Television Premieres and Notables: January 2-8, 2017

Monday, 1/2

The Bachelor; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The New Celebrity Apprentice; NBC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Now with 100% more Schwarzenegger...

The Wall; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Then moves to Tuesdays at 7 pm.


Wednesday, 1/4

Wahlburgers (A&E. 9 pm CST.) Season Finale.


Thursday, 1/5

Nashville; CMT. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.
Now at its new home network.

Portlandia; IFC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 1/6

Grimm; NBC. 7 pm CST. Final Season Premiere.

Sleepy Hollow; Fox. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Emerald City; NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A new take on The Wizard if Oz.

Television Premieres and Notables: December 26, 2016-January 11, 2017

Tuesday, 12/27

Chasing Cameron; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Social media star Cameron Dallas travels and the world and meets his fans.


Wednesday, 12/28

My Crazy Sex; LMN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
People tell their sex stories.


Thursday, 12/29

The Pizza Show; Viceland. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A Brooklyn pizzeria owner travels the world to see how others do it.


Sunday, 1/1

The Mick; Fox. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Ransom; CBS. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Sherlock; PBS. 8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: December 12-18, 2016

Wednesday, 12/14

Star; Fox. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Younger; TV Land. 9 pm CST. Season Finale.


Friday, 12/16

Man in the High Castle; Amazon. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: December 5-11, 2016

Tuesday, 12/6

Reggie Watts: Spatial; Netflix. Streaming. Special.


Wednesday, 12/7

Shut Eye; Hulu. Streaming, Series Premiere.
Jeffrey Donovan stars as a con artist.


Friday, 12/9

Fuller House; Netflix. Streaming, 2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 12/11

The 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards; A&E. 7 pm CST. Special.
Hosted by T.J. Miller, so who knows what might happen?

Last Man on Earth (Fox; 8 pm CST). Mid-season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: November 28-December 4, 2016

Whoops-- missed this one last week (yes, I know I didn't do one; Thanksgiving Week is typically dead). Luckily it's streaming. And if you were a fan, you'd have already known about it.

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life; Netflix. Streaming. Four specials.


Monday, 11/28

Alright: this is the shiznit we've been waiting for.
The CW has four DC Comics Super Hero shows airing now, and what do the big companies love doing more than anything? Crossovers.
Taking inspiration from the short 1989 DC Universe crossover Invasion, this storyline shows us how the Arrowverse heroes react when the Dominators invade the Earth.
It begins (sort-of; heard it's the tag at the end) with Supergirl (Monday, 7 pm), then moves to The Flash (Tuesday, 7 pm), Arrow (Wednesday, 7 pm), and (presumably) ends with DC's Legends of Tomorrow (Thursday, 7 pm).
Previous crossovers (between two shows) have been a lot of fun, and I expect this one to follow that pattern.


Tuesday, 11/29

Fixer Upper; HGTV. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 12/1

Top Chef; Bravo. 9 pm CST. 14th Season Premiere.


Friday, 12/2

Mr. Neighbor's House; adult swim.  11 pm CST. Special.


Saturday, 12/3

Pete Holmes: Faces and Sounds; HBO. 9 pm CST. Special.


Sunday, 12/4

Once Upon a Time (ABC; 7 pm CST). Mid-season Finale.

Westworld (HBO; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: November 14-20, 2016

Monday, 11/14

Mars; Nat Geo. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer bring us this mini about the first manned trip to Mars in 2033.


Tuesday, 11/15

Religion of Sports; AT&T Audience. 7 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Tom Brady and Michael Strahan bring us this six-part look at the cultural impact of sports.

Good Behavior; TNT. 8 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
A series based on Blake Crouch's books starring Michelle Dockery as a con artist.

Teen Wolf; MTV. 8pm CST. 6th--and final-- season.

Sweet/Vicious; MTV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two college women beat up sex offenders at night.


Wednesday 11/16

Undercover; BBC America. 7 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.

American Horror Story: Roanoke ( FX. 9 pm) Season Finale.


Thursday, 11/17

How to Get Away With Murder (ABC; 9 pm CST). Mid-season Finale.

Lovesick; Netflix. Streaming. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 11/19

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks; BBC America. 7:25 pm CST.
BBC America put up the coin to animate some of the legendary "lost episodes" (episodes that aired, but were never saved) using existing audio recordings (usually from fans who wired an audio recorder to their 1960's televisions) and stills from the time.
Power of the Daleks is notable for having the first "renewal" (later known as regeneration) when Second Doctor came from the First.
I'm a minor Whovian, and even I know this is a big deal.  Part of the cool factor of this show is just seeing how hard people are working to make the missing past a little less missing.

Versailles (Ovation; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 11/20

The Affair; Showtime. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: November 7-13, 2016

Monday, 11/7

People Magazine Investigates; ID. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The hard-hitting journalists from People Magazine investigate ten true-crimes.


