Television Premieres and Notables: August 21-27, 2017

Wednesday, 8/23

Vanderpump Rules Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky; Bravo. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
"And the Award for most wasted characters in a series title goes to..."


Thursday, 8/24

The Mist (Spike; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 8/25

The Tick; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
The TV Gods give this character another well-deserved chance.
This time, the focus is on nebbishy super-hero wannabe Arthur (Griggin Newman) as he tries not to get beaten-up-- or killed-- while working with the good-hearted-- but dimwitted-- Tick (Peter Serafinowicz).


Saturday, 8/26

Mysteries of the Missing; Science. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 8/27

Game of Thrones (HBO; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 14-20, 2017

Monday, 8/14

Bachelor in Paradise; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 8/15

Brad Paisley's Comedy Rodeo; Netflix. Streaming. Special.


Wednesday, 8/16

Marlon; NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Marlon Wayans stars as a YouTube celeb who pranks his family for his channel.

Broadchurch (BBC America; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.


Thursday, 8/17

Project Runway; Lifetime. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 8/18

Cake Hunters; Cooking. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Marvel's The Defenders; Netflix. Streaming, Series Premiere.


Saturday, 8/19

Halt and Catch Fire; AMC. 8 pm CST.  4th-- and final-- Season Premiere.

Wild West; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The American West gets the Planet Earth treatment.


Sunday, 8/20

The Last Ship; TNT. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Episodes; Showtime. 9 pm CST. 5th-- and final-- Season Premiere.

Survivor's Remorse; Starz. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 7-13, 2017

Monday, 8/7

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


Tuesday, 8/8

Bachelor in Paradise; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Difficult People; Hulu. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 8/9

Mr. Mercedes; AT&T Audience. 7 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
David E. Kelly brings us this 10-part adaptation of a Stephen King novel about what led-up to-- and what follows-- a murderer who ran-down 16 people with a car.

Swedish Dicks; POP. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Peter Stormare co-created and stars in this series about two Swedish-born detectives who ply their trade in L.A.

The Story of Diana; ABC. 8 pm CST. 2-part Special Premiere.
With the the 20th anniversary of her death at the end of the month, ABC and Time Inc. look into the life, marriage, divorce, and death of the princess.


Thursday, 8/10

Weekend Update: Summer Edition; NBC. 8 pm CST. Special.
SNL couldn't wait until fall with all the shit going down this summer...


Friday, 8/11

Price & George Michael: Under the Influence (Reelz. 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Atypical; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Keir Gilchrist stars as an autistic teen trying to make it through high school.


Saturday, 8/12

Doubt (CBS; 7 pm CST). Series Finale.

Turn: Washington's Spies (AMC; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

Orphan Black (BBC America; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.

Ducktales; Disney XD. 11 pm CST. Series Premiere Sneak Peek.
This reboot series airs its first ep for 24 hours, with the series premiering next month.


Sunday, 8/13

Get Shorty; Epix. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Chris O'Dowd and Ray Romano star in this adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel.

Television Premieres and Notables: July 31-August 1, 2017

Tuesday, 8/1

Manhunt: Unabomber; Discovery. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Paul Bettany stars the Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.


Wednesday, 8/2

Kingdom (AT&T Audience; 7 pm CST). Series Finale.

The Lowe Files; A&E. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Rob Lowe hosts a paranormal reality show with this two sons.

Baroness von Sketch Show; IFC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A sketch show made by women, starring women, takes some shots at chauvinism.

The Sinner; USA. 9 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Jessica Biel stars in this 8-part adaptation of the Petra Hammsfahr novel.


Thursday, 8/3

The Guest Book; TBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Greg Garcia (of the underrated My Name is Earl) brings us this comedy about the people that visit and stay at a mountain lodge-- and the hilarity that ensues around them.

What Would Diplo Do? Viceland. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Diplo himself exec-produces this scripted show about his life.
And James Van der Beek stars as the DJ himself.


Friday, 8/4

Comrade Detective; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Americans like Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Nick Offerman dub this Romanian cop show (whihh is fake, BTW).

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later; Netflix. Streaming. Mini-series Premiere.
The WHAS crew is back; this time in a sequel.


Saturday, 8/5

George Lopez: The Wall, Live From Washington D.C. HBO. 9 pm CST. Special.


Sunday, 8/6

Sharknado 5: Global Warning; Syfy. 7 pm CST. Movie.

Ray Donovan; Showtime. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: July 24-30, 2017

Monday, 7/24

Somewhere Between; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Paula Patton stars in this series about a woman who travels back in time to stop a serial killer.

Midnight, Texas; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Based on the Charlene Harris novels about a psychic who seeks refuge in a town that includes a witch, a vampire, a werewolf, and others.

People of Earth; TBS. 9:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 7/26

So Sharp; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 7/28

Room 104; HBO. 10:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The Duplass Brothers bring us this anthology series about the people who rent the same hotel room.

The Last Tycoon; Amazon. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Billy Ray adapts the unfinished F. Scott Fitzgerald novel about a movie producer.


Saturday, 7/29

Still Star-Crossed (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
(likely series finale...)


Sunday, 7/30

Top Gear America; BBC America. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Rick and Morty; adult swim. 10:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
It's finally back.
I'll admit I don't catch every nuance of this show, but people who dig it are insane about it.
It is certainly inventive, crass, and impossible to predict what's going to happen.

Television Premieres and Notables: July 17-23, 2017

Monday, 7/17

Loaded; AMC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A group of app developers strike it rich-- and then spend the money foolishly.


Thursday, 7/20

Syfy Live From Comic-Con; Syfy. 10 pm CST. 3 Night Series.
Zachary Levi hosts this look at the Con.


Friday, 7/21

Raven's Home; Disney. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Raven-Symone returns to the character that made her a star-- this time as an older woman with kids of her own.

Last Chance U; Netflix. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Ozark; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Jason Bateman stars as a financial planner who gets on the wrong side of the Mob, so he moves to the Ozarks to pull one more job that may get him out of it.


Sunday, 7/23

Shark Week; Discovery. 7 pm CST. Special.
The annual "celebration" kicks off with this special where Michael Phelps races a shark.
Yep...

Ballers; HBO. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Insecure; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: July 10-16, 2017

Monday, 7/10

Will; TNT. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A highly-fictionalized look at the young William Shakespeare as he tries to get into the play-writing business.


Tuesday, 7/11

The Bold Type; Freeform. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 7/12

Salvation; CBS. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An asteroid will hit Earth in 186 days, and some people are going to try to stop it.

Suits; USA. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Odd Mom Out; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

I'm Sorry; TruTV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Andrea Savage and Tom Everett Scott star in this series about a comedy writer mother who is trying to navigate the world.


Thursday, 7/13

Hooten & the Lady; CW. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two unwilling partners have to team up to be treasure hunters.


Friday, 7/14

Friends From College; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon, Keegan Michael Key, Jae Suh Park, Fred Savage, and Billy Eichner play college friends who reconnect after 20 years.


Sunday, 7/16

The Strain; FX. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.