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TV I Liked in 2023

Every year I reflect on the pop culture I enjoyed and put it in some sort of order.

Even with the interruption of many series due to the writers and actors strikes, there was no shortage of first-rate television in 2023. This year, to account for both novelty and sustained excellence, I’ve broken my Top 15 shows into 3 categories: “New and Notable,” “Returning Favorites” and, to reflect the sheer number of years-later follow-ups, “Reboots, Revamps and Resurrections.” These distinctions might be a little murky in some cases, but it gives some framework to reflect on the year that was. As always, I make no claims to completism (I still haven’t seen a single episode of Succession 😬); these are merely some standouts that I would say are worth your attention.

New and Notable:

5. Shrinking: Season 1 (AppleTV+)

A fun new dramedy from Bill Lawrence, Jason Segal and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking starts a bit gimmicky but quickly turns into an opportunity to just hang out with the eminently entertaining likes of Segal, Jessica Williams and Harrison Ford (in a terrific comedic turn). While some of the blame for Ted Lasso’s shaggy final season might be attributed to Lawrence’s showrunning departure to move to this series, it’s at least led to something worthwhile thus far.

4. The Diplomat: Season 1 (Netflix)

I’d follow Keri Russell just about anywhere, and though I had worried her new show wouldn’t be much more than a melodramatic procedural, my fears were allayed by a series that thoughtfully – and entertainingly – unpacks foreign diplomacy and international intrigue without ever straining credulity. Add to that one of the most stunning cliffhangers of the year and I am all-in for Season 2.

3. The Last of Us: Season 1 (HBO)

As someone who is neither an avid gamer nor a big fan of zombie-adjacent horror or survivalist narratives, I would not have thought The Last of Us would have much to offer me, but I’m glad I gave it a chance. From the excellent cast to the riveting episodic storytelling, the show transcends its genre trappings to say a lot about community/found family, trust, power dynamics and more.

2. The Muppets Mayhem: Season 1 (Disney+)

This new series chronicling the adventures Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem is the most fun and tonally on-point Muppets project since the 2011 Jason Segal movie. The series perfectly captures the madcap yet heartfelt spirit of Jim Henson’s creations while winningly bringing them into the 21st century in a less forced way than the recent Muppets Now. (While it could be eligible for the third category of this list, since it’s a new creative team and with a specific focus, I’m sticking with the “New” designation.)

1. Poker Face: Season 1 (Peacock)

This new “howcatchem” (as opposed to “whodunnit”) series from Rian Johnson (Looper, the Knives Out movies) is lots of fun. A little of Natasha Lyon goes a long way for me, but I think she does great work here as the series lead alongside a rotating cast of fun performances. The show does a fine job of balancing fulfilling self-contained stories with an underlying arc to the season that pays off nicely.

Returning Favorites:

5. Perry Mason: Season 2 (HBO)

In its second (and, sadly, final) season, HBO’s Perry Mason reboot is less bleak and more assured, hitting its stride. The mystery is engaging & relevant, the smoky Terence Blanchard score is note-perfect and the excellent returning cast is matched by game additions including Katherine Waterston and Hope Davis. Here’s hoping the Downeys can find a way to continue it in some capacity elsewhere.

4. What We Do In The Shadows: Season 5 (FX)

Still one of the most reliably hilarious and offbeat shows on the air, even in its fifth season, WWDITS simply boasts one of the best casts and wittiest writing in comedy today. If nothing quite reaches the very-high highs of prior years, storylines including Guillermo’s slow transition to vampirism, Lazlo’s roast, Nadja’s “curse,” and Colin Robinson’s political campaign for comptroller nonetheless provide plenty of fodder for laughs.

3. Reservation Dogs: Season 3 (FX)

After starting and stopping a couple times, I finally took in all of Sterlin Harjo’s exceptional comedy in 2023. While the Season 2 finale would have been a perfect series capper, this third season is a victory lap that affords the opportunity to continue exploring core themes of native spirituality, community, life and death. I can’t think of a recent series that includes more age diversity among its cast and celebrates what different generations have to offer each other. A truly beautiful treasure of a show.

2. Loki: Season 2 (Disney+)

While I quite liked the first season of Loki, I wasn’t convinced I needed a second. Imagine my surprise – and delight – when Season 2 managed not just to surpass the original run but fully stuck the landing in a finale episode that pulls everything together (pun intended) to result in one of the most satisfying conclusions in all of the MCU (especially arriving on the heels of franchise low point Secret Invasion). Putting aside the Jonathan Majors of it all, the rest of the season is a fun mix of time-travel espionage and time-loop hi-jinks that fires on all cylinders. Not to mention the continued excellence of its returning cast, plus additions like Ke Huy Quan, and incredible production design/effects work.

1. The Bear: Season 2 (hulu)

The Bear isn’t always an easy watch (see: the anxiety attack that is “Fishes”) but it is always utterly compelling. Its second outing ultimately serves as beautiful ode not just to the culinary industry but to creative professions in general, as well as the importance and power of collaboration & teamwork to bring out the best in one another, while challenging the myth of self-sufficiency / tortured genius and its destructive power (as well as negative self-talk). A truly bravura season that outshines even the first.

Reboots, Revamps and Resurrections:

5. Justified: City Primeval (FX)

I was somewhat skeptical of a reboot of Justified, one of my all-time favorite shows, but the idea of a limited series integrating protagonist Raylan Givens into the narrative of another Elmore Leonard novel turned out to be a good one. First, we have the chance to see Raylan in one of Leonard’s favorite settings, Detroit (though weirdly shot in Chicago…), and Second, we have the chance to address some of the societal reckonings around law enforcement that have occurred in the time since the original series ended. While I never considered the show to be full-out Copaganda (Leonard was a crime novelist and always populated his work with those working both inside and outside of the law), there are still valid interrogations of the criminal justice system to be made, all while spinning a riveting yarn featuring Boyd Holbrook as the sociopathic “Oklahoma Wildman” Clement Mansell wreaking havoc on Raylan’s stay in the Motor City.

3. (tie) Clone High: Season 2 (Max) and Futurama: Season 8 Part 1 (hulu)

Two of my all-time favorite animated series returned in 2023 after long absences.

Clone High, prior to this a one-season wonder from Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street, the Spider-Verse movies, etc.), returned with an eye toward expanding its cast to reflect more diversity as well as a more current take on high school. While this means some of the humor of its pairing broad teen archetypes with historical figures was a little lost (none of the new Zoomer characters have as strong a foothold as, say, JFK as jock or Joan as goth) and there aren’t as many specific “very special episode” tropes being skewered, there is still a lot of fun to be had, especially as the season finds its groove in the back half.

Futurama, in its now – I think – fourth iteration, gained a solidly familiar new life on hulu. The first batch of episodes don’t add any new cast members or break the mold too much from prior incarnations, but they’re reliably enjoyable on the whole (the episode with all the faux toy commercials notwithstanding).

