Thoughts on the Emmy Nominations ('24-'25)

In lieu of a "what I watched so far / planning to watch" post, here's my initial reactions to the newly announced Emmy Nominations (so there might be some overlap with last year's post)

Best Drama Series

Best of what I've watched: Andor (Disney)
Best of what I guess I'll have to watch: The Pitt (HBO)

Best I'll probably never see: The Diplomat (Netflix)

Best for people who liked Lost: Paradise (Hulu)

Best "not quite at its peak yet" hopefully: Severance (Apple)

Best dadcore: Slow Horses (Apple)

Nom that's getting worse and prob should not be nominated: The White Lotus (HBO GO)

Best Comedy Series

Best of what I've watched: The Studio (Apple)

Best of what I guess I'll have to watch: Shrinking (Apple)

Best underrated / sad it'll never get/got to win: What We Do In The Shadows (Hulu)

Best overcooked: The Bear (Hulu)

Best I'm too far behind to catch up: Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Best I never started and am too far behind: Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best of the rest: Hacks (HBO GO NOW)

Nope, not every gonna watch: Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Best Limited or Anthology Series

Best of what I've watched: Adolescence (Netflix)

Best of what I guess I'll have to watch: Dying for Sex (Hulu)

Best of the Rest: Black Mirror (Netflix)

Best overrated: The Penguin (HBO GO NOW MAX)

Saw it, should not be nominated, full stop: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)

Best Television Movie:

Best of what I've had on my list since it came out and now I need to prioritize: Mountainhead (HBO GO NOW MAX PLUS)

Best of what I learned of its existence today and want to watch (tie): Nonnas (Netflix)

Best of what I learned of its existence today and want to watch (tie): Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

Best I'm too far behind to catch up: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)

Nope, even though I watch and tend to love any movie involving a sniper and/or assassin, is bad and should not have been nominated: The Gorge (Apple)

Other Snap Judgements

• My wife loves The Traitors (Peacock) 
• Rooting for Jimmy Kimmel (ABC)
• John Mulaney (Netflix) should have been nominated for Best Scripted Variety Series
• It'll be fun to see Adam Scott win for Severance (Apple)
• I keep hearing how great Sharon Horgan is, I need to watch Bad Sisters (Apple) 
• Don't like how three separate Severance (Apple) actors will split votes for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Stephen Graham is a lock to win Best Actor in a Limited Series for Adolescence (Netflix)
• I think this show may also produce both winners in the supporting categories with Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty (their ep may be the best hour of all TV this year)
• Could see a sweep of all Emmys including writing and directing
• The White Lotus (HBO GO NOW MAX PLUS MORE) does not deserve four nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• A great opportunity to right a past wrong is to give The Boys' (Amazon) Giancarlo Esposito the Emmy for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
• She won't win for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series, but I'm cheering for Merritt Wever in Severance (Apple)
• Best Actress in a Comedy Series should not go to anybody from the unfunny The Bear (Hulu)
• Best Actor in a Comedy Series should not go to anybody from the unfunny The Bear (Hulu)
• I'm happy that Colman Domingo was nominated for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series because it proves voters saw The Four Seasons (Netflix) and agree that the rest of it was trash
• I might yell in celebration the loudest if Kathryn Hahn wins Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Studio (Apple)
• Five of the six nominations for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series are from The Studio (Apple) - with the only other nomination going to a show that is unfunny - should be Bryan Cranston, but will find it as a way to give an Emmy to Ron Howard or Martin Scorsese
• My wife might yell in disgust if Robby Hoffman wins Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Hacks (HBO GO NOW MAX PLUS MORE AND)
• Rashida Jones was the highpoint of the recent Black Mirror (Netflix) season and hope she wins for Best Actress in a Limited Series
• I HAD TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES TO LEARN THAT NATHAN FIELDER FINALLY GETS A NOMINATION FOR THE REHEARSAL (HBO GO NOW MAX PLUS MORE AND READY FOR TAKEOFF)
• I think the speech I most want to see is either Janus Metz winning Best Directing a Drama Series or Dan Gilroy winning Best Writing for a Drama Series with Andor (Disney)
• BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES NEEDS TO GO TO NATHAN FIELDER FOR THE REHEARSAL (HBO GO NOW MAX PLUS MORE AND READY FOR TAKEOFF FOR THE MOHAVE MIRACLE)

Until Sunday September 14,
TQ

The 2024 TQ Music Awards

Welcome to my 14th annual Music Awards / year in review post. A more truthful statement would be...

