Seen, Read, Heard 2017

For more on this list, read my blog post.

All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps: TV SERIES
Italics: Book
Italics, quotation marks: “Short Story”
Quotation marks: “Play” (also used from live concerts)

1/1 – THE CROWN (S1, E7); THE CROWN (S1, E8)

1/2 – THE CROWN (S1, E9); THE CROWN (S1, E10)

1/3 – THE OA (S1, E1)

1/4 – THE OA (S1, E2); THE SIMPSONS (S28, E10)

1/5 – THE OA (S1, E3)

1/6 – THE OA (S1, E4); THE OA (S1, E5)

1/8 – SILENCE

1/9 – THE OA (S1, E6); THE OA (S1, E7); THE OA (S1, E8)

1/10 – BOARDWALK EMPIRE (S1, E1)

1/12- LA LA LAND; THE SIMPSONS (S28, E11)

1/13 – BOARDWALK EMPIRE (S1, E2); BOARDWALK EMPIRE (S1, E3)

1/14 – THE SPECTACULAR NOW; THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (partial)

1/16 – THE YOUNG POPE (S1, E1); The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (finish)

1/17 – Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde (start)

1/18 – THE YOUNG POPE (S1, E2); THE SIMPSONS (S28, E12)

1/20 – THE BOOK OF LOVE

1/22 – THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (finish)

1/24 – THE YOUNG POPE (S1, E3)

1/26 – SUITS (S6, E11)

1/27 – SCANDAL (S6, E1)

1/28 – THIS IS US (S1, E1)

1/29 – CLOUDBURST

1/30 – THIS IS US (S1, E2)

1/31 – THIS IS US (S1, E3)

2/1 – “The Magic Flute” (COC)

2/2 – Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde (finish); The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (start); SUITS (S6, E12);

2/3 – THE YOUNG POPE (S1, E4); THE YOUNG POPE (S1, E5)

2/5 – SCANDAL (S6, E2); THIS IS US (S1, E4)

2/10 – SUITS (S6, E13)

2/12 – WHIP IT

2/13 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E1)

2/14 – “Ladysmith Black Mambazo”

2/17 – The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (finish)

2/19 – SUITS (S6, E14); THE SIMPSONS (S28, E13)

2/20 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E2); THIS IS US (S1, E6)

2/21 – THIS IS US (S1, E7)

2/22 – The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (start); THIS IS IS (S1, E8)

2/25 – SUITS (S6, E15)

2/27 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E3)

3/4 – SUITS (S6, E16); THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E1); THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E2)

3/5 – THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E3)

3/7 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E4)

3/8 – THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E4)

3/9 – THIS IS US (S1, E9)

3/11 – ARRIVAL

3/12 – THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E5)

3/13 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E5)

3/14 – THIS IS US (S1, E10)

3/15 – THIS IS US (S1, E11); A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara (start)

3/16 – THIS IS US (S1, E12)

3/17 – THIS IS US (S1, E13)

3/18 – THIS IS US (S1, E14)

3/19 – THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN

3/20 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E6); THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E6)

3/21 – THIS IS US (S1, E15)

3/22 – THIS IS US (S1, E16)

3/23 – THIS IS US (S1, E17); THIS IS US (S1, E18)

3/24 – THE SIMPSONS (S28, E14)

3/25 – MISSSLOANE

3/26 – THE HANDMAIDEN

3/27 – THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E7)

3/28 – THE YOUNG POPE (S1, E6)

3/29 – BIG LITTLE LIES (S1, E1)

3/30 – BIG LITTLE LIES (S1, E2); THE SIMPSONS (S28, E15)

3/31 – THE SIMPSONS (S28, E16)

4/1 – FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

4/2 – 20TH CENTURY WOMEN

4/3 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E7); THE SIMPSONS (S28, E17)

4/6 – THE SIMPSONS (S28, E18)

4/7 – THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E8)

4/14 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E11)

4/15 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E12)

4/20 – THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E9)

4/21 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E8)

4/22 – ROGUE ONE

4/23 – THE GOOD FIGHT (S1, E10); LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E9)

4/24 – BIG LITTLE LIES (S1, E3)

4/25 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E10)

4/26 – BIG LITTLE LIES (S1, E4)

4/27 – BIG LITTLE LIES (S1, E5)

4/29 – BIG LITTLE LIES (S1, E6); BIG LITTLE LIES (S1, E7)

