This week, it's so dang summer outside and we got TV to keep us inside in Aug! Dan and Raul agree you can set up your television outside if you want when checking out some new stuff and a bunch of returning faves. New guys include Lanterns (Green ones, from the DCU), The Shards from a couple of cut-ups and a special Robot Chicken to commemorate 25 years of Adult Swim nights on Cartoon Network. The real action is in returning friends like a big guy named Reacher, a nice guy named Lasso and a tactical lady called Lioness. The Always Sunny, Fururama, and Conan O'Brien Must Go crews are back too, but the winner of the month might just be a doc series about lizard people called Monsters of God? No, I mean like exotic animal collectors! Check it out? YES!

Down to Watch is back with a couple of TV-tryouts to keep you out of the sun and on the couch! Dan and Raul gave Lucky a chance, but it looks like Anya Taylor Joy's jailbird dad Timothy Olyphant taught her so many super spy moves that she doesn't even need fortune to favor her. After her partner in life and crime leaves her hunted by both cops and criminals, will her wits and charms help her avoid this becoming a forgettable series? Will Ferrell definitely doesn't expect you to forget Lonnie Hawkins any time soon in Netflix's The Hawk, co-starring Fortune Fiemster and a bunch of featured funny people. This is Ricky Bobby by way of Happy Gilmore, and while some of the scenes come off as the cast winging it, these are old pros and they know the course. Which of these shows is worth a little bit of those summer nights? Get an ice cold podcast and figure it out! 

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This week, DtW gets into their summer spotlight with sizzling stuff on the small and silver screens! Dan and Raul don't sweat it when the hotter months are light on new tv, that's always been the domain of the blockbuster, but they managed to find big screen talent all over the place: Anya Taylor Joy is being called Lucky next to Timothy Olyphant, Octavia Spencer will Ride or Die with Hannah Waddingham and The Hawk sees Will Ferrell hit the links on Netflix. The stars have blockbusters in theaters as well, so scoop up the kids on break and shuttle em over to Nolan's Odyssey or Spider-Man's new adventure (but leave em home for Evil Dead Burn.) Plenty of returning shows, a little reality check and an unconventional spin-off of a major sitcom are gonna make the long days and warm nights fly by, so get your July schedule here!

Good journey, Down to Watch listeners, and pew pew to you, we watched 1987's The Masters of the Universe. Dan and Raul have not the just the power but also the opinions regarding the first time He-Man arrived on the silver screens. As the 21st century deploys it's version into theaters, the DtW crew wants to know what happened when Teela and Man-at-Arms were chased by Skeletor from expensive looking Eternia to much more easily filmed Whittier, California. Did Dolph Lundgren and a first time Courtney Cox make history with a StarWarsian, Conan-esque laser barbarian tale or does this movie belong in the cult bin, or worse!?! Listen up, find out if heroism is as lonely as villainy!

Down to Watch is dancing, smoking, singing and pill popping all the way to the stage this week with the classic film All That Jazz! Dan and Raul watched what the industry calls "a musical" in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical tale about a man wrestling with his inner demons; the same demons that threaten his relationships as well as his health are the same that make him the best. The film is crafted in a way that blends his inner monologue, life scenes, dance numbers and a conversation with an ethereal figure into a complete story of a son of a... It's pretty great!

This week, DtW answers: What if your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man wasn't so friendly, so modern or so colorful? Spider-Noir is on Prime Video so Dan and Raul can decide what they think about Nic Cage's take on Pet... er, Ben Riley actually! Probably due to contracts, there are no Parkers in this black and white private detective tale that puts the current Spider-Man a 1930s New York City that shoots a lot like modern Los Angeles, but there are plenty of powered up weirdos filling newspaper pages. Some characters are old fashioned takes on previously seen villains like The Sandman, alongside new foes like Tombstone as well as classic Spidey fodder, organized crime. The first two eps covered on this pod give you a great taste of what's to come throughout the series, so come light up your big ol' bug eyes and check it out!

The DtW crew found a June-full of tv shows to share with a select few, and guess what? You made the list! Dan and Raul return to forecasting the next month of noteworthy new and returning television series that will feel like a summer holiday. New vacation destinations include a true story about models doing culty stuff, Larry David's funny history of America stuff and a doc on the King of Pop and whatever he was up to. Over in the land of make-believe we can visit old friends Alice and Steve to see how that friendship is holding up, take in some ambiance and meet friends on Cape Fear and say hello again to Sugar while we wave so long to The Bear. Plenty to talk about, upcoming adventures and off-trail conversations abound, so pack and plan with this pod!

Down to Watch is leaving it's mark and serving up consequences with Legends and Punisher: One Last Kill! Dan and Raul skipped across the pond to take a look at what they call undercover cop drama and they like what they see. It's the usually comedic Steve Coogan delivering a grizzled veteran customs officer tasked with putting a team together to battle the influx of heroin into 90s England. Without extra funds, it will take creativity and a selection of agents disillusioned with their current customs work for a gang of rookies to infiltrate an established drug cell. On the other hand, One Last Kill proves that the Punisher can re-enter society as well as the MCU by dealing with his mental distress and neighborhood chaos with what turns out to be all of the guns in under an hour. Both shows did what they came to do pretty well, come listen to a pod about it!

You're the Down that I Watch! (ooh ooh ooh, honey!) Dan and Raul watched the 1978 classic musical Grease, so this pod is all about T-Birds and rose colored ladies and the beauty school dropouts in the midst of summer loving, of the night variety. One host enjoyed it more than the other but neither denies the massive historical impact that Danny and Sandy had on musicals, movies and culture in general. Many of the songs in this tuneful tale are hard coded in the minds and hearts of both fans of the film and music lovers alike, while the vibe of the movie, be it parody or pastiche, can lead to a more disputed discussion under modern scrutiny. What cannot be argued are the magnetic charms of a young Travolta, the breakneck speed at which the plot unfolds and the classic tune that tells us that Grease is the word!

Hey hey, it's DtW on the way, and we're setting up shop in Widow's Bay! Dan and Raul are checking out the homey storefronts, the peaceful coast and the one nice diner in a spooky island town on AppleTV. This is a town that has been compared to Pawnee from Parks & Rec by way of Stephen King, and the description is as apt as the town is very cursed but the people are quite kooky. Mayor Loftis, played by Matthew Rhys, is trying to wrangle the odder elements of the isolated community enough to turn it into a tourist destination in an effort to save the floundering town. However, despite his shaky skepticism, the forces of strange and scary are descending on the town like a fog, sometimes literally, and only the quirky loons like Stephen Root's Wyck know how to deal with it. The show is both funnier and scarier than the trailers hinted at, but do these qualities mesh into a solid watch? Listen to this pod and be forewarned!