American Music Awards, Kate’s Surgery on ‘This Is Us,’ ‘Flash’ & ‘Black Lightning’ Return
A critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
2018 American Music Awards (8/7c, ABC): Another week, another music awards show. But the AMAs stand out: partly because the fans vote for the winners, but mostly because of the talent assembled for this extravaganza at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater, hosted by black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross. The night opens with Taylor Swift making her first awards-show performance in nearly three years, and tributes promise to provide memorable moments. A salute to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will include Gladys Knight, Ledisi and CeCe Winans, and with a movie bio-pic soon to open, Queen will be remembered with a rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Panic! At the Disco. The diva quota will be filled by headliners Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey and the ever-provocative Cardi B.
This Is Us (9/8c, NBC): Another turning point for the Pearsons, as they gather for emotional support — with always the possibility of friction — as Kate (Chrissy Metz) undergoes tricky IVF surgery. The teaser shows her interacting with her past selves, a new wrinkle on this show’s fondness for multiple timelines. And in the wake of his movie opening, Kevin (Justin Hartley) will begin to explore father Jack’s (Milo Ventimiglia) fateful Vietnam War history.
Saving the Day: So many DC superheroes, so few time periods on The CW. The network’s fall lineup gets underway with a fifth season of The Flash (8/7c), in which Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton) must figure out how to return Nora West-Allen (Jessica Parker Kennedy) back to the future without doing more damage to the timeline. In the here and now on the second season of Black Lightning (9/8c), Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) appeals to Napier Frank (Robert Townsend) to keep the school from being closed.
Inside Tuesday TV: With only two weeks to go before the vote for America’s favorite book is revealed, PBS’s The Great American Read (8/7c, check local listings at pbs.org) flips the pages of literature’s most beloved romances… Damon Wayans may have announced plans to leave Fox’s Lethal Weapