HOT ON TV
As you might’ve already assumed, drama ensues upon his arrival at this elite boarding school, including him falling for a male student from a different background, a substance abuse incident, the death of his only beloved sibling, and several scenes where hearts are broken (thanks to his royal highness).
Overall, the first/debut season of the series deserves a nod (multiple even) because of how the producers of the show gently presented an overdone plot-line,…
(Hello? They gave new life to the royal sub-theme!)
...something that those producing American shows of similar themes are kind of failing to do. (*hides*)
The portrayals by the crop of Swedish actors are impressive (no doubt). The series is almost entirely in Swedish, so the subtitling comes in as a huge aid.
A second season has been ordered.
Bravo to the team!
#TotallyHOT
Comparing the second season to the first is a waste of time, because the second season is, awesomely dramatic! I believe that the season has created notable moments in the world of streaming television, and deserves more than just a mention in Enzer’s World (E.W.)’s #TheRoundUp by Enzer.
Trust me, the third installment is something I wouldn’t miss for the world.
#NotToBeSkipped #Totally
#BeOnTheLookOut for that hot piece of ageless Latino meat.
Honestly, I did not think that I would watch most of the second season, but I did. Therefore, it’s safe to say that the Peacock reboot won’t be a terrible choice on one of those lazy weekends. *winks*
Thanks to Tyler Perry (and co.) this story, about three friends, this time portrayed by Jill Scott (Hazel), Ryan Michelle Bathe (Ari), and Michelle Buteau (Bree) whose patience is tested through rocky marriages/relationships is brought back to life on our small screens.
The humor and the set designs are the best things about this comedy.
(Weirdly, infidelity/marital problems is the theme for this comedy.)
Plus, we get to watch Jill Scott’s ageless beauty showcased throughout.
Yes, I cannot wait for the third season. #Totally
The stars of the Sex and the City (USA) franchise are back on Television, thanks to the Gods of Streaming TV.
HBO Max’s And Just Like That... (USA, Syndicated) is the perfect dramedy release of this E.W. Year!
The story-line, the portrayals, the season's running time and each episode's length, the media buzz - everything about this show is just astonishing.
I wasn’t a huge fan of Sex and the City back then, but I mean, the writers of this sequel caught my attention, mesmerized, and got me up to speed in a jiffy.
I hope it stays on because it surely is a perfect fit for a streaming service.
The latest season is filled with riveting (E.W. TV) moments, all thanks to the show's incredible cast and crew.
Nothing beats NBC’s version of The Voice (USA, Syndicated), most of the time, I agree, but you gotta admit that the German version is a unique offering.
Sadly, I am not that much excited about the next season of the show. #OnTheFence
HOTTER:
Just when I was about to lose hope in the series, the final minutes of the first episode of season two brought back that excitement I had back when the show debuted in 2020.
I think this whole ‘lets release lackluster first episodes’ thing is becoming a Netflix thing because if my memory serves me well, You (USA, Netflix) did the same thing to me (and I’m sure to many more other viewers out there too).
Yep, ‘we’ gotta ask the big guy at Netflix about that, when ‘we’ interview him next.
Otherwise, the release of the second season was a drama-filled and pleasantly musical event.
I am also glad that the series will be back for a third season.