2. Party Down: Season 3 (Starz)

Most many-years-later television reboots or continuations suffer from not being able to *quite* match the precise vibe of their original runs and end up feeling like zombie shows that are a little off. Party Down’s third season, coming 13 years(!) after its second, may be the best continuation ever in terms of tonal accuracy. Despite certain stars appearing in a quite different capacities, the addition of new cast members and the absence of Lizzy Caplan, the show is as depressingly funny as ever and manages to make sense of the elapsed time for its characters via the in-show wake of the pandemic. Six episodes seems far too little, but honestly, it’s a minor miracle that we even got these.

1. Fargo: Season 5 (FX)

Given that Fargo is an anthology series with a new cast and storyline each season, this slot seems a better fit that “Returning” since it’s not a direct continuation of anything before. And coming after a largely unfulfilling (albeit entertaining) fourth outing, Season 5 feels like a breath of fresh, crisp, cold Minnesotan air. Although only 7 (of 10) episodes aired in 2023 after its release was pushed back to November, I’m still confident in including it here because, well, what a season! From the engaging performances (especially the incredible Juno Temple, 180 degrees from Keely in Ted Lasso) to the bravura cinematography & direction to the continually entertaining riffs on themes from the Coen Brothers filmography (and an outstanding finale, even though that just aired in 2024), this ranks right up with Season 2 as a series best. Can’t wait to see what creator Noah Hawley has in store next.

Bonus! 10 More (in alphabetical order):

Abbott Elementary: Season 2 (ABC) – Quinta Brunson’s loving public school mockumentary continues to shine in the back half of its extended second season, showcasing one of the best comedic ensembles on television

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 3 (PBS) – still one of the loveliest and coziest comfort food shows around, even as it deals with the looming specter of WWII

Barry: Season 4 (HBO) – an uneven final season that still packs in a lot of unparalleled sequences and an uncompromisingly bleak finale

Beef (Netflix) – a slightly drawn-out but compelling limited(?) series buoyed by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong’s lead performances and expertly deployed early 00s needle drops

Full Circle (Max) – a multi-layered crime caper miniseries from Steven Soderbergh with a stacked cast including Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Zazie Beetz and CCH Pounder

How To With John Wilson: Season 3 (HBO) – the final season of Wilson’s uniquely quirky yet humane documentary series goes even more places you wouldn’t expect

Mrs. Davis (Peacock) – a nearly impossible-to-describe and truly outré, yet heartfelt, sci-fi-ish dramedy/satire from Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof that explores faith, artificial intelligence, capitalism, sociopolitics and more; quite a ride!

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) – an anime retelling of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels/movie that interrogates its story and recenters other characters; fun, charming and even a little thought-provoking

Upload: Season 3 (Amazon Prime) – Greg Daniels’ wild dystopian future-set sitcom continues to expand beyond its initial premise with wild plot-turns, but at the end of the day, its charismatic leads and great supporting cast make it a great hangout show

Welcome to Wrexham: Season 2 (FX) – Wrexham’s second season continues its winning formula of mixing coverage of the action on the pitch with stories of the club’s history, staff and supporters, adding up to much more than a typical sports doc

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Psych 3: Interview Roundup

A bit late but as promised, here’s a list of interviews the cast did for This Is Gus. Please do let me know if you find any broken links or have one that I missed. :)

Most of these contain spoilers so if you haven’t had the chance to watch the movie yet, please proceed with caution.

Video Interviews:

Misc:

PEOPLE Pop Quiz: Psych 3: This is Gus

'Psych 3' Cast Talks '80s Music Video Parody

Allen Maldonado Talks About Joining the Psych Franchise With Psych 3: This Is Gus On Peacock

Psych 3: This is Gus Cast Interviews for New York Live

Cast Talks ‘Psych 3: This Is Gus’

Kirsten Nelson - Psych 3: This Is GusDulé Hill

Screen Rant:

James Roday Rodriguez Interview: Psych 3

Dulé Hill Interview: Psych 3

Steve Franks & Chris Henze Interview: Psych 3

Timothy Omundson & Maggie Lawson Interview: Psych 3

Kirsten Nelson & Jazmyn Simon Interview: Psych 3

Brad Gilmore:

James Roday Rodriguez Talks Writing, Psych 3, His Favorite Interactions with Dule Hill & Future

Dule Hill Talks Psych 3, Favorite Episode, Sam the Onion Man & Listening to Each Other

Maggie Lawson Talks Psych Audition, Juliet's Evolution and Working with Dule Hill and James Roday

Jazmyn Simon & Kirsten Nelson Talk Psych 3, Favorite Episodes, Ballers and More

Steve Franks & Chris Henze Talk Psych 3, Show Origin, Favorite Episodes and Psych Time Travel

GiveMeMyRemote:

PSYCH 3: James Roday Rodriguez Teases the 'Ticking Clock' at Play in THIS IS GUS

PSYCH: James Roday Rodriguez Pitches a Potential PSYCH 4

PSYCH 3: THIS IS GUS: James Roday Rodriguez Previews the Peacock Film

PSYCH 3: Steve Franks and Chris Henze on Crafting THIS IS GUS for Peacock

PSYCH Creator Steve Franks on a Potential Sequel

PSYCH 3: THIS IS GUS: Maggie Lawson Previews the Peacock Film

PSYCH 3: Dulé Hill on the THIS IS GUS Post-Credits Scene

PSYCH 3: THIS IS GUS: Dulé Hill Previews the Peacock Film

PSYCH 3: THIS IS GUS: Kirsten Nelson and Jazmyn Simon Preview the Peacock Film

GVN:

GVN Interview: Steve Franks & Chris Henze Talking 'PSYCH 3: THIS IS GUS'

Geek Vibes Interview with Allen Maldonado (PSYCH 3)

NRN:

Dulé Hill & Jazmyn Simon talk 'Psych 3: This Is Gus' with Kuya P

Allen Maldonado talk 'Psych 3: This Is Gus' with Kuya P!

CBR:

Peacock's Psych 3: Dulé Hill Explores Gus' New Role as a Father & Husband-to-be

Psych 3: James Roday Rodriguez Teases Zanier Jokes in Upcoming Movie

Print Interviews:

Misc:

Maggie Lawson talks Psych 3: This Is Gus

Stroke survivor Timothy Omundson back for ‘Psych 3’ and new podcast

'Psych 3' Sneak Peek: Shawn and Gus Are Up to Their Old Antics With Curt Smith (Exclusive)

Psych 3 Cast & Creator Tease New Movie, Reveal What Keeps Bringing Them Back, & More!

