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new and noteworthy tv: 9/27-10/10

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La Brea

I dabbled with some of the new series over the last week. Will give The Big Leap, Our Kind of People, and The Wonder Years another view. I’m likely not going to continue with NCIS; Hawai’i, FBI: International, or Ordinary Joe. I also wrapped up sweet and odd The Detectorists (Am), brutal but still touching Mr. Inbetween (FX/Hulu), and the inaugural (will there be more?) season of The Ultimate Surfer (ABC) which was fun.

In addition to checking out some new shows like La Brea, CSI: Vegas, and Ghosts I’ll be checking out the return of United States of Al (CBS, 10/7), The Equalizer (CBS, 10/10), and the second half of the first season of Leverage: Redemption.

  • La Brea (NBC) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/28 – No word on this yet but fingers crossed this tale of a sinkhole leading to a primeval world has some fun and intrigue.
  • Good Grief (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/30 – Two sisters inherit their father’s funeral home in New Zealand
  • Ten-Year-Old Tom (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/30 – An animated comedy from Steve Dildarian, no word but he did The Life and Times of Tim which I remember as having some moments, so maybe like that.
  • Maid (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/1 – I’ve head some good things on this story of a woman fall into poverty and cleanig.
  • CSI: Vegas (CBS) Series Premiere, Wednesday 10/6 – If you liked the original then sure, this return of some of the originals and introduction of new peeps and stories will likely be up your alley.
  • One of Us Is Lying (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/7 – Based on a novel, five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out.
  • Ghosts (CBS), Series Premiere, Thursday 10/7 – A couple inherit property and are turning it into a B&B when they find that it’s haunted, it’s based on a BBC series that is supposed to be pretty funny and I like Rose McIver (iZombie).
  • Mr And Mrs Murder (Ova) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/7 – I’ve been picking up random older series rerunning on Ovation and kind of enjoying them, this one looks like it’s a light hearted crime show where a couple are crime scene cleaners who get involved in solving the crimes.
  • Acapulco (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 10/8 – This compedy is in both Spanish and English as we see the life of a cabana boy in 1984 at the hottest resort in Acapulco.
  • Pretty Smart (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 10/8 – Emily Osment plays a book-smart girl who moves in with her ‘bubbly’ sister and her roommates.
  • Baking Impossible (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 10/6/Baker’s Dozen (Hulu) Thursday 10/7 – I had a request for cooking shows and while I don’t watch them here’s two coming.

More streaming:

  • The Chestnut Man (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/29 – Danish crime show where detectives hunt a killer linked ot a politician’s missing child.
  • Luna Park (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/30 – Italian drama about a family circus in 1960s Rome.
  • Nina Furia (HBOM) Series Premiere, Monday 10/4 – A drama about everyday lives of Nicaraguan students in Costa Rica.
  • The Five Juanas (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 10/6 – A Mexican drama about five women with the same birthmark unraveling lies.
  • The Billion Dollar Code (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/7 – A German courtroom drama based on a true story.

Returning streaming: Midsommer Murders (Acorn, 9/27), Bitchin’ Rides (MT, 9/28), The Circle (Net, 9/29), Meateater (Net, 9/29), Love 101 (Net, 9/30), More than an Athlete (ESPN+, 9/30), The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (HBOM, 9/30), Red Table Talk (FB, 9/30), Welcome to the Blumhouse (Am, 10/1), Cops (FoxN, 10/1), Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things (Disc+, 10/1), Seven Deadly Sins (Net, 10/1), Scissor Seven (Net, 10/3), On My Block (Net, 10/4), One Lane Bridge (SundN, 10/7), Sexy Beasts (Net, 10/7), The Way of the Househusband (Net, 10/7), Leverage: Redemption (IMDB, 10/8), Family Business (Net, 10/8), First Time Fixer (Disc+, 10/8), Fear the Walking Dead (AMC+, 10/10)

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intriguing new fall tv

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The Big Leap

Well, last year the pandemic put most new tv out of commission. But things have been happening and networks are back to their old tricks. Network tv is of course only a small sliver of new tv but streamers and cable don’t have quite the same fall feel to me. I called a bunch of these out in New and Noteworthy last week but still felt like this deserved its own post. Note I don’t have any insight as to whether anything is actually supposed to be any good.

