Before my Apple + subscription expires I also went through the season of Mythic Quest, which started out annoying me (I have worked with enough people like that I wasn’t looking for that frustration in my entertainment) but grew to really enjoy the dynamic and some of the special episodes including the only pandemic entertainment I thought felt appropriate. I also wrapped the latest season of Umbrella Academy which I have to admit I didn’t care that much about though frustratingly left kind of intrigued as to what they’re going to do next season. And finally got through the rest of Fargo, which really wasn’t my fave season.

• Daughter from Another Mother (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 1/20 – Switched at birth in this Mexican dramedy.
• The Inauguration (Various) – Entering a new era.
• Perfect Life (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/21 – This Spanish language series about thirty-somethings finding their way.
• Walker (CW) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/21, 8pm – Jared Padalecki is no Chuck Norris but no word yet on this remake.
• 3 Caminos (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 1/22 – I think this Spanish drama about people in three different stages in life.
• Losing Alice (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 1/22 – A psychological thriller where a 48-year old director becomes obsessed with a 24-year old screenwriter.
• The Sister (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 1/22 – A person from the past returns to threaten long held secrets in this drama.
• Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) (Net) Series Premiere, Saturday 1/23 – Things start to unravel for three successful women in this Korean drama.
• Bridge and Tunnel (Epix) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/24, 9pm – Edward Burn’s latest is a dramedy following college grads in 80s Manhattan.
• Reunions (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 1/25 – A French drama about half-brothers finding each other after their father dies.
• 50M2 (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 1/27 – A henchman assumes a new identity to uncover the truth in this Istanbul thriller.
• Jann (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 1/29 – A Canadian comedy about a look at singer-songwriter Jann Arden trying to make a personal and professional comeback.

Returning streaming: Hello Ninja (Net, 1/19), Call My Agent (Net, 1/21), Gomorrah (HBOM, 1/21), Selena + Chef (HBOM, 1/21), Blown Away (Net, 1/22), Busted! (Net, 1/22), Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (Net, 1/22), Bonding (Net, 1/27), Top Gear America (MotorTrend, 1/29).

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.

Discovery Plus launches on Monday with a bunch of new reality fare for $4.99 ads/6.99 ad free, if you know you need more of that. I wrapped up Queen’s Gambit which was very enjoyable and the season of Ted Lasso which was also quite fun, though not Apple Plus paid subscription for me kind of fun. I am excited for the return of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist this Tuesday on NBC.

• 30 coins (HBO) Series Premiere, Monday 1/4 – An eight ep jaunt into horror follows a priest and demonic events, produced by HBO Europe in Spain (en Español).
• History of Swear Words (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 1/5 – This reality highlight features Nicolas Cage hosting the history and impact of notorious bad words.
• Coyote (CBSAA) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/7 – Michael Chiklis switches sides from Border Patrol to working for the cartel, is he still paying for his time on the job in The Shield?
• Mr. Mayor (NBC) Series Premiere, Thursday 1/7, 8/8:30 – Ted Danson is back and while I keep my hopes low I’m excited to see what he brings to being the Mayor of LA.
• Lupin (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 1/8 – A French (en français) crime drama about a gentleman thief set out to avenge his father.
• Remedy (Ova) Series Premiere, Friday 1/8, 12pm – Canadian drama behind the scenes of Toronto hospital where the chief of staff oversees three of his sons.
• All Creatures Great and Small (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/10, 9pm – A remake of 80s drama of a vet James Herriot at that start of his career in ’30s Yorkshire.
• Trickster (CW) Series Premiere, Tuesday 1/12 – Canadian supernatural drama based on the novel “Son of a Trickster,” about a teen who starts seeing strange things and turns his life upside down.
• Everyone is Doing Great (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 1/13 – Comedy about two former stars of hit tv show trying to make it work five years after the show ends.
• Call Your Mother (ABC) Series Premiere, Wednesday 1/13 – Kyra Sedgwick stars as a mom inserting herself back into her adult kids lives in this comedy.
• Tandav (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 1/15 – Dew Delhi drama looking at Indian politics.
• WandaVision (Dis+) Series Premiere, Friday 1/15 – Set in the MCU universe Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany pick up their characters (Wanda and Vision) in suburban living.
• Miss Scarlet & The Duke (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/17 – Victorian England’s first female sleuth solves crimes along with partner and childhood friend.