Dulé Hill becomes 'groomzilla' in wedding-themed 'Psych 3' movie

James Roday Rodriguez on ‘Psych 3: This Is Gus,’ the Random Pop Culture References, and Future ‘Psych’ Movies

James Roday Rodriguez and Dule Hill on Adding New Members to the Psych Family

Psych 3 team breaks down that chaotic ending and the creepy credits scene

‘Psych’ Stars James Roday Rodriguez and Dule Hill on Possibility for Fourth Movie (Exclusive)

If You're A Fan Of "Psych," The Story Behind The Making Of "American Duos" Will Make You Pee Your Pants

Actor and San Antonio native James Roday Rodríguez credits ‘Psych’ fans for expanding franchise

Psych 3’s Timothy Omundson on the ‘Mad Struggle’ of His Stroke Recovery

Psych 3 Star Allen Maldonado Takes On Shawn & Gus With Villainous Style

‘Psych 3’ Recaptures Madcap Dramedy Of Hit Mystery Series

“Psych” creator speaks on spinoff films, challenges filming in another country during pandemic (non US readers will need a VPN to access this article)

TV Insider:

‘Psych 3: This Is Gus’ Cast on Shawn and Gus’ Challenges, Ladies’ Night & More

‘Psych 3’ Stars Go Inside the Birth Scene & Share Hopes for Future Movies

The Things:

'Psych 3' Cast And Crew Talk Filming During Covid

Steve Franks Talks 'Psych' Fandom And Not Giving In To Fan Service

Jazmyn Simon Teases Her Character's Journey In 'Psych 3'

'Psych 3' Star Maggie Lawson Reveals Initial Reaction To The Film's Script

TVLine:

Psych 3 Was About Getting to 'The Longest Scene We've Ever Done, and It's Going to Be Bonkers'

Psych 3's Timothy Omundson Opens Up: 'It's a Pretty Incredible Thing' to Have Lassiter's Journey Mirror My Own

Psych 3 Trio Tease Ladies' Night, Protective Juliet, Vulnerable Chief ('We Were in Tears') and 'Crazy' Selene

Psych 3 Team Thanks Peacock for Being the Butt of an Improvised Joke

The Plan for Psych 4 and Beyond? 'I Feel Like We're Getting Close to Doing Our Weird One, Our Halloween III'

Did Psych 3 Open the Door to 'Shules' Having a Baby of Their Own?

CBR:

Psych 3's Kirsten Nelson & Jazmyn Simon Reveal What's Next for Their Characters

Psych 3: Maggie Lawson & Timothy Omundson Tease a 'Goofy, Grown-Up' Story

Psych 3 Creators Steve Franks & Chris Henze Drag Shawn Into Adulthood

#Psych #Psych USA #Psych Peacock #Psych 3 #Psych 3: This is Gus #This is Gus #Psych The Movie 3 #James Roday Rodriguez #Dulé Hill #Maggie Lawson #Timothy Omundson #kirsten nelson #jazmyn simon #steve franks #chris henze #interview #interview roundup #spoiler

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Yellowstone: Other Shows to Watch Next

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You may have heard it by now but Yellowstone is a big deal. We’re not talking about the American national park (though that is also a big deal) but rather the Paramount Network series. This Kevin Costner-starring modern Western was a surprise hit from the beginning but reached new ratings heights in its most recent fourth season.

Yellowstone is so successful that the series, created by ascendant writer/director Taylor Sheridan, is set to be spun off several times. The first spinoff is prequel 1883, which is streaming on Paramount+. The next will be another modern day tale called 6666. Paramount knows a good thing when it has it and soon there will be more Yellowstone than you can shake a cattle prod at.

Before all those inevitable spinoffs, sequels, and simulacra arrive, however, Yellowstone fans might need another fix. And that’s where we come in! Here we’ve gathered several other shows that are not in the Yellowstone universe but still feel like Yellowstone in one way or another. Check out our choices below and let us know what else is on your post-Yellowstone viewing schedule.

Justified

Watch on: Hulu (US) and Amazon Prime Video (UK)

Justified and Yellowstone are similar in an aesthetic sense. Both are modern day Westerns in which adult characters wear anachronistic Stetson cowboy hats. What they do while wearing those Stetsons, however, is another thing entirely. Violence and action occasionally pop up on Yellowstone as the Duttons do whatever it takes to keep their ranch. On Justified though, that violence is a feature. Justified is a near-perfect six-season series that aired on FX in the mid-2000s. It’s adapted from the works of crime fiction novelist Elmore Leonard and stars Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. After an unfortunate gun-drawing incident in Miami, Raylan is forced to return home to the pastoral Harlan County, Kentucky to keep tabs on petty criminals and the Dixie Mafia alike. Justified is quick, funny, and relentlessly entertaining. Like Yellowstone, it understands how much a rural setting can enrich a fairly archetypal story. – Alec Bojalad

Ozark

Watch on: Netflix

Travel a thousand miles and change in a south-easterly direction from the Yellowstone Ranch and you’ll come by the Snell Farm in Central Missouri. It’s the home of Jacob and Darlene, local figureheads with deep family roots who’ll stop at nothing to protect their land. The Snells are ruthless, terrifying and – when the occasion calls for it – murderous, but they’re far from Ozark’s biggest threat. That would be the Mexican drug cartel for which financial advisor Marty Byrde launders millions of dollars while posing as a legitimate businessman and family man. Ozark’s characters might be on the wrong side of the law, but their struggles and the Duttons’ are just the same: survival, staying afloat and protecting what’s yours. – Louisa Mellor

Succession

Watch on: HBO Max (US) and Sky TV (UK)

Beyond all the beautiful set dressing of the big Montana sky and cowboy attire, Yellowstone really comes down to family, business, and the often toxic inter-mingling of the two. In that respect, it’s not too dissimilar from one of the other major dramatic hits on television right now: HBO’s Succession. Just as the Dutton family struggles to maintain their hold on their land from forces within and without, so too does the Roy clan try to hang onto their massive media empire. Through three seasons, Succession has been a highly bingeable, soap operatic dramedy about three (or sometimes four) messed up kids who are just trying to get that elusive kiss from daddy. – AB

Longmire

Watch on: Peacock (US) and Apple TV (For purchase in the UK)

Longmire falls under the Justified category as it’s more of a crime drama than a family business drama. Still, it makes a wonderful complement for Yellowstone fans looking to stay in the modern Western genre. Based on a series of books from Craig Johnson, Longmire stars Robert Taylor as Walt Longmire, the sheriff of the fictional Absaroka County in Wyoming. Throughout four seasons on A&E (and two on Netflix), the series brings a throwback wild Western lawman perspective into the morally gray modern world. Like Yellowstone, Longmire also benefits from the services of an impressive supporting cast which includes Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Zahn McClarnon. – AB

Peaky Blinders

Watch on: Netflix (US) and BBC iPlayer (UK)

The industrial heart of Birmingham, England may not be the plains of Montana, and the Peaky Blinders may be 1920s gangsters instead of modern-day ranchers, but the Shelbys have plenty in common with the Duttons. Both are family businesses struggling to keep a foothold on their territory, beset by threats from people trying to take what they have. Both families are led by patriarchs trying to navigate complicated rivalries, long-running feuds, and violence. John Dutton and Tommy Shelby each seek to control wayward relations with an eye on their crown and their own ideas for the future. And that’s before we come to the horses. Romany gypsies on their mother’s side, the Shelbys come from the land, and horses are the only religion Tommy has left after serving in the trenches of WWI. In Peaky Blinders’ very first scene, he rides one like a cowboy through the city slums, announcing the Western-like scale and mythology of the saga to come. – LM

