Television Premieres and Notables: April 23-29, 2018

Monday, 4/23

The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special; CBS. 9 pm CST. Special.


Tuesday, 4/24

The 100; CW. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

Genius; Nat Geo. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
Antonio Banderas takes over the series as it now tracks Pablo Picasso in this new season.


Wednesday, 4/25

Suits (USA; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Code Black; CBS. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Archer: Danger Island; FXX. 9 pm CST. 9th Season Premiere.
Another "genre" season. Looks like this one follows Sterling in his adventures as a pilot.

Brockmire; IFC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
One of the most riotously funny shows I watched last year is back.
It's pretty crude at times, but nothing made me laugh harder.

The Handmaid's Tale; Hulu. Streaming. 2nd Season Premiere.

Thursday, 4/26

Quantico; ABC. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 7/29

Homeland (Showtime; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Ash vs Evil Dead (Starz; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.
It's a shame this batshit crazy show is ending, but we're lucky we got the three seasons we did get.

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown; CNN. 8 pm CST. 11th Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 16-22, 2018

Wednesday, 4/18

The Originals; The CW. 8 pm CST. Final Season Premiere.

The Wine Show; Ovation. 9 pm CST. Series (US) Premiere.
Matthew Rhys and Matthew Goode travel the world in search of great wine.

The Leaning Tower (Hulu; Streaming). Season Finale.


Thursday, 4/19

Scandal (ABC; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.

Jay Leno's Garage; CNBC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 4/20

Jane the Virgin (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Dope; Streaming. Netflix. 2nd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 4/21

The Letdown; Netflix. Streaming. Series (US) Premiere.
This Australian import stars Alison Bell as a new mom trying to figure things out.



Sunday, 4/22

Westworld; HBO.  8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Into the Badlands; AMC. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 9-15, 2018

Monday, 4/9

DC's Legends of Tomorrow (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 4/10

Elton John: I'm Still Standing-- A Grammy Salute; CBS. 8 pm CST. Special.

New Girl; Fox. 8:30 pm CST. 7th-- and final-- Season Premiere.
After a three-year time jump, the series picks back up on its final run of eight episodes.


Friday, 4/13

Rellik; Cinemax. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
This BBC-import starts with the killing of a suspect by the cops, and then rewinds the story to show us how they got there-- and whether they got the correct guy.

Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas; HBO. 10:30 pm CST. Special.

Lost in Space; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 4/14

Elvis Presley: The Searcher; HBO. 7 pm CST. Special.
This doc traces Presely's life from childhood to the '70s.


Sunday, 4/15

The Walking Dead (AMC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
That fucking war better be over by tonight...

Fear The Walking Dead; AMC. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.
They're pulling out all the stops with this show (which had a pretty exciting third season) by adding actors like Maggie Grace, Jenna Elfman, and Garret muthafukkin' Dillahunt to the series-- as well as bringing the great Lennie James over from the OG series.
But if we've seen anything from this show, Hurricane Clark will likely go through and kill them all before season's end.
Seriously, any place Madison and her brood have landed thus far has gone up in flames by the time they left...

Television Premieres and Notables: April 2-7, 2018

Monday, 4/2

Flipping Virgins; HGTV. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.
This show sounded way cooler until I realized it meant house flipping...

The Crossing; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A group of people from the future find themselves washed up on the shore of a small town.


Tuesday, 4/3

Shadowhunters; Freeform. 3rd Season Premiere.

Legion; FX. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Last O.G.; TBS. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Tracy Morgan returns to series comedy in this show about an ex-con who gets released from jail and has to rebuild his life and relationships.


Wednesday, 4/4

Iron Chef Gauntlet; Food Network. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 4/5

Will & Grace (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Imposters; Bravo. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 4/7

Ransom; CBS. 2nd Season Premiere.

Paterno; HBO. 7 pm CST. Special.
Al Pacino plays Penn State's legendary coach who fell-- quickly-- from grace.

Trading Spaces; TLC. 7 pm CST. Series Return.


Sunday, 4/8

Howard's End; Starz. 7 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
An adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel.

Killing Eve; BBC America. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An MI5 agent pursues an assassin.