More wrapups happening as we roll into summer. HBO series wrapping up. Series finale of Barry, while I loved the series, the final season was a little tough tonally for me, not that it wasn’t the right call but missing more of the levity. And Somebody Somewhere, I love these characters and am so excited it will return for another season. Also Equalizer, Dave, and Queer Eye. I also started Happy Valley which is still top-notch, and the questionable Barons and The Rising which might get one more look to see what they’re planning to do weekly.

• Cruel Summer (Free) Season Premiere, Monday 6/5, 9pm – This is an anthology series so you can jump right in, I didn’t love the first one but the format of a story being told over multiple years based on summer activities was mildly interesting and the story pretty junky.
• Somewhere Boy (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 6/7 – A kid has to deal with the reality after of growing up in solitude after his mom died and his dad locked him away from ‘monsters.’
• Based on a True Story (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/8 – Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina star in this dark comic thriller where they try to showcase a crime for a podcast and get in over their heads
• Never Have I Ever (Net) Season Premiere, Thursday 6/8 – The final season of this cute coming-of-age series, the fact that I’m at least a season behind on this tells me it wasn’t pressing.
• The Crowded Room (App) Series Premiere, Friday 6/9 – Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum, and Tom Holland star in this series about a man arrested for his involvement in a shooting and the unfolding of his story.
• French Open Finals (NBC) Saturday/Sunday 6 am – Who will take the clay title?
• The Full Monty (FX/Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 6/14 – Based on the film and picking up 25 years after the events of their big show.
• The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC+) Series Premiere, Thursday 6/15 – Another spinoff, this one taking two characters Maggie and Negan and sending them to NYC.
• Project Runway (Bravo) Season Premiere, Thursday 6/15, 8pm – Looks like this will be a returning ‘favorites’ season.
• Ridley (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/18, 8pm – Retired detective is called back to advise on a murder case.

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.

More shows I watch are winding down including returning fare Single Drunk Female, 911 Lonestar, and Ghosts. And also some first-season runs I stuck with Will Trent and So Help Me Todd which were faves and a few others with potential, Animal Control, Lucky Hank, and Night Court. The Company You Keep along with the previously mentioned Alaska Daily unfortunately won’t be back for a second season but still worth enjoying the first.

• Happy Valley (BBCA/Acorn) Season Premiere, Monday 5/22, 10pm – I think I watched the first two seasons of this on Netflix but they’re not there anymore, but the last round came out in the US around 2016 so it’s been a minute.
• The Clearing (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/24 – A psychological thriller based on the book inspired by real-life cults in Australia.
• Platonic (App+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/24 – Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are friends who reconnect after a long rift, and hilarity ensues.
• FUBAR (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/25 – A CIA guy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, does one last job before retirement.
• Judge Me Not (Allblk) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/25 – A young judge is appointed and let’s just say she’s got some baggage.
• The Rising (CW) Series Premiere, Monday 5/29, 8pm – In this drama, our heroine is trying to figure out her own murder and uncovers even more secrets, sure.
• Barons (CW) Series Premiere. Monday 5/29, 9pm – Two besties create rival surf brands, I mean this is probably dumb but I’m down to try some surf drama.
• Deadloch (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 6/2 – A comedy spin on crime genres in this sleepy seaside Tasmanian hamlet has to deal with a dead body.
• The Lazarus Project (TNT) Series Premiere, Sunday 6/4, 9pm – A secret organization can turn back time to prevent the earth’s extinction.

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 to wind down some of the regular season. I enjoyed the recently wrapped Abbott Elementary, The Conners, and Grand Crew. Also the new series The Exhibit, Not Dead Yet, and Alaska Daily. And still catching up on some old streaming before I add anything new though The Great is calling my name and Queer Eye is a pretty good filler show.

