Fall TV Season and other things...

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1. Finished watching Kinky Boots on Broadway HD, and...it's okay. No memorable songs. I did like the message, and the actor who played Lola/Simon was amazing. He basically made the show -- whenever he was on - it was good. Unfortunately none of the other performances or characters matched him.

What I found interesting about it -- is it makes a strong point about how heterosexual men can love wearing women's attire, high heels etc, just as heterosexual women may prefer male attire. This is true. I remember being annoyed when my niece told me she was glad she was a girl because she could wear dresses, my response was -- well no, so can boys. I've met several. My sister-in-law and brother aren't quite as progressive as they think.

I honestly don't know why we can't wear whatever we're most comfortable in. I hate to dresses and high heels - I find them restricting and uncomfortable, can't move in them. Also skirts -- make me uncomfortable. But I've met men who like to wear them, and women. More power to them. Just as long I don't have to. Also not into jewelry, never really understood the point of it. It's pretty - but it gets in my way. I only like earrings, which I can for the most part forget about. Also, you have to have a place to put them.

And in regards to shoes? I'd be happy if I could go barefoot or just wear socks. Never been much of a fan of shoes. Very confining. But the boots in this show are sort of cool.

2. It's pretty here, apparently raining south of here -- and we may get rain from Dorian later in the week. Mother is packing up their papers and stuff, in case they have to evacuate. They don't know what the Hurricane is going to do. Right now it's predicted to hit the Bahamas on Sunday or Monday, they sort of hug the coast and make land fall in Wilmington, North Carolina -- which is bad news for islands on the outer banks and Hilton Head.

Damn. Oh well nothing I can do about it. My mother's not that worried. She said they'll most likely evacuate up to Charlot. The place they reside in -- takes care of the evacuation. They don't have to do anything but show up with their important papers and luggage.

3. Television Linkages

Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Streaming and HBO this Fall

Fall Television Series Premiere Dates

Here's a meme -- bold the shows that you plan to watch in the falls, strike through the shows that you used to watch and/or tried and gave up on. Italicize the ones you wish you could watch, but alas do not subscribe to or have access to that channel/network/service. Feel free to snark about the reality shows. I did.

The list covers more than 300 broadcast, cable and streaming shows bowing between September 1 and December 31 and some high-profile one-off programs. (It may not be complete -- Deadline is updating as information becomes available)



September 1:
Air Disasters (Smithsonian Channel, Season 13)

September 2:
Live with Kelly and Ryan (ABC, Season 32)
Dr. K’s Exotic Animal ER (Nat Geo Wild, Season 8)
Neil Didgeon’s Top Ten (Acorn, U.S. premiere of British drama)

September 3:
The Young and the Restless (CBS, Season 47)
Mayans M.C. (FX, Season 2)
Greenleaf (OWN, Season 4)
Valley of the Damned (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)

September 4:
Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Hulu, new drama series)
Dog’s Most Wanted (WGN America, new docuseries)
A Student’s Guide to Your First Year of College (YouTube, new instructional series)

September 5:
Sunday Night Football (NBC, Season 14; Thursday special)
Football Night in America (NBC, Season 14; Thursday special)
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement (National Geographic, new documentary series)
Campus Eats (Cooking Channel, new docuseries)

September 6:
The Spy (Netflix, new drama limited series)
Elite (Netflix, Season 2)
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (Netflix, Season 3)
Couples Therapy (Showtime, new comedy series)
Titans (DC Universe, Season 2)
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik (Comedy Central, new talk-show series)

September 7:
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN, Season 2)
WOW – Women of Wrestling (AXS TV, Season 2)

September 8:
NFL on Fox (Fox, season premiere)
NFL on CBS (CBS, season premiere)
Sunday Night Football (NBC, Season 14; Sunday premiere)
Girl Meets Farm (Food Network, Season 4)
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall (Investigation Discovery, Season 7)
Dog: Impossible (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)

