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new and noteworthy tv: 8/17-8/30

August 16, 2020 No Comments

This week’s completed seasons included Dear White People, which I overall still really dig but maybe not as much as last season, Big Mouth, which is one of those shows I’m not sure why I find funny but I do, and The Boys which I can’t wait for this next season to see what these guys will be into. Still lots of backlog, I guess at some point I need to narrow down again but I can worry about that when tv production properly resumes.

Democratic Convention (Various) – From Monday, August 17 to Thursday, August 20, 9-11pm Eastern, NBC/CBS/ABC seem to be showing it at 10pm PST or you do live with CNN or stream it from the site at demconvention.com/watch.
Dead Pixels (CW) Series Premiere, Tuesday 8/18, 8pm – A British sitcom about a three of online fantasy gamers.
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Vegas Revue (VH1) Series Premiere, Friday 8/21, 8pm – Reality spotlight on this spin-off from Drag Race where we follow legendary drag queens.
Love in the Time of Corona (Free) Series Premiere, Saturday 8/22, pm – So someone had to crank out the first full Corona series shot in their own homes, this limited series shows three married couples and a pair of roommates.
Pure (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/27 – A woman tries to combat her obsessive x-rated thoughts and flees home to London where she finds connections.

More streaming:

Biohackers (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/20 – A woman gets tangled up trying to find out info about a past family tragedy in this German sci-fi thriller.
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/26 – Riches-to-rags pianist is guided by stars to a small town in this Korean romantic dramedy.
Her Mother’s Killer (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/26 – A political strategist plots to ruin the Colombian presidential candidate who killed her mom 30 years ago in this political drama.
Masaba Masaba (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/28 – Real life mother and daughter play fictions versions of themselves in this Hindi fashion drama.

Returning Streaming: Lucifer (Net, 8/21), Find Me in Paris (Hulu, 8/21), Rust Valley Restorers (Net, 8/21), Aggretsuko (Net, 8/27).

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 8/3-8/16

August 2, 2020 No Comments

This week I wrapped up the second season of Kominsky Method which has some very good old guy humor from Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin. I also wrapped my New Adventures of Old Christine rewatch which is still a hoot of a good show, if you like a show about people who are a mess, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and this cast nails it. Last week I also tried Tell Me a Story that wasn’t showing up as new because it’s apparently a reairing on CW from CBS All Access, while the slow season means I’ll give this show another shot I like the idea of reselling some of these series from off networks and things like Canadian reairing, Coroner below. No advanced word on any of the new entries.

Invisible Stories (HBOM) Series Premiere, Monday 8/3 – A six -episode half hour anthology drama about migrant workers in Asia.
Coroner (CW) Series Premiere, Wednesday 8/5 – Recently widowed newly appointed coroner investigates suspicious deaths in this Canadian drama.
Hitmen (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/6 – A comedy about two best buddy hitmen and the hijinks they get into.
Upright (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/6 – An eight-part Australian comedy drama that follows a shabby musician driving across the country.
We Hunt Together (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 8/9 – Two conflicted detectives track down a pair of killers in this six-episode drama.
The Other One (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 8/10 – A comedy following two half sisters both named Catherine Walcott who find each other after their father dies.
Five Bedrooms (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 8/13 – Five people who meet at the singles table at a wedding end up buying a house together, for some reason.
The Great Heist (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/14 – Based on the ’94 robbery of $33 million from Colombia’s central bank.
Ted Lasso (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 8/14 – A comedy series where Jason Sudeikis plays a Kansas football coach hired to coach an English pro soccer team.
Teenage Bounty Hunters (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 8/14 – Twin sisters in an elite high school get to bounty hunting.
Lovecraft Country (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 8/16 – Based on a book, a trek across ’50s segregated America to find a missing father.

Returning streaming: The Seven Deadly Sins (Net, 8/6), High Seas (Net, 8/7), Nailed it! Mexico (Net, 8/7), The New Legends of Monkey (Net, 8/7), Selling Sunset (Net, 8/7), Infinity Train (HBOM, 8/13), Glow Up (Net, 8/14), Weird But True (Dis+, 8/14), Rita (Net, 8/15).

