NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Dancing with the Stars (R) | The Middle (R) | The Goldbergs (R) | Modern Family (R) | Blackish (R) | |
CBS | Madame Secretary (R) | The Good Wife (R) | CSI (R) | |||
FOX | The Simpsons (R) | Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R) | Family Guy (R) | Golan the Insatiable | ||
HBO | Game of Thrones | Silicon Valley | Veep | |||
NBC | Dateline Sunday Night Mystery | A.D. The Bible Continues | American Odyssey | |||
MISC | The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime) | Halt and Catch Fire (AMC) Salem (WGN America) | ||||
SHO | Nurse Jackie/Happyish | Penny Dreadful |
Archives for May 2015
Afternoon Static: GAME OF THRONES, GOTHAM, EMPIRE & More!
• Watch: Starz Teases ‘Evil Dead’ Sequel ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’
• Spoiler Alert: Is the Game of Thrones Finale Title a Massive Spoiler or Just an Inside Joke?
• Must Read TV: Does Daytime TV Have to Be a Talk-Obsessed Hell?
• The Business of Show: How Netflix Keeps Finding Itself on the Same Side as Regulators
• ‘Fuller House’: Bob Saget & Lori Loughlin Are Officially Cast Members
• Are DVD Box Sets A Dying Business? Studios Hope The Answer Is ‘Not Yet’
• Cable Ace: HBO’s Clarence Thomas Movie Casts Greg Kinnear (as Biden), J-Hud, Others
• The ‘Shark Tank’ Effect: Why Biz-Focused Reality TV Is Booming
• Gotham Season 2: Chris Chalk Upped to Series Regular, as Lucius Fox
• Mark Your Calendars: ‘Empire’ Season 2 Premiere Date Revealed
• Super News: Nicholas D’Agosto’s Harvey Dent is now a series regular on Gotham
• Funny Business: Jim Gaffigan On His New Show And How His Fear Of Giving Advertising Presentations Led To Him Doing Comedy
• Amazing: ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Writer Wendy Molyneux Has Raised Over $16K to Watch the ‘Entourage’ Movie for Charity
• Mom Season 3: Who’s In? Who’s Out?
• Strange But True: YouTuber celebrates 1 million subscribers by setting off 300 fireworks
• Seconded: M. Night Shyamalan Wants To Bring An ‘Unbreakable’ Series To Netflix
• Out of This World: The Big Bang Theory creates scholarship to help future scientists
• Scoop: ‘Halt And Catch Fire’ Explores What It Was Like For Women In ’80s Tech
• Behind-the-Scenes: 7 Network Rules for Next Season
• Question of the Day: Will NBC’s ‘Aquarius’ Be Just the First Binge Bow in Primetime?
• An Evening With ‘Empire’: How to Make a Hit Show in a Digital World
• Matt Weiner on ‘Mad Men’ Finale: ‘I Had a Ton of Doubts’
• Cannot Wait: Married casts Frances Conroy, M.C. Gainey as Judy Greer’s parents
• Scoop: Check Out the Hair-Raising New ‘Scream Queens’ Poster
BONES Redux: Our Top 5 Moments From “The Woman in the Whirlpool”
Hey, Bones fans! So, when we last left B&B, Brennan had kicked Booth out of the house. Let’s see how things are going. Here are your Bones Top Five Moments!
Booth’s in Recovery – sort of
After a meeting, Booth’s sponsor tries to get him to share, but he thinks just showing up is good enough, and please tell Brennan how good I’m doing. Yeah, as his sponsor says, that’s not how it works. Maybe he’s been away so long, he doesn’t remember.
Jessica, who started out less annoying, then goes off the charts when she suggests to Brennan that if the benefits of one mate diminishes, she should hunt for another. Jessica gets a Cam warning but insists on “supporting” Brennan who TOTALLY puts her in her place by stating 1. She doesn’t need her own situation explained to her and 2. Her support will not hasten its resolution. Also, it won’t stop Booth’s incessant calls. I will give her points for later apologizing.
Hodgins totally personalizes the whole situation. I guess this is the second week in a row where after ten years, people suddenly realize they work with dead bodies and murder. Now he thinks the deterioration of the B&B marriage has to do with their line of work, even though B&B met, got into a relationship due to being partnered together, got married, and have a daughter with another one on the way, all while doing the work they do. But Angela agrees, because…I have no idea.
