Summer Watch List 2016
Shows to check out, catch up on, etc, this summer. Mostly TV titles.
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- CreatorAlex GansaHoward GordonStarsClaire DanesMandy PatinkinDamian LewisA bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
- CreatorMarti NoxonSarah Gertrude ShapiroStarsShiri ApplebyCraig BierkoJeffrey Bowyer-ChapmanA behind-the-scenes look at the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition program.
- CreatorSteven BochcoEric LodalStarsTaye DiggsKathleen RobertsonIan Anthony DaleA single murder case is dissected from the committing of the crime through to the investigation, arrest and trial.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
- CreatorMatt CormanChris OrdStarsPiper PeraboChristopher GorhamKari MatchettFresh out of the farm, Annie Walker must adapt to the challenging life of a CIA operative under the guidance of her handler, Auggie. But soon she realizes her recruitment might have to do with her last boyfriend rather than her talent.I really liked this show but lost track of it somewhere along the way. Between my Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix subscriptions I think I can catch up on the seasons I missed for free. I hope.
- CreatorNick SantoraStarsElyes GabelKatharine McPheeEddie Kaye ThomasAn eccentric genius forms a team of super-geniuses who are tasked with being the last line of defense against complicated threats to National Security.
- CreatorNichole MillardKathryn PriceStarsDaisy HeadEmily Tremaine FernandezCristian SolimenoAn American college student living in London becomes the prime suspect in her roommate's gruesome murder.
- CreatorChad HodgeStarsSiobhan Fallon HoganToby JonesShannyn SossamonA Secret Service agent goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he might never get out of Wayward Pines alive.
- CreatorPaul T. ScheuringStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerAmaury NolascoA structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.Saw the first two Seasons... starting to lose interest now.
- CreatorSam EsmailStarsRami MalekChristian SlaterCarly ChaikinElliot, a brilliant but unstable cyber-security engineer and vigilante hacker, becomes a key figure in a complex game of global chaos when he and his shadowy allies try to take down the corrupt corporation his company is paid to protect.Just finished Season 1! Great show! Not THE BEST SHOW EVER, but very good!
- CreatorJanet TamaroStarsAngie HarmonSasha AlexanderJordan BridgesDetective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles team up to solve crimes in Boston.
- CreatorTom KapinosStarsTom EllisLauren GermanKevin AlejandroLucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.I've seen a few of the first episodes. It's not bad.
- DirectorMichael DamianStarsKeenan KampaNicholas GalitzineSonoya MizunoDancer Ruby, starting at Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, meets English violinist Johnnie, playing in a subway station. Music and dance follow.
- CreatorLiz HeldensStarsTaylor SchillingMichelle TrachtenbergJaime Lee KirchnerThree nurses deal with patients and personal issues at Mercy Hospital.
- CreatorMorwyn BrebnerMalcolm MacRuryStarsErica DuranceMichael ShanksBenjamin AyresA supernatural medical drama that centers on the lives of the doctors and nurses of Hope Zion Hospital.
- DirectorAnthony WonkeStarsTony McCoy'Being AP' premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2015, and documents one of Northern Ireland's greatest ever sportsmen during his last racing season. The story of AP's final season is a fascinating mix of sacrifice, doubt, decisions, triumphs and failures, injury and ultimately, finding a way to leave the stage. With unprecedented access to a top athlete, the film tracks all the elements that make up McCoy's life. We see him in action at racecourses across the UK and Ireland. We are with him at the Cheltenham Festival and Aintree. We see him struggling with injury at home, setting himself new targets and grappling with the decision whether to retire or not. We track the successful early part of the season, when AP harbours the outrageous idea of riding 300 winners in a season. We see the shattering effect of injury on body and psyche. We witness the torment of deciding whether this is to be his last season, and we are there as he goes through the public agony of playing out his retirement in public. And then it's no more. Our cast is the team around him; the billionaire owner, JP McManus, the trainers, the fellow jockeys that make up that unique band of brothers, and above all, his wife Chanelle, who has lived through everything at his side. This is far from just being a story about racing, although there will certainly never be another AP McCoy. It is about universal themes, recognisable to the widest audience; relationships, decisions, sacrifices.
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleSteve CarellRyan GoslingIn 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
- CreatorScott AlexanderLarry KaraszewskiSarah BurgessStarsSarah PaulsonAnnaleigh AshfordSterling K. BrownAn anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.Seems very popular. Been meaning to check it out.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.I watched the first couple of episodes many years ago but I'm thinking of trying to get through it again.