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.

new and noteworthy tv 7/20-8/2

July 19, 2020 No Comments

Wrapped up this season of Dead to Me and Never Have I Ever, both compelling in their own ways as well as the choose your own adventure version of Kimmy Schmidt, which was fun enough if you’ve gone on the Kimmy journey.

I also somewhat successfully started watching The Peacock, mainly because I recently binged all of Psych and darned if I was going to miss the second movie (which was much as expected if not a little light on psychic powers). And while I wasn’t able to get it to work in browser on my iPad (which supposedly meets the requirements, it does seem to work on laptop browser) I was able to watch on the free app though unable to Chromecast to my TV which appeared available just wouldn’t connect. And while I’m not really going out of my way to go back soon, if it were easy enough to use and they had something I wanted, why not? Though not yet interested in any of the original content and not quite sure on the content level of paid vs free.

This week along with some imports I’m excited for the return of Wynonna Earp on Syfy and didn’t love but enjoyed elements of the first Umbrella Academy so will likely check in on season 2.

Signs (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/22 – A Polish murder mystery, where a new murder shows similarities to a cold case.
Maxxx (Hulu) Series Premiere, Tuesday 7/28 – A former famous boy band star tries to make a comeback in this UK comedy.
Ladhood (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/29 – A UK coming-of-age comedy looking at masculinity and memories of misspent adolescence.
Frayed (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/30 – A wealthy London housewife returns to Australian roots and events that led her to flee in this drama.
In My Skin (Hulu) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/30 – Another coming-of-age UK comedy this one about a teen girl’s very different home and school life.
Brassic (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 7/31 – A UK comedy following two friends, one with bipolar disorder.
Get Even (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 7/31 – Four teen girls band together to get revenge in this UK private school comedy.
Locked Up (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 7/31 – This Spanish thriller follows a naive young woman sentenced to prison after being manipulated by her boyfriend.
The Code (Ova) Series Premiere, Saturday 8/1, 7pm – A drama about two brothers in Australia who come across a video of a car accident whose contents are ‘shocking’.

Returning streaming: How to Sell Drugs Online (Net, 7/21), Norsemen (Net, 7/22), Rebecka Martinsson (Acorn, 7/27), Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons (Net), The Umbrella Academy (Net, 7/31).

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 7/6-7/19

July 5, 2020 No Comments

I actually knocked a few things off I’d been streaming Grace & Frankie (cute), Queer Eye (fun enough), Orange is the New Black (very uneven but some great elements in early and final seasons), Bosch (will miss his detective capers), and Upload (fun sci-fi romance romp) as well as a Hot in Cleveland rewatch (fun and fluffy). Still plugging away at others and thinking of diving back into a few dvr saves like the final season of Mr Robot.

In this round’s new launches Peacock comes out on Wednesday July 15 – and is apparently free, but not sure that applied so everybody. A quick google got me to Peacock TV which seems to indicate you need an X1 (xfinity device?) or a Flex (internet with an option like a roku?) with a basic level of service. Whether this will also be available online or with other smart devices is unclear but would seem like a bad move if not. There’s also a paid version that gets you ‘more’ but what that means is also unclear. I have to say if I bothered to look into this and I’m not sure about it it’s really not a good sign, but likely more clarity as the launch date approaches/passes.

