Another Seaside Town Of Doom

It's been a while and there's some omission that will surface at a later but here's a rundown of recent shows that I've been watching.

9-1-1: Season 9 has probably been the weakest season of the show and there's a part of me that doesn't want to continue watching but I might. I do think Buck going from being kidnapped, having an addiction and now potentially being a father to his dead friends rambunctious son were all storylines that needed more time to breathe. Instead they're all rushed. As for Athena, I guess I am curious to see how she'll fare as a detective next season.

9-1-1: Nashville: Let's be honest, the rivalry between Blythe and Dixie might be repetitive every episode but it's one of the few times where the show's campiness actually works in it's favour. The diss track saga might even be the best story from this largely uneven first season. It even led to a fricking cat fight cliffhanger with the pair.

Daredevil: Born Again: A classic example of wanting to like a season, liking certain aspects but being largely bored with it as it further went along. At this point, I am well and truly over Matt Murdock vs. Wilson Fisk and if this show has any hope of going beyond next season, it needs to get over it as well. There was a decent rivalry between Karen and Heather, death for Vanessa and Daniel, the welcomed return of Jessica Jones but too often this season felt like it was sleepwalking.

The Boys: Season 5 hasn't turned out to be grand epic final that most fans were hoping but it's not quite been the Game Of Thrones style misfire. It's mostly been in between and would fall into "serviceable" at best. Too much time did seem to focus on setting up on Vought Rising and that much hyped Supernatural reunion amounted to very little. Homelander had too much plot armour as per usual but at least we're free of both him and Butcher. I've never been happier to see two main characters die than those two. I will not be covering that prequel series. After this final season, I'm definitely out of interest in this universe.

Widow's Bay: Matthew Rhys continues to build himself as an underrated king of television and his latest show would be one in my current favourite genre. Well, it's more horror comedy and the first half of the season has seen a lot of crazy shit happen in a seaside town. Rhys himself has proven to be well cast as the town's slightly inept Mayor doing his best to help his town and there's a good slew of characters for him to bounce off. I can see this show ending up in a few favourite lists towards the end of the year.

• Dan Stevens and Brian Cox will play different killers in the second season of Dexter: Resurrection. Uma Thurman and Desmond Harrington will also return.
• Sky have acquired the rights to the new Baywatch. The show will premiere on FOX from January 2027.
• A Texas based spin-off for Grey's Anatomy has been commissioned at ABC.
• Vision Quest will premiere on Disney+ from October 12th.
• HBO limited series The Chain has found it's lead in Jodie Comer.
• The Vampire Lestat will premiere on AMC from June 7th. An After show will also air alongside the new season.
• Season 6 of Only Murders In The Building has now gone into production.
• Stuart Fails To Save The Universe will now premiere on HBO Max from July 23rd.
• Scrubs has been renewed for an eleventh season at ABC.
• Netflix have renewed Running Point for a third season.
• The White Lotus has replaced Helena Bonham Carter with Laura Dern. Season 4 is now filming in France.
• Bridgerton will premiere it's fifth season in 2027.
• The final season of The Bear will premiere on FX from June 25th.

Burned By Paris

It's been a while since I've done one of these but again, a look at most of the recent things I've watched over the past few weeks.

Bridgerton: I enjoyed the first half of the third season and the second half had a lot to live up to. Did it manage to do so? I'd say it actually did as the remaining four episodes not only had Penelope and Colin go full steam ahead with their nuptials along with the very public reveal of Penelope being Lady Whistledown. I do feel the Whistledown was almost too easily resolved with the Queen but the Polin love story worked overall. Other highlights in the second half included Francesca's continued expansion as a character as well as tapping into Benedict's bisexuality. Bring on the next season.

Interview With The Vampire: I'm not sure if releasing the second season during the summer was a wise idea on AMC's part but on the other hand, how fucking good was this season overall? The big flashback episode with Daniel was amazing as was Claudia's death and the deconstruction of Louis and Armand's relationship. While I do think that Lestat could've been reintroduced into the main action quicker, when he did return, it was a much welcome jolt to this season. Santiago made for such a horrible baddie that his comeuppance was truly satisfying and yes, Daniel became a vampire. Great stuff overall.

