B98.5 posts weekend watchlist

B98.5 used its entertainment feed on Friday, May 22, to publish a Memorial Day weekend viewing guide built around new titles in theaters and on streaming services. The post, published under the recurring “Weekend Watchlist” banner, was written by Mary Pat Thompson and appeared on the station’s website at 12:45 p.m. (b985.com) EDT. B98.5’s social post pointed audiences to the roundup as holiday weekend viewing suggestions. The item fits a format the station and other ABC Audio-affiliated outlets have used regularly: a short, platform-by-platform release list aimed at weekend audiences deciding what to watch. (b985.com) In Friday’s version, B98.5 grouped the picks by service and by theatrical release, rather than ranking them or reviewing them. ### Which releases did B98.5 put at the center of the list? Prime Video led B98.5’s Friday roundup with “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War,” which the post described as a film based on the TV series starring John Krasinski as CIA analyst Jack Ryan. Apple TV’s “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,” starring Tatiana Maslany and Jake Johnson, was also included as a new original series. (b985.com) Netflix was among the services included in the watchlist, and the article framed the selections as part of a broader set of “new movies and TV shows” arriving for the weekend. The B98.5 post did not present itself as criticism or a best-of ranking, but as a quick availability guide. (b985.com) ### Was this a one-off social post or part of a recurring feature? B98.5’s Friday item was part of a recurring “Weekend Watchlist” series that appears across multiple radio station sites carrying ABC Audio entertainment copy. Similar versions of the same feature appeared on other station websites on May 22 with the same headline and matching format. An earlier B98.5 installment published on May 8 used the same structure to list releases across Netflix, Prime Video and theaters. (b985.com) Mary Pat Thompson was credited on both the May 22 and May 8 B98.5 entries. In the earlier version, the list included titles such as “Lord of the Flies,” “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” “Citadel” season two and “Mortal Kombat II,” showing the feature’s week-to-week rotation around newly available releases. (b985.com) ### Why did the post land on Memorial Day weekend? May 22 was the Friday heading into the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, a period when outlets routinely publish service stories on travel, food and entertainment. B98.5’s watchlist was timed to that window and framed as a quick guide for audiences looking for home-viewing or theater options over the long weekend. (b985.com) Other entertainment outlets also published Memorial Day weekend viewing guides on May 22 and May 23, underscoring the seasonal timing of B98.5’s post. Those guides similarly focused on newly released films and streaming debuts for the holiday break. (b985.com) ### Where can readers find the full list? B98.5 published the full watchlist on its entertainment page under the headline “Weekend Watchlist: What’s new in theaters, on streaming.” The page identifies Mary Pat Thompson as the author and timestamps the post at 12:45 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 22, 2026. Memorial Day weekend runs through Monday, May 25, and B98.5’s item remains positioned as a same-weekend guide to what is newly available in theaters and on streaming platforms. (b985.com) (boston.com)