What’s Worth Watching: ‘The Young Pope’, ‘The Story of God with Morgan Freeman’, ‘Timeless’ and more for Monday, January 16
The Young Pope (9/8c, HBO): The second episode of this fascinating and mystifying drama deepens the mystery cloaking newly installed Pope Pius XIII (Jude Law). He shocks the Vatican’s marketing director (Cécile De France) by insisting on becoming an “invisible pope,” a dictate that carries over to his first public homily in St. Peter’s Square. Will the faithful flock to their dangerously controversial new leader, or be repelled?
The Story of God With Morgan Freeman (9/8c, National Geographic Channel): The network’s most-watched series returns for a second season of three episodes, tackling the big questions of faith and culture. First up: an exploration of “The Chosen One,” including Jesus, Muhammed, Abraham and Moses.
Timeless (10/9c, NBC): With several more time-travel series coming in March, this diverting caper moves next to the fabled 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, where Lucy (Abigail Spencer) is whisked away by her kidnapper, Flynn (Goran Visnjic). Will Harry Houdini come to her rescue?
Inside Monday TV: In acknowledgement of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, getTV replays a celebrated 1967 episode of The Merv Griffin Show (8/7c) in which Dr. King appeared along with fellow civil-rights activist Harry Belafonte to discuss the turbulent events and achievements of the time. … Taped at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, The CW’s Howie Mandel All-Star Comedy Gala (8/7c) features stand-up sets from top talents including Saturday Night Live veteran Jay Pharoah, Iliza Shlesinger and JB Smoove. … Smithsonian Channel’s new series Rock ‘n’ Roll Inventions (8/7c) opens with a chapter devoted to all the ways we’ve listened to music over the years, from gramophones to transistor radios, vinyl to cassettes to today’s digital devices. Surely the 8 track will be remembered as well, if not so fondly.
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Other shows with Time as a theme- Legends of Tomorrow, Flash and Arrow.
All terrific shows, However I enjoy the aforementioned shows in the previous post more.
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Tonight I'll be watching Timeless. It's not my favorite time shifting drama (Once Upon a Time and Frequency take the honors) but its extremely entertaining . ABC's upcoming Time After Time looks like a winner also. The previews remind me of Forever that aired on ABC a couple of seasons back.
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I prefer Frequency too, but as I keep saying, its chances for renewal don't look very good. Timeless is an entertaining diversion but nothing more.
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I'll just continue to watch Frequency until it ends. I think we have two more episodes to enjoy. The serial killer is not the person they are focusing on. I watched way too many Agatha Christie and Hitchcock mysteries to know that. Whom ever it is I hope he gets killed in time to save the mom.
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Have you been asking yourself if it's the son (who we just learned is still alive) or even the daughter as she slips in and out of reality?
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No the son nor the daughter crossed my mind. The lawyer Gordo Senior seems so suspicious, but that may be too obvious because he 's a new cast member- only appeared in 2 eps. Maybe it will be one of the cops. No not the bad cop, someone we least suspect.
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