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I finished Arrow but dropped off The Flash and Legends a few years ago now, as bad as it could be sometimes, the whole Arrowverse was pretty impressive for what they managed to do. Season 1 of The Flash and Season 2 of Arrow in particular are genuinely good seasons of TV.

Returning Shows this week

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson 30th May (New) - Netflix
Nancy Drew 31st May (New) - Final Season
Manifest 2nd June - Netflix - Final Season
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2nd June

Finales this week (UK Days)

Monday - Series finales of Succession & Barry.
Tuesday - Series finale of The White House Plumbers.
Wednesday - Season finale of Ted Lasso.
Thursday - Season finale of Dave.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

The Crowded Room 9th June (New) - Apple TV+. "The series follows Danny Sullivan after he was arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979. Danny unveils his life through a series of interviews with interrogator Rya Goodwin, and slowly details to Rya, and the audience, his mysterious past that led him to the fateful incident. As Danny retrospectively examines his life, he reckons with his past and a few pivotal moments, that ultimately leads him to uncover a life-altering revelation."

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The Idol 4th June (New). "After a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn's last tour, she's determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America. Her passions are reignited by Tedros, a nightclub impresario with a sordid past. Will her romantic awakening take her to glorious new heights or the deepest and darkest depths of her soul?"
Based on a True Story 8th June (New). "Inspired by a bizarre true event, the series is about a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America's obsession with true crime, cuddle and the slow-close toilet seat."

Returning Shows this week

Cruel Summer 5th June (New)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 7th June (New)
Never Have I Ever 8th June - Netflix - Final Season
Human Resources 9th June (New) - Netflix - Final Season

Superman and Lois got renewed a 10-episode fourth season, Sounds like huge budget cuts though, and the number of cast will be reduced. Sam Lane is gone already.

Gotham Knights got cancelled,

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Marvel's Secret Invasion 21st June (New) - Disney+. "Nick Fury learns of a secret invasion by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls, who have been infiltrating Earth for years. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity."

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The Walking Dead: Dead City 18th June (New). "Maggie and Negan travel to a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror."
Skull Island 22nd June (New) - Netflix. "Shipwrecked in the South Pacific, a group of explorers encounter a menagerie of fearsome creatures - including the giant ape who rules the island: Kong."
Glamorous 22nd June (New) - Netflix. "Marco Mejia, a young gender non-conforming queer person whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison."
I’m a Virgo 23rd June (New) - Amazon. "I'm a Virgo. A coming-of-age joyride about Cootie, a 13-foot-tall man, who escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world; he forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol named The Hero."

Returning Shows this week

The Righteous Gemstones 18th June (New)
The Bear 22nd June (New) - Disney+
And Just Like That… 22nd June (New)

Finales this week (UK Days)

Wednesday - Season finale of Class of '09.
Thursday - Season finale of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwa.
Sunday - Season finale of From.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Hijack 28th June (New) - Apple TV+. "When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson - an accomplished corporate negotiator - tries using his professional shugs to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?"

Returning Shows this week

Grown-ish 28th June (New) - Final Season
The Witcher 29th June (New) - Part 1 - Netflix - Part 2 is 27th July
Warrior 29th June (New)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 30th June (New) - Amazon - Final Season

Finales this week (UK Days)

Wednesday - Series finale of Gotham Knights. Season finale of Superman & Lois.
Thursday - Season finale of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwa.
Friday - Season finales of Silo & The Other Two.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Says Her ‘Tomb Raider’ Amazon Series Will ‘Bring Back Some of That ’90s Vibe’

Phoebe Waller-Bridge feels like her recent stint in action films has prepared her for adapting the “Tomb Raider” video game for Amazon Prime Video.

“The opportunity to have, as we were talking earlier, a female action character…. Having worked on Bond and having worked as an actor on ‘Indy’, I feel like I’ve been building up to this,’ she told Vanity Fair. “What if I could take the reins on an action franchise, with everything I’ve learned, with a character I adore, and also just bring back some of that ’90s vibe? It’s such a wonderful feeling to think you know what to do.”

Waller-Bridge spoke with Vanity Fair in April before joining the Writers Guild of America strike, which recently reached its 50th consecutive day. She played “Tomb Raider” as a teenager, remembering the game’s main character Lara Croft well.

“God, it literally felt like that teenager in me saying: Do right by her, do right by Lara! She had an attitude. She was very deliberate in what she wanted to do,” she said. “That all changed when they realized that they could market her to be a sex symbol.”

She also recalled how addicted to the game she got before she “packed the PlayStation away” for other creative pursuits.

“My parents were very smart because they didn’t actually limit me. They could sense that I was going to just game myself into the ground, and I did,” she says. “I was like, ‘I’ve got to not do that because I’ve got to write and read and do other stuff.’”

Ultimately, she sees “Tomb Raider” as a chance to break the mold in a repetitive industry culture of recycles and reboots.

“I feel like when you’re working in the industry, you’ve got to ride the waves and lean in,” she said. “There’s room to do something really quite dangerous, and if I can do something dangerous and exciting with ‘Tomb Raider,’ I already have an audience of people who love Lara and hopefully will continue to. And that is a very unusual position to be in. It’s the old Trojan horse.”

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Maybe finally someone who appears to 'get it' in terms of what the character is supposed to be all about. Bodes well. Just a question of who actually has the charisma to pull the character off.

The Last Of Us has set the standard to aspire to through the roof.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

The Horror of Dolores Roach 7th July (New) - Amazon. "'Magic Hands' Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back.

With her boyfriend missing, her family long gone and her apartment now occupied by strangers, Dolores finds respite in the dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca around the corner, the only remnant of her former life."

