This article first appeared in Entertainment Weekly.

Apologies in advance—there are a couple embarrassing revelations below

HOPE YOU HAD A TERRIFIC SUMMER. I HAVE ABOUT 38 percent fewer brain cells than when you last heard from me because I spent the past few weeks binging Love Island the ridiculously addictive British reality dating show that’s now streaming on Hulu. (We’re getting our own version on CBS next year. I’m counting the days.) Not all my pop culture consumption this summer depleted my gray matter. I also enjoyed:

  • Trial & Error: Lady, Killer, which will definitely appear on my list of top 10 shows at the end of the year. If you loved the humor of Parks and Recreation, The Office, or Arrested Development, I promise you’ll adore this gem on NBC.
  • HBO’s media-dynasty drama Succession—Kieran may be my new favorite Culkin.
  • Younger on TV Land, which is finally ditching its initial conceit of a woman lying about her age to become the addictive romantic comedy we all hoped it would be.
  • The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai’s intertwined stories about a group of gay men facing AIDS in 1980s Chicago and a mother’s search for her daughter in modern-day Paris.
  • Dan + Shay’s “Keeping Score” featuring Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry,” and Maroon 5 and Cardi B’s collaboration “Girls Like You” all helped me drown out “The Middle”—which clung to me all summer like a cheap cologne.
  • Crazy Rich Asians. Disclaimer: Henry Goldblatt and Henry Golding are not the same person, as much as I wish we were.
  • Also, this admission should/ will get me fired, but I kinda, sorta, okay, really liked Book Club. Does that make me a 65-year-old woman? Possibly.

Looking ahead to the fall, we have two upcoming events I want to tell you about.

First, you can expect to see plenty of on-the-ground reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 6–16. In the past few HENRY GOLDBLATT years, the event has emerged as the unofficial kickoff to Oscar season. This year will be no exception as A Star Is Born; Ben Is Back, a family drama with Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges; and If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to Moonlight, will all be screening there. We’ll be hosting a photo studio with our sister publication People, so check out our social feeds and EW.com during the festival for interviews with the stars of these films, exclusive videos and photos, reviews, and more.

Then in October we’re helping New York Comic Con launch a new space called The Studio @ NYCC, where you’ll be able to watch intimate conversations between EW editors and some of your favorite stars and superheroes. Best part is that you don’t need a New York Comic Con badge to attend these events. Tickets are available to everyone at newyorkcomiccon.com, and watch EW.com for programming announcements.

That’s it from me. I’m going to try to go earn back those brain cells—that is, after I watch the remaining three seasons of Love Island. (JK, but not really.)