Tuesday, 11/8

Vanderpump Rules; Bravo. 8 pm CST. Season Premieres.

And I am hoping our National Shit Show is finally done today (but I can see the loser not conceding, so it's bound to take a while).
Just about everyone will be doing election specials tonight. The big ones being:
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central; 10 pm) and
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Special (Showtime; 10 pm CST)
^^^Note: Colbert's on Showtime.


Thursday, 11/10

The Blacklist (NBC; 9 pm CST). Mid-season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 31-November 6, 2016

Monday, 10/31

People of Earth; TBS. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reporter brings together people who have had alien experiences.
--And we'll also see how the aliens cope with their experiences.

Chewing Gum; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Netflix brings this British sitcom to The States.
In it, a young woman comes of age when she decides to enjoy all that life has to offer.


Wednesday, 11/2

Stan Against Evil; IFC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
John C. McGinley stars as a demon hunter, and Janet Varney stars as his sidekick.

Salem; WGN America. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Friday, 11/4

The Crown; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon and The Queen) brings us this ambitious series that tells the story of Queen Elizabeth over six seasons.
It begins as Princess Elizabeth and her new husband try to figure out their future.

Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60; Netflix. Streaming. Special.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 24-30, 2016

Monday, 10/24

Man With a Plan; CBS. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Matt LeBlanc stars as a contractor who has to become more involved with his kids now that his wife is going back to work.


Wednesday, 10/26

Rectify; SundanceTV. 9 pm CST. 4th-- and final-- Season Premiere.

Jon Glaser Loves Gear; TruTV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality show host tries out new outdoor gear-- and it doesn't go well.


Thursday, 10/27

The Great Indoors; CBS. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Joel McHale stars as a magazine writer who must learn to live in the digital world.

Life in Pieces; CBS.  8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Mom; CBS. 8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Pure Genius; CBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A billionaire opens a hospital to treat really odd cases.


Friday, 10/28

Tracey Ullman's Show; HBO. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Good Girls Revolt; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 17-23, 2016

Monday, 10/17

Jane the Virgin; CW. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
It's silly and soap opera-y, but it's so fun and whimsical and crazy that it's also extremely delightful.

The Odd Couple; CBS. 8:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 10/19

Chance; Hulu. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Hugh Laurie stars in this series based on the Ken Numm novel about a forensic neurologist.


Thursday, 10/20

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Timewarp Again; Fox. 7 pm CST. Special.


Friday, 10/21

The Vampire Diaries; CW. 7 pm CST. 8th-- and final-- season.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; CW. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
Even crazier than Jane, and even more delightful.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A new take on Scott Adam's books.
I liked the first series based on them that starred the always-great Stephen Mangan, so I'll give this a shot too.

Black Mirror; Netflix. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 10/23

The Simpsons (Fox; 7 pm CST) airs its 600th episode-- and it's a Treehouse of Terror ep.

The Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.
I've watched this show since the beginning, but I am especially fascinated by the idea of how this season is going to play out.
It's one of the biggest shows in the country, and it may have pushed it a little too much last season, so I'm curious to see how the storytelling changes-- and how fans react.
Firstly, I think they made a mistake when they showed what looked like a major character death-- and then held confirmation for a few episodes (and the silliness surrounding the reveal). I think, story-wise, it was an okay choice, but AMC made it a bigger deal than it should have, so fans rebelled a bit.
The second mistake was the cliffhanger. Yeah, it's TV; it's what is done. But I think not showing who Negan killed right away will take away the impact of that death. When Negan was introduced in the comics, he pulped a character in the same issue, and that made him even more terrifying.  But the series decided to hold the reveal over the summer, and I think with an entire eight eps following right after, there won't be time for fans to let it sink in.
And I'm sure things have changed in the TV business of the past few years (more cable shows, shorter seasons), but I wonder if The Walking Dead has the traditional network actor contracts. (I, seriously, don't know; just speculating based on "the way it used to be".)  Traditional contracts locked in an actor for five seasons with the studio getting an additional option for two more (with changes that gave more power to the actor for those additional two years). After that, the actor has the advantage of being able to walk away. That's why you see more cast changes happening around the 7-8 season mark.
It's likely the contracts nowadays are different, but we really are reaching the point in this series where actors may decide to pursue other projects, and character deaths may not be strictly story-based.
The cast makeup of this show may be pretty different in the coming years after being fairly stable (for the main characters) for a the past couple.

Talking Dead; AMC. 9:06 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.
A special 90-minute episode featuring twelve of the actors on Negan's hit list".

Comic Book Men; AMC. 11:40 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 10-16, 2016

And The CW now finishes-off their premiere (two)week.
My DVR just got a little more full...