  • The Big Leap (Fox, 9/20) Mondays at 9pm – A scripted drama where Scott Foley works on a reality dance show where dancers get a second chance, I like Scott Foley and this hodge podge of people looks both fun and heartwarming.
  • NCIS: Hawaii (CBS, 9/20) Mondays at 10pm – They’re taking the formula and hanging it on Vanessa Lachey, I don’t watch these.
  • Ordinary Joe (NBC, 9/20) Mondays at 10pm – James Wolk plays three versions of himself in a sort of sliding doors fashion, I mean he’s due a hit right, but while this looks like a good showcase for him I’m dubious?
  • Our Kind of People (Fox, 9/21) Tuesdays at 9pm – This looks like it could be good bad or just bad soapy show showing an unwelcome entry into the area of Black elite on Martha’s Vineyard.
  • The Wonder Years (ABC, 9/22) Wednesdays at 8:30pm – This reenvisioning from the previous white family in the late 19060s to a Black family in Alabama at the same time. looks like a good version of revisiting.
  • FBI International (CBS, 9/21) Tuesdays at 9pm – Adding to a full night of FBI action, I also don’t watch these but assuming similar.
  • La Brea (NBC, 9/28) Tuesdays at 9pm – Natalie Zea among others get sent into a primeval world through a sinkhole in LA, looks ridiculous, so you know maybe.
  • CSI: Vegas (CBS, 10/6) Wednesdays at 10pm – At least some of the originals are back in this reboot, were we missing CSI? I watched this for a bit but dropped and didn’t keep up with the spinoffs.
  • Ghosts (CBS, 10/7) Thursdays at 9pm – Rose McIver stars as a woman who can see the ghosts in the property purchased in hopes of turning it into a B&B, based on the British version which I haven’t seen.
  • Queens (ABC, 10/19) Tuesdays at 10pm – A musical drama version of Girls 5eva with Brandy?
  • 4400 (CW, 10/25) Mondays at 9pm – A reboot of the 2004 series which I don’t remember, but vanished people return, with no memories.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/13-9/26

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The Wonder Years

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).

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/30-9/12

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Only Murders in the Building

OMG how is it September? I wrapped up a few shows including the second season of Dave (Fx/Hulu) which kept up with a weird take on the fictionalized version of the man behind Lil Dickey. The Fall (Amazon Prime), utterly brutal but very well done, I do love Gillian Anderson. Bosch (Amazon Prime) which I’ll consider a break until they reboot with a spinoff as he moves to a new series. As well as catching up on Younger (Pea/TVL/Hulu), overall a very fun series, though this last season wasn’t its finest. And a rewatch of Girlfriends (Net) for plenty of seasons of fun drama for those ‘heifers’.

I’m not quite ready for fall tv yet but here’s what’s coming over the next couple of weeks. I’m excited for Only Murders and might dabble with some reality, I am in a bit of a decluttering phase so Sparking Joy might be the right vibe. There are also some returns I follow like What We Do In The Shadows (Fx, 9/2), Queen Sugar (Own, 9/7), and American Crime Story (Fx, 9/7), this season is the Clinton Impeachment.

  • Laetitia (HBO) Series Premiere, Monday 8/30 – This six-part French drama looks at the disappearance of one twin and the repurcussions that follow, based on true events.
  • Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Series Premiere, Tuesday 8/31 – A comedic murder mystery follows three strangers played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, I’m in.
  • Sparking Joy (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 8/31 – A reality show highlight where Marie Kondo returns and is apparently tidying up a town.
  • Q-Force (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/2 – Animated series brings the voices of Sean Hayes as a gay exiled interlligence officer and Wanda Sykes among others to deal with West Hollywood cases.
  • Dive Club (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 9/3 – This Australian drama follows a group of teen divers whose investigation turns to one of their own who has gone missing.
  • Guilt (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/5 – The latest Masterpiece drama is a tale of two brothers hiding their hit-and-run.
  • On the Verge (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/7 – This offbeat show follows four women’s dramas as they deal with mid life crisis.
  • Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (Dis+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/8 – There’s a new Doogie in town and she’s no Howser as we follow this Hawaiian take.
  • All the Queen’s Men (BET+) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/9 – More power in the nightclub industry brings new problems but are they Madam’s downfall?
  • Dead Places (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/9 – A bestselling author of books on the paranormal returns to South Africa and deals with the childhood murder of his sister.
  • Kin (AMC+) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/9 – A family tries to take on an Irish drug kingpin when a member of their family is killed.
  • Pretty Hard Cases (IMDB) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/9 – Two women cops put aside their differences to work together to take down their target in this Canadian series.
  • Metal Shop Masters (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 9/10 – In this reality highlight metal artists compete, could scratch that reality competition itch.
  • Scenes from a Marriage (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/12 – This five-part series revisits the Ingmar Bergman classic look at a marriage with Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac.
  • American Rust (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/12 – Jeff Daniels plays a police detective when the the son of a woman he loves played by Maura Tierney is charged with murder.

