Turn & Smile TV Guide: Sunday, July 13th
Here is what's coming to TV for July 14th to July 20th
This will be a good week, Sofa Taters!
Here’s another Sunday TV Guide with more premieres to fill your week!
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What We’ve Been Watching
Larissa: Simple Plan headlined the Rock The Lake music festival in Kelowna this year, so to get prepped, I watched the documentary Simple Plan: The Kids In The Crowd on Amazon Prime. It was cool to see a Canadian band get featured on Prime (versus Canadian-based Crave) - and even cooler to see them live in person!
Mason: Am I… two for two, Sofa Taters? Not to toot my own horn but I think I called that Too Much would be a hit from little more than the description and who was involved. (I might have to start nagging Larissa to watch this so we can cover it together one Thursday after this month…) Suffice it to say, I’ve started watching this for fun and I’m really enjoying the “go-too-far” comedy about womanhood. It actually reminds me of Baroness von Sketch Show. Not that it’s a sketch show, but its style of comedy. Which, as far as I’m concerned is a good thing. Baroness von Sketch Show was high caliber comedy and to this day sometimes I still wake up in a cold sweat with untold dread in my soul as I realize again that it really was cancelled in 2021. At least it lead directly to this show.
What We’re Excited To See
Mason: I feel like I’ve been very honest about who I am, and this should be the most obvious and expected thing to come out of our TV Guide when it features Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Larissa: Did you know that Reese Witherspoon likes to surf? Apparently she is so invested in the sport that she is the executive producer of the competition show, Surf Girls! Last season was just Hawaiian surfers, however, the sophomore season will feature an international cast of competitors! Count me in.
What We’re Talking About
Mason: This week I’ve been absorbing a lot to do with women-centred stories because I’m getting ready to review some of them and, of course, my mom’s birthday is coming up this month. But this week I’ve been thinking about strong women and because of that I was reminded of Princess Glimmer. Glimmer is a fighter. In all of the alternate timelines we get to see, she’s still a fighter. Glimmer is the best parts of her mom (the queen of Brightmoon) and her dad. I feel very blessed in that there has been a little Glimmer in every woman I’ve ever known. Which actually makes her name really fitting, because she is a very bright young woman representative of the strength, will, and hope of Etheria— and in us all. She is aspirational now, more than ever, for reasons that I hope are very obvious. We all need a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of strength, and a glimmer of courage to act. We all need Glimmer.
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New To Streaming
July 14th to July 20th
Binge Queens (WOW Presents Plus)
Do you like to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race with some sassy, no-nonsense bishes who respond to everything that happens like, “oh you better sashay away”? Then you’ll love watch parties at
HQ. If you can’t book a ticket to Canada, though, you can watch with some queens doing that in this reality TV show where past contestants watch episodes from this franchise. Binge with the queens as Season 11 starts this week on WOW Presents Plus.
Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit (Hulu)
Jodi Huisentruit was a local news anchor based in Iowa who went missing in 1995. It was national news. There was a whole manhunt about it. Her family hired a private investigator (PI), who contracted another PI, and they even hired a California-based fraud psychic. The original website that the PIs set up to gather information is still online to this day. This docuseries picks up the investigation following a tip given after it was profiled on an episode of 20/20. Find it this week on Hulu.
The Big Fix/ Spelskandalen/ The Gambling Scandal (🇸🇪) (MHz Choice)
This Swedish miniseries telling the story of a nationwide gambling scandal in the 1990s, originally from SVT in 2022, makes its North American debut via streaming giant MHz Choice, which is totally a streaming service that we’ve all heard of and use. Massively popular, this streaming service. Catch it this week.
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video)
The last season is here, Sofa Taters. Bittersweet news for fans of this show is that, yes, we get a new season, but this show, which debuted in 2022 and tells the story of a love triangle between two brothers and a young woman learning about her Pretty Privilege, is concluding. You can find it this week on Prime Video.
Amy Bradley Is Missing (Netflix)
Amy Bradley was enjoying a cruise with her family in 1998 when she went missing. After a lengthy FBI investigation, she remains missing, now with more unanswered questions than ever before. This documentary miniseries explores the theories and investigations to try to shed more light on the case. Find it this week on Netflix.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
Last season, in perfect chaotic Star Trek fashion, we got a musical episode, secrets uncovered, septerfuge, and time travel. With the show renewed until its endpoint (Season 5), the upcoming third season has fans champing at the bit for it to start. Paramount+ is where to beam up to if you want to see the epic conclusion of the Season 2 finale “Hegemony” that had our intrepid crew battling against the Gorn this week.
Untamed (Netflix)
Conceptualized before the current administration gutted the National Parks service, making this show’s plot effectively impossible in 2025, it follows a National Parks agent as they investigate a murder. Should you see this and think that the real National Parks agents should have the manpower and resources to do stuff like this, please call your US Congressperson and Senator. If you’re not American, feel free to bully Republicans with screenshots of this show. Find it on Netflix this week.
Catalog/ Kataluj (🇪🇬) (Netflix)
Coming out of Egypt, this dramady follows a recently widowed workaholic who clumsily navigates life with two kids and the tips their dead spouse left online. To see this new, interesting show, you can get it on Netflix this week.