Monday, 10/10

Supergirl; CW. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
Moving from CBS will mean a smaller budget-- but hopefully will also mean it can be a little more free in its storytelling.
Season One wasn't perfect, but it was fun and told the right types of stories.
Kara/Supergirl is just trying to find her place in the world, which is made even more difficult because her cousin is the greatest hero in that world.
And Kara does what she does because it's the right thing to do; because she has the power to do more.
This is the right way to do a superhero show. If you have a young girl in your household, this is the type of role model she should be watching.

Two Broke Girls; CBS. 8 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.
Yeah, this show is still on...


Tuesday, 10/11

The Middle; ABC. 7 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

American Housewife; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Katy Mixon stars as a housewife who decides not to be like the other "perfect" women in her neighborhood.

Fresh Off the Boat; ABC. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

The Real Husbands of Beverly Hills; BET. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Channel Zero: Candle Cove; Syfy. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.

The Real O'Neals. ABC. 8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Chicago Fire; NBC. 9 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.


Thursday, 10/13

DC's Legends of Tomorrow; CW. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
The weakest of the CW DC shows, but it has the most potential.
It's got a great group of actors, and I hope they can even-out the issues from last season (trying to balance the special effects seemed to be one of the biggest), and with a team shake-up for this season, I think we'll be in a better place for S2.
But whatever. Hourman mentioned The Justice Society in the season finale.
I'm in.
All in.

Supernatural; CW. 8 pm CST. 12th Season Premiere.

Falling Water; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Following on the heels of the surprise Mr. Robot; USA tries to reinvent itself with another mysterious show. This one has to do with people with shared dreams-- and someone(s) are able to hack into others'.

Bajillion Dollar Properties; Seeso. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.


Friday, 10/14

Goliath; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.

Haters Back Off! Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 10/16

Eyewitness; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Dead bodies are found, and a cop has to figure out who did it.

Graves; Epix. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Nick Nolte stars as a Republican former-president, who considers his his ideals.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 3-9, 2016

So it's been a pretty unexciting fall season; one of the least-exciting (for me, anyway) in at least as long as I've been doing this.

[Quick new show run-down: I watched an episode each of Son of Zorn and Kevin Can Wait and-- wow-- not good. But I did like Speechless and Designated Survivor enough to keep going with them (both of which have been picked-up for a full 22-ep season). And while I rarely watched the original, the new MacGuyver has just enough charm that I will continue to watch it sporadically when I'm not at the DVR in my house and and have limited options OnDemand.]

Anyway, here's where shit gets real. This week are the season premieres of most of the shows I really get into- and new shows that sound like things I'd be into.  Yeah, I'm an old comic book geek, but some of these shows are so fun, I'm not afraid to admit I eat them up as much as any of the more realistic shows out there.

And who have guessed that The CW is the network I'd be hardcore into...?


Monday, 10/3

Scorpion; CBS. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Conviction; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The great Hayley Atwell stars as the head of a legal firm that finds (possibly) wrongly convicted people and tries to get them set free.
I, unfortunately, haven't heard much great about it.

Timeless; NBC. 9 pm CST.
Three people travel through time to stop another person from changing history.


Tuesday, 10/4

The Flash; CW. 7 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Unlike the moody, brooding, emo bullshit that is the DC Movie Universe, the DC TV Universe feature heroes who "do the right thing", Barry Allen is about as pure and good-hearted a hero as you can find. He does what he does because he is the only one who can.
But he also makes mistakes because he's human. Like when he has gone back in time and changed his past.  Like in the 2nd Season finale, when he made a big, selfish, mistake any one of us would have also made that will undoubtedly change his entire life, as well as the lives of the people he's close to. (And, if the show follows even a portion of the comic book story "Flashpoint" that this storyline is based on, it's likely much more than just Barry's world that changed. And they may just have the basis for the big crossover event later this year.)

MasterChef Canada; Cooking. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

No Tomorrow; CW. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A young woman lives a normal, boring, life-- until a charismatic Aussie comes into her life and urges her to do more and be more.
Sounds great-- except the man actually thinks the world is going to end in eight months, so he may be going a little too gung-ho on the bucket list.

The Mindy Project; Hulu. Streaming. 6th Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 10/5

Arrow; CW. 7 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.
This show has been embracing the more fantastical elements of super-hero stories as its seasons have gone on, but they may have gone too far with Damien Darhk last season.
So they're pulling back a little this year and getting back to ground-level heroics with Prometheus and The Vigilante, as well as (maybe) Mr. Terrific and Artemis.

Frequency; CW. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A young woman detective in 2016 finds herself able to communicate with her dead cop father from 1996.


Friday, 10/7

The Ranch; Netflix. Streaming. Mid-season Premiere.
Netflix drops the back half of the the first season on us.


Saturday, 10/8

The Graham Norton Show; BBC American. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.
The best celeb chat show out there.
Watch it and then cry because the U.S. equivalents are so dull.


