I used to do an annual post on my old personal site, logging my Bests and Worsts for each year in pop culture and media. I've stopped updating that blog, but I figure why not resurrect the tradition here? I ended the year with 61 TV shows watched and at least 36 movies viewed. That's up from 52 and 25ish last year. I wasn't as diligent about counting movies—my obsessive tendencies do have limits! Speaking of those tendencies, I have a feeling I'm abusing semi-colons below. I'm so sorry. (And if you want to see the entire list of 61 shows, I'm going to put it in a reply to this post.)
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Exit, Pursued By a Baron by Aydra Richards
A Love Song For Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
*The Proposition is a bonus favorite from Judith Ivory's backlist. I read it for the first and second time this year.
Favorite Shows
Chicago Med
Citadel: Honey Bunny
Interview With the Vampire
My Adventures With Superman
Shōgun
Superman & Lois
True Detective: Night Country
X-Men '97
The Beekeeper
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Conclave
The Fall Guy
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Hit Man
The Idea of You
A Quiet Place: Day One
Favorite Lead Actresses: Anna Sawai, Shōgun; Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country; Katja Herbers, Evil; Queen Latifah, The Equalizer; Bitsie Tulloch, Superman & Lois.
Favorite Lead Actors: Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who; Jacob Anderson & Assad Zaman, IWTV; Tyler Hoechlin, Superman & Lois.
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| Lorraine Toussaint & Queen Latifah, c/o CBS |
Favorite Supporting Actresses: Lorraine Toussaint, The Equalizer; S. Epatha Merkerson, Chicago Med; Kristen Vaganos, General Hospital.
Favorite Scene Stealers: Jonathan Groff as Rogue, Doctor Who; Andrea Martin as Sister Andrea on Evil, Kashvi Majmundar as Nadia in Citadel: Honey Bunny.
Best Villain: Doctor Who's Maestro as played by Jinkx Monsoon. (Legit scared me!)
Worst Villain: Criminal Minds: Evolution's Elias Voit as played by Zach Gilford. (Why is Voit still on the show? Whyyy?)
Favorite Pairings (canon or otherwise): Garcia & Luke, Criminal Minds: Evolution; Jazz & Hilary, Bel-Air; Gambit & Rogue, X-Men '97; Archer & Asher, Chicago Med; Daniel & Armand, IWTV; Dhan & Zeke, Found; Robyn & Dante, The Equalizer.
The Ships I Ficced Up: Bitten's Rachel and Nick; Found's Sir and Gabi; X-Men '97's Rogue and Gambit; IWTV's Armand and Daniel; Doctor Odyssey's Max, Avery, & Tristan.
Favorite Throwback Shows: White Collar, Birds of Prey, Scarecrow & Mrs. King.
More People Should Watch: Supacell on Netflix, Wild Cards on the CW, The Cleaning Lady on Fox/Hulu.
Most Questionable Coping Mechanism/Disassociation Tactic: Four seasons of Grimm in three weeks. This is ongoing and my eyeballs hurt.
Best Pop Culture Surprises: Doctor Odyssey teasing and following through with a threesome; The Acolyte's Qimir turning out to be Sith.
Biggest Pop Culture Disappointment: Challengers teasing a threesome and not actually having any such thing; the Matlock reboot not actually being a Matlock reboot.
I Left Early: Elsbeth, Fallout, The Gentlemen, Rivals.
Most Surreal Parasocial Moment: Paget Brewster reading my thirst tweet in a Criminal Minds promo and actually expounding on it.
Canceled Shows I’m Already Missing: Superman & Lois, Star Trek: Discovery, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, My Lady Jane.
As promised, here's the whole list of shows I watched in 2024. The first 10 are what I'm currently watching.
ReplyDelete1. 9-1-1 (Hulu)
2. Chicago Med (Peacock)
3. General Hospital (Hulu)
4. Days of Our Lives (Peacock)
5. Doctor Odyssey (Hulu)
6. The Equalizer (Paramount+)
7. Found (Peacock)
8. Grimm (Peacock)
9. High Potential (Hulu)
10. Matlock (Paramount+)
The following are completed series or finished seasons:
11. The Acolyte (Disney+)
12. Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime)
13. Bel-Air (Peacock)
14. Birds of Prey (Tubi)
15. Bitten (probably Tubi?!)
16. Black Cake (Hulu)
17. Bridgerton (Netflix)
18. The Brothers Sun (Netflix)
19. Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime)
20. The Clearing (Hulu)
21. Criminal Minds: Evolution (P+)
22. Cross (Prime)
23. Dark Winds (AMC+)
24. Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix)
25. Death and Other Details (Hulu)
26. The Devil’s Hour (Hulu)
27. A Discovery of Witches (AMC+)
28. Doctor Who Xmas Specials (Disney+)
29. Doctor Who (12, 15, Max & Disney+)
30. Echo (Hulu/Disney+)
31. Evil (Paramount+)
32. From (Prime)
33. Good Omens (Prime)
34. Interview With The Vampire (AMC+)
35. Lost (Hulu)
36. Monsieur Spade (AMC+)
37. Moonlight (Tubi)
38. Murder in a Small Town (Hulu)
39. My Adventures With Superman (Max)
40. My Lady Jane (Prime)
41. The Night Manager (Hulu)
42. One Day (Netflix)
43. Orphan Black (AMC+)
44. The Outsider (Max)
45. Paris Has Fallen (Hulu)
46. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (Disney+)
47. PLL: Summer School (Max)
48. Reacher (Prime)
49. Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale (AMC+?!)
50. Scarecrow & Mrs. King (Tubi)
51. Shogun (Hulu)
52. Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+)
53. Supacell (Netflix)
54. Superman & Lois (CW)
55. The Cleaning Lady (Hulu)
56. TWD: The Ones Who Live (AMC+)
57. True Detective: Night Country (Max)
58. White Collar (Hulu)
59. Wild Cards (CW)
60. Will Trent (Hulu)
61. X-Men ‘97 (Disney+)