Over on Amazon, I finished Ballard, which I wasn’t as bought into as I was with Bosch, but still appreciated, and appreciated the character revisits. I also watched Overcompensating because it was on someone’s Best of 2025 So Far lists (I am a sucker for bests), but meh for a college comedy. I also wrapped up Children Ruin Everything on CW, another somewhat meh but cute sitcom.
The big activity is that I have a temporary Apple+ subscription, so I’ve been binging away. Revisiting Mythic Quest, which I always find funny, though this season wasn’t my fave. I also caught their spinoff Side Quest because some of their standalone episodes have been the best but this didn’t quite capture the magic. The Studio is a fun idea with great guest stars, but too cringe comedy for my taste. I thoroughly enjoyed Murderbot as the rogue-ish robot character worked for me. Stick was a super predictable sports arc show, but it worked well enough. And Bad Monkey was very Carl Hiassen, if you’ve read any of his books, it’s always Florida chaos, and thought Vince Vaughn carried it well.
I’ve still got some work to do before the month is up, and I’m still getting accustomed to my lack of Hulu Live. I did miss Wimbledon, so need to decide if I want to worry about tennis. A little more research first.
- Dope Girls (Hulu) Series Premiere, Tuesday 7/29 – Post WWI women seize opportunities around the nightlife industry in this drama.
- Leanne (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/31 – A sitcom starring Leanne Morgan about a Southern mom starting over when her husband leaves her, from Chuck Lorre.
- Project Runway (Free) Season Premiere, Thursday 7/31, 9pm – It’s back with Heidi and Christian (sorry Tim), here’s to a new season of fashion and drama.
- Chief of War (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 8/1 – Jason Mamoa steps into a new epic drama based on real-life 18th-century campaign to unite the warring Hawaiian islands.
- King of the Hill (Hulu) Season Premiere, Monday 8/4 – Picking up ‘some years later’ though we haven’t seen the series in about 16 years.
- Wednesday (Net) Season Premiere, Wednesday 8/6 – I watched the first season of this with a Covid fever and found it entertaining enough, take that for what it’s worth, but thought the casting was good and while I’m interested in what’s next I’m not a fan of this part 1 and part 2 so likely hold off until September.
- Necaxa (Fxx) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/7 – While normally I couldn’t care less about Eva Longoria working with a Mexican football club, this is in conjunction with Welcome to Wrexham’s Rob and Ryan, and that series is surprisingly well done.
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.
