David vs. Goliath on ‘Survivor,’ ‘Single Parents,’ ‘South Park’ Welcomes ‘Bojack Horseman’
A critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV:
Survivor (8/7c, CBS): It will be a battle of underdogs (the “David” tribe) vs. alpha warriors (the “Goliath” tribe) as 20 new castaways square on the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji for the 37th round of the undying reality competition. In the 90-minute premiere, a cyclone stirs things up further en route to the first of many eliminations. Players include a robotics scientist, truck driver and MMA fighter on the “David” team, with a pro wrestler, S.W.A.T. officer and filmmaker Mike White among the Goliaths.
Single Parents (9:30/8:30c, ABC): Some funny folks — Saturday Night Live veteran Taran Killam, Everybody Loves Raymond’s Brad Garrett, and Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester — work too hard to brighten the evening’s one new sitcom, about (you saw it coming) snarky single parents who get over their own exhaustion to collectively rescue a hopelessly doting and pathetically lonely Mr. Mom overplayed by Killam. The show’s writing talent (led by New Girl’s Liz Meriwether and JJ Philbin) suggests there may be more to this than the pilot promises. We hope so.
South Park (10/9c, Comedy Central): How best to complement the 22nd season premiere of the outrageous animated sitcom? Import the groundbreaking and very adult show-biz satire Bojack Horseman (10:30/9:30c) from Netflix, making its linear-TV debut after five acclaimed seasons on the streaming service.
Wall-to-Wall Chicago: You’ll have to wait until next Wednesday for the season’s first three-way crossover, but fans of Dick Wolf’s Chicago procedurals are in for a weekly wallow as all three series stack up for a Windy City smorgasbord. Chicago Med (8/7c) opens its fourth season with Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson) clashing with the hospital’s new COO (Heather Headley). Trendsetting Chicago Fire (9/8c) picks up its seventh season several months after Gabby (departed cast member Monica Raymund) left husband Casey (Jesse Spencer) for a gig in Puerto Rico, and he’s taking it about as well as you’d expect. Chicago PD (10/9c) starts its sixth year with Voight (Jason Beghe) suspended and Antonio (Jon Seda) taking charge, but not without challenges to his authority. And tainted heroin leads to ODs on Chicago’s meaner streets.
Inside Wednesday TV: ABC’s The Goldbergs (8/7c) tips its hat to another John Hughes classic in the sixth-season opener, as Adam (Sean Giambrone) channels his inner Molly Ringwald when the family is too busy to acknowledge his 16th birthday… Fox’s Empire (8/7c) jumps ahead two years following the hostile takeover of Empire by Eddie Barker (Forest Whitaker), as the scattered Lyon family scramble to reclaim their position in the music industry. Cookie’s (Taraji P. Henson) first move: sign a hot new singer/rapper, Treasure (Kaitlynn Simone)… There’s real-life medical drama in PBS’s Nova: Transplanting Hope (9/8c, check local listings at pbs.org), which follows the stories of transplant patients, donor families and researchers trying to cope with an organ sho
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Tonight my DVR has set itself (through Season Passes) to record:
Burden of Truth
Survivor
Modern Family
Single Parents
It's Always Sunny in Philly
A Million Little Things
AHS
BoJack Horseman
That's RIDICULOUS...of course...but not to worry...they'll "sort themselves out"...
Each night when we sit down to watch TV...we watch whatever we're most interested in watching AT THAT TIME...so when a show backs-up to 4 episodes...it's eliminated and GONE...
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I forgot to list AHS because I don't watch it during prime time.
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Burden of Truth is the only new thing on my schedule tonight. For those interested, the Antenna channel has a mini-marathon of Murphy Brown Classic this evening, including the episode of the infamous Dan Quayle comments.
BTW, I think I mentioned in another comment section the other day, but when someone replies to one of my comments, I get an email notification. Unfortunately, the email is delayed. Just early this morning (middle of the night, really) I got an email that someone replied to one of my comments... three days ago. 😮 Not sure if the fault is in this site's notification system, or my email system. My money is on the former.
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Burden of Truth for me also. I really enjoyed The Outpost (one of the strongest episodes of the season) and Carter last night. Although I did predict the murderer early on. Carter's mysteries are the very obvious, yet the show is still so enjoyable to watch. While watching The Outpost -SPOILER ALERT
When they approached that beautiful serene body of water, I knew it would be trouble for them. This show doesn't allow the characters to relax more than a minute maybe two at most!
I'm also receiving very late email notifications lately. Also not sure if it's Disqus or TV INSIDER. I doubt it's the email system, because I'm not having other email issues and we both share the same problem.
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Yeah, on Carter, I didn't even realize there was a 2nd radio guy. During the bit about Harley, we see a mean, chubby guy on the air saying mean stuff. I thought *he* was the guy who was going to be killed. And I could guess right away he was the bad guy. Yeah, this episode was't the best mystery, but the characters and tone of the show is so charming that it's fun to watch.
Also agree that The Outpost was a good episode. I still wonder, though... why do they make Janzo such a contradictory person? On one hand, he stoops over like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, yet on the other hand he somehow seems to know everything--he even managed to invent eyeglasses. I think he's supposed to be like Merlin, who can magically do all sorts of things, yet on the other hand he's so "crippled" that he can't/won't stand up straight and he seems content with a miserable life.
Too bad about his 'mother' and the former garrison warden, though. That was surprising.
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I also really enjoy Carter despite the so called mysteries. And The Outpost turned out to be a highly watchable fantasy/adventure. I'm really happy I stuck with it.
Can't wait for Burden of Truth tonight. This show is so addicting! I have a feeling CW will renew both The Outpost and Burden of Truth for next summer. Ratings for both aren't much worse than some regular season CW shows (and sometimes stronger). Not so sure about the extremely low rated (even for cable) Carter.
Regarding slow Disqus email notifications. I received a couple of really delayed ones from last week!
No, your not alone.
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ABC all evening...first the comedies...then I'll give A Million Little Things a look.
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"South Park", didn't you used to watch it? Or am I confusing posters?
I still like it.
"Survivor", finally I'm quitting this show. Last season was very boring, it way overdue for an extended break, and after some years off, comeback with a total revamp.
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I have seldom watched South Park in prime time. I might watch it when it repeats or online. I've never really watched Survivor.
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I haven't watched Million yet. I liked New Amsterdam well enough to watch it again. AHS was trippy.
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You mean when the flying saucer landed and the little green men came out and zapped the priest? 😉
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