• CBS Fall Season Teasers: ELEMENTARY, MADAM SECRETARY, BIG BANG THEORY and More
• Is it January Yet? Bryan Fuller Unloads Details About Upcoming ‘Star Trek Discovery’ Series
• Report: Thomas Gibson Suspended From Criminal Minds In Wake of Physical Altercation With Producer
• Scoop: The Originals Adds Teen Wolf Alum as [Spoiler]’s Season 4 Love Interest
• TCA: CBS Boss Optimistic About ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Renewal, Talks Net’s Comedy Brand, ‘MacGyver’ Growing Pains
• Spytastic News: Homeland adds actors from The Flash, Limitless
• TCA: What Tim Curry Thinks of Fox’s Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake
• Scream Queens: John Stamos and Taylor Lautner grin through new promo
• Good News! Billy West Reads Donald Trump Quotes In The Voice Of Zapp Brannigan From ‘Futurama’
• Late Night Wars: Stephen Colbert Is Taking ‘The Late Show’ Live Following The Debates
• Charisma Carpenter Cast on Lucifer — as a Playmate With a Secret
Archives for August 2016
On TV Tonight: Thursday August 11, 2016
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | BattleBots | The $100,000 Pyramid | Match Game | |||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | Life in Pieces (R) | Big Brother | Code Black (R) | ||
CW | DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (R) | Beauty and the Beast | ||||
FOX | Rosewood (R) | Bones (R) | Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (FX) | |||
NBC | 2016 Summer Olympics Primetime | |||||
MISC | Triumph’s Summer Election Special (Hulu) | Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle (Comedy)Queen of the South (USA) |
Orange denotes what the TV Addict is watching and/or recording tonight!
SUITS Recap: Does Anybody Know What’s Happening?
The fifth episode of SUITS season 6 was a lesson in trying to figure out what exactly the characters were thinking. While Mike Ross and Harvey Specter both made a number of seemingly contradictory moves in the increasingly convoluted plot to get Mike released from prison and away from the dangerous Frank Gallo, Louis Litt was busy with an elaborate plan to get to know his latest potential love interest. It involved forcing Donna Paulsen to find him some property in the Hamptons. (Because playing Louis’ real estate agent and matchmaker is totally Donna’s job now.) Elsewhere, Rachel Zane hit a snag in her quest to free an innocent man. Does anybody know what’s happening at this point? We’ll do our best to figure it out.
Pearson Zane 2016 – Finally, a partnership we can all get behind. Regardless of the massive heap of confusion that was the rest of the storyline in “Trust,” one thing made a beautifully perfect kind of sense: Rachel Zane’s eventual team-up with Jessica Pearson. Following her vow to fight for Leonard Bailey in last week’s episode, Rachel had found plenty of evidence to prove that Leonard’s case should be reopened.
But it just wasn’t enough.
Professor Dunbar called Rachel to his office to let her know that the Innocence Project wouldn’t be taking Leonard’s case because, despite all of her hard work, she hadn’t discovered any new DNA evidence so the case didn’t meet important qualifying criteria. The old Rachel would have cried about it and moved on; but the new, improved Rachel Zane delivered to viewers in SUITS season 6 didn’t back down. Because she worked for Pearson Specter Litt, where the lawyers had taken pro bono cases from time to time, Rachel promised she’d have a lawyer to supervise her as she continued fighting for Leonard.
The one wrinkle was that Rachel hadn’t actually approached any real life lawyers to help her with this, but she went to the best possible one in Jessica Pearson. Although Jessica originally turned Rachel down because she didn’t have even a single minute to work on an extra case, the episode (thankfully) ended with the firm’s fearless leader teaming up with its newest Strong Woman in Training. Jessica’s reason? She would much rather see headlines about her firm freeing an innocent man than the current “Manhattan Law Firm Hires A Fraud” story.
Here’s a headline I’d like to see: “Pearson & Zane Save The World, Prove Women Run It.” Make it happen, SUITS. I’m counting on you.
