Previews of the fall, midseason, and summer crops of TV shows
Hulu Woke Inspired by the life and work of artist Keith Knight, comedy series Woke takes an absurdly irreverent look at identity and culture as it follows Keef, an African-American cartoonist finally on the verge of mainstream success when an … Continue reading September TV Preview – Streaming (There’s Two Muppet Talk Shows Now)
I chose a hell of a year to start doing these month by month. NBC Transplant The series centers on Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine who fled his country with his younger … Continue reading September TV Preview – Network and Cable (I’m Just So Tired)
CBS All Access Star Trek: Lower Decks The animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford and Tendi have … Continue reading August TV Preview – Streaming (Where Do All The Shows Go If Quibi Dies?)
CW Fridge Wars Top Canadian chefs compete to make an amazing feast using leftovers and ingredients found in your fridge. In this culinary competition, Fridge Wars pits two top Canadian chefs against one another with a challenge to create extraordinary meals using only … Continue reading August 2020 TV Preview – Network & Cable (We’ve Reached The “Just Air Old Canadian, British, and Australian Shows” Portion of the Plague)
And yep. I get to stare at that creepy fucking thumbnail of Charlie Manson staring directly into camera once again. Neat. CBS Tough As Nails Tough As Nails a competition series that celebrates everyday Americans who roll up their sleeves … Continue reading July 2020 TV Preview – Network & Cable (Shows Keep Getting Delayed So There Are Some Repeats On Here)
Peacock Brave New World Based on Aldous Huxley’s groundbreaking novel, Brave New World imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself. As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx and Lenina … Continue reading July 2020 TV Preview – Peacock, Disney+ and HBO Max (There’s Too Many Shows But Also We Are Running Out Of Shows)
In that it is a confusing, hard to navigate void that will probably kill me if I stay there too long. Also it keeps trying to get me to sign up for Quibi. Apple TV+ Greatness Code The series spotlights … Continue reading July TV Preview – Apple TV+, Sundance Now, Quibi & Netflix (The Quibi Website is My Everest)
Hulu Crossing Swords Goodhearted hero wannabe Patrick lands his dream job as a squire, only to learn the royal castle is a corrupt hornet’s nest of horny monarchs, crooks and charlatans. War, murder, full frontal nudity—who knew brightly colored peg … Continue reading June 2020 TV Preview – Streaming (Ah…The Last Streaming Preview Before Peacock Arrives.)
ABC Don’t Don’t is a comedic physical game show where doing nothing is what it takes to win (finally!). Contestants are given the opportunity to team up with their family and friends for the chance to win a cash prize … Continue reading June 2020 TV Preview- Network & Cable (…Yeah, I’ll Probably Watch Adam Scott Torture People On A Ryan Reynolds Game Show)
Amazon Upload In 2033, people who are near death can be “uploaded” into virtual reality hotels run by 6 tech firms. Cash-strapped Nora lives in Brooklyn and works customer service for the luxurious “Lakeview” digital afterlife. When L.A. party-boy/coder Nathan’s … Continue reading May TV Preview – Streaming (Please Stop Making New Streaming Platforms. There’s Too Many.)
FOX Ultimate Tag Each week, competitors – who are everyday citizens and not professional athletes – must vault, dodge, tumble and dive over various epic, three-dimensional moving courses, all for one simple goal: don’t get caught. As competitors progress, they … Continue reading May TV Preview – Network and Cable (I’m Going To Watch All of Ultimate Tag, Aren’t I?)
It’s with a heavy heart that I tell you…I’ve taken Barkitecture, the show where that guy from The Bachelor builds custom dog houses, off this list. I had a whole thing written but I have no idea if it’s coming … Continue reading April TV Preview – Quibi (Everything About This Is Confusing!)
Amazon Tales From The Loop Inspired by the wondrous paintings of Simon Stålenhag, Tales from the Loop explores the mind-bending adventures of the people who live above the Loop, a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making … Continue reading April TV Preview – Streaming (Well, Of Course, Captain America and Lady Mary Would Make a Murder Child.)
ABC The Baker and the Beauty Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international … Continue reading April TV Preview – Network and Cable (Two! Two Mark Ruffalos For Your Quarantine!)
All the information I could find is just really positive nonsense jargon but from what I can gather, FX just had a bunch of shows in production when Disney bought them and they just moved them to Hulu and had … Continue reading March TV Preview – Streaming (WTF Is FX On Hulu?)
Y’all, what if they start recommending Lil Dicky songs at me? NBC Council of Dads Scott Perry, a loving father of five, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare. He calls on a few … Continue reading March TV Preview – Network & Cable (The Trailer For The Lil Dicky Show Is In My YouTube History Forever Now And I Am So Angry.)
They were incredibly angry about my use of the word fnine in the Streaming Preview. But I’ll be cold in the ground before I call it F9. …Where were we? Oh. right, television. HBO McMillions A six-part documentary series, McMillion$ chronicles … Continue reading February TV Preview – Cable (Grammarly Is About Ready To Kill Me. Send. Help.)
I waited patiently and as of this draft, there is still no trailer for Utopia Falls that I can find. Bring forth the trailer! Let me see the words, “And Snoop Dogg as The Archive” flash across my screen. Hulu … Continue reading February TV Preview – Streaming (I Might Not Believe That Hulu’s Dystopian Teen Hip Hop Show Exists)
There’s just a weird R in the middle of that word, huh? CW Katy Keene The series follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene, singer/songwriter Josie McCoy, performer Jorge Lopez/Ginger, and … Continue reading February TV Preview – Network (TIL That I Have Problems Spelling The Word February)
I do enjoy that the loglines HBO provided for Avenue 5 and The Outsider are succinct and to the point while the one for The New Pope was like seven paragraphs. Freeform Party of Five The series follows the five … Continue reading January TV Preview – Cable (Yes, The New Pope Counts as a Different Show)
I’m not crazy. These things all premiere this month. Shouldn’t you have at least a semblance of a trailer, Disney+? Also…Star Trek. We know what the basic plot of Picard is because you’ve released two trailers. You can give us … Continue reading January TV Preview – Streaming (Dear Streaming Sites, Please Put Your Stupid Trailers on YouTube)
