TV Show of the Summer

“The Summer I Turned Pretty” Season Two

Plot twists, love triangles, and cliffhangers, oh my! This brand new season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” had every viewer on the edge of their seats. It was the perfect summertime quick watch to binge with your best friends. The plot takes place during the summer break in both seasons, so it is the perfect summer show.

Season two was filled with every emotion possible, executed amazingly by the young cast. That is what makes this show so special and unique. Seeing teenagers so dedicated to their craft is such an eye-opening experience to watch.

This season is all about exploring your raw emotions. A family member's illness or death has an impact on making an individual completely change. It is an experience nobody wants to talk about because it is too emotionally draining. The characters let their emotions out and lean on each other as best they can.

The main character, Belly, experiences her first pivotal summer involving her first love while navigating the complexity of romance, friendships and family dynamics. This show explores an overall theme of change and the transformative power of summer vacations. It is known for its emotional depth, portraying the ups and downs of teenage relationships.

This show started out as a book, which is so interesting because sometimes the writer will make the show and book slightly different.

The audience was constantly left on cliffhangers throughout the entire new season, which makes it impossible not to want to watch all of the episodes back to back. Unfortunately, this season came out one episode per week. This made the show quite frustrating, but worth the wait. – Olivia Anderson

“The Bear” Season Two

One of the most talked-about shows right now, The Bear obviously takes the cake for the show of the summer. Season two gives viewers an inside look into the passions and personalities of the characters who were only vaguely introduced in the first season.

In this season Marcus excels as a pastry chef, Richie gains skills he never thought to pursue and Sydney learns about some flaws that come with running a restaurant with a partner. The added internal struggles Carmy faces pair with these other side stories to create an overall new vision of each character, keeping watchers interested.

If the unsurpassed development of characters is not enough for viewers to keep watching, surely the journey to the restaurant opening night will. Despite problem after problem, they stop at nothing to create a restaurant they are truly proud of.

All of these factors contribute to The Bear being a preferred show this past summer. – Cassie Baylis

“FUBAR” Season One

While not as talked about as some of the other hits of the summer, “FUBAR” graced a specific niche of Netflix fans.

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Luke Brunner, a CIA agent who hid his true identity from his family, but runs into trouble when he finds his daughter, Emma (Monica Barbaro) has been doing the same thing.

Together, they must work through their differences and years of filial trauma to take down Boro (Gabriel Luna), a dangerous cartel frontman dead set on killing the Brunner family as payback for what Luke did to his father years ago.

“FUBAR” is a great, action-packed story of family, trust and loyalty, with Schwarzenegger as a strong lead and a hilarious supporting cast, including comedian Fortune Feimster and Andy Buckley.

“FUBAR” has been renewed for a second season and proves that some things just get better with age, including Schwarzenegger’s action-packed hits. – Adrianna Gallucci

“I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” Season Three

There isn’t a weirder show that has been lovingly embraced by pop culture than Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s Netflix sketch show “I Think You Should Leave.”

The Emmy Award-winning sketch show returned this summer with the same cringe surrealist humor that cultivated its cult following from its first two seasons.

With an impressive 96 percent on rotten tomatoes, the third season of “I Think You Should Leave” continued its remarkable reputation as the funniest and most quotable piece of media currently out.

Sketches like “Pay it Forward,” “Driving Crooner” and “Summer Loving” weren’t just hysterical but have seen a true second life on social media. The show also continued its trend of creating real working websites based on their sketches with “Eggman Game.”

Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett and Ayo Edebiri graced the sketch show as guest stars for their first time while Will Forte, Patti Harrison and Sam Richardson returned. All actors brought their best to elevate the sketches they were in.

With The Lonely Island as producers it makes sense that “I Think You Should Leave” is seemingly for Gen Z what the “SNL: Digital Shorts” were for Millenials.

Season three cemented the show’s place as a modern comedy classic that continues to trust its insane and niche humor to make the masses laugh. – Sophia D’Ovidio

Olivia Anderson is a fourth year majoring in communications. To contact her, email oqa5131@psu.edu

Cassie Baylis is a fourth-year majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact her ceb6085@psu.edu.

Adrianna Gallucci is a second-year student majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact her, please email amg7989@psu.edu.

Sophia D’Ovidio is a third-year majoring in digital and print journalism. To contact her email sgd5184@psu.edu.