Sunday, 10/9

Divorce; HBO. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Hayden Church star as a couple who are deciding if their marriage is worth saving.
Sounds like a hoot...

Insecure; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Issa Rae (from the Awkward Black Girl webseries) brings her voice to HBO.

Television Premieres and Notables: September 26-October 2, 2016

Monday, 9/26

Vice News Tonight; HBO. 6:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Food Network Star Kids (Food; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tuesday, 9/27

Aftermath; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Drunk History; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Wednesday, 9/28

Criminal Minds; CBS. 8 pm CST. 12th Season Premiere.

Code Black; CBS. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Younger; TV Land. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Friday, 9/30

Crisis in Six Scenes; Amazon. Streaming. Mini-series Premiere.

Luke Cage; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.

Saturday, 10/1

Versailles; Ovation. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Saturday Night Live; NBC. 10:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Sunday, 10/2

NCIS: Los Angeles; CBS. 7 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

Ash vs. Evil Dead; Starz. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Blunt Talk; Starz. 7:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Madam Secretary; CBS. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Westworld; HBO. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Shameless; Showtime. 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Elementary; CBS. 9 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: September 19-25, 2016

Okay, the 2016 Fall Season begins.
I'll got really got time or energy for is a straight-up "this is the show, channel, time" listing.

Monday, 9/19

The Big Bang Theory; CBS. 7 pm CST. 10 Season Premiere.

Gotham; Fox. 7 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

The Voice; NBC. 7 pm CST. 11th Cycle Premiere.
Now with 100% more Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus.

Kevin Can Wait; CBS. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Lucifer; Fox. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Good Place; NBC. 9:00 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Beware: NBC is doing this a number of times this season; where a show premieres at a different time and day and then drops it in it's normal slot later. It's not clear if the the timeslot premiere will be a new ep, or a repeat of the pilot, so I'd plan for both.
This show will premiere in its usual timeslot on Thursday at 7:30 pm CST.


Tuesday, 9/20

NCIS; CBS. 7 pm CST. 14th Season Premiere.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Fox. 7 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

New Girl; Fox. 7:30 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Bull; CBS. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Scream Queens; Fox. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; ABC. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

NCIS: New Orleans; CBS. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

This is Us; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 9/21

The Goldbergs; ABC. 7 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Speechless; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Lethal Weapon; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Modern Family; ABC. 8 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X: CBS. 33rd Cycle Premiere.

Empire; Fox.8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Law & Order: SVU; NBC. 8 pm CST. 18th Season Premiere.

Black-ish; ABC. 8:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Designated Survivor; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Chicago P.D. NBC. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.


Thursday, 9/22

Grey's Anatomy; ABC. 7 pm CST. 13th Season Premiere.

Rosewood; Fox. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Superstore; NBC. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Good Place (NBC) moves to it's normal timeslot (7:30 pm).

Notorious; ABC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Pitch; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Chicago Med; NBC. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

How to Get Away With Murder; ABC. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

The Blacklist; NBC. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Easy; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Friday, 9/23

Last Man Standing; ABC. 7 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

MacGyver; CBS. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Hell's Kitchen; Fox. 7 pm CST. 16th Season Premiere.

Dr. Ken; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Shark Tank; ABC. 8 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

Hawaii Five-O; 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

The Exorcist; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Blue Bloods; CBS. 9 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Van Helsing; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Transparent; Amazon. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 9/25
First off-- pay attention to football on CBS and Fox.
If a network has the late afternoon game, it'll inevitably "go long".
(Thus is especially true for CBS. Fox tends to know the game will go past 6 pm.)

Bob's Burgers; Fox. 6:30 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Once Upon a Time; ABC. 7 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

The Simpsons; Fox. 7 pm CST. 28th Season Premiere.

Secrets and Lies; 8 pm CST. 2nd season Premiere.

Family Guy; Fox.  8 pm CST. 14th Season Premiere.

Last Man on Earth; Fox. 8:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Quantico; ABC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: September 12-18, 2016

Monday, 9/12.

Dancing With the Stars; ABC. 7 pm CST. 23rd Cycle Premiere.


Wednesday, 9/14

Blindspot; NBC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

South Park; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. 20th Season Premiere.

American Horror Story; FX. 9 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Documentary Now! IFC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Thursday, 9/15

Project Runway; Lifetime. 8 pm CST. 15th Season Premiere.


Friday, 9/16

Z Nation; Syfy. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

High Maintenance; HBO. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
HBO is bringing the weed delivery man web-series to premium cable.


Sunday, 9/18

The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey; CBS. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: September 5-12, 2016

Monday, 9/5

Harley and the Davidsons; Discovery. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
A scripted 3-parter that looks at the beginnings of the motorcycle company and the men behind it.

Loosely Exactly Nicole; MTV. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Nicole Byer stars in this autobiographical series kind-of about her life.


