Happy Memorial Day weekend! It’s the official kickoff to the summer, which means summer TV, which means, yay? On the one hand: Game of Thrones, Orphan Black, and So You Think You Can Dance (shut up, it’s great), on the other hand: reruns reruns reruns and dumb game shows. I’ve made a gallery over at Chron.com of 54 new and returning summer shows, but I have to be honest, aside from Game of Thrones, it’s going to be a rough season.
Related: it is 51 days until the return of Game of Thrones. In the meantime, here’s another gallery I made over at Chron.com which will remind you of everything that happened in season six. You have to scroll down just a smidge to see the gallery.
Aw, it’s a Stark family reunion. I mean, these four will never be together in the series, don’t be ridiculous, but it’s nice to see the kids together here. Oh, and we have confirmation that the final season is only going to be six episodes long, SO THAT SUCKS.
If you were looking forward to that America’s Got Talent audition that was so bad the contestants had to sue claiming that Tyra Banks was mean to their daughter to try to keep it from airing, you’re going to be disappointed.
Netflix has cancelled London premiere events for Orange is the New Black and GLOW after the Manchester bombing.
It sounds like Doctor Who will be sticking around for at least five more seasons.
Conan O’Brien thinks TV is dying and he fine with that.
Renewals
- Veep and Silicon Valley, two of the best comedies on television — if not THE best comedies on television — will be sticking around for at least another season. Thank God.
In Development
- Ed Helms will star in a Comedy Central special, The Fake News with Ted Nelms. This sounds to me like a trial pilot, or at least we can hope.
- Blue Book, a UFO drama, has been given a series order by History.
- NBC’s Bye Bye, Birdie has been pushed back to 2018.
Casting News
- T.J. Miller — Erlich Bachman — is not returning to Silicon Valley next season, what madness is THAT?
- Sophia Bush is leaving Chicago P.D.
- Brandon Scott (Guerilla) and Holland Roden (Teen Wolf) are going to star in the next season of Channel Zero.
R.I.P.
Jared Martin, actor on Dallas.
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Bloodline: The third and final season. Netflix
Long Strange Trip: Jerry Garcia, blah blah blah. Amazon
War Machine: This is a Brad Pitt movie that is loosely based on General McChrystal? OK. Netflix
SATURDAY
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: I love her. 8 p.m., A&E
The Breakfast Club: How has this not been remade yet? No, seriously. I don’t want it to be, I’m just shocked it hasn’t happened yet. 8:20 p.m. HBO Comedy West
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: OH HEY I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS BACK LAST WEEK HA HA HA I’M AN IDIOT Netflix
SUNDAY
The Godfather marathon: It’s only the first two, so it’s the perfect Godfather marathon! 12 p.m., AMC
Harry Potter marathon: If it’s a holiday, there’s gonna be a Harry Potter marathon on Freeform, thems the rules. 6 a.m., Freeform
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown marathon: A bunch of episodes that aren’t the Houston one. 7 p.m., CNN
Late Night: Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Jordan Peele, Claire Foy, Iggy Azalea The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Gordon Ramsay, David Sedaris, Pixies
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | The Toy Box (new) |
Shark Tank (new) |
20/20 (new) |
| CBS | Undercover Boss (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (new) |
Blue Bloods (new) |
| CW | The Originals (new) |
Reign (new) |
Local |
| FOX | Rosewood (new) |
You the Jury (new) |
Local |
| NBC | First Dates (new) |
Dateline NBC (new) |
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| SAT. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| ABC | NBA: XXX | News/Local |
| CBS | Ransom (new) |
Training Day (new) |
48 Hours (new) |
News/Local |
| FOX | Lethal Weapon (repeat) |
Star (repeat) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Dateline NBC (new) |
Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
News/Local | Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
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| SUN. | 6:00 | 6:30 | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (repeat) |
Once Upon a Time (new) |
Match Game (new) |
American Crime (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (new) |
Madam Secretary (new) |
Elementary (new) |
| FOX | Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
The Simpsons (new) |
Making History (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
Last Man on Earth (new) |
| NBC | Little Big Shots (repeat) |
Little Big Shots (new) |
Chicago Justice (new) |
Shades of Blue (new) |