Salute to ‘This Is Us,’ Nat Geo ‘Below Zero,’ Tom Arnold Hunts for Trump Tapes
A critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
The Paley Center Salutes This Is Us (10/9c, NBC): A week before the breakout hit tearjerker returns for a long-awaited third season, this special recaps the first two eventful and emotional years for the Pearson family and looks behind the camera at the production process. Interviews with actors, writers and producers analyze what these beloved characters have been through and where they’re going.
Life Below Zero (9/8c, National Geographic Channel): Winner of a cinematography Emmy this year, the grueling survivalist docu-series returns, introducing a rugged new regular: Ricko DeWilde, a native Quoi Can Athabascan Indian raised in the Alaskan bush, who practices native traditions while living off the grid amid harsh Arctic conditions.
The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold (10:30/9:30c, Viceland): Described as a “comedy/investigation hybrid,” this hysterical (in all the wrong ways) series finds the overwrought comedian, and former Roseanne spouse, turned “citizen journalist” and crusader on a quest to dig up any and all of the elusive recordings rumored to show the president in a bad light. (The tweets aren’t enough?) Arnold seems to be serious about his mission, but it’s hard to take this mad clown seriously.
Inside Tuesday TV: Elizabeth Olsen (Wind River) stars in Facebook Watch’s 10-part half-hour drama series Sorry for Your Loss, as a young widow trying to move forward after her husband’s unexpected death. Janet McTeer (Ozark) appears as her mother… Also streaming: the Netflix stand-up comedy special D.L. Hughley: Contrarian, entertaining a Philadelphia audience with observations on the hypocrisy of racism in America, male panic during the #MeToo movement and cell phones’ impact on relationships… The top 10 acts perform live for the last time on NBC’s America’s Got Talent (8/7c), vying for America’s vote to win the $1 million prize… Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 (10/9c) returns with new episodes, starting with a “Ten Year Reunion” celebration that features “Where Are They Now” updates on favorite “Web Redemptions.” This is followed by new episodes of the ever-provocative The Jim Jefferies Show (10:30/9:30c).
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The Outpost isn\'t on tonight? I think we knew that, but I wonder why. Instead, The CW is going to rerun an episode of Legends of Tomorrow. Hmm. Anyway, my other Tuesday show is Carter. By the way, I think I\'ve mentioned before, but another entry in the \"non-detective famous person teaming up with a real detective\" category is the show Private Eyes. Instead of an actor, the \"famous person\" is a former pro hockey player, and of course the detective he works with is an attractive woman. I don\'t watch Private Eyes, but it\'s been on ION channel on Sundays. (Interestingly, it too is a Canadian show, like its peers, Take Two and Carter. And also Burden of Truth, for that matter. I guess this is the Summer of Canadian TV.)
BTW, what did everyone think of the finale of Salvation? I won\'t use spoilers, in case someone hasn\'t watched it yet (cough*do it soon*cough) but I must say, of the two twists involved, one didn\'t even faze me, it was kind of bleah. The other one, however........ :-o
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No idea what 2 twists you\'re talking about. I can only think of the one at the ending.
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Carter tonight and Burden of Truth tomorrow. That\'s it for me this week.
Now for Salvation, I honestly didn\'t expect neither of those twists.
I chewed all of my nails while watching this live last night. I guess they can end it like that. But would love to know what\'s in store for our favorite characters after the newfound discovery.
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The reveal of a supposedly dead character was the first twist. My mouth dropped at that appearance and the involvement the character has had the entire season!
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I was referring to the father of Zoe\'s baby. I had severe doubts at the time (in the first season when it happened) so this didn\'t surprise me. didn\'t interest me, either.
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Yeah, that\'s what I was referring to. I think it was sort of a last-minute \"let\'s throw this in for the heck of it\" thing. It doesn\'t interest me.
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One thing I don\'t know is about the timing. There were X number of hours (4 or 5?) for Harris to get into the bunker. Theoretically, they\'d have to be in the bunker at least 24 hours or so before the \"asteroid\" hits the planet. And yet, as soon as the missile launch is aborted, the five or six major characters go outside (I guess nobody else was interested in seeing?) and the thing is streaking toward earth. So much for that 4 or 5 or 24 hours, huh? They\'d have all been dead within two minutes. :-p
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Yes, but this show was filled with \"lets throw this in for the heck of it kind of things\" for two seasons. That\'s what makes this show so much fun and very difficult to predict.
That said the ending was a total shocker to me. They really could end the show like that, but of course I would LOVE another summer season. After all Salvation was my second favorite summer show and among my top shows including regular season programing. I might rank it higher than the sometimes similar Designated Survivor.
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I agree, the ending (the second, biggest twist) was a shocker. And intriguing. Now I really want to know more. :-D
And I wonder, too, about the COPE cultists (and Darius\' uncle) on the ship Salvation. Hahaha, the joke\'s on them, the Earth isn\'t going to be destroyed. Wonder if they realize it, maybe they were watching out the window. (I\'m a little surprised they didn\'t show the \"ark\" blasting off.)
**Mini-spoiler, don\'t read if you haven\'t watched** At the very end, when the object hovered over earth, I expected Darius\' last line of the show to be \"It\'s not an asteroid.... it\'s a ship.\"
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I didn\'t think of that as a plot twist. For half that scene, I thought his father was imagining him. Then, I just thought...oh, that\'s nice. I was so concerned about the asteroid hitting the earth that I didn\'t care.
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Why would they have to be in the bunker 24 hours before impact? I wouldn\'t think the amount of time would matter so long as they were in it when it happened.
Supposedly, everyone but the main characters had gone home to spend their last hours with their families. The group went outside because Darius had finally convinced them that it wasn\'t going to hit the earth.
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But he didn\'t know what it was. It could have been a satellite or a weather balloon for all he knew.
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I honestly don\'t know when they had to get to the bunker, but Harris kept saying \"we have to go in five hours, or four hours,\" so I guess I expected it would take a while to get there. (I doubt the door to the bunker was right next door, usually government \"secret locations\" are out in the middle o nowhere.) And literally, when Harris had to decide at the last second (or seven seconds) to abort the launch, that room was full of people. But only he and Grace, Darius, etc., walked outside to watch what would happen next. I didn\'t have the impression that any particular amount of time had passed between the non-launch and the evening stroll. (Or did I miss something??)
Also, I was sort of hoping the \"asteroid\" would burst into some sort of awesome firework display. :-D
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Just Got Talent, Carter, and The Purge again. Next week should be different with lots of shows starting their seasons. Emmys were rather boring, but at least some new people won awards this time.
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I tried to watch The Purge last week (twice... once as it aired, the other time I ran into a re-airing of it) but it didn\'t catch my attention. Sounds like it should be up my alley, too (if a little too dark).
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So far, I like The Purge a lot.
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Ratz! Now I\'ll have to take a look!
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No one is forcing you to. ;-)
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I found the 2nd episode of \"The Purge\" to be much LESS engaging than the 1st episode...
The scene with the Marine-looking-for-his-sister being forced to run the gauntlet looked like it was \"stolen\" from \"Blood Drive\"...
And...the Blue Bus Of Vestal Virgins is STOOPID...
But...I WILL check out the 3rd episode...
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But you\'re the only one who watched all of Blood Drive. Even I gave up on it with 3 episodes to go.
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You have a real life? Gasp! LOL I\'m ok unless there\'s another baby I don\'t remember. ;-)
On the other hand, I\'ve never seen a baseball game. Maybe you can explain *that* to me. Let\'s start with why they wear those funny looking outfits.
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