TCM Remembers Robert Osborne, ‘Superstore’ Finale, Meet Sheldon’s Grown-Up Brother
Remembering Robert Osborne: On what would have been his 86th birthday, Turner Classic Movies devotes the evening to the memory of longtime host Robert Osborne, who died in March 2017. (One of my happiest memories was introducing a film, The Bad and the Beautiful, several years ago during a TCM Superfan week, and discussing the movie in his charming company.) Ben Mankiewicz hosts the tribute, joined by Osborne’s cousin, Susan Wright, and close friend, actress Diane Baker. The lineup includes a 2014 edition of Private Screenings (8/7c) in which Alec Baldwin interviewed Osborne about his life and career, and a 20th anniversary tribute from 2015 (11:30/10:30c). In between, two of his all-time favorite films will be screened: the 1936 drama Dodsworth (9:30/8:30c) and 1944’s romantic mystery Laura (12:30 am/11:30c).
Superstore (8/7c, NBC): Already renewed for a fourth season, the workplace romcom wraps its third year with an event slightly less traumatic than last year’s tornado: a company-wide Town Hall meeting during which Amy (America Ferrera) and Jonah (Ben Feldman) attempt to put their baby-drama soap opera on hold long enough to confront Cloud 9’s CEO. Glenn (Mark McKinney), naturally, has stage fright about speaking before the global gathering.
The Big Bang Theory (8/7c, CBS): All season long on Big Bang’s successful prequel/spinoff Young Sheldon, we’ve been witness to the testy sibling relationship between the budding genius (Iain Armitage) and his older brother, Georgie (Montana Jordan). Now, with the adult Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) nuptials looming, we get to meet the grown-up version of Georgie, played by Jerry O’Connell, as Sheldon heads back to Texas to smooth things over with his bro, because his mom won’t come to the wedding without him.
Inside Thursday TV: Lots of personal baggage to be unpacked on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy (8/7c), as Alex (Justin Chambers) takes Jo (Camilla Luddington) to Iowa to find his mom, and Jackson (Jesse Williams, who directs the episode) works to restore the Harper Avery foundation’s reputation. … Lt. Severide (Taylor Kinney) is in for a shock on NBC’s Chicago Fire (10/9c) when Sarah Shahi returns as his ex, Renee. … ABC’s rejiggered Quantico (10/9c) adds another team member when Alan Powell joins the cast as Agent Mike McQuigg.
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Just "Mom" for me - the rest is 'meh'.
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By the way...I'll be watching Gotham, all the NBC comedies (especially Superstore), Big Bang and Sheldon. Can't wait to see Jerry O’Connell as his brother!
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Supernatural and SWAT.
So... a bit of a twist on last night's DS, eh? I admit I didn't see that coming. Although, I will say that I had a bit of a "huh? what the heck?" moment in the middle or so of the episode, when things didn't seem to make sense. But were of course explained by the twist.
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I was really, really, really surprised! And it's not often a show can do that! I was sure she was in the woman's house all that time. Good Job to the writers of Designated Survivor!
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Or as I like to call them: Stupid-natural and SNOT! LOL
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When Hannah was searching the closet , I noticed men's suits/shirts not woman's clothing. But I figured , she might have a male relative that lives with her. The show never had any scenes with Andrea at home. But when they showed her going to her driveway , I was so confused.
The tech guy was fooled too!? He thought that was her house also?!
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A huge DS fan mentioned last week that the model car had a bug in it. And that Hannah was fired so whomever was listening would think everything that went down in that room was for real. I still didn't realize who was the hacker when I read that. And I was still shocked by the twist.
The ending seemed like a way to set up Hannah for her own spinoff.
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I didn't notice what sort of clothing it was. I was so focused on her finding a hidden door that I just saw her pushing clothing aside. If I had noticed, I might have assumed it belonged to her dead husband, a boyfriend, etc. We don't really know anything about her personal life, do we?
The tech guy had to know whose house it was. He had to have the address to be able to access the security system.
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Exactly, we don't know much about Andrea's personal life other than she is a widow. But I dismissed the men's clothing in the closet while watching it live. Then after the reveal I was like DAMN!!!
At the end they made it seem like the tech guy was not in on it. But your right, he had to know that wasn't Andrea's house. And didn't he see Andrea entering her garage? I guess that was not her garage?
I am so confused by all of this. A really clever twist.
The very end with Hannah leaving her ID with Aaron really seemed like a set up for a spin-off.
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I didn't notice the clothing, either. But my "huh?" moment came when she had the tech guy helping her, and he was also working with Mike. That made me wonder if Mike knew what Hannah was up to. Looking back, tech guy simply told Hannah when lunch would be through, that "the car is turning into the drive," etc. He didn't specify HE or SHE. Like everyone else, I just assumed he was referring to Andrea.
But yeah, I didn't see the twist. Good job, writers!
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Was this "huge DS fan" simply supposing the theory, or did he/she have spoilery, inside info?
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This fan, I think a she didn't have inside info. She thought that model car looked suspect. And even my mom (another big fan) said she didn't believe Hannah was fired. She told me it was a set up to catch the hacker. But mom didn't know who the hacker was.
Anyway , it was a very clever twist yet again. Such an addicting show. USA TODAY's Save Our Shows ranks DS as one of the top shows viewers want to keep on the air next season. This popular poll supposedly helped Timeless earn another season.
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I remember Robert Osborne...but not from TCM (which I've never gotten).
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Where do you know him from? TCM is the only place I've ever seen Osborne.
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I was just going to add to that. He was a host on The Movie Channel for 10 years before he joined TCM, and he wrote The Official History of the Academy Awards.
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