📺 The media guide S6E12

I cancelled my Disney+/Hulu/ESPN bundle over the weekend and now Kimmel is back. You’re welcome, democracy. I haven't resubscribed yet because it feels a bit weird since every large media conglomerate now seems to move at the whim of the administration like they're all RT now.

And of course, Tylenol is now Foofaraw's number one enemy. We won't rest until every bottle of acetaminophen has been destroyed—science be damned.

Lastly, if anyone has the phone number to the official ANTIFA organization, let me know. I'd love to learn how I can get paid to take free vacations and attend events. Sounds too good to be true, if you ask me.

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📺 New shows

🤠 The Lowdown S1 (FX) — 23 Sep

Sterlin Harjo, creator of the superb and overlooked, Reservation Dogs, is back with his second show. This time RD guest star Ethan Hawke takes the lead as a citizen journalist in Tulsa obsessed with the truth. It'll be nice to watch while I can...

🐴 Slow Horses S5 (Apple) — 23 Sep

Everyone's favorite sloppy Bitish agent is back. If I remember correctly, things should be continuting pretty directly from last season, based on how it ended.

🧑‍🏫 English Teacher S2 (FX) — 25 Sep

Another show I'll be losing access to within the next two weeks. Really loved the first season and am looking forward to see how they tackle their second season.

🍺 House of Guinness S1 (Netflix) — 25 Sep

Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, is back with a new show about the Guinness family set in Dublin 1868. He's also writing the next James Bond movie for Denis Villenueve... I'm a huge fan of Anthony Boyle as the only bright spot in some of Apple's shows last year (Masters of the Air and Manhunt) as well as the terrific Say Nothing.

🤓 The Savant (Apple) — 25 Sep

The newest show from Melissa James Gibson, creator of Anatomy of a Scandal and writer on House of Cards and The Americans. The Savant stars Jessica Chastain as an undercover investigator who infiltrates online hate groups to take down extremists.

🌲 Wayward S1 (Netflix) — 25 Sep

Stand-up comedian (among other things) Mae Martin follows up their previous Netflix show, Feel Good, with Wayward, this time acting opposite Toni Collette about a cop in a small town investigating a sketchy school for troubled youth and it's founder.

📝 What else?

• Marvel Zombies S1 (Disney) — 24 Sep
• Into the Void: Life, Death, and Heavy Metal (Hulu) — 22 Sep
• Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Amazon) — 25 Sep

Tuesday

• Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu) 1:8
• Only Murder in the Building (Hulu) 5:5

Wednesday

• Platonic (Apple) 2:9
• The Lowdown (FX) 1:1-2
• Slow Horses (Apple) 5:1-2
• Marvel Zombies (Disney) S1

Thursday

• South Park (Paramount) 27:5
• Gen V (Amazon) 2:4
• The Savant (Apple) 1:1-2
• Wayward (Netflix) S1
• House of Guinness (Netflix) S1

Friday

• Peacemaker (HBO) 2:6
• English Teacher (FX) 2:1-3

Sunday

• Last Week Tonight (HBO) 12:24
• Task (HBO) 1:4

💽 Release of the week

🌿 Juniper by Joy Crookes

A stuningly beautiful record blending soul, jazz, r&b, and enough pop to get the normies through the door.

🏃 Runner-ups

👄 Season of the Peach by Black Lips

Fun, weird, and wild post-punk.

♾️ Infinity Guise by Summerbruise

Fuzzy indie pop-punk of the good ol' days.

📝 What else?

• God Made The Highway by Lawn
• Bleeds by Wednesday
• Borderlands by The Milk
• Friendship & Rock 'n' Roll by Yukon Blonde
• Warsaw 480km by pôt-pot
• Osborne by Trapper Schoepp
• The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World by Motion City Soundtrack
• TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Nine Inch Nails
• Hagata Delux by TEKE::TEKE
• Shooting Star by Golden Apples

🦸 No. 1’s

⚔️ Skinbreaker #1 (Image)

Robert Kirkman's newest book is a fantasy epic with artist David Finch. I've never been a fan of Finch's art, but others seem to like it and this feels like a pretty big swing with all the world-building going on.

👹 Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood #1 (Dark Horse)

New James Stakoe is reason enough to celebrate. He's following up the original Orphan from 2021/22 with a new mini-series as both writer and artist. If you've seen his art before, you know it's incredible already.

🌔 Viking Moon #1 (Image)

A new horror book about vikings and werewolves, telling the tale of why the vikings fled North America, from Joe Pruett and Marcelo Frusin.

And some more...

• Ultimate Hawkeye #1 (Marvel)
• The Twilight Zone #1 (IDW)

📝 What else?

• Escape #2 (Image)
• Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #3 (IDW)
• Sleep #5 (Image)
• News from the Fallout #4 (Image)
• Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man #2 (Image)
• Monstress #60 (Image)
• Wild Animals #3 (Mad Cave)
• Undiscovered Country #33 (Image)
• The Voice Said Kill #3 (Image)
• Lazarus Fallen #4 (Image)
• Darren Aronofsky's Human Nature #3 (Abrams)
• Void Rivals #23 (Image)
• Ultimate Spider-Man #21 (Marvel)
• Absolute Wonder Woman #12 (DC)

🎥 New movies

🔁 One Battle After Another

This movie is going to win multiple Oscars, I can feel it. I don't know which awards it will take home, but it will take some home—without a doubt. Although, my wife reminded me, whenever I feel this confident about something, the opposite typically happens. So make sure we are knocking on wood this week!

👵 Eleanor the Great

Directorial debut from Scarlett Johansson coming the same year she became the highest grossing actor of all-time. Big year for her. Reviews coming out of film festivals were middling, but I'm still excited to check this out eventually. Feels like a bit of a out-there choice for her debut though.

👥 All of You

A new romance from Apple TV starring Ted Lasso's Brett Goldstein, who also helped write the script, Imogen Poots, and a Foofaraw favorite, Murray Bartlett

📝 What else?

• Dead of Winter
• BFFs