Hulu’s ‘Castle Rock,’ CW’s ‘Burden of Truth,’ Freeform Says Goodbye to ‘Young & Hungry’
A critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV:
Castle Rock (streaming on Hulu): For decades, TV has welcomed shows and movies based on Stephen King books, but this series is a rarity: an original suspense fable inspired by characters and settings from King’s prolific repertoire. André Holland stars as a death-row lawyer called back to his hometown, the fabled burg of menace known to King fans worldwide, when a mysterious young John Doe (It’s Bill Skårsgard) is discovered caged in the bowels of Shawshank State Prison. A strong cast includes the original movie Carrie, Sissy Spacek, as Holland’s dotty adoptive mother and Scott Glenn as retired sheriff Alan Pangborn, a Castle Rock regular (The Dark Half and Needful Things) — just one of many references sure to delight King’s readers as they become absorbed in the town’s new mysteries.
Burden of Truth (8/7c, The CW): Kristen Kreuk, the longtime CW ingénue of Smallville and Beauty and the Beast, has graduated to the more adult gig of a big-city lawyer in this dramatic Canadian import. As Joanna Hawley, she returns to her hometown to represent a pharmaceutical client whose vaccine has been linked to an illness affecting local teenage girls. Once she arrives, she decides to becomes the girls’ advocate, questioning her own values. A second season has already been green-lighted.
Young & Hungry (9/8c, Freeform): The romcom wraps its fifth and final season with back-to-back episodes in which Josh (Jonathan Sadowki) reveals his deepest secret to Gabi (Emily Osment): a passion for magic. He then takes her and the gang on a spin in his new yacht, where Gabi hits its off with the ship’s chef (celebrity chef Alex Guarnaschilli) and gets an offer that could spoil Josh’s plans. However it ends up, a reunion movie is already reportedly in development.
Inside Wednesday TV: With the Qualifiers rounds completed, NBC’s World of Dance moves to a new night (8/7c) for the first of the Duels, in which the top acts from each division choose and challenge a rival for a one-on-one elimination duel… Ovation’s The Art Show (10/9c) travels the globe to find fascinating stories about art and artists. In the premiere alone, hosts unearth treasures in Beijing, Tuscany, London and Detroit… In what was recently confirmed as the series finale of USA’s Colony (10/9c) after three seasons, Will (Josh Holloway) once again sacrifices to save his family, while Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies) works to save refugees outside Seattle’s walls.
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Looks like my handy-dandy DVR will be recording Reverie, Misfits & Monsters and, OF COURSE, Gordon Ramsay's 24 hours...
Will also check out Burden of Truth...(as Fred says...Why not?) …
Plus...scheduled it to record Thursday's and Friday's Hannity...so I can watch Roseanne's latest Political Blunder(s) first hand...
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ABC will likely score huge ratings for the Roseanne spinoff this Fall. Millions of curious viewers will want to tune in (at least for the premiere). I will also try and watch Hannity interview Roseanne, should be fun.
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Hannity's interview of Roseanne must be somewhat lengthy (? in-depth) since it's scheduled to be on BOTH Thursday's and Friday's episodes...
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The article I read said it will only extend to Friday's show if they run over the allotted time on Thursday.
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I'm watching MasterChef, Suits, Reverie, and Misfits & Monsters.
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I might give Burden of Truth a try. That and Reverie will probably be it for me.
BTW, on The Outpost last night... was it just me, or did nothing much seem to happen in this episode? The girl learned more about that "thing" she summoned--as far as I could tell, that was about it for forward movement of the plot. (Of course, my attention wasn't 100% focused, so I might have missed something.
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I'll also sample CW's Burden of Truth. Why not? I'm watching almost every other broadcast scripted summer show. And this one is already renewed for a second season. I'm almost sure it will be solid (especially for summer).
I found CW's The Outpost watchable enough last night. My mind does wander a bit during this show, but there is enough I like about it to keep watching.
NBC's Reverie for me tonight. I'm sue it wont be as exciting as last week's episode. Tonight is about an old lady obsessed with a long lost love. I'll get teary eyed for sure.
If I like Burden of Truth tonight, I'll have 6 broadcast scripted shows and 1 cable scripted show, (CMT's Nashville). Much more than any other summer.
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I read your post earlier but your comment just 'hit' me, about Burden of Truth already being renewed for a 2nd season. That seems odd, especially for a summer series, for it to have a renewal before it even premiers.
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Rare but not unprecedented . CW's Dynasty was said to have been renewed before it aired its first episode. International sales and a Netflix deal assisted with that one .i don't recall where I read that .
Burden of Truth already aired in Canada last season , so I guess it performed strong enough there. And perhaps there is a streaming deal with this too.
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Yeah, I forgot it's a Canadian show, and likely aired there already, so it was Canadian TV who renewed it, not necessarily The CW.
As for Dynasty, I'm a little surprised it was renewed. I didn't watch it, but from some comments I read here & there, I thought it was sort of a dud.
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Yes everyone was suprised about the Dynasty automatic renewal. Seems that CW already made a profit from it from NetFlix before it even aired hence the second season. Ratings last season were dreadful , some episodes were lower rated than CW's summer shows (Hooten and the Lady, Outpost).
Critically Dynasty was bashed, but it may improve now that Alexis is a main character .
Not sure your aware but the initial season of the original Dynasty and even Dallas were not well liked and ratings were weak.
For Dynasty , Joan Collins as Alexis pumped up tbe ratings in season 2 , 3, 4 and by season 5 it was #1 .
Still a top 10 hit into season 6 but quickly declined by season 7 and thereafter..
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Yes, a lot of people forget that Alexis never appeared in the first season of the original Dynasty. Her appearance really upped the ante on the drama.
As for Burden of Truth.... I really liked this first episode. **Minor spoilers ahead.** At first I was confused about what the main character (Joanna, I think?) was arguing for, in terms of the legal appearances. And the guy she was talking with in her kitchen... a boyfriend, perhaps? That wasn't clear to me. I guess a wannabe boyfriend, if nothing else. And as soon as her old school chum (last name Crawford) said that there are no "associates" in his firm of Crawford & Associates, it was very clear how this show was going to eventually end. Anyway, in addition to the main mystery of what's causing the illness, another mystery is why Joanna's family left town 17 years ago. (Although--pure speculation here--I wouldn't be surprised if her daddy knew about whatever it is that's making the girls sick, and he took his family out of town without telling anyone.)
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I think Burden of Truth will be very twisty until the finale. Very well done show now I'm not surprised it was already renewed for second season. I'll be watching this next summer too.
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