Being a child of the 80’s means that I grew up at a time of must-see TV and that’s kind of been ingrained in me – sorta like the lead character in Dream On. It’s why even bad sitcoms are often enjoyable because it tickles a particular piece of my past.
The summer months aren’t as busy as it is during the rest of the year but it’s when I find some of my favorite stuff, such as Preacher being back on and checking out the first episodes of Castle Rock for a Stephen King fix on Hulu. One of the best things, however, are new seasons of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, a show I’ve been watching in various incarnations since the original British version in the 90’s that just made me love improv so much.
This coming week is light on new shows that I’m watching on broadcast as it’s just Preacher and some new Property Brothers material because I am an HGTV junkie. Where I’m getting my kicks these days is on Netflix and Hulu. Hulu was a recent addition for me so I’m looking forward to new Casual episodes coming up for its final season and I’m spending time slowly working through The Mindy Project as I missed it the first time around. And someday I’ll get back to The Runaways.
Netflix is a bigger timesink for me though. I just finally finished Mindhunter after not being in the right headspace for it since its debut and I polished off Jessica Jones second season as well for similar reasons, which now has me getting the second season of Luke Cage underway. Netflix has also gotten me into a really neat French thriller with La Mante, which features a former Bond girl and the woman who voiced Barbie in the Toy Story 3 movie, which was just surreal. I also burned fast through the second half of Queer Eye because that show is just awesome as was The Toys that Made Us. Revisiting so many things I had as an 80’s kid was just surreal.
My real love, however? I’m taking my time to slowly watch the latest batch of episodes of Somebody Feed Phil. If there’s a show that will get you to simply delight in the delight of another human being while getting a nice and friendly travelogue and food tour of various places in the world, it’s this man. It’s a welcome balance to my deep dive into Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown because they both work ideas from different directions that in the end educates me and connects me with more of the world.
What are you watching these days?