New Defendant on ‘Trial & Error,’ A Lost ‘Doctor Who’ Episode, FX’s ‘Snowfall’ Returns
A critical checklist of notable Thursday TV:
Trial & Error: Lady, Killer (9/8c, NBC): Once again, disorder in the court is business as usual in the second season of this merrily wacky mockumentary true-crime/legal spoof. The inept legal team, still led by mensch-out-of-water Josh Segal (Nicholas D’Agosto), takes the new case of Lavinia Peck-Foster (the divine Kristin Chenoweth), “first lady” of East Peck, South Carolina, accused of murdering her wealthy husband. All signs point to guilt, but the adoring town is on the rich heiress’s side, so much so that the whispery judge even posts her $10 bail! Slapstick antics and cliffhanger twists abound in this summer treat.
Doctor Who: The Lost Episode (8/7c, BBC America): Tom Baker is back as the Fourth Doctor in “Shada,” a never broadcast, and thus legendary, story by Douglas Adams. With hand-drawn animation, remastered footage and newly recorded voices of the original cast (including Lalla Ward Romana), this imaginative restoration will be a must-see for Doctor completists.
Snowfall (10/9c, FX): This sluggish drama, about the rise of crack cocaine in the 1980s, returns for a second season, with street entrepreneur Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) on a high of success as the addictive and affordable rock begins to catch on in his neighborhood. But his newfound notoriety will soon put him on the radar of undercover CIA agent Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), seeking a new source of drug revenue to fund his covert operation to support Nicaraguan rebels, as well as drug-runners Lucia (Emily Rios) and Zapata (Sergio Peris-Menchata), who see a lucrative future in this powerful drug.
Inside Thursday TV: Logo premieres a new documentary, Light in the Water (8/7c), profiling a group of trailblazing gay men and women whose dedication to competitive swimming at the first Gay Games in 1982 helped combat homophobia in sports… Streaming on the Urban Movie Channel: Bronx SIU, a new procedural following the cases of the Bronx Special Investigations Unit. The cast includes Brian White, Miguel Z. Nunez Jr. and Denise Boutte… In Season 7 of History’s Mountain Men (9/8c), North Carolina survivalist Eustace Conway faces his first solo winter in the Appalachians after the death of best friend and business partner Preston Roberts… BET’s competition series The Grand Hustle (10/9c) is an Apprentice-like search set in Atlanta, with rapper/mogul Clifford “T.I.” Harris overseeing 16 entrepreneurs as they jockey to be crowned the next big hustler. Which is meant as a compliment.
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Am DELIGHTED that Trial & Error is restarting...
All its characters are amusing and QUITE unique...Kristin Chenoweth should be a VERY interesting addition...
AND...there's NO "enhanced audience reactions"...(Closed-captioning for the humor-impaired)...
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Did you like Misfits & Monsters last night? I thought it was pretty funny.
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I agree...thought it was MUCH more humorous than the first episode...
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Trial & Error was an absolute hoot last summer, and this year's version looks just as funny!
That Doctor Who special sounds interesting, but seeing it's animated, I'm not sure I'll like it. There's also a new Take Two (at 8:00) and a new episode of Shooter (which I'm not as into this year).
Reverie was much better last night, and Suits was excellent!
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I saw an advance screening of the 2nd season premiere of Snowfall, and I really don't think you can call it 'sluggish' anymore. The story lines are converging and it really moves!
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Not that anyone watches it around here, but CMT is airing the penultimate episode of Nashville tonight. Its been on six seasons, and I will miss it.
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There's a fine line between "funny" and "stupid," and the line is totally subjective, but to me the promos for Trial and Error looked, well, stupid.
Take Two is on at 8pm? I may tune in, although I also like to catch up with Big Bang Theory on Thursdays.
I agree w/ DonMI that Reverie last night was actually interesting. Now, am I misremembering, or did Mara get injured on her side in a previou episode? And if so, what significance does that have with her being thrown (or put??) into this reverie. (By the way, what is the word that Mara uses to go into Reverie? I can never hear it clearly.)
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We talked about Take Two moving to 8:00 the other day. Fred thought it might be a good sign that they're trying to promote it more.
I don't remember Mara getting injured before...just getting shot in this episode.
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I haven't been watching Take Two the past few weeks, so I tuned out of conversations about it, so apparently I missed the reference to the time change.
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Is it Abitus? Abicus? I never hear it clearly either. Last night's Reverie episode was very well done. Although those young Syrian refugees didn't have a genuine Arabic accent. More like a mixture of British and Indian.
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I know you find some of the characters annoying. But I think you should give it another shot. Last week's episode was very good and hopefully tonight also. TV GUIDE Jeered ABC for airing Take Two in the summer as opposed to the regular season. I disagree, I think it's the perfect season for this light summer show.
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I don't recall her getting injured in a previous episode. But I could be mistaken.
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Apertus.
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