The Best Shows of the Year (So Far)

The Watch by The Ringer

Jul 16, 202685:23TV & Film

Chris and Andy talk about the trailers for Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’ (10:51) and Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel ‘The Shards’ (16:26). Then they reveal their favorite shows of the year so far, inclu...

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