I don’t even want to try to figure this one out. One of the most compelling relationships on SUITS has been Donna Paulsen’s oftentimes humorous, yet always meaningful, friendship with Louis Litt. Well, at least these two characters’ scenes always had a certain value to them until this latest episode. As problematic as Louis’ decision to hire Tara in a ploy to get close to her originally was, his admission to Donna that he didn’t even have a house in the Hamptons for the architect to redesign made the whole thing even sketchier. Making matters even worse, Donna became demoted to Louis’ house hunter after she was essentially guilted into doing it.
Somewhere in the middle of the episode, the two friends had a spat that didn’t make the most sense; but at least the argument ended with Donna telling Louis to look for his own house if he couldn’t trust her to do the job correctly. Later, Louis begged for his life back or whatever? I guess? And he admitted to missing Donna…as his secretary. Oh, and of course Donna produced the perfect house, complete with news that she’d submitted an offer on Louis’ behalf…but only after just the right amount of groveling.
Sure. Fine. Whatever.
Earth to Louis: Donna was your secretary for all of five minutes, while Harvey was off having his panic attacks over her. You don’t get a girlfriend by hiring her to redo your non-existent house in the Hamptons, and you don’t spend more time with your supposed friends by ordering them around and not trusting them to buy you the right house in the Hamptons to replace your imaginary one.
The most confusing, most high-stakes game on SUITS. I’m really trying to make sense of all of this, but it’s a bit difficult. The episode started with Mike, Harvey, and Sean Cahill discussing the exact details of Cahill’s deal with Mike. That didn’t last long, though, because Cahill mentioned having been trying to nail William Sutter for the past three years.
Does that name sound familiar? It should.
Harvey was shocked to find out that the very client he’d refused to take was essentially the key to getting Mike free; and the conversation quickly turned from just the barest hint of a plan for Mike’s role as Double Agent Man in prison, to whether or not Cahill agreed with Harvey’s decision accept Sutter’s business after all. Harvey was certain that Kevin would never trust his cellmate if he knew that the very man Mike had gone to prison to protect also happened to be the lawyer who’d told his father-in-law to go to hell. Meanwhile, Cahill was pretty convinced that Harvey would be treading some pretty murky waters if he represented Sutter, knowing about the investigation and Cahill’s need to be successful in it if Mike was to make good on the deal. Obviously, Harvey did what Harvey wanted to do and took Sutter up on his earlier offer.
That, apparently, meant that Kevin would also be Harvey’s client. More to the point, despite actually being on the same “side,” Harvey and Cahill would go back to being enemies in the courtroom. Specter and Cahill each acted their parts so well, though, that it was impossible to tell which moves were part of the original plan and which were just the result of two men who were very at their jobs getting far too invested in the case. At one point, Cahill even had to ask Harvey if he realized that, had his ploy to get a new prosecutor on Sutter’s case been successful, the deal for Mike’s freedom, which Harvey had taken Sutter as a client to make good on, wouldn’t even exist anymore.
Harvey delivered that patented Specter smirk and said he knew the consequences but had to do his job well or else everything would fall apart anyway, and I was pretty much thinking “ok, Harvey. Whatever you say.”
Back at the prison, Mike told Kevin Miller just enough lies to cover up his three hours on the outside without raising too many eyebrows. (Kevin only has two, after all.) Mike’s roommate suspected something was up, but despite clearly protecting his family by keeping a secret (I think that reminds me of someone?), the guy never really seemed to put two and two together. Kevin opened up to Mike at the end of the episode but didn’t necessarily tell Mike the full story.
At least we know now that whatever resulted in Kevin’s imprisonment involved a fight with his wife, too much alcohol, a bad mistake, and someone’s near death. That’s at least something, I suppose? No word yet on how exactly it has anything to do with William Sutter or Sean Cahill’s case against him.
In the midst of all of this, Mike’s backup plan — namely, to get Frank Gallo released from prison early and therefore out of his hair — needed a boost. The paperwork hadn’t gone through because it had to be delivered both in person and by Gallo’s lawyer, so that meant Harvey was going to have to represent the person who tried to kill his best friend and was the whole reason the other shenanigans were even underway.
What a mess.
Additional thoughts:
- Mike used Gallo’s phone to call Harvey and discuss their super secret plans. From prison. Where anyone could have heard. Logic?