• Class of ’09 (Fx/Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/10 – A thriller following a class of FBI agents from multiple time periods.
• City on Fire (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 5/12 – An NYU student is shot and there are no witnesses, and the victim might be the key to a series of fires.
• The Great (Hulu) Season Premiere, Friday 5/12 – Yay to a third season, it’s been fun watching Catherine and the court’s evolution.
• Queer Eye (Net) Season Premiere, Friday 5/12 – Entertaining enough in a feel good way.
• High Desert (App+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/17 – Dark comedy with Patricia Arquette, Matt Dillon, and more with Arquette playing and on again off again addict who decides to change her life and become a PI
• Sisters (IFC/SundN) Series Premiere, Wednesday 5/17, 11pm – Two women discover they are half-sisters and embark on a road trip to find their alcoholic father.
• Primo (Free) Series Premiere, Friday 5/19 – Coming of age never goes smoothly, comedy about a teen being raised by his mother and five uncles.
• Ghosts of Beirut (Show) Series Premiere, Sunday 5/21, 10pm – Based on the manhunt for Imad Mughniyeh, a Lebanese terrorist on the run for over two decades

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.

After focusing on all my best lists, I felt ready to do a little catch-up on something junky. So You did what was expected. Intrigued to see what will happen in the final season. Other than that there is always something new on the horizon.

• Saint X (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/26 – Girl-gone-missing told from multiple POVs.
• Sam – A Saxon (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 4/26 – Based on the true story of the first black policeman in East Germany, is he the face of the future or Public Enemy #1?
• The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/27 – Reality highlight, this bestselling book was the talk of the town for a while, and now they’re coming to America to look at our relationship with mortality and our stuff.
• Love & Death (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/27 – Two small-town Texas couples, an affair, and an axe (basically Candy from Hulu), by David E Kelly and Elizabeth Olsen is supposed to carry it.
• The Nurse (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/27 – A Danish medical drama based on a true story of a nurse caught up in a patient’s death.
• Citadel (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 4/28 – Spies had their memories wiped after an agency fell and now are being reactivated, Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Stanley Tucci.
• Fatal Attraction (Para+) Series Premiere, Sunday 4/30 – A series based on the ’80s film, not sure how they’re going to draw it out but we’ll see, with Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson.
• Casa Grande (Free) Series Premiere, Monday 5/1 – A dramatic look at California’s migrant workforce and the wealthy landowners that hire them.
• A Small Light (Dis+/NGC/Life) Series Premiere, Monday 5/1 , 9pm – Focusing on the real-life story of Miep Gies who played a critical role in hiding Anne Frank and her family.
• White House Plumbers (HBO) Series Premiere, Monday 5/1, 9pm – Behind the scenes of the Watergate scandal with Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux.
• Bupkis (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/4 – A fictionalized version of Pete Davidson’s life with Pete, Edie Falco, and Joe Pesci.
• The Other Two (HBOM) Season Premiere, Thursday 5/4 – I watched the first season of this and found it funny before they moved it to HBOM which I now get so probably catch up.
• Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 5/4 – I found the first season of Bridgerton fun enough but the second season wore on me, not sure I’m up for a spinoff prequel.
• Silo (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 5/5 – The story of the last ten thousand people on earth, but there are many mysteries in their underground escape.

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.

Getting back to some of the backlog including Better Call Saul, Lucifier, Euphoria, Flight Attendant, and Harley Quinn. And of course dabbling with some new things.

