Television Premieres and Notables: February 9-15, 2015

Wednesday, 2/11

Top Chef (Bravo; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Mystery Diners; Food Network. 8:30 pm CST. 9th Season Premiere.

Schitt's Creek; Pop [what the Hell is "Pop"?]. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara star as a formerly rich couple who lose it all and move to the titular town.


Thursday, 2/12

The Slap; NBC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A man slaps another person's child at a party. Post-slap stuff ensues...

Inside the Actor's Studio; Bravo. 7 pm CST. 20th Season Premiere.
Featuring Neal Patrick Harris.


Friday, 2/13

Bosch; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Titus Welliver stars as the detective from the Michael Connelly novels.
Amazon drops the entire season all at once.


Saturday, 2/14

Sexy Beasts; A&E. 9:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.
People go on dates dressed as monsters.


Sunday, 2/15

SNL 40th Anniversary Special; NBC. 7 pm CST. Special.

Television Premieres and Notables: February 2-8, 2015

Monday, 2/2

Unwrapped 2.0; Cooking Channel. 9 pm. Series Premiere

Foyle’s War; Acorn TV. Streaming. Season Premiere

Tuesday, 2/3

Being Mary Jane; BET. 9 pm. 2nd Season Premiere.

Wed, 2/4

Fresh Off the Boat; ABC. 7:30 and 8:30. Series Premiere. 

(heard lots of good about it)

My 600-lb Life; TLC. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Thursday, 2/5

Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding; E! 7 pm. Special

Allegiance; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere. 

I’ve heard it’s NOT an The Americans rip-off; this is a Russian spy series set in present day…

Sunday, 2/8

The Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. Mid-season Return.

After an insane first few episodes in October, they slowed the pace and lulled us with a few side-tracks. Then cranked it up again at the end of the fall finale.

Somehow, this show has maintained a (mostly) entertaining and surprising run-- and it's actually been pretty well above average in quality as well. The acting, plots, and direction have been getting better and better. It's not all about the zombie kill of the episode or who's next to die in the cast; it's gotten to be pretty high-quality as a TV series in general.

Better Call Saul; AMC. 9 pm CST. Series premiere. 

The Breaking Bad prequel.

Coaching Bad; Spike TV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Eight angry coaches look to Ray Lewis for some anger management.

The Week With John Oliver; HBO. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.