Well the shows are finishing up so we have a few that we’ve closed out for now. Fox had Memory of a Killer, which I found to be painful in it’s ridiculous scenarios, Best Medicine which has the charm of a small town but paired with a too closed off Dr played by Josh Charles (who I normally dig), and Doc which I also watch begrudgingly based on the scenarios but end up mostly enjoying. ABC closed out High Potential and Scrubs both of which top my not so serious faves. Another no so serious fave Wild Cards managed another ridiculous but fun finale. HBO also wrapped up fave The Pitt as well as new DTF St Louis which was poignant and overall successful, note if you have seen Patriot you know Conrad can do sad guy shows (that was a sleeper fave).

Catching up with some of my Amazon backlog, Deadloch which I enjoyed though maybe not as much as the first season (this one was a little shorter so maybe less time to develop), as well as Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat which I’m glad they kept the protagonist sweet but as someone who hates a prank found it not all that entertaining, and Steal which was a short heisty caper with some twists but didn’t totally pull me in.

For movies I tried The Testament of Ann Lee on Hulu which for me wasn’t all that successful, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple on Netflix which was a solid personal dynamic struggle. Crime 101 which had all the ingredients of fun and yet lacked some, and Pretty Lethal which had enough fun (and gore) to make up for it’s silliness, both on Amazon.

• Running Point (Net) Season Premiere, Thursday 4/23 – This show was fun with Kate Hudson as the party girl turned business woman who has to prove she has what it takes to run a pro basketball team to her family and beyond.
• Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/23 – I had some fun with this but not enough to return for an animated revisit.
• Half Man (HBO) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/23 – When an estranged brother returns for a wedding the violence brings us back through their lives.
• Widow’s Bay (App+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/29 – A small New England town’s mayor, Matthew Rhys, tries to bring tourism to the town only to find some of the superstitions may be a thing in this comedy.
• Man on Fire (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/30 – Based on the film a special forces vet tries to keep a girl alive in Rio.

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 finished the middling second season of Cross and the not good first season of Scarpetta both on Amazon Prime, Prime is certainly claiming this tv based on book series. I also did a rewatch of Buffy to somewhat coincide with the release of New Sunnydale only to be surprised that the pilot didn’t get picked up.

Movie-wise I felt compelled to catch the second Wicked, For Good, which really should have just been a single movie. Is This Thing On brought a tough look at longstanding marriage with good performances but was short on laughs. I enjoyed Ballerina the latest John Wick-ish flick enough, mostly because I’m invested in the universe and mostly forgive the unbelievable relentless pace. I quite enjoyed Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice which was also brutal but had some charm and clever turns.

• The Testaments (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/8 – Based on Margaret Atwood’s book this is an evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale which I haven’t watched, supposed to be good but I just can’t with the world.
• The Boys (Am) Season Premiere, Wednesday 4/8 – The fifth and final season of this uneven and yet compelling series, I was mostly reinvested after enjoying Gen V and I don’t think we’re done with spinoffs.
• Big Mistakes (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/9 – This is Dan Levy’s latest comedy so that alone make it worth a watch and we follow him as one of two siblings blackmailed into organized crime.
• Miniature Wife (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/9 – I just dropped Peacock but this dramedy could be fun as Elizabeth Banks accidently gets shrunken down.
• Hacks (HBO) Season Premiere, Thursday 4/9, 9pm – The fifth and final season of this show that consistently makes my top ten, how will the ladies send it off.
• Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 4/10 – This new chapter of this show brings us back for the parent’s 40th anniversary, this story was never my absolute fave but the cast is always top notch so curious to see where they pick up.
• The Audacity (AMC) Series Premiere, Sunday 4/12, 9pm – I don’t get AMC anymore but this series has some good pedigree as it takes a comedic drama look at the power players of Silicon Valley.
• Euphoria (HBO) Season Premiere, Sunday 4/12, 9pm – It’s been a minute but these high schoolers turned young adults are back.
• Margot’s Got Money Trouble (App+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/15 – I didn’t read this book but again a great pedigree and Dakota Fanning as Margot has promise.
• Beef (Net) Season Premiere, Thursday 4/16 – I didn’t love the stress of the first season of this so not sure I’ll prioritize the latest chapter of this anthology.

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.

We got the end of season 1 cute underdog cheer Stumble (NBC), and while I had Peacock (ending shortly) I also did Russian Spy action Ponies which I found fun. I finally finished up Black Rabbit (Net) which I found tiresome to watch their downward spiral. And Wonder Man hit Hulu so I didn’t have to wait for a Disney upgrade and this was Marvel but Marvel done best when it’s an actual standalone story that pulls you in.

As for movies I wasn’t up for anything significant so tried out War Machine which was admittedly not great but a fine way to distract oneself for an evening.