Tuesday, 9/6

From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series; El Rey. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Catch up on the first 2 seasons as El Rey reairs them beginning at midnight (9/6) then get into S3 at 8 where more crazy shit is bound to happen.

Atlanta; FX. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Donald Glover stars as one of a pair of cousins trying to break into the Atlanta rap world.

Queen Sugar; OWN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay bring us this adaptation of the Natalie Baszile novel.

StartUp; Crackle. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 9/7

American Gothic (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.



Thursday, 9/8

Finding Prince Charming; Logo. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Lance Bass hosts this gay dating show.

Better Things; FX. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Pamela Adlon stars in and co-created (with Louis CK) this look at a single mother actress.

Haylie's America; Cooking. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Haylie Duff travels the country, eating at various establishments.


Friday, 9/9

Quarry; Cinemax. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A disgraced Vietnam vet returns and gets recruited to be a hitman, like one does.

One Mississippi; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Tig Notaro stars in this series that is based on her life after her mother died.


Sunday, 9/11

Masters of Sex; Showtime. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 29-September 4, 2016

Monday, 8/29

THE MAKING OF THE MOB: CHICAGO (AMC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 8/31

YOU'RE THE WORST; FXX. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

GREENLEAF (OWN; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 9/1

SOUL MATES; SeeSo. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Friday, 9/2

CHEF'S TABLE; Netflix. Streaming. Season Premiere.

NARCOS; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 9/4

BUILDING STAR TREK; Smithsonian. 7 pm CST. Special.
Scientists explain how the show inspired them to invent/develop some of the technology seen on the show.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 22-28, 2016

Tuesday, 8/23

Halt and Catch Fire; AMC. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Adam Ruins Everything; TruTV. 9 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.


Wednesday, 8/24

Cleveland Hustles; CNBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
LeBron James brings us this series that looks at Cleveland entrepreneurs.

Gomorrah; Sundance TV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sundance brings the hit Italian series about a crime family to The States.


Thursday, 8/25

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars; Logo. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 8/28

The Strain; FX. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 15-21, 2016

Wednesday, 8/17

Unlocking the Truth; MTV. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ryan Ferguson, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder, tries to help three other possibly innocent prisoners.


Thursday, 8/18

60 Days In; A&E. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 8/20

Rush Hour (CBS; 7 pm CST). Series Finale.


Sunday, 8/21

Fear the Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.
This series has started to pull itself away from the original, and I'm interested to see if it can continue to show a different side of the zombie apocalypse.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 8-14, 2016

Monday, 8/8

Angie Tribecca (TBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Unreal (Lifetime; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 8/9

Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Los Angeles Rams; HBO. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 8/10

Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry; E! 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 8/11

Take My Wife; Seeso. Streaming, Series Premiere.
Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito create and star in this series loosely based on their own life together.


Friday, 8/12

The Great British Baking Show (PBS; 8 pm [check local listings]). Season Finale.

Outcast (Cinemax 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Get Down; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere,
Baz Luhrmann (with Grandmaster Flash and Nas) brings us this series about the rise of hip-hop in the 1970s.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 1-7, 2016

Monday, 8/1

The Bachelorette (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Running Wild With Bear Grylls; NBC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Fameless; TruTV. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 8/2

Bachelor in Paradise; ABC. 7 pm CST, 3rd Season Premiere.


Thursday, 8/4

Greatest Hits (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 8/5

2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony; NBC. 6:30 pm CST. Special.

David Cross' Making America Great Again! Netflix. Special.


Sunday, 8/7

Inspector Lewis; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: July 25-31, 2016

Tuesday, 7/26

MADtv; CW. 8 pm CST. Series Reboot.
It's got a new cast, but original cast members-- and some of their characters-- will be showing up from time to time.


Wednesday, 7/27

Sing It On; Pop. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 7/28

Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere

Ripper Street; BBC America. 9 pm CST.  4th season premiere.


Friday, 7/29

Last Chance U; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 7/31

Preacher (AMC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: July 18-25

Tuesday, 7/19

Shooter; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ryan Phillippe stars as a guy who shoots.


Friday, 7/22

The Rap Game; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The search for the next rap talent starts here.

BoJack Horseman; Netflix. Streaming. 3rd Series Release.

Degrassi: The Next Generation; Netflix. Streaming. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 7/23

Hell on Wheels (AMC; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.
It had its ups and downs, but Anson Mount rocked every scene he was in.
I can't wait to see what he does next.


Sunday, 7/24

Looking; HBO. 9 pm CST. Special.
The show closes out in this finale movie.

Survivor's Remorse; Starz. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Ozzy and Jack's World Tour; History. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ozzy Osbourne and son, Jack, take pit stops at various places during his latest tour.

Television Premieres and Notables: July 11-17, 2016

Monday, 7/11

The Making of the Mob: Chicago; AMC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
Now the series looks at a different city...