The Bear: Yes, I watched the third season in two days. While not as good as the first two seasons (I found the opener very sluggish), there was still a lot to recommend. Specifically episodes such as Napkins and Ice Chips, both of which are likely Emmy contenders next year. The guest stars being utilised pretty, especially the likes of Will Poulter and Olivia Colman in the finale but I do feel that Carmy as a character hasn't progressed and some of his scenes with both Sydney and Richie often felt repetitive this season. Not to mention the neverending threat of the restaurant getting closed down. Other than that, it's still worth watching.

The Boys: Season 4 of this superhero show certainly got more political than ever before and to the point where the type of people who often missed the point of Homelander as a character, realised they were the very people being lampooned. Anyways we got two new supes with Firecracker and Sister Sage being strong additions, A-Train showing character growth with The Deep and Black Noir II doing the exact opposite. Homelander got worse, Ashley freaked out more, Ryan flip flopped as did Victoria Newman. As for the good guys, Butcher hallucinated a former comrade, Frenchie briefly had a boyfriend, Kimiko spoke her first word, MM had massive anxiety, Hughie got traumatised repeatedly and Annie had to deal with rivals wrecking her life and her powers being on the fritz. Oh and characters from Gen V popped up. Certainly wasn't a boring season. 

The Jetty: Ah, Jenna Coleman. It's been a while since we last had her on our screen and this four part BBC detective series served as a reminder of how compelling an actor she can be. Ember Manning turned out to be a complicated character, navigating her relationships between her mother and daughter while also trying to resolve a case from her teenage years. I'll admit the flashbacks were a bit confusing to begin with and the podcaster had some heavy handed dialogue in parts but as a series, I thought it got stronger in the second half with a surprise twist that worked well. Could it come back for a second series? I don't see why not.

• Luke Thompson fans rejoice. Netflix have announced that Benedict and Sophie will be the love story of the fourth season of Bridgerton in 2026.
• The Boys fifth and final season is currently being written and will be released on Amazon in 2026. Season 2 of Gen V will premiere in 2025.
• Interview With The Vampire Season 2 will air on BBC2 from August 1st at 9pm. AMC have renewed the show for a third season.
• The fate of Chucky currently remains in flux. An announcement on its future should be soon.
• Filming for the third season of House Of The Dragon's third season has been rumoured for later this year.
• Welcome To Derry will air on HBO as well being streamed on Max as will Dune: Prophecy.
• Kim Cattrall has confirmed she will not be returning for the third season of And Just Like That. However, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Cake and Logan Marshall-Green will recur in the new season.
• Maura Tierney has joined the cast of Law And Order.
• Grey's Anatomy will add a new gay male character for it's upcoming twenty first season.
• Tatiana Maslany and Cory Michael Smith will lead the horror comedy series, Nightbeast for Amazon.
• Julia has been cancelled after two seasons by Max.

Embiggen Y'all

Yup, this one I should've done a bit earlier and there's two shows starting/concluding that I will talk about next month but here's a rundown of stuff I've been watching. 

Ms. Marvel: With the next show having already debuted on Disney+, I should talk about this six part series that wrapped up over a month ago. It might not have been as big a hot as previous MCU shows but this series did what it needed to do in terms of getting Kamala Khan's origin story off the ground and setting the character up for her big screen debut in The Marvels next year. Iman Vellani did a great job as Kamala, her supporting cast were great, the Clandenstines made for an okay group of baddies and it was nice to get a brief appearance from Carol Danvers to boot.

Stranger Things: Netflix coming to the realisation that going down the split season route with big shows and having a big pay off for them might be the very thing to help them out of the doldrums they're currently. The finale two episodes of the fourth season of this show basically played out like two movies with all the separate groups almost converging on one another in order to take Vecna was stunning. Sure we lost Eddie, Max is in a coma and both Will and Eleven know that worse will come but this was a fantastic way to end what has easily been the best season of the show we've had so far. The expectations for the show's final season are definitely higher than ever now.