Fargo Season 2

Watch on: Hulu (US) and Netflix (UK)

You can – and should – watch every season of Noah Hawley’s darkly comic crime anthology drama Fargo, but the one that really scratches the Yellowstone itch is season two. That’s the 1970s-set story of the Gerhardts, a North Dakota crime family whose future is thrown into doubt after their patriarch suffers a debilitating stroke. As two Gerhardt sons battle for supremacy, matriarch Floyd Gerhardt (the brilliant Jean Smart) attempts to fend off a Kansas City crime syndicate trying to steal their patch. Add to that Ted Danson, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Succession’s Kieran Culkin and more, in a story of state troopers, grisly murders, UFOs, and good folk trying to self-actualize. – LM

Deadwood

Watch on: HBO Max (US) and Apple TV (For purchase in the UK)

In terms of TV Westerns, perhaps no other is as iconic or influential as HBO’s Deadwood. Premiering in 2004 and running for three seasons, this David Milch drama was set in the very real 1870s pioneer town of Deadwood, North Dakota and followed along as characters (both real and fictional) somehow built a society out of nothing other than American dust and a simple lie agreed upon. Deadwood has more in common with Yellowstone prequel 1883 than it does with the flagship series. In fact, we wouldn’t be surprised if the late 19th century Duttons eventually paid a visit to South Dakota. In terms of capturing the essence of the Wild West, Deadwood is every bit as important a prequel to Yellowstone as 1883 is. – AB

The Son

Watch on: Hulu (US) and Amazon Prime Video (For purchase in the UK)

Based on a novel by Philipp Meyer, AMC’s The Son is a surprisingly effective Western TV throwback. Pierce Brosnan stars as Eli McCullough, a Texas cattle baron who decides to try out his luck in the burgeoning early 20th century Texas oil industry. The show frequently flashes back to the mid-1800s, in which a young Eli was kidnapped by Comanches, and follows how he can’t quite connect with his son because of it. Though The Son is set in the past and covers the oil industry rather than ranching (something that modern day Yellowstone spinoff 6666 is set to do as well), its depiction of generational trauma in the West makes it a helpful companion piece to the Dutton family saga. – AB

Sons of Anarchy

Watch on: Hulu (US); Disney+ (UK)

Where better to get a fix of Yellowstone’s creator (and horse trader Travis Wheatley) than one of his pre-screenwriting roles? Taylor Sheridan plays Deputy Chief of Police David Hale in motorcycle gang drama Sons of Anarchy, a show that shares plenty of DNA with the Paramount hit. Loyalty, brotherhood, legacy, battles for supremacy… Jax Teller deals with it all as he struggles to navigate leadership of a California motorcycle gang following the death of its president, his father. They may ride Harleys and not horses, but these outlaws speak the language of ranchers. This slick, violent family drama filled with badass characters and heady shocks, it’s a better pick-me-up than a Beth Dutton smoothie.

Hatfields & McCoys

Watch on: Starz and Apple TV (for purchase in the UK)

Yellowstone’s arrival in 2018 came with no small excitement about movie star Kevin Costner’s first ever television role. Not so: Costner’s actual TV debut was in 2012 miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, which tells the now-legendary story of a bloody 19th century family feud between two West Virginia-Kentucky families. Costner plays Hatfield patriarch ‘Devil’ Anse opposite Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy in the violent, smoke-filled three-episode drama. Hatfields & McCoys can also claim another first as the History Channel’s scripted drama debut, meaning it blazed a trail for the hugely successful Vikings (another good steer for fans of battling dynasties on TV). This gritty saga about two warring Appalachian families attracted plenty of awards nominations and scored Costner a well-deserved Emmy for Best Actor, making it a must for fans of John Dutton. – LM

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How to Watch Mad Men and More Great Shows for Free Right Now

Another day, another brand new streaming platform out there begging you to subscribe to its service so you can ignore your family members and binge-watch a bunch of TV shows and movies in the name of entertainment. This time, it's NBCUniversal's Peacock, which offers a free tier as well as two premium options (one with ads and one without). The service features a number of programs for free, including Friday Night Lights and even Parks and Recreation, but Peacock isn't the only place you can stream great shows without breaking the bank.

Below, we've gathered up a number of shows that don't require you to shell out money for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Peacock, and/or whatever other streaming service subscriptions are out there. Sometimes you just need a simple freebie. And you know what? You deserve it. So check out the list below and take comfort in knowing it won't cost you a thing.

Watch it on: IMDb TV

Until recently you had to have a Netflix subscription to watch Mad Men, AMC's Emmy-award winning period drama from Matthew Weiner that was dedicated as much to style as it was to substance. The 1960s-set series, which traced the rise and fall of flawed Madison Avenue advertising executive Don Draper (Jon Hamm) through his own complicated relationship with identity, was a pointed commentary on the toxic masculinity, sexism, and racism of the era. It also changed the way we watch and talk about TV. If you haven't seen it yet, now's the perfect time to do so.

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Watch it on: Tubi (complete series), Pluto TV (complete series)

Realizing The Dick Van Dyke Show is streaming for free feels a bit like winning a secret lottery or viewing an exceptional piece of art without paying the museum admission fee. The popular comedy, which ran for five seasons, was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke as the head writer of a TV show, while Mary Tyler Moore portrayed his wife. It's a timeless classic — one that took home 15 Emmys during its run, and if you've yet to experience it, you literally have no excuse at this point.

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Watch it on: ABC app (complete series)

Felicity is best known as the show in which Keri Russell cut her hair (not to be confused with the show in which Keri Russell wore a lot of great wigs, aka The Americans). Depicting Felicity Porter's (Russell) college years and the struggles that accompany trying to figure out who you're supposed to be, the show is also famous for Scott Speedman's whisper-talking and the ongoing battle of Ben (Speedman) vs. Noel (Scott Foley). Although the WB series was previously streaming on Hulu, you can now watch it for free on the ABC app.

A reimagining of the kitschy original series, Syfy's Battlestar Galacticastarred Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan, James Callis, and Jamie Bamber and explored the aftermath of a nuclear attack by the Cylons, cybernetic creatures invented by man who evolved and rebelled against their creators. The show was critically acclaimed for the way it tackled the subjects of science, religion, and politics, and for the way it explored the deeply complicated notion of what makes us human. Everything from the miniseries to the two BSG films (Razor and The Plan) is currently available to stream for free on Syfy's website, so there's no better time to watch it. So say we all!

Watch it on: IMDb TV (complete series), Tubi (complete series), Pluto TV (first 13 seasons), YouTube (first 13 seasons)

For many millennials, the fourth series in the Degrassi franchise, Degrassi: The Next Generation, is the defining iteration of the long-running Canadian series. The drama series, which was sometimes so overly dramatic it was actually funny, tackled everything from date rape and suicide to sexual orientation and teen pregnancy. The series, which launched the careers of Drake (then known as Aubrey Graham) and Nina Dobrev, is streaming on multiple free platforms.