September 9:
The Talk (CBS, Season 10)
The Deuce (HBO, Season 3; final season)
Monday Night Football (ESPN, Season 50)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Season 17, syndication)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndication, new daytime talk show)
Tamron Hall (Syndication, new daytime talk show)
A Very Brady Renovation (HGTV, new docuseries)
Breaking News (YouTube, Season 2)

September 10:
Mr. Mercedes (Audience Network, Season 3)
American Experience (PBS, season premiere)

September 11:
NFL: The Grind (Epix, new pro football recap series)

September 12:
Thursday Night Football (NFL Network, Season 14)
Mr Inbetween (FX, Season 2)
Mr. Mom (Vudu, new comedy series)
This Close (SundanceTV, Season 2)
The Very Very Best of the 70s (AXS TV, Season 1B)
Real Money (AXS TV, Season 2B)
Mixtape (AXS TV, new drama series)

September 13:
Red Bull Peaking (The CW, new extreme-sports docuseries)
The Ranch (Netflix, Season 1A, final season; aka Part 7)
Unbelievable (Netflix, new drama limited series)
El Corazón de Sergio Ramos (Amazon Prime, new documentary series)
Undone (Amazon Prime, new animated drama series)
Room 104 (HBO, Season 3)
Murder in the Bayou (Showtime, new true-crime docuseries)

September 14:
Lego Jurassic World (Nickelodeon, new animated series)

September 15:
Country Music (PBS, new documentary series)
The Top Ten Revealed (AXS TV, Season 2B)
Brian Johnson: A Life on the Road (AXS TV, new docuseries)
Paul Shaffer Plus One (AXS TV, new docuseries)

September 16:
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, Season 28) -- oh dear, the last season I saw was horrifically and embarrassingly bad.
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (NBC, new late-night talk show)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS, Season 33) -- what is with the soap opera premiere dates? They go all year long without seasonal breaks.
The Mel Robbins Show (syndicated, new daytime talk show)
Taken Down (Acorn, Season 1; U.S. premiere of British drama)

September 17:
Tosh.0 (Comedy Central, Season 11B)
Bering Sea Gold (Discovery, Season 11)
The Last Kids on Earth (Netflix, new animated comedy series)
First Contact (APTN, Season 2)

September 18:
American Horror Story: 1984 (FX, Season 9) -- although the 1984 bit looks interesting. Another political reference?
NXT (USA Network, Season 14; new network)

September 19:
Five Day Biz Fix (CNBC, new docuseries; working title)
The Deed: Chicago (CNBC, new docuseries)

September 20:
Disenchantment (Netflix, Season 1B) - the art is ugly and everybody looks the same. I'm not a fan of Matt Groenig's art style.
Criminal (Netflix, new drama series)
Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (Netflix, new documentary miniseries)
Fastest Car (Netflix, Season 2)
Now Hear This (PBS, new documentary miniseries)
Voces on PBS (PBS, season premiere)
Hot Date (Pop, Season 2)

September 22:
The 71st Emmy Awards (Fox, live awards special)
The Circus (Showtime, Season 4B)

September 23:
The Good Doctor (ABC, Season 3)
The Neighborhood (CBS, Season 2)
Bob ♥ Abishola (CBS, new comedy series)
All Rise (CBS, new drama series)
Bull (CBS, Season 3)
The Voice (NBC, Season 17) - both gave me a headache. The Voice -- because too much talking and bickering, and Bull -- well I hated the lead, fictional and otherwise. (I've never been a fan of Weatherly, and I hate the person who the show is based on -- Dr. Phil. I still haven't forgiven Oprah for inflicting him on the world.)
Bluff City Law (NBC, new drama series)
9-1-1 (Fox, Season 3) -- love. Sort of Tarantino with happy thoughts.
Prodigal Son (Fox, new drama series)
The Price Is Right (CBS, Season 47)
Let’s Make a Deal (CBS, Season 11)
Someone You Thought You Knew (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)