The Boys: Season 3 just about managed to prove that while Soldier Boy isn't worse than Homelander, he's not that far off. Both of them being related certainly made a lot of sense along with Ryan siding with his father after Billy's treatment of him earlier this season. This season ended with Homelander being untouchable, Maeve gone, Starlight fully joining the Boys and Billy possibly on the way out. And then there was the Herogasm event that while tamer than the source material itself still managed to be a rather shocking episode.

The Flash: Season 8 ended on a somewhat decent note and now that the end really is nigh, overall this has been a very disjointed season. Reverse Flash got recycled again, Fast Track did nothing of note and who know what Chillblaine brought back from the dead in lieu of Frost. Not to mention Iris's time sickness storyline which dragged out for too long and Cecile being overpowered as a character. I really hope the last season can end this show on a decent note.

The Thing About Pam: In a nutshell, this limited series seemed like Renee Zellweger's attempt to bag herself an Emmy nomination but tonally it was a bit too Dateline meets Desperate Housewives that it jarred a bit. Zellweger did give a good performance as killer Pamela Hupp who murdered her best friend (among others) and tried her best to get away, only to get caught in the end. It's not the strongest limited series you'll watch this year but the six episodes do fly by, so it has that in it's favour.

• Sarah Michelle Gellar will be a regular in upcoming sequel series Wolf Pack for Paramount+ as well as an executive producer.
• Russell Tovey, Zachary Quinto, Sandra Bernhard and Isaac Cole Powell will feature in the upcoming eleventh season of American Horror Story.
• And Just Like That  will see John Corbett reprise his role as Aidan for it's upcoming second season.
• Neve Campbell and  Steven Pasquale have joined the cast of David E. Kelley's ABC series, Avalon.
• Yellowjackets have added Lauren Ambrose, Simone Kessell and Elijah Wood to it's cast for it's second season.
• Dan Levy has joined the cast for Sex Education's fourth season.
• Tom Hollander, Calista Flockhart, Diane Lane and Chloe Sevigny have joined the cast for FX's Feud: Capote's Women.
• Why Women Kill has been cancelled after two seasons.
• Rory Culkin will feature in the sixth season of Black Mirror.
• Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Colin Farrell wil star in upcoming Apple+ series, Sugar.
• Monarch, the country music series starring Susan Sarandon for FOX will feature country music legends.
• BBC/Showtime will make the Gothic thriller The Woman In The Wall, starring Ruth Wilson and Darryl McCormack.
• Only Murders In The Building  has been renewed for a third season.

Running Up That Hill, Two Cassies And One Last Fairground Ride

 Yup, this is gonna be a tad longer than usual, so buckle in.

911: Season 5 has been pretty steady without too much boat rocking, only for there to be an arc with new character being a sort of serial killer with a saviour complex that put both Hen and Howie in danger and made Bobby question his own judgement. Other than that, there was a fire at the 911 centre that killed off Claudette, Hen and Karen getting remarried, Eddie coming back to the station and Buck ending things with Taylor. 

Derry Girls: The final three episodes of this show ended the series on one hell of a high note. From a delightful change in pace with the mothers getting a flashback episode of their own to a Halloween night ending in the death of Clare's father and then the hour long finale focusing on the Good Friday Agreement. This show absolutely nailed the landing with a series finale that did the the characters justice as they head off into an unknown but promising future. 

Love, Victor: I watched the third and final season in the space of two days and for a final season, I think that it did a good job of ending things with the characters. Victor and Benji might have had various obstacles in their way but it did make sense for them to be the endgame couple here. In terms of couples we also got Lucy and Lake, Rahim and Connor, Mia and Andrew and maybe even Felix and Pilar again. While I do feel the slight reduction in episodes might have speeded things up too quickly, overall this was a nice show to have watched.

Stranger Things: The first seven episodes of the fourth season of this show really took things to new and exciting heights. I mean, villain wise, Vecna is definitely up there with some of the scariest seen on this show and the way held connected to most of the different characters this season has been impressive. From trying to terrorise both Max and Nancy to a shared history with Eleven and the way his brutal actions put new characters like Eddie in the frame, he's definitely made one hell of an impression. I can't wait to see how the final two episodes wrap up his story and get Joyce, Murray and Hopper back into the main action of the season.