- CreatorShonda RhimesStarsEllen PompeoChandra WilsonJames Pickens Jr.A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.I stopped watching after *SPOILER ALERT: McDreamy died. But I've heard Season 12 was actually really good so I'm reconsidering my boycott.
- CreatorJenji KohanStarsTaylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningConvicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsLauren AmbroseKatie BalenMatt BarrA group of teenagers meet at an arts camp and become life-long friends.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsPatricia ClarksonBen KingsleyGrace GummerAs her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with his own marriage troubles. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
- CreatorStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterPenn BadgleyPrivileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.
- CreatorJeff JudahGabe SachsStarsEoin MackenJill FlintBrendan FehrA group of doctors from the Army return to work the night shift at a hospital in San Antonio.Since I love hospital shows, I feel like I need to give this a shot.
- CreatorKevin WadeStarsLucy LiuFrances O'ConnorMiranda OttoA group of successful female executives who have been friends since college turn to each other for guidance as they juggle their careers with family in New York City.Since I just finished Elementary, I'm on a Lucy Liu kick...
- CreatorCorinne BrinkerhoffStarsJuliet RylanceAntony StarrJustin ChatwinThe members of a prominent Boston family suspect that one of their own is working with an infamous serial killer.Looks good!
- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.Because I'm tired of feeling like the only person in the world not watching this.
- CreatorRobert CochranJoel SurnowStarsKiefer SutherlandMary Lynn RajskubCarlos BernardCounter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.Saw the first... crap, now I can't even remember how many, several seasons... maybe through season three? Been meaning to catch up.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsRobert PattinsonDane DeHaanPeter LucasA photographer for LIFE Magazine is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean.
- DirectorCosima SpenderTwice a year the Italian city of Siena goes crazy for the oldest horse race in the world: the Palio. Not your average race: strategy, bribery and corruption play as much a part as the skill of the riders. Horses are allocated by lot four days prior to the race. This is when the madness truly begins. In the eye of the storm stand the jockeys. Loved and loathed by the districts they represent, they forge alliances and make deals promising large cash sums to try and get the best start. Legendary rider Gigi Bruschelli has won 13 Palios in 16 years and is accused by his critics of monopolizing the race. He works the system, paying off younger jockeys and fixing the race with average horses. Two races away from beating the world record, Bruschelli will do anything to win. But one jockey stands in his way, his former trainee, a handsome young Sardinian, Giovanni Atzeni, who is quietly determined to challenge his old mentor. Less interested in bribes and collusion, he rides for the love of the race. PALIO is the thrilling story of a young 'outsider' keen to break in to the dangerous but lucrative race and the corrupt 'insider' who has manipulated the city of Siena for a decade. Their passionate and dramatic battle is an epic and cinematic tale of Italian life in microcosm.
- DirectorCharles HoodStarsAdam PallyRosa SalazarRob HuebelWorkaholic Kevin goes home with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline for a drunken one night stand, but he's horrified to discover she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress.
- StarsMorgan StewartDorothy WangBrendan FitzpatrickA look into the privileged lives of several twenty-somethings.I have to be in the mood for this show, but at some point I'd like to see it. #guiltypleasure
- CreatorBilly RayStarsMatt BomerKelsey GrammerLily CollinsCenters on Hollywood's first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s, Monroe Stahr, and the power struggle between him, his mentor, and current head of the studio, Pat Brady.Doesn't really look like my type of show, but I do love Matt Bomer.
- CreatorMartin GeroStarsSullivan StapletonJaimie AlexanderAudrey EsparzaJane Doe is found in Times Square with no memory and mysterious tattoos on her body.All caught up now! Great show!
- CreatorRichard PriceSteven ZaillianStarsRiz AhmedJohn TurturroBill CampAfter a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.Excellent show. Sorry it's over.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsMark RuffaloMichael KeatonRachel McAdamsThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.Excellent!!!
- CreatorRobert DohertyStarsJonny Lee MillerLucy LiuAidan QuinnA crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.I watched the first two seasons when they aired. Really liked the show, not sure why I stopped watching. Need to catch up on Season 3 and possibly watch the end of Season 2 again to refresh my memory.
*Update* I have now watched every episode and look forward to Season 5! - CreatorNicolas FalacciCheryl HeutonStarsRob MorrowDavid KrumholtzJudd HirschWorking for the F.B.I., a mathematician uses equations to help solve various crimes.Done! Just finished watching all six seasons
- CreatorJessica GoldbergStarsAaron PaulMichelle MonaghanEmma GreenwellA man who converts to a controversial following suffers from a crisis of faith.Good show! Just finished a binge watch!