I caught the first episode of Queens, which was very much a dramatic Girls5eva, but has potential. Also finished season one of Squid Games, brutal but quite good storytelling as well as season two of Never Have I Ever which is always a little endearing. Ic cranked through the second half of Leverage: Redemption which I find fun and the first half of Grace & Frankie which felt a little short (stupid pandemic).

I’m still managing to make my way through Breaking Bad with a chaser of Sex Education as well as Get Shorty which needs a chaser. I’ll get around to the new season of Big Mouth when I catch up on my exercise half-hour comedies and see what 4400 has to offer. Wondering if the second season of Love Life which was cute will also get around to repairing somewhere other than HBOMax. And The Harder They Fall will likely hit Saturday night movie for me.

• 4400 (CW) Series Premiere, Monday 10/25, 9pm – I don’t remember watching this 2004 series but we revisit the theme of people reappearing who have disappeared over a the last one hundred years.
• Horror Noire (Shud) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/28 – Dramatic anthology following the documentary looking at the history of black horror.
• Fairfax (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 10/29 – An adult animated comedy following four middle school best friends looking for cout on Fairfax Ave.
• Swagger (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 10/29 – A look at youth basketball inspired by Kevin Durant’s expereiences.
• Colin in Black & White (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/29 – A look at Colin Kaepernic’s life from Kaepernic and Ava DuVernay.
• Dalgliesh (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 11/1 – A detective story based on the P.D. James books, solving unusual murders through 1970s England in three two-part films.
• The Harder they Fall (Net) Movie spotlight, Wednesday 11/3 – Idris Elba and Regina King in a revenge Western, yes please.
• Head of the Class (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/4 – Based on a 1986 series, this comedy follows some overachievers who are confrtonted with a new teacher who wants them to experience more of life.
• Lace (Allblk) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/4 – An attorney who blurs the lines between right and wrong to protect her powerful clients.
• Vexed (Ova) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/4 – Mismatched police detectives work together in what looks like maybe a new airing of an old show.
• Dexter: New Blood (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 11/7 – I can’t even…

More streaming:

• An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 10/27 – A hearbroken single woman turns to the stars for her perfect match in this Italian romantic dramedy.
• Paraiso (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/28 – Three teen girls disappear and when one of their brothers and his friends look into it they find something otherworldly in this show from Spain.
• Call My Agent Bollywood (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/29 – A spinoff from Call My Agent, which I’ve heard good things about but haven’t seen.
• Maradona (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 10/29 – Biopic following the life of the Argentine star.
• The Time It Takes (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/29 – After a breakup Lina looks for a new life in this Spanish romantic drama.
• Historias Para No Dormir (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 11/5 – Drama based on tv series four fantastic stories brought back to life in this Spanish show.
• The Club (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 11/5 – 1950s Instabul where a mother works at a nightclub to connect with her daughter in this Turkish drama.
• Gloria (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 11/5 – A young engineer is recruited as a KGB spy in this portuguese historical thriller.
• The Unlikely Murderer (Net) Friday 11/5 – Based on the book, this Swedish drama follows a man claiming to be a witness to an assassination may be the killer, in this Swedish crime drama.

Returning streaming: Family Business (Acorn, 10/25), My Life is Murder (Acorn, 10/25), Sintonia (Net, 10/27), Hitmen (Pea, 10/28), Love Life (HBOM, 10/28), Selena + Chef (HBOM, 10/28), Takki (Net, 10/28), Homegrown (Disc+, 10/29), The Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Disc+, 10/29), Mythomaniac (Net, 10/29), Super Dad (Disc+, 10/29), From Scratch (Hist, 10/30), Temple (Spec, 11/1) Ridley Jones (Net, 11/2), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu, 11/4), One Lane Bridge (SundN, 11/4), Animaniacs (Hulu, 11/5), Dickinson (App+, 11/5), Big Mouth (Net, 11/5), Narcos (Net, 11/5).

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, please check your local listings.