The Boys: The first four episodes of Season 3 have been quite the ride. I thought Homelander was terrible in the first two seasons but this season so far has not only made him even more unhinged than usual, but at every turn he's managed to undermine and outsmart every one else around. Then there's Billy and Hughie road testing the Temp V compound while searching for Soldier Boy while Maeve and Starlight conspire against Homelander. It's been gripping stuff so far.

The Flash: Now that we're into the final hurtle of episodes, it feels like an effort has been made to make things more interesting. How about one good Thawne who is in love with the speedster soon to be known as Fast Track while the other bad Thawne works with the now suddenly evil Deon? Not to mention the lack of Iris has been surprisingly good for the show. Not everything works as Diggle's two year plot was sloppily resolved, Cecile's now going down the vigilante path and Caitlin and Mark'a plan to resurrect Frost also feels rather tedious.

The Flight Attendant: I absolutely loved the first season of this show and thought it was a gem in HBO Max's crown but I hate to admit that I've been struggling with the second season. Five episodes in and it's been something of an almighty slump in quality. Cassie's recklessness while sympathetic beforehand has more ridiculous this season while having to deal with a doppelganger as well. On the plus side, Max and Annie are delightful as is Cassie's sponsor Brenda, but the Megan subplot and not enough Miranda have been low points this season.

• Charlie Carver and Billie Lourd will appear in the eleventh season of American Horror Story. The theme has yet to be revealed but the setting is 70s/80s New York.
• Cody Fern and Judith Light will appear in episodes of American Horror Stories second season. The show will be released on Hulu from July 21st.
• UK Viewers will be able to see The First Lady on Paramount+.
• AMC are interested in more spin-offs for Breaking Bad now that Better Call Saul is ending.
• Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo will star in the upcoming Apple TV series, Criminal  Record.
• Wilderness, an upcoming series for Amazon Prime will have both Jenna Coleman and Oliver Cohen-Jackson as leads.
• The CW have cancelled Charmed, Legacies, Dynasty, Roswell: New Mexico to name a few series.
• HBO Max have cancelled JJ Abrams Demimonde as well as both Raised By Wolves and Made For Love.
• Game Of Thrones have a sequel series focusing on Jon Snow in early development for HBO.
• Nicola Coughlin and Luke Newton's characters, Penelope and Colin will be the love story of the third season of Bridgerton.

Girls Get It Done

My last TV jumble blog for this year (though not my last blog, lol) and while I didn't watch a lot over the Christmas period, here's a few things I did finish up on.

A Recipe For Seduction: Without a doubt the strangest thing I have ever watched in my life and if there wasn't proof enough that 2020 really was that off a year, this 15 minute telemovie in which Mario Lopez played a silver fox version of the infamous KFC creator really drove that point home. With some hammy as hell acting, a gay supporting character and a soap opera romance along with a scheming love rival and even more scheming mother, this was pure daft but surprisingly entertaining. Sequel for next Christmas, yeah?

Schitt's Creek: Okay, so I watched all of Season 2 in the space of a few days (took a break for Christmas though) and yes, I get the buzz for this show now. The second season only built on the premise of the first season with Moira running for Mayor and not being shy in being underhanded, Johnny standing up for Roland and the town in a lovely scene during the finale, Alexis dumping Ted, getting with Mutt, losing Mutt and then working for Ted while David's adventures working for Wendy, making an old family recipe with Moira and the fun rivalry with Stevie and the addition of Jake. I'm totally sold on this show and will get through the remaining four seasons. 

The Boys: Season 2 continued on a very strong streak of episodes. While Billy has been one of the worst characters for me, I did like learning more about his family and by the finale, he probably did the right in relation to Ryan. The downfalls for both Stormfront and Homelander were glorious to watch, though I suspect both will come back with a vengeance next season. I loved the 'girls get it done' montage, the use of Lamplighter and even the arrival of Victoria hints at some interesting stuff for the next season. 

