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Brian Lehrer: Brian Lehrer on WNYC. We went long with Garry Kasparov because how interesting was that? Right? We're gonna have a very short call in to end the show, and we're gonna lighten it up, and it's for you to share which TV shows you're currently watching. 212-433-WNYC. Why? With this year's Emmy nominations released just yesterday, which we'll name some of, we thought let's have a call in for you to share TV show tips from the last year. What have you been watching that you would like to turn other listeners onto? 212-433-WNYC. Because our time is so short, don't think about this too hard. Just the first one that comes to mind. 212-433-9692, but TV is so diffuse now with so many streaming services in addition to the old networks. A community share is definitely in order once in a while on this. These can be Emmy-nominated hits or things on TV that are more obscure. It's a call in for you to share TV show tips from the last year. What have you been watching that you would like to turn other listeners onto? 212-433-WNYC. 212-433-9692.

Here are some of the highlights from the Emmy nominations. Best Drama, Andor on Disney+. The Diplomat on Netflix. The Last of Us on Max. Paradise on Hulu. The Pit on Max Severance on Apple TV+. Slow Horses on Apple TV+. The White Lotus, Max, you see how many networks are represented there already, just on that list. The best comedy nominees, Abbott Elementary on ABC. The Bear on Hulu. Hacks on Max. Nobody Wants This on Netflix. Only Murders in the Building on Hulu. Shrinking on Apple TV+.

In the Studio on Apple TV+, and What Do We Do in the Shadows on FX. One more, best limited series: Adolescence on Netflix, Black Mirror on Netflix, Dying for Sex on FX, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story on Netflix, and The Penguin on Max. Those are the Emmy nominees. What would you nominate for other Brian Lehrer Show listeners to watch for their entertainment or edification from the last year? 212-433-WNYC, 212-433-9692, call or text, and we'll take as many of these as we can in the remaining few minutes right after this.

Brian Lehrer on WNYC. Now, to your TV picks from the last year. I see a lot of what's coming in is not on the Emmy's nomination list. That's good. Let's hear what else. Paisley in Manhattan, you're on WNYC. Hello, Paisley.

Paisley: Hi. I was just telling your screener that it was Wednesday, July 2nd, and the news cycle with the terrible bill was being passed, and my anxiety was ramped up through the roof. I was in full-blown panic attack, and there was a show on HBO called Somebody Somewhere that I'd been meaning to watch and had never gotten around to. I was like trying to think of what I wanted to watch on TV just to take down my anxiety, and nothing seemed right. Then I thought of that show and I was just immediately soothed. It's such a beautiful, humane, quiet, gentle show with lots--

Brian Lehrer: I'm going to leave it there for time. Beautiful, humane, gentle. Somebody Somewhere from Paisley in Manhattan, thank you very much for that. Grace in New Rochelle, you're on WNYC. Hi, Grace.

Grace: Hi. Great to have speak to you. Real quick, my favorite right now, escapist is Resident Alien. We seriously need humor about the screwy country we're living in right now and the screwy L'Orange Man. Resident Alien just picks apart human-- every aspect. He's great. It's great humor and we need that right now.

Brian Lehrer: Grace. Thank you very much. John in Brooklyn, you're on WNYC. Hi, John. You have one from the Emmy nomination list. Hi.

John: Hi. Yes, The Bear, Brian, this latest season, it just studies family dynamics in good and bad ways, just so realistically, and it's very clever.

Brian Lehrer: That's interesting because I think a lot of people thought this season of The Bear didn't match some of the earlier ones. Did you watch them all?

John: I don't think I saw the one previous to this season, but I saw the others. I always loved the banter.

Brian Lehrer: Yes.

John: That's what I'm seeing in-

Brian Lehrer: A theme of

John: -everything that's underneath it.

Brain Lehrer: -family dynamics, you're singling out on this season. Kim in Richmond, Virginia, you're on WNYC. Hi, Kim.

Kim: Hey, Brian. How are you doing?

Brian Lehrer: Good. Your TV pick is?

Kim: I'm watching Patience, which is a show on PBS. I love British crime dramas, and this one has a neurodiverse woman who's sort of detective in training. There's just a lot of the usual crime stuff, but also a lot of personal growth on her part and the part of the people who are working with her, so it's really good

Brian Lehrer: Kim, thank you very much. Some coming in in texts. Poker Face streaming on Peacock. Natasha Lyonne, a true New York City icon, is delightful, solving murders. Someone else. Oh, these are going by so fast. PBS on Sunday nights. Lots of great shows. Grantchester, Call the Midwife, All Creatures, as well as Patience. How about Rob in Prince George's County, Maryland? You're on WNYC. Hi, Rob.

Rob: Hey, Brian. The biggest snub this year for the Emmy nominations that I've seen is a show on Hulu called Say Nothing. It's a miniseries based off of an amazing book about the Price sisters from Belfast and their involvement in the early Irish Republican Army and the disillusionment that came along with it. It's got some of the best acting, some of the best directing I've seen on television ever. It got one nomination for writing. It's a crime that it did not do better at the Emmys this year.

Brian Lehrer: A snub nomination from Rob. Thank you very much. Some more texts: Love Bad Sisters, Outrageous on Britbox, Hacks, and Slow Horses. Done with The Bear. It is not a comedy and should not be in that category. I've heard that controversy before. I see why, watching that show. Another one. People shouldn't sleep on the new show by Lena Dunham, Too Much, starring Megan Stalter from Hacks. Let's get at least one more in here. Jim in Somerville, you're on WNYC. Hi, Jim.

Jim: Hey, Brian. My recommendation is North of North, kind of a warm, genuine show that takes place north of north, like north of Alaska. If you remember, the show Northern Exposure has a little bit of that in that, and a little bit of like shows like Ted Lasso that are really genuine human interaction shows. Great light, a wonderful, sweet TV show.

Brian Lehrer: Jim, thank you very much. Jim gets the last word. That was fun. We should do it from time to time. So many streaming channels, as well as the old network. So much on TV. Good to share some tips. Thanks for those, and we'll see what happens at the Emmys. The awards don't get handed out till September. That's the Brian Lehrer show for today, produced by Mary Croke, Lisa Allison, Amina Srna, Carl Boisrond, and Esperanza Rosenbaum. Our interns this summer are Vito Emanuel and Adelina Romero. Thanks to Juliana Fonda and Milton Ruiz at the audio controls. Stay tuned for All Of It.

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