Legacies
“Malivore”
November 29, 2018
Ric decides to give his students a greater voice in their school, courtesy of some nudging by Josie and Lizzie. He announces the formation of an honor council, composed of one vampire, one witch, and one werewolf, each elected by their peers.
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Legacies
“Hope is Not the Goal”
November 15, 2018
“We’re a family. And we will stand together. We will fight together. And we will win or lose this battle together, no matter what comes next.”
Ric brings his students up to speed on the first three episodes and then turns the floor over to guest speaker Sheriff Blue Blue. Not Now Dana and her friend Sasha are missing, and given the recent monster activity, Matt fears the worst.
Legacies
We’re Being Punked, Pedro
November 8, 2018
“How am I supposed to protect them from stuff that’s not supposed to exist?”
The attractive monsters from the ill-fated flag football brawl are being punished with a day of community service. Alaric forces Hope to join them. SHE KNOWS WHY. Picking up trash in the town square seems a light sentence for attempted murder by dark magic.
IMMA LET YOU FINISH, EMMYS, BUT ATLANTA WAS THE BEST SHOW OF THE YEAR.
Continue reading “A Not-Live! Blog of the 2018 Emmys which were a fraud.”
I was going to post my Anthony Bourdain tribute on my regular “Watch This” post, but it felt wrong. So, anyway.
Alia Shawkat wishes she had done more in that Arrested Development interview, but I am here to tell her she did just fine and shouldn’t second guess herself.
Please note: this ad first aired on Fox & Friends, and it is fantastic:
Pose very nearly included a Donald Trump played by James Van Der Beek but then the election happened.
Greg Berlanti signed a deal with Warner Brothers that is Ryan Murphy-sized.
Full Frontal saw a number of advertisers hit the pause button this week in response to the cuntraversy, but there were no full-scale withdrawals by any of them.
ABC is really sorry about that Quantico episode in which Indian terrorists plan an attack in Manhattan with the intention to pin it on Pakistan.
Stranger Things is getting the novelization treatment.
Killing Eve shows that a “strong female protagonist” doesn’t have to equal masculine.
Buffy v. Buffy. (I’m Team Buffy.)
Saved by the Bell is now a restaurant.
Y’all need to leave Kim Kardashian alone. She did a good thing by advocating for Alice Marie Johnson’s pardon.
Nathan Fielder warns that the Emmys are very vulnerable to election hacking and gives a very detailed step-by-step instructions on how one might go about doing that, and suggests that if another show other than Nathan For You wins Outstanding Variety Sketch Series the FBI should do a thorough investigation.
Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer announced that his cancer has returned and he only has “a few weeks” to live. Our sincere condolences.
Alan O’Neill, Actor best known for Sons of Anarchy
David Lavin, Executive at CBS Studios
Alan Silverbach, Pioneer in international TV distribution
Peter Stringfellow, Nightclub owner and producer
FRIDAY
Sense8: A final goodbye. Netflix
The Staircase: Your new true crime obsession. Netflix
Alex Strangelove: A teenager questions his sexuality after meeting a charming gay kid in this original film. Netflix
Just Another Immigrant: Romesh Ranganathan moves to America with his family in this new comedic docuseries. 8 p.m., Showtime
SATURDAY
American Made: This is that weird movie starring Tom Cruise where he’s recruited by the CIA to run drugs or something? Anyway. 7 p.m., HBO
Big Hero 6: Series premiere. 8 a.m., Disney
The Crossing: ABC burns off the final two episodes. Series finale. 7 p.m., ABC
SUNDAY
Claws: The women struggle to remain hopeful under their new Russian regime. Season premiere. 8 p.m., TNT
The Tony Awards: Broadway stuff. 7 p.m., CBS
Fear the Walking Dead: Morgan tries to do the right thing in the mid-season finale. 8 p.m., AMC
Late Night: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Penelope Cruz, David Koechner, Interpol Jimmy Kimmel Live (Friday): Billy Bob Thornton, Hannibal Buress, Aloe Blacc
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | NBA Finals (live) |
| CBS | Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (repeat) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
| CW | My Last Days (new) |
Life Sentence (new) |
Local |
| FOX | Phenoms (new) |
Local |
| NBC | American Ninja Warrior (repeat) |
Dateline (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 | High School Football All-Star Game (live) |
News/Local |
| CBS | Ransom (new) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
News/Local |
| FOX | MLB Baseball (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Taken (new) |
Dateline (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) |
Celebrity Family Feud (new) |
The $100,000 Pyramid (new) |
To Tell the Truth (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
The Tony Awards (live) |
| FOX | One Strange Rock (repeat) |
The Simpsons (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Family Guy (repeat) |
(repeat) | Local/News |
| NBC | Dateline (new) |
Stanley Cup Final (live) |