- Donna told Louis to stop being a wuss and just ask Tara out. Not only would that have saved a lot of time and confusion — not to mention plenty of Louis’ money, which he didn’t want to pitch in to save the firm but was more than willing to blow in order stalk Tara — but Donna should probably take her own advice. I never thought I’d say this, but…Donna? Stop being a wuss. Just send your crush a “will you go out with me (check yes or no)” note already.
- “How could I not? Badass Rachel.” The response when Rachel asked Jessica if she remembered she had been assigned an Innocence Project case. There’s no way this SUITS viewer is forgetting Badass Rachel any time soon, either.
- “I have no relationship. I’m all alone. Ever since Sheila rejected me, I thought I would never find love again…” Ok, that kind of hurt. I probably would’ve been guilted into doing Louis’ creepy bidding after that line, too.
- “Google it.” Jessica Pearson, I love you. Also, quite a lot of people would save themselves time and embarrassment if they took the queen’s advice.
- Everything’s tying together a little bit too well. This series has always been excellent in terms of having something that makes the A and B storylines merge, but there is such thing as too much of a good thing. To recap: Frank Gallo is threatening Mike Ross’ life because Harvey Specter is the reason he’s in prison. Mike has a chance to get out of prison, courtesy of Sean Cahill — Harvey’s former enemy — because the person Cahill is after is Mike’s cellmate’s father-in-law. But wait, there’s more! Top all of that off with this week’s newly-gained knowledge: Said father-in-law is the very person from whom Harvey recently refused to take business. Yeah, ok. And the cherry on top of that sundae full o’ convenience? Pearson Specter Litt’s tenants are traders, so when Harvey needed someone to submit trades on Sutter’s (aka the father-in-law of Mike’s roommate, who was also the key to Mike’s freedom and also Harvey’s new scumbag client) behalf, Stu and his fat boy trader buddies were already right there for Jessica to approach on Harvey’s behalf. No, really. I didn’t make this up. SUITS did.
- “I didn’t as a baby, and I’m not going to start now.” Harvey Specter on crawling. Mr. Cocky seems to have made a reappearance. Despite all of the awesome character growth, I still love that guy.
- I don’t understand how the warden’s involved in all of this or even if he can be trusted. What was with that line about things turning out even worse than Mike serving his two years, anyway? I also don’t understand why Mike keeps going back to his counselor, tossing out ultimatums, walking out of the office with seemingly nothing accomplished…and then getting exactly what he wanted.
- Honestly, the only good thing that came out of the cluster that was Mike’s situation was the moment between Harvey and Louis. First off, Harvey actually let Louis see him flinch and even admitted that the favor he needed was for Mike, not the firm. In the past, he wouldn’t have done that. Secondly, Louis told Harvey that he knew how hard it had been for him without Mike. More importantly, he showed Harvey that he understood and even missed Mike himself. “Because actions speak louder than words. And you doing this? Says it all.”
- What a waste of the power of Donna. After last week’s episode of SUITS, there was a lot of buzz on the internet about whether or not it was time to finally give Donna her own storyline, free of just being Pearson Specter Litt’s resident Fixer of All Things. (Spoiler alert: I was one of the people asking this very question.) Television storylines do not happen overnight, so at least this…whatever it was…between Donna and Louis wasn’t the response to the criticism of Donna’s season six involvement thus far; but I’m thinking that now might be the time to say that the creative team seems to be more than just a little bit confused as to how best to use the character this season. I really, truly hope I’m wrong here; but so far, the outlook is not good.
- Harvey basically admitted to Frank Gallo that he’d set him up for poisoning Mike, and he was more than happy to continue abusing both his power and the system. Who’s going to believe a convict over a model of a lawyer, casually leaning in a doorway and making threats?
Make sure to tune in to the next episode of SUITS on Wednesday, August 17 at 9/8c on USA Network.
More Details Emerge About CBS’s THE CASE OF: JONBENÉT RAMSEY Mini-Series
CBS is revisiting the case of JonBenét Ramsey in a new docuseries that’s set to air in mid-September.
