October 2, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Abbott Elementary, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Cupertino, Elsbeth, Eternally Yours, Family Guy, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Johnny Marr, Make Some Noise, Meshell Ndegeocello, Synonym, The Age of Everything, The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd, Verity
I’ll try a Cuppa (CREDIT: CBS/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
–Verity (Theaters)
TV
–Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season Premiere (October 2 on ABC)
–The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd Season 4 Premiere (October 2 on History)
–Family Guy: “Happy Hell-o-ween” (October 5 on Hulu) – Streaming-exclusive holiday special.
–Make Some Noise Season 4 Premiere (October 5 on Dropout)
–Abbott Elementary Season 6 Premiere (October 7 on ABC)
–Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Season 3 Premiere (October 8 on CBS)
–Eternally Yours Series Premiere (October 8 on CBS) – Vampire sitcom.
–Elsbeth Season 4 Premiere (October 8 on CBS)
–Cupertino Series Premiere (October 8 on CBS) – Created by the Kings; starring Mike Colter and Rachel Keller.
Music
-Meshell Ndegeocello, Synonym
-Johnny Marr, The Age of Everything
September 25, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Bucks County USA, Danceteria, Everyone Gets Everything They Want, Forgotten Island, Grimsburg, Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty!, Happiness Anytime, Heart of the Beast, I Wrote You a Letter, Leon Bridges, M83, Marrow Deep, Mastodon, MTV Video Music Awards, Nothing But Thieves, Popstar, Primetime, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, SNL, Soft Cell, Stray Dogs, The Simpsons, The Stunt Driver, Tinashe, Tom Morello, Video Music Awards, VMAs, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
I’d watch that for a Buck! (CREDIT: PBS)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Forgotten Island (Theaters)
–Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (Theaters)
–Heart of the Beast (Theaters)
–Primetime (Theaters)
–The Stunt Driver (Theaters)
–Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Theaters)
TV
–Bucks County, USA (Check your local PBS listings) – Docuseries about a purple county in a purple state.
–Saturday Night Live Season 52 Premiere (September 26 on NBC) – Jalen Brunson and KATSEYE will be their guests
-MTV Video Music Awards (September 27 on CBS, MTV, and Paramount+) – Hosted by Snoop Dogg.
–Grimsburg Season 3 Premiere (September 27 on FOX)
–The Simpsons Season 38 Premiere (September 28 on FOX)
–Scrubs Reboot Season 2 Premiere (September 30 on ABC)
Music
-Leon Bridges, Happiness Anytime
-M83, I Wrote You a Letter
-Mastodon, Marrow Deep – This dropped at the end of August but somehow I missed it.
-Tom Morello, Everyone Gets Everything They Want
-Nothing But Thieves, Stray Dogs
-Soft Cell, Danceteria – Reputedly their last album.
-Tinashe, Popstar
September 18, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Anthrax, Apples for Isaac, Bass Persuades, Beabadoobee, Beck, Best Medicine, Bulldozer!!, Carly Rae Jepsen, Celebrity Name That Tune, Cursum Perficio, Day and Night, Echo & the Bunnymen, Estrus, Miley, Miley Cyrus, MNEK, Neil Young, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, OurHome, Pylon, Resident Evil, Ride Lonesome, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Roger Taylor, Second Song, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, The History of Concrete, The Love Hypothesis, The Weight, Tove Lo, Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, You Had to Be There, You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution Spread Love & Overalls and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–The History of Concrete (Theaters)
–The Love Hypothesis (September 23 on Amazon Prime)
–Resident Evil (Theaters)
–Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (Theaters)
–The Weight (Theaters)
–You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way) (Theaters)
TV
–Best Medicine Season 2 Premiere (September 20 on FOX)
–Celebrity Name That Tune Season Premiere (September 21 on FOX)
Music
-Anthrax, Cursum Perficio
-Beabadoobee, Pylon
-Beck, Ride Lonesome
-Carly Rae Jepsen, Day and Night
-Echo & the Bunnymen, Apples for Isaac
-Miley, Bass Persuades – The “Miley” in this case is Cyrus.
-MNEK, Bulldozer!!
-Rodrigo y Gabriela, OurHome
-Roger Taylor, Violence Insane in a Beautiful World
-Tove Lo, Estrus
-Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Second Song
September 11, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Anatomy of a Brief Romance, Bloc Party, Creative Arts Emmys, Emmys, Jeopardy!, Ow ∞, Practical Magic 2, Runner, Saturday Night Live UK, SNL UK, South Park, Sylvan Esso, The Fix, The Floor, The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza, The Uprising
Terrifying Toby (CREDIT: Adult Swim/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
–The Fix (Theaters)
–Practical Magic 2 (Theaters) – I’ve never seen the first one.
–Runner (Theaters)
–The Uprising (Theaters)
TV
-Creative Arts Emmys (September 12 on FXX)
–Saturday Night Live UK Season 2 Premiere (September 12 on Sky One for UK Viewers, Peacock the Next Day for Yanks) – Jeff Goldblum and CMAT headline the premiere.
–The Floor Season 6 Premiere (September 13 on FOX)
–The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza (September 13 on Adult Swim) – I saw a commercial for this, and it looked pretty interesting.
–Jeopardy! Season 43 Premiere (Check local listings)
-78th Primetime Emmy Awards (September 14 on NBC) – Hosted by Mariska Hargitay.
