Television Premieres and Notables: June 5-11, 2017

[Sorry I don't have times for all.]


Monday, 6/5

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast; HBO. 7 pm CST. Special.
A look at vital 90-plus-year-olds like Dick Van Dyke, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, and Norman Lear, among others.

Stitchers; Freeform. 3rd Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 6/6

Ink Master; Spike. 9th Season Premiere.

The Jim Jefferies Show; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The Australian comic brings us another late-night talk show.
But he does tend to be not-very-PC...


Wednesday, 6/7

Nightcap; Pop. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 6/8

Ken Burns: America's Storyteller; PBS. check local listings. Special.
Tom Hanks narrates this look at Burns and his career.

Queen of the South; USA. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Friday, 6/9

Dark Matter; SyFy. 3rd Season Premiere.

Wynonna Earp; SyFy. 2nd Season Premiere.

Le Mans: Racing is Everything; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.

Orange Is the New Black; Netflix. Streaming. 5th Season Premiere.


Saturday, 6/10

Orphan Black; BBC America. 9 pm CST. 5th--and final-- Season Premiere.


Sunday, 6/11

Celebrity Family Feud; ABC. 4th Season Premiere.

Steve Harvey's Funderdome; ABC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Innovators and inventors try to get their ideas to market.

Claws; TNT. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Niecy Nash stars as a woman who runs a salon shop that also launders drug money.

$100,000 Pyramid; ABC. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres, Finales, and Notables: May 22-28, 2017

Monday, 5/22

Supergirl (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Kara is in for the fight of her life if the surprise guest star who punched her at the close of the last episode really has it out for her.
And if she wins, she has that whole Daxamite thing to take care of...

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


Tuesday, 5/23

The Flash (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Barry looks to stop Savitar once and for all.
And if he does, will all the Flashpoint changes stay real?

Casual; Hulu. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 5/24

Dirty Dancing; ABC. 7 pm CST. Special.
Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes star in this remake.

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

Arrow (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Season Five closes as Ollie and an unlikely team of enemies face Prometheus for the final time.

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


Thursday, 5/25

Beat Shazam; Fox. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Jamie Foxx hosts this game show where people compete against each other and the Shazam app.

The Red Nose Day Special; NBC. 9 pm CST. Special.
I'm sure there's more to it, but the big thing is the nearly fifteen-year reunion short film of a good chunk of the cast/characters of Love Actually.


Friday, 5/26

Bloodline; Netflix. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: May 15-21, 2017

Monday, 5/15

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


Tuesday, 5/16

Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive; Netflix. Streaming. Special.


Wednesday, 5/17

Downward Dog; ABC. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Alison Tolman stars in this series as executive at a clothing company whose dog has his own ideas about their lives together.

I Am Heath Ledger; Spike. 9 pm CST. Special.
I've been reading a lot of good things about this documentary about the actor we lost too soon.


Thursday, 5/18

Supernatural (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

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


Friday, 5/19

Twelve Monkeys; Syfy. 7 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

The Keepers; Netflix. Streaming. Mini-series.
A true crime docuseries that investigates a murder of a Baltimore nun in 1969.    

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Netflix. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 5/20

The Wizard of Lies; HBO. 7 pm CST. Special.
Robert De Niro stars as Bernie Madoff.


Sunday, 5/21

Shades of Blue (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale,

Television Premieres and Notables: May 8-16, 2017

Wednesday, 5/10

black-ish (ABC; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.
Bow has the baby.


Thursday, 5/11

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

Riverdale (CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Life in Pieces (CBS; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/12

Anne With an E; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
A modern take on Anne of Green Gables.

I Love Dick; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Kathryn Hahn stars in this series based on Chris Kraus' book.

Master of None; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.