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Hey TV watchers! TV critic Michel Ghanem here. Every two weeks, I highlight the shows worth your TV time for Trust Me, I Watch Everything<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> Whether you prefer sticking to cable, catching the latest on streaming or digging up a hidden gem that slipped through the cracks, I try to curate something for everyone.<\/p>\n Anyone else experiencing a heat wave? Might as well crank up the AC and turn on a show \u2014 and we’ve got a few recommendations that might just hit the spot. If competition shows are your style, Project Runway<\/em> returns on Freeform for its 22nd season with double its usual participant count. Over on streaming, Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend<\/em> is the kind of fluffy, addictive narrative you would pick as a beach read, or there’s Netflix’s <\/a>Little House on the Prairie<\/em><\/a> reboot<\/a> for anyone craving a period Western. This is also a good time to revisit Letterkenny<\/em> on Hulu, a hilarious sitcom co-created by Jacob Tierney, the showrunner of Heated Rivalry.<\/em> Read on for the rundown.\u00a0<\/p>\n Why you should watch it: <\/strong>“In fashion, one day you’re in. And the next day, you’re out.” Even over 20 years later, Heidi Klum’s catchphrase on Project Runway<\/em> still lands with foreboding force.\u00a0<\/p>\n The competition show’s 22nd season arrives on Freeform and Hulu and promises to be its biggest yet. For one, there are double the number of quirky designers up for the final prize: 22, naturally, although six get eliminated in the first episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n Part of Project Runway<\/em>‘s appeal is its soothing, familiar structure: Aspiring designers create their runway looks with almost impossible time and resource constraints, and face brutal critiques from their judges, Klum, fashion editor Nina Garcia, Zendaya’s stylist Law Roach and a rotating set of guest judges. This time around, Tyra Banks pops up as a recurring judge.<\/p>\n The landscape of reality television has changed drastically since 2004, but so has fashion. Social media and the proliferation of fast fashion have created a much more savvy audience, and there is also a lot more appetite for drama beyond design.\u00a0<\/p>\n Compared to the camaraderie of the earlier seasons, these new participants are sometimes quite nasty (one participant even refers to another’s design as “the no-taste Olympics” in the first episode). That’s especially apparent with the RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/em> veterans in this group, Q and Plane Jane, who are well-acquainted with a witty zinger.<\/p>\n But the show’s structure is still the same as in its early seasons. Klum even double-kisses every contestant and mutters “Auf wiedersehen<\/em>,” goodbye in German, for each elimination. As a summer competition show, it’s perfectly serviceable for a weekly watch \u2014 especially as the show tries to up the ante after so long on the air. From the “unconventional materials” challenge to group projects, it’s always fun to see designers dive into their creative toolboxes and make more out of less, just as long as you don’t create something the judges \u2014 and your peers \u2014 think is ugly.\u00a0<\/p>\n How to watch: <\/strong>New episodes of Project Runway<\/em> air Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on Freeform and stream simultaneously on Hulu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Watch on Hulu<\/a><\/p>\n Why you should watch it: <\/strong>If cozy vibes are what you’re craving this July, The Five-Star Weekend<\/em> is exactly the beach read TV show you’re looking for. Adapted from the 2023 novel by Elin Hilderbrand, the series stars Jennifer Garner as Hollis Shaw, a food blogger mourning the sudden passing of her husband. Her influencer empire and cookbooks might be thriving, but she’s still moving through the grief six months later.<\/p>\n Hollis needs a hard reset. She decides to invite four girlfriends from various eras of her life to her cozy beach house in Nantucket for a weekend of home-cooked meals and lots of wine. Her friends are played by actresses you will definitely recognize: Regina Hall (One Battle After Another<\/em>), Chlo\u00eb Sevigny (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story<\/em>), D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place<\/em>) and Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians<\/em>).\u00a0<\/p>\n The show is something of a Big Little Lies<\/em> without the stewardship of Jean-Marc Vall\u00e9e’s directorial hand. Rather than a murder mystery, one of the women has a big secret revealed at the end of the first episode that ties her to Hollis in a way you might not have expected. Otherwise, there’s the odd mismatch between the women who don’t really<\/em> know each other beyond their relationship with their host.<\/p>\n Naturally, the more we spend time with these women, the more secrets unspool. Along the way, The Five-Star Weekend <\/em>reveals itself to be a decent destination for a mid-summer binge, although probably not one that will reach the top of your best-ever television list.<\/p>\n How to watch: <\/strong>All eight episodes of The Five-Star Weekend<\/em> are streaming on Peacock<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u23f0 Tune in<\/strong><\/h2>\n
My recommendation:<\/span> <\/strong>Project Runway<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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My recommendation:<\/span> <\/strong>The Five-Star Weekend<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n