Returning streaming: Hot Rod Garage (MT, 8/30), My Life is Murder (Acorn, 8/30), Trolls (Hulu, 9/2), AP Bio (Pea, 9/2), Craig Ross Jr’s Monogomy (AllBlk, 9/2), Money Heist (Net, 9/3), Kid Cosmic (Net, 9/7/), Wu-Tang (Hulu, 9/8), The Circle (Net, 9/8), Into the Night (Net, 9/8), American Ninja Warrior Jr (Pea, 9/9), Pokemon Journeys (Net, 9/10), 90 Day (Disc+, 9/12).

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/16-8/29

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Nine Perfect Strangers

I wrapped Lupin and Leverage: Revenge and both were very fun capery shows. The Canadian shows are returning Coroner kicks back in (CW, 8/19) and catching up on Burden of Truth (wondering about the status of Nurses and Transplant). Also up to the final season of Kim’s Convenience Store. Maybe it’s time for a Schitt$ Creek rewatch.

  • Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/18 – A good cast as Nicole Kidman heads a 10-day wellness retreat also including Bobby Cannavale, and Melissa McCarthy among others, the early buzz is mixed.
  • The Chair (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/20 – Sandra Oh stars in this dramedy where she takes over as chair of an English department, shows promise.
  • Stand Up To Cancer (Various) Saturday 8/21 – A star studded special to rise money.
  • Chapelwaite (Epix) Series Premiere, Sunday 8/22 – Based on the Stephen King short story Jerusalem’s Lot and starring Adrien Brody, set in the 1850s the series follows Brody who relocates his family to his ancestral home, and you know there’s some mysteries and darkness.
  • The Ultimate Surfer (ABC) Series Premiere, Monday 8/23 – In this reality highlight men and women compete at Kelly Slater’s human-made wave technology Surf Ranch.
  • Clickbait (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/25 – A gruesome crime fueled by social media is revealed through different points of view as a man disappears and reappears in an online video.

More streaming

  • The Defeated (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/18 – In 1946 Berlin an American cop searches for his missing brother.
  • Everything Will Be Fine (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/20 – A separated couple live together for thier child’s sake in this Mexican dramedy.
  • Open Your Eyes (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/25 – After an accident an amnesiac teen visits un unconventiional memory disorder center in this Polish suspense show.
  • Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/25 – A ‘dead’ woman awakes with a craving for blood in this Scandinavian thriller.
  • D.P. (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/27 – A private’s assignment to capture army deserters in this Korean drama.
  • Hometown Cha-cha-cha (Net) Series Premiere, Saturday 8/28 – A big-city dentist moves to a seaside village and meets someone who is her opposite in this Korean romantic comedy.
  • The Ingenuity of the Househusband (Net) Series Premiere, Sunday 8/29 – A tough guy with a knack for housework tackles household tasks in this Japanese comedy.

Returning streaming: Go! Go! Cory Carson (Net, 8/17), Diary of a Future President (Dis+, 8/18), Five Bedrooms (Pea, 8/19), Truth be Told (App+, 8/20), Family Reunion (Net, 8/26), The Other Two (HBOM, 8/26), Fernando (Am, 8/27), Pen15 – Special Ep (Hulu, 8/27), See (App+, 8/27).

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/2-8/15

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Mr Corman

Are you enjoying the Olympics? Are you watching the Olympics? I am doing some dabbling as planned. And still managing to get some other watching in. I wrapped LA’s Finest (Net) which I thought was fun. And Girls5eva (Peacock) which was cute.

