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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I think they call it a car-jet in the UK

MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I realize I haven't been keeping up with the TV shows posts. I assure you I did finish on the 20th, but will be catching up later when I can repost #29-#1 when it's less busy.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I could watch nothing but the highly profane Australian farming soap opera skit, though. They do get to bring back Olivia Colman for a funny skit about murder mysteries.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

After Episode 1, it's surprisingly not as funny as I would've thought. There are some standout moments in Episode 2, but the show drags when they get self-referential in their focus group meetings.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

UK sketch comedy show starring the comedy duo, a bit of a diversion from their 2006-2010 series That Mitchell and Webb Look. But in addition to the main duo, they add four new main stars: Stevie Martin, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Krystal Evans and Lara Ricote.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Monday, December 15 #mattfavetv2025 30. Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping (Channel 4 UK, September 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The whole thing with Harriet Dyer in the driving test with the old woman who did everything wrong, then asked “did I pass?” was pure cheese.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

...stick her with SNL alums Tim Meadows and Molly Kearney, add an actual New Zealand actor who gets to keep his accent, have some side characters; then produce the whole thing in Montreal.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

This is kind of a weird choice for how they cast the actors. The pilot I thought was kinda stretching for laughs, but I have to think this would even out after a few episodes. Take Harriet Dyer (an Australian actress from Colin from Accounts), give her an American accent...

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Friday, December 12 #mattfavetv2025 31: DMV (CBS/Paramount+, October 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Jenny Slate plays the friend, there's a lot of other notables here (Rob Delaney, Jay Duplass, Sissy Spacek). 8 eps all dropped on 4/4/25.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Based on a podcast. A woman (Michelle Williams) finds out her cancer is back during a couples counseling session (and this time it's incurable), and finds the meds she has to take increase her libido.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Friday, December 12 #mattfavetv2025 32: Dying for Sex (FX/Hulu, April 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

...which already you have a rock climbing wall to reach the 2nd-story entrance, there's a fireman's pole partway down, the beds and cots are along an outside wall... and this is not a building code hazard how? :-P

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

E1 somehow involves pretty much an abandoned building, a hovel, really, that they try to mod into a B&B, and they get their first 2 civilian boarders, two students. Eventually we get to Kian's sketchbooks and design for this giant floating B&B...

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

"On a remote island, [South Korean YouTuber] Kian84 hosts a quirky B&B escape, where BTS' Jin and Ji Ye-eun lead guests thru playful exploits and delightful chaos." I don't get what's going on, but E1 with the gas-powered tram through the trees that takes 7 minutes to ride, that was cool.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Friday, December 12 #mattfavetv2025 33: Kian's Bizarre B&B (Netflix S. Korea, April 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

So we meet the snake, pig and monkey angels later in an Eastern medicine clinic. There's action and humor.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The gangster promises to pay him back as soon as he gets out. Tae-san, sick of dealing with idiots like this, calls the office and tells Jwidol (Sung Yoo-bin), the rat angel and tech expert, to post the gangster’s bail; he’ll get the money one way or another.”

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

This agency, run by the angels, are essentially loan sharks for the criminal underworld. As Tae-san tells a gangster in prison that owes him money, they only loan money to criminals because it’s easier to collect from them.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

There's a review that sums it up better than I can: “Tae-san (Ma Dong-seok), who is the leader of the group of angels, is also in charge of the Angel Capital Group.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Angels on earth inhabit 12 creatures that symbolize the 12 Chinese zodiac animals. They battle evil to save the world. Described by some as “a purposely light action comedy that's not trying too hard.”

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Friday, December 12 #mattfavetv2025 34: Twelve (aka Twe12ve) (Hulu S. Korea, September 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Fallon hosting here will not change your opinion on Fallon. I did laugh a little when the real estate woman tried to market “Munchbox” with a wide-eyed innocence.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Yeah there's creative stuff but then you're forced into the usual “winner is announced, happy stomp clap music, let's get this idea into 10,000 Dunkin' stores right now”...