Community Squad/ División Palermo (🇦🇷) (Netflix)
A quirky comedy out of Argentina about a community patrol squad that’s designed to make the local police look good but has mixed results. You can check it out this week on Netflix, and don’t forget to laugh at cops.
Surf Girls: International (Prime Video)
Season 2 of this reality TV sports competition returns after a season of Hawaiian surfing hopefuls vying for spots on the international world tour. This time, the surfing hopefuls are an international cast, not limited to Hawaiians. Join these competitors as they crush some gnarly waves on Prime Video this week.
Superstar/ Superestar (🇪🇸) (Netflix)
María del Mar Cuena Seisdedos is a Spanish queer icon who gained popularity in, and then transcended, the dance music era in the 1990s to become a multi-generational Superstar. Initially coming to fame as Tamera, her early career was marred by scandal before she reinvented herself in the 2000s as Ámbar before a much less popular singer using the same name sued her, and then she reinvented herself yet again as Yurena. Netflix brings us the captivating story of this world-class performer this week.
The Nice Guy/ Chak-han Sa-na-i/ Kind Gentleman/ The Good Man/ A Good Man/ 착한 사나이 (🇰🇷) (Disney+)
Do you like stories about mismatched lovers? What about between an Uptown Girl and a backstreet guy? This is a show from the best Korea about an innocent downtown man who happens to be related to a prolific urban crime family, who falls for a wildly innocent woman living in her white bread world. To find out if she learns that he’s not so tough just because he’s in love with an uptown girl, tune into Disney+ to see what happens between these star-crossed lovers.
The Fixer (Fox)
Marcus Lemonis is the Lebbonese-American businessman who will use his own investment strategy: “The three Ps” which stand for “People, Process, and Product” to save struggling businesses. Find it this week on Hulu after it debuts on Fox.
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)
Starting its fifth season, this show has writer and producer Mariana van Zeller taking viewers into the dark underbelly of the world of trafficking, both human and products. Find it on National Geographic this week, followed by Hulu at the end of the week.
New To Cable
July 14th to July 20th
A Killer Among Friends (ID)
Narrated and produced by LFO’s “Girl on TV,” Jennifer Love Hewitt (we hope you liked that deep cut), this true crime docuseries profiles groups of friends who are torn asunder by a murder in their group. To find out who knows what these friends did last summer, tune into Investigation Discovery (ID) this week.
2025 ESPY Awards (ESPN)
The Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards honours the best sportspeople who play the sport ball in the hoops and the end fields with the slaps and whacks and stuff. This year, the ceremony is hosted by Shane Gillis, who previously deleted his social media posts apologizing for previously saying bigoted things. If you want to see what muscly sportspeople win the awards this year, check it out this Wednesday on ESPN.
The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster (SundanceTV)
Salacious and tantalizing titles and headlines are good at getting our attention and drawing us into stories, but it’s very important not to judge an entire subculture by the actions of a few. No community is all good. The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster follows the zoosadist leaks that shined a light on a small group of animal abusers in the furry community. Considering that the majority of furries are some of the brightest info tech, hacking, and programming minds that we have available, this docuseires follows the mature investigation of a group of furries to unmask the animal abusers and bring them to justice. Tune into SundanceTV this week to find out why we don’t f**k with cats.
Hudson & Rex (🇨🇦) (UPtv)
It looks like we might have missed this Canadian police procedural when Season 7 debuted on CityTV last January. However, this modern-day Turner & Hooch is bringing its most recent season to UPtv in the US this week. And don’t worry, we’re keeping our eye on it for its anticipated eight season in Canada when if comes back to City TV in September.
The Fixer (Fox)
Marcus Lemonis is the CEO of a series of business entities that have coalessed into Good Sam. He also owns the company that owns and conceptualized the game show Let’s Make a Deal which has given Canadian icon Howie Mandel a late-career resurgence. This Lebbonese-American businessman is also quite fond of swooping in like a hero and saving businesses that are struggling, utilizing his own investment strategy: “The three Ps” which stand for “People, Process, and Product” in order to guide companies to success. This new reality TV series has him doing just that: finding businesses that need some help and saving them with an injection of cash, giving him a not-insignificant ownership share in the company, and some three Ps coaching. Find it this week on Fox.
My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV)
David Bromstad from the 2023 home renovation special, Backyards Gone Wild, hosts the sixteenth season of this home buying show that has recent lottery winners picking out a new home with their jackpot spoils. You can find it this where you find your favourite home buying and rennovation shows, HGTV.
Zillow Gone Wild (HGTV)
Better known as “that guy from that thing,” or “Kenneth the Page,” Jack McBrayer travels around the United States in Season 2 of this reality TV series where he looks at weird, escentric, and unique homes and their equally essentric owners. Tune into HGTV for this one this week.
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN)
This reality TV show follows three families in Huntsville, Alabama (the American one) who come together to help the city continue to thrive. Check it out this week on Oprah Winfrey’s TV network, OWN.
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)
Starting its fifth season, this show has writer and producer Mariana van Zeller taking viewers into the dark underbelly of the world of trafficking, both human and products. Find it on National Geographic this week, followed by Hulu at the end of the week.
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