Welcome, me in the future, to your diary entry to what music was in your life during 2024.

[Previous Years: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

2024 was a very bad year. Were my listening choices (leaning more to dance and pop) made in a subliminal effort to improve my mood? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

My annual playlist looks more like it was made by a 17-year-old girl and not the 45+-year-old suburban husband that I am. But even if my annual playlist doesn't reflect it, the following are still true:

• My favorite band is Radiohead
• The music I've seen live the most is still Broken Social Scene, My Morning Jacket (including Jim James solo efforts), and Cut Copy
• I would get on a plane to see Explosions in the Sky
  

Song of the Year: “Baddy On The Floor” by Jamie xx

[runner up: “She's Gone, Dance On” by Disclosure]

I didn't need an evil streaming prison* to tell me what** was the most played song for me this year. It was released early in the year and nothing since came close to besting it. And in a return to tradition, I saw it performed live this year!

*Spotify

**Not to get all "tinfoil hat" on ya, but... Do we really believe what they (see above asterisk) are telling us?

Album of the Year: BRAT by Charli xcx

[runner up: In Waves by Jamie xx]

There are two paths to this award for me. One is the typical "can't stop listening to it" album and the other is "I ended up listening it to a lot because I couldn't decide which one track to add to my Best Of playlist." BRAT wins because of the ladder.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Concert of the Year: Pitchfork Music Festival (Saturday only)

[runner up: this was the only live music I saw in 2024]

For the first time ever, a music fest placed the three acts I wanted to see most on the same day at non-conflicting times. Jessie Ware, an act I've always wanted see but hadn't before. Carly Rae Jepsen, the official center of my wife's and my Venn Diagram of music tastes. And Jamie xx, an artist I've vowed to see every time they are in town. Bonus: I have tickets to see Jamie xx when he returns in January 2025!

Song of the Summer: your fave Chappell Roan track

[runner up: your fave parody of a Chappell Roan track]

For me? It's "HOT TO GO!" Yes, I'm aware that is technically a track released in 2023, but this is the best Music Madlib song since "Call Me Maybe." There are so many seven-letter words I love to sing now (e.g.; C,H,I,C-,  A-,  G,O!). Shout out to whoever first thought of "H, O, T, D-,  O-,  G, S! One-dollar-and-fifty-cents!

Song Discovered Thanks to a TV Show / Movie of the Year: “Pump It Up” by Endor (used in The Substance)

Regret of the Year: Not moving to Tidal

I've heard Tidal is the best for artists. I need a 12-step program to get Spotify-sober. Tidal, pun intended, is how I want to leave the island where I've sat since shipwrecked since 2011.

Best Decision I made in 2024: Writing this post

I don't like looking back at this past year. I don't like any "stats" from 2024. But as the title of the second most track I listened to states: She's Gone, Dance On. Finally, to the 5 (not an exaggeration) others that see this, thank you very much for reading (or listening).

TQ's Year of TV (2024)

It's an honor just to get watched

Previous Years:
2023 / 2022 / 2021

2020 / 2019 / 2018

2017 / 2016 / 2015 

2014 LT / 2014 NLT

2013 / 2012 / 2011

Best TV Show That Is Seriously Great:

Presumed Innocent (Apple) 
Runner-up: Conan O'Brien Must Go (Max)

PI wins because I remembered the 1990 movie (the one with Harrison Ford) based on the same book and was still very captivated. I'm told - for "Taylor Swift Reasons" - one's not to like Jake Gyllenhaal. JG does a great job of embodying a character you know should be hated but also kinda understand why people could be attracted.

Meanwhile, more of unbridled, unshackled by networks, Conan!

Best TV Show That Has Recently Completed / All Seasons Watch Recommend:

What We Do In The Shadows (FX / Hulu) 

Runner-up: English Teacher (Hulu) 

I've been saying WWDITS is the "best comedy currently running" and now it's gone.

Meanwhile, if you know you know... I don't think ET is getting a second season.

Best Comedy Still Running:

Hacks (Max) 
Runner-up: Girls5eva (Netflix)

It's really tough to "be funny showing funny" but Hacks does it.

Meanwhile, I just hope we get more songs from Girls5eva.