Tuesday, 7/12

Maya & Marty (NBC; 9 pm CT). Season Finale.

Difficult People; Hulu. Streaming. 2nd Season.


Wednesday, 7/13

Mr. Robot; USA. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The A Word; Sundance. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A young boy's parents try to manage life with their autistic son.


Thursday, 7/14

HarmonQuest; Seeso. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Community creator Dan Harmon, actress Erin McGathy and comedian Jeff Bryan Davis play Dungeons and Dragons (or maybe a sort of D&D game).


Friday, 7/15

Stranger Things; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 7/17

Ballers; HBO. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
I watched S1 last weekend, and it's like a less douchey Entourage.
The fact that Dwayne Johnson is doing a TV series is still a little mind-blowing to me.


Vice Principals; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Danny McBride and Walton Goggins star as as vice principals vying for the same promotion.
The commercials alone confirm it should be at least as profane as Eastbound and Down.
McBride has said the series will only last two seasons for a total of eighteen episodes (which he also said have already been filmed).

Television Premieres and Notables: July 4-10, 2016

So-- another week where I don't have EW to regurgitate-- and I'm near the DVR to check times.
But it's something...

Wednesday, 7/6

Tyrant; FX. 3rd Season Premiere.

Duck Dynasty; A&E. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 7/10

The Night Of; HBO. Series Premiere.
I have heard good things. Really good things.
If you have HBO, check it out.

DB Cooper; History. Series Premiere.
A documentary series about the mythological robber.

Television Premieres and Notables: June 27-July 3, 2016

Monday, 6/27

Discovery's annual Shark Week starts today.


Tuesday, 6/28

Zoo; CBS. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Dead of Summer; Freeform. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Elizabeth Mitchell stars in this series set at an '80s summer camp that has a supernatural problem.


Thursday, 6/30

Greatest Hits; ABC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Arsenio Hall and Kelsea Ballerini host this show where the hits of yesterday (as far back as the '80s) are sung by the stars of today (and yesterday).

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll; FX. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Night Train With Wyatt Cenac; Seeso. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Cenac hosts his own comedy showcase show.


Friday, 7/1

The Great British Baking Show; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Season Premiere.

Marcella; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Anna Friel stars as a cop who returns to the job when a serial killer makes his return in this British
import.


Sunday, 7/3

The Hunt; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
David Attenborough teams with the Planet Earth crew to show us how predators catch their prey.

Television Premieres and Notables: June 20-26, 2016

Monday, 6/20

Reign (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Fosters; Freeform. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Raised By Wolves; Acorn TV. Streaming. Series Premiere.
This comedy follows a teen who tries to make it through life with her five siblings and single mom.


Tuesday, 6/21

Pretty Little Liars; Freeform. 7 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Person of Interest (CBS; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.
The big showdown between The Machine and Samaritan-- and we've seen that even the good guys can be killed along the way.
This season has been harsh and tense, and I have a bad feeling that one-- or even both-- of our O.G. number-followers will not be alive by the end of the hour.

Greenleaf; OWN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Oprah Winfrey brings us this soap opera that follows the lives of people in a mega-church.


Wednesday, 6/22

Serena; Epix. 7 pm CST. Special.
This documentary follows Serena Williams' quest to win four Grand Slams.

American Gothic; CBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

How to Build...Everything; Science. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 6/23

Thirteen; BBC America. 9 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
A woman escapes her captor after thirteen years and tries to get her life back.

Queen of the South; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A woman rises in the ranks of a drug cartel.


Friday, 6/24

Adventures in Babysitting; Disney. 7 pm CST. Special.
Disney Channel's 100th original (well...) movie is a remake of the 1987 film.
Because... why not?


Saturday, 6/25

Deon Cole: Blooded Seminar; Comedy Central. 11 pm CST. Special.
Normally I don't note the weekly stand-up specials, but I think Cole has been the consistently funniest parts of Black-ish and Angie Tribecca.


Sunday, 6/26

Roadies; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Cameron Crowe brings us this look at the people behind the tour of a folk rock band.
The reviews I've read haven't been great, but the stars are Luke Wilson and Carla Cugino, so at least there's that.
(BTW: the pilot can be seen onDemand or on the Showtime app now.)

Television Premieres and Notables: June 13-19, 2016

Ok-- first off: My laptop is really not working for me lately, so any searching for info I would normally do will take too long (it's taken a half hour just to get this far), and because I'll be busy this weekend, I am doing this before I get Entertainment Weekly and I'm not near my DVR to verify info.

So this week I'll list days, networks, and titles, but no times. Sorry.

But before I get to next week, how about I fill in a few misses from last week's post?