Stateless (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/8 – The paths of four diverse strangers intersect at an immigration detention center in the Australian outback with Cate Blanchett, Dominic West, Jai Courtney, and Yvonne Strahovski with some good early buzz.
Was It Love (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/8 – A single mother has four men come into her life in this South Korean drama.
Close Enough (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/9 – An adult animated comedy about a married couple live in a shared space with their kid and their two divorced friends.
Japan Sinks (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/9 – An ordinary family faces massive earthquakes in this Japanese animated comedy.
Breathe: Into the Shadows (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 7/10 – An Indian psychological thriller where a man and his wife delve into the case of their kidnapped daughter.
Little Voice (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 7/10 – A comedy about an aspiring singer trying to fulfill her dreams with music by Sara Bareilles.
The Twelve (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 7/10 – This drama from Belgium about twelve jurors deciding the case of a woman accused of killing her best friend and her own daughter.
P-Valley (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 7/12 – A dramatic look at the lives of strip club dancers.
The Nest (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 7/13 – A couple trying to have a baby meet a troubled 18-year-old surrogate.
Brave New World (Pea) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/15 – Based on the novel a Utopian society is threatened after a couple meets a man while on vacation in the Savage Lands.
The Capture (Pea) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/15 – A conspiracy thriller looking at truth of digital evidence in a crime.
Dark Desire (Pea) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/15 – A married woman’s weekend away sparks some passion, tragedy, and questions in this Spanish drama.
Cleopatra in Space (Pea) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/15 – An animated comedy based on a graphic novel where she is transported into the future and trains to take on bad guys and get back to her time.
Intelligence (Pea) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/15 – An American NSA agent, David Schwimmer, joins a UK Government Communications Headquarters in this comedy.
Psych2: Lassie Come Home (Pea) Special presentation, I not that long ago did a Psych binge including the first movie only to find that this one wasn’t out yet, and would like to cross it off.
United We Fall (ABC) Series Premiere, Wednesday 7/15 – A new family comedy, with extended family.
The Secrets She Keeps (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/16 – Set in Sydney two pregnant women’s lives and secrets collide in this drama based on a novel.
Cursed (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 7/17 – Another re-imagining of the Arthur/Merlin dramatic tale.

Returning streaming: The Protector (Net, 7/9), Hello Ninja (Net, 7/10), Absentia (Am, 7/17).

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/22-7/5

June 21, 2020 No Comments

I’m still finding it kind of a relief that TV is slowing down for the end of seasons and Covid. I mean don’t get me wrong I’d trade no virus for an overflowing backlog but it’s giving me some time to do some catch up. This week I got back up to date with One Day at a Time after it’s move the POP, and it’s still a sweet fun show to ride an exercise bike to. A few more things in the queue as well as a few real time things like Bold Type and Agents of SHIELD, though I am a little disappointed the fun Search Party moved from TBS to HBO Max which I’m not throwing down for.

Amar Y Vivir (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 6/26 – Country boy gets mixed up with organized crime searching for his sister in Bogota.
Blinded (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/2 – Financial thriller follows a young financial journalist and the secrets that she finds investigating her lover’s bank.
Warrior Nun (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 7/2 – A young woman wakes up in a morgue with inexplicable powers and in the battle between good and evil.
The Baby-Sitters Club (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 7/3 – An update on the book series of five friends baby-sitting business.
Ju-On (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 7/3 – A horror story based on real events occurring over four decades.

Returning streaming: Doom Patrol (HBOM, 6/25), Esme & Roy (HBOM, 6/25), Search Party (HBOM, 6/25), The Twilight Zone (CBSAA, 6/25), Pete the Cat (Am, 6/26), The Summerdahl Murders (Aco, 6/29), Chico Bon Bon (Net, 7/1), Hanna (Am, 7/3).

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/8-6/21

June 7, 2020 No Comments

I wrapped Ozark which threw down with another dark season, visually and content wise, if this is your kind of show definitely check it out. Things are starting to peter out but one of my fave escapist shows The Bold Type and a very special animated episode of One Day at a Time are on the radar. And this week if you’re looking for a special on the topics of today Monday The Time is Now: Race and Resolution on History/Lifetime/A&E, and Tuesday-Wed on various channels including Own: Own Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?

The Woods (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 6/12 – Based on a Harlan Coben novel, a prosecutor’s hopes rise when a body is found and linked to sister’s disappearance.
Partners in Crime (Ova) Series Premiere, Saturday 6/13 – Based on Agatha Christie’s work and following a crime fighting couple, probably par for this kind of course.
Beecham House (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/14 – Not great early buzz for former soldier trying to start a new life but carrying a secret.
Love,Victor (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 6/19 – Inspired by the film Love, Simon this one follows our protagonist while adjusting to a new high school.
Perry Mason (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/21 – Matthew Rhys picks up as criminal defense lawyer, with the case of the decade, no early word but I’d give it a shot.

