A ‘Suits’ Makeover, the ESPYS, ‘Code Black’ Goes Dark

Matt Roush
11 Comments
Gabriel Macht and Dulé Hill on Suits - Season 8
USA Network

A critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV:

Suits (9/8c, USA): The more things change, the more they don’t on the slick legal drama that enjoyed a burst of global publicity this year when Meghan Markle (Rachel) transitioned to real-life royalty, mirroring the TV wedding to Rachel’s longtime soulmate, Mike (Patrick J. Adams). With the happy couple decamped to Seattle, the eighth season finds the firm picking up the pieces, merging with Rachel’s formidable dad, Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce) — which sets off a new round of jousting for power, names on the wall and highly coveted office space. When Zane clashes with Harvey (Gabriel Macht), each leans on their “right hand man” (the episode’s title): for Harvey, that’s now Alex (Dule Hill), and for Zane, it’s ambitious and scrappy Samantha “Sam” Wheeler (high-profile new hire Katherine Heigl), a confrontational fixer who’s not afraid to butt heads with any big kahuna. (I look forward to her first clash with Sarah Rafferty as COO Donna, who once again proves in this episode that the team couldn’t survive without her.)

Katherine Heigl on How Her New 'Suits' Character Compares to Past TV Roles
Related

Katherine Heigl on How Her New 'Suits' Character Compares to Past TV Roles

The 2018 ESPYS (8/7c, ABC): Retired race-car driver Danica Patrick hosts the sports equivalent of the Oscars, celebrating inspiring achievements and top moments in athletic performance. Special honors include the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, presented collectively to the abuse survivors who came forward about former USA Gymnastics/Michigan State team doctor Larry Nassar; the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance to Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Jim Kelly, who has battled squamous cell carcinoma in his jaw since 2013; and the Pat Tillman Award for Service to Jake Wood, a former U.S. Marines Sergeant and co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that transitions veterans into working for disaster response and relief.

Watch the Trailers for ABC's New Fall Series 'Whiskey Cavalier,' 'The Fix' & More (VIDEO)
Related

Watch the Trailers for ABC's New Fall Series 'Whiskey Cavalier,' 'The Fix' & More (VIDEO)

Code Black (10/9c, CBS): No one can accuse this medical drama of not going out with a bang. In the series finale, a plane crashes into the eighth floor of Angels Memorial, creating even more chaos than usual. But the doctors have plenty else to keep them occupied. Mario (Benjamin Hollingsworth) must save Noa (Emily Tyra) after a car accident, and the entire team rallies around Leanne (Marcia Gay Harden) in court for her custody hearing. Could robust summer ratings inspire CBS to order a fourth season? Probably not, but stranger things have happened.

'Code Black' EP Michael Seitzman Teases an 'Emotional' Series Finale
Related

'Code Black' EP Michael Seitzman Teases an 'Emotional' Series Finale

Inside Wednesday TV: Kevin Costner enjoys a rare light moment on Paramount Network’s Yellowstone (10/9c), taking beloved grandson Tate (Brecken Merrill) on a nature outing, until it (typically for this dark show) goes south. But that’s nothing compared to his brazen daughter, Beth (Kelly Reilly), showing family adversary Dan Jenkins (Danny Huston) a taste of the local wild side… Expect heated confrontations on MTVs Catfish: Trolls (10/9c), a three-week departure from the formula, with host/executive producer Charlamagne Tha God and social media entrepreneur Raymond Braun bringing harassed subjects face-to-face with their online tormentors… For the fourth year, Conan O’Brien takes his TBS Conan talker (11/10c) to San Diego’s Comic-Con for special shows through Saturday. First up: a 10th-anniversary reunion of the much-honored Breaking Bad cast, including Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk and series creator Vince Gilligan.

Code BlackESPY AwardsSuits



Conversation11 Comments

Please read the TV Insider Community Guidelines.

Comments are closed on this story.

  1. R

    RedQuill

    Will DVR Episode #2 of Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters...

    Couldn't decide whether I LOVED...or HATED...Episode #1...

    Will also DVR Reverie...although that "Ballerina" episode got pretty close to approaching my personal level of COMPLETE BOREDOM...

