What’s On: Final ‘Carmichael Show’ Episodes, ‘The Story of Diana,’ ‘Mr. Mercedes’
The Carmichael Show (10/9c, NBC): The acclaimed sitcom about a family that never met a provocative issue it couldn’t loudly debate ends its run with back-to-back episodes. First, the family disapproves of the way Jerrod (Jerrod Carmichael) and Maxine (Amber Stevens West) marked their three-year dating anniversary, and then Jerrod has his own extreme reaction upon discovering surprising details about Maxine’s financial situation.
The Story of Diana (9/8c, ABC): A favorite TV topic this summer is the life and legacy of Princess Diana, 20 years after her untimely death at age 36. ABC weighs in with a two-part collaboration, concluding Thursday, with People and Time Inc., featuring interviews with friends, royal experts and Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer.
Mr. Mercedes (8/7c, AT&T Audience Network): An irascible Brendan Gleeson and a super-creepy Harry Treadaway star in David E. Kelley’s 10-episode adaptation of Stephen King’s thriller. It’s the first in a trilogy featuring unhappily retired detective Bill Hodges (Gleeson), who can’t let go of a case involving a horrific act of vehicular homicide perpetrated by Brady Hartsfield (Treadaway), an emotionally scarred Norman Bates-in-training. When Brady starts taunting Bill in grisly online messages, the cat-and-grouch game goes into overdrive.
Inside Wednesday TV: NBC’s top-rated America’s Got Talent (8/7c) replays the season’s highlights before live shows get underway next Tuesday. … The penultimate episode in BBC America’s gripping final season of Broadchurch (10/9c) shines suspicion on multiple suspects, each harboring sordid secrets. … American Heroes Channel launches a six-part series, Project Nazi: The Blueprints of Evil (10/9c), which traces Hitler’s rise to power through engineering and propaganda.
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Is the AT&T Audience Network new? Is it a rebranding like so many other small cable channels in recent years?
I probably don't even have it anyway.
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Audience Network has been a DirecTV channel for years. Since AT&T bought DirecTV, it's been available on AT&T U-verse too, so unless you subscribe to one of those services, you don't get it.
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I guess I'm missing another good show. I happen to like Davie E. Kelly shows (LA Law, The Practice and Boston Legal were among my favorite law shows) and Stephen King is among my favorite names in horror.
How many viewers can possibly watch Mr Mercedes? If its just AT&T/Direct TV subscribers, I'm guessing lots less than typical cable shows.
I'm lucky I like lots of broadcast shows, otherwise I would be really upset.
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Without looking up the exact figures, I'm sure both DirecTV and AT&T U-verse have millions of subscribers. Nearly all of my neighbors here have satellite dishes, and in some bigger cities, AT&T has a really strong presence.
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Everyone in my area has Comcast. Can't even get AT&T U-verse or Verizon's FIOS. I know one person that has Direct TV, but he only watches it for sports. No way he will watch Mr. Mercedes.
I would love to see the ratings for it when they are released. Netflix doesn't release them but hopefully AT&T will.
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I don't think they do either.
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No Princess Diana for me. This is the epitome of over exposure to the max. Salvation for sure, last weeks double airing was terrific. Lets hope the tension continues tonight.
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Salvation, Broadchurch, and Suits for me.
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Ratings for Salvation have been dangerously low. Lucky for us CBS hasn't abandoned it to Saturday nights like they did Doubt.
I like it on Wednesday nights. Next week is another double feature (as stated in my TV GUIDE magazine).
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I don't think they ever expected Salvation to be anything but a limited summer series. The big difference is that some people actually like Salvation, but hardly anyone liked Doubt.
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I feel every show is limited until its a hit. Then networks renew them. When a show is low rated they deem it limited. I've seen this all the time. Like saving face.
" We never meant for this high quality production to be nothing more than a limited series"
Typical network press release.
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