Marital Discord on ‘black-ish,’ Chrissy Metz Stalks Tracy Morgan on ‘The Last O.G.,’ Rose Marie Remembered
A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
black-ish (9/8c, ABC): The thrill may be gone, but can this marriage be saved? The domestic cracks that recently became evident in the union-gone-stale of Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross) Johnson only escalate when a contractor intrudes on the family home for a kitchen remodel. As Dre looks back on happier times together, we can only hope there are more yet to come.
The Last O.G. (10:30/9:30c, TBS): For two seasons, Chrissy Metz has been jerking tears on This Is Us. In a wild change of pace, she goes all out for laughs as Pooh Cat, a prison groupie who has the bad timing to start stalking Tray (Tracy Morgan) just as he’s stepping up to help his ex, Shay (Tiffany Haddish), through the ordeal of her mother’s funeral. Turns out Shay’s family is a bigger fan of the ex-con than they are of the daughter who distanced herself from her disapproving family.
Rose Marie: Wait for Your Laugh (9/8c, Decades): The digital nostalgia channel presents the TV premiere of the acclaimed documentary biography of the beloved entertainer, released in theaters just months before her death at 94 in late December. Rose Marie’s 90-year career took her from child stardom in vaudeville to adult fame as the wisecracking Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show and a long run the top center square on Hollywood Squares. Jason Wise’s loving portrait of the star is like a living history of 20th-century show business. Decades follows the screening with her guest appearance on an episode of Gunsmoke (11/10c) and an episode featuring her co-starring role on The Doris Day Show (11:30/10:30c).
Inside Tuesday TV: On ABC’s hit revival of Roseanne (8/7c), sisterly conflicts erupts between Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) and Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) over who’ll care for mother Beverly (Estelle Parsons) now that she’s been kicked out of her nursing home. Sandra Bernhard reprises her role from the original series as the outspoken Nancy. … Another family milestone as ABC’s The Middle (8:30/7:30c) nears the end: Brick (Atticus Shaffer) takes Cindy (Daniela Bobadilla) to the prom. … In a collaboration with National Public Radio, PBS’s Frontline investigates the Blackout in Puerto Rico (10/9c, check local listings at pbs.org), revealing details of how the federal response to the devastation of Hurricane Maria left millions of island residents in the dark for months. … In the new American Heroes Channel series Nazi Treasure Hunters (10/9c), The Monuments Man author Robert Edsel leads a team searching for notable artwork and valuables stolen during WWII by the Nazis—opening with an international search for loot taken by Hermann Goering, Hitler’s top deputy. … Ariana Grande performs, chats and plays along with Jimmy Fallon for the entirety of NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (11:35/10:35c).
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I watched "The Last O.G." last night with guest star Chrissy Metz (from "This is Us"). She was hilarious and I laughed out loud!
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ROSEANNE and THE MIDDLE for me
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Hooray for new episodes of Roseanne and The Middle tonight! Also...The Flash, Lethal Weapon, LA to Vegas, and Genius.
Did anyone else watch the two debut episodes of Genius last week? What did you think?
What's this Decades channel? Has he mentioned it before? I can't remember.
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ABC comedies all new tonight! Will play catch up at 10:00 if I'm not too tired.
I enjoyed the first two episodes of Genius- Picasso last week. So far, not quite as captivating as last season featuring Einstein, but highly watchable nonetheless.
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I think the problem with both seasons of Genius is the pacing. They are dragging the story out to fill up 10 episodes when they each could have been condensed to 4-6 hours. Still, it's interesting to see the story of two very famous people we know little about.
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Yes, pacing seems to be an issue with many bio-pics and true stories lately.
American Crime- Versace, Trust and others also.
That said all are quite fascinating for the most part.
Back in the day there were more shorter TV movies or mini series that didn't last 10 hours. Like you stated 4-6 episodes is more than enough to cover many of these subjects.
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It is a sub channel or digital channel. It's free over the air network that you can get with an antenna, but you already said you can't get channels with an antenna. It's mostly old shows. If you don't care for that stuff, you shouldn't care for it.
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Yeah, when TV was broadcast on an analog signal, we could get channels from several cities, but since they switched to digital, we're out of their range. The cable company carries some of those sub channels (Antenna TV and MeTV that I know of) but not all of them.
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I'm kind of surprised Genius wasn't mentioned for tonight.
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Who knows. Maybe he isn't keeping close tabs on the show.
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Jless is right that Decades shows old shows, and not always the "best" of the oldies, either. But they do have a show called Through the Decades, that's sort of a mini-history about a number of things.
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