As the Olympics run out we’ll likely start to see some things returning again. Until then I’ve also got some decent summer fare with reality Making It (NBC) and Making the Cut (Prime). I’m also doing the dramatic with the final season of Animal Kingdom (TNT), Motherland: Fort Salem (Free), Professor T (PBS), and recording but not yet watching David Makes Man (OWN). And of course a little comedy with the return of a new spin on Miracle Workers (TBS), odd but enjoyable Dave (FXX), and the final season of Younger (TVL). And looking forward to the return of Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) for its final season

  • Mr. Corman (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 8/6 – A dramedy bring Joseph Gordon-Levitt back to tv as a fifth grade teacher struggling.
  • Reservation Dogs (Fx/Hulu) Series Premiere, Monday 8/9 – A half hour comedy following four Indigenous teens in Olkahoma trying to save money to get to California.
  • Fantasy Island (Fox) Series Premiere, Tuesday 8/10, 9pm – A new version of the ’70s tv show at a lux resort where fantasies are fulfilled but never turn out as expected, I was the wrong age to really watch this first one but will give it a spin to check out the vibe.
  • The Ms. Pat Show (BET+) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/12 – A former convicted felon turned suburban mom
  • Brand New Cherry Flavor (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/13 – An aspiring film director embarks on supernatural revenge.
  • Heels (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 8/15 – Chasing dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling two brothers must play the good guy and the nemesis while chasing after their father’s legacy.

More streaming

  • SOZ Soldiers or Zombies (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 8/6 – This Mexican thriller where a drug lord battles for survival when an experiment goes wrong.
  • Hit & Run (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/6 – A man searches for the truth behind his wife’s death.
  • Navarasa (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/6 – The nine human emotions of Indian aesthetic theory are explored in this anthology series
  • Alrawabi School for Girls (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/12 – Bullied outcasts plot revenge in this Jordanian teen drama.
  • The Hunt for a Killer (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/12 – Based on the true story of Swedish detectives on the hunt for a killer of an 10-year-old.
  • Gone for Good (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/13 – Based on Harlan Coben’s novel this French crime series where a man’s girlfriend disappears ten years after he lost two other loved ones.
  • The Kingdom (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/13 – A televangelist becomes Argentina’s presidential candidate

Returning streaming: Car Masters (Net, 8/4), Control Z (Net, 8/4), Short Circuit Experimental Films (Dis+, 8/4), Departure (Pea, 8/5), Madagascar (Hulu, 8/6), Heartbreak Island (Disc+, 8/7), Gabby’s Dollhouse (Net, 8/10), Slasher (Shud, 8/12), Star Trek: Lower Decks (Para+, 8/12), Titans (HBOM, 8/12), Modern Love (Am, 8/13), Valeria (Net, 8/13).

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/21-7/4

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Sex/Life

Looking forward to the return of the poetic and heartbreaking David Makes Man (OWN, 6/22) and the campy witchy Motherland Fort Salem (Free, 6/22), the crafty Making It (NBC, 6/24), and The Good Fight which I’ll have to wait a while for it to hit Amazon for purchase. But clearly if I had one thing to recommend it would be Bosch returning for its final season.

  • Jiva! (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/24 – A street dancer in South Africa pursues her dancing dreams.
  • Sex/Life (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 6/25 – Sarah Shahi plays a married woman whose past comes back when an ex shows up.
  • Wimbledon (ESPN) Monday 6/28 – First-round play starts, so far sounds like no Nadal and no Osaka.

More streaming:

  • September Mornings (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 6/25 – This Brazilian series follows Cassandra who left her hometown to become who she always wanted to be.
  • Ray (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 6/25 – This Hindi language series shares four stores from satire to a psychological thriller.
  • Somos (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 6/30 – This Mexican crime drama takes place in a town overtaken by cartel operations.
  • Generation 56k (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/1 – Italian romantic comedy where a couple of f 30-somethings look back on their youth and the internet.
  • Young Royals (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/1 – Prince Wilhem adjust to his new boarding school in this Swedish romantic drama.

Returning streaming: Below Deck Mediterranean (Pea, 6/21), The Sommerdahl Murders (Acorn, 6/21), Too Hot to Handle (Net, 6/23), The Good Fight (Para+, 6/24), Innocent (SundN, 6/24), Rupaul’s Drag Race All Stars/Untucked (Para+, 6/24), Bosch (Am, 6/25), Central Park (App+, 6/25), The A List (Net, 6/25), The Seven Deadly Sins (Net, 6/28), Starbeam (Net, 6/29), The Mighty Ones (Hulu/Pea, 7/1), Mortel (Net, 7/2).

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/7-6/20

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Kevin Can F**K Himself

When Younger moved to Paramount+ it also started airing on Hulu but I’ve yet to check in on this final season which wraps June 10, overall it was a fun series. Flack (Am), Evil (Para+), and Tuca and Bertie (Ad Sw) have all been picked up but on different networks giving them another go; I liked each enough to check out but not going to pay more at this point to check out my fave of those Evil. Also looking forward to the return of Dave (Fxx, 6/16) which shifted over time from a crass show to one with some nuance and Lupin to see how he gets out of the latest and what else he gets into.

  • French Open (Tennis/NBCSN/NBC) – Airing through the week on various channels up to the finals over the weekend.
  • Street Legal (Ova) Series Premiere, Tuesday 6/8 – Based on a previous version of the long running Canadian series, follows the personal and professional lives of partners in a boutique Toronto law firm.
  • Loki (Dis+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 6/9 – Tom Hiddleston returns for adventures as the God of Mischief, following the events of Avengers: Endgame.
  • Starstruck (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/10 – A millennial living in London sleeps with someone famous.
  • Timewasters (IMDB) Series Premiere, Friday 6/11 – A half-hour comedy about a South London jass band that travels through time, sounds random but nominated for Best Comedy Series BAFTA.
  • Kevin Can F**K Himself (AMC+) Series Premiere, Saturday 6/12 – Some early buzz about this dark comedy’s unconventional take on the stereotypical sitcom wife played by Schitt’s Creek’s Annie Murphy, also on AMC 6/20.
  • Blindspotting (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/13 – Comedy series based on the film, picking up six months after, centering on Ashley after her partner and baby daddy is incarcerated.
  • The Republic of Sarah (CW) Series Premiere, Monday 6/14 – When a town is threatened to be wiped out they declare independence and form their own country, what now?
  • Rurangi (Hulu) Series Premiere, Monday 6/14 – Transgender activist returns home after a decade in this New Zealand drama.
  • Physical (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 6/18 – Rose Bryne stars as a wife finding the world of aerobics in the ’80s.
  • Us (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/20 – This four-part drama based on the David Nicholls book follows a couple on a grand tour of Europe.

More streaming:

  • Moloch (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/10 – In this French language fantasy thriller where people spontaneously combust, a journalist and a psychiatrist investigate.
  • Katla (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/17 – A volcano eruption turns a community upside down as mysteries emerge from the ice in this Scandanavian drama.
  • So Not Worth It (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 6/18 – A Korean college dorm finds a mix of people and experiences in this comedy.

Returning streaming: Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries (Acorn, 6/7), Trolls (Hulu, 6/10), Full Bloom (HBOM, 6/10), Flack (Am, 6/11), Home Before Dark (App+, 6/11), Love, Victor (Hulu, 6/11), Lupin (Net, 6/11), Zenimation (Dis+, 6/11), Love (Ft. Marriage and Divorce) (Net, 6/12), Workin’ Moms (Net, 6/15), Black Summer (Net, 6/17), Hospital Playlist (Net, 6/17), Intelligence (Pea, 6/17), Summer Camp Island (HBOM, 6/17), El Corazon de Sergio Ramos (Am, 6/18), Elite (Net, 6/18), Evil (Para+, 6/20).

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new and noteworthy tv: 5/24-6/6

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Lisey’s Story

Excited for the return of odd Mr Inbetween, the start of what is sadly the final season of The Bold Type, am going to wrap up Kominsky, and I was worried they weren’t going to release the final season of Kim’s Convenience before I got there but I’m only on season 2. I’ve also been recording Pose but have yet to watch, um any of them, and it’s scheduled to wrap, is this worth it?

  • Whitstable Pearl (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 5/24 – Based on the novels this six-part series will look at 16th century English seaside town and what might be under the picturesque surface.
  • Panic (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 5/28 – Based on the novel, each graduating class in this small Texas town competes for a chance out, this year the rules change.
  • Housebroken (Fox) Series Premiere, Monday 5/31 – A new addition to the animation lineup, focusing on pets who gather for a therapy group.
  • We Are Lady Parts (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/3 – A music comedy following a Muslim female punk band.
  • Lisey’s Story (Ap+) Series Premiere, Friday 6/4 – Based on the Stephen King book, this was around the time I stopped trying to keep up with him, but Julianne More plays the lead wherein a series of unsettling events follow the death of her husband, played by Clive Owen.
  • Little Birds (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/6 – Based on Anais Nin’s short stories a New York heiress arrives in Tangier in 1955 ad finds excitement in the city.
  • Domina (Epix) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/6 – Caesar’s third wife, something tells me things aren’t simple.

More streaming:

  • Mad for Each Other (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 5/24 – This Korean romantic comedy finds neighbors’ lives entwined as they see the same psychiatrist.
  • Black Space (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/27 – A rogue detective investigates a massacre in this Israeli thriller.
  • Parot (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 5/28 – A Spanish police thriller about the killing of former inmates after the annulment of the Parot doctrine.
  • Racket Boys (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 5/31 – A city kid is brought to the countryside when his father comes to coach a badminton team in this Korean drama.
  • Dom (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 6/4 – The story of a boy from Rio on the path to becoming the leader of a criminal gang.

Returning streaming: Madagascar (Hulu, 5/27), Bruh (BET+, 5/27), Ragnarok (Net, 5/27), Kominsky Method (Net, 5/28), The Ultimate Fighter (ESPN+, 6/1), Kim’s Convenience (Net, 6/2), The Fungies (HBOM, 6/3), The Gulf (SundN, 6/3), Summertime (Net, 6/3), Why Women Kill (Para+, 6/3), Feel Good (Net, 6/4).

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.

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The Upshaws

I knocked out the very fun French Lupin, which thankfully is coming back this summer. I’m intrigued by The Upshaws, The Underground Railroad, Halston, and the return of Master of None. Also intrigued by a new In Treatment but my lack of HBO will cause that intrigue to be suppressed.

  • The Upshaws (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/12 – This comedy brings back Wanda Sykes in a working-class African American family in Indiana.
  • Hacks (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/13 – Jean Smart stars as a comedian who has a ‘dark mentorship’ with a youngster.
  • Intergalactic (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/13 – A wrongly accused cop and pilot is forced to team up with the convicts who mutiny on the spaceship she’s being transferred on.
  • The Underground Railroad (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 5/14 – This limited dramatic series is based on the book following a slave who escaped to find that the underground railroad is in fact a railroad and follows her journey.
  • Halston (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/14 – Ryan Murphy’s latest has Ewan McGregor as Halston following his rise to fame and spin out of control.
  • Death and Nightingales (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/16, 10pm – This three-part limited series based on the Irish book set in 1885 covers love, betrayal, deception, and revenge, with Matthey Rhys among the cast.
  • Too Close (AMC+) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/20 – A three-part psychological thriller follows a forensic psychologist getting into the mind of a criminal suspect but who’s playing who?
  • Solos (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 5/21 – Seven-part anthology series with an excellent cast in scenes from present and future that convey human connection.
  • The Bite (Spec) Series Premiere, Friday 5/21 – From the Kings comes a satirical drama that tries another take at life in a pandemic, could Covid lead to Zombies, fictionally speaking?
  • In Treatment (HBO) Season Premiere, Sunday 5/23, 10pm – They’re technically calling this a season premiere, but the series is back with a new therapist played by Uzo Aduba, one can only hope it’s as good as the first.

More streaming

  • Blinded – Those Who Kill (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 5/10 – A spinoff of Darkness – Those Who Kill, this Danish language series follows a criminal profiler.
  • Move to Heaven (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/14 – This Korean drama delivers the stories of the departed to loved ones.

Returning streaming: Rich and Ruthless (BET+, 5/13), Haunted (Net, 5/14), High School Musical (Dis+, 5/14), Love, Death & Robots (Net, 5/14), Who Killed Sara? (Net, 5/19), Going From Broke (Crack, 5/20), Gomorrah (HBOM, 5/20), Trying (app+, 5/21), Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (Net, 5/21), Master of None (Net, 5/23).

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.

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