September 24:
The Conners (ABC, Season 2)
Bless This Mess (ABC, Season 2) -- tried, but the characters annoyed me.
Mixed-ish (ABC, new comedy series)
Black-ish (ABC, Season 6) -- the comedy is too broad for my taste.
Emergence (ABC, new drama series)
NCIS (CBS, Season 17)
FBI (CBS, Season X2) -- not a fan of procedurals.
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, Season 6)
This Is Us (NBC, Season 3)
New Amsterdam (NBC, Season 2) - where I find out if they killed my favorite character played by Freema A. (Martha Jones of Doctor Who, at least Doctor Who didn't kill her off.)
The Resident (Fox, Season 3)
Empire (Fox, Season 6; final season) -- gave up on both, because they made me want to throw things at the tv set -- and I don't want to destroy the tv set.

September 25:
The Goldbergs (ABC, Season 6)
Schooled (ABC, Season 2)
Modern Family (ABC, Season 11; final season) -- documentary style humor doesn't work for me.
Single Parents (ABC, Season 2)
Stumptown (ABC, new drama series)- based on a graphic novel. The clips on ABC look really good. I've been seeing them all summer -- to the point that I have it memorized. I can't avoid them, they are about five minutes before the show, I fast-forward and lose five minutes of the show I'm watching.
Survivor (CBS, Season 38) -- ages ages ago, as in back in the early 00s.
Chicago Med (NBC, Season 5)
Chicago Fire (NBC, Season 8) -- couldn't get into the characters.
Chicago P.D. (NBC, Season 7)
The Masked Singer (Fox, Season 2) -- didn't work for me.
Glitch (Netflix, Season 3)
South Park (Comedy Central, Season 23) -- amazed it is still on. I stopped about ten years ago.
Crank Yankers (Comedy Central, comedy series revival) - I think this is about people who make crank calls, and then recreate it with puppets for laughs? It's the sort of comedy that annoys me and makes me misanthropic. Didn't help that I met one of them at a dinner party.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX, Season 14)
Cake (FX, new shortform comedy series)
Behind the Glass: Philadelphia Flyers Training Camp (NHL Network, Season 2)
Liza on Demand (YouTube, Season 2)

September 26:
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, Season 16)
A Million Little Things (ABC, Season 2) -- although on the fence, we'll see. The characters of A Million Little Things are very whiny, and very privileged. It's sort of a millenial take on 30 something...which doesn't quite work.
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Season 6) -- couldn't get into it, but may watch on streaming at some point. Don't know yet. I didn't like any of the characters.
Young Sheldon (CBS, Season 3)
The Unicorn (CBS, new comedy series) -- it stars Walter Goggins in a family dramedy. I like the cast and the set-up looks interesting. About a widower with several kids, struggling to date again.
Mom (CBS, Season 7)
Carol’s Second Act (CBS, new comedy series)
Evil (CBS, new drama series) -- both look intriguing for different reasons. The King's tend to be political satirists, so not sure what to make of their new series Evil. Just the title indicates that this shouldn't be taken too seriously. Carol's Second Act is about a forty-something woman doing a residency, which I find interesting, plus Kyle McLachlan plays a love interest.
Superstore (NBC, Season 5) -- as you can see, it's rare that situation comedies work for me.
Perfect Harmony (NBC, new comedy series)
The Good Place (NBC, Season 4; final season) -- the one's that do, usually are a bit odd, witty, and don't last as long.
Sunnyside (NBC, new comedy series)
Law & Order SVU (NBC, Season 21)
Thursday Night Football Pregame Show (Fox, season premiere)
Thursday Night Football (NFL Network/Fox/Amazon Prime, Season 14; simulcast season premiere)
Untold Stories of Hip Hop (WE tv, new documentary series)
Creepshow (Shudder, new horror anthology series)

September 27:
American Housewife (ABC, Season 4)
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, Season 6)
20/20 (ABC, Season 42)
Hawaii Five-O (CBS, Season 10)
Magnum P.I. (CBS, Season 2)
Blue Bloods (CBS, Season 10)
Dateline (NBC, Season 28)
Transparent Musicale Finale (Amazon Prime, series-finale movie) -- Hmm, I might try it, if I can do it without watching the series?
The Politician (Netflix, new comedy series) -- curious about this one. This is the Ryan Murphy political satire in High School, starring Gwenyth Paltrow.