Today the network announced that the six-hour mini-series will re-examine the case 20 years later with the original investigators. The original investigators include former New York City prosecutor, retired FBI supervisory special agent and profiler Jim Clemente; world-renowned forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee; former chief investigator for the District Attorney in Boulder, Colo., James Kolar; leading forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz; and retired FBI supervisory special agent and forensic linguistic profiler James Fitzgerald. New experts reviewing the case include former New Scotland Yard criminal behavioral analyst Laura Richards and retired FBI supervisory special agent and statement analyst Stan Burke.
The scope of the team’s investigation includes re-examining crucial evidence using advanced technology and forensics, meticulously recreating the crime scene by rebuilding full-scale replicas of key rooms from the Ramsey house, conducting extensive interviews and introducing new theories.
Following its premiere on Sunday, September 18 at 8:30-10:30 p.m., ET/8:00-10:00 p.m. PT), THE CASE OF: JONBENÉT RAMSEY continues on Monday, September 19 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) and concludes Sunday, September 25 (8:30-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), on CBS.
CBS Renews ZOO for Third Season and BIG BROTHER for Two More Seasons
CBS is dishing out renewals during its TCA appearance. In addition to releasing teasers for the fall season, the network has also announced that summer series ZOO is renewed for a third season. Season 3 of ZOO will air in the summer of 2017. The two-hour second season finale of ZOO airs Tuesday, September 6 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
In addition, CBS has renewed summer reality series BIG BROTHER for its 19th and milestone 20th seasons for broadcast in summer 2017 and 2018. The current season of BIG BROTHER airs Sundays and Wednesdays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) and Thursdays (9:00-10:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT).
CBS Fall Season Teasers: ELEMENTARY, MADAM SECRETARY, BIG BANG THEORY and More
CBS officially launches its fall season in mid-September, but the network already wants to get you excited about your favorite CBS returning shows. To do that, they’ve helpfully put together a short recap for the season finale and a preview of what’s coming up for their various fall returning shows.
SUNDAY
NCIS: LOS ANGELES 8:00-9:00 PM (Premieres Sunday, Oct. 2)
Season Finale: The NCIS LA team traveled to San Francisco after the private school attended by Sam’s son was taken over by Sam’s arch nemesis, Tahir, and his mercenaries. Under the cover of night, Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks entered the school and apprehended Tahir.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, the NCIS team is under investigation by the Under Secretary of the Navy due to the identification of a mole in their department. With every move being monitored, the team is assigned a High Value Target case involving a Syrian terrorist.
MADAM SECRETARY 9:00-10:00 PM (Premieres Sunday, Oct. 2)
Season Finale: Elizabeth received word from Russia’s foreign minister that Henry’s trusted political operative, Dmitri Petrov, could be alive. However, in return for Petrov, Russia wanted the U.S. to return a notorious spy. Elizabeth got a reluctant President Dalton to agree to the deal, and she and Henry traveled to Finland to make the trade. Despite risking that it could all be a trick and he was actually dead, Petrov was released to Henry and they had a tenuous reunion. Also, President Dalton asked Elizabeth to run with him as Vice President in the next election, and Stevie decided not to rush into marriage after her boyfriend, Jareth, proposed to her.
Coming Up: This season, Elizabeth will encourage President Dalton’s campaign for re-election, but a proposed shift in foreign policy in response to climate change jeopardizes his candidacy. Henry and Elizabeth worry their family is being stalked after a series of incidents involving Jason terrifies the McCord family. Also this season, Henry returns to work for the DIA and reunites with Dmitri. Academy Award winner and MADAM SECRETARY executive producer Morgan Freeman directs the premiere episode and guest stars as Supreme Court Chief Justice Wilbourne in the episode. CBS News’ Jane Pauley returns to guest star as herself.