Watch it on: ABC app (complete series)

Eli Stone really had it all, which is to say it had Victor Garber singing George Michael songs, Loretta Devine singing George Michael songs, and George Michael singing George Michael songs. What else is there? ABC's offbeat two-season comedy-drama starred a pre-Elementary Jonny Lee Miller as Eli Stone, a high-powered San Francisco lawyer whose brain aneurysm gave him prophetic visions — which usually involved his friends, family, and colleagues breaking into song. Aside from a couple of ill-advised plotlines (the pilot, which suggests vaccines cause autism, is best forgotten), the show was a blast: a weird but memorable cocktail that should have stuck around for more seasons because, as I mentioned, Victor Garber sang George Michael songs. Also, Sigourney Weaver played God?! -Kelly Connolly

Watch it on: YouTube (nearly every episode)

A true Canadian treasure, The Red Green Show was a long-running comedy starring Steve Smith as Red Green, a handyman who constantly tried to cut corners using duct tape and who had his own cable TV show. It was a parody of home improvement shows and outdoor programs and featured segments like Handyman Corner, Adventures with Bill, and The Possum Lodge Word Game. The show ran for 15 seasons, airing on PBS in the States.

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Watch it on: IMDb TV (complete series), ABC app (complete series)

Critically beloved but struck down before its time, My So-Called Life has been praised for its realistic and honest portrayal of teenage life, not just via Angela Chase (Claire Danes), but through the show's young supporting cast as well. Now considered to be one of the best shows of all time, it tackled topics like homophobia, homelessness, drug use, and more without ever feeling preachy or like an after-school special. Also, Jordan Catalano (Jared Leto) could lean.

Watch it on: CW Seed (first five seasons), IMDb TV (first five seasons)

If you don't have Netflix but still want to watch Schitt's Creek, you'll be happy to know you can watch the first five seasons of the heartwarming, Emmy-nominated comedy series, about a wealthy family who loses everything they own except the town of the show's title, for free on CW Seed and IMDb TV.

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Watch it on: Peacock (complete series); IMDb TV (complete series)

You may never know what it feels like to have Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) be proud of you, but you can pretend by watching all five seasons of Friday Night Lights, a series that was as much about a Texas community as it was about the sport that united it. By the end of the show, you'll be asking yourself "What Would Riggins Do?" and tattooing "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" on your body, all while chanting "Texas forever!" Trust me, it happens to everybody.

Watch it on: CW Seed (complete series)

It is relatively easy to forget that The CW series The Carrie Diaries was a prequel to Sex and the City, because the charming show, which lasted just two seasons, was able to stand on its own. The coming-of-age series that followed a teenaged Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) was relatively innocent compared to the original series. The show's 1980s setting made it easier for the writers to focus on more harmless family storylines and teenage heartbreaks, but the show never shied away from the heartstring-tugging drama of young adulthood either. It's a shame the show never got the kind of ratings it deserved and wasn't able to exist beyond Carrie's high school years, but the Season 2 finale works well as a series finale, so viewers won't feel as if the story was left incomplete. android tv box

Watch it on: CW Seed (complete series)

It's a shame Bryan Fuller's saturated dramedy Pushing Daisies, about a pie-maker (Lee Pace) with the ability to bring the dead back to life, couldn't bring itself back to life after becoming a casualty of the 2007-08 writers' strike. A whimsical delight, the show featured the pie-maker teaming up with a local private eye (Chi McBride) to solve murders by reviving the victims for a brief time. Known for its quirky characters, eccentric visual style, and Jim Dale's pitch-perfect narration, it remains must-see TV.

Watch it on: IMDb TV (first seven seasons); Peacock

Columbo kicked off nearly every episode by revealing the crime and its perpetrator to the audience, which means unlike most crime dramas, the show was less about whodunnit and more about Peter Falk's iconic raincoat-wearing homicide detective catching them and getting them to confess. Oh, and just one more thing: it's great.

Watch it on: CW Seed (complete series)

The charming and playful Forever, which starred Ioan Gruffudd as an immortal medical examiner, was the one show that could have saved ABC's Tuesday at 10 p.m. death slot. But the network still canceled the series anyway, enraging the show's fans, who have never let the sting of its death go. Luckily, it now lives on, ahem, forever (aka until the content license expires) on CW Seed.

Watch it on: IMDb TV (complete series)

It sounds odd to say The Middle, which ran for nine seasons on ABC, was unfairly overlooked, but it always felt like the series, which followed the middle class Midwestern Heck family, was a bit of a hidden gem. It wasn't as popular with Emmy voters as, say, Modern Family, and critics also failed to give it its due, but it was a real, heartfelt, reliable family comedy with mass appeal, and you can stream it on IMDb TV for free. h96 tv box

Watch it on: ABC app (complete series)

Trophy Wife's short life — it was canceled after just one season — can probably be chalked up to its unfortunate title, which was meant to be ironic but ultimately kept viewers from tuning in and experiencing the warmth of the show and the relationships at its center. Malin Akerman starred as the young wife of Bradley Whitford's middle-aged lawyer, and the comedy explored the dynamics between the two, his children, and his two ex-wives, who were played by Marcia Gay Harden and Michaela Watkins. h96 max x3

Watch it on: NBC app (complete series)

Loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, Kings was a compelling drama before its time. Rudely cut down after just one season by NBC, the show starred Ian McShane as the king of the fictional kingdom of Gilboa, while Christopher Egan portrayed an idealistic young soldier whose counterpart is David. The show also starred Sebastian Stan, which is reason enough to want to check it out.

Watch it on: ABC app (complete series)

Ray Wise portrays Satan in Reaper, a supernatural dramedy about a slacker (Bret Harrison) who reluctantly becomes a reaper tasked with capturing escaped souls from hell after it's revealed his parents made a deal with the devil many, many years before. The fact the show only lasted two seasons is a crime against humanity. Luckily, you can watch it in its entirety for free on the ABC app. h96 max x3

Watch it on: IMDb TV (complete series)

A team of experts led by a kooky old scientist (John Noble), his son (Joshua Jackson), and an FBI agent (Anna Torv) investigate strange occurrences around the country, X-Files style, in the J.J. Abrams-produced Fringe. The series is one of the best broadcast science-fiction shows of all time, particularly in its first three seasons, and perfected the art of the serialized procedural by weaving the show's deep mythology and excellent character work into weekly standalone stories, making it easy to binge or watch in spurts. And by the time the end of Season 1 starts, you'll have a hard time stopping. -Tim Surette

Watch it on: Tubi (complete series), Vudu (complete series)

Although American TV producers would eventually adapt Being Human, the original British version, which followed three supernatural beings trying to live amongst humans, is far superior. The show, which ran for five seasons, starred Aidan Turner, Russell Tovey, and Lenora Crichlow as a vampire, werewolf, and ghost, respectively. So skip the U.S. version entirely and watch the U.K. series for free.