–South Park Season 29 Premiere (September 16 on Comedy Central)
Music
-Bloc Party, Anatomy of a Brief Romance
-Sylvan Esso, Ow ∞
September 4, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Act III, Algorithm, By Any Means, Colin From Accounts, Dexys Midnight Runners, Ellie Goulding, Fall 2, Fall 2: Deadpoint, I Know Too Much, Kasabian, Love, Natalie Imbruglia, Onslaught, The Paper
TFW every day feels like Paper (CREDIT: Peacock/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
–By Any Means (Theaters)
–Fall 2: Deadpoint (Theaters)
–Onslaught (Theaters)
TV
–The Paper Season 2 (September 9 on Peacock)
–Colin from Accounts Season 3 (September 10 on Paramount+) – Final Season Alert!
Music
-Dexys Midnight Runners, Love
-Ellie Goulding, I Know Too Much
-Natalie Imbruglia, Algorithm
-Kasabian, Act III
August 28, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Alabama Shakes, Before the World Blows, Buddy, Chrome, Coyote vs. Acme, Dark Matter, Dinosaur Jr., Embers to Ashes, Erykah Badu, Erykah Badu and the Alchemist, Everlast, Everything's Falling, Finding Emily, Good Grief, Gotta Get Out, I Must Be Dreaming, Idiots, Interpol, Jim James, LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Live!, Love Fuzzz, Mike D, Pulp, Robot Chicken, Robot Chicken adult Swim Special, Sara Bareilles, Thank You, The Alchemist, The Dog Stars, The Linda Lindas, The Warning, There Near, This Mirror Weighs a Ton, Ty Segall, US Open, Wowed Out
01100010 01100001 01110111 01101011 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110111 01101011 (CREDIT: Adult Swim/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
–Buddy (Theaters)
–Coyote vs. Acme (Theaters)
–The Dog Stars (Theaters)
–Finding Emily (Theaters)
–Idiots (Theaters)
TV
–Dark Matter Season 2 Premiere (August 28 on Disney+)
-The Robot Chicken [adult swim] Special (August 30 on Adult Swim)
–LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian (September 2 on Disney+)
Music
-Alabama Shakes, I Must Be Dreaming
-Erykah Badu and the Alchemist, Before the World Blows
-Sara Bareilles, Good Grief
-Dinosaur Jr., There Near
-Everlast, Embers to Ashes
-Interpol, This Mirror Weighs a Ton
-Jim James, Wowed Out
-The Linda Lindas, Gotta Get Out
-Mike D, Thank You – A Beastie Boy’s solo debut.
-Pulp, Live!
-Ty Segall, Chrome
-Ty Segall, Love Fuzzz
-The Warning, Everything’s Falling
Sports
-US Open (August 30-September 13 on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC) – And just like last year, the Mixed Doubles was completed the week before the main draw.
August 21, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Brandon Flowers, Conan O'Brien Must Go, Gold Album, Grace Potter, Hazel Eyes, Insidious: Out of the Further, It Ends, Jeopardy! Masters, Mutiny, Sam Smith, The Simpsons, THRASHER, Trespasser, Weezer, Yellow Mirror
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Insidious: Out of the Further (Theaters)
–It Ends (Theaters)
–Mutiny (Theaters)
TV
–Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 3 Premiere (August 21 on HBO Max) – India, Netherlands, Morocco, and Philippines are on the agenda this season.
–Jeopardy! Masters Season 4 Premiere (August 25 on ABC)
–The Simpsons, “Yellow Mirror” (August 26 on Disney+) – Yet another streaming ‘sclusie.
Music
-Brandon Flowers, THRASHER
-Grace Potter, Trespasser
-Sam Smith, Hazel Eyes
-Weezer, Weezer (Gold Album)
August 14, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Carly Simon, Comes in Waves, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Little League World Series, Lost Weekend, Phoebe Bridgers, The End of Oak Street, The Rivals of Amziah King, The Wrong Girls, Wet Hot American Summer
As opposed to “Dry Cold Russian Winter” (h/t Scotty Auks) (CREDIT: Focus Features/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
–The End of Oak Street (Theaters)
–The Rivals of Amziah King (Theaters)
–Wet Hot American Summer 25th Anniversary Re-Release (Theaters) – Will they be selling cans of beans at the concession stand?
–The Wrong Girls (Theaters)
TV
–It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 18 Premiere (August 17 on FXX)
Music
-Phoebe Bridgers, Lost Weekend
-Carly Simon, Comes in Waves
Sports
-Little League World Series (August 19-30 on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC)
August 7, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Cathedral, Days, Days of Our Lives, John Carpenter, John Oliver, Late Fame, One Night Only, Super Troopers 3, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, The Mountain Goats, Tony
What a day to be alive! (CREDIT: Access Hollywood/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
–Late Fame (Theaters)
–One Night Only (Theaters)
–Super Troopers 3 (Theaters)
–Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Theaters)
–Tony (Theaters)
TV
-John Oliver on Days of Our Lives (August 11, 12, and 14 on Peacock)
Music
-John Carpenter, Cathedral – Tie-in soundtrack to a graphic novel.
-The Mountain Goats, Days
July 31, 2026
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Ariana Grande, ESPN Jeopardy, Futurama, I Want Your Sex, Little League Softball World Series, petal, Shaboozey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales
What is sports? (CREDIT: Good Morning America/ABC/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
–I Want Your Sex (Theaters)
–Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Theaters)
TV
–ESPN Jeopardy! Series Premiere (July 31 on Disney+, Hulu, and the ESPN App) – Hosted by Joe Buck.
–Futurama Season 14 (or Season 11) Premiere (August 3 on Hulu)
Music
-Ariana Grande, petal
-Shaboozey, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales
Sports
-Little League Softball World Series (August 2-9 on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC)
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