The Popcast With Knox and Jamie

660: Summer TV Preview

The Popcast With Knox and Jamie

Show Notes

In this episode, we’re diving into the upcoming summer TV lineup. Join us as we share what we’re buying, what we’re selling, and which premieres are the perfect excuse to hunker down in the AC and ignore the heat index. From the big, obvious watches everyone will be group-texting about to the new shows that already have us irrationally hopeful, we’re breaking down what deserves a spot in your summer binge rotation.

Relevant links: Our full show notes are at knoxandjamie.com/660 Get our secret Snake Draft episode in our 2020 Archive Bundle at knoxandjamie.shop Rewind: The Eternaut | The Four Seasons | #1 Happy Family USA | Love Island USA | The Summer I Turned Pretty | Stick | We Were Liars | Dexter Resurrection | Washington Black | Chief of War | The Bear | Squid Game Obvis: House of the Dragon S3 | The Bear | Ted Lasso Summer Green Lights: Lord of the Flies | The Other Bennet Sister | Rivals | Widow’s Bay | Margo’s Got Money Troubles Buy / Sells: Elle (Prime Video) | Cape Fear (Apple TV) | Not Suitable for Work (Hulu) | Lanterns (HBO Max) | Little House on the Prairie (Netflix) | Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (Apple TV) | The Hawk (Netflix) | Five Star Weekend (Peacock) | Spider-Noir (Prime Video) Also-Rans: The Boroughs (Netflix) | Every Year After (Prime Video) | Lucky (Apple TV) Fact check: Patrick Wilson can sing? Drive-bys: The Bear ‘Gary’ commentary | Legally Blonde | That Thing You Do! | 1962 Cape Fear & 1991 Cape Fear | Melissa Gilbert’s Husband | The Last Thing He Told me (aka - Taken - Jennifer Garner’s version) | Zoe watching Harry on the Sidelines Red Light Mentions: Lorne Michaels & Paul McCartney (see also: more SNL commentary on TMYK) | Spotify logo | Stephen Colbert | Re-dedication service | Survivor S50 Winner

Green Lights: Jamie: show - Couple’s Therapy | show - Off Campus Knox: book - This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

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