Watch it on: Pluto TV (complete series), Vudu (complete series), Tubi (complete series)

The Australian young adult-oriented series Dance Academy is not exactly what you'd call "great television," but it is great fun. Brimming with teen angst and melodrama, the series, which ran for three seasons and even had a follow-up movie, followed a handful of dancers at Sydney's National Academy of Dance as they trained in the sport they loved while also falling in and out of love with each other. The acting was sometimes questionable, but the series itself was addictive, not to mention one of the easiest binges you'll ever encounter. h96 max tv box

3rd Rock From the Sun

Watch it on: Tubi (complete series), Pluto TV (complete series), Crackle (all six seasons), Vudu (all six seasons)

You might think a show about a group of socially awkward, 1,000-year-old aliens in human skin suits who are trying (badly) to pose as a human family and blend into an ordinary Midwest town might sound ridiculous, and, well, that's fair. But 3rd Rock From the Sun was still charming in even its most bizarre moments and gave its cast a lot of room to play up their roles and create an ensemble of weirdos that, at some point or another, start to tap into their newfound humanity and relish their new home here on Earth. -Amanda Bell.

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In case it wasn't clear, here's everything you need to know about Happy!

-94,564 like the Facebook page and 13.2K follow the twitter page. Bringing a total of 100,000 fans and that's just on social media alone!

-The show has been a wildly huge success with audiences and critics (and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)

-Currently, the #SaveHappy The Official Group has over 1,100 members and the #SaveHappy twitter has 310 followers.

-"#SaveHappy" is currently the #1 result in search results on Google starting with "#SaveH"

-Sean Taylor's petition to save the show has currently 23,780 signatures (and the numbers keep going!): https://www.change.org/p/netflix-netflix-please-save-happy-…

-Since season 2's arrival on Netflix in North America, the show has become WILDLY popular again as it's ever been!

-More fans and supporters are coming in day after day.

-We have humongous support from the cast and crew including co-creator Brian Taylor (who he and Grant Morrison have plans for season 3 AND 4) and the voice of Happy himself Patton Oswalt!

-The fight still goes on and still goes stronger

-Campaigns among campaigns including letter, phone, e-mail, and now direct/private messaging campaigns!

-Trending on Netfflix in the TV Comedies AND Shows Based on Comics section (and the first one to come up when you click Patton Oswalt's name!).

So let it be clear to everyone INCLUDING NBCUniversal/Universal Content Productions, SYFY, Netflix, Peacock TV, and AmazonPrime that Happy! is a world-renowned animated/live-action fantasy action dramedy that delivers a mighty punch! Twisted, funny, action-packed, and yes, touching and heart warming, it really has proven to be the best show ever produced for television (and the only mistake Syfy did was cancel it!) and we are asking you because you are either a Universal division or have connections with Universal (the owners of Happy!) a 3rd (and 4th!) season or a wrap up movie can, will, AND MUST happen!

We will continue to write, call, e-mail, and private message all of you until Happy! is saved (we even plan to write and PM this weekend!).because after seeing season 2, we are not, repeat NOT accepting a melancholy cliffhanger as an ending!

It's also important to note that Brian Taylor and Grant Morrison are working on #BraveNewWorld and Patton Oswalt is working on #APBio season 3....both for Peacock! So they each have a foot in the door to save it for that service! Plus, Chris Meloni is working on the Law and Order Elliot Stabler spin-off at NBCUniversal so he has a foot in the door too (#StablersBack by the way)!

I want everyone to know that by the end of this or next year, we the fans WILL save Happy! and whoever does will get ALL of our love and gratitude forever more!

And if not, we'll KEEP fighting until the deed is done!

That is all.

Like and reblog if you agree and if you’re in.

#SeeHappy #SaveHappy #HappyMovie2021

#Happy Syfy #Save #Happy!#SaveHappy #Happy Season 3 #Netflix #Peacock #Amazon Prime #Syfy #Season 3 #HaPpYHalloween

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Stuff I’m Looking Forward to in October

How is it already the 4th Quarter of 2022? In addition to Yom Kippur (October 4-5), Columbus Day (October 10), Indigenous Peoples’ Day (October 10), Diwali (October 24) and Halloween (October 31), here is what’s on my radar this month:

Movies:

Amsterdam

David O. Russell’s new 1930s-set dramedy has one of those everyone’s-in-it casts. Looking forward to it! Opens 10/7.

Tár

Todd Field hasn’t directed a film since 2006′s Little Children, which is why expectations are sky-high for this one starring Cate Blanchett as a classical composer. Opens 10/7.

Triangle of Sadness

I really dug Ruben Ostlund’s last few movies including The Square. This new one is about a cruise ship gone awry. Opens 10/7.

Halloween Ends

I can't even describe just how unbelievably disappointed I was by last year’s Halloween Kills. David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween sequel/reboot hit reset on the series and ignored everything after the 1978 original and it was very effective! Last year’s sequel felt like just another Halloween movie. But hopes are high that this last film of the series (so they say) will end on a high note. Opening on 10/14 and on Peacock.

Till

I’ve seen several documentaries and biopics about Emmett Till and this new one about the mother’s pursuit of justice looks very powerful. Opening 10/14.

Music:

Alvvays Blue Rev

Has it really been 5 years since Alvvays’ last album Antisocialites? They are one of my favorite bands to emerge out of the 2010s and their third album drops on 10/7!

Red Hot Chili Peppers Return of the Dream Canteen

Earlier this year RHCP released Unlimited Love, which was their best since 2002 IMHO. Instead of making us wait another 5 years, they are releasing another new one on 10/14!

Foo Fighters The Essential Foo Fighters

In 2009, Foo Fighters released Greatest Hits and in the liner notes, Dave Grohl wrote that it was not necessarily their greatest hits, but more their biggest hits. Now with this new double album of hits all the way up to last year, the Foos are getting the Essential treatment! Album drops on 10/28.

The Beatles Revolver Super Deluxe Edition

In the last few years we have been lucky enough to get the anniversary box set treatment for numerous Beatles albums including Sgt. Pepper, The White Album, Abbey Road and Let It Be. Now 1966′s Revolver is getting the deluxe box set treatment and I couldn’t be more excited. Box set release on 10/28.

TV:

Saturday Night Live (10/1)

The 48th season of the comedy institution that is SNL premieres on NBC on 10/1.

The White Lotus

I out and out loved Mike White’s first season of this series about a Hawaiian resort’s working class staff and their privileged guests. Season 2 takes place at a resort in Italy. Premieres on HBO on 10/30.

Books:

Quentin Tarantino Cinema Speculation

I was a big fan of Quentin Tarantino’s novelization of his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and named it my #1 Fiction Book of 2021. Now QT is back with his nonfiction debut about 70s cinema. Book release on 10/25.

Film Festivals:

IFFBoston Fall Focus (10/27-10/30)

My favorite film festival is Independent Film Festival Boston, which takes place in the Spring. IFFBoston’s mini-fest Fall Focus happens in the Fall to showcase some of the Fall festival darlings. This year’s mini-fest is in-person at The Brattle from 10/27 to 10/30. Stay tuned for the films and schedule.