The Flight Attendant: HBO Max has undeniably gotten off to something of a shaky start but over the last few weeks, things have been looking up for the new streaming app. One of those things was this particular show and while it originally seemed like it was meant to be a miniseries, it's breakaway success has gotten it a second season. As for the episodes itself, the second half of the season upped the ante with Kaley Cuoco giving a sublime performance as Cassie while Alex's death was solved, Buckley turned out to be more dangerous than expected while Miranda proved to be a handy ally to have and even Shane surprised in the finale. Annie and Max proved to be great supporting character, Megan not so much but I'm hoping we see more of Davey next season.

• Matt Smith has bagged a leading role in the upcoming House Of The Dragon series. The show will begin filming next year but will not debut on HBO Max until 2022.
• Cobra Kai will debut it's third season on Netflix a week earlier. It'll now be released on New Year's Day.
• Expect to see two certain characters from Sabrina The Teenage Witch in the final season of Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, which streams New Year's Eve on Netflix.
• HBO and BBC have renewed His Dark Materials for a third and final season. 
• The Mandalorian has been renewed for a third season but will possibly debut in 2022. Expect several more Star Wars properties on Disney+ over the next several years.
• BBC will be airing A Teacher next month over the course of five nights and in double bills.
• HBO Max are going to revive Sex And The City for a limited series, but it will likely not feature Kim Cattrall.
• The upcoming Clarice series, set to debut in February on CBS All Access will not be able to mention Hannibal Lector nor feature the character. 
• A drama inspired by Nyle DiMarco's life called Look At Me is in development for NBC.
• UK viewers can see the Stephen King miniseries The Stand on StarzPlayer from next month.

In Case Of Emergency (Try Not To Make Things Worse For Yourself)

First day of December and here's a rundown of some of the shows I've been watching just of late.

911: Lone Star: With Season 2 slated to air in January, it's nice that SkyLiving finally have the first season done and dusted. Overall, it's been a decent spin-off. Not quite as 911 itself but it's definitely had a certain charm and it does feel like we've gotten a clean slate in regards to the Michelle and Iris subplot along with TK and Carlos getting closer. I'm not sure where they're going to go with Owen's illness next season (will they really kill him off?) but I'll definitely give the next season.

Schitt's Creek: Thanks to E4 relegating the show now to a terrible graveyard slot, I decided to watch the remaining half of the season online. It's taken me a while to really get into this show but I'm glad I stuck with it because now I can see the fuss behind it. The last few episodes had me in stitches with Moira's sister, Alexis and Mutt as well as David and Stevie and of course, Johnny's unsuccessful attempt to sell the town. Looks like I'm gonna be watching the rest of the series over the next few months.

The Boys: After the first season, I decided to wait a fortnight for some breathing space for the second season and now I've blitzed through the first four episodes of the second season. Four episodes in and this season is so much stronger than the first one. The addition of Stormfront has been fascinating and proves that if you think Homelander is bad, there really is someone capable of being worse. Other than that, we've had a delightful roadtrip with Hughie, Starlight and Mother's Milk, Kimiko reuniting and losing her brother so quickly as well as Frenchie trying to help and Maeve being outed on live telly. Weak elements though would include Billy and Becca as well as the Deep getting roped into a cult and A-Train just being generally awful/ Still, a great batch of episodes.

The Flight Attendant: HBO Max seem to have the strangest of strategies with the release of this eight part miniseries as they seem determined to get it out of the way before Christmas. They really should've started this earlier then. Anyways, the first three episodes of this miniseries sees Kaley Cuoco's alcoholic flight attendant Cassandra getting way in over her head following the death of well connected hook up, Alex. Throughout the episodes, there's intriguing enough flashbacks as Cassandra tries to remember the fateful night while the supporting cast are also pretty strong, including lawyer, Annie (Zosie Mamet) and the rather deadly Miranda Croft (Michelle Gomez). The show is arguably more bonkers than gritty though but that's a good thing.