Best Shelter In Place (one-day-marathon) Show:

Mr. McMahon (Netflix) 
Runner-up: Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

My wife will tell you that MM is enjoyable with zero pro wrestling or context knowledge.

Meanwhile, I am not recommending BR, but it is a high quality show that you will never want to watch again.

Best TV Show That Is Bonkers:

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. (Netflix)

Runner-up: The Boys (Amazon)

Mulaney created the ultimate "you had to be there" show.

Meanwhile, The Boys may appear less bonkers because the world is becoming more bonkers.

Best TV Show That Needs To Get Resurrected ASAP:

The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)

Runner-up: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple)

I can't get enough of any show about a highly skilled assassin that also has multiple Radiohead songs in its soundtrack.

Meanwhile, M:LoM is likely the best show on Apple you're not watching.

Best Limited-Run Anthology Series:

Disclaimer (Apple)

Runner-up: Fargo (FX)

Disclaimer is almost in Baby Reindeer territory in how it will catch you off-guard in the worst way, but unlike BR - I recommend watching it..

Meanwhile, Fargo is GONNA FARGO and we all love it.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

• Most over-rated: The Morning Show (Apple)
• Most over-hyped, but still good: The Penguin (Max)
• I can't quit you, but you're getting worse every time: Love Is Blind (Netflix)
• I think I have quit you because you got worse every time: Cobra Kai (Netflix)
• Honorary Distopian Future, thus I must watch: Silo (Apple)
• Honorary "I'm still very good" Premise, thus I'll always watch: True Detective: Night Country (Max)
• Too Much Intellectual Property, Star Wars Division: The Acolyte (Disney)
• Too Much Intellectual Property, Marvel Division: Agatha All Along (Disney)
• Episode, you know which one, of the year: The Bear (Hulu)
• Dadcore Award of the year: Reacher (Amazon)
• Johnny-Come-Lately Award for show from a prior year that I watched late: Hijack (Apple)
• Reality-show Adjacent Award for Competition: AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)
• Spousal Duty watch because your wife has an inexplicable and undying lovecrush on the seemingly very sexy Ray Romano: No Good Deed (Netflix)
• Best show to watch on airplane because it's subtitled and others can enjoy: Shōgun (Hulu)
• The show I kinda liked but don't know if anybody who didn't read the book would like: Dark Matter (Apple)
• The show that's impossible for me to like because I didn't read the book: Dune Prophecy (Max)
• I quit but wish I was smarter enough to enjoy: 3 Body Problem (Netflix)
• Legal system reconciliation plea of the year: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)

STILL IN THE QUEUE:

Man on the Inside (Netflix)

Black Doves (Netflix)

Bad Monkey (Apple)

Mr and Mrs Smith (Amazon)

Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)

Say Nothing (FX / Hulu)

The Old Man (Hulu)

Poker Face (Peacock)

Tokyo Vice (Max)

Industry (Max)

Ripley (Netflix)

House of the Dragon (Max)

Somebody Somewhere (Max)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Mrs. Davis (Peacock)

See it soon,
TQ

The 2023 TQ Music Awards

Welcome to my 13th annual Music Awards / year in review post.

[Previous Year End Reviews: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

Last year I said I was officially over the hill because both my annual playlist and that my minutes on Spotify were less from the prior year. Sadly, that trend has continued in 2023. However, there is another metric that has increased for two years now, which gives me hope... the increased influence that the Eurovision Song Contest has in my annual post!

Song of the Year: “Tattoo” by Loreen

[runner up: “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä]

Yes - my top two tracks of the year are the top two vote getters in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. I had a blast watching Eurovision live (on Peacock!) this year and have had both songs in my Best Of playlist ever since. If I ever find myself in a karaoke bar in Sweden - I'm going with "Tattoo!"

Album of the Year: That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware

[runner up: My Soft Machine by Arlo Parks

Jessie Ware has had a handful of albums, but her latest effort is arguably the best.  At first she was positioned as the next Amy Winehouse - but I think she's more a hybrid between Winehouse and Janelle Monae. That! Feels Good! is a timeless pop album that feels at home in a speakeasy or junior high dance. 

