Favorites of 2022 in entertainment

Here’s my list of the best for 2022. Enjoy!

Most iconic moment in entertainment in 2022

Jenna Ortega’s dance scene in Wednesday – Thank goodness she helped put Will Smith’s unacceptable attack on Chris Rock in the rearview mirror and gave us something fun and uplifting to take into 2023.

Source: screengeek.net

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TV Comedies/Dark Comedies

Source: rottentomatoes.com

1. Wednesday – Netflix – best new dark comedy of 2022
2. Lopez vs. Lopez – NBC – best new traditional comedy of 2022
3. The Wonder Years – ABC
4. Dead to Me – Netflix
5. Call Me Kat – Fox
6. Derry Girls – Netflix – one of the best final episodes for a show ever!
7. The Conners – ABC
8. American Auto – NBC
9. Young Sheldon – CBS
10. How I Met Your Father – Hulu
11. Abbott Elementary – ABC
12. Single Drunk Female – Hulu

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TV Dramas

Better Call Saul – Source: indiewire.com

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1. Better Call Saul – AMC – great season…even when split into two parts
2. The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu – best season in several years
3. Slow Horses (Season 2) – Apple TV
4. Slow Horses (Season 1) – AppleTV – best new drama of 2022
5. The Bear – Hulu
6. Squid Game – Netflix
7. For All Mankind – AppleTV
8. Tehran – AppleTV
9. The Old Man – FX/Hulu
10. So Help Me Todd – CBS

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TV Mini-Series

1. Inventing Anna – Netflix
2. The Dropout – Hulu
3. We Crashed – AppleTV
4. Pam & Tommy – Hulu

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Best new TV shows (comedy or drama) to premiere in 2022

1. Wednesday – Netflix
2. Slow Horses – AppleTV
3. Lopez vs Lopez – NBC
4. The Bear – Hulu

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Blue Lullaby EP by Wolf Alice – Source: stereogum.com

Albums released in 2022

1. Blue Lullaby EP – Wolf Alice
2. Into the Rift – Quarters of Change
3. Formentera – Metric
4. C’mon You Know – Liam Gallagher
5. Crybaby – Tegan & Sara
6. Physical Thrills – Silversun Pickups
7. A Light For Attracting Attention – The Smile
8. Cleanse – Joywave
9. Fever Dream – Cannons

New songs released in 2022

1. “Sense” – Wolf Alice
2. “Feeling Myself” (Blue Lullaby EP Version) – Wolf Alice
3. “Old Man” – Beck
4. “I Will Never Settle” – Metric
5. “Healthy” – Quarters of Change
6. “Kiwi” – Quarters of Change
7. “The Last Man on Earth” (Blue Lullaby EP Version) – Wolf Alice
8. “Empty Nest” – Silversun Pickups
9. “I Can’t Grow Up” – Tegan & Sara
10. “World in Need” – Liam Gallagher
11. “More Power” – Liam Gallagher
12. “Something Loud” – Jimmy Eat World
13. “T Love” – Quarters of Change
14. “Ms. Dramatic” – Quarters of Change
15. Too Many Thoughts” – Quarters of Change
16. “We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings” – The Smile
17. “In the Bleak Midwinter” – Wolf Alice
18. “Forever in Sunset” – Ezra Furman
19. “Free in the Knowledge” – The Smile
20. “What Seems Like Eternity” – Metric
21. “Jaded” – Quarters of Change
22. “How Can I Make It Okay” – (Blue Lullaby EP Version) Wolf Alice
23. “Roman Holiday” – Fontaines DC
24. “Buy American” – Joywave
25. “Oh Sweet Children” – Liam Gallagher
26. “You’re Too Good for Giving Up” – Liam Gallagher
27. “C’mon You Know” – Liam Gallagher
28. “Diamond in the Dark” – Liam Gallagher
29. “Everything’s Electric” – Liam Gallagher
30. “Sidelines” – Phoebe Bridgers
31. “Die In Your Arms” – Quarters of Change
32. “We Are All We Need” – Joywave
33. “No Hard Feelings” (Blue Lullaby EP Version) – Wolf Alice
34. “Lipstick on the Glass” (Blue Lullaby EP Version) – Wolf Alice
35. “Doomscroller” – Metric
36. “You’ll Never Work in Television” – The Smile
37. “Ruthless” – Cannons
38. “Bad Dream” – Cannons
39. “Tunnel of You” – Cannons
40. “This Ain’t Going Well” – Tegan & Sara

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1. Everything Now (2021)
2. The Mirage Factory (2018)
3. The Spy and the Traitor (2018)
4. Agent Sonya (2020)
5. Radical Ritual: How Burning Man Changed the World (2019)
6. Agent Zigzag (2007)
7. Spy’s Guide to Santa Fe and Albuquerque (2011)
8. An Impeccable Spy (2019)
9. Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City (2018)
10. Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths About Water in the West (2016)
11. Green Town U.S.A. (2013)
12. The Ride of Her Life (2021)
13. Heisenberg’s War (2000)
14. Codename Hero (2012)
15. History of Taos (2014)
16. Built to Burn (2020)
17. Spymistress (2006)
18. The Cowboy Dictionary (1994)

Books read in 2022

Fiction:

1. Slow Horses (2010)
2. Invisible Things (2022)

Non-Fiction:

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Source: tvinsider.com

Films released in 2022

1. The Adam Project
2. The Gray Man
3. Operation Mincemeat
4. The Bad Guys

Recent Films (first seen in 2022)

1. The Courier (2021)
2. Begin Again (2013)
3. Official Secrets (2019)
4. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)
5. Jack Strong (2014)
6. Red Joan (2019)
7. Female Agents (2008)
8. Wasp Network (2020)
9. The Colony (2021)
10. Darkest Hour (2017)
11. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Classic Films (first seen in 2022)

1. Notorious (1946)
2. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)

Documentaries (first seen in 2022)

1. The Spy Who Stole the Atom Bomb (2017)