4/30 – THE SIMPSONS (S28, E19)

5/1 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E13); DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E14)

5/6 – MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN; GET OUT

5/7 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E15)

5/10 – THE SIMPSONS (S28, E20); LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E11)

5/13 – “Seven Things I’ve Learned: An Evening With Ira Glass”

5/14 – STRICTLY BALLROOM

5/15 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E11)

5/19 – AMERICAN GODS (S1, E1)

5/22 – AMERICAN GODS (S1, E2)

5/23 – AMERICAN GODS (S1, E3)

5/27 – THE COMMUNE

5/28 – AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

5/28 – PITCH PERFECT

6/2 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E1)

6/3 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E2)

6/4 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E3)

6/5 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E4); HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E5)

6/6 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E6)

6/7 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E7); LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E14)

6/8 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E8)

6/9 – A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara (finish); HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E9); The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (start)

6/10 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E10)

6/11 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E11)

6/12 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E15)

6/13 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E12)

6/14 – HOUSE OF CARDS (S5, E13); THE SIMPSONS (S28, E21)

6/15 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E18)

6/16 – THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE

6/19 – PITCH PERFECT 2

6/20 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E16)

6/21 – THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E1)

6/22 – THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E2)

6/23 – THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E3)

6/24 – THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E4)

6/25 – WONDER WOMAN; THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E5)

6/26 – THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E6); LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E17)

6/27 – THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E7); The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (finish)

6/28 – THE LEFTOVERS (S3, E8)

6/29 – Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (start); DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E19); GLOW (S1, E1)

6/30 – GLOW (S1, E2); GLOW (S1, E3)

7/1 – GLOW (S1, E4); GLOW (S1, E5); GLOW (S1, E6)

7/2 – GLOW (S1, E7); GLOW (S1, E8)

7/3 – GLOW (S1, E9), GLOW (S1, E10)

7/5 – THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E1); THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E2)

7/6 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E18)

7/7 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E20); Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (finish)

7/8 – MAGIC MIKE

7/9 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S1, E21)

7/10 – 3% (S1, E1)

7/11 – 3% (S1, E2), 3% (S1, E3)

7/13 – ANT-MAN

7/14 – CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

7/15 – JASON BOURNE

7/16 – GAME OF THRONES (S7, E1)

7/17 – Thursday Next: A First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde (start)

7/20 – “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Public Theatre NYC Shakespeare in the Park)

7/22 – “A Doll’s House 2” (NYC)

7/23 – GAME OF THRONES (S7, E2)

7/24 – THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E3)

7/25 – THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E4)

7/26 – THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E5)

7/27 – THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E6)

7/30 – GAME OF THRONES (S7, E3)

7/31 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E19); THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E7)

8/1 – ROGUE ONE

8/2 – THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E8); THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E9)

8/3 – THE HANDMAID’S TALE (S1, E10)

8/7 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E20); GAME OF THRONES (S7, E4)

8/8 – SUITS (S7, E1); SUITS (S7, E2)

8/9 – Thursday Next: A First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde (finish); One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde (start)

8/10 – SUITS (S7, E3); SUITS (S7, E4)

8/11 – SUITS (S7, E5)

8/13 – GAME OF THRONES (S7, E5)

8/15 – LOVE (S1, E1)

8/16 – GIFTED

8/18 – SUITS (S7, E6)

8/19 – NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

8/20 – GAME OF THRONES (S7, E6)

8/21 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E21)

8/22 – LOVE (S1, E2)

8/23 – “Twelfth Night” (Shakespeare in High Park)

8/24 – SUITS (S7, E7)

8/25 – LOVE (S1, E3)

8/26 – WIND RIVER

8/27 – GAME OF THRONES (S7, E7)

8/28 – One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde (finish); The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde (start); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E1)

8/29 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E2)

8/30 – DUNKIRK

8/31 – SUITS (S7, E8)

9/1 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E3); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E4); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E5)

9/2 – STRANGE BREW

9/3 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E6); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E7); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E8); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E9); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S1, E10)

9/4 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E1); MOZART IN THR JUNGLE (S2, E2)

9/5 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E3); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E4);

9/6 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E5)

9/8 – SUITS (S7, E9); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E6)

9/9 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E7); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E8)

9/11 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E22); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E9); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S2, E10); The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde (finish)