• Am I Being Unreasonable? (Hulu) Series Premiere, Tuesday 4/11 – The US premiere of BBC production about a woman grieving a secret loss, and it’s funny.
• Single Drunk Female (Free) Season Premiere, Wednesday 4/12, 10pm – I enjoyed the first season of this train wreck of a person and curious to see where her sobriety takes her.
• Florida Man (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/13 – An ex-cop originally from Florida gets more than he bargained for when chasing down a mobster’s girlfriend.
• Obsession (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/13 – Probably not a good idea to have an affair with your son’s fiancee, drama ensues.
• The Last Thing He Told Me (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 4/14 – Based on a book, Jennifer Garner stars as a woman searching for her husband.
• Barry (HBO) Season Premiere, Sunday 4/16, 10pm – I just jammed through the first seasons of this and not sure I can wait a week between each episode to see what he gets into, reportedly the final season.
• Waco: The Aftermath (Show/CMT/Para) Series Premiere, Sunday 4/16, 10pm – Focusing on the fallout and trials.
• The Diplomat (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/20 – Keri Russell as a diplomat and contentious banter with her former ambassador husband Rufus Sewell, yes please.
• Fired on Mars (HBOM) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/20 – Animated workplace comedy, you know, on Mars.
• Mrs. Davis (Pea) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/20 – The previews on this make little sense but apparently, Betty Gilpin plays a nun trying to destroy an algorithm, Mrs. Davis.
• Dead Ringers (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 4/21 – A modern take on the thriller film, Rachel Weisz steps into the twin gynecologists with some questionable ethics.
• Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Season Premiere, Sunday 4/23, 10:30pm – I ended up really enjoying this outsider returns home story.

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.

Caught the first of Marie Antoinette (PBS) and Lucky Hank AMC) and while neither made me press season pass both had enough promise for another look. I’m enjoying The Exhibit (MTV) where reality takes on art, Animal Control (Fox), and The Company You Keep (ABC). I have passed on True Lies (CBS), Gotham Knights (CW), and Digman! (Com). And after being sick for a few weeks I did some Luther (Hulu) rewatching which definitely stands up, this was in preparation for the movie Luther: The Fallen Sun (Net) which for me didn’t quite capture the magic. And I just started the latest season of You (Net) and as expected our protagonist can’t quite turn the corner from his old life.

• The Big Door Prize (App+) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/29 – A new comedy about the changes to a small town when a machine shows up that reveals your true life potential.
• Wellmania (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/29 – A comedic wellness journey with Celeste Barber.
• Unstable (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 3/30 – Rob Lowe brings his son along for the latest comedy of a father-son journey launching a tech company.
• The Power (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 3/31 – What happens when teenage girls can suddenly electrocute people at will?
• The Great American Joke Off (CW) Series Premiere, Friday 3/31, 9:30 pm – Dulce Sloan hosts and judges who has been the funniest.
• Dave (Fxx) Season Premiere, Wednesday 4/5, 10 pm – This series, while having moments of adolescent humor, grew into something interesting and funny.
• Beef (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/6 – Steven Yeun and Ali Wong face a road rage incident that brings out each’s darkest impulses in this dramedy.
• Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Para+) Series Premiere, Thursday 4/6 – A prequel to Grease we see four outcasts don the pink jackets.
• Jury Duty (Free) Series Premiere, Friday 4/7 – A new docu-style comedy where only one jury member is unaware that the rest of the jury and surrounding players are actors.
• Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 4/7 – Kathryn Hahn stars as an advice columnist whose life is falling apart in this comedy, based on the book by Cheryl Strayed.

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.

Now that I’ve caught up with top tv of 2022 I have a little more freedom to catch up on misc items and 2023 shows. And of course, catch a few more movies before I do my must-see movie list. I did rap Hacks right before my list, it was so good I cranked through. Now maybe doing You or a rewatch of Luther ahead of the movie just released. And of course a few new shows.