Returning streaming: The Dead Files (Disc+, 1/4), Monster Garage (Disc+, 1/4), Nailed it! Mexico (Net, 1/5), Dickinson (App+, 1/8), Idhun Chronicles (Net, 1/8), Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons (Net, 1/8), A Discovery of Witches (SundN, 1/9), Finding Joy (Acorn, 1/11), Search Party (HBOM, 1/14), Endlings (Hulu, 1/15), Servant (Ap+, 1/15), Carmen Sandiego (Net, 1/15), Disenchantment (Net, 1/15).

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.

Sorry about the slight delay this week, technology is our friend and sometimes friends don’t get along. But a bunch more streaming to come though mostly I’m sticking to old streaming. Have restarted Breaking Bad, which I never finished. And did finish the mostly garbage Emily in Paris, but entertaining enough garbage if you’re down with a rom com.

• A Suitable Boy (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 12/7 – An epic tale of life and love set in 1950s India in this adaptation of a Vikram Set novel.
• Nurses (NBC) Series Premiere, Monday 12/7, 10pm – Another Canadian import, this one about five nurses working in a busy hospital in Toronto, early word is meh (re-airs Wednesday).
• La Jauria (HBOM) Series Premiere, Tuesday 12/8 – A woman disappears in this Spanish crime thriller.
• Lovestruck in the City (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 12/8 – A man looks to reconnect with a woman from his beachside romance in this Korean romance.
• The Trial of Christine Keeler (HBOM) Series Premiere, Wednesday 12/9 – The story of a woman at the center of one of the 20th century’s biggest scandals about the minister, his mistress, and her lover the spy.
• Alice in Borderland (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/10 – Gamers find themselves in a parallel Tokyo where they have to compete in this Japanese sci-fi.
• The Wilds (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 12/11 – Lost for teen girls?
• Adult Material (HBOM) Series Premiere, Friday 12/11 – A drama focusing on a woman’s life in the adult film industry.
• The Mess You Leave Behind (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 12/11 – A teacher is haunted by a suspicious death and fears for her life in this Spanish suspense show.
• Reunions (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 12/14 – Two half-brothers are brought together after their father’s death and the inheritance of a hotel in this French family drama.
• Tiny Pretty Things (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 12/14 – Ballet drama in an elite Chicago dance school.
• How to Ruin Christmas (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 12/16 – Can a sister make things right after ruining the perfect Christmas wedding in this quirky South African dramedy.
• Run On (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 12/16 – A track star finds his own path in this Korean romantic drama.
• The Stand (CBSAA) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/17 – Based on the Stephen King apocalyptic world, one can only hope.
• Total Control (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/17 – An indigenous woman in Australia is thrust into the political limelight.
• El Cid (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 12/18 – A modern day take on an old Spanish legend of a man trapped between two worlds and cultures..
• Sweet Home (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 12/18 – A teen and his neighbors fight to survive as humans turn into monsters in this Korean fantasy drama.

Returning streaming: Mr. Iglesias (Net, 12/8), Summer Camp Island (HBOM, 12/10), Clifford the Big Red Dog (Am, 12/11), Madagascar (Hulu, 12/11), Where’s Waldo (Pea, 12/11), Hilda (Net, 12/14), Song Exploder (Net, 12/15), The Expanse (Am, 12/16), The Grand Tour (Am, 12/18), Home for Christmas (Net, 12/18).

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.

Well we’re heading into the holiday season so things usually start to calm down. We’re in a new era so of course slowing down doesn’t mean drying up. And of course there are the random items to grab like National Dog Show on Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving Day Parade, the airing of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life on CW, and various holiday specials. I also made some backlog progress with the very fun Trinkets and the mildly entertaining and informative Get Organized with The Home Edit on Netflix, as well as backlog item Mr Robot which I barely understood but really appreciated the performances.