I did a little more fall sampling and though La Brea started kind of entertaining it lost momentum in the second episode, I will give it one more to see if they can make the prehistoric drama sing. CSI: Vegas was what one might expect, I watched the original for a bit but was not tuned in enough to appreciate the carried-over characters and drama. Ghosts was a cute start and I’ll keep checking in to see how the living and dead characters continue. I’m also staying tuned to The Big Leap which is fun, and at least one more to The Wonder Years though I’m not super into it, but couldn’t keep up with Our Kind of People.

I also wrapped up the first season of Ginny & Georgia, which turned out to be better than a Gilmore Girls-lite. The Kominsky Method which brought it with the cast. And Goliath as each season found a way to be totally weird on top of a season-long case, also great casting.

And though nothing really grabs me on the new shows other than Dopesick I will check out Queens and the return of Twenties (BET, 10/13), Project Runway (Bravo, 10/14), B Positive (CBS, 10/14), and You (Net, 10/15).

• Chucky (Syfy) Series Premiere, Tuesday 10/12 – Yep the psycho doll is back and people are dying, if you like this worth a shot.
• Dopesick (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 10/13 – Enough early positive reviews to check out this look from the center of the opioid epidemic with a good cast including Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Kaitlyn Dever, and Rosario Dawson.
• Just Beyond (Dis+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 10/13 – A dramatic anthology series based on graphic novel about reality ‘just beyond’ what we know focusing on the supernatural.
• Covenant (AllBlk) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/14 – A dramatic retelling of bible stories in modern day.
• Guilty Party (Para+) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/14 – Kate Beckinsale stars as a discredited journalist trying to redeem herself by following a new story that gets her in over her head.
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 10/15 – Based on the movie (based on the novel) where a group of teens find themselves haunted by an accident.
• Day of the Dead (Syfy) Series Premiere, Friday 10/15 – A horror comedy series inspired by the zombie films follows a group of people trying to survive a zombie invation.
• Wakefield (Show) Series Premiere, Monday 10/18 – A pickup of the Australian drama where we look at what happens when the sanest person working in the psyche ward starts to slip.
• Queens (ABC) Series Premiere, Tuesday 10/19 – Four women in their early 40s reunite their ’90s girl group, with Brandy and Eve among others.
• The Girl in the Woods (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/21 – A secret door in the woods that leads to a monster dimension.
• Inside Job (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/22 – An adult animated show following a dysfunctional team managing conspiracy theories.

More streaming (foreign language):

• The King’s Affection (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 10/11 – Korean romantic drama about a woman assuming the throne.
• Reflection of You (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 10/13 – A Korean drama about a painter’s life unraveling when an old friend resurfaces.
• Little Things (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/15 – An Indian romantic dramedy where a couple in their 20s navigate the ups and downs of their relationship.
• My Name (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/15 – A Korean crime thriller where woman is following up on her father’s murder.
• Life’s a Glitch with Julien Bam (Net, 10/21) – A German comedy about an infliencer and his sidekick in a parallel dimension.
• More Than Blue (Net, 10/22) – A Taiwanese romantic musica drama a man with a terminal illness tries to find his beloved a long-term partner.

Returning streaming: The Baby-Sitters Club (Net, 10/11), Family Business (Acorn, 10/11), Peace of Mind With Taraji (Face, 10/11), Mighty Express (Net, 10/12), The Movies that Made Us (Net, 10/12), Liza On Demand (YT, 10/13), Another Life (Net, 10/14), Carl Weber’s The Family Business (BET+, 10/14), Garage Squad (Motor, 10/14), If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Am, 10/15), See (App+, 10/15), You (Net, 10/15), Manhunt (Acorn, 10/18), The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula (Shud, 10/19), Gabby’s Dollhouse (Net, 10/19), Bruh (BET+, 10/21), Couple Trouble (SundN, 10/21), Curious George (Pea, 10/21), Go! Go! Cory Carson (Net, 10/21), Locke & Key (Net, 10/22), The Lost Kitchen (Disc+, 10/22).

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, please check your local listings.