• Ted Lasso (App+) Season Premiere, Wednesday 3/15 – I’ll likely take another pass at Apple+ to catch this season and Mythic Quest.
• Class of ’07 (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 3/17 – What would happen if an apocalyptic tidal wave stranded you at your all-girls high school reunion, this comedy looks to show it.
• Extrapolations (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 3/17 – A dramatic anthology series set in the new future where people are dealing with the effects of climate change.
• Swarm (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 3/17 – Taking fandom a step too far in this horror thriller.
• Agent Elvis (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 3/17 – Animated secret government spy Elvis.
• Lucky Hank (AMC) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/19 – This is the new series with Bob Odenkirk this time he’s a chairman of the English department, adapted from Russo’s Straight Man.
• Marie Antoinette (PBS) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/19, 10pm – Another take on this, which reminds me when is the new season of The Great coming out.
• Digman! (Com) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/22, 10:30pm – Animated archaeologists are apparently super cool.
• The Night Agent (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 3/23 – An FBI agent gets pulled into a deadly conspiracy.
• Up Here (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 3/24 – A musical RomCom set in NYC in ’99.
• Great Expectations (Fx/Hulu) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/26 – Another take on this.
• Rabbit Hole (Para+) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/26 – What happens when a master of corporate espionage is framed for murder?
• Ride (Hall) Series Premiere, Sunday 3/26, 9pm – A rodeo family drama.
• Yellowjackets (Show) Season Premiere, Sunday 3/26, 9pm – I recently let my Paramount+/Showtime subscription lapse so will check back in on this, maybe when another Ink Master is available.
• Succession (HBO) Season Premiere, Sunday 3/26, 9pm – I haven’t started this yet with my HBOMax subscription but I hear it’s a fun one and I hear this is the last season.

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 missed my personal deadline for top tv of 2022 but stay tuned, my new plan is to get it out this next week. I spent a little time working through The Dropout (Hulu) which while I don’t normally really enjoy based on true events was kind of fascinating and Seyfried in particular was really good. I also made my way through White Lotus (HBOM)and while I was not as enamored as many I could definitely appreciate the characters and watching things unfold, and yes I would enjoy an expensive vacation (without murder obvs).

I’ve also been catching some of the midseason shows to decide what to add to my repertoire. I’ve been enjoying Will Trent (ABC/Hulu) as one of those particular and successful detectives but the characters are all really good (ABC/Hulu), Accused (Fox/Hulu) with a what happened legal case of the week/anthology, Not Dead Yet (ABC/Hulu) a cute comedy where the woman writing obituaries sees the people she’s writing about. One episode of The Company You Keep has me intrigued with its Romeo and Juliet cons vs CIA, and willing to see if Night Court (NBC/Peacock) and Animal Control (Fox/Hulu) find their comedic groove.

• Wreck (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/1 – A drama set in the world of a cruise ship as a guy tries to uncover what happened to his sister who disappeared.
• True Lies (CBS) Series Premiere, Wednesday 3/1, 10pm – I was just looking to see when this was scheduled as I had an earlier date, a series take on the secret spy husband movie.
• Daisy Jones & The Six (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 3/3 – Based on the book by Taylor Jenkins Reid, a musical-drama series on the rise and fall of a rock band.
• Next in Fashion (Net) Season Premiere, Friday 3/3 – I tend to catch these fashion competitions but I think I missed this the first time around (either that or it was just unmemorable).
• Grand Crew (NBC) Season Premiere, Friday 3/3, 8:30pm – I enjoyed this sort of friends hang show from last season and hope it keeps its mojo.
• The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist (MTV) Series Premiere, Friday 3/3, 10pm – Speaking of reality competitions, I might be interested in art.
• Act Your Age (Bounce) Series Premiere, Saturday 3/4, 8pm – I might need to double check what Bounce TV is but they’ve got a new comedy about 3 ‘vibrant’ women in their 50s, with Kym Whitley, Tisha Campbell, and Yvette Nicole Brown
• History of the World, Part II (Hulu) Series Premiere, Monday 3/6 – After 40 years they’re doing a sequel to the Mel Brooks film with various history sketches, Brooks EPs with Ike Barinholts, Nick Kroll, and Wanda Sykes as cast.
• Rain Dogs (HBO) Series Premiere, Monday 3/6, 10pm – This dark comedy brings an ‘unconventional love story’ about a single mom, her 10-year-old daughter, and a privileged gay man.
• You (Net) Thursday 3/9 – The second half of the season drops, I’ll probably tune into this after I crank out my 2022 tv list.
• Unprisoned (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday 3/10 – Kerry Washington stars as a therapist and single mom whose dad gets out of prison and moves in with her.
• Luther: The Fallen Sun (Net) Premiere, Friday 3/10 – I knew they were making this Luther movie but had lost track, do I still have time for a series rewatch?
• The Oscars (ABC) Sunday 3/12 – I’ve been ticking through a few of these but have some ‘in theaters only’ to catch up on.

