PBS Remembers Mister Rogers, Drew Carey on ‘NCIS,’ ‘Kevin’ Finale
A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like (8/7c, PBS, check local listings at pbs.org): To mark the 50th anniversary of public TV’s iconic Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, PBS honors the memory of the beloved children’s host Fred Rogers with an hourlong tribute, hosted by Michael Keaton (who once appeared and worked on the show in the 1970s). Whoopi Goldberg and John Lithgow are among the celebrities recalling Mister Rogers’ positive influence on generations of kids, who felt so safe in the presence of his gentle and compassionate wisdom. He is much missed in today’s society. We could all use neighbors like Mister Rogers.
NCIS (8/7c, CBS): Here’s something from the celebrity trivia file: Drew Carey served in the Marine Reserves for six years. Which lends credence to the Price Is Right host’s rare dramatic guest turn as a retired Marine Sergeant whose good name Gibbs (Mark Harmon) seeks to clear after cyanide is found in one of the care packages Sgt. Drew sends to Marines on active duty. This sort of thing never happened on The Drew Carey Show.
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (10/9c, ABC): Is this (probably) the end of the line for this peculiar fantasy-comedy-drama hybrid? We’ll find out later, but for now, fans can bid farewell to Kevin (the charming Jason Ritter) as he helps a stranger bury his uncle, while Yvette (Kimberly Hébert Gregory) considers a celestial career change after meeting with another otherworldly being. That this fellow spirit is played by Saturday Night Live’s irrepressible Leslie Jones may be reason enough to watch.
Inside Tuesday TV: There’s much to discuss as Arie faces the music of many bruised female egos on ABC’s two-hour wallow in The Bachelor: After the Final Rose (8/7c). … With only one week until the second-season finale of NBC’s This Is Us (9/8c), the series goes deep into the backstory of Deja (Lyric Ross), the former foster child of Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson), who recently re-entered their life. … Marty Legina of The Curse of Oak Island fame tackles a new mystery with historic roots in History’s six-part docuseries The Curse of Civil War Gold (10/9c). The goal: finding loot allegedly confiscated from Confederate President Jefferson Davis by Union soldiers in 1865, believed lost in the depths of Lake Michigan.
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I'll skip Kevin (Probably) STW...WILL DVR Comedy Central's Another Period...where, to me, Jason Ritter is MUCH more interesting and MUCH more humorous...
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If it was just him, I might have watched Kevin, but I couldn't take that black woman. Her character was just too irritating for me.
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Watching the new NCIS episode tonight -- and one of my favorite movies, The Hot Rock (starring Robert Redford) is airing on the Movies channel tonight at 7:30pm. Woo-hoo! Haven't seen this in at least a decade.
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I've never even heard of it.
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OMG I was just thinking of that movie the other day! My brother introduced it to me years ago. Afghanistan Bananastan!
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LOL! Yes, Miasmo was a very interesting character. A 1972 flick based on the Donald Westlake "Dortmunder" novels. Much fun ensues. 🙂
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I've never really seen Mister Rogers except for an excerpt here and there. It looks like the kind of show we would have made fun of when we were kids. (We had a blast mocking Romper Room and Ding Dong School!)
My overstuffed Tuesday includes The Flash, This Is Us, Undercover High, Baskets, and everything on Fox tonight. The Middle isn't on this week. 🙁
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I grew up in the 70's watching Mister Rogers. It was a very quiet understated childrens show as opposed to the more bombastic Sesame Street and Electric Company both of which I loved as a little kid too) .
Although I don't watch The Bachelor (the females in my household do) I understand why ABC overloads on it. The ratings usually beat just about every other program ABC airs. I'm sure the ratings last night and for tonight's finale will be quite high. Last time I checked ABC was in fourth place behind NBC, CBS and FOX. Perhaps when ABC buys FOX studios they will air some of the bigger FOX owned shows on ABC. Not sure how this complicated buyout will play out.
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Did you watch Captain Kangaroo and/or Bozo the Clown? Bozo was on after school here and was paired with (of all things) Dark Shadows! Talk about an education!
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My favorite was Howdy Doody...although I suspect this was BEFORE Kangaroo/Bozo...
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Howdy started before the others (1947), but they all overlapped each other.
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1947!!! My mom was even too young to watch that!
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It was on until 1960.
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