Television Premieres and Notables: June 12-18, 2017

Monday, 6/12

SuperHuman; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Kal Penn hosts this competition between people with unique talents.


Tuesday, 6/13

Face Off: Divide & Conquer; Syfy. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 6/14

Blood Drive; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Going old-school horror/sci-fi/action, this series follows two competitors in a road race-- where the cars are fueled by human blood...

The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu). Season Finale.


Thursday 6/15

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute of Diane Keaton; TNT. 9 pm CST. Special.


Friday, 6/16

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


Saturday, 6/17

Turn: Washington's Spies; AMC. 8 pm CST. 4th-- and Final-- Season Premiere.

T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous; HBO. 9 pm CST. Special.


Sunday, 6/18

American Gods (Starz; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

I'm a little behind, but I loathe this clown so much...

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.