The MANIC! MUSIC! MEDIA! Watchlist | May 2025
Covering my monthly consumption of TV, Film, Music, Podcasts + Books. Subscribe! Want updates as they happen all month? Just download the substack app!
Every month here, I make a collection of what makes up my entertainment consumption. Also, I be manic.
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MANIC! MUSIC! MEDIA! #17 covering the APRIL ‘25 MMM Watchlist
May ‘25 | WEEKLY TV WATCHLIST
LAST UPDATED: 5.26.25
Sunday
The Righteous Gemstones | HBO | S4,
Episode 4Last Week Tonight| HBO
Monday
WWE Raw| NetflixThe Daily Show| Comedy Central
Tuesday
WWE NXT | CW
Wednesday
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX | Prime Video | S1,
Episode 1AEW Dynamite| TBS
Thursday
100 Foot Wave | HBO |
S3, Episode 4
Friday
WWE Smackdown | USA
Real Time with Bill Maher | HBO
Saturday
AEW Collision| TBS
Other Current Series
Common Side Effects | Adult Swim | S1,
Episode 3The Night Agent | Netflix | S1,
Episode 2Secret Level | Prime Video | S1,
Episode 12Shrinking | AppleTV+ | S1,
Episode 1The Handmaid’s Tale | Hulu |
S2, Episode 10
PODCASTS
Wrestletalk: Raw Review Podcast | every Tuesday
WVFRM Podcast | every Friday
WEEKLY READS
NEWCOMER SECTION | new shows since last Manic! Music! Media!
100 Foot Wave | HBO
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld | Disney+
MEMORIAL SECTION | shows ended since last Manic! Music! Media!
Black Mirror (Season 7) | Netflix |
S7, Episode 6Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld | Disney+ | S1,
Episode 6Andor | Disney+ | S2,
Episode 12
The Last of Us | HBO |
S2, Episode 7
SPECIALS | new productions since last Manic! Music! Media!
Backlash | WWE | 5.10.25 | Read my Watch Along Thread
Countdown to Backlash | WWE
Backlash Post-Show | WWE
UFC 315 | 5.10.25
Saturday Night’s Main Event | WWE | 5.24.25
Double or Nothing | AEW | 5.25.25
Countdown to Double or Nothing | AEW
The Buy In: Double or Nothing Pre Show | AEW
Double or Nothing Post Show Media Scrum | AEW
NXT: Battleground | WWE | 5.25.25
FILM LIST | since last Manic! Music! Media! Watchlist
| New
Thunderbolts* | Marvel Studios | 5.2.25
Fight or Flight (#AMCScreenUnseen) | Vertical
Warfare | A24
Bring Her Back (#AMCScreenUnseen) | A24
Friendship | A24
Final Destination Bloodlines | Warner Bros. Pictures
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning | Paramount Pictures 5.23.25
Lilo and Stich | Walt Disney Studios | 5.23.25
| Rewatches
MUSIC LIST | since last Manic! Music! Media! Watchlist
| New Singles
| New Albums
| New Mixes
| Re-listens
For Those Who Have Heart (Album) - A Day to Remember
After Hours (Album) - The Weekend
| In Rotation
GNX (Album) - Kendrick Lamar
Business is Business (Album) - Young Thug
BOOK LIST | since last Manic! Music! Media! Watchlist
| Read This Year
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin(1963)Animal Farm by George Orwell(1945)
| Currently Reading
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn (1980)
The Martian by Andy Weir
IN PURGATORY | the ones I may never finish
AEW Unrestricted | every Monday
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | every Thursday
NEED TO | the ones I need to get to
| Movies
I Saw the TV Glow, The Shadow Strays, Smile, Koyaanisqatsi, Cuckoo, The Room Next Door, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (2023), Beau is Afraid, The Surfer
| Shows
Dope Thief (AppleTV+), The Studio (AppleTV+), MobLand (Paramout+), The Rehearsal (MAX), The Curse (Hulu), Abbott Elementary (ABC), Vikings (Netflix), Dave (FX), Black Sails (Netflix), Reacher (Prime Video)
| Franchises
The Godfather (Paramount Pictures)
Harry Potter (Warner Bros. Pictures)
| Albums
The Death of Slim Shady - Eminem
From Zero - Linkin Park | 11.15.24
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bunny
Big Ole Album Vol. 1 - A Day To Remember
| Books
Ya’ll (NOT) Gonna Make Me Lose My Mind by Emilia A. Ottoo (2024)
Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (2019)
Wool by Hugh Howey (2012)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humanity by Yuval Noah Harari (2011)
UPCOMING | the ones I’m excited about
| Upcoming Shows
Rick and Morty (Season 8) | Adult Swim | 5.25.25
Ironheart | Disney+ | 6.24.25
Eyes of Wakanda | Disney+ | 8.6.25
The Foundation (Season 3) | Apple TV+ | 7.11.25
Peacemaker (Season 2) | HBO | 8.11.25
| Upcoming Films
Megalopolis | Lionsgate Films | 9.27.24
Moana 2 | Walt Disney Studios | 11.27.24
F1 | Warner Bros. Pictures | 6.27.25
The Old Guard | Netflix | 7.2.25
Superman | Warner Bros. Pictures | 7.11.25
The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Marvel Studios | 7.25.25
TRON: Ares | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 10.10.25
Predator: Badlands | 20th Century Studios | 11.7.25
| Upcoming Specials
Worlds Collide | WWE x NXT x AAA | 6.7.25
Money In The Bank | WWE | 6.7.25
UFC 316 | 6.7.25
Night of Champions | WWE | 6.28.25
UFC 317 | 6.28.25
Evolution | WWE | 7.5.25
All In: Texas | AEW | 7.12.25
Saturday Night’s Main Event | WWE | 7.12.25
Summerslam | WWE | 8.2-3.25
Forbidden Door | AEW | 8.24.25
Clash in Paris | WWE | 8.31.25
Noche: UFC 320 | 9.13.25
All Out | AEW | 9.20.25
Crown Jewel Perth | WWE | 10.11.25
| Upcoming Music
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