Concert of the Year: Explosions in the Sky at Ryman Auditorium

[runner up: Adam Pally at The Den Theatre]

More than a decade after I wrote down "See a show at the Ryman Auditorium" on my Bucket List - I crossed it off in September! My wife and I had a great long weekend in Nashville that was punctuated by seeing one of my favorite bands: Explosions in the Sky. It was perfect. Even my wife was "having a great time" at it.

Song of the Summer: "Cha Cha Cha" by Käärijä

[runner up: "Slut Me Out" by NLE Choppa]

Song Discovered Thanks to a TV Show / Movie of the Year: “Like An Eagle” by Dennis Parker (used in The Curse on SHO)

Regret of the Year: Missed shows

2023 is a year I'd like to forget, full stop. My concert going this past year is in line with that sentiment. I had tickets to as many acts (LCD Soundsystem, Jamie xx, Phoenix, Beck) as I saw (Explosions in the Sky, The National, Soccer Mommy).

Best Decision I made in 2022: The Nashville Weekend

Thank you very much for reading (or listening).

TQ's Year of TV (2023)

Because I tried something new this year by splitting (1st thrirdly checkin) & 2nd thirdly checkin) my review into three posts, here are the shows I've watched the final four months of the year:

Billions (SHO) - Did a great job landing the plane with its final season

Telemarketers (HBO) - A very entertaining documentary in less than 180 minutes

Welcome to Wrexham (FX) - The best sports documentary you can watch

How To With John Wilson (HBO) - An awesome documentary that can't be replicated

The Curse (SHO) - Nathan Fielder until I die

What We Do In The Shadows (FX) - One of the most consistently funny shows 

Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix) - A very dark concept exceptionally executed

For All Mankind, Monarch, and Slow Horses (Apple)  - I'm in the middle of each of these's current seasons

Best Shelter In Place Show:

Succession (HBO) 
Runner-up: Jury Duty (Prime)

It's old news by now, but the final season of Succession was perfect in terms of plot pacing and mystery. Most of these high-end shows are about who will not get killed at the end... This show was about who's career would end. I loved it. Please watch Jury Duty. I think James Marsden should win the Emmy for his performance.

Best TV Show That Has Recently Completed / All Seasons Watch Recommend:

How To With John Wilson (HBO) 

Runner-up: Billions (SHO) 

I can't wait to see what John Wilson does next. It also helped to have NYC's How To compared with Jersey's Telemarketers at the same time. Somebody make a Succession + Billions crossover movie! 

Best TV Show That Is Seriously Great:

The Bear (Hulu)

Runner-up: Beef (Netflix)

I said it before and I'll say it again: season two is worth the hype. The Richie-centric episode is the best, but the "Seven Fishes" hour needs an entirely new category on its own for the Emmys. Beef isn't a spin-off of The Bear, but is almost just as good.

Best TV Show That Is Bonkers:

Paul T. Goldman (Peacock)

Runner-up: Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)

Paul T. Goldman would tell you truth is stranger than fiction, but he doesn't know the difference between the two. If you watched and liked Squid Game, give the game show based on it an attempt.

Best TV Show That Needs To Get Resurrected ASAP:

Mythic Quest (Peacock)

Runner-up: Cunk On Earth (Netflix)

As with the case with both the winner and runner-up, I don't know if they've been cancelled or renewed. All know is that I hope they both get more episodes for their stories.

Best Limited-Run Anthology Series:

Class of '09 (Hulu)

Runner-up: Telemarketers (HBO)

If you were a fan of Damages (the Glenn Close & Rose Byrne are lawyers show), you'll enjoy Class of '09. If you've ever received an unwanted call from a telemarketer, you'll enjoy Telemarketers.

Best TV Show That Had a Disappointing Recent Season:

Ted Lasso (Apple)
Runner-up: Barry (HBO)
This sounds too harsh for these two shows because even at their worst, they are better than many, many other shows.

Best TV Shows That I Quit:

Foundation (Apple)
Lucky Hank (AMC)

The Crown (Netflix)

Corrections, Omissions, and shows from older years got might have been award snubs

Killing Eve (Hulu)

I likes season one, thought season two was taking it too far beyond realistic, and watched season three for completist reasons... Whole show left Hulu before I got to see its final season (I'm okay not ever seeing it).

STILL IN THE QUEUE:

Fargo (FX)

Reacher (Prime)

Reservation Dogs (Hulu)

Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Poker Face (Peacock)

Mrs. Davis (Peacock)

Under the Banner of Heaven (Hulu)

The Old Man (Hulu)

See it soon,
TQ

My Dad (1937-2023)

The first obituary I've had the honor to write.

