Benjamonster's TV

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week, I am looking at my Top 12 Most Anticipated Summer Shows plus the most recent episodes of Hacks and  Margo's Got Money Troubles . I am also counting down my Top 10 TV Shows starting with the letter N and taking a look at the Emmy races for Comedy and Drama Series. This will be my last weekly newsletter until September as I am taking the summer off from the newsletter. However, you can still check out my Benjamonster Awards throughout the month of July in this space and I'll continue to be contributing to  The TV Ratings Guide  on Tuesdays and Wednesdays! WHAT'S NEW TOP 12 MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER SERIES With this being my final newsletter until September, I wanted to take a look at my most anticipated summer shows. Last year was a barren wasteland for summer programming as far as I was concerned but on paper, this summer looks better. Here are the ones that seem most interesting to me! 12. Lanterns (HBO, August 16) This comes in a...

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week, I am looking at the special episode of The Bear , the season finale of Rooster and the latest episodes of Margo's Got Money Troubles and Euphoria . Plus, my Top 10 TV Shows starting with M and a look at the Limited Series Emmy race! WHAT'S NEW I don't have anything new to report this week. The number of May premieres I am interested are few and far between and I'm pretty behind on some of my "background" shows (meaning broadcast network procedurals mostly). I will say that I am thrilled that NBC went back to pilot season this year and I hope the other networks follow suit. They didn't do 20+ pilots like the old days but it sounds like they were happy with the eight they made, picking up four of them. It will be interesting to see if it results in higher quality broadcast shows. LAST WEEK ON... The Bear "Gary" The Bear dropped a surprise episode this week that was a flashback focusing on Richie and Mikey...

Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week, I am making my Tony Award predictions, looking at the finale of Imperfect Women and the most recent episodes of Hacks and Margo's Got Money Troubles . Also, I am counting down my Top 5 Shows Starting with L and taking a look at the Emmy race for Lead Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series! WHAT'S NEW TONY NOMINATION PREDICTIONS I didn't have anything new to review this week (I sampled Widow's Bay and thought there were some interesting things but it wasn't for me) so I'll use this space to give my Tony Award nomination predictions. The nominations are announced tomorrow morning and it's a light year for musicals but a stacked year for plays. Here are my predictions for the major categories: Best Musical: The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Best Revival of a Musical: Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show Best Play: The Balusters, The Fear of 13, Giant,...