Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/19/23

Clone it up! (CREDIT: HBO Max/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Fast X (Theaters)
–Sanctuary (Theaters)

TV
–Beat Shazam Season 6 Premiere (May 23 on FOX) – Nick Cannon steps in for Jamie Foxx.
–Clone High Reboot Premiere (May 23 on Max) – Remember when this was on MTV back in the day?
–Don’t Forget the Lyrics Season Premiere (May 23 on FOX)
–Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Series Premiere (May 23 on Max) – Animated Gizmo.
–American Born Chinese Series Premiere (May 24 on Disney+)
–The Flash Series Finale (May 24 on The CW)
–The Prank Panel Series Premiere (May 24 on ABC) – Knoxville, Andre, Sidibe.

Music
-Graham Nash, Now
-Kesha, Gag Order
-Paul Simon, Seven Psalms
-Sufjan Stevens, Reflections
-Yes, Mirror to the Sky

Sports
-Preakness Stakes (May 20 on NBC)

Jmunney’s 2022 Emmy Wish List, Part 4: Variety and Reality

CREDIT: Netflix/Screenshot

Fun (or Frightening?) Fact: this year’s Emmy ballot includes nearly 3000 performers. We’ve all known for several years now just how overwhelming television has become, but somehow it still had room to launch into another level. So for my personal wish list, I decided not to think about it too hard. I’ll just include however many or however few selections per category I’d like to. I’ve probably forgotten some worthy contenders, but I won’t stress about it too much. We’ll find out what the TV Academy thinks when the nominations are announced on July 12!

When will Holey Moley become “The Multiple Emmy Award-Winning Holey Moley”? Hopefully very soon!

I was a little surprised to see Conan on the ballot again, as our orange-topped late night legend wrapped his TBS run over a year ago. But I suppose he did last into June, and the Emmy eligibility period does begin in the previous year’s June, and I’m certainly not going to complain about honoring our boy Conezy one more time!

And finally, hopefully How to with John Wilson can shine through in the weird category it’s been submitted in.

KEY:
Bold=My winner
*=I have placed this nominee in a different category than the Emmy ballot.
**=Not on the Emmy ballot

Variety Talk Series
Conan
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Variety Sketch Series
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson*
Whose Line is it Anyway?

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/20/22

The American Rescue Dog Show (CREDIT: Maarten de Boer/ABC)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Downton Abbey: A New Era (Theaters)
–Men (Theaters)
–Emergency (Theaters and on Amazon Prime Video May 27)

TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 7 Premiere (May 20 on Paramount+) – It’s the Winners Season!
–Don’t Forget the Lyrics Series Premiere (May 23 on FOX) – Another music game show?!
–Beat Shazam Season Premiere (May 23 on FOX)
-The American Rescue Dog Show (May 25 on ABC) – Hosted by the Holey Moley guys.
–That Damn Michael Che Season 2 (May 26 on HBO Max)

Music
-Flume, Palaces
-Harry Styles, Harry’s House
-Lykke Li, Eyeye

Sports
-147th Preakness Stakes (May 21 on NBC)
-French Open (May 22-June 5 on Tennis Channel and NBC)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/28/21

Chris Gethard: Half My Life (CREDIT: Comedy Dynamics/YouTube Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Borat Supplemental Recordings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine (May 25 on Amazon) – I would’ve included this last week, but the release date wasn’t announced until very recently. Please do not execute me.
–Cruella (Theaters and Premier Access on Disney+) – Directed by Craig Gillespie.
–A Quiet Place Part II (Theaters)

TV
–Housebroken Series Premiere (May 31 on FOX) – Lisa Kudrow voices a dog.
–Beat Shazam Season Premiere (June 3 on FOX)

Music
-Moby, Reprise

Comedy
-Chris Gethard: Half My Life (June 1 on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Spectrum, YouTube, Dish, Vimeo, and more)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/17/19

CREDIT: Hulu

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

TV
–Catch-22 Miniseries (Premieres May 17 on Hulu)
–Beat Shazam Season 3 Premiere (May 20 on FOX)
–Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ (May 22 on ABC)

Music
-Carly Rae Jepsen, Dedicated

What Won TV? – May 28-June 3, 2017

In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Twin Peaks
Monday – Angie Tribeca
Tuesday – Downward Dog
Wednesday – Fargo-go-go-go!
Thursday – Beat Shazam once, shame on you. Beat Shazam twice, shame on Shazam.
Friday – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Saturday – Doctor Who