* * *

Dan dancing was once described by his mother-in-law as a "potty dance"

Daniel Joseph Quiery passed away peacefully in his sleep last Saturday at the age of 86. He is survived by his wife Patricia (Plouff) Quiery, daughter Maureen Quiery, son Thomas (Jennifer Kelly) Quiery, sister Margaret (Quiery) Dittmann, and 21 nieces and nephews. The family is comforted that he will be reunited in Heaven with his parents, five siblings, and his infant son Kevin.

November 2021 with his sister

Born and raised in Milwaukee, he graduated from both Marquette University High School and Marquette University. After graduation, Dan met Patti and began a relationship that would see seven different decades.

A salesman to his last day, his career took his newly pregnant wife to the Chicago Suburbs, where they welcomed Maureen, Kevin, and Tom. He served on the parish council of St. Alphonsus Liguori Parish - a church that would barely contain his emphatic voice from the Lectern or his boisterous singing from the pews. Dan’s civic passion led him to proudly represent Prospect Heights on the Commission of the Palwaukee International Airport, to run a dramatic race for Alderman (in which he received the second most votes out of two candidates), and to routinely make a mockery of himself on a high dive to entertain fellow citizens at the park district pool.

But during his first meeting with his future daughter-in-law, he would boast his most prized accomplishment: 2011 Escort of the Year. This was obviously referencing his volunteer work during his retirement driving people to doctor's appointments who were unable to drive themselves. There is no hardware to document his other titles:

• Most Likely To Give The Postal Worker, Snowplow Driver, or. a Garbageman a Bottle of Water
• Best Retail Customer in a Supportive Action of Calling Strangers by The Name They Chose (or asking them how to pronounce a name)
• Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to the Practice of Therapy as Administered by Retired Patrons Drinking Coffee in McDonalds

2011 "Escort of the Year"

Dan Quiery was a funny man. He dabbled in both intentional and unintentional humor with material that earned laughs more for its delivery than quality of punchline. You didn’t need to understand his joke, but you couldn’t doubt his intention to entertain. His specialty was storytelling, which would lead to closing sales and fostering friendships.

As a Father, he would attend every Daddy/Daughter Dance, shoot free throws in the driveway, and always be THERE. Nothing was ever prioritized over his focus of loving and supporting the mother of his children. 

The services will take place on Friday November 10. Visitation is at 10:00 am preceding a Funeral Mass at 11:00 am - both at St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Prospect Heights. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to The Beloved Retreat at Old St. Pat’s Church.

February 2023 with his daughter

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So that's what I pasted into Legacy.com (minus the pics)... Some additional context to the above references:

• 

  January 2023 with his family

  My dad had tons of affinity for Marquette University High School. He spoke fondly of his time as a "player" in the theatre department and his unexpected induction into its Sports Hall of Fame (for what we know was a water boy his freshman year for a State Champion Football Season). He donated every year to the school until his death.

• 

  March 2021 at a Marquette game

  He also went to Marquette University. The youngest of six siblings, his parents retired and moved to Florida was he was 18. Left alone in the city, he lived off campus with three roommates to take classes in the morning and work second-shift at a canning plant. He was on academic probation the entirety of his enrollment and had to ace the last class he took (Christian Family & Marriage). Of course I went to school there too and I loved bringing him to as many basketball games as I could.



February 2015 in a Culver's

• I'm forever curious what my dad was like between 1960 (when he left Milwaukee for his first job selling paint in Minnesota) and 1970 (the year of his wedding). It's impossible to frame a perception of him that wasn't motivated by the love he had for his wife. My mom says, "there may be men as good as Dan, but nobody is a better man."
• The bulk of his career was selling law books (Matthew Bender, later purchased by the Tribune Company), a job made obsolete by computers. Perhaps that's why my two parents never aligned on a vote for President - because changing laws was good for business. I know he was great because he was awarded "President's Club" status that got my parents reward incentive trips to Aspen, Maui, and more. He said his favorite job was working for a taxi company getting hotels and retirement communities to hire their drivers. It was a perfect mix of a workplace full of characters, a community that needed engagement, and a showcase of his most underrated skill (driving a car).