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The Wolf Like Me dramedy TV series has been renewed for a second season. https://buff.ly/3ER9O8B Have you watched this show on Peacock? Do you plan to check out season two? https://ift.tt/M8fIKC9

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'The Best Man: Final Chapters'

'The Best Man: Final Chapters' Is Underway NBCUniversal’s Peacock announced that they would be releasing an exciting new spinoff TV show. Serving as the third installment of The Best Man film series. Now, it appears as though production for the 10 episode dramedy is underway. Morris Chestnut who plays the role of Lance in the romantic comedy, gave fans a sneak peek of The Best Man: Final Chapters on Instagram. The 53-year-old actor posted a photo of himself smiling alongside the franchise’s director Malcolm D. Lee. The star wrote in his caption, “1st Day on set” which sent fans into a tizzy in the comment section. Chestnut will reunite with the film’s original cast. Including Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Melissa De Sousa, and Harold Perrineau for the limited TV series. The Best Man: Final Chapters fans have been reeling with excitement since the announcement. The show picks up where The Best Man 2 left off. As Harper, Robyn, Jordan, Lance, Quentin, Shelby, Candace, and Murch navigate through their evolving relationships and some past grievances. Now that they’ve all grown up, fans get a chance to see the film’s pivotal characters chart through the choppy waters of adulthood while experiencing a “midlife renaissance.” The spinoff series is written and executive producer by the film’s original director, Malcolm D. Lee and Dayna Lynne North Lee, who is also responsible for directing and producing films like Girls Trip and Roll Bounce, shared a few pics from on set of the forthcoming show. In one photo, he posed cheek to cheek with Sanaa Lathan who stars as Robyn. No release date has been announced yet. Given the impact and popularity of the 1999 classic comedy-drama movie. The original film followed old college friends as they reunited for a fun and drama-filled wedding. The franchise followed up with a Christmas-themed sequel, The Best Man Holiday, in November 2013 and both films saw major success at the box office. “The original grossed $34 million domestically on a $9 million budget. The 2013 follow-up earned $70 million.” Read the full article

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tvrundown USA 2024.10.18

Friday, October 18th:

(exclusive): LEGO Marvel Avengers: "Mission Demolition" (dsn+, special), Rivals (hulu, British drama limited series premiere, all 8 eps), Hysteria! (Peacock, coming-of-age thriller, series premiere, all 8 eps), The Devil's Hour (APrime, season 2 available, all 5 eps), Culte (APrime, French drama of their 1st reality TV series, all 6 eps), Best Bite Wins (ROKU, cocktail party food competition, all 6 eps)

(movies): "Blue Cave" (APrime, romantic adventure, ~90mins), "The Park Maniac" (APrime, serial killer journalism drama, 105mins), "MadS" (Shudder, French horror-thriller), "The Curse of the Necklace" (TUBI, horror, ~100mins), "Happiness Is" (netflix, South African rom-com, ~95mins), "The Man Who Loved UFOs" (netflix, Argentinian dramedy, ~105mins), "Woman of the Hour" (netflix, serial killer on 1970s "The Dating Game", 95mins), "Yintah" (netflix, Indigenous environmental documentary, 110mins), "The Turnaround" (netflix, Philadelphia Phillies documentary short), "Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara" (hulu, documentary)

(streaming weekly): Disclaimer (apple+, next 2 eps), La Maison (apple+), Angel of Death (MAX, crime thriller, season 4 opener, first 3 eps), Ayla & The Mirrors (dsn+, next 5 eps), The Confidante (MAX), The Great British Baking Show (netflix), RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars (Para+)

(also new): Hallmark [Countdown to Christmas] begins… "'Twas the Date Before Christmas" (HALL, original made-for-TV movie, 2hrs)

(hour 1): S.W.A.T. (CBS, season 8 opener), Happy's Place (NBC, sitcom premiere) / . / Lopez vs. Lopez (NBC, season 3 opener, new night), Shark Tank (ABC, season 16 opener), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (theCW, 60mins), Sweetpea (Starz, regular timeslot)

(hour 2): Fire Country (CBS, season 3 opener), Joan (theCW), Fat Joe Talks (Starz), Scariest House in America (HGTV)

(hour 3): Blue Bloods (CBS, season 14B opener), Three Women (Starz), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO), "Social Studies" (FX, ~90mins), Scare Tactics (USA) / . / Hysteria! (USA, thriller limited series linear premiere, ~90mins)

(hour 4 - latenight): The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm|AcornTV|AMC+), "It's Florida, Man" (HBO, comedy reenactments series premiere), "Social Studies" (FX, part 5/5 contd, docuseries finale), Hysteria! (USA, contd)

#TheDevilsHour #ItsFloridaMan #FireCountryCBS #BlueBloodsCBS #HappysPlaceNBC #LopezVsLopez #TeganRainQuin #television

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PSYCH

“I mean, where do I start with the memories…? Now I am going to cry,” Lawson responded when cued to reflect on the USA Network dramedy that has thus far run for eight seasons and two movies. “I came on after the pilot — Anne Dudek did the pilot, and I think she got on Mad Men after, so she’s fine,” Lawson laughs. “But yeah, I had heard of James Roday, I had heard he was very funny. And then of course Dule Hill, I was like, ‘Holy s–t.’ But when I went from seeing what was on the page to seeing what Roday and Dule were doing off the page, I was like, ‘Ohhh, this is magic. We’re on something magical right now.'”

“My very first day on set, Tim [Omundson] and I happened to have the first scene, first take, everything. I had just shaken his hand and we were about to go in and play, and I remember he looked at me and said, ‘Maggie, are you going to act the s–t out of it?’ I said, ‘Oh, yeah. You bet. Are you going to act the s–t out of it?’ He was like, ‘Yeah!’ And we were off and running. He still texts me to this day to say, ‘Are you going to act the s–t out of it?’ And I do the same for him.”

PSYCH 2: LASSIE COME HOME

Lawson believes “everyone will be very happy” with the sequel to Psych: The Movie, which will land on the new Peacock streaming service as early as this spring. As suggested by the title, the follow-up more meaningfully involves Timothy Omundson, who was sidelined by a stroke the first go-round. “I’m so happy for everyone to see Tim,” she says. “It was a very emotional experience for all of us, every single day at work.”

As for how things are going for Shawn and Juliet, Lawson smiles, “I love that our characters at this point are settled into married life. It was ‘Will they, won’t they?’ and then it was ‘Why aren’t they married?’ and now they’re married and just chilling. So many people have asked me about Sean and Juliet, and I’m like, ‘You’re going to see we’re just a normal married couple!'”

#psych #psych usa #psych the movie #psych 2: lassie come home #maggie lawson

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Have I told people lately I still despise SYFY with every fiber of my being since they cancelled Happy!

Have I told people lately that the thousands upon thousands of fans are still trying to save it for season 3 & (now) a movie?

Have I told people lately that Happy! is now the second most popular series on Netflix?