• Black Narcissus (FX) Mini series Premiere, Monday 11/23, 8pm – Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, it’s apparently a Himalayan set 1930s erotic psychological horror nunnery drama.
• Heroes of Lucha Libre (Crack) Series Premiere, Wednesday 11/25 – A dramatic look at the sport of Lucha Libre with a comic book superhero twist.
• Saved by the Bell (Pea) Series Premiere, Wednesday 11/25 – With a few of the original cast reprising their roles we’re introduced to some of the current Bayside High students as the students from underfunded schools transfer in.
• Terror Lake Drive (UMC) Series Premiere, Wednesday 11/25 – A single mother looks to start a new like in Atlanta but can’t outrun everything in this suspenseful drama.
• The Flight Attendant (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/26 – Kaley Cuoco from Big Bang Theory helms this dark comedic thriller where her life takes a turn when she wakes up with a dead man, early reviews are good.
• Over Christmas (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 11/27 – Down-and-out musician returns home for some not so cheery surprises in this drama.
• The Uncanny Counter (Net) Series Premiere, Saturday 11/28 – Noodle shop employees by day and demon hunters by night in this Korean drama.
• The Commons (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/3 – Anna from Downton Abbey wants to have a baby but she and her scientist husband are challenged by that and the world around them.
• The Hardy Boys (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 12/4 – Would be nice if this remake were a good one but no word so far.
• Bhaag Beanie Bhaag (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 12/4 – An aspiring comic pursues stand-up in this Indian comedy.
• Selena (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 12/4 – Mexican-American Tejano singer comes of age and pursues her music.
• Detention (Net) Series Premiere, Saturday 12/5 – A student uncovers haunting secrets from a 1960s Taiwan High School.
• Your Honor (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 12/6, 10pm – Bryan Cranston as judge looks to protect his sun after a hit-and-run accident.

Returning streaming: Great Pretender (Net, 11/25), Sugar Rush Christmas (Net, 11/27), Virgin River (Net, 11/27), Brassic (Hulu, 12/4), Big Mouth (Net, 12/4), The Great British Baking Show: Holidays (Net, 12/4).

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.

Well aside from obsessively checking election results I’ve also knocked off a few streamers. The Good Fight‘s latest season which I purchased as it was on my Staycation watching. The Great on Hulu which was quite odd and quite good, some might say great. Counterpart also very good but dark and a little confusing keeping track of overlapping dual worlds. And the also odd but very good Brockmire. I think I did pretty great on those picks. And also cruised through old series McCallum which I started recording for some reason when I was looking for Ovation network for some reason, good enough procedural.

• The Southwesterlies (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 11/9 – Comic drama set in a coastal town of Ireland dealing with the threat of introducing a windfarm.
• Industry (HBO) Series Premiere, Monday 11/9 – A group of young grads compete for limited positions at a London bank, some good early buzz.
• Dash & Lily (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 11/10 – A Christmas romance based on exchanged notes in a book.
• A Teacher (Hulu) Series Premiere, Tuesday 11/10 – Kate Mara plays a teacher with an illegal relationship with her student, early word not great.
• Eater’s Guide to the World (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 11/11 – Reality highlight brings Maya Rudolph on a quest for an epic meal with locals.
• Ethos (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/12 – Eight people’s paths meet in Istanbul.
• Valley of Tears (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/12 – Inspired by true events of the ’73 Yom Kippur war in Israel.
• Alex Rider (IMDBTV) Series Premiere, Friday 11/13 – A coming of age spy thriller based on the novel Point Blanc.
• The Minions of Midas (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 11/13 – A millionaire publisher gets blackmailed, inspired by Jack London story.
• Big Sky (ABC) Series Premiere, Tuesday 11/17, 10pm – The latest from David E. Kelly, based on a series of books by C.J. Box brings detectives together to search for kidnapped sisters and try to stop the killer.
• No Man’s Land (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 11/18 – A look into the Syrian civil war through the eyes of a young French man.
• Cold Call (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/19 – Four part British dark thriller follows a woman seeking revenge after getting caught in a cold call scam.
• For the Love of Jason (UMC) Series Premiere, Thursday, 11/19 – A drama looking at being single in your 30s from the male perspective.
• I Hate Suzie (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/19 – An actress has her life upended when she’s hacked and photos of her get out.
• Veneno (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/19 – Based on the memoir by Valeria Vegas about her life intertwining with transgender icon La Veneno.
• Small Axe (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 11/20 – Anthology series of five original films set in the 60s-80s that tell personal stories from London’s West Indian community, early word is good.
• The Pack (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 11/20 – Reality highlight on Lindsey Vonn and dog Lucy hosting a competition where humans and their dogs face challenges around the world.

Returning streaming: Mystery Road (Aco, 11/9), Undercover (Net, 11/9), The Crown (Net, 11/15), The Boss Baby (Net, 11/17), Bitter Daisies (Net, 11/18), Cleopatra in Space (Pea, 11/19), Flavorful Origins (Net, 11/20).

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.

Well relatively speaking the next couple weeks are looking a little light, though we are still getting the return of some of the network comedies. And of course there’s the election on 11/3 to take over the tv for an unknown amount of time. I did wrap up the brutal and flawed and yet very entertaining The Boys on Amazon.