#BonsoirMonSoleil
Other series to catch on TV:
- 9-1-1: Lone Star (USA, Syndicated)
- American Horror Stories (USA, FX on Hulu)
- Betty (USA, Syndicated)
- BMF (USA, Starz)
- Chucky (USA, Syndicated)
- Dexter: New Blood (USA, Syndicated)
- Games People Play (USA, BET)
- Ghosts (USA, Syndicated)
- Gossip Girl (USA, Syndicated)
- Dynasty (USA, The CW)
- Generation (USA, Syndicated)
- Grey’s Anatomy (USA, Syndicated)
- iCarly (USA, Paramount Plus)
- Legacies (USA, Syndicated)
- Lucifer (USA, Netflix)
- The Equalizer (USA, Syndicated)
- The Morning Show (USA, Apple TV Plus)
- Idols (South Africa, Mzansi Magic)
- Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living (USA, BET)
- Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (USA, BET),
- Tyler Perry’s Sistas (USA, BET),
- Tyler Perry’s The Oval (USA, BET),
- Queen Sugar (USA, OWN)
- Blood & Water (South Africa, Netflix)
- Sex Education (UK, Netflix)
- General Hospital (USA, Syndicated)
- The River (South Africa, 1 Magic)
- America’s Got Talent (USA, Syndicated)
- BET Presents: The Encore (USA, BET)
- Big Brother (USA, Syndicated)
- House Calls with Dr. Phil (USA, Syndicated)
- Pass The Mic (USA, BET)
- Ready to Love (USA, OWN)
- The Bachelorette (USA, Syndicated)
- The Circle (USA, Netflix)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (USA, Syndicated)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (USA, Syndicated)
- The Late Late Show (USA, Syndicated)
- The Masked Singer (USA, Syndicated)
- The Tonight Show (USA, Syndicated)
- The View (USA, Syndicated)
- The Voice (USA, Syndicated)
- Too Hot to Handle (USA, UK, Netflix)
- Guilty Party (USA, Paramount Plus)
- High School Musical: The Musical:... (USA, Disney Plus)
- In The Dark (USA, Syndicated)
- Insecure (USA, HBO)
- Invasion (USA, Apple TV Plus)
- Jupiter’s Legacy (USA, Netflix)
- Kenan (USA, Syndicated)
- Love, Death & Robots (USA, Netflix)
- Our Kind of People (USA, Syndicated)
- Queens (USA, Syndicated)
- Riverdale (USA, The CW)
- Twenties (USA, BET)
- Virgin River (USA, Netflix)
- You (USA, Netflix)
- Grand Crew (USA, Syndicated)
- Gabby Duran & The Unsittables (USA, Disney Channel)
- Q-Force (USA, Netflix)
- Gentefied (USA, Netflix)
- The Harper House (USA, Paramount Plus)
- Days of Our Lives (USA, Syndicated)
- Access Daily (USA, Syndicated)
- CBS Mornings (USA, CBS)
- Game of Talents (USA, Syndicated)
- Nick Cannon (USA, Syndicated)
- Saturday Night Live (USA, Syndicated)
- Secret Celebrity Renovation (USA, CBS)
- Tamron Hall (USA, Syndicated)
- The Bachelor (USA, Syndicated)
- The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball (USA, The CW)
- Winter House (USA, Syndicated)
- The Graham Norton Show (UK, BBC One)
- The Jonathan Ross Show (UK, Syndicated)
- The Wendy Williams Show (USA, Syndicated)
WEB TV:
Another mention goes out to web dramedy, Money.Men.Marriage (Nigeria, Youtube). The series revolves around a group of friends that pretty much achieved all of their life goals, except one: figuring out men and then eventually settling down (of course).
Don’t miss out on E.W.’s T.V. Moments on Blogger, Twitter, and Facebook! Use the hashtag #EWTVMoments to find all of the selected videos.
A.I. UPDATE:
The show’s official Twitter profile even has a description that fits the moment.
Hopefully, the production will be memorable.
#EnzerLovesIdol
E.W. GLOBAL:
This vibrant showcase not only featured familiar names such as Angelique Kidjo and Aya Nakamura but was broadcast from a park in Paris, filled with adoring Afro Music fans.
Hopefully, we will get to see more of that next year.
*Le temps by Afro-French artist Tayc is E.W.’s Best Afro-Pop/Beat Song for the 9th E.W. Year, 2021.