ELEMENTARY 10:00-11:00 PM (Premieres Sunday, Oct. 2)
Season Finale: Holmes and Watson formed a tenuous alliance with Holmes’ father, Morland Holmes (John Noble), to find the perpetrator behind an assassination attempt on Morland’s life. Together, they discovered that a clandestine international crime organization once run by Holmes’ former love and nemesis, Moriarty, was behind the attack on Morland’s life. To save himself and Sherlock, Morland orchestrated a secret power play that left him the new head of the crime syndicate, and he departed for London with plans to dismantle it from within.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, Holmes and Watson join the NYPD manhunt for a serial bomber who is active again after going dormant for six years. During the investigation, Watson seeks help from a former criminal, , Shinwell Johnson, whose life she saved when she was a surgeon. Nelsan Ellis joins the cast as Shinwell Johnson, a character who first appeared in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1924 story, “The Illustrious Client.”
MONDAY
THE BIG BANG THEORY 8:00-8:30 PM (Premieres Monday, Sept. 19; Moves to its regular time period Thursday 8:00-8:30 PM, Oct. 27)
Season Finale: Leonard and Penny decided to have a “re-do” wedding ceremony so their families could attend. Problems arose the night before the event when Leonard’s divorced father (Judd Hirsch) hit it off with Sheldon’s mother (Laurie Metcalf).
Coming Up: In the season premiere, after Sheldon’s father and Leonard’s mother share an evening together, everyone deals with an awkward morning the following day. Also, Penny’s family arrives for the ceremony, including her anxiety-ridden mother, Susan (guest star Katey Sagal), and her drug dealing brother, Randall (guest star Jack McBrayer).
2 BROKE GIRLS 9:00-9:30 PM (Premieres Monday, Oct. 10)
Season Finale: When Max and Caroline discovered that Han was in hot water after amassing substantial debt that he couldn’t repay from gambling on women’s tennis, the girls rallied to help him.
Coming Up: Max and Caroline, now part owners of the diner, wait tables while putting the finishing touches on their newly converted Dessert Bar. Han vows to get side jobs in order to repay the girls their $25,000 and take back full ownership. Also, Max deals with the aftermath of her recent breakup with Randy, and Sophie and Oleg prepare for the birth of their baby.
THE ODD COUPLE 9:30-10:00 PM (Premieres Monday, Oct. 17)
Season Finale: Oscar and Felix were heading in different directions romantically. After a blind date with Felix’s ex-wife, Oscar realized how much he cared for Charlotte and showed up at her door, asking her to take him back. Also, after Emily landed the internship of her dreams in London, she and Felix agreed to try to make their relationship work long distance.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, three months have passed, and Oscar and Charlotte (guest star Teri Hatcher) are still happily together, while a heartsick Felix is driving them both crazy as he awaits Emily’s imminent return from London. After Oscar misses their anniversary, Charlotte teases him about not being romantic, and he plans a romantic night that will prove her wrong (with the help of special guest star Boyz II Men). But, when it looks like Emily might extend her stay in London and Felix really begins to fall apart, Oscar must decide whether or not to sacrifice his plans and try to save his best friend’s relationship instead.
SCORPION 9:00-11:00 PM (Special two-hour premiere; Premieres Monday, Oct. 3)
Season Finale: Team Scorpion rescued Toby from the deadly web that their unstable ex-Scorpion member, Mark Collins (guest star Joshua Leonard), built in order to manipulate Walter and the team. Back at the garage, Toby finally proposed to Happy, who was forced to admit she is already married and thus couldn’t accept. After Toby’s devastating predicament, Walter decided to drive to Lake Tahoe to declare his feelings for Paige, who was on a romantic vacation with Tim.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, Team Scorpion must put aside their personal and romantic troubles when anonymous hackers with unknown motives take control of targeted U.S. military aircraft and war ships and point America’s weaponry at its own cities.
TUESDAY
NCIS 8:00-9:00 PM (Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 20)
Season Finale: NCIS, alongside the FBI and MI6, continued their international manhunt for disgraced agent Trent Kort, after his attack on NCIS Special Agent Ziva David. Following the incident, the Mossad Director revealed to Special Agent Tony DiNozzo that he and Ziva had a daughter together, and DiNozzo resigned to spend time with her. Also, the NCIS team successfully located and killed Trent Kort.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, the NCIS team investigates a deadly car explosion in D.C. that connects to NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres (new cast member Wilmer Valderrama), who disappeared six months ago while on a deep undercover assignment in Argentina. Also, Gibbs asks NCIS Special Agent Alexandra “Alex” Quinn (new cast member Jennifer Esposito) to shadow his team after rejecting eight agents she instructed and referred for the open agent position. Also, Duane Henry joins the cast as MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves.
