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BENJAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: April 13, 2026

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week is a busy one. I am looking at the newest season of Euphoria and Hacks , the new comedy Big Mistakes , the season finales of Shrinking, American Classic, St. Denis Medical and Memory of a Killer  and the latest episode of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins . Plus my Top 10 Shows starting with J and a look at the Emmy race in the Lead Actor and Actress in a Limited Series categories. WHAT'S NEW EUPHORIA Season 3 Oh Euphoria . My experience with this show feels like a lifetime ago. I watched the first season, which aired in 2019, during the COVID shutdown in Spring 2020. I was fascinated by the visual style of it even if the story didn't work all the time for me. Then I absolutely adored the one-off special with Zendaya and Colman Domingo around Christmas 2020 as we waited for Season 2 (it was my #1 Episode of 2020). I watched the second season as it aired back in 2022 and enjoyed it but still found it to be a mess a lot of the time. An...
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BENJAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: April 6, 2026

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week I am looking at the second season of Your Friends & Neighbors , the season finales of Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat and Paradise and the latest episodes of Shrinking and The Pitt . Plus, I am counting down my Top 10 shows starting with I and taking a look at the Emmy races in the Comedy Supporting categories. WHAT'S NEW YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS Season 2 The Jon Hamm dramedy Your Friends & Neighbors is back for a second season. I was lukewarm at best on the first season. I like Hamm in pretty much anything he is in, but the show ultimately left me a little cold despite the promising premise. It did just enough to make me want to check out the second season premiere and I ended the premiere feeling mostly the same but not quite ready to give up on the show. The main reason is now they've added James Marsden to the mix and I'm often high on both Hamm and Marsden and I like the idea of them sort of coming to blows if ...
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BENJAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: March 30, 2026

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week, I am looking at the fifth season of For All Mankind , the finale of Love Story and the latest episodes of The Pitt and Rooster . Plus, I am counting down my Top 10 Shows starting with H and looking at the Emmy Awards race for Supporting Actor and Actress in a Drama Series. WHAT'S NEW FOR ALL MANKIND Season 5 I've had a very up and down relationship over the years with  For All Mankind , a show that has been on the air since the day Apple TV launched back in 2019. I thought the first season was technically impressive but ultimately somewhat boring. Then Season 2 was brilliant, one of the strongest second season jumps in recent memory in terms of quality. I was super stoked for Season 3, but it ended up being a bit of a step down from the second season though I still thought it was quite solid and ended in a really exciting place. But then the wheels came off for me in Season 4, which finished up way back in January 2024. So I approache...
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BENJAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: March 23, 2026

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! Back after a week off, I am looking at Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat and Imperfect Women . Pluss, the latest episodes of The Pitt, Paradise and Shrinking ! Also, I am counting down my Top 10 Series Starting with G and taking a look at the Supporting Actor and Actress in a Limited/Anthology Series race.   WHAT'S NEW JURY DUTY PRESENTS: COMPANY RETREAT I didn't jump on the Jury Duty train when it first came out but once I did watch it, I absolutely loved it and was amazed at how it all came together and how they found the absolute perfect person to be the one person not in on the joke. I was pretty skeptical (though not surprised) when they announced a second season. It felt like lightning wouldn't strike twice. While it may not be quite as perfect as the first season, the second season so far seems to get closer than I would have thought. Once again, they found the perfect person to play the one guy who doesn't know what's going...
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BENAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: March 9, 2026

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week I am looking at the major Oscar races, Rooster and RJ Decker . Plus the latest episodes of Shrinking, Paradise and DTF St. Louis . Plus I am taking a look back at Happy Endings and counting down my Top 10 Shows Beginning with F. This newsletter will be on a one week break next week and will return on March 23!   WHAT'S NEW OSCARS PREDICTIONS The Oscars are this Sunday! With Conan O'Brien returning as host, there are quite a few unpredictable major categories. The Best Picture race still seems to be close to between One Battle After Another and Sinners while the Supporting races are a complete crapshoot and Lead Actor was thrown into chaos after last week's Actor Awards. Since I've watched more movies this year, below is what I think Will & Should win in the major categories! Best Picture Will Win: Sinners Should Win: One Battle After Another Best Director Will/Should Win: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Lead ...
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