Have I told people lately this petition for Netflix to save is now nearing 23,000 signatures? https://www.change.org/p/netflix-netflix-please-save-happy-…

Have I told people lately that by making Brave New World, AP Bio Season 3, and an Elliot Stabler spin-off Grant Morrison, Brian Taylor, Patton Oswalt, and Chris Meloni now each have a foot in the door to save Happy! for Peacock TV?

Have I told people lately that Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor have plans for season 3 AND 4?

Have I told people lately that no fan is going to stop until someone saves this awesomely insane and twisted live-action/animated hybrid action-packed dramedy?

I think I did!

#SeeHappy #SaveHappy #HappyMovie2021

#Happy Syfy #Save #Happy!#SaveHappy #HaPpYHalloween #Syfy #season 3 #netflix #Peacock

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Bridgerton: Best Shows to Watch After the Netflix Series

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Netflix’s Bridgerton has swept viewers off their feet with its lush blend of romance tropes—fake relationship, forbidden love, “we could be together if only we could stop misunderstanding each other”—anchored by the soapy, searing gossip of one Lady Whistledown. Those eight episodes went down like tea sandwiches, doubtless leaving viewers hungry for more Regency romance and timeless drama. Thankfully, you can sate your appetites with these nine TV series. A mix of adaptations and original series, they reimagine famous figures as compelling heroines and transplant viewers into immersive towns and households, with new scandals and love stories to get obsessed with.

Dickinson (AppleTV+)

Alena Smith’s brilliant, queer dramedy series audaciously reimagines the historically reclusive poet as a Millennial soul stuck in 19th-century societal constraints. It’s delightfully anachronistic, with artful contemporary music choices—like one sequence set to Lizzo’s “Boys”—and gleefully meta cameos like John Mulaney as Walden naturalist Henry Thoreau and Zosia Mamet as Little Women author Louisa May Alcott. The sophomore season (which premiered January 8) sees Emily grappling with the fear of losing her sight, yes, but also something far worse: writer’s block. The reason for her creative dampening? Her poems may finally be published. But fame proves a fickle creature, as Emily struggles with an attraction to her editor Samuel Bowles (Iron Fist’s Finn Jones) while her dear Sue (Ella Hunt) retreats into the glittery world of out-of-touch influencers. This season, expect seances, spa days, and more than one fabulous house party.

Outlander (Starz)

Daphne Bridgerton has to survive the season, but Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) has to stay alive across several historical wars, not to mention the realities of being a 20th-century doctor sent back in time two hundred years to where she’s little more than property to be traded or kidnapped. Thankfully she’s got the romance hero to end all heroes in sensitive Highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan)—and their sex scenes rival even Daphne and Simon’s romping honeymoon. If you’ve never gotten into Diana Gabaldon’s sweeping romantic epic (with Ronald D. Moore’s adaptation touch), get ready for a breathless adventure. And if you’re tuning in for next season, you’ll appreciate how like the Bridgertons, the Frasers nurture a big, close-knit clan—blood and chosen—whose own adventures in time travel, spywork, and war spin out into various triumphs and high drama.

Sanditon (PBS Masterpiece)

Adapted from Jane Austen’s final, unfinished novel, Sanditon takes place in the eponymous seaside town, a sleepy retreat poised to become a Regency resort destination. An accident of chance brings the unconventional and impetuous Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) to Sanditon, where she bonds with the bold Georgiana Lamb (Crystal Clarke), Austen’s first and only black character. And of course, Charlotte clashes with the hunky Sidney Parker (Theo James), part of the family looking to change Sanditon. Andrew Davies, the writer behind the classic Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice and other Austen adaptations, uses the unfinished manuscript to set up the pilot, then takes those characters in new directions. That means engaging with England’s colonial history in surprising ways, but also includes an ending to the eight-episode series that challenges readers and viewers used to the genre’s conventions.

Harlots (Hulu)

Anthony Bridgerton’s opera-singer lover Siena would have fit right in with the pragmatic, hardworking women of London’s seedier districts a century before the events of Bridgerton. Alison Newman and Moira Buffini’s series similarly builds its drama on circulated pamphlets that, like Lady Whistledown’s missives, could make or break a young woman’s future prospects—only these ladies are sex workers. The short-lived series tackles sex work, abuse, secret societies, racism, and a mafia-like war between the city’s top two brothels.

The White Princess (Starz)

Before she dazzled (and terrified) on Killing Eve, Jodie Comer’s breakout role was as Elizabeth of York, mother of Henry VIII, in this miniseries adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s historical novel. Forced into a political marriage with the new king Henry Tudor in order to unite their houses, Lizzie realizes that she can wield her own brand of power through pregnancy and heirs. The White Princess will scratch that “enemies to lovers” itch while dramatizing a turning point in England’s royal history.

The Great (Hulu)

Like Daphne, Catherine of Prussia (Elle Fanning) approaches her marriage with alarming naïveté at the start, only for her idealized hopes for life at Peter III’s (Nicholas Hoult) court to be smashed like fine crystal with a mocking “huzzah!” Instead, she must learn to navigate the cutthroat Russian court of simpering and sabotaging ladies, while convincing the tantrum-prone Peter that she is interesting enough not to be killed. All this while fomenting a revolution with the help of her street-smart maid and various sympathizers who may be willing to consider that Catherine could be good, perhaps even Great. Tony McNamara’s Hulu series takes the brilliance of his 2018 film The Favourite and expands it over series arcs (season 2 is forthcoming) that will make you cheer and even cry.

Downton Abbey (Peacock)

The one thing Bridgerton could have used more of was the “upstairs/downstairs” dynamic of servants commenting on their employers’ ridiculous interpersonal drama. We got a little bit of that with housekeeper Mrs. Colson laughing at Eloise Bridgerton’s accusation that she is Lady Whistledown (as if she had the time!), but Downton Abbey serves up plenty of shade through the eyes of the valets and maids who keep the Crawley family comfortable at their country estate. Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of scandal, from diplomats dying during sex to real-world events like the sinking of the Titanic and the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand. And those missing Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte will delight in Maggie Smith’s scathing Dowager Countess.

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Acorn TV)

If you found Daphne’s lack of sex ed and real-world knowledge a tad tiring, you might find the company of Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) as refreshing and heady as a whiff of exotic perfume. Melbourne’s most glamorous lady detective spends the 1920s solving all manner of murders—at society functions, on trains, at the dance hall—with nary a hair out of place. But the best part of the series is Phryne’s refreshingly modern attitudes about sex and her simmering banter with the stern Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page). Despite all the death and unrequited attraction, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is a spectacular romp that will be over all too soon—but then the cast reunited for a movie, Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, to keep the fun going just a little longer.

Gossip Girl (HBO Max)

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Hear us out—the Upper East Side in the early 2000s definitely gives the Ton (that is, Bridgerton’s high society) a run for its money. You’ve got sex tapes, secret children, faked deaths, and the unlikeliest of matches, between golden girl Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and “Lonely Boy” social outcast Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley, prepping his stalkery writer skills for You). After all, Gossip Girl walked so Lady Whistledown could run. And with a reboot coming to HBO Max this year, there’s never been a better time to catch up on the original.

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