Gemma Whelan, Pedja Bjelac, Steve Pemberton et al join BBC America’s Killing Eve
New US TV shows
FX movesMrs America, Devs, The Old Man and A Teacher to Hulu…
…green lights: Native American housing project teenagers series Reservation Dogs
BET+ green lights: 30something black men drama Tyler Perry’s Bruh, with Barry Brewer, Mahdi Cocci, Phillip Mullings Jr et al, and The Oval spin-off Tyler Perry’s Ruthless, with Stephanie Charles, Anthony Bless, Bobbi Baker James et al
It’s “What have you been watching?”, your chance to recommend to fellow TMINE readers anything you’ve been watching this week
Giancarlo Esposito and Forest Whitaker in Epix’s Godfather of Harlem
This week’s reviews
Fall season is now well under way in the US and over the past week and a bit, I’ve been doing some pretty extensive coverage. However, since this is Peak TV™, this year, I’ve finally had to let my standards slip and only do full reviews for shows that actually look like I could watch them.
That means that since the previous WHYBW, I’ve managed to do proper reviews of Stumptown and Evil, as well as semi-reviews of The Unicorn, Carol’s Second Act, Perfect Harmony and Sunnyside.
Incidentally, I did try to watch Epix (US)’s period gangster drama Godfather of Harlem, as it stars Forest Whitaker, Giancarlo Esposito and Vincent D’Onofrio. However, it was after about 10 minutes of watching Whitaker get out of 1960s jail and return to Harlem that I realised that while the back projection was amusingly Hitchcockian, I was actually bored rigid.
Why? Oh yes. I remember. I hate gangster dramas and I actively dislike Forest Whitaker. Sorry, dude, but that performance was fine in Ghost Dog, but you can’t keep doing it.
We’re about to enter phase two of Fall 2019, so the regular US broadcast networks are hurling a couple of new shows in our direction this week: Almost Family (Fox) and Batwoman (The CW). Netflix has Raising Dion coming our way on Friday and I’m going to try to play catch up with Hotel Beau Séjour on Walter Presents. We also have some returning regulars to look forward to, including the final season of Mr Robot.
All during one of my busiest work periods of the year. Oh well – I’ll do my best. But PeakTV™, hey?
Michael Sheen in Fox’s Prodigal Son
The regulars
Fortunately for my viewing schedule, a whole bunch of regulars are coming to an end, which means that after the jump, we’ll be talking about the season/series finales of כפולים (False Flag), Flateyjargátan (The Flatey Enigma) and Glitch.
However, week two of the Fall season means we have new shows in the viewing queue. In the past week, I’ve separated the potential wheat from the obvious chaff and confined my second-episode viewing to Emergence, Mixed-ish and Prodigal Son – will they last another week?
I’ll also be chatting about the latest episodes of Mr Inbetween and Titans, as well as the return of Magnum P.I. Meanwhile, my catch-up of Pennyworth continues with Cilla Black.
Surprise, surprise! Indeed, can guess which show is getting promoted to the regulars list?