Additional streaming:

Curon (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 6/10 – Teen twins discover secrets when their mother mysteriously disappears in this Italian fantasy series.
Reality Z (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 6/10 – A zombie apocalypse imprison contestants on a reality show studio in this Brazilian Horror series.
Whispers (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/11 – A Saudi thriller about a family facing the death of the patriarch as secrets come out.

Returning streaming: Dating Around (Net, 6/12), F is for Family (Net, 6/12), Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Net, 6/12), Pokeman the Series (Net, 6/12), Marcella (Net, 6/14), Hidden (Acorn, 6/15), Mr. Iglesias (Net, 6/17), The Bureau (SundN, 6/18), The Order (Net, 6/18), Summer Camp Island (HBOM, 6/18), Babies (Net, 6/19), Coisa Mais Linda (Net, 6/19), The Politician (Net, 6/19).

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 5/25-6/7

May 24, 2020 No Comments

I knocked off Veep through a free window into some HBO shows, and while it was mostly a hoot I wish the finale could have been both dramatically satisfying and a little less depressing. I also knocked off two adaptations Little Fires Everywhere which I thought lacked the nuance of the book and Normal People which minus a few tweaks in tone mostly mirrored the book which I never quite loved. And the latest season of Sex Education which I’m still enjoying. Queer Eye returns this week as well as a special Family Feud celebrity old vs new cast (ABC, 5/31). I’m also looking forward to Agents of SHIELD which returns for its final season, though it’s been uneven I’ve enjoyed the journey and will give another run at Ramy.

In other tv news, HBO Max is now a thing, kicking off on May 27, but what’s the difference between HBO GO (included with HBO), HBO NOW (standalone streaming and apparently comes with access to HBO Max at launch at no additional charge) and HBO Max? Well Max seems to give you all of HBO plus more including some original series and stuff from WarnerMedia and maybe more? How that ends up shaking out in the long run time will tell I suppose. But until then you’re note a few new originals, most of which seem to yet have any advanced critical review as of yet.

Barkskins (NGC) Series Premiere, Monday 5/25, 9pm – No advanced word on this drama series based on the Annie Proulx novel, a look at the mysterious massacre of settlers in the 1690s New France in Quebec.
Ghosts (HBOM) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/27 – A comedic take on a group of former inhabitants haunting a country mansion.
Home (HBOM) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/27 – A comedy that follows a family and the refugee who escapes in their car.
Love Life (HBOM) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/27 – Anna Kendrick stars in at least part of this comedic anthology series looks at the journey from first to last love, so far not a lot of positivity.
Stath Lets Flats (HBOM) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/27 – A comedy where a rubbish lettings agent aims to take over the family business.
Trigonometry (HBOM) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/27 – Three people in a complicated relationship.
Central Park (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 5/29 – Animated release from one of the Bob’s Burgers peeps, and with cast including Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, and Stanley Tucci about a family that cares for and lives in the park and their foe a hotel heiress, getting some early good buzz.
Space Force (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/29 – Following the latest launch 5/27 hopefully that puts you in the mood to watch Steve Carell as a serious military man who swaps his dreams of running the Air Force for running the Space Force, good pedigree but time will tell.
Quiz (AMC) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/31, 9pm – Early good word on this three-part drama series about the people who tried to cheat their way through the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Maxxx (Hulu) Series Premiere, Tuesday 6/2 – A comedy about a former boy band star trying to make a comeback, might have some laughs.
In My Skin (Hulu) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/4 – Welsh coming-of-age dark comedy about a teen girl who hides her troubled home life, might be worth a look.
McCallum (Ova) Series Premiere, Friday 6/5 – Motorcycling forensic pathologist, not sure if this is worth finding Ovation or not.
Trackers (Cin) Series Premiere, Friday 6/5 – Six episode crime drama set in South Africa finds a low-level analyst uncovering a conspiracy.
I May Destroy You (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/7, 10:30pm – After an up-and-coming writer is assaulted at a nightclub she reconsiders parts of her life.

More streaming

Can You Hear Me? (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/4 – Canadian drama about three friends grappling with life.
El Presidente (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 6/5 – A Mexican true crime series inspired by the 2015 Fifa corruption scandal.