Saturday, 6/11

Hell on Wheels; AMC. 8 pm CST. Final Season Premiere (or the back half of last season according to AMC).
This show has had a few misses, but the hits are so worth waiting for.
But the most consistently great part of this show has to be Anson Mount. That dude is so much fun to watch do his thing.
I will miss this show after it's done this summer.


Sunday, 6/12

The Last Ship; TNT. Season Premiere.

Ride With Norman Reedus; AMC. 9 pm(?) CST. Series Premiere.
The Walking Dead's resident stud gets on his bike and rides.


Monday, 6/13

Guilt; Freeform. Series Premiere.

Braindead; CBS. Series Premiere.

Major Crimes; TNT. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 6/14

Animal Kingdom; TNT. Series Premiere.

Uncle Buck; ABC. Series Premiere.

Wrecked; TBS. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 6/15

AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: a Tribute to John Williams; TNT. Special.


Thursday, 6/16

Aquarius; NBC. 2nd Season Premiere.


Friday, 6/17

Orange is the New Black; Netflix. Streaming. Entire 4th Season.


Sunday, 6/19

The Jim Gaffigan Show; TV Land. 2nd Season Premiere.

Murder in the First; TNT. Season Premiere.

The Tunnel; PBS. Series Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: June 6-12, 2016

Monday, 6/6

Angie Tribeca; TBS. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
One of the silliest shows on TV (think Naked Gun-style comedy)-- and I love it.

Unreal; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
This a great summer show. I have no interest in reality dating shows, but this fictionalized (but very grounded in what really happens) story about the behind-the-cameras look at a Bachelor-style dating show is really watchable.
It was a little over-the-top last season, but check it out.

Tuesday 6/7

Casual; Hulu. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 6/8

The Americans (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 6/9

Morgan Spurlock Inside Man; CNN. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
Another show I really enjoy.


Friday, 6/10

Voltron: Legendary Defender; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 6/11

People's List; ABC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
First off, let's just get this out of the way: The "People's" in the title is for People magazine.
So, you know, let that tidbit be your first decision point.
Anyway: Jerry O'Connel and SuChin Pak run-down the top five people worthy of talking about of the week.
And, let's keep in mind: People magazine makes the list...


Sunday, 6/12

Still the King; CMT. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Billy Ray Cyrus created and stars in this series about am '80s country singer who becomes an Elvis impersonator and then finds himself becoming a preacher.
So, uh, yeah: that's a thing...

Television Premieres and Notables: May 30-June 5, 2016

Monday, 5/30

The Dresser; Starz. 8 pm CST. Special.
Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen star in this adaptation of the Ronald Harwood play about an aging actor and his assistant.

Roots; History/A&E/Lifetime/LMN. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
The basic cable powerhouses take a four-night swing at the classic Alec Haley novel.

Top Gear; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Now with new co-host Matt LeBlanc.

Mistresses; ABC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Jerry O'Connell joins-up this year.

Scream; MTV. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 5/31

America's Got Talent; NBC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 6/1

Cleverman; SundanceTV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 6/2

Archer (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 6/3

Outcast; Cinemax. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The second Robert Kirkman comic book series to hit airwaves.
This one is about a man who finds that everyone he is close to gets possessed-- and he wants to know why.


Sunday, 6/4

Feed the Beast; AMC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
David Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess star as two guys with big problems who decide to open a fancy restaurant.

Television Premieres, Finales, and Notables: May 22-29, 2015

Monday, 5/23

Gotham (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Seeing as how the last few eps have ratcheted up the crazy, I expect this finale to be out of control.

The Odd Couple (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Bachelorette; ABC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 5/24

The Flash (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
if it's anything last season's finale, it'll hit hard.

Hotel Hell; Fox. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Real O'Neals (ABC; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Voice (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 5/25

Arrow (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
It's gonna go down in a big way.

Wayward Pines; Fox. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Douglas Family Gold; Oxygen. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Gymnast Gabby Douglas tries to get back to the Olympics; to Rio this summer.
See what it takes.


Friday, 5/27

Bloodline; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Chef's Table; Netflix. Streaming. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 5/29

Undercover Boss (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Carmichael Show (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Celebrity Food Fight; Food Network. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Television Premieres, Finales, and Notables: May 16-22, 2016

Monday, 5/16

Mike & Molly (CBS; 7 pm CST). Series Finale.

Jane the Virgin (CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Bates Motel (A&E; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Castle (ABC; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.


Tuesday, 5/17

NCIS (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Coupled; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Twelve women live on an island and have a plethora of men to choose from.

Chicago Fire (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 5/18

Survivor (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Empire (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Genius by Stephen Hawking; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.

black-ish (ABC; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Royal Pains; USA. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 5/19

Grey's Anatomy (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

DC's Legends of Tomorrow (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Mom (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The 100 (CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Blacklist (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/20

Grimm (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Shark Tank (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Originals (CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Lady Dynamite; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Maria Bamford stars in and produces this semi-autobiographical series.
I've been a fan of hers since way back in high school (we were a few years apart), so I hope to check it out sometime this summer when I get a Netflix trial.
You should check it out too; she's pretty funny.