9/12 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E1); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E2)

9/14 – SUITS (S7, E10); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E3); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E4)

9/15 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E5); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E6)

9/16 – JACKIE

9/19 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E7); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E8)

9/21 – MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E9); MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (S3, E10)

9/25 – SING

9/28 – MOTHER!;The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (start)

10/2 – THE SIMPSONS (S29, E1)

10/3 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E25)

10/4 – THIS IS US (S2, E1)

10/5 – THIS IS US (S2, E2)

10/6 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E24)

10/7 – HIDDEN FIGURES

10/8 – THE DEUCE (S1, E1)

10/9 – INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE; STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E1); THE DEUCE (S1, E2); Ways To Disappear by Idra Novey (start)

10/10 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E26)

10/11 – STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E2); THE SIMPSONS (S29, E2)

10/12 – LOVE (S1, E4)

10/13 – THIS IS US (S2, E3); DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E1)

10/14 – BLADE RUNNER: 2049

10/15 – STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E3); DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E2)

10/16 – STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E4); STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E5)

10/17 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E27); THE SIMPSONS (S29, E3)

10/18 – THIS IS US (S2, E4)

10/19 – SAN ANDREAS; DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E3); DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E4)

10/22 – THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E1)

10/23 – THE DEUCE (S1, E3)

10/25 – THIS IS US (S2, E5)

10/29 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E5); THE SIMPSONS (S29, E4)

10/30 – STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E6); STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E7)

11/3 – THR GOOD PLACE (S1, E2); THIS IS US (S2, E6); LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E28)

11/4 – THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E3); STRANGER THINGS (S2, E1)

11/5 – STRANGER THINGS (S2, E2); STRANGER THINGS (S2, E3)

11/6 – STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (S1, E8); THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E4); THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E5); THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E6)

11/8 – THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E7); THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E8); THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E9); LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E29)

11/9 – THIS IS US (S2, E7)

11/10 – THE BIG SICK

11/11 – THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E10); THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E11); STRANGER THINGS (S2, E4); STRANGER THINGS (S2, E5)

11/12 – THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E12); THE GOOD PLACE (S1, E13); STRANGER THINGS (S2, E6)

11/13 – LADY BIRD; THE ORVILLE (S1, E1); STAR TRAK: DISCOVERY (S1, E9)

11/14 – STRANGER THINGS (S2, E8); STRANGER THINGS (S2, E9)

11/15 – THIS IS US (S2, E8)

11/17 – LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (S4, E30); THE SIMPSONS (S29, E5)

11/18 – THE DEUCE (S1, E4); THE DEUCE (S1, E5)

11/19 – THE DEUCE (S1, E6); The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way To Love Well by Meik Wiking (start)

11/20 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E6)

11/21 – THE SIMPSONS (S29, E6)

11/22 – THIS IS US (S2, E9)

11/23 – LONGMIRE (S1, E1); LONGMIRE (S1, E2)

11/24 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E7)

11/26 – LONGMIRE (S1, E3);THE SIMPSONS (S29, E7)

11/29 – THIS IS US (S2, E10)

12/2 – CHARADE

12/3 – A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman (start)

12/5 – THE DEUCE (S1, E7)

12/6 – THE DEUCE (S1, E8)

12/7 – DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (S2, E8)

12/8 – OZARK (S1, E1)

12/9 – OZARK (S1, E2); OZARK (S1, E3)

12/10 – MARVEL’S RUNAWAYS (S1, E2); MARVEL’S RUNAWAYS (S1, E3)

12/13 – OZARK (S1, E4)

12/16 – OZARK (S1, E5)

12/17 – OZARK (S1, E6)

12/18 – OZARK (S1, E7)

12/19 – OZARK (S1, E8)

12/20 – OZARK (S1, E9); (S1, E10)

12/22 – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E1); “Where Are You, Sweetheart” by Mariana Enriquez

12/23 – STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

12/24 – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E2); THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E3)

12/25 – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E4); THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E5)

12/26 – PITCH PERFECT 3

12/27 – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E6)

12/29 – GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2; THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E7); THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL (S1, E8)

12/30 – CRIMSON PEAK

12/31 – THE SHAPE OF WATER

Podcasts (undated)

  • S-Town
  • The Daily
  • This American Life
  • Reply All
  • Birds All Day
  • Slow Burn