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Unknown 3rd July (New) - Netflix. "Unknown is said to tell breathtaking stories of adventure and exploration in awe-inspiring uncharted territories. Each film in the series pushes the boundaries of knowledge, ventures into unexplored regions, and unlocks the secrets of our world through the stories of remarkable people and places never before captured on camera."

Returning Shows this week

Evil 6th July (New)
The Lincoln Lawyer 6th July (New) - Netflix, Part 1, Part 2 debuts 3rd Aug

Finales this week (UK Days)

Monday - Series finale of The Idol.
Thursday - Season finale of The Clearing.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Full Circle 13th July (New). "An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City."

Returning Shows this week

Miracle Workers: End Times 10th July (New)
The Afterparty 12th July (New) - Apple TV+
What We Do in the Shadows 13th July (New)
Foundation 14th July (New) - Apple TV+

Finales this week (UK Days)

Wednesday - Season finales of How I Met Your Father & Platonic.
Thursday - Season finale of The Clearing.
Friday - Series finales of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan & The Blacklist.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Surf Girls Hawaii 18th July (New) - Amazon. "A four-part docuseries. Surf Girls Hawaii follows the next generation of Native Hawaiian female surfers as they compete to earn a coveted spot on the professional surfing World Tour."

Returning Shows this week

Justified: City Primeval 18th July (New)
Minx 21st July (New)

Finales this week (UK Days)

Thursday - Series finale of Mayans M.C.. Season finale of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Special Ops: Lioness 23rd July (New) - Paramount+. "Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives."

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Twisted Metal 27th July (New). "A high-octane action comedy about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he'll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck. Based on the hit video game franchise by Sony Interactive."
Captain Fall 28th July (New) - Netflix. "A wet-behind-the-ears, yet good-hearted sea captain unwittingly finds himself at the helm of a smuggling ship for a terrible international cartel who's using him as a fall guy in case the authorities ever catch up to them."

Returning Shows this week

Futurama 24th July (New)
The Witcher 27th July - Netflix
Harley Quinn 27th July (New)
Good Omens 28th July (New) - Amazon
How To with John Wilson 28th July (New) - Final Season
Heels 28th July (New)

Finales this week (UK Days)

Monday - Season finale of The Walking Dead: Dead City.
Wednesday - Series finale of Marvel's Secret Invasion.
Thursday - Season finale of The Witcher.
Friday - Series finale of The Crowded Room.

Not loving the new Good Omens

It feels very different, and definitely feels like it's missing some kind of spark. No narrator. Everything small and focused on the two. A huge lack of locations/variety.

Everything looks like a CGI set - e.g. the bookshop feels like all the backdrop is CGI. I'm up to episode 3 and the plot is barely moving.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart 4th August (New) - Amazon. "Follows a young girl, Alice Hart, whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life."

Returning Shows this week

Dark Winds 30th July (New)
Physical 2nd August (New) - Apple TV+ - Final Season
Reservation Dogs 2nd August (New)
Big Brother US 2nd August (New)
Heartstopper 3rd August (New) - Netflix
The Lincoln Lawyer 3rd August (New) - Netflix, Part 2
The Chi 4th August (New)

Finales this week (UK Days)

Monday - Season finale of The Righteous Gemstones.
Tuesday - Season finale of Cruel Summer.
Wednesday - Season finale of Hijack.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Painkiller 10th August (New) - Netflix. "The story of the causes and consequences of the invention of OxyContin, its perpetrators and victims, the ensuing opioid epidemic... and an investigator seeking the truth."

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Zombieverse 8th August (New) - Netflix. "A group of unwitting contestants gather to take part in a reality dating show, but things take a terrifying turn when they find themselves in the middle of Seoul overrun by zombies. Together, they must escape the city and outrun the walking dead, or risk becoming zombies themselves."
Strange Planet 9th August (New) - Apple TV+. "Welcome to a distant planet not unlike our own, with hilarious yet poignant observations on life, love, and friendship - told in the most peculiar way."
Mech Cadets 10th August (New) - Netflix. "Fifty years in the future, after a terrifying alien species attacked our planet, teenager Stanford Yu works as a janitor at the Sky Corps Military Academy. But he's only dreamed of one thing his entire life - to pilot a Robo Mech, giant robots from outer-space who came to our aid. When he finally gets his shot, Stanford and his classmates must put aside all personal differences and work together as a team in order to defend humanity against a new invasion of aliens."

Returning Shows this week

Only Murders in the Building 8th August (New)
The Challenge: USA 10th August (New)
Billions 11th August (New) - Final Season.

Finales this week (UK Days)

Thursday - Season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

The Chosen One 16th August (New) - Netflix. "Jodie, a twelve-year-old boy in Baja California, suddenly discovers he has Jesus-like powers: he can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk, and, perhaps, even raise the dead! As the Evangelical and the Yaqui leaders in town try to get him to use his powers to save mankind, all Jodie wants to do is impress the girl he likes and stand up to his bullies. As Jodie struggles and eventually comes to terms with his destiny, everything gets thrown for a loop when he realizes he discovers the truth around his identity."

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Mask Girl 18th August (New) - Netflix. "An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night - until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life."

Returning Shows this week

None.

Finales this week (UK Days)

Wednesday - Season finale of The Ultimate Fighter.
Thursday - Season finale of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Friday - Season finale of Warrior.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Star Wars: Ahsoka 23rd August (New) - Disney+. "After the fall of the Empire, former Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy."

Returning Shows this week

Invasion 23rd August (New) - Apple TV+

Finales this week (UK Days)

Thursday - Series finale of Riverdale.
Friday - Season finale of And Just Like That…

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