How is it September already? Time to get out my back to school wear (in adult form) and prepare for Fall tv! I officially wait for the yearly Entertainment Weekly Fall Preview to let me know it’s time to get serious but some stuff will start to sneak in early. Until after Labor Day I’m still considering it summer so time to turn off the tv and get outside, or at least into a good matinee.

• US Open Tennis (ESPN) – First round tennis play starts Monday, will it be a return of familiar faces at the end or some new blood?
• Ink Master (Para) Season Premiere, Tuesday, 10pm – This season they’re keeping up with the bringing back of folks to keep us engaged as Cleen Rock One vs Christian Buckingham coaching newbies for the title, this is still one of my fave realities.
• One Dollar (CBSAA) Series Premiere, Thursday – A small town mystery follows a dollar bill through the town to different people’s povs, I’m still not signing up for CBS All Access.
• Ozark (Net) Season Premiere, Friday – It’s time to see what our pal Jason Bateman and his family are up to, this accountant/money launderer and his family trying to outlive organized and disorganized crime was one of the faves last year so hoping the Sophomore slump can give this a pass.
• Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Am) Series Premiere, Friday – John Krasinski is the latest to take on this role of analyst turned field agent which reportedly is solid thought not a standout on the small screen.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted as appropriate are typically PST.

True confession, I got sucked into rewatching the first season of Beverly Hills 90210 (and it was almost unwatchable) only to find that it was the only season on Prime. Do I really need to throw down for Hulu to get old shows as well as originals? Not just that but other shows no longer seem to be found on Netflix or Prime, including things like the final season of Unreal. Until I decide I’m making some progress on Big Love, Fortitude, Alias Grace, and Rectify.

• Deadwind (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday – This Finnish series brings us a new detective trying to get over her husband’s death and solve the murder of a young woman.
• Rob Riggles Ski Master Academy (Crack) Series Premiere, Thursday – This comedy follows a ski master and his staff defend their academy.
• Ghoul (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – A three part horror series where a prisoner turns the tables on his interrogators.
• The Innocents (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – Two teens run away and find more secrets including perhaps some secret powers.
• Safe Harbour (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday – Five Australians on a yachting vacation turns awry when they find refugees on a fishing boat in this four part thriller.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted as appropriate are typically PST.

This week’s accomplishments include finishing out some gym viewing with Grace & Frankie and the series wrap of Love, both of which were about as fulfilling as they needed to be. I also hit the three part series A Very English Scandal which starring Hugh Grant’s deep side part and a host of great acting made it worth a watch for a look into this political scandal. I sampled Carter from last week which in peak tv didn’t quite make the list and without good reviews of All About the Washingtons or Insatiable, that leaves me with Lodge 49 which was definitely intriguing enough to go for another. I’m also kind of sticking with both Burden of Truth, a decent enough legal drama (for summer) and the reality competition Making It, which isn’t amazing but fun to see the random crafts these folks come up with.

• Ronny Chieng: International Student (Com App) Series Premiere, Monday – The Daily Show’s Chieng gives us this comedy about studying abroad.
• Disenchantment (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – Matt Groening brings another animated tale, this one a spoof on fairy tale fantasy though rumor hasn’t it has potential but isn’t quite there.
• The Investigator (Net) Season Premiere, Sunday – Not much info around on this returning series.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted as appropriate are typically PST.

This week’s wrap up included Black Mirror, which I’ve noted is well done but too depressing with its technology doom tales for me, as well as tech tale with questionable doom Humans, and am wondering if we’ll get a fourth season of that. Now moving on to sample Big Love, Fortitude, and A Very English Scandal.