September 28:
Saturday Night Live (NBC, Season 45) -- I jump in and out of it. Not a huge fan of sketch comedy or improv.
48 Hours (CBS, Season 32)
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet ER (Nat Geo Wild, Season 7)

September 29:
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, Season 30) -- stopped over twenty years ago.
Shark Tank (ABC, Season 11)
The Rookie (ABC, Season 2)
The Simpsons (Fox, Season 31) - stopped watching the Simpsons, about twenty years ago? And the Rookie after five episodes.
Bless the Harts (Fox, new animated comedy series)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox, Season 10)
Family Guy (Fox, Season 17)
Godfather of Harlem (Epix, new drama series)
Robot Chicken (Adult Swim, Season 10)
Poldark (PBS, Season 5; final season)
The Durrells in Corfu (PBS, Season 4; final season) -- Although I may try Poldark's final season. I stopped after S2 or midway in S2. Because I wanted to throw things at my tv set.

September 30:
Back Home (Acorn, U.S. premiere of Italian drama)

September TBA:
Chris Tall Presents … (Amazon Prime, new stand-up series)
The Family Man (Amazon Prime, new drama series)
Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies (CNN, Season 3)
Bringing Up Bates (UPtv, Season 10)
Doc Martin (Acorn, Season 9; U.S. premiere) -- I think I've seen this. It was a British show, and really good. I don't get Acorn so doesn't matter.

October 1:
Ink Master: Grudge Match (Paramount Network, new docuseries)
Most Terrifying Places (Paramount Network, new competition series)
The Big Interview with Dan Rather (AXS TV, Season 7B)
Sorry for Your Loss (Facebook Watch, Season 2)
America ReFramed (World Channel, new docuseries)

October 2:
SEAL Team (CBS, Season 3) - it was okay, just not compelling enough to hold my interest.
S.W.A.T. (CBS, Season 3)
Almost Family (Fox, new drama series; fka Sisters) - curious about it.
Nature (PBS, season premiere)
All Elite Wrestling (TNT, new pro wrestling league)
Complex x Fuse (Fuse, Season 5)

October 3:
Chrisley Knows Best (USA, Season 7B)
The Holzer Files (Travel Channel, new docuseries)

October 4:
The Blacklist (NBC, Season 7) -- ages ago, after S1.
Friday Night SmackDown! (Fox, season premiere)
Raising Dion (Netflix, new drama series) -- this is the innovative new superhero series focusing on the human parents raising a superpowered child.
Big Mouth (Netflix, Season 3)
Goliath (Amazon Prime, Season 3)
Peaky Blinders (Netflix, Season 5)
Freakshow Cakes (Food Network, new cooking competition series)

October 5:
Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer (NBC, Season 2)
Vets Saving Pets (NBC, Season 2)
Consumer 101 (NBC, Season 2)
The Champion Within (NBC, Season 4)
A New Leaf (NBC, new docuseries)
Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits (Travel Channel, new miniseries) - on the Travel Channel??? Really?