• Temple (Spec) Series Premiere, Monday 10/26 – A doctor runs an illegal clinic under London’s subway to fund research to help his wife.
• Truth Seekers (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 10/30 – Nick Frost and Simon Pegg play ghost hunters who team up to film paranormal sightings in this UK comedy series.
• Roadkill (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 11/1 – Hugh Laurie in a political thriller, I’m in.
• Love and Anarchy (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 11/4 – Scandinavian romantic comedy focusing on a married consultant and a young IT tech.
• Paranormal (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/5 – Egyptian fantasy where a ‘skeptical’ hematologist faces a series of inexplicable events and investigates.
• B Positive (CBS) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/5, 8:30pm – Can kidney donation bring these two together in this latest Chuck Lorre series.
• Moonbase 8 (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 11/8, 11pm – Fred Arisen, Tim Heidecker, and John C Reilly are looking to complete their NASA training at a simulator in Arizona in this comedy series.

Returning streaming: Chico Bon Bon (Net, 10/27), Ghosts (HBOM, 10/27), The Mandalorian (Dis+, 10/30), Somebody Feed Phil (Net, 10/30), Riviera (SundN, 11/5), Save Me Too (Pea, 11/5).

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.

So looks like more sports are picking back up again Tour de France is happening, US Open Tennis kicks off on Monday, and NFL Thursday 9/10. I wrapped up End of the F***ing World and Undone both of which were good but odd. Still plugging away on the backlog. Not sure how there’s so much new stuff, but nothing piquing my interest, other than season 2 of The Boys, having recently wrapped season 1.

• Gosta (HBOM) Series Premiere, Monday 8/31 – This Swedish drama follows a child psychologist who moves to a small town and is apparently trying to do good in a dysfunctional world.
• Bookmarks (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/1 – Reality spotlight on the Marley Dias hosted showcase of celebrity authors reading children’s books by black authors.
• Metro Sexual (Crack) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/1 – Australian sitcom takes a peek behind the doctor’s curtain at a small local sex clinic.
• Transplant (NBC) Series Premiere, Tuesday 9/1, 10pm – Another Canadian arrival to network tv, this drama follows a Syrian doctor trying to reestablish his career after fleeing his country.
• Assisted Living (BET) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/2, 10/10:30pm – Tyler Perry’s latest is a comedy centered on a family trying to run a home for the elderly.
• Raised by Wolves (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/3 – Two androids raising children on an alien planet from EP Ridley Scott, early reviews are mixed.
• The Sounds (Ac) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/3 – A Canadian couple move to New Zealand to run a salmon fisher and when the husband disappears secrets are revealed in this drama.
• We Got This (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/3 – An American in Sweden tries to solve 30 year old murder of a former prime minister, dark comedy based on true speculation.
• Young Wallander (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/3 – A re-imagining of BBC’s Wallander as a cop in his early 20s in Sweden.
• Away (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 9/4 – Hilary Swank commands a mission to Mars, early reviews are mixed.
• Noughts + Crosses (Pea) Series Premiere, Friday 9/4 – Adapted from the YA series following the story of two star-crossed kids whose color divides them.
• Power Book II: Ghost (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/6, 8pm – A Power spinoff picks up after the finale and follows Tariq trying to navigate his new life, I assume if you watched Power you know what that means.
• Record of Youth (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 9/7 – South Korean drama about two actors and a makeup artist making their way in the world.
• Get Organized with the Home Edit (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/9 – Another reality spotlight because I just love some organizing, this one brought by Reese Witherspoon and Molly Sims with Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin of The Home Edit.
• Woke (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 9/9 – Inspired by the work and art of Keith Knight, a comedic look at a cartoonist who suddenly starts seeing things a little differently.
• The Idhun Chronicles (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/10 – An animated comedy about a magical world where two young earthlings fight assassins.
• Julie and the Phantoms (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 9/10 – A teen girl helps a trio of ghosts with their band in this comedy.
• The Duchess (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 9/11 – A single mom juggling life and considering another kid.
• Malory Towers (BYUTV) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/13 – Based on British novels set in an all-girls boarding school in England after WWII.
• Van Der Valk (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 9/13, 9pm – Three part drama based on Feeling’s crime thrillers, cop faces cases in Amsterdam.

Returning streaming: The Yorkshire Vet (Ac, 8/31), A.P. Bio (Pea, 9/3), The Boys (Am, 9/4), Spirit Riding Free (Net, 9/4), Starbeam (Net, 9/8), LA’s Finest (Spec, 9/9), The Gift (Net, 9/10), Family Business (Net, 9/11).

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.