  

  November 2021 with his wife

  
  
• During 4th of July holidays, our small suburb had a festival that included suspect tilt o whirls and a park district pool. For a few years in a row there was some sort of informal "diving performance" in which my dad wore a funny hat and performed various "comedic dives." One in which he would feign incredible nerves from the 20 foot high dive which would cause the board to shake wildly. Another bit included waving his arms like a windmill until his hand would eventually smack his own butt propelling him to the water.
• Palwaukee International Airport, later named Chicago Executive Airport (the Willis Tower of Airport Names), is jointly owned by the village of Wheeling and the city of Prospect Heights. A Commission (that acts like a Board of Directors) comprised of ten citizens (five from each municipality) manage it. The Chairman of this Commission changes every year to have its leader rotate annually between Wheeling and Prospect Heights, which meant every other year my dad was the Chairman of the Commission.
  

• 

  March 1998 in politics
  

  My dad got absolutely destroyed in his one and only attempt at formal politics.This is likely due to his disdain for yard signs (too braggy) and to his refusal to say one bad word about his opponent. I am dying to tell you more here - expressing my true disappointment in Prospect Heights - but I know my dad wouldn't want it.
• There's a detail in the above obit that might catch some people who know me off guard. Kevin Quiery was born in July 1976 and passed away due to liver disease in April 1977. The horror of knowing an infant is ill and flying across the country searching for care is something I'll never experience and can't bear to imagine. Kevin's experience on Earth forever changed our family for the better.
• Finally, my sister and I were never "bad kids." Neither of us saw the inside of detention hall and we acted so beneath the law that we didn't even have curfews. But we were high maintenance. It demanded that our parents were always there and they WERE. I appreciated his guidance on everything and will recall my memories to aid in any future decision I'll ever make. I had 44 years with the guy and I was thankful the entire time. I'll never stop being thankful. He was the best.
  

  

  My role model

TQ's (2nd thirdly checkin for 2023's) Year of TV

Trying something new this year.

If people are like me, they use year-end TV Show lists to build their watchlist, but by the times these lists are posted - there's no time left to watch. It's also a lot easier to rembember the shows I watched if I write a couple checkin posts before December. (the 1st thrirdly checkin)

PAST YEARS AWARDS

[2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 LT / 2014 NLT / 2013 / 2012 / 2011]

THIS YEAR's EARLY RETURNS

I Think You Should Leave (Netflix) - Best two sketches were "Egg Game" & "Pay It Forward"

Succession (HBO) - It's awesome when great shows have a great final season

The Bear (Hulu) - The second season is worth it's hype

Justified: City Primeval (Hulu) - A much welcome return all fans of the 1st series should watch

The Other Two (HBO) - Saw most of it before the reality of how truly lifelike it was for the creators

Barry (HBO) - A show that started fun weird and ended scary fun

Ted Lasso (Apple) - Whatever this "final" season tried to accomplish, IMO, failed

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX) - The true Cal Ripkin Jr of comedy

Class of '09 (Hulu) - A single season mini-series that nobody else saw, but should consider

Beef (Netflix)  - A "single?" season mini-series that everybody saw, for great reasons

Yellowjackets (Sho) - A sophomore slump

Silo (Apple) - Give me any Future Sci-Fi World Builder and I'll watch it 

Black Mirror (Netflix) - Only one episode qualified as a "Black Mirror Ep"

Full Swing (Netflix) - I'm not sure I'll watch the second season

Extrapolations (Apple) - Worst show I completed

Lucky Hank (AMC) - Couldn't even finish the first season (sorry, Bob)

Winning Time (HBO)  - watching now

Billions (Sho)  - watching now

2022 Corrections, Omissions, and shows from older years got might have been award snubs

Atlanta (Hulu)

I agree that s3 & s4 should've been flipped, but all seasons were great

The Offer (Paramount)

Who knows how much of that was true, but still very enjoyable if you like The Godfather

Drive to Survive (Netflix)

I watched all the seasons of this show and got caught up in these past few months

STILL IN THE QUEUE: (order of wife-approved wife priority)

Reservation Dogs (Hulu)

This Fool (Hulu)

Foundation (Apple)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Poker Face (Peacock)

Mrs. Davis (Peacock)

Under the Banner of Heaven (Hulu)

The Old Man (Hulu)

Rami (Hulu)

and there might be another season of Jack Ryan out there somehow?

See it soon,
TQ