Returning streaming: Ramy (Hulu, 5/29), Somebody Feed Pil (Net, 5/29), Baki (Net, 6/4), Queer Eye (Net, 6/5)

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 5/11-5/24

May 10, 2020 No Comments

I’ve been kicking along with some of the shows still airing/wrapping up as well as making some progress on streaming options. I wrapped up High Fidelity which I really liked, thought they captured a good vibe from the source materials which I also really liked. This week a few new things cropping up, Burden of Truth is also back, the Canadian legal drama that somehow got me hooked based on timing as a sort of summer series.

The Great (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 5/15 – A satirical, comedic drama about Catherine the Great played by Elle Fanning, some good initial reviews.
White Lines (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/15 – A woman travels from England to Ibiza when her brother is found dead in this offbeat thriller.
Hightown (Starz) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/17 – No word on this crime drama exploring themes of addiction, recovery and possible redemption.
Snowpiercer (TNT) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/17 – This series has been in the works for a while so I’m a little skeptical particularly since it’s based on what was already an odd film that’s a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller where the remnants of humanity survive on a moving train.
Dead Still (Acorn) Series Premiere, Monday 5/18 – A darkly comic murder mystery set in 1880s Ireland, not sure about the show or where one would actually watch Acorn.
DC’s Stargirl (DC) Series Premiere, Monday 5/18 – A high school sophomore finds a staff and gathers up a team to superhero, I’m not super eager.
Sweet Magnolias (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 5/19 – Lifelong friends lift each other up in a small southern town in this romantic drama.

More streaming

Inhuman Resources (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/15 – Out of work and attracted by a job opening that leads to more than bargained for in this French thriller.
The Unremarkable Juanquini (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/15 – A magician makes a kingpin disappear in this Latin absurdist drama.
Control Z (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/22 – A hacker starts releasing high school students’ secrets in this Mexican teen show.
Betaal (Net) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/24 – British soldier unearth zombies when trying to make way for a highway in this Indian thriller.

Returning streaming: Bordertown (Net, 5/11), Magic for Humans (Net, 5/15), She Ra and the Princess of Power (Net, 5/15), Homecoming (Am, 5/22), Trailer Park Boys (Net, 5/22)

new and noteworthy tv: 4/27-5/10

April 26, 2020 No Comments

I got an under desk bike for my apartment which allowed me to watch a couple of series that I was only allowing myself at the gym, so wrapped up very fun The Tick and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, two seasons not enough for one and four seasons probably a little too much for the other. I also wrapped the reboot of Will & Grace which overall I enjoyed but maybe more so in the beginning when it seemed to be dealing with more issues around their new older place in life. And as shows are wrapping for the season, either as scheduled or prematurely, there are still some new things coming our way. I’m going to tune in for Never Have I Ever and Normal People. Also excited to see where season two of Dead to Me goes, the first season was imperfect but I found myself totally absorbed by Applegate and Cardellini and their precarious circumstances. Note for those of you who tuned in or missed Council of Dads on NBC it’s back on Thursday after the Parks & Rec special, it was super sappy but you know if you’re into that kind of thing.

Never Have I Ever (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 4/27 – Hearing good things about this new series from Mindy Kaling about a first-gen Indian-American teen.
Normal People (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/29 – Based on the book (which we just read for book club) the story of a relationship of an Irish ‘couple’ whose lives are intertwined from high school through undergraduate, liked the book and will tune in based on overall positive reviews.
Parks and Recreation (NBC) Thursday 4/30 – Excited to revisit some of our favorite city workers though curious to see what the filmed from their own homes special episode will bring.
Hollywood (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/1 – No advanced word on this new limited series from Ryan Murphy about the “Golden Age” of Hollywood.
Trying (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 5/1 – British comedy about a couple who want kids, no insights as to how funny it is.
Upload (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 5/1 – The premise of this comedy by Greg Daniels (Office/Parks & Rec) is an app developer gets uploaded to a virtual world after a near fatal accident, probably worth a sample.
Betty (HBO) Series Premiere, Friday 5/1 – Intrigued by this look at a group of young women skateboarders, expanding on the world created by the film Skate Kitchen.
Ming’s Dynasty (Fuse) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/3, 11pm – Aspiring rappers return to Toronto to manage the family’s Chinese restaurant.
Bad Mothers (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/7 – Australian drama looking at motherhood through four different women.
I Know This Much Is True (HBO) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/10 – An adaptation of Wally Lamb novel starring Mark Ruffalo as twins dealing with mental illness and other drama, no word but intriguing.

