new and noteworthy tv: 12/21-1/3

What? We’re heading into January, how did that happen? So the end of the year as expected not a lot of new stuff happening. Though lots of holiday specials as filler. I did catch the latest season of Pen15 on Hulu which is one of those comedies that’s so awkward it’s almost too painful to watch and yet… I also wrapped up the one and only season of Teenage Bounty Hunters on Netflix which was a real delight and a bummer it didn’t catch on, though honestly I don’t think they did really any promotion of it. Year end lists are coming fast and furious so still lots of catch up to do before I get to mine, currently working on Ted Lasso before my free Apple+ subscription expires.

  • Lovestruck in the City (Net) Series Premiere, Tuesday 12/22 – I had this Korean lovestruck show listed in last list but maybe it got pushed.
  • Shadow Lines (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/24 – Recruited into a top-secret Finnish task force in its ongoing missions to protect against the ’50s Cold War (mixed language).
  • Bridgerton (Net) Series Premiere, Friday 12/25 – Based on Julia Quinn’s novels a look at a family in 1800s London High Society, Shonda Rhimes as EP.
  • A Love So Beautiful (Net) Series Premiere, Monday 12/28 – Young neighbors love transforms as they grow into adulthood in this Korean romance.
  • Equinox (Net) Series Premiere, Wednesday, 12/30 – A woman sees a man who was on a bus that she saw disappear 20 years ago and investigates in this Scandinavian mystery. .
  • Cleaning Up (SundN) Series Premiere, Thursday 12/31 – A cleaner in London’s financial center gets plunged into the shady world of finance when she overhears insider trading.
  • The Watch (BBCA) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/3 – Inspired by the Discworld novels unlikely heroes fight a plot to resurrect a giant dragon and save the world.
  • Call Me Kat (Fox) Series Premiere, Sunday 1/3, 8pm – Mayim Bialik stars as single cat cafe owner, worth a shot but early buzz not great.

Returning streaming: A House Divided (UMC, 12/23), The Mandalorian (Dis+, 12/25), Letterkenny (Hulu, 12/26), Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Net, 12/26), Go! Go! Cory Carson (Net, 12/26), Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (Net, 12/30), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Net, 12/31).

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.

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