And here's a short review of new TV shows. In July, of course, there's again nothing to watch, but a few things are still worth a try.
Silo
Popular sci-fi where citizens live in a multi-story silo pierced by a spiral staircase, yet nobody sings Led Zeppelin songs. And when someone goes outside — on their own or by force — everyone asks a very important question: will they wipe the window with a rag on their way out or not? The show is decent, although it can put even me to sleep. The third season came out in July and is airing now.
The Dark
A miniseries that has nothing to do with the famous German sci-fi show. It's a crime drama, rather grim and on a grim subject: an insidious killer maniac murdering teenagers in a small Scottish town. Not a masterpiece by any means, but in my opinion its rating is lower than it deserves. Worth a look if you're into grim detective stories.
The Westies
The 80s. The main characters are the Westies, an Irish ethnic gang from a New York neighborhood with the colorful name Hell's Kitchen. There they cross paths with Italians, Colombians and even Irish independence fighters. On the plus side — the Irish accent, plus Titus Welliver in one of the roles. On the minus side — J.K. Simmons just doesn't pull off the gang boss role for me, he's too cardboard and at times cartoonish here. The same goes for the Italian underboss. Which makes the show look rather run-of-the-mill, though it could have been better.
Lucky
A crime road movie in TV show form, so to speak. The main character, Lucky, is always running — from the authorities, from gangsters, from herself. But she's also chasing — her husband, who drugged her and made off with a pile of money. All in all, everything is pretty standard for this kind of story. Timothy Olyphant is in the cast, but there's too little of him. The lead is Anya Taylor-Joy from the fun show «The Queen's Gambit». As watchable as it is skippable.
Ann Droid
A comedy about a battered android assigned to look after an elderly woman. Ann the droid is played by Diane Morgan, the esteemed Philomena Cunk of British television. In my opinion it turned out pretty funny, I watched it in one go and laughed out loud in places. All in all, quite recommendable.
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
It's not a cartoon, it's just the poster. A «Big Bang Theory» spin-off starring the supporting characters of «The Big Bang Theory». Comic book store owner Stuart, the huge geologist Bert, the nasty lisping physicist Kripke, and Denise, whom nobody remembers. They have to fight, or at least somehow survive, an apocalypse that Sheldon, Leonard and Howard accidentally unleashed on the planet. I've only watched the first episode so far. Honestly, with all due respect to the authors, the jokes are all pretty predictable and bland overall. The only bright moment is when Penn and Teller suddenly showed up — but even that only emphasized that the show is bullshit.
That's all for July. You can also browse the list of new shows and premieres in the @tv_botopotamus_bot bot. By the way, I recently added pagination to it. Now you can see what came out not only today but also yesterday. Or what's coming next month. And there will be something to watch there :)