    1. C

      CyanCoathanger

      I wasn't too thrilled with that ballerina episode either.

      It's my understanding that Misfits & Monsters is going to be like a completely different show every week (sort of like Twilight Zone was), so you might love one week and hate the next.

      1

    2. G

      GoldSubmarine

      Funny how I thought last weeks Reverie "Ballerina" episode was one of the strongest (drama wise) . No it didn't have the typical thriller aspects , but I have enough shows in that genre.

      It was a nice change of pace episode.

      Tonight's Reverie should be more entertaining for you, judging from the promos.

      1

  2. C

    CyanCoathanger

    I'm glad he mentioned Suits. I'd missed it when I was looking at the listings for tonight. Still watching MasterChef, and I guess I'll watch Reverie again since there's nothing else I like on at that time.

    1. R

      RedQuill

      Interestingly (?)...I have MasterChef and Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (which immediately follows MC) as Season Passes on my DVR...

      I now have multiple episodes of MasterChef backed-up on my DVR...but I watch the newest Gordon Ramsay a day or two after it's recorded...

      I find its psychological/social quandaries to be just as interesting as its amazing restaurants' turnarounds...

      (Although I have to turn on Closed Captioning to be able to understand EVERYTHING Gordon says)...

    2. C

      CyanCoathanger

      And I'm just the opposite. I watched just one episode of 24 Hours to...and decided it wasn't for me (for the reasons I told you before...him yelling and swearing and throwing things around).

      1

    3. R

      RedQuill

      Hi Don...are you certain that you're not confusing it up with Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen???

      I refused to DVR Hell's Kitchen because of the "yelling and swearing and throwing things around"...

      But in "24 Hours"...he's QUITE gentle...and INCREDIBLY sympathetic...(to me)...

    4. C

      CyanCoathanger

      He did enough in the first episode to put me off it.

  3. R

    RedCupcake

    Not sure what I'll watch tonight, just more repeats and doing some household chores. 🙂

    If anyone gets a chance, that PBS show about the country's 10 most memorable monuments was pretty interesting. Sort of a history of monuments, as well as a list. If anyone gets a chance, check it out, it's definitely not boring.

    Re The Outpost... this is another example of a show that I can nitpick to death, even while I watch it. I still say the characters are too well-groomed to be realistic, and the city/town/buildings are too neat and clean. It gets annoying. Also, I found it ironic that the main character (Talon) kept a particular secret for the past 20 years, but in the space of one hour last night, not one, not two, but THREE people discovered that secret. Kind of sad. As Fred says, good thing this is a summer show, with much lower standards of acceptability. 😛

    Lastly, if anyone thinks the smith, or whatever his name is, looks or sounds familiar, it's because he is. The actor (Kevin McNally) was in Designated Surviivor, TURN Washington's Spies, and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

    1. G

      GoldSubmarine

      I also watched The Outpost last night. I watched it live with all the commercials (nothing better to do). Talon's secret was revealed because now she is congregating amongst (regular people). We have to assume that after the massacre she was in hiding for the most part until the premiere episode. So I gather at least 10 years.

      I don't mind the clean city/town/buildings. I'm used to that from the superior Once Upon a Time. The annoying guy with weird facial contortions was actually likeable last night. I'll be watching the third episode next week. No way had this aired during the regular season, would I would have lasted this long. With next week's Burden of Truth airing on CW, I will have 7 summer scripted shows on my watch list:

      ABC's Quantico -my favorite summer show and one of my top shows including the regular season (in order of preference)

      CBS's Salvation- you know how much I love this one!

      CMT's Nashville- love the music and drama

      ABC's Take Two- light fluffy fun for summer.

      NBC's Reverie- another entertaining enough show for summer

      CW's - The Outpost- not quite as bad as I expected . Just ok enough for summer.

      CW's Burden of Proof- TBD

      1

    2. G

      GoldSubmarine

      Like many of the summer scripted shows I watch, The Outpost is the kind of show I can never recommend to the average viewer.

      Meanwhile this summer is pretty busy for me. Last season I was only watching CBS's Salvation, CW's Hooten and the Lady and CMT's Nashville..

      So this summer I'm far more busy.