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Well, it's like The Apprentice meets Shark Tank but you're focusing on the marketing parts of the campaign only. It. Is. One big ad. For a bunch of smaller ads. Really.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Friday, December 12 #mattfavetv2025 35: On Brand. with Jimmy Fallon (Peacock, September 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I award +1 creativity point for alphabetization categories. Minus one point for the stock photos for some of the situational pictures (illustrating song lyrics, etc.)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Deborah Norville hosts this show--one of two syndicated daytime game shows to premiere around the same time. Based on the board game “Figment.” Place items in order, which is a surprisingly versatile format to work with. I didn't know dried pasta had a shorter shelf life than I thought!

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Thursday, December 11 #mattfavetv2025 36: The Perfect Line (US Syndicated, September 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The only issue with the "game" is a giant wheel spin at the end that makes no sense. But we're here for the former players, really. It's a “player voted out, new player comes in” format, like The Circle.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

An excuse to re-showcase standout contestants from other Netflix competitive and non-competitive reality shows from mostly the US but a few foreign versions (The Circle, Squid Game, The Mole, Cheer, Too Hot to Handle, Love is Blind, Selling the OC, and The Ultimatum) in a cheesy summer camp milieu.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Thursday, December 11 #mattfavetv2025 37: Battle Camp (Netflix, April 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Feels at times a little like Ugly Betty (the business) and a little like Amelie (her not-so-subtle expressions). It's got some decent laughs along the way. Surprised at how much casual smoking there is in the show.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Despite its name, not a true crime special. This show just popped up out of nowhere, filmed somewhere in Mexico. Main character Lucrecia (Anita Gutiérrez) is in the ad biz and doesn't want to have kids. She fakes a pregnancy to become a popular influencer online.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Thursday, December 11 #mattfavetv2025 38: Mom-fluencer: The Mother of All Lies (aka "@New Mamita: La madre de todas las mentiras") (Hulu Mexico, April 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Host Julia Zemiro ("Fisk") pulls it all together, but warning: the experts are there for info only.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

There's some trickery involving some of the panelists—testing them on their observational skills, exposing the audience to a (fake for the purpose of the show) QR phishing scam to see who would bite, AI deepfakes, etc.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Australian comedy panel show focused on classic criminal cases in Australia; 2 panelists are actual experts in forensics but the other 2 panelists are comedians. YMMV depending on who's on the panel. When it hits, it's really funny (Rhys Nicholson in particular), but when it doesn't, it drags on.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Thursday, December 11 #mattfavetv2025 39: Crime Night! (ABC iview Australia, October 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The final 2 episodes are probably better than the rest of the season as a whole, since unfortunately they wanted reality show drama thinking that's what would hook people.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

He's actually recorded off site and doesn't ever have an in-person connection, but it makes the games slightly more human. The Guardian gave this a less-than favorable review, but again it's on the basis of "us regular people don't get the rules" which has been part of criticism since the original,

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

and a bit more literal actions (players in jail actually stay in a cage, the zombie game has antidotes in tiny bottles they drink), plus the big change of having an actual host instead of the mystery "Creator", in this case David Tennant.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Two years ago I had the Netherlands version on my list, and I stood by it. Here, we see a set design closer to the original South Korean version (but leaning in way more with the hexagonal motif),

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

***Matt's Favorite New TV Shows of 2025*** Thursday, December 11 #mattfavetv2025 40: Genius Game UK (ITV UK, April 2025)

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The questions are playable at home up to a point, but this would be OK to have in the background.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

If the person who wins the prize decides to Take or Trade, they can either take their prize, or go to the Millionaire's Row where they're guaranteed to be in the finals (of about 10 people?) and that prize gets added in addition to the 1 million pounds for final winner to take home.

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Something involving Millionaire's Row, and they're probably going to whittle down to one contestant in-studio to win 1 million pounds. One of the head to head rounds seems to crib the format from Tenable. But!

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MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins rejoin forces in this lottery-based game. 40 contestants start, the Qs are mainly survey Qs ranking 5 options from most to least popular (“what's the nation's favorite ___”). The big draw is that whatever prize they're offering, someone wins that same prize at home.

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