Other series to catch:
- Amazing Voices (South Africa, Syndicated)
- Kitz (Germany, Netflix)
- #ICanWithAbsaDrive Show (South Africa, eTV)
- Big Brother Naija (Nigeria, Syndicated)
- Canada’s Drag Race (Canada, Crave)
- Carte Blanche (South Africa, M-Net)
- Ezomgido (Zimbabwe, Syndicated)
- Diep City (South Africa, Mzansi Magic)
- Scandal! (South Africa, e)
- Danse avec les stars (France, TF1)
- Devi (South Africa, e)
- Family Feud (South Africa, e)
- Good Morning Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe, ZBC)
- I DO (Zimbabwe, ZBC TV)
- Let’s Talk Health (Botswana, Syndicated)
- Listing Jozi (South Africa, BBC Lifestyle)
- Live Amp (South Africa, SABC 1)
- Nigerian Idol (Nigeria, Africa Magic)
- Stars’ Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant (South Korea, KBS World TV)
- Temptation Island (South Africa, Showmax)
- Troukoors (South Africa, Showmax)
- The Globe (South Africa, SABC News)
- 7de Laan (South Africa, SABC 2)
- Durban Gen (South Africa, e)
- EastEnders (UK, BBC One)
- Generations: The Legacy (South Africa, SABC 1)
- Gomora (South Africa, Mzansi Magic)
- House of Zwide (South Africa, e)
- Legacy (South Africa, M-Net)
- The Estate (South Africa, S3)
- The Queen (South Africa, Mzansi Magic)
- Suidooster (South Africa, Syndicated)
- 1MX Live (Philippines, Syndicated)
- AFCON (Cameroon, Syndicated)
- Afternoon Express (South Africa, Syndicated)
- Big Brother VIP (Albania, Top Channel)
- Big Brother VIP (Australia, Seven Network)
- Come Dine With Me (South Africa, BBC Lifestyle)
- Date My Family (South Africa, Mzansi Magic)
- Big Brother Mzansi (South Africa, Mzansi Magic)
THROWBACK:
Starring AnnaSophia Robb as a young Carrie Bradshaw whose trying to make a mark in the New York City of the 80s, this two-season long show is one whose cancellation I still cannot fathom.
Like, I do not know how a reboot would even work.
However, reruns of the show, on some lesser-known channel, could make for a great viewing time.
#TotallyBingeworthy
DAILY INSPIRATION
Happiness comes in relaxed simplicity, living in present awareness, and contentment with each precious moment of this life that is granted.Awakened awareness is not dependent on any particular circumstance. We are each endowed with the clear perception that becomes dormant or obscured through the conditioning of fear, loss, and belief.
When we deeply relax in silence, our awareness effortlessly shines with a transforming brilliance.
We live with passion, with a twinkle in our eyes, aware that we are living in a grand mystery; feeling the radiance of its presence everywhere, energizing us to take care of the tasks at hand, sensibly and practically.
SPEAK OUT
#Celebs:
You know the couple known for their version of Buckingham Palace ‘aptly’ nicknamed Beckingham Palace, right?
Ya, those guys.
But that’s not what piqued my interest.
Oh no…
So Brooklyn, who is 22 years old is getting hitched to Nicola Peltz, who's known for her role on A&E’s Bates Motel (USA).
Call me old-fashioned, but the age difference (Nicola is 27) is kinda concerning.
In my mind, I’m thinking: “It might not last”; “He is too young”; “This is a publicity stunt”; “She’s marrying him for his fortune and name”; “He is fulfilling his desire for older women”; “She is insecure.”
However, love can be blind, love can be unconventional.
Therefore, I am going to mind my own business.
Oh, and in case you didn’t know, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello broke up.
#Quotes:
“To be ready is much. To have the capacity for waiting is more. But to be able to utilize the right moment is everything.” – SCHNITZLER“In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.” - JOYCE BROTHERS
“Bring me men to match my mountains. Bring me men to match my plains. Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.” - THOMAS PAINE
“When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.” - ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
“The hero is the one, who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.” - FELIX ADLER
“When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture – that we are only given one dazzling moment of life here on earth. And we must stand before that reality, both humbled and elevated, subject to every law of our universe, and grateful for our brief but intrinsic participation with it.” - ELIZABETH GILBERT
“If in our world there are vales of tears, there are hillsides also of joy and laughter, and peaks of splendor shining in the sun.” - H. SAMUEL
“Today, this hour, this minute, is the day, the hour, the minute, for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.” - ROBERT UPDEGRAFF
“It doesn’t matter what is happening to the economy, government, or your industry; it matters what is going on in your imagination. If you’ve got a rich imagination, you’re going to have a rich experience.” - MARK VICTOR HANSEN
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” - ORISON S. MARDEN
MUSIC SPOT
Oh, but that’s not all, Katy Perry is a style and queer icon, a trendsetter, a mother, an American Idol Judge, a Las Vegas Residency Artist, a former NFL Superbowl Half-Time Show Headliner - all in addition to a record-breaking streak in the music biz.
I doubt she’ll be old news, very soon.
Songs we like by Katy Perry as a lead artist:
- I Kissed a Girl
- Hot n Cold
- Thinking of You
- Waking Up in Vegas
- California Gurls (ft. Snoop Dogg)
- Teenage Dream
- Firework
- E.T. (ft. Kanye West)
- Last Friday Night “T.G.I.F.”