Brennan goes to the diner to pick up her food to go, and of course, JoAnne is nowhere to be found. Neither is their good friend, Frankie. Who is there is Booth. He gets her to make the takeout an eat-in and to sit next to him. But then he proceeds to piss off Brennan by calling what he did a mistake. Yeah, putting your wife, unborn child, and daughter at risk is not a mistake. And not owning up to the propensity of your eff-up is no way to recover or make amends. Aaaaand, it turns back into a to-go order. But before Brennan leaves she does say she loves him.
Corpse of the Week!
Booth is still on the job, but Brennan isn’t at the scene, so the only awkward comes when Aubrey asks how his meeting went. I’m with Booth when he says it’s anonymous for a reason. But that’s all forgotten in the hunt for the corpse’s arm. Hodgins sends one of his fancy gadgets in to the Potomac to find it, but all it finds is junk people have thrown in there, to which Aubrey remarks about maybe people wanting to take care of the only planet we have. No joke, brother. And when it gets caught on some weeds, Hodgins has to fish it out anyway. As he pulls aside the weeds and corpsehand creepily reaches out to him, we both scream.
Through embroidery on the shirt pocket and Angela’s magical computer, they find out the deceased worked at Thompson Hardware and is named Leslie. Thompson says she was his best employee. He tried to promote her, but she was too wrapped up in her grown daughter, Courtney, age twenty, who still lives with her and didn’t report her missing after four days.
Booth and Aubrey go to question Courtney who it turns out has been living in the dorms. She’s at the house cleaning out her stuff when Booth informs her of her mother’s death. She’s devastated but does say their relationship was strained due to mom obsessing over her jars. I’ll admit to some curiosity here. And okay, they’re cookie jars. Really ugly cookie jars. If she wasn’t cleaning them, she was cataloging them or going to collector conventions. Courtney stayed as far away from the jar lunatics as she could. It turns out those old jars could be responsible for her slow poisoning. They apparently weren’t glazed too well. Lead paint. I guess she didn’t think to wear some gloves.
On top of slowly poisoning herself, Leslie also experienced a glancing gunshot to the head twenty years previous. If it weren’t for bad luck, Leslie would have had no luck at all. And OH GOOD, isn’t it convenient how our COTW was able to tie in so well to Booth’s story. Seems where the bullet hit her was where she would decide what is and isn’t worth saving, and Jessica says it’s the source of addiction. My eyes roll of their own volition.
Through some fiberglass insulation in Leslie’s lungs and other clues, it’s assumed Leslie was killed in her creepy, dark attic. For some reason, Aubrey and Jessica are paired up for this adventure. It’s there they find a man clutching a Babe Ruth cookie jar. It turns out that Leslie had a deal with her friend Cheryl, who has an online consignment site, to buy a Babe Ruth jar. But before Leslie could arrive, some dude made a huge offer, and Cheryl accepted. The dude was Mr. Simon who was the one in the attic for an entire day, just waiting for Courtney to leave. And if you think Booth didn’t make a “hand in the cookie jar” remark, you are so wrong. Seems Leslie had figured out where Simon lived and stole the cookie jar. I’ll also mention Simon is a few figs short of a Newton. He also uses air quotes. But Booth doesn’t think he’s a killer.
Also suspicious is that the day Leslie supposedly put her collection up for sale for an entire day while she was out of town. It came from her home computer, so Courtney must have done it. As Courtney explains it, all she wanted was to be as important to her mom as the jars were. But then she realized she wasn’t a kid any more, and it was time to move on.
Solving the Case!
Again, some more, we have the correlation between Booth and Cookie-Jar Leslie. Courtney laments that her mom didn’t love her, so Booth lets Courtney know that her mom was shot in the head during a mugging when Courtney was a baby, He says it wasn’t Courtney’s fault, because her mom was an ADDICT. I don’t know if that point was driven home enough.
But who did it? Thompson! He is a locksmith, and he helped Leslie break into Simon’s house. Apparently he was in love with her, and he thought she felt the same. But the minute Leslie got her grubby hands on The Babe, well, he was of no use to her. So he came over a couple of days later with some champagne to smooth things over. Dude, you should have tried an ugly vintage cookie jar.
