Keeping up my Peacock catch-up, I finished off the season of Revival, which truly got more ridiculous as we went on. And caught The Paper, which had some solid ingredients but maybe not enough episodes to get the momentum that shows like The Office took to get in the groove. I ticked through The Residence on Netflix, which I thought was fun enough to warrant another season. And the latest season of the charming but not revolutionary Family Law on CW.
- Brilliant Minds (NBC) Season Premiere, Monday 9/22, 10pm – This was the show I described as “AI wrote a medical show,” you know, smart doctor with an unusual issue (that I don’t think ever comes up anymore) and solves unsolvable cases whilst annoying and endearing himself to others.
- Murder in a Small Town (Fox) Season Premiere, Tuesday 9/23, 8pm – This show is one of those that wonders why you would live in this small town with so many murders and why the town librarian seems to be involved in all of them, but otherwise fine ‘solve a crime’ fare.
- Doc (Fox) Season Premiere, Tuesday 9/23, 9pm – A damaged doctor gets amnesia and starts over, kind of ridiculous premise, but watchable.
- The Lowdown (Fx) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/23, 9pm – Ethan Hawk stars in this latest from the creator of Reservation Dogs (which was very good) where he digs up the truth from his hub in a rare bookstore in Tulsa, and yes, this gets him involved in something big.
- Hotel Costiera (Am) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/24 – Jesse Williams stars as a former Marine who returns to Italy to work at a hotel and must find the missing daughter of the owner.
- Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (CW) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/24, 8pm – I wasn’t sure where to put my colon.
- House of Guinness (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/25 – The Guinness family patriarch dies and leaves some drama (and beer) in his wake.
- The Red King (AMC+) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/25 – Exiled to an island, a police sergeant reopens an old case to discover more than she bargained for.
- Wayward (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/25 – A creepy look at a school for troubled teens led by Toni Collette.
- English Teacher (Fx) Season Premiere, Thursday 9/25, 9pm – This show was overall pretty amusing as we get a look into some of the foibles in today’s school system.
- The Savant (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 9/26 – Jessica Chastain stars as an investigator infiltrating hate groups to try to stop domestic extremists.
- Bob’s Burgers (Fox) Season Premiere, Sunday 9/28, 9:30pm – For whatever reason, this is the only animated show that stuck for me.
- Chad Powers (Hulu) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/30 – Glen Powell stars as a disgraced football player trying to leave his identity behind and joins a struggling team in this comedy.
- Shifting Gears/Abbott Elementary (ABC) Season Premieres, Wednesday 10/1, 8/8:30 – I’m not sure these shows fit so great tonally, but the former should get a nice lift from the latter.
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/3 – The latest Ryan Murphy take on ‘monsters’, this one stars Charlie Hunnam as the murderer and grave robber, I am not a true crime girlie.
- Maigret (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 10/5, 9pm – I guess the last version of this series was 2016, PBS gives this crime solver another go.
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.
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