Television Premieres and Notables: September 25-October 1, 2017

Ok-- this is the big one, and my WiFi is spotty, so I'll try something different.
Dates, times, then shows...


Monday, 9/25

7:00 pm CST:
The Big Bang Theory; CBS. 11th Season Premiere.
The Voice; NBC. 13th Season Premiere.

7:30 pm CST:
Young Sheldon; CBS. Series Premiere.

8:00 pm CST:
Kevin Can Wait; CBS. 2nd Season Premiere.

8:30 pm CST:
Me, Myself, & I; CBS. Series Premiere. 

9 pm CST:
The Good Doctor; ABC. Series Premiere.
Scorpion; CBS. 4th Season Premiere.
The Brave; NBC. Series Premiere.

10:30 pm CST:
The Opposition With Jordan Klepper; Comedy Central. Series Premiere.


Tuesday, 9/26

7 pm CST:
NCIS; CBS. 15th Season Premiere.
Lethal Weapon; Fox. 2nd Season Premiere.

8 pm CST:
Bull; CBS. 2nd Season Premiere.
The Mick; Fox. 2nd Season Premiere.
This Is Us; NBC. 2nd Season Premiere.

8:30 pm CST:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Fox. 5th Season Premiere.

9 pm CST:
NCIS: New Orleans; CBS. 4th Season Premiere.
Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders; NBC. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 9/27

7 pm CST:
The Goldbergs; ABC. 5th Season Premiere.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers; CBS. 35th Cycle Premiere.
Empire; Fox. 4th Season Premiere.
The Blacklist; NBC. 5th Season Premiere.

7:30 pm CST:
Speechless; ABC. 2nd Season Premiere.

8 pm CST:
Modern Family; ABC. 9th Season Premiere.
SEAL Team; CBS. Series Premiere.
Star; Fox. 2nd Season Premiere.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; NBC. 19th Season Premiere.

8:30 pm CST:
American Housewife; ABC. 2nd Season Premiere.

9 pm CST:
Designated Survivor; ABC. 2nd Season Premiere.
Criminal Minds; CNS. 13th Season Premiere.
Chicago PD; NBC. 5th Season Premiere.
Liar; SundanceTV. Mini-series Premiere.

10:30 pm CST:
50 Central; BET. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 9/28

7 pm CST:
Grey's Anatomy; ABC. 14th Season Premiere.
Superstore; NBC.  3rd Season Premiere.

8 pm CST
Will & Grace; NBC. 9th Season Premiere/Series Return.

8:30 pm CST:
Great News; NBC. 2nd Season Premiere.

9:00 pm CST:
How to Get Away With Murder; ABC. 4th Season Premiere.
Chicago Fire; NBC. 6th Season Premiere.
Nathan For You; Comedy Central. Season Premiere.

Streaming:
StartUp; Crackle. Season Premiere.


Friday, 9/29

7 pm CST:
Marvel's Inhumans; ABC. Series Premiere.
I want to like this one; Anson Mount stars in it, for Pete's sake. (Of course, there's a major downside: his character, Black Bolt, doesn't talk much/ever.)
But it has'nt had good buzz. And I don't think it's only because Marvel just keeps trying to make The Inhumans happen...
MacGyver; CBS. 2nd Season Premiere.
Hell's Kitchen; Fox. 17th Cycle Premiere.

8 pm CST:
Hawaii Five-O; CBS. 8th Season Premiere.
The Exorcist; Fox. 2nd Season Premiere.
Z Nation; Syfy. 4th Season Premiere.

9 pm CST:
Blue Bloods; CBS. 8th Season Premiere.

Streaming:
Tin Star; Amazon. Series Premiere.
Big Mouth; Netflix. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 9/30:

7 pm CST:
Cake Boss; TLC. Season Premiere.

9 pm  CST:
Versailles; Ovation. Season Premiere.
Released; OWN. Series Premiere.

10:30 pm CST:
Saturday Night Live; NBC. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 10/1 (Pad your DVR for CBS and Fox shows...)

6:30 pm CST:
Bob's Burgers; Fox. 8th Season Premiere.

7:00 pm CST:
Shark Tank; ABC. Season Premiere.
The Simpsons; Fox. 29th Season Premiere.

7:30 pm CST:
Wisdom of the Crowd; CBS. Series Premiere.
Ghosted; Fox. Series Premiere.

8:00 pm CST:
Family Guy; Fox. 15th Season Premiere.
Poldark; PBS. 3rd Season Premiere.