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.

Wrapping a few more things, the very well done if not a bit odd Atlanta. I also did Fleishman is in Trouble which was pretty good but I was a little too annoyed by everyone to fully appreciate. And I Love That For You before my Showtime wraps up which was kind of amusing but very personality driven with Vanesssa Bayer and Molly Shannon. Also checked out Mo the dramedy of Palestinian refugee from Mohammed Amer and Ramy Youssef which I liked but it didn’t quite stick with me.

• Red Rose (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 2/15 – Teens are in terror from an app, in this British drama, early reviews seem to say the cast elevates it.
• Animal Control (Fox) Series Premiere, Thursday 2/16, 9pm – Joel McHale heads up a workplace comedy with lots of Animal Control hijinks.
• Hello Tomorrow! (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 2/17 – Starring and EP’d by Billy Crudup, as a salesman selling lunar timeshares in this futuristic comedy.
• The Company You Keep (ABC) Series Premiere, Sunday 2/19, 10pm – A con man and an undercover CIA operative kick off a little passion that can only lead to complications.
• Black Snow (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 2/23 – A small-town murder never solved kicks up again when a time capsule is opened.
• The Consultant (Am) Series Premiere, Friday 2/24 – Christoph Waltz in this comedic thriller based on the novel.
• Liaison (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 2/24 – A French/English thriller, will the mistakes of their past destroy their future?
• Party Down (Starz) Series Premiere, Friday 2/24, 9pm – This is billed as Season 3 but we’re picking up ten years later with our fave caterers, excited they got the gang back together headed up by Adam Scott, the original series was funny.

And for anyone on the lookout for Magnum PI it’s moving from CBS to NBC on 2/19.

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, please check your local listings.

Cranking through a few streaming items with the latest season of Ramy which is still good and odd, Girl From Plainville which left me a little unsatisfied with its take on the real scenario, and the latest season of Leverage: Redemption which I find fun. I also started Poker Face on Peacock and my only complaint is the weekly spacing out of episodes.

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll check out Not Dead Yet and of course the latest season of You, though I may delay a bit on that while I catch up with 2022 shows to do my Top Tv post.

• The Watchful Eye (Free) Series Premiere, Monday 1/30, 9/10pm – Everyone has secrets including a new live-in nanny at an affluent NY family.
• The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 2/1 – I don’t particularly dig cooking shows, but I feel like people are into these ones.
• Gunther’s Millions (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday 2/1 – We follow the rich and famous in reality why not a wealthy dog?
• The Ark (Syfy) Series Premiere, Wednesday 2/1, 10pm – In the future when we’re trying to colonize other planets damage to a ship tests their mission.
• Freeridge (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 2/2 – I didn’t stick with On My Block, but this is a spinoff in some way.
• Dear Edward (App+) Series Premiere, Friday 2/3 – Based on the book a story of a kid who survives a plane crash that kills his family.
• State of the Union (Various) Tuesday 2/7, 6pm pacific.
• Not Dead Yet (ABC) Series Premiere, Wednesday 2/8, 8:30/9:30pm – Gina Rodriguez stars as a broke and newly single obituary column writer.
• You (Net) Season Premiere, Thursday 2/9 – Our favorite obsessive gets a new chapter, let’s see what the body count looks like this time.
• Superbowl (Fox) Sunday 2/12, 3:30pm pacific – Sportsball and related content.

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.