Television Premieres and Notables: March 9-15, 2015

Monday, 3/9

The Bachelor (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Bates Motel; A&E. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Last season was a little off the rails, but I'm sticking around a while longer.

The Returned; A&E. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An American remake of the French series about a small town that is visited by former residents who had died. The returned are just as they were when they died and don't remember anything after.
The original was amazing-- and creepy as hell.
The pilot is supposed to be pretty much a shot by shot remake of the French pilot, so that's a plus.
But I've been burned too many times in the past to hope it will be just as good as the original.
But I'm going to give it a chance. Even if it's just to experience a little of what I did last year.
And-- if you get the chance-- check out the original. It's awesome.


Tuesday, 3/10

Powers; Playstation Network. Streaming. Series Premiere.
This adaptation of the comic has been in the works for years-- and it ends up as Playstation's first original series.
So, yeah, I'm gonna miss it.
What worse: Entertainment Weekly didn't love it-- and EW is a mag that would love something like this...

Alaska- Earth's Frozen Kingdom; BBC America. 9 pm CST. Series Prmeiere.
The world famous documentarian crew follows Alaskan humans and animals for a year and see how they survive the seasons.


Wednesday, 3/11

The 100 (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Blackish (ABC; 8:31 pm CST) is airing a blooper show for tonight's episode. Seems kinda weird to have a blooper show already in your first season, but this show really hasn't had many misses so far, so I'm down with it.
And it gives me a chance to mention it here again: this is a great show. Last week's wedding renewal episode had me burst out laughing more than once. It is consistently clever and consistently hilarious.

American Canvas; Ovation. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Dave Holmes tours the country to get a taste of the local cultures.


Sunday, 3/15

The Jinx (HBO; 7 pm CST). Miniseries Finale.

The Royals; E!. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
E! gives us its first scripted series-- and it's a soapy series about an English royal family.
It's not supposed to be too bad. Might be worth checking out.

Television Premieres and Notables: March 2-8, 2015

Whoops-- didn't hit "publish" on Sunday.
Thank God for OnDemand.


Monday, 3/2

The Following; Fox. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

RuPaul's Drag Race; Logo. 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Secrets and Lies; ABC. 9:01 CST. Series Premiere.
A man finds the body of a neighborhood boy-- and is instantly a suspect in the murder.


Tuesday, 3/3

Hell's Kitchen; Fox. 7 pm CST. 14th Season Premiere.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D; ABC. 8 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.


Wednesday, 3/4

Broadchurch; BBC America. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

CSI: Cyber; CBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette stars in this third CSI spin-off.


Thursday, 3/5

American Crime; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I don't know anything about this series, but the commercials would lead me to believe it's a big deal.

The Dig; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A mystery/conspiracy series from Tim Kring and Gideon Raff.


Friday, 3/6

Vice; HBO. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
A woman escapes a cult and tries to make her way in New York City.


Sunday, 3/8

Togetherness (HBO; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.