Television Premieres and Notables: November 3-9, 2014

Monday, 11/3

Over the Garden Wall; Cartoon Network. 6 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.


Tuesday, 11/4

Moonshiners; Discovery. 8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 11/5

The Game; BBC America. 9 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
In early-'70s London, a group of special agents try to keep England from a Soviet conspiracy.

Hot in Cleveland; TV Land. 9 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.


Thursday, 11/6

White Collar; USA. 8 pm CST. 6th-- and Final-- Season Premiere.


Saturday, 11/8

Doctor Who (BBC America; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Loved Peter Capaldi's new Doctor, but didn't love all the stories they built around him.
Here's to hoping they utilize him better next year.


Sunday, 11/9

The Newsroom; HBO. 8 pm CST. Final Season Premiere.

The Comeback; HBO. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Getting On; HBO. 9:40 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 27-November 2, 2014

Monday, 10/27

Two Broke Girls; CBS. 7 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Mike Tyson Mysteries; adult swim. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Now this is the loony shit that adult swim should be doing more of; the stuff that put it on the map in the first place.
In this Scooby Doo-inspired show, Mike Tyson and a motley crew of companions solve mysteries.


Tuesday, 10/28

Restaurant Redemption; Cooking Network. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Benched; USA. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Eliza Coupe stars as a corporate lawyer who has a meltdown and has to become a public defender.

Friends of the People; truTV. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A sketch comedy series that sounds a lot like In Living Color.


Wednesday, 10/29

American Pickers; History. 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.


Thursday, 10/30

The Big Bang Theory moves back to Thursday (7:00 pm) now that football has moved to the NFL Network.

2-1/2 Men; CBS. 8:00 pm CST. 12th-- and Final-- Season Premiere.

The McCarthys; CBS. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I'm not going to waste the time trying to put into my own words what this show is about.
If you've watched any CBS show since May, you've seen the commercials.
I'll let you be the judge-- but it looks forced and, even worse, not very funny-- to me.

Elementary; CBS. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 11/2

Cutthroat Kitchen; Food. 9 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.