queen who travels in her RV with an 11-year old stowaway, sure.
- Giri/Haji (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 1/10 – Tokyo detective goes to London to search for his brother who is in some Yakuza trouble.
- Medical Police (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 1/10 – Two American doctors as a Brazilian pediatric hospital need to find the cure to a killer virus.
- Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (NBC) Series Premiere, Friday 1/10 – Based on the book (don’t ask me why they didn’t just call it ‘The Bone Collector’), after being paralyzed by a serial killer this former forensic criminologist is dragged back in, these always have potential of being decent procedurals.
- The Outsider (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/12 – Based on Stephen King’s novel, and investigation takes an irregular turn into the supernatural.
- Sanditon (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/12 – An adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel.
- The New Pope (HBO) Series Premiere, Monday 1/13 – A sequel to ‘The Young Pope.’
- 68 Whiskey (Para) Series Premiere, Wednesday 1/15 – Army medics in Afghanistan in this comedy-drama, might be worth a look.
- Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Free) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/16 – Humor to deal with the myriad of problems that deal with a brother being responsible for his half sisters, this network tends to skew a bit young but might be an interesting mix.
- Little America (Apple+) Series Premiere, Friday 1/17 – An anthology series looking at immigrant experiences.
- 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/19 – A spin-off of 9-1-1 which never grabbed me, this one focuses on Rob Lowe as a character who moves from NY to Austin with his son.
- Avenue 5 (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/19 – Hugh Laurie stars as a captain of a cruise space ship that comically deals with problems on the way to Saturn.
- Vienna Blood (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/19 – 1900s Vienna pairs a doctor with an inspector to look at crimes.
Additional streaming:
- Jamtara (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 1/10 – This Indian tv show brings a group of young men into a phishing scheme that gets complicated by politicians and police.
- Ares (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 1/17 – In this Dutch psychological horror series a student secret society brings secrets.
Returning streaming: The Brokenwood Mysteries (Acorn, 1/6), Ackley Bridge (Acorn 1/13), Grace & Frankie (Net, 1/15), Sex Education (Net, 1/17).
The procrastinator lists mostly scripted items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.
