Cardi B Co-Hosts ‘Tonight Show,’ Rachel Bloom on ‘iZombie,’ PBS Celebrates ‘The Art of the Shine’
A selective critical checklist of notable Monday TV:
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (11:35/10:35, NBC): In a first, Jimmy Fallon invites one of his more popular guests to appear throughout the entire show as his co-host. Bronx-born rapper and live wire Cardi B, who made her debut as a Saturday Night Live musical guest over the weekend, returns after a December Tonight Show appearance that went viral with more than 16 million views. She’ll perform from her upcoming debut album Invasion of Piracy, and after chatting with Fallon, will stay on stage to chat with other guests, including comedian John Mulaney.
iZombie (9/8c, The CW): Bless this little network for going all in on the delightfully versatile Rachel Bloom. Having just renewed her fabulous Crazy Ex-Girlfriend for a fourth and final season, The CW welcomes her to the world of this equally offbeat horror procedural as the victim du jour. In an episode puckishly titled “My Really Fair Lady,” she plays a pretentious theater actor whose murder puts Liv (Rose McIver) and Clive (Malcolm Goodwin) in the spotlight.
The Art of the Shine (10/9c, check local listings at pbs.org): Need to put some pep in your step? You can’t go wrong with this insightful and uplifting Independent Lens documentary that finds humanity and humor in the trade of shoe shining. With segments spanning the globe from Sarajevo to Bolivia to Paris and Toronto, filmmaker Stacey Tenenbaum goes beyond spit and polish to reveal the pride these shiners take in their work. Full disclosure: I’ve had the privilege of having my loafers treated by one of the film’s more colorful characters: Don, who has operated for 15 years on a 6th Avenue street corner in Midtown Manhattan. “This is freedom,” he says, heckling passersby for their scuffed footwear as he goes about his business. (He has also been known to appreciate a patron’s colorful socks.)
Inside Monday TV: In yet another new twist for ABC’s revived American Idol (8/7c), 12 of the top 24 perform duets with celebrity partners, including Aloe Blacc, Andy Grammer, Pat Monahan and Sugarland. The remaining dozen get their shot next week. … Warehouse 13’s Joanne Kelly guests on Fox’s The Resident (9/8c) as the ex-fiancé of Conrad (Matt Czuchry), who can’t figure out the cause of the abdominal ailment that has brought her to the hospital. … Baseball fever infects Cubs fan Arthur (Judd Hirsch) on CBS’s Superior Donuts (9/8c), when the Chicago super-fan realizes he lacks a ticket to Opening Day and could miss the game for the first time in 43 years. Cubs shortstop Addison Russell guests as himself.
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I'll be watching Legends of Tomorrow. Can't believe it's the season finale already. (Is it just me or was Mick sidelined pretty much the whole season??)
Any NCIS LA watchers here? Watching it last night I realized that the actress who plays Nell looks like she might be pregnant. I remember a few years ago when Baker (on Blue Bloods) was very obviously pregnant, but nothing had ever been mentioned of her being married or involved with anyone. It was simply shown and not referenced. Sort of refreshing, as that's more or less what happens in real life.
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They seem to have consigned Mick to a position of providing comic relief through his eating and drinking habits.
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Yeah, there are so many characters in this 'ensemble' show, yet they always seem to focus on the same 3 or 4. And Mick does nothing but drink and burp and threaten to kill people.
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I'm really surprised at how much they've focused on Kid Flash. Maybe it's because he's new.
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Once again, FAMILY GUY reruns are on tap for my Monday. More entertaining than these lame "Ted Mack Amateur Hour" shows glutting the networks!!
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Hooray for Matt for mentioning iZombie again! I'm still waiting to hear if it gets renewed one more time. What he doesn't mention is that it's the season finale of its companion show Legends of Tomorrow. There's also a new episode of The Crossing (which is better than he described last week), Scorpion, and One Strange Rock on Nat. Geo.
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All ABC for me tonight. American Idol and The Crossing. There is so much talent on Idol this season, I can't seem to choose a favorite.
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I haven't even looked at Idol once. I'm so backed up on all my other shows I don't want to get involved in it. I thought you watched Legends.
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I used to watch every CW/DC show live. Then I watched them later via DVR or ON DEMAND. Then I just fell out earlier this season.
NBC's Timeless looks like fun next week. A young JFK brought to the future.
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I haven't watched last night's Timeless yet.
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Lately on Idol the contestants are actually improving upon some of the originals. That's a show worth watching for me.
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Did you see Legends last week? Another president-to-be brought into the future, and then zapped to not remember it. 🙂
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No I didn't. I hope Timeless doesn't pull that one!
Its like a waste of an episode if they do that. I rather them actually change history. Like warn him about not driving in a convertible .And recreate the scene of the "attempted assassination". Now that would be cool!
Not into the Jessica storyline , she basically nearly ruined the episode last night, by not having Wyatt travel. Although Flynn was fun.
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I write time-travel books in which kids (young teens) go back to various points in history. In one book they wish they could give a similar warning to Abe Lincoln about not going to the theatre.
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