October 6:
Kids Say the Darndest Things (ABC, new family-show revival)
60 Minutes (CBS, Season 52)
God Friended Me (CBS, Season 2)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, Season 11)
Madam Secretary (CBS, Season 6; final season)
Batwoman (The CW, new drama series) -- may try, since it's going in a different direction. She's the first LGBTQ superhero with her own show.
Supergirl (The CW, Season 5)
The Walking Dead (AMC, Season 10)
Back to Life (Showtime, British docuseries; U.S. premiere)
Mr. Robot (USA, Season 4; final season)
Star Wars: Resistance (Disney Channel; Season 2; final season)
Get Shorty (Epix, Season 3)
Witches of Salem (Travel Channel, new miniseries)
Haunted Gingerbread Showdown (Food Network, Season 2) -- okay, what?
Press (PBS, new miniseries)

October 7:
All American (The CW, Season 2)
Black Lightning (The CW, Season 3)
Retro Report on PBS (PBS, new current events series)
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal (Adult Swim, new animated series)

October 8:
The Flash (The CW, Season 6)
Finding Yours Roots (PBS, Season 6)
Glad You Asked (YouTube, new docuseries)

October 9:
Riverdale (The CW, Season 3) -- it started to bore me after a certain point.
Nancy Drew (The CW, new drama series)

October 10:
Supernatural (The CW, Season 15; final season) -- I think I stopped somewhere around S9?
Legacies (The CW, Season 2)
Temptation Island (USA, Season 2) -- why, just why?

October 11:
Charmed (The CW, Season 2)
Dynasty (The CW, Season 3)
Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (Disney Channel, new comedy series)
Ghost Nation (Travel Channel, new docuseries) -- is there nothing the Travel Channel can do a series about that is about say, Travel?
Hometown Horror (Travel Channel, new docuseries) - okay maybe this about travel?
The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West (Fuse, new talk/variety series)
The Birch (Facebook Watch, new drama series)

October 13:
Why We Hate (Discovery, new documentary series) - as if we can't figure it out for ourselves? That's just sad.
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (AMC, new documentary miniseries)

October 14:
Letterkenny (Hulu, Season 7; new network)
Mickey’s Mixed-Up Adventures (Disney Channel, Season 3; fka Mickey and the Roadster Racers)
These Woods Are Haunted (Travel Channel, Season 2)- Honestly, I'm thinking the Travel Channel is trying to give Shudder and Chiller a run for their money.

October 15:
Arrow (The CW, Season 8; final season) - gave up in S4. (I may go watch on streaming, assuming it doesn't get yanked and moved to CBS All Access)
The Purge (USA, Season 2)
Treadstone (USA, new drama series) -- admittedly curious about because I read all those Robert Ludlum novels back in the 1990s.
Made from Scratch (Fuse, new docuseries)

October 16:
Impulse (YouTube, Season 2)
Limetown (Facebook Watch, new drama series)

October 17:
BookTube (YouTube, new docuseries)

October 18:
Looking for Alaska (Hulu, new drama series)
Modern Love (Amazon Prime. new anthology comedy series)
Long Island Medium TLC, Season 12)

October 20:
Leavenworth (Starz, new true-crime docuseries)

October 21:
Catherine the Great (HBO, new miniseries)
Lost Cities with Albert Lin (National Geographic, new documentary series)
The Alaska Triangle (Travel Channel, new docuseries)
My Horror Story (Travel Channel, new docuseries) -- I rest my case, they are trying to give Chiller a run for their money.
Could You Survive the Movies (YouTube, new documentary series) - most likely not.

October 22:
The Misery Index (TBS, new game show series)

October 23:
Castle Rock (Hulu, Season 2)
The Cry (Sundance TV, new drama series) -- I have but not in HD, so hardly worth it. Also it never comes in well.

October 26:
The Kominsky Method (Netflix, Season 2) - This was the funniest sitcom that I saw and the most touching.
Destination Fear (Travel Channel, new docuseries) - can they come up with anything that doesn't have Ghost, Horror, Fear, or Triangle in the title?

