‘Americans’ Series Finale, ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ Starts Its Farewell Tour, Sarah Shahi Returns
The Americans (FX, 10/9c): The sixth and final season comes to a close in this series finale titled tellingly “START.” Not much has been revealed about the highly-anticipated episode, but according to the network’s synopsis, Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) face a choice that “will change their lives forever.”
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix): The first six episodes of the wacky series’ fourth season — also its last — feature Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) finding herself in a #MeToo situation, facing her former captor Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne (Jon Hamm), and finding a new outlet for her optimism. The final seven episodes of the season will stream at a later date.
American Ninja Warrior (NBC, 8/7c): TV’s most challenging physical competition returns for its seventh full season with hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila and co-host Kristine Leahy along for the ride once more. This time, the competitors take on the near-impossible obstacle courses in both city qualifying and city finals rounds across the country. Those that succeed in their region can move on to the national finals in Vegas — which features a four-stage course modeled after Japan’s Mt. Midoriyama! — and compete for a chance at the grand prize of $1 million.
Reverie (NBC, 10/9c): Person of Interest star Sarah Shahi stars as former hostage negotiator Mara Kint in this new summer sci-fi drama. In the pilot, Mara is hired by tech company Oniratech to try to rescue people who get lost in the virtual reality program Reverie. The cast also includes Dennis Haysbert (24), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes), Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) and Jessica Lu (MTV’s Awkward).
MasterChef (Fox, 8/7c): In the two-hour premiere, 43 home cooks compete in the Battle of the Apron challenge, which will whittle them down to the Top 24. But there’s a twist! Judges Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich will each have eight aprons to award to the chefs they think are most deserving. Then, they will actor as mentors to those contestants for the rest of the season.
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Did anyone watch 100 Code Tuesday night? I saw most of it, but it wasn't all that compelling. First of all, it really did remind me of Wallander. A troubled Swedish detective... unmarried, but with a daughter to look after him... partly filmed in Swedish, with subtitles.
Again, I was surprised by the language in this episode. One instance of "sh--" and one "f-bomb." There might have been more cursing, I didn't see every single scene (wasn't paying total attention). Not sure I'll watch it again, but we'll see.
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It was better than I expected. I thought Dominic was better than some of the reviewers thought he was.
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Honestly, I don't have much of an opinion about this show yet. I suppose an underlying mystery of the show (other than who's murdering these girls) is why Dominic's character killed his cop partner in the first scene. Supposedly he didn't know it was his partner and he was attacked, fought back, killed the guy, etc., but we don't know any details of "who/what/when/why," etc He was obviously cleared of serious charges, or he wouldn't still be a cop. As for the main serial killer mystery, I just thought the show was a little bleak and unnecessarily cryptic. I may give it another chance, but it didn't "suck me in" like other shows do.
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They did say he was cleared of the charges, but I don't think they really explained why. I was having so much trouble trying to read the tiny subtitles and understand what they were saying when they did speak English that I think I missed a lot.
BTW...today's article is at:
https://www.tvinsider.com/693097/whats-on-tv-thursday-may-31/
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I might give Reverie a try.
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I guess it's 2 hours of MasterChef then I'll give Reverie a try...mainly because I always liked Sarah Shahi in Person of Interest. I'd missed MasterChef in the listings, so I'm glad it's included here!
What's with the judges on MasterChef? It looks like they're back to 3 guys for the first time in years. Maybe the contestants won't have to make so many silly desserts (like a 3 foot high tower of balls) with What's Her Face gone.
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Reverie for me also. I could use a solid summer show. I can take only so much of reality competitions and game shows, lol.
I read that there will be no reruns (on broadcast or syndication) of Roseanne any longer. If I recall correctly Cosby was also pulled from syndication when all of the stuff came out about him. Not sure if it still airs anywhere.
Some are saying this whole Roseanne incident is overkill. Because there are other controversial stars that are still on the air spewing their racist/homophobic rants. I was watching CNN last night and the subject was quite heated.
I don't ever recall a #1 show being canceled so abruptly. I'm sure it has happened once or twice in the last century, I doubt this century or I would have recalled the show. I think Seinfeld ended as a #1 (or close to it) show. But that was planned. And there was a huge game show in the 50's canceled because of a cheating scandal. Not sure if it was #1 though. There was a movie based on it.
That's all I can think of without searching for the info. I like to use my own memory keeps me sharper. If I search for everything I believe it will dumb me down. I'll search to confirm my initial thoughts.
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I don't see how Barr's one comment is being considered anywhere near as bad as Cosby drugging and raping possibly dozens of women.
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If you watch CNN or especially MSNBC its as if she committed the most heinous crime ever.
I'll miss her show for sure. Curious to see what ABC will do to lead off Tuesday now.
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Well, we know they won't be leading off Tuesdays with Tim Allen.
It's like when Paula Deen admitted to using the N-word over 20 years ago. My God, who cares??? Pretty much every black comedian and most rappers have used it over and over, but let a white woman say it once, and she's condemned to hell for it!
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Well, it does depend on the skin of the person saying it as well as the fact she was from the South...
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Did you delete a rather long post here? I had to refresh my page, and it was gone.
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Nope. I didn't offend anyone. Just stated facts.
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But...did you delete it? It's not here anymore!
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No I didn't delete it. They did.
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OK...just wanted to know what happened. I don't think they ever put them back once they're removed from the discussion.
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Was it particularly offensive? I don't think I mentioned anything not already tweeted or stated here or elsewhere.
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I don't know being such a long post. Probably just a word that set off one of their triggers.
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I've read that Wanda Sykes (writer) quit Roseanne way before this controversy . She said she had other commitments. Yesterday I read that she quit because of the tweet. What do you make of this?
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I'd thought I'd read or heard that she was quitting before this all happened too, but I don't remember where.
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ABC is really working hard to fill this slot. Now they are considering a new show with the Roseanne cast and writers w/o Roseanne.
Sounds like a bad idea to me. But you just never know....
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I don't remember where either, but I definitely read it long before yesterday.
Just so much info around, gets confusing.
I keep trying to catch up with Genius but I'm always dozing off before the episode is over. I'm almost up to date with it, but it's a struggle for me. The acting , scenery and period detail is top notch, but I think Picasso's life was not fascinating enough to grant it a T V series. Possibly a 4 hour miniseries at most would have sufficed. Maybe even just a 2-hour movie.
Last season's Einstein was more compelling for me.
I wonder what genius National Geographic will feature next season?
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Mary Shelley will be the next subject featured in National Geographic's Genius.
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Now that you mention it, I remember seeing that somewhere too.
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Also just read that FX's Trust will likely focus on the Getty family in season 2. Most probably with lots of flashbacks when Paul Getty senior was young.
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Just read ABC is considering a Middle spinoff for that vacant Tuesday 8:00PM slot.
It would have to be rushed to be ready by the Fall. But it is possible. ABC claims they were in discussion about this all season long, but now with Roseanne exiting they are being more aggressive.
The Middle has been a solid performer for ABC for nearly a decade, and I would think if the spinoff is funny enough it should come close to those ratings.
But I doubt anything ABC can come up with will come close to Roseanne's ratings.
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I just read it , states pending.
I basically gave you examples of various controversial newscasters and hosts that said or tweeted the most vile things but are still working.
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I read it when you first posted it.
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