8:30 pm CST:
NCIS: Los Angeles; CBS. 9th Season Premiere.
The Last Man on Earth; Fox. Season Premiere.

9 pm CST.
Ten Days in the Valley; ABC. Series Premiere.
Curb Your Enthusiasm; HBO.  9th Season Premiere,
Could almost be considered a "series return" after being away for six years...

Television Premieres and Notables: September 17-24, 2017

Monday, 9/18

Dancing With the Stars; ABC. 7 pm CST. 25th Cycle Premiere.


Tuesday, 9/19

Tosh.0; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. 9th Season Premiere.

Jerry Before Seinfeld; Netflix. Streaming. Special.


Wednesday, 9/20

Channel Zero: No End House; Syfy. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Good Place; NBC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
This was a solid show that made a massive turn in the first season finale.
I can't wait to see what happens next.


Thursday, 9/21

Gotham; Fox. 7 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.
This show still gets a little "out there" at times, but it's firming-up its mythology well.
Penguin rules the city and Gordon is out to take him down.
Meanwhile, there's a new figure dressed in black who is trying to clean up the streets.

The Orville moves to its regular timeslot (Fox; 8 pm CST).


Friday, 9/22

Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus; Cinemax. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Country music stars relate stories from the road in this animated series.

Transparent; Amazon. Streaming. 4th Season Premiere.

Fuller House; Netflix. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 9/24 (As always: pad your recordings due to football on CBS and Fox.)

60 Minutes; CBS. 6:30 pm CST. 50th Season Premiere.

Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? Fox. 7 pm CST. Special.

Star Trek Discovery; CBS/CBS All Access. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Check out the first episode on CBS, then pay for the privilege and subscribe to All Access for the rest.
Kinda like how drug dealers hook you...

Television Premieres and Notables: September 11-17, 2017

Monday, 9/11

Preacher (AMC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 9/12

Top of the Lake: China Girl (SundanceTV; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 9/13

South Park; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. 20th Season Premiere.

Broad City; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Thursday, 9/14

Better Things; FX. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Riviera; Sundance Now. Streaming. Series Premiere.
An art curator tangles with her deceased husband's first wife.


Friday, 9/15

American Vandal; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Netflix jumps on parodying itself with this Making a Murderer-ish series about the case against a high schooler who was expelled for drawing penises on cars.


Sunday, 9/17

69th Primetime Emmy Awards; CBS. 7 pm CST. Special.
Stephen Colbert hosts the 69th Emmy show.



Vice Principals; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. 2nd-- and Final-- Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: September 4-10, 2017

Tuesday, 9/5

American Horror Story: Cult; FX. 9 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 9/6

You're the Worst; FXX. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.


Friday, 9/8

One Mississippi; Amazon. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Bojack Horseman; Netflix. Streaming. 4th Season Premiere.


Saturday, 9/9

Con Man; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Broadcast Premiere.
Alan Tudyk stars as a washed-up sci-fi celebrity who is trying to recapture his glory years in the con circuit.
I've heard good things about this Emmy-winning series.
Syfy has rights to the existing webseries and is airing all 13 eps of season one in a marathon.


Sunday, 9/10
(Keep in mind that the NFL season is in full-swing, so any Fox or CBS show you may watch/record could be delayed.)

The Orville; Fox.  7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Star Trek fan Seth McFarlane didn't get his shot at that franchise, so he created this comedy about a crew exploring the unknown in their starship.

Outlander; Starz. 7pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Fear the Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Return.

The Deuce; HBO. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Cocreators George Pelecanos and David Simon bring us this series about the late-'70s to mid-'80s NYC porn industry.

Top of the Lake; Sundance. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
After a couple of years, Sundance brings us season two, which will air over three nights.

Television Premieres and Notables: August 28-September 3, 2017

(Kinda) Monday, 8/28

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! 10-Year Anniversary Special; [adult swim]. 12:01 am (Tuesday). Special.


Tuesday, 8/29

Animal Kingdom (TNT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 8/30

Suits (USA; 8 pm CST) celebrates its 100th episode tonight.


Friday, 9/1

Marvel's Inhumans; ABC (on IMAX screens). Series Premiere.
The upcoming ABC show gets a two-episode premiere on IMAX screens around the country while those of us chumps nowhere near them has to wait until the end of September for them to air...

Narcos; Netflix. Streaming. 3rd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 9/3

Twin Peaks (Showtime; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

Power (Starz; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

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.