October 27:
Silicon Valley (HBO, Season 6; final season)
Mrs. Fletcher (HBO, new drama limited series)
Barefoot Contessa: Cook Like a Pro (Food Network, Season 17)

October 28:
Independent Lens (PBS, season premiere)
The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Cooking Channel, Season 10)
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Acorn, Season 3; U.S. premiere)

October 30:
Baroness von Sketch Show (IFC, Season 4)

October TBA:
Watchmen (HBO, new drama series)
His Dark Materials (HBO, new drama series) -- Finally.
Life Below Zero (National Geographic Channel, Season 12)
The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon, new animated comedy series)
The Substitute (Nickelodeon, new prank series)
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Nickelodeon, new drama series revival)
The Whole Truth with Sunny Hostin (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)

November 3:
Shameless (Showtime, Season 10)
Kidding (Showtime, Season 2)

November 5:
The Little Mermaid Live! (ABC, live special) -- maybe. Although, why?
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (National Geographic Channel, Season 5; new network)

November 6:
Battle of the Fittest Couple (Paramount Network, new competition series)

November 9:
Alive (Epix, new docuseries)

November 11:
Blue’s Clue’s and You (Nickelodeon, new children’s series revival)
Good Karma Hospital (Acorn, Season 3; U.S. premiere)

November 12:
The Mandalorian (Disney+, new drama series) -- depends if I get the streaming channel.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+, new musical series)
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+, new docuseries)
Encore! (Disney+, new docuseries)
Forky Asks a Question (Disney+, new shortform children’s series)

November 13:
The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park (AMC, new true-crime miniseries) -- didn't we already have a movie about this?

November 15:
Dollface (Hulu, new comedy series)

November 17:
The Crown (Netflix, Season 3)
Ray Donovan (Showtime, Season 7)

November 24:
Slow Burn (Epix, new docuseries)

November 25:
College Behind Bars (PBS, new documentary miniseries)

November TBA:
Rick and Morty (Adult Swim, Season 4)
Central Ave. (select Fox stations, preview of new talk-show series)

December 1:
Brain Games (National Geographic Channel, new game show series revival)

December 4:
Toast of London (IFC, new comedy series)

December 6:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime, Season 3)
Reprisal (Hulu, new drama series)

December 8:
The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime, new drama series)
Work in Progress (Showtime, new comedy series)

December 13:
Marvel’s Runaways (Hulu, Season 3) -- hmmm..I may do a month free trial and binge Veronica Mars S4 and Runaways S3, then jump off.
The Expanse (Amazon Prime, Season 4) -- Definitely. Almost done with S3 - plan to stream more of S3 tonight. Expanse is really good after about 2.8.

December 16:
Laurel Canyon (Epix, new documentary miniseries)

December TBA:
The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition (ABC, Season 5) - although it always makes me crave cake.
Top Elf (Nickelodeon, new reality competition series)

Fall TBA:
The Toys That Made Us (Netflix, Season 3)
The Movies That Made Us (Netflix, new documentary series)
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Netflix, new docuseries)
Mad About You (Spectrum, new comedy series revival) -- wait, Spectrum now has a service/channel? Really?
America’s Most Musical Family (Nickelodeon, new reality competition series)
Trey the Texas Medium (A&E, new docuseries; working title)

Celebrity Ghost Stories (A&E, new docuseries) - IS A&E trying to compete with the Travel Channel? Or is the Travel Channel competing with A&E?
World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt (A&E, new docuseries; working title)
Wrap Battle (Freeform, new reality competition series)
This Is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN, Season 6)
Holiday Wars (Food Network, new cooking competition series)
Prairie Dog Manor (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)
Lonestar Vet (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)
Uncharted (Discovery/Science Channel, new docuseries; working title)
The Interrogator (Investigation Discovery, new true-crime docuseries)
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall (Investigation Discovery, Season 6)
Craig Ross Jr.’s Monogamy (UMC, Season 2)
Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren (syndication, new publics-affairs program)
America Says (syndication, new game show series)
Blue Planet Now (BBC America’s Wonderstruck, new documentary miniseries) - I don't know if I can watch, beautiful but also depressing.
Welcome Home (The Dodo, Season 2)
Born This Way (AEtv.com, Season 5; shortform final season)