- The One That Got Away
- Part of Me
- Wide Awake
- Roar
- Unconditionally
- Dark Horse (ft. Juicy J)
- Birthday
- This Is How We Do
- Rise
- Chained to the Rhythm (ft. Skip Marley)
- Bon Appetit (ft. Migos)
- Swish Swish (ft. Nicki Minaj)
- Hey Hey Hey
- Cozy Little Christmas
- 365 (with Zedd)
- Con Calma “Remix” (with Daddy Yankee ft. Snow)
- Never Really Over
- Small Talk
- Harleys in Hawaii
- Never Worn White
- Daisies
- Smile
- Cry About It Later
- Not the End of the World
- Electric
- When I’m Gone (with Alesso)
- Walking On Air
- Every Day Is a Holiday
- Roulette
- Resilient “Tiesto Remix” (ft. Aitana)
- Ur So Gay
- One Of The Boys
- International Smile
- Witness
- Daisies “Cant Cancel Pride”
*Katy Perry’s Daisies (Can’t Cancel Pride) is E.W. Queer’s Song of the Year for the 9th E.W. Recognitions, 2021.
THIS ALBUM ROCKS!:
Dawn of Chromatica (Lady Gaga)
SONGS WE LIKE: *All Listed Tracks
ALBUM NAME: Yaaaas!
ALBUM COVER ART: 3/5.
BUZZING MUSIC VIDEOS OF NOW:
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View all of E.W.’s top music videos right now by simply typing in:
‘MUSIC SPOT #SongOfTheDay’
…into your Twitter and/or Facebook Search Bar(s) (and then click ‘Search’) and all of the tweets and/or posts will appear on your screen.
To find new music videos, cover versions, classics, lyric videos, acoustic versions or live performances type in:
‘MUSIC SPOT #FreshVideo’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #CoverSongOfTheDay’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #Classic’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #LyricVideo’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #Live’
‘MUSIC SPOT #SongOfTheDay’
…into your Twitter and/or Facebook Search Bar(s) (and then click ‘Search’) and all of the tweets and/or posts will appear on your screen.
To find new music videos, cover versions, classics, lyric videos, acoustic versions or live performances type in:
‘MUSIC SPOT #FreshVideo’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #CoverSongOfTheDay’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #Classic’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #LyricVideo’
Or
‘MUSIC SPOT #Live’
#EWRadio #ListenWhile
FLICK PICK
I doubt many would dispute that considering how popular lifetime titles are, especially on days when nothing else exciting is on.
E.W. Global Plus’ Favorite Movie for the 9th E.W. Year titled Pretty Cheaters, Deadly Lies (USA) is one of many movies that make the Lifetime Network a viewer’s preferred pick.
*Lifetime (USA) is E.W. Global Plus’ Best TV Channel/Station/Network/Platform for the 9th E.W. Year, 2021.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Who’s Tagging E.W. on Twitter?:
E.W.’s 10TH ANNIVERSARY
As part of the celebrations, E.W. is curating online playlists featuring content, brands, and personalities that have truly made it all worthwhile over the last decade as well as music and performances that will get us into the partying mood/spirit.
And guess what? The year-long activity is ongoing!
Yes, you gotta agree that our countdown to the 10th E.W. Day deserves a special year-long feast for the eyes.
So, to stay in the loop about what will be playlisted, visit E.W.’s Youtube Page where you’ll find the Youtube 10th Anniversary Playlists, and many other playlists.
Find the link here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Enzer1992/playlists
All additions and subtractions will stop on the 22nd of June 2022, where-after the playlists will be officially released.
Also, don’t miss out on the release of additional celebratory playlists featuring E.W. Recognitions winning music and artists from each previous E.W. Year.
And (as you might have expected) the announcement of the song selected to be E.W.'s 10th Anniversary Song, will also happen before the end of the current E.W. Year.
Let me know if you’ve figured out which song that might be. If you don’t have an idea yet, head on over to E.W. Radio’s Spotify Playlist page and try your best bet at guessing the song that has been chosen to be the 10th Anniversary Song.
The first half of the 10th E.W. Year has lapsed, so share your excitement for E.W.’s 10th Birthday if you haven’t done so already.
#EW10thAnniversary #TotallyTEN
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