Television Premieres and Notables: November 20-26, 2017

Tuesday, 11/21

Chicago Med; NBC. 3rd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 11/22

Godless; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 11/23

She's Gotta Have It; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Spike Lee updates his story about a young woman who's got to have it-- and even directed many (all?) of the episodes.

Television Premieres and Notables: November 13-19, 2017

Monday, 11/13

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics; AMC. 9 pm CST. Timeslot Premiere.
So the show premieres today (11/12) after The Walking Dead, but I didn't know that until after I did last week's post.


Tuesday, 11/14

American Horror Story: Cult (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Mindy Project (Hulu; Streaming). Series Finale.

Future Man; Hulu. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Josh Hutcherson stars as a gamer who a group of time travelers recruit to help them save the world.


Friday, 11/17

The Punisher; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Jon Bernthal moves from Daredevil to his own series.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond; Netflix. Streaming, Special.
This doc looks as the lengths Jim Carrey went to when he played Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon.


Saturday, 11/18

Night of Too Many Stars; HBO. 7 pm CST. Special.
Now with 100% less Louis CK...


Sunday, 11/19

Search Party; TBS. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: November 6-12, 2017

Monday, 11/6

People Magazine Investigates; Investigation Discovery. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 11/7

Damnation; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 11/8

Hot Date; Pop TV. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 11/9

Grey's Anatomy (ABC; 7 pm CST) airs its 300th episode tonight.


Friday, 11/10

Lady Dynamite; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 11/12

Vice Principals (HBO; 9:35 pm CST). Series Finale.

Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access; Streaming). Mid-season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 30- November 5, 2017

Monday, 10/30

American Masters-- Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive; PBS. 8 pm CST. Special.

Superior Donuts; 8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 10/31

Major Crimes; TNT. 8 pm CST. 6th-- and Final-- Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 11/1

Stan Against Evil; IFC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Thursday, 11/2

Mom; CBS. 8 pm CST.  5th Season Premiere.

Life in Pieces; CBS. 8:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

S.W.A.T.; CBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 11/3

Alias Grace; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
A psychiatrist tries to understand the motives of a motives behind a woman who killed two people in the 19th century.


Sunday, 11/5

Shameless; Showtime. 8 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

The Girlfriend Experience; Starz. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

SMILF; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Inspired by writer-star Frankie Shaw's life as a single mother who is trying to stay afloat-- and handle the desires that are also important to her.

Ride With Norman Reedus; AMC. 9:05 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 23-29, 2017

Tuesday, 10/24

At Home With Amy Sedaris; TruTV. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sedaris stars in this parody of home shows like Martha Stewart's.


Wednesday, 10/25

Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television; YouTube Red. Streaming.


Friday, 10/27

Blindspot; NBC. 7 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Stranger Things; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold; Netflix. Streaming. Special.


Sunday, 10/29

The Deuce (HBO; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 16-22, 2017

Monday, 10/16

Star Wars Rebels; Disney XD. 8 pm CST. 4th-- and Final-- Season Premiere.

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party; VH1. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 10/17

Hit the Road; AT&T Audience. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Jason Alexander stars as the dad of a family band who sells his house to buy a tour bus they can travel in.


Wednesday, 10/18

Freakish; Hulu. Streaming. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 10/21

The Watcher in the Woods; Lifetime. 7 pm CST. Special.
Melissa Joan Hart directs this reimagining of the 1980 Disney film.

 George Michael: Freedom; Showtime. 8 pm CST. Special.
A doc filmed before his death explores his life and career.


Sunday, 10/22

The Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.
Going in a different direction than the beginning of Season 7, Season 8 is supposed to be balls-out for the first four eps, as the show gives us its version of the popular comic arc "All Out War", and it all begins with the series' 100th episode.
And continuing the really cool thing AMC has done before every season: starting on Monday, AMC will air the series from the first episode, marathon-style. There's really no really no excuse for not trying it.

The Jellies! adult swim. 11:15 pm CST. Series Premiere.€

Happy Birthday, Sammy Hagar

Usually I miss these things, but this is a big one: Sammy Hagar (former Montrose and Van Halen, current[?] Chickenfoot and The Circle singer-- and pretty successful solo artist as well) turns 70 years old today.

That's insane.

And the guy is still out there doing shows (maybe not as many as in years past) and doing even more than ever before (created and hosts a TV show, has his own radio show, is probably writing as third book). And even more insane that he's still out doing it, with very little mention or chuckling that he's one of those dinosaurs still trying to recapture his youth. He has become practically timeless.

I've been a Sammy fan since I first heard Van Halen's 5150 in the summer of 1987 (and I just realized this is my 30 year anniversary of being a VH/Hagar fan) and picked up Hagar's I Never Said Goodbye at the same time (the gloriousness of Columbia House).

Not a bad introduction to him at all. 

There've been ups-and-downs as a fan, for sure, but it's cool to see him finally get respect as an artist and a businessman and as a philanthropist.  He seems like a quality guy (with the normal human foibles, for sure) who has figured life out.  It's great to see an artist who has his career in his own hands and just does what he wants to do. No one drags him to a stage like a trained monkey for a paycheck; if he's playing, it's because he wants to play.

If you get a chance to catch him live, I strongly suggest going.

So, anyway, mix up a margarita (extra points if you make a Cabo Wabo; recipe assuredly online) put in one of his concert DVDs or listen to an album or three (off the top of my head I'd recommend: Standing Hampton, I Never Said Goodbye, or Marching to Mars, or probably the best "tour" of his solo career: The Essential Red Collection and then put on Montrose, 5150, Chickenfoot I) and just enjoy some of the work of his nearly-fifty year career.

So Happy Birthday, Red Rocker. Hope it's a good one.