• Daredevil: Born Again (Dis+) Season Premiere, Tuesday 3/24 – I don’t actually have Disney right now, but I liked the first season of this well enough to see how Murdock and Fisk face off.
• Bait (Am) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/25 – Riz Ahmed stars as a struggling actor with a big break in this comedy and things maybe spiral out of control.
• Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 3/26 – We follow a bride and groom heading up to their nuptials and as a horror series it might not go so well.
• Your Friends & Neighbors (App+) Season Premiere, Friday 4/3 – I enjoyed the first season of this but maybe need to time my month of Apple for the end of this on 6/5 and pick up Shrinking.

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.

These week’s catchups included finishing Fallout on Amazon, which didn’t quite match the first season’s fun. I also caught the first and unfortunately only season of Etoile, a bummer that didn’t get more eyeballs after the success of Maisel, this international ballet chaos was fun. I also finally caught up with Heated Rivalry on HBO which took a minute to hook me (the time jumps in the first couple of episodes felt stilted but it became emotionally compelling after a bit).

For movies I did Blue Moon on Net which felt a little stagey and unfun. I thought Rental Family on Hulu ended up being really sweet. Urchin was also a bummer and while probably well done not my fave watch.

• One Piece (Net) Season Premiere, Tuesday 3/10 – I was surprisingly charmed enough by this manga adaptation that I’ll tune back in.
• Sunny Nights (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/11 – Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden’s characters team up to set up a spray tan business in Sydney and somehow get caught up in the criminal underworld.
• Scarpetta (Am) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/11 – I used to read all of these books and while I don’t know that I love Nicole Kidman in this I’ll definitely be checking it out, the main character is a medical examiner who of course gets overly involved in the crimes.
• The Madison (Para+) Series Premiere, Saturday 3/14 – Another Taylor Sheridan, this one with Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell covering a family from Montana to New York.
• The Oscars (ABC) Sunday 3/15 – I don’t always watch this anymore once I’ve grabbed the best pic nominees for watching I’m usually set these days, and good outfits are all online.
• Imperfect Women (App+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/18 – This thriller looks at crime’s impact on three friends with Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington.
• Deadloch (Am) Season Premiere, Friday 3/20 – The first season of this small town murder was a fun one.
• The Faithful (Fox) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/22, 8pm – I just can’t get excited about a women of the bible dramatization.
• The Forsytes (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/22, 9pm – A take on the Nobel Prize winning book series The Forsyte Saga.
• The Count of Monte Cristo (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/22, 10pm – The old tale returns.
• The Comeback (HBO) Season Premiere, Sunday 3/22, 10:30 – I had heard they were doing another of these series, Lisa Kudrow is great in this faux reality show though it can be a little too cringy for me to love.

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 cruised through the final season of Queer Eye (Net) which I have to admit has always been good but not great, glad they were able to touch a few more lives before they tuned out. I also caught the series Big Boys (Hulu) which had been on someone’s best list, it was sweet but not in contention for me.

I’ve also managed to finish up many of the noted ‘best’ movies before I did my must see movies of 2025. Secret Agent and Twinless made the list but contenders Sacramento, Sentimental Value, Marty Supreme, Left Handed Girl, It Was Just an Accident, and Hamnet missed the cut. This weekend dialed out with lighter fare Predator Badlands which was actually kind of sweet and fun and Splitsville which was a bit too random for me.

• Paradise (Hulu) Season Premiere, Monday 2/23 – The first season was entertaining enough, not sure I’ll appreciate the story shift in season 2 but we’ll see.
• The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC) Series Premiere, Monday 2/23, 8:30pm – Tracy Morgan return to series is a disgraced former football player rehabbing his image with Daniel Radcliffe.
• CIA (CBS) Series Premiere, Monday 2/23, 10pm – I almost assumed this was one of the currently running CBS series but just another spinoff, this one is Tom Ellis as the loose cannon with a by the books partner in NY.
• Scrubs (ABC) Reboot Premiere, Wednesday 2/25, 8/8:30pm – The gang is back with crews new and old.
• Marshals (CBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/1 – One of the Duttons of Yellowstone brings justice to Montana.
• American Classic (MGM) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/1 – Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, and Jon Tenney star in this comedy about a family full of drama.
• DTF St. Louis (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/1, 9pm – A love triangle and one of them turns up dead.
• RJ Decker (ABC) Series Premiere, Tuesday 3/3, 10pm – Scott Speedman stars as the title character, an ex-con and disgraced newspaper photographer who turns his skills to PI-ing, based on a Carl Hiaasen so sure.
• Young Sherlock (Amazon) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/4 – Guy Ritchie brings us a look at the origin story.
• This City is Ours: A Crime Family Saga (AMC) Series Premiere, Thursday 3/5 – Notorious gang boss steps back and triggers a violent power struggle.
• Vladimir (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 3/5 – An English professor throws her life into chaos when she becomes enamored with a new colleague.
• Rooster (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/8, 10pm – Steve Carell steps into a new comedy focusing on his character’s complicated relationship with his daughter.

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.

Finishing off and starting a few shows for my top tv post so Slow Horses (App+) was a win. Boots and Too Much (Net), the first had a lot of charm and the second had its moments. I also randomly picked up the Mad About You (Hulu) continuation, which felt like more of a downer than I remember from the first. Also finished Shifting Gears (ABC/Hulu) which is very TGIF but not much more.

• Cross (Am) Season Premiere, Wednesday 2/11 – I was meh on the first season but will tune back in.
• Love Story (FX/Hulu) Series Premiere, Thursday 2/12, 9pm – Ryan Murphy is tackling love this time with JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette.
• Dark Winds (AMC) Season Premiere, Sunday 2/15 – This series overall is really good but I don’t get AMC anymore so wait for the eventual run on Netflix.
• Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 2/16 – A doculook at one of the better trash tv shows, who didn’t learn about smizing.
• 56 Days (Am) Series Premiere, Wednesday 2/18 – Based on a bestselling novel a could fall for each other and then an unidentified body might show us where the relationship ends.
• The Night Agent (Net) Season Premiere, Thursday 2/19 – I have yet to catch season 2 but it’s back for a third.
• Watching You (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 2/20 – A one-night stand is captured on hidden cameras but that’s just the start of the drama.
• Portobello (HBO) Series Premiere, Friday 2/20 – The true story of a beloved TV host accused of being in a criminal ring.
• Strip Law (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 2/20 – Adult animated comedy about an uptight lawyer and a flashy magician.

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.

Continuing to make use of my temporary Apple TV subscription, I had really started it to get Pluribus which was good, a little weird and I had some quibbles with parts of the story. I also caught Sugar which I enjoyed though the very noir crime vibe took a weird turn. And while I was there I caught the latest season of Platonic, and I didn’t love the first seasons so not sure why. I also finished up The Beast in Me on Netflix which was entertaining enough though a bit ridiculous. And the return of King of the Hill, a show I remember watching but not sure I stuck with it, the return with years passed opened some new opportunities but still a pretty standard sitcom.

On the movie side of the fence I caught F1 which was a fun enough sports arc, though again a little ridiculous. And watched The Friend on Hulu which I was actually expecting a bit more Great Dane hijinks than maudlin but of course good performances by Watts and Murray. Then hearing good things about 28 Years Later I went back and caught both 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, Days held up but Weeks and Years were both meh (and I don’t think Years acknowledged the plot of Weeks). I also picked up Eddington which while you can’t knock the cast, I found it kind of painful.

• Wild Cards (CW) Season Premiere, Monday 1/26, 8pm – I find this detective + criminal caper series fun.
• Wonder Man (Dis+) Series Premiere, Tuesday 1/27 – We follow an actor trying to get his career started with an opportunity to star in a remake.
• Shrinking (App+) Season Premiere, Wednesday 1/28 – I’ve mistimed my Apple subscription and think I’ll take a month off before coming back from this, or I could delay further…
• The Olympics (NBC) The opening ceremony kicks off from Milan on 2/6 and the sporting continues.
• The Burbs (Pea) Series Premiere, Sunday 2/8 – Inspired by the comedy/horror film a family moves back to the hubs childhood home and stuff happens.
• Super Bowl (NBC) Sunday 2/8 – This is actually happening in the Bay Area so I need to keep my eye on activities (to avoid).

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.

We’re starting off the new year with a return of more tv. I spent some of my downtime doing some tv catchup. Stranger Things finale on Netflix wasn’t a perfect note but hit enough of the highlights, I honestly wasn’t as engaged since the first season but they captured the spirit of those ’80s moments (even with the kids over aging throughout). For a little fluff I also tuned into Hunting Wives which was pretty dumb but worked for what it was. And then with my temporary Disney subscription I caught Andor which was on a few lists and I thought it didn’t start getting good until half way through the second season which ended on a very lead up to the next chapter which I hate.

With the Disney subscription I also caught the Fantastic Four which I thought was too stylized to have any heart. I was also finishing up my Paramount+ subscription so caught the final(?) Mission Impossible which I thought didn’t have quite the story or action of previous ones, maybe too busy trying to be nostalgic. Also had Roofman which had some fun elements that overall didn’t quite work in the structure of the ‘true story.’ I did enjoy the latest Aronofsky Caught Stealing on Netflix which was brutal but I thought it did a good job balancing the action and humor. And Peacock brought Bugonia the latest Yorgos Lanthimos which was pretty weird but I thought overall they did a good job with it (you kind of have to see it to get it).

• Australian Open (ESPN) Starting Monday 1/12 – New year new tennis.
• Hijack (App) Season Premiere, Wednesday 1/14 – I enjoyed the first season of this with Idris Elba on a hijacked plane but this is one of those premises that I’m not sure works more than once.
• Ponies (pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/15 – Two widows step into the CIA.
• Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/15 – A lavish country house party end in murder.
• The Nowhere Man (Starz) Series Premiere, Friday 1/16 – A tormented ex-mercenary drawn back into a world of violence.
• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/18 – A Game of Thrones prequel, I still haven’t watched GOT (2026 I think is the year) so I tend to skip these for now.
• Queer Eye (Net) Series Finale, Wednesday 1/21 – This latest reboot is wrapping it up.
• Steal (Am) Series Premiere, Wednesday 1/21 – The heist of the century.
• The Beauty (Fx) Series Premiere, Wednesday 1/21 – High fashion turns darks when supermodels are dying, is it due to what made them beautiful to start with?
• Finding Her Edge (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/22 – A former ice dancer returns to the rink and feelings get complicated.
• Free Bert (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/22 – A messy dad and family cause a little chaos in their new snobby neighborhood.
• Memory of a Killer (Fox) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/25, 9pm – Patrick Dempsey stars as a hitman leading a double life.

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 was without internet for about a week so very excited to cozy back up to all my now streaming shows. I finished Death By Lighting and Long Story Short on Netflix, both good, I don’t normally do historical fiction but well done and the animated perspective on this Jewish family throughout the years felt fresh. Such Brave Girls a bit of a trainwreck comedy on Hulu that somehow works. I Love LA on HBO another young generation of annoying people, who are mostly annoying. And popping back into Paramount+ to get the latest season of InkMaster.

• Wolf (Shud) Series Premiere, Tuesday 12/30 – Based on Mo Hayder’s Jack Caffrey novels a young detective tries to right wrongs.
• Run Away (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/1 – Another Harlan Coben fare, a father search for his daughter gets him caught up in a murder case.
• Best Medicine (Fox) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/4, 8pm – Physician heal thyself as big shot Boston dude rubs his new small town the wrong way.
• Will Trent (ABC) Season Premiere, Tuesday 1/6, 8pm – He’s back with more issues and cases.
• Girl Taken (Para+) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/8 – Based on the novel Baby Doll follows twin sisters, where one of them is abducted.
• His & Hers (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/8 – Two estranged spouses try to solve a murder they believe the other is involved in.
• The Pitt (HBOM) Season Premiere, Thursday 1/8 – If you’ve relaxed after the last nonstop day we’ve got another one coming.
• The Hunting Party (NBC) Season Premiere, Thursday 1/8, 10pm – This show wasn’t good but a formulaic bad guy of the week with a bit of a twist in premise.
• Coldwater (Show/Para+) Series premiere, Friday 1/9, 9pm – A man moves his family to a rural Scottish town and starts to wonder about his new neighbor.
• The Night Manager (Am) Season Premiere, Sunday 1/11 – As I recall the first season of this was good but it was out ten years ago so I really hope they don’t expect folks to remember anything about it.
• Bookish (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/11, 10pm – Why wouldn’t the local bookshop owner to help the police solve crimes.

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.

As I continue my HBO backlog I finished Righteous Gemstones which is pretty funny but the cringe comedy is not my total jam. For my Peacock watch I did Day of the Jackal which was pretty entertaining and Couples Therapy which I had started on my last round and was pretty intriguing though I read an article about one of the dudes who had a really negative experience which makes me wonder a bit. I finally got around to Alien Earth on Hulu which overall I thought was pretty good layers of action, though folks are pretty dumb. I also caught With Love, Meghan‘s holiday special which I enjoyed on Netflix. And Murder in a Small Town on Fox/Hulu which is a decent weekly murder mystery, though clearly you don’t want to live in that small town.

• Fallout (Am) Season Premiere, Wednesday 12/17 – I enjoyed the first season of this, I mean Walton Goggins in anything these days.. these release Wednesdays through 2/4.
• Emily in Paris (Net) Season Premiere, Thursday 12/18 – This is perfect holiday trash, all episodes available.
• Stranger Things (Net) More episodes, Thursday 12/25 – I would be more irritated with this staggered release if it wasn’t the final season, the final episodes are out 12/31.
• The Copenhagen Test (Pea) Series Premiere, Saturday 12/27 – Simu Liu stars as an intelligence agent whose brain has been hacked and so they play him as a double agent, or do they?

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.