new and noteworthy tv: 12/7-12/20

The Stand

Sorry about the slight delay this week, technology is our friend and sometimes friends don’t get along. But a bunch more streaming to come though mostly I’m sticking to old streaming. Have restarted Breaking Bad, which I never finished. And did finish the mostly garbage Emily in Paris, but entertaining enough garbage if you’re down with a rom com.

  • A Suitable Boy (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 12/7 – An epic tale of life and love set in 1950s India in this adaptation of a Vikram Set novel.
  • Nurses (NBC) Series Premiere, Monday 12/7, 10pm – Another Canadian import, this one about five nurses working in a busy hospital in Toronto, early word is meh (re-airs Wednesday).
  • La Jauria (HBOM) Series Premiere, Tuesday 12/8 – A woman disappears in this Spanish crime thriller.
  • Lovestruck in the City (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 12/8 – A man looks to reconnect with a woman from his beachside romance in this Korean romance.
  • The Trial of Christine Keeler (HBOM) Series Premiere, Wednesday 12/9 – The story of a woman at the center of one of the 20th century’s biggest scandals about the minister, his mistress, and her lover the spy.
  • Alice in Borderland (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/10 – Gamers find themselves in a parallel Tokyo where they have to compete in this Japanese sci-fi.
  • The Wilds (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 12/11 – Lost for teen girls?
  • Adult Material (HBOM) Series Premiere, Friday 12/11 – A drama focusing on a woman’s life in the adult film industry.
  • The Mess You Leave Behind (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 12/11 – A teacher is haunted by a suspicious death and fears for her life in this Spanish suspense show.
  • Reunions (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 12/14 – Two half-brothers are brought together after their father’s death and the inheritance of a hotel in this French family drama.
  • Tiny Pretty Things (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 12/14 – Ballet drama in an elite Chicago dance school.
  • How to Ruin Christmas (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 12/16 – Can a sister make things right after ruining the perfect Christmas wedding in this quirky South African dramedy.
  • Run On (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 12/16 – A track star finds his own path in this Korean romantic drama.
  • The Stand (CBSAA) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/17 – Based on the Stephen King apocalyptic world, one can only hope.
  • Total Control (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/17 – An indigenous woman in Australia is thrust into the political limelight.
  • El Cid (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 12/18 – A modern day take on an old Spanish legend of a man trapped between two worlds and cultures..
  • Sweet Home (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 12/18 – A teen and his neighbors fight to survive as humans turn into monsters in this Korean fantasy drama.

Returning streaming: Mr. Iglesias (Net, 12/8), Summer Camp Island (HBOM, 12/10), Clifford the Big Red Dog (Am, 12/11), Madagascar (Hulu, 12/11), Where’s Waldo (Pea, 12/11), Hilda (Net, 12/14), Song Exploder (Net, 12/15), The Expanse (Am, 12/16), The Grand Tour (Am, 12/18), Home for Christmas (Net, 12/18).

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.

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