Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 7/7/23

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Working that last miracle (CREDIT: TBS/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
Insidious: The Red Door (Theaters)
The YouTube Effect (Theaters)

TV
Celebrity Family Feud Season Premiere (July 9 on ABC)
The $100,000 Pyramid Season Premiere (July 9 on ABC)
Miracle Workers: End Times Season Premiere (July 10 on TBS) – Mad Max vibes this time around.
The Afterparty Season 2 Premiere (July 12 on Apple TV+)
-The ESPYs (July 12 on ABC)
What We Do in the Shadows Season 5 Premiere (July 13 on FX)

Music
-PJ Harvey, I Inside the Old Year Dying

Sports
-U.S. Women’s Open (July 6-9 on USA and NBC) – The ladies are golfing at Pebble Beach.

Jmunney’s 2023 Emmy Wish List

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I’ve been making an Emmy wishlist for most of my adult TV-viewing life. Every year, the task keeps getting more and more Herculean with the proliferation of an endless supply of new shows. I could easily name about a hundred people who deserve an Emmy in 2023, but instead, I’ve decided to do the opposite this year by just picking One Wish Per Category.

These aren’t necessarily my top choices in each category, but they are ones who could use the boost, as none of them appears to be the most likely to win, or even necessarily be nominated. (A few of them weren’t even included on the official Emmy ballot!) But they’re all worthy of viewers’ attention, so before the official nominations are announced on July 12, consider giving these a chance if you happen to ever enjoy that increasingly elusive phenomenon of “free time.”

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/23/23

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I’m a Pisces (CREDIT: Prime Video/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
No Hard Feelings (Theaters)

TV
Break Point Season 1 Part 2 (Dropped June 21 on Netflix) – I meant to include this in last week’s edition.
I’m a Virgo Series Premiere (June 23 on Amazon Prime) – Boots Riley’s show about a 13-foot-tall dude.
grown-ish Season 6 Premiere (June 28 on Freeform) – Final Season Alert!
The Chase Season Premiere (June 29 on ABC)
Generation Gap Season 2 Premiere (June 29 on ABC)

Music
-Big Freedia, Central City
-Kelly Clarkson, Chemistry
-Albert Hammond Jr., Melodies on Hiatus
-Kim Petras, Feed the Beast
-Portugal. The Man, Chris Black Changed My Life

The Story of SNL Season 48

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I’ve been reviewing every episode of Saturday Night Live since Season 36 debuted in 2010, and my season recaps go back even farther when I was posting them on my MySpace and Facebook blogs! So I often find myself in the mood to switch up my reviewing formats. With that in mind, as I look back at Season 48, I decided I would peruse each episode on the SNL Archives website to remind myself what made an impression and then share that with you all in a bit of a freewheelin’ approach.

So Live from jmunney.com, It’s Saturday Night Season 48!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/16/23

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Shh! It’s a SECRET Invasion (CREDIT: Marvel Studios)

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

Movies
Asteroid City (Theaters)
The Blackening (Theaters)
Elemental (Theaters)
The Flash (Theaters)

TV
The Righteous Gemstones Season 3 Premiere (June 18 on HBO)
Secret Invasion Series Premiere (June 21 on Disney+) – More Marvel

Music
-Django Django, Off Planet
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
-Bettye LaVette, LaVette!
-Queens of the Stone Age, In Times New Roman…
-Sigur Rós, Átta
-Yusuf/Cat Stevens, King of a Land

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/9/23

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Josh BlackMirrorNett (CREDIT: Nick Wall/Netflix © 2023)

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

TV
Human Resources Season 2 (June 9 on Netflix) – Final Season Alert!
-Tony Awards (June 11 on CBS and Paramount+) – Without writers, though.
The Wonder Years Season 2 Premiere (June 14 on ABC)
Black Mirror Season 6 (June 15 on Netflix)

Music
-Christine and the Queens, Paranoïa, Angels, True Love
-Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa, Jarak Qaribak
-King Krule, Space Heavy
-Jenny Lewis, Joy’All
-Janelle Monáe, The Age of Pleasure

Sports
-U.S. Open (June 15-18 on USA and NBC) – Golf at the Los Angeles Country Club
-Belmont Stakes (June 10 on FOX) – The end of the Triple Crown

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/2/23

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ONE OF THE BEST 30 FOR 30s!!! (CREDIT: ESPN/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 Boogeyman (Theaters)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Theaters)

TV
The Eric Andre Show Season 5 Premiere (June 4 on Adult Swim) – Since it airs at midnight, it’ll technically take the 5th.
30 for 30: The Luckiest Guy in the World Docuseries Premiere (June 6 on ESPN) – This is about Bill Walton.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 16 Premiere (June 7 on FXX)
Never Have I Ever Season 4 (June 8 on Netflix) – Final Season Alert!

Music
-Ben Folds, What Matters Most
-Foo Fighters, But Here We Are
-John Mellencamp, Orpheus Descending
-Rufus Wainwright, Folkocracy

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/26/23

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Will they finally leave? (CREDIT: Terence Patrick/Netflix)

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 Little Mermaid (Theaters) – I’ll check it out.
The Machine (Theaters) – Based on a viral stand-up bit.

TV
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Season 3 (May 30 on Netflix)
Nancy Drew Season 4 Premiere (May 31 on The CW) – Final Season Alert!

Music
-Sparks, The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte

Sports
-2023 French Open (May 28-June 11 on NBC, Peacock, and Tennis Channel) – Nadal won’t be playing 😦
-NBA Finals (Starting June 1 on ABC)

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

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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)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/12/23

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Hear them now, believe their podcast later. (CREDIT: NBC/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
Fool’s Paradise (Theaters) – Charlie Day’s directorial debut.
It Ain’t Over (Theaters) – Yogi Berra documentary.
Hypnotic (Theaters)
Knights of the Zodiac (Theaters) – Based on a manga.

TV
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8 Premiere (May 12 on Paramount+)

Music
-Alison Goldfrapp, The Love Invention

Podcasts
The Lost Hans & Franz Movie (Debuts May 17)

Sports
-NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament (May 12-28 on ESPN, ESPNU, and ESPN+) – I probably won’t be following the men’s tourney this year since neither Loyola nor Rutgers made it.
-PGA Championship (May 18-21 on ESPN and CBS)

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