• The third season of American Gods will air on Starz from January 10th. The season will consist of ten episodes.
• Upcoming spin-off American Horror Stories (FX on Hulu) will have sixteen episodes in it's first season. 
• The Flash has temporarily halted production due to a COVID case. 
• The Mandalorian may have a spin-off focusing on Rosario Dawson's Aksoka for Disney+.
• Amazon have cancelled Utopia after one season.
• A crossover event between 911 and 911: Lone Star is currently being filmed.
• Anne Heche will recur in the second season of All Rise.
• One Day At A Day has been cancelled for a second time as POP have chosen not to renew the show.
• Netflix have renewed Dash & Lily for a second season.
• The Serpent, starring Jenna Coleman will premiere on BBC1 from January 1st. 

You Promised Me No More Lies

Okay, something of a shorter TV Jumble blog than usual but also one with some spoilers for upcoming series as well. 

911: Lone Star: There's not many episodes left to go with the first season on SkyLiving and so far, not too much has really happened. I mean, there was a moment where it seemed like Owen's leadership was a bit threatened by Judd's old pal, Billy but that quickly fizzled out and Michelle's ongoing search for her sister has given Carlos a story outside of TK but other than that, between the cases and a little more screen time for Mateo, it's felt fairly modest at this point. 

Schitt's Creek: It's six episodes into the first season and I'm liking the show but I haven't fallen into the hype compared to others. I can see why a lot of people love it and I do enjoy Moira's zaniness to offset Johnny being the more calmer of the pair while Alexis and David are amusing enough. The latter is more amusing with the grudging friendship with Stevie is quite endearing. Roland is still painfully unfunny but at least his wife and son are better characters to watch and Moira's vintage ad was pretty decent for a laugh too.

The Boys: I have finally finished up the first season and intend to start the second one later in the month. The second half of Season 1 was pretty strong with the Compound V revelation having quite the knock on effect along with the complicated animosity between Billy and Homelander getting even more complicated with Becca being very much alive and with a superpowered son. I've enjoyed Hughie's growing relationship with Starlight, the Frenchie/Kimiko connection as well character such as Mother's Milk and Maeve while finding the Deep's own comeuppance fascinating as well. Can't wait to see where the second season takes this crazy show.

• Jeffrey Dean Morgan's real life wife, Hilarie Burton will play Negan's wife, Lucille in an upcoming episode of The Walking Dead.
• Mackenzie Marsh has joined the seventeenth season of Grey's Anatomy in a recurring role.
• Stacey Farber will be playing Leslie Lar in Superman & Lois, due to air on the CW in February 2021.
• William Jackson Harper will lead the second season of HBO Max anthology series, Love Life. BBC1 recently aired the first season of the show.
• Loki has been renewed for a second season ahead of it's debut on Disney+.
• His Dark Materials has also been renewed for a third season ahead of it's second season premiere on BBC1/HBO Max this month.
• Bridgerton will debut on Netflix from Christmas Day and has already gotten a second season renewal.
• Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina's fourth and final season will be released on Netflix from New Year's Eve.
• FOX has cancelled both Filthy Rich and neXt.
• Castle Rock has been cancelled after two seasons on Hulu.

He Gives The Worst Pep Talks

It's been a while and with another lockdown due for Ireland, here's a rundown of some shows I've been watching over the last few weeks.

911: Lone Star: I'm at the halfway point of the first season of this spin-off series and it's going pretty well. Now I don't love the show quite as much as it's parent series but the characters are coming along nicely enough, the cases are fun enough to watch in parts (that bachelorette party) and the show continues to make some great strides in diversity as well as we saw some insight into Paul's dating life and of course with TK and Carlos's relationship. Owen and Michelle's plots are solid enough but I don't see Owen actually dying and we already know that Michelle isn't coming back next season.

Derry Girls: With the last two episodes of Series 2, I have officially caught up and I'm ready to see what the show will bring for it's third series when it comes back next year quite likely. I loved the homage to Carrie as well as the girls ditching school to meet Clinton and of course, James finally being accepted as a member of the gang. I'll even go as far as to say that I think the second series was even stronger than the first one and the bar had been set pretty high there.

