I wrapped a few shows this week, the big one was my Buffy/Angel rewatch which is now complete. Buffy is like a cozy blanket I have returned to a few times and in the pandemic, it really hit the spot. Both of those shows really started out fun and became something impressive. I wrapped up the fun Kim’s Convenience, glad to have spent time with that family. As well as the quick first season of The Chair which I enjoyed, though they tried to tackle more things than I think they had time for I’m curious to see where they’ll go. I also grabbed the special animated episode of Pen15 a show I sometimes find more cringy than funny.
Over the next couple weeks I’m looking forward to dabbling with some new shows and the return of Sex Education, Dear White People, and Goliath.
- Y: Tha Last Man (FX/Hulu) Series Premiere, Monday 9/13 – There’s some buzz though mixed reviews around this post apocalyptic comic adaptation with one surviving man, I’m intrigued enough to check it out.
- Finding Alice (Acorn ) Series Premiere, Monday 9/13 – This UK dark dramedy reveals secrets after Alice’s husband dies, early reviews meh.
- The Premise (FX/Hulu) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/16 – BJ Novak’s comedy anthology series that’s has a great cast but early reviews though mixed don’t sound great.
- Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/16 – Based on the book follows the adventures of a ‘symbologist’ who must solve puzzles to save his mentor and stop a conspiracy, no early word, but let me just say I don’t know why but I’m always irked when the creator’s name is in the title.
- The Harper House (Para+) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/16 – An animated tale of a matriarcha and her family struggling to make it in a fixer upper in Arkansas.
- Chicago Party Aunt (Net, 9/17) Series Premiere, Friday 9/17 – Another animated offering where an aunt takes in her nephew in his gap year, no word but it’s based on a twitter account which doesn’t bode well.
- Muhammad Ali (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/19 – Reality highlight for this Ken Burns four-part documentary, I feel like watching Ken Burns becomes a part time job that might be well worth it but I just haven’t signed on.
- The Big Leap (Fox) Series Premiere, Monday 9/20, 9pm – I haven’t heard anything about this but based on the premise of a dramedy about a dance reality show of second chances I’m kind of intrigued.
- NCIS: Hawai’i (CBS) Series Premiere, Monday 9/20, 10pm – I mean if you are looking for another NCIS, this one has Vanessa Lachey in what’s likely a pretty place.
- Ordinary Joe (NBC) Series Premiere, Monday 9/20, 10pm – James Wolk stars as a man who shows us what three different versions of his life would be like, he’s due for a hit but somehow I’m not sure this is it.
- Our Kind of People (Fox) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/21, 9pm – I’m usually game for the start of these kind of soapy endeavors, this one has a single mother move to a Black upper class Martha’s Vineyard neighborhood, and there’s secrets.
- FBI: International (CBS) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/21, 10pm – I mean best wishes FBI fans for another version and a trifecta FBI night lineup.
- The Wonder Years (ABC) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/22, 8:30pm – This is actually the new fall show I have the most hope for as the premise translated to a black family in 1960s Alabama has promise, plus some good peeps.
- Foundation (App+, 9/24) Series Premiere, Friday 9/24 – Sci-fi series based on Isaac Asimov novel, it does sport Jared Harris which gives it some cred.
- Midnight Mass (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 9/24 – Mysterieous miracles anyone?
- BMF (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/26, 8pm – Stands for Black Mafia Family, set in 1980s Detroit based on a true story.
More streaming
- Cheyenne & Lola (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/16 – French language drama about two women tied together by a murder.
- Squid Game (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 9/17 – Korean thriller brings a group of gamers together for high stakes.
- Jaguar (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/22 – Spanish drama follows a Holocaust surviver seekign justice.
- Bangkok Breaking (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/23 – A Thai crime drama follows a man in emergency rescue who must unravel a conspiracy.
- Ganglands (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 9/24 – French thriller follows a skilled thief whose team is pulled into a deadly turf war.
Returning streaming: 90 Day: Bares All (Disc+, 9/12), Jack Whitehall: Travels with my Father (Net, 9/14), The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals (Net, 9/14), Nailed It (Net, 9/15), Slasher (Shud, 9/16), TigN’Seek (HBOM, 9/16), Doug Unplugs (App+, 9/17), The Morning Show (App+, 9/17), Sex Education (Net, 9/17), Love on the Spectrum (Net, 9/21), Dear White People (Net, 9/22), Code 404 (Pea, 9/23), Creepshow (Shud, 9/23), Doom Patrol (HBOM, 9/23), Seven Deadly Sins (Net, 9/23), Goliath (Am, 9/24), Blood & Water (Net, 9/24), Kota Factory (Net, 9/24), Point of View (Disc+, 9/24), Eli Roth’s History of Horror (AMC+, 9/25), The Walking Dead: The World Beyond (AMC+, 9/26).
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.