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS 10:00-11:00 PM (Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 20)
Season Finale: While tracking stolen explosives, Pride and the team discovered Homeland Security Agent Russo was actually the mastermind behind an imminent threat to New Orleans. Special Agent Brody used her personal relationship with Russo to get close to him, clone his phone and obtain information needed to both solve the case and prosecute him. Pride and Percy boarded a riverboat and disarmed the bomb in the nick of time. In the aftermath, a formal investigation on Russo is initiated, and the team was placed on administrative leave.
Coming Up: After a sniper is at large during a crowded festival weekend, the NCIS team partners with several federal agencies on the case. The aftermath of the Russo case continues, as Brody decides to leave NCIS and FBI Special Agent Tammy Gregorio (new cast member Vanessa Ferlito) is sent to investigate Pride and his team. @NCISNewOrleans
WEDNESDAY
SURVIVOR 8:00-9:30 PM (Premieres Wednesday, Sept. 21)
New Season: SURVIVOR returns with “Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X” where 20 castaways will be separated into two groups by their generation and forced to compete against each other with the same ultimate goal: to outwit, outplay and outlast each other. Ultimately, one will be crowned the Sole Survivor and win the $1 million prize. The show is hosted by Emmy Award winner Jeff Probst.
CRIMINAL MINDS 9:00-10:00 PM (Premieres Wednesday, Sept. 28)
Season Finale: Hotch was apprehended at his home in front of his son for suspected conspiracy and, as the BAU raced to prove his innocence, they discovered a larger plot concerning a planned prison break by 13 serial killers, now on the loose.
Coming Up: Adam Rodriguez joins the cast as Luke Alvez, a new recruit to the BAU from the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force tasked with helping to capture one of the escaped killers from last season. Aisha Tyler, who plays Dr. Tara Lewis, becomes a series regular.
CODE BLACK 10:00-11:00 PM (Premieres Wednesday, Sept. 28)
Season Finale: After an explosion at a presidential debate, the two wounded candidates were taken to Angels Memorial for treatment. Dr. Will Campbell threatened to report Dr. Heather Pinkney for using his prescription pad, and she threatened to accuse him of sexual harassment. Dr. Mark Taylor returned to help Dr. Leanne Rorish find money in the budget to keep Jesse Sallander and the other nurses from walking out. Dr. Mario Savetti confronted Dr. Angus Leighton about his Adderall abuse, and ended up going to his brother, Dr. Mike Leighton, when Angus refused to admit he had a problem.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, Col. Ethan Willis (new cast member Rob Lowe) joins the team as part of a program in which the Department of Defense sends doctors to hospitals to teach new techniques and technologies that they learned on the field of combat. Willis and Mike take a harrowing chopper to Malibu to help save shark bite victims; Campbell (new series regular Boris Kodjoe) has become the head of both the OR and the ER in order to save costs, causing strife between him and Leanne; and Jesse welcomes a new round of residents. Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Tyra and Nafessa Williams join the cast in recurring roles as new residents in the ER.
THURSDAY
MOM 9:00-9:30 PM (Premieres Thurs., Oct. 27)
Season Finale: After all her hard work at school, Christy was distraught when she learned how much it would cost her to become a lawyer. She took Marjorie’s advice about applying for scholarships and was ecstatic when she actually got one. Bonnie sold Violet’s wedding dress and gave Christy the rest of the money she needed for her first semester of college. Also, Bonnie missed Adam while he was working in Croatia, and Christy reached a sobriety milestone and celebrated her third sober birthday.
Coming Up: In the new season, Christy and Bonnie continue to stay strong in their sobriety but will each face other challenges. Both of Christy’s kids engage in questionable behavior, with Violet’s bad judgment forcing her to move back home and Roscoe experimenting with pot. Also, Bonnie is delighted when Adam (new series regular William Fichtner) returns home, but his drinking becomes an issue for her, and Aunt Jeanine (guest star Rosie O’Donnell) returns and encourages Christy to quit school to become a real estate agent.