I Hate Suzie: And it's over. I don't know if this show will get a second series (it definitely feels like it needs one tbh), but I did see a lot of what the finale did coming a mile off. Suzie's marriage collapsed, her career is in a strange place and her friendship with Naomi has also become strained. This was a great vehicle for Billie Piper's talents as co-creator and lead actor and it definitely feels like it deserves some award love at some point. US viewers will be able to see the series on HBO Max pretty soon.

Lovecraft Country: I mentioned in my previous review that this show could be so confusing to watch and the last three episodes definitely felt the most confusing. This show has definitely been an experience to watch and I quite liked Atticus and Letitia as protagonists but it might hep next season if the plotline was a little clearer to follow though.

Schitt's Creek: I know, I'm probably the last person to actually watch this show but E4 got the rights to it and are airing at least the first season in double bills. My first thoughts: I don't love it yet but I definitely like it and I can see why Moira Rose especially has made such an impression on people as the Rose family have lost their fortune and seem to be stuck in the worst town in the US with the worst televised Mayor seen in quite a while. It might take a few more episodes for me to really get into it though.

The Boys: I decided to wait until the first two season finished up to actually watch the first season and now, I've watched four episodes in the last week. This somewhat cynical take on the superhero genre definitely gets very meta and extremely violent in parts with Homelander proving to be far scarier than most comic book villain. Still though, I'm not sure that Billy Butcher is much better but fortunately there are sympathetic enough characters with Hughie, Starlight, Frenchie, Mother's Milk and Queen Maeve to balance things out a tiny bit and the superhero costumes do look pretty good. 

• Raffi Barsoumian has been cast in the role of Bishop, a sadistic scientist for the sixth season of Legends Of Tomorrow.
• The Flight Attendant will stream on HBO Max from November 26th.
• Paddy Considine has been cast in a lead role for House Of The Dragon, the prequel spin-off for Game Of Thrones. The show will debut in 2022.
• Dexter will return for a ten episode limited series on Showtime for Fall 2021.
• Euphoria will return for two special episodes ahead of it's upcoming second season. The first one will air on December 6th.
• Star Trek: Discovery has been renewed for a fourth season. Meanwhile UK viewers can currently watch the third season weekly on Netflix.
• Kristen Bell will star in The Woman In The House, which has been ordered to series to Netflix.
• Steven Krueger has joined the cast of Roswell: New Mexico for it's upcoming third season.
• Disney+ have ordered a series of Willow with Warwick Davis set to reprise his role from the original movie.
• Amazon will also be tackling a series based on I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Russell T. Davies To Write The Boys For Channel 4

If the upcoming (only six days to go now) Cucumber/Banana/Tofu shows weren't enough LGBT content from Russell T. Davies and Channel 4, then you can add another show to the roster.

The Boys, a six part drama, penned by Davies will closely focus on the lives and deaths in the 1980s of young men from AIDS, and be less about the history of the virus or the politics of fighting the disease. According to Davies, “It’s called The Boys because it is about the boys. The stories of the boys has not been told because they are not here. They didn’t leave any children, their deaths were very quiet." The drama is in it's early stages of writing and will be produced through Red Production Company. Given the passion that Davies is speaking about this upcoming project, it's going to be very interesting to see who he will cast in this six parter.

Meanwhile both Attitude and Gay Times magazines have put the cast and crew of both Cucumber and Banana on the covers of their recent magazines and last night saw the press launch of the shows, with the reception being pretty positive for both shows. It might be less than a week to go for both shows and Tofu, but I really do think the three of them are going to end up being some of the best new shows in 2015 and I even think they might end up eclipsing RTD's previous classic, Queer As Folk as well. I'll be covering the shows in some capacity on this site every Friday/Saturday.

Cucumber/Banana Trailers: http://www.thebacklot.com/new-banana-cucumber-trailers-hot-hookups/01/2015/

The Boys Press Release: http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/Russell-T-Davies-to-pen-AIDS-drama-The-Boys-for-C4_nid-4984.html

Cucumber/Banana/Tofu air on Channel 4/E4/4OD from 9pm/10pm/10.30pm respectively from January 22nd. The Boys will air on Channel 4 in 2016.