• Lodge 49 (AMC) Series Premiere, Monday, 10pm – They’re describing this as a light-hearted, endearing modern fable, set in Long Beach a local ex surfer ends up looking for purpose in life at a lodge, reportedly this one is worth a look.
• Carter (WGN) Tuesday, 10pm – Jerry O’Connell brings another take on the light-hearted with a turn as an actor who plays a detective becoming a detective after a public melt down, maybe just put he and Rachel Bilson together for Take Two Carter, though it’s probably not amazing O’Connell (like Bilson) is likable enough.
• All About the Washingtons (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons throws down with an autobiographical scripted family sitcom with hip hop artist spending more time at home to raise the kids, who knows?
• Insatiable (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – So this has been getting buzz just off of the previews for fat shaming as former fat girls is out for payback, I’ll stay tuned for reviews before adding to my queue.
• La Casa de las Flores (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – This dark comedy about a family running a flower business with the patriarch has to take in his kids with his recently passed mistress, quien sabe?
• Ordeal by Innocence (Am) Mini Series Premiere, Friday – An adaptation of Agatha Christie’s tale brings light to a family’s maybe murderer(s), looks like a good cast but will stay tuned.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.

Another lackluster week for anything shiny and new. I did manage to wrap up my backlogged Underground, though honestly I think I didn’t enjoy season 2 as much with its broader focus. I also wrapped up In Treatment which after over one hundred episodes of therapy I’m not sure whether anyone is any more sane but I’m going to miss it.

• A Very Secret Service (Net) Season Premiere, Monday – A silly take on the spy biz returns, even though I haven’t tuned in.
• Making It (NBC) Series Premiere, Tuesday, 10pm – A latest reality entrant which caught my eye because it’s on network tv and because the host duo of Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman make me intrigued as to what these makers will get up to.
• The Sinner (USA) Season Premiere, Wednesday, 10pm – This show, which I tuned out of, returns with a new mystery behind the crime scenario.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.

As I keep poking around streaming options it makes me wonder again if I should take a look at Hulu in addition to Amazon Prime and Netflix, but then it makes me wonder if I should look at reevaluating my cable again, and then I put off any looking at all.

• Castle Rock (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday – JJ Abrams taking on Stephen King, material totally worth a shot.
• Burden of Truth (CW) Series Premiere, Wednesday, 8pm – Big city lawyer’s return to her hometown leads to a look into a mysterious illness, no high hopes.
• Orange is the New Black (Net) Season Premiere, Friday – I was a little over the prison takeover last season but still enough good character drama to make me want to check out the women hitting maximum security, but maybe just not right away.
• Welcome to the Family (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – An offbeat comedy where a woman teams up with her father’s girlfriend after his death when they’re both left out of his will, there are so many new series I tend to wonder if those with little info aren’t up to snuff or just victims of the glut.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.

I wrapped up Deadwood which didn’t immediately grab me but by the time the series wrapped I realized I’d be missing that crew, what’s the deal with the movie? Though this does now leave me with an opening, looks like HBO series with full seasons available on Prime are Boardwalk Empire (5 seasons), Rome (2 seasons), The Newsroom (3 seasons), Oz (6 seasons), Big Love (5 seasons), Family Tree (1 season), How to Make it in America (2 seasons), Treme (4 seasons)… what’s good?

• Strokes of Genius (CW) Tuesday, 8pm – Can’t get enough tennis? Get a look at this in depth look at the Federer/Nadal 2008 Wimbledon final.
• 4th of July Specials, Wednesday, 8pm: Fourth of July at the White House (Hall), Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (NBC), A Capital Fourth (PBS)
• Anne with an E (Net) Season Premiere, Friday – The green gables return though this series isn’t high on my to do list.
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Net) Season Premiere, Friday – I do really enjoy this show, though I’ve started over with s1 because I couldn’t remember where I left off and they all still seem fresh so it will take me a while to get up to the current season.
• Sacred Games (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – Netflix’s first original Indian series uncovers the underbelly of Mumbai.
• Sharp Objects (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday, 9pm – I remember this book as being kind of a weird unreliable narrator sort of situation that I’m not sure how they’ll do in a series but starring Amy Adams as the reporter returning home to look at crime is getting some good buzz.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.