So there was Leslie, obsessively cleaning her jars when Thompson lost it and tried to smash the jar. Only Leslie’s jarternal instincts took over, and she put herself in the way. The champagne bottle broke, and the glass cut her throat.
Aubrey and Jessica
Oh crap. What is it with Booth’s partners wanting to hook up with the most annoying interns? If Aubrey hanging around to watch bones get cleaned gets him a date, I guess good for you, dude.
They meet at a bar. Happy Hour was just about over, so Jessica ordered one of everything, which Mr. Garbage Disposal is quite pleased to see. Though they do discuss that this is merely two colleagues getting together to celebrate their first case. But not really. Wink, wink.
If they show these two in bed together, your recapper may pass out.
Booth Shares!
After all of his protestations, Booth gives up an opportunity to tuck Christine in, so he can go to a meeting and share, even if he does wait until the last minute to do it. He admits he betrayed his family and put them in danger, and he wants to better understand himself.
Well, Booth, you’re on the right track.
That’s all, folks! Until next time!
On TV Tonight: Friday May 29, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Shark Tank (R) | What Would You Do? | 20/20 | |||
CBS | Undercover Boss (R) | Hawaii Five-0 (R) | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
CW | Whose Line Is It… | Whose Line Is It… | The Messengers | |||
FOX | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader (R) | Bullseye (R) | ||||
NBC | America’s Got Talent (R) | Dateline NBC | ||||
Misc | Nightingale (HBO) | Strange Empire: Rise of the Women (Lifetime) | Jim Breuer: Comic Frenzy (Epix) |
Morning Static: GAME OF THRONES, REVENGE, SUPERGIRL & More!
• Supergirl: New image, Berlanti and Benoist on casting
• Michael King Dead: TV Exec Who Helped Launch ‘Oprah’ Show Was 66
• This season’s broadcast superlatives: Recognizing the best and worst of the year, in television
• Review: CBS’ The Briefcase and its $100,000 decision
• Jon Stewart Slams FIFA for 24 Years of Alleged Corruption: “Started a Jennifer Lawrence Ago”
• Funny Business: Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer and Comedy Actress A-List in Raunchy, R-Rated Roundtable
• TLC and the Duggar Family Situation: More Lies And Counting
• Q&A: Elisabeth Moss On Peggy’s Happy-Ever-After, ‘Truth’ And Broadway
• Smash’s Broadway Event Expands! Who’s Joining Ellis (!) in Bombshell?
• Longmire Season 4: Ally Walker Lands Mystery Role, as Series Heads to Netflix
• Revenge Finale Gets Barry Sloane’s Seal of Approval: ‘Emily and Jack Were Always Supposed to End Up Together’
• Casting Coup: Denise Richards Going Full Cougar for New CW Comedy Significant Mother
• Creator Speaks Out: Backlash Brewing Against Binge TV as ‘Orange Is the New Black’
• God No! ‘19 Kids And Counting’ Spinoff May Be Spawned As TLC Wades Through Duggar Mess
• Cable Ace: Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller on his ‘absurd’ HBO pilot The Gorburger Show
• Cool Beans: Watch the Mr. Robot pilot before its June 24 premiere
• Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams speaks: The ultimate Arya interview
• When Child Starts Go Good: Former Disney Superstar Reveals Why He Walked Away from Being Rich
• Marvel Studios Fails Fans By Fighting Marvel TV (& Not Hiding It Well)
• Benchwarmer: ESPN Drafts Chris Connelly To Replace Fired Bill Simmons As Grantland Chief
• Awards Watch: 26 presenters announced for 69th Tony Awards
Televisions Best Sports Cameos
Sport stars don’t usually make for the best of actors but that doesn’t stop them trying. In fact, on the odd occasion, they actually make for decent television. Below are some of the best cameos from some of sport’s greatest players.
Tom Brady – Entourage
Photo Credit: Keith Allison
It has been a turbulent year for Tom Brady. The New England Patriots quarterback won his fourth Super Bowl but has also landed in trouble. His role in “Deflategate” has seen him banned for the first four games of next season. One of the only perks he will have from his time off is the ability to go and watch Entourage the movie. His cameo in the hugely popular TV series is one of the best of all time, especially when Johnny Drama absolutely destroys his custom-made driver. [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Thursday May 28, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | 500 Questions | Jimmy Kimmel Live (R) | ||||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | The Odd Couple (R) | Mom (R) | Mike & Molly (R) | Elementary (R) | |
CW | iZombie (R) | The Vampire Diaries (R) | ||||
FOX | Bones | Wayward Pines | The Comedians/Louie (FX) | |||
NBC | Dateline NBC | Aquarius | ||||
MISC | Ridiculousness (MTV) Lip Sync Battle (Spike) |
Morning Static: THE GOOD WIFE, SUITS , NETFLIX & More!