LIFE IN PIECES 9:30-10:00 PM (Premieres Thursday, Oct. 27)
Season Finale: At a party celebrating the launch of Matt and Colleen’s new children’s book, different family members made a series of surprise announcements that derailed Matt’s plan to propose to Colleen in front of the guests: Jen and Greg revealed they are pregnant with their second child – and that Greg is newly unemployed; John and Joan decided to remarry (after divorcing as a political statement to support gay marriage in the ‘70s); and Tyler surprised his family by eloping with Clementine, his high school girlfriend. Despite the chaos, Matt finally proposed to Colleen, and she tearfully accepted.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, Matt moves into Colleen’s apartment but faces some serious resistance from Colleen’s roommate; Heather and Tim reach out to Clementine’s parents (guest stars Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman) to get Tyler and Clementine’s (new series regular Hunter King) marriage annulled; John lands in the hospital after some medication results in an embarrassing side effect; and Jen and Greg are forced to reveal a secret when they walk into a surprise baby shower.
FRIDAY
HAWAII FIVE-0 9:00-10:00 PM (Premieres Friday, Sept. 23)
Season Finale: In order to stop a meth epidemic on the island, McGarrett and Danny went undercover as drug pilots, but when McGarrett was seriously wounded, Danny was forced to break their cover in order to save his partner’s life and land their airplane on the beach. As McGarrett was wheeled into the operating room, Danny offered to donate half of his liver to his partner and best friend, thus saving his life.
Coming Up: In the season premiere, McGarrett refuses to listen to Danny’s pleas to take it easy while recovering from surgery after the body of a serial killer is left in the Five-0 headquarters with an ivory chess piece in his mouth. When a second serial killer is found dead with another chess piece, Five-0 goes on the hunt for the vigilante as fear grows that it’s not safe to travel to Hawaii. Also, MacGarrett finds comfort in talking to someone with a very special connection to the team. Rosalind Chao recurs as Governor Keiko Mahoe, and Claire Forlani recurs as Alicia Brown, a retired criminal profiler.
BLUE BLOODS 10:00-11:00 PM (Premieres Friday, Sept. 23)
Season Finale: When serial killer Thomas Wilder attached a personal message to his latest victim taunting Danny, their deadly game of cat and mouse became personal when Wilder decided to take a strike directly at Danny by abducting Nicky. Danny ultimately found Wilder and killed him in self-defense.
Coming Up: Danny’s world is turned upside down when Michael Lewis (guest star Michael Imperioli) from the Attorney General’s office obtains new evidence against Danny in the self-defense shooting case of Thomas Wilder. Also, Jamie and Eddie respond to a car crash involving a drunk driver who is a public figure, and Frank is asked by Grace Edwards (guest star Lori Loughlin), the wife of a slain police officer, to keep her only son out of the police force.
On TV Tonight: Wednesday August 10, 2016
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Fresh Off the Boat (R) | Fresh Off the Boat (R) | Fresh Off the Boat (R) | Fresh Off the Boat (R) | Modern Family (R) | Blackish (R) |
CBS | Big Brother | Criminal Minds (R) | American Gothic | |||
CW | Pen & Teller: Fool Us | Whose Line Is It… | ||||
FOX | MasterChef | Tyrant (FX) | ||||
NBC | 2016 Summer Olympics Primetime | |||||
MISC | Kingdom (DirecTV) | The A-Word (Sundance) Greenleaf (OWN) Another Period (Comedy) | ||||
USA | Suits | Mr. Robot |
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Honest Trailer: Emmys Edition Released by ScreenJunkies
If you don’t already know about ScreenJunkies’ Honest Trailers, you should head over to their YouTube channel and start binge watching them. This series of parody trailers pokes fun at popular films and, at the same time, totally says what we’re all thinking about movies. With over 1.1 billion lifetime views, Honest Trailers has proven itself as a pop culture phenomenon. In fact, directors Joe and Anthony Russo revealed their goal to “Honest Trailer-proof” CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER, while DDEADPOOL director Tim Miller recently revealed he wanted to make their own “Honest Trailer” in place of the credits – ultimately leading to Ryan Reynolds appearing as Deadpool himself in ScreenJunkies’ take on the film.
