📺 The media guide S6E10

every rose has its thorn

By , & foofaraw

September 2, 2025

6 min read

📺 The media guide S6E10 — Silvestri Matteo (2016)

Labor Day weekend has put us a bit behind schedule, so we have a short edition for you this week. But don't let that fool you. There is a ton of pretty great stuff to check out, including a new Sunday night HBO show, a new Batman #1, and some fun indie flicks.

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"streaming variability" banner — *what's new on tv this week*

📺 New shows

🕵️ Task S1 (HBO) — 7 Sept

Brad Ingelsby, the creator of Mare of Easttown, returns to HBO and Philadelphia in this new crime drama starring Mark Ruffalo.

📰 The Paper S1 (Peacock) — 4 Sept

The follow-up to The Office from Greg Daniels, as the documentary crew starts to follow a small-town paper. Oscar Nuñez returns as supporting character Oscar, while Domhnall Gleeson fills the lead.

📝 What else?

Beavis & Butt-Head S3 (Paramount) — 3 Sept
NCIS: Tony & Ziva S1 (Paramount) — 4 Sept
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon S3 (AMC) — 7 Sept

"the schedule" banner — *days based on streaming availability for the majority of people*

Tuesday

Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu) 1:5

Wednesday

Platonic (Apple) 2:6
Hard Knocks (HBO) 20:5

Thursday

Digman! (CC) 2:8
Peacemaker (HBO) 2:3
South Park (Paramount) 27:4
The Paper (Peacock) S1

Friday

Foundation (Apple) 3:9
Chief of War (Apple) 1:7

Sunday

Last Week Tonight (HBO) 12:22
Dexter: Resurrection (Paramount) 1:10
Task (HBO) 1:1

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💽 Release of the week

💶 EURO-COUNTRY by CMAT

A fun indie pop record with a hint of Americana via Europe.

📝 What else?

Hard Headed Woman by Margo Price
Straight Line Was a Lie by The Beths
The Heat Warps by Modern Nature
No Hard Feelings by The Beaches
A Welcome Kind of Weakness by Runner
Man’s Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter

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🦸 No. 1’s

⚰️ Everything Dead & Dying #1 (Image)

Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips come together for a giant genre mashup that I think could be the surprise hit of the year. Brombal has been working steadily on books with DC and Tiny Onion, and he very well might have his breakout hit on his hands with the beautiful painterly art from Phillips in this zombie apocalypse, western, revenge story.

🦇 Batman #1 (DC)

Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Sex Criminals, Casanova) is officially taking over Batman, with Jorge Jimenez continuing to be a rockstar of an artist on the book.

🤖 White House Robot Romance #1 (DSTLRY)

Chip Zdarsky, the previous ongoing writer for Batman, has a new creator-owned book with Rachel Stott. The title really says it all, I think.

🐦 Closer #1 (Image)

A one-shot from Kieron Gillen and Steve Lieber collecting the small episodes previously featured in the IMAGE! anthology.

🚓 Skin Police 2 #1 (Oni)

While his best work is with Shakey Kane, I really, really want Jordan Thomas to break through. It won't happen here, but if you haven't read any of his books, you should do so now.

💡 The Adventures of Lumen N. #1 (Dark Horse)

James Robinson with another new Dark Horse book, joined by the fantastic Phil Hester on art. Lumen is a 13-year-old girl going up against a cabal of evil masterminds in this steampunk adventure book.