Saturday, 5/21

Saturday Night Live (NBC; 10:30 pm CST). Season Fiuale.


Sunday, 5/22

Call the Midwife (PBS; 7 pm CST [check local listings]). Season Finale.

Bob's Burgers (Fox; 7:30 and 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Wallander (PBS; 8 pm CST [check local listings]). Series Finale.

Fear the Walking Dead (AMC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Preacher; AMC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I don't know how faithful it'll be to the comic book series (it's crazy-vulgar and violent), but I've only read good about the pilot.
I'll be there, of course.

Television Premieres and Notables: May 9-15, 2016

Monday, 5/9

Damien (A&E; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hello Goodbye; Travel. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
People arriving and departing airports are interviewed.


Tuesday, 5/10

New Girl (Fox; 7:00 and 8:00 pm CST). Season Finale.
The wedding between Schmidt and Cece arrives.
And has guests who include Megan Fox and Damon Wayans Jr.


Wednesday, 5/11

Raiders of the Lost Art; Ovation. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Chelsea; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 5/12

The Big Bang Theory (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Scandal (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/13

Michael Ian Black: Noted Expert; Epix. 9 pm CST. Special.


Sunday, 5/15

Once Upon a Time (ABC. 8 pm CST.)  Season Finale.

The Simpsons (Fox; 7 pm CST) has a special live segment featuring Dan Castellaneta speaking (and moving, using mo-cap) as Homer answering live questions from the audience.

Under the Gun; Epix. 7 pm CST, Special.
A documentary exec-produced and narrated by Katie Couric that looks at guns in America.

The Last Man on Earth (Fox; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: May 2-8, 2016

Monday, 5/2

Houdini & Doyle; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle team up, X-Files-style.


Tuesday, 5/3

Person of Interest; CBS. 9 pm CST. 5th-- and final-- Season Premiere.
I shabby way to treat this solid series-- but at least they're getting the chance to finish their story.


Wednesday, 5/4

Maron; IFC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 5/5

Flowers; Seeso. Streaming. Series Premiere.

Marseille; Netflix. Streaming, Series Premiere.


Friday, 5/6

Grace and Frankie; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere


Sunday, 5/8

The Good Wife (CBS; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

Wallander; PBS. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Elementary (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 25-May 1, 2016

Monday, 4/25

Turn: Washington's Spies; AMC. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 4/26

Limitless (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Saturday, 4/30

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; HBO. 7 pm CST. Special.
Yeah, there weren't enough other things to post this week...

Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Special.


Sunday, 5/1

Penny Dreadful; Showtime. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 18-24, 2016

Monday, 4/18

Supergirl (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

12 Monkeys; Syfy. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Better Call Saul (AMC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 4/19

Containment; CW. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A virus outbreak hits Atlanta.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Night Manager; AMC. 9 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston star in this 6-part adaptation of the John le Carre novel.
I've heard good things...


Wednesday, 4/20

Time Traveling Bong; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Broad City co-star/co-creator Ilana Glazer, along with recurring star Paul W. Downs, travels through time; I assume with the help of a bong.


Thursday, 4/21

Inside Amy Schumer; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Comedy Knockout; TruTV. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Three comics have to face-off, and whomever makes the audience laugh loudest wins.


Friday, 4/22

Dr. Ken (ABC; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.



Sunday, 4/24

Rebellion; SundanceTV. 7 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
A three-night mini about the Easter Rising of 100 years ago.

Game of Thrones; HBO. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Silicon Valley; HBO. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Veep; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 11-17, 2016

Monday, 4/11

Jackie Robinson; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Mini-series Premiere.
Ken Burns co-directs this 2-part look at Robinson.

The Detour; TBS. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Jason Jones and Natalie Zea star as parents taking a road trip.

Cake Masters; Food. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
They are the masters of cake.

Hunters; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The U.S. is invaded by alien terrorists.

Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul; Logo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
If there ever was a show title that exactly explains what it is about, this would be the one.


Tuesday, 4/12

Game of Silence; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Four people have to open old wounds by confronting the people who abused them 25 years earlier.


Wednesday, 4/13

The Last Panthers; Sundance. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Following the ramifications of the diamond heist in Marseille, France.


Thursday, 4/14

American Grit; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
John Cena hosts this weekly obstacle "survivor"-type reality competition.

Orphan Black; BBC America. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.


Friday, 4/15

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Kong: King of the Apes; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
An animated series following Kong in 2050.


Saturday, 4/16

Beowulf (Esquire; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 4/17

Vinyl (HBO; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Girls (HBO; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Mike Tyson Mysteries; adult swim. 10:45 pm CST. Midseason Premiere.