Television Premieres and Notables: September 7-13, 2015

Monday, 9/7

The Civil War; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Mini-series Premiere.
The classic Ken Burns documentary gets an HD upgrade.


Tuesday, 9/8

Late Night With Stephen Colbert; CBS. 10:35 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Colbert picks up the baton passed to him by David Letterman.

The Awesomes; Hulu. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 9/9

Extant (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Last Comic Standing (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Key & Peele (Comedy Central; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.

The League; FXX. 9 pm CST. Final Season Premiere.

You're the Worst; FXX. 9:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Thursday, 9/10

Longmire; Netflix. Steaming. Season Premiere.
The former A&E series now at a new home.


Friday, 9/11

Z Nation; Syfy. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 9/12

Farrell Takes the Field; HBO. 9 pm CST. Special.
Will Farrell, in the interest of raising money for a charity, played all ten baseball positions (incl DH) in a single day in spring training.
This is his story.


Sunday, 9/3

Project Greenlight; HBO. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere (after a 10-year hiatus).

Doll & Em; HBO. 9:40 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 31-September 6, 2015

Monday, 8/31

Awkward; MTV. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

The Whispers (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 9/1

Rizzoli & Isles (TNT; 8 pm CST). Midseason Finale.

Drunk History; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Puffin Rock; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Chris O'Dowd narrates this kids show featuring a puffin.


Friday, 9/4

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church; Showtime. 8 pm CST. Special.

Hand of God; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Ron Perelman stars as a bad man who may or may not have "found God".


Sunday, 9/6

The Great British Baking Show; PBS. 6 pm CST (check local listings). Season Premiere.

Arthur & George; PBS. 7 pm CST (check local listings). Mini-series Premiere.
Arthur Conan Doyle is having a rough time of it-- and decides to take on the case of a man named George.


The Last Ship (TNT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 24-30, 2015

Monday, 8/24

Switched at Birth; ABC Family. 7 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.


Tuesday, 8/25

Public Morals; TNT. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Edward Burns produced, wrote, directed and co-stars (with Michael Rapaport) in this series that looks at a couple of New York City cops in the 1960s.

From Dusk Til Dawn; El Rey. 2nd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 8/26

The Carmichael Show; NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Suits (USA; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Mr. Robot (USA; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 8/28

Narcos; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 8/29

Hannibal (NBC; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.
The producers have been shopping this show around, but Amazon and the like have already turned it down. This probably is the end...

Reddit user determines rankings of series finales

I found this interesting.

Being lazy-- and trying to give credit to where I found the info in the first place-- here's the link to an Entertainment Weekly story about a Reddit user who used iMDb scores to determine the "best
and "worst" series finales.

So yeah, EW, went for "most disappointing", but the info is so much more than that.

Normally, I wouldn't bother posting this because I have issue with a lot of such lists, but this one is pretty close to how I feel-- and seems to also line-up well with the tone of "pop culture" fans and critics.  Like with everything, someone could find something to pick apart in this (the biggest thing is the use of only one website's ratings; and, of course, more recent series get a little bump), but it's pretty good. A lot of work was put into it.

If you like TV, it's worth checking out.

***Interstellar Spoiler***

Television Premieres and Notables: August 17-23, 2015

Monday, 8/17

36 Hours; Travel. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Tuesday, 8/18

The Hotwives of Las Vegas; Hulu. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.
Now set in LV instead of Orlando...


Thursday, 8/20

The Astronaut Wives Club (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
I loved the book-- and the show hit so many of the same points.
Fun summer series. Check it out if you get a chance.

Documentary Now! IFC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Fred Armisen and Bill Hader star in this six-part series that spoofs the recent docu-film trend.


Saturday, 8/22

Aquarius (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Blunt Talk; Starz. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sir Patrick Stewart plays a washed-up news anchor, who goes off the rails.

Survivor's Remorse; Starz. 8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 8/23

Fear the Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Obviously, this is going to follow the tone/subject of The Walking Dead, but they are trying to tackle it from a different angle. In this series, set in Los Angeles, we will see the beginnings of the apocalyptic world we were dropped into with TWD.
This series follows a mixed family that can barely hold itself together-- and now some new disease is causing the recently dead to return to mobility-- along with a taste for flesh.
The first season is six episodes, just like the original-- and it's already been picked up for Season Two.

Ballers (HBO; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.