More streaming

Extracurricular (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/29 – Korean teen drama about a student living a double life at school and in the world of crime.
Summertime (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/29 – Italian summer of love for two young adults from different backgrounds.
The Victim’s Game (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/30 – Taiwanese crime drama about a detective with Asperger’s who investigates his daughter’s link to murders.
Almost Happy (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/1 – Quirky Argentinian comedy about a radio host and his family.
Into the Night (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/1 – Belgian thriller about a flight that tries to outrace the sun or face death (in like a supernatural way).
Republic of Doyle (Ova) Series Premiere, Saturday 5/2 – Comedic drama series about a father and son PI agency.
The Eddy (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/8 – French drama about the owner of a jazz club getting mixed up with criminals.
Valeria (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 5/8 – Spanish romantic comedy with four women discovering themselves.

Returning streaming: Wolf Creek (Shud, 4/30), Medici (Net, 5/1), Workin’ Moms (Net, 5/6), Scissor Seven (Net, 5/7), Dead to Me (Net, 5/8), The Hollow (Net, 5/8), Restaurants on the Edge (Net, 5/8), Rust Valley Restores (Net, 5/8)

new and noteworthy tv: 4/13-4/26

April 13, 2020 No Comments

Ok now that I’m not trying to burn through movies I’m making a bit more progress on tv. I wrapped my rewatch of Beverly Hills, 90210, which was fun for about the first season and then became sort of an obsessive torture. I’m also digging in to Orange is the New Black, Ozark, Sex Education, Making the Cut, and have started Little Fires Everywhere, I really liked this book and am cautious, and of course Killing Eve which is usually worth it even if it’s not as good as the first season. And wrapped the series finale of Schitts Creek which I thought did a good final leg. I’ll miss those oddballs. It’s a pass for me on Broke and Vagrant Queen, but I’m so far sticking with Motherland: Fort Salem and still tentatively trying Almost Paradise, which I don’t think is good but hoping it might be fun. Next up I’m excited for the return of What We Do In the Shadows which is so odd I can’t stop watching, and the final season of fave cop Bosch.

Paradise Lost (Spectrum) Series Premiere, Monday 4/13 – Couple returns to small town Mississippi and secrets are unearthed starring Josh Harnett and Barbara Hershey among others, who knows.
The Baker and the Beauty (ABC) Series Premiere, Monday 4/13, 10pm – Reads like a made for tv movie, Cuban baker meets a superstar, but for romcom fans who knows.
Mrs. America (FX/Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/15 – The story of the movement to ratify the ERA and the backlash of a conservative, includes a great cast with Cate Blanchett, Margo Martindate, Rose Byrne and Sarah Paulson among others so def worth a look.
Outer Banks (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/15 – A group of teens unearths a long buried secret, perhaps some potential in this mystery-thriller.
#blackAF (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 4/17 – Comedy series starring Rashida Jones and Kenya Barris based on Barris’ life, who knows.
Defending Jacob (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 4/24 – Based on the novel this thriller about an ADA torn between justice and family with Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery, maybe.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 4/26, 10:10pm – An LA version of Penny Dreadful, no word but if you’re a fan of the original it’s likely a good bet.

More streaming

The King (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 4/17 – A modern-day Korean emperor find himself in a parallel world
Love 101 (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 4/24 – A group of teenagers in Turkey trying to get their teacher to fall in love.

Returning streaming: Fauda (Net, 4/16) Bosch (Am, 4/17), The Last Kids on Earth (Net, 4/17), After Life (Net, 4/24), Hello Ninja (Net, 4/24), The Last Kingdom (Net, 4/26).

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