Saturday, February 04, 2017

Television Premieres and Notables: February 6-12, 2017

Monday, 2/6

APB; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A billionaire takes over operations of a Chicago police precinct, and outfits them with high tech.


Tuesday, 2/7

Imposters; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A group of jilted and screwed-over husbands band together to find the woman that wronged them.

Detroiters; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two Detroit admen try to make it big.
The pilot was ok, but the show is going to have to work harder to keep me around.


Wednesday, 2/8

City in the Sky; PBS. 9 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.
A look at the system that keeps 100,000 flights in the air every day.

Legion; FX. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A mental patient discovers the voices in his head may be real.
And it gets crazier from there.
There's huge buzz for this X-Men-related series brought to us by Fargo's Noah Hawley.


Thursday, 2/9

The History of Comedy; CNN. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 2/10

David Brent: Life on the Road; Netflix. Streaming. Special.
Ricky Gervais returns to his breakout character, who is still chasing his dream of becoming a pop star.


Sunday, 2/12

The Missing; Starz. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Tbe Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.
It'll be interesting if the tone follows the mid-season finale-- or if they double-down and take their time.
I hope for the former, and I think we'll finally get some ass-kicking.

Girls; HBO. 9 pm CST. 6th-- and Final-- Season Premiere.

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver; HBO. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.
I think Oliver closed out his last season perfectly and can't wait to see what he does with the shitshow 2017 is already looking


Thursday, February 02, 2017

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Television Premieres and Notables: January 30- February 5, 2017

Tuesday, 1/31

Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out; Netflix. Streaming. Special.


Wednesday, 2/1

The Expanse; Syfy. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Thursday 2/2

Superior Donuts; CBS. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere,
Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsh star in this series about modernizing an old school donut shop.

Powerless; NBC. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Venessa Hudgens and Alan Tudyk star as employees at a company that try to protect civilians when heroes like Batman, Crimson Fox, and their foes tear up the city.

Training Day; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bill Paxton is the dirty cop who is training Justin Cornwell's rookie.


Friday 2/3

Santa Clarita Diet; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Drew Barrymore stars as a realtor who wakes up one day to find she craves human flesh.
Timothy Olyphant is her husband who's trying to make the best of a bad situation.


Sunday, 2/5

24: Legacy; Fox. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Now I know where Heath (from The Walking Dead) went...
Corey Hawkins stars as an Army Ranger whose squad is targeted after they assassinate a terrorist.