Now the team behind Honest Trailers are tackling TV with an Emmys Edition. To help celebrate their own Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Short Form Variety Series”, ScreenJunkies has put together a trailer about the awards’ most popular shows.
Fox Releases New Trailers and Teasers for LUCIFER Season 2 and GOTHAM Season 3
Fox made several announcements for its returning shows yesterday during the network’s TCA presentation and unveiled previews for several new shows. But now the attention turns back to two dramas: LUCIFER and GOTHAM.
Thanks to the network, we now have spoilers for both shows, as well as a dual preview with scenes from the upcoming seasons.
For LUCIFER, the big news is that Luci and Amenadiel’s mother has escaped Hell and the brothers will be teaming up to find her and make sure she doesn’t cause any trouble on earth. We’re also going to be introduced to a new LAPD officer, Ella Lopez. It was also announced that Michael Imperioli will be making a guest appearance as another angelic brother.
At the end of Season One, Chloe watched Lucifer die, only to come back to life, causing more confusion over who he really is. Meanwhile, her estranged husband, Dan (Kevin Alejandro), who is also an LAPD detective, came clean about his involvement in a corrupt case – jeopardizing not only his job, but also their relationship.
In Season Two, Lucifer and his brother, Amenadiel (DB Woodside), who have been sparring over Lucifer’s resistance to returning to the underworld, will now be brought back together for one common goal – to find their mother, Charlotte (Tricia Helfer), who escaped Hell. After all, Lucifer doesn’t take after his dad, so the parent he does resemble is sure to be quite terrifying. Lucifer’s work with the LAPD also is upended when the police force hires Ella Lopez (Aimee Garcia), a smart, tough forensic scientist whose mutual belief in both faith and science proves a point of interest to Lucifer.
With mom on the loose, Dr. Linda Martin (Rachael Harris), who has become not only a therapist, but also a confidante to Lucifer, will surely have a lot of advice to dole out. And, by the time she’s done with them, she may need a therapist of her own.
Meanwhile, GOTHAM will be introducing more Super-Villains and revealing more about the Court of The Owels.
The origin story continues on Season Three of GOTHAM, and the stakes are higher than ever, as Super-Villains more ambitious and depraved are introduced, and a realignment of alliances shakes up the fight for power in Gotham City.
Season Three will peel back the curtain on the infamous criminal organization known as the Court of The Owls. With the Indian Hill escapees on the loose, Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) must take matters into his own hands as a bounty hunter in Gotham. He makes it his mission to find Hugo Strange (guest star BD Wong), the mastermind behind the horrifying Indian Hill experiments, and Fish Mooney (guest star Jada Pinkett Smith), one of Strange’s subjects. Meanwhile, GCPD Detective Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) and Captain Nathaniel Barnes (Michael Chiklis) remain at the forefront of the fight against crime in the monster-ridden city. Also, Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz), with the help of his trusted butler and mentor, Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee), and former Wayne Enterprises employee, Lucius Fox (Chris Chalk), discovers there are still more secrets to uncover regarding his parents’ murders.
As the city sinks deeper into chaos, GOTHAM will continue to follow the evolving stories of the city’s most malevolent villains: The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor); Edward Nygma/the future Riddler (Cory Michael Smith); Selina Kyle/the future Catwoman Camren Bicondova); Barbara Kean (Erin Richards), Tabitha Galavan/Tigree (Jessica Lucas) and Butch Gilzean (Drew Powell). The series also will catch up with the future Poison Ivy (Maggie Geha), who, after an encounter with a monster from Indian Hill, finds herself reborn as a young woman who’s harnessed the full power of her charms; and will dive into the origin stories of Jervis Tetch/Mad Hatter (Benedict Samuel), a talented hypnotist teetering on the edge of madness; and the Tweed Brothers.
GOTHAM and LUCIFER return for all new seasons on Monday, September 19 at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
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