• Jerry Seinfeld, Online Force
• Suits First Look: Donna Still Has Eyes for Harvey
• Why Networks Are Going for Broke This Summer From binge-viewing to VOD, broadcasters offer big perks
• Fun Fact: These Are Netflix’s Top-Rated Original Series in Order of How Much Users Like Them
• Emmys Preview: Will ‘Empire’ Get a Nom? Plus 6 More Burning Questions
• On Point: ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Takes On Bill Cosby Sex Scandal
• For Canadian Eyes Only: Shomi to Expand as Standalone Canadian Streaming Service
• LOVE: Netflix Renews ‘Grace and Frankie’ for a Second Season
• Ouch! Archie Panjabi Doesn’t Deny Good Wife Feud with Julianna Margulies
• Scoop: Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Buble, Piers Morgan and Marlon Wayans to Guest Judge ‘America’s Got Talent’
• Tina Fey and Amy Poehler return to Weekend Update… as action figures
• Casting Coup: Jimmy Smits to Star in Baz Luhrmann’s Hip-Hop Drama ‘The Get Down’
• Duh of the Day: Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Ellen DeGeneres Join List of World’s Most Powerful Women
• Why CBS Is Replacing David Letterman With Reruns of The Mentalist Could summer strategy blunt James Corden’s momentum?
• Political Insider: Veep creator hints at what’s ahead for Selina Meyer and her new running mate, Tom James
• 500 Channels and Everything’s On: The Too-Much-TV Problem
On TV Tonight: Wednesday May 27, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | 500 Questions | Modern Family (R) | Blackish (R) | Celebrity Wife Swap | ||
CBS | The Briefcase | Criminal Minds (R) | CSI: Cyber (R) | |||
CW | Arrow (R) | Supernatural (R) | ||||
FOX | MasterChef | Bullseye | ||||
NBC | I Can Do That! | iHeartRadio Country Festival | ||||
MISC | Full Circle (DirecTV) | Ripper Street (BBC America) Hot in Cleveland/The Soul Man (TV Land) |
Afternoon Static: SUPERGIRL, OUTLANDER, TWIN PEAKS & More!
• Texas Rising: ATX TV Festival emerges as a prominent marketing tool for networks
• Who Knew? Why the ‘Supergirl’ leak might be good for CBS
• The Business of Show: Charter announces plan to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House
• Heroes Reborn: Orphan Black Alum Dylan Bruce Joins NBC Revival
• Streaming News: ‘Deadbeat’ Renewed For Season 3 On Hulu
• Funny Business: ‘Comedians in Cars’ trailer teases tons of new faces, and a fully bearded Colbert
• David Hyde Pierce Looks Back On ‘Frasier’ And Its Then-Progressive Take On Gay Issues
• Amy Schumer Shut Down A Lame Dude On ‘The Bachelorette’ And It Was Perfection
• Class Act: Jon Stewart helps Iraq War veterans find jobs in TV
• We Need To Talk About Sam Heughan. Right Now.
• Rumor Patrol: Could Bill Simmons Be Heading to Fox Sports?
• How Bethenny Frankel Turned Reality Stardom Into a Business Empire The Real Housewife on expanding her Skinnygirl brand
• Hugh Laurie Can’t Shake Limp He Developed To Play Dr. House, Even Years After Show Ended
• This Week in Tech: Apple’s Flunking TV 101
• ‘Twin Peaks’ Will Return With 18 Episodes, Angelo Badalamenti Composing All New Music
• Casting Coup: Michael Gambon Is Winston Churchill In ITV Drama Headed To PBS’ Masterpiece
• Good: 19 Kids and Counting Advertisers Dropping Like Flies
• Q&A: AMC Plots Its Post-‘Mad Men’ Course
• Did your favorite TV show get canceled? Here are 7 reasons it might have.
• THE X-FILES: David Duchovny says the new script made him cry