Its time for a mid-year check-in.

Here are the 2024 TV shows youll want to watch.

The TV years are just flying by at this point.

“SHOGUN” – “A Dream of a Dream” – Episode 10 (Airs April 23) Pictured (L-R): Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne, Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji.

For others, yesterday might as well have been the airing of the Red Wedding onGame of Thrones.

And for some incomprehensibly ancient creatures, we …

I mean they fondly recall watching theLostfinale in their college dorm.

3 Body Problem. Zine Tseng as Young Ye Wenjie in episode 102 of 3 Body Problem.

The point is that things move fast on television.

If you dont slow down for a minute, you might miss all of it.

So lets slow down to appreciate the best TV has had to offer in 2024 so far.

Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington, sitting on her bed with a quill in hand in episode 306 of Bridgerton

Now sit back, relax, and reflect upon the TV year so far.

Not that theres anything wrong with that, of course!

But the real heady, Asimov-ian stuff has had a hard time gaining a foothold in pop culture.

Ellia English, Larry David, and Keyla Monterroso Mejia in Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12 episode 1.

In fact, the series includes one of the most thrilling and violent action sequences of the year.

Oh and there are aliens!

Really my only complaint about season 3 is that theres not more of it.

Lucy (Ella Purnell) looks exhausted in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout

Unless, of course, you areSeinfeldandCurb Your Enthusiasmcreator Larry David.

The final season ofCurb Your Enthusiasmworks so well because itnever once hides where its going.

David has his cake and eats it too this time around.

Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) in Hacks season 3

Lucy (Ella Purnell), a naive vault-dweller who sneaks to the surface in search of her father.

Maximus (Aaron Moten) a devout squire of the Brotherhood of Steel sent on an important mission.

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Hacks Season 3

Hacksis one of the most reliable comedies on television.

Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac and Delainey Hayles as Claudia - Interview with the Vampire _ Season 2, Episode 2

The shows third installment, however, might just be its best.

Hacksseason 3 takes everything that already works about the show and cranks it up to new levels.

Alone, each performance is among the best in the medium.

Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) in Invincible season 2

Together, they are a nuclear bomb of charm, tension, and pathos.

But as Mark soon learns, life as a superhero is rarely ever normal.

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John Mulaney Presents: Everybodys in L.A.

John Carpenter, John Mulaney at John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA for the Netflix is a Joke Festival at The Sunset Gower Studios on May 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. Cr. Adam Rose/Netflix © 2024

Despite being only a hair over 41 years old, the formerSNLwriter has a deep appreciation for the classics.

Like Lenny Bruce, he wears suits for his standup specials.

Everybodys in L.A.was short-lived but it burned brightly.

Austin Butler in “Masters of the Air,” now streaming on Apple TV+.

But it wasnt a dud.

It was thrilling television and a worthy followup to its forefathers.

Austin Butler and Callum Turner shine as U.S. bombers Buck Cleven and Bucky Egan.

Maya Erskine and Donald Glover in Mr. and Mrs. Smith

And yet Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane have managed to not only make a version ofMr.

and Mrs. Smiththats new and fun their version has left us wanting so much more.

There is not a single performance in this show that isnt worthy of praise.

“SHOGUN” – “A Stick of Time” – Episode 7 (Airs April 2) Pictured: Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga.

FromRussian Dolls Leslye Headland,The Acolyteis a fresh and exciting entry into the ever-growingStar Warscanon.

Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+.

(L-R): Bishop (voiced by Isaac Robinson-Smith), Cyclops (voiced by Ray Chase), Magneto (voiced by Matthew Waterson), and Morph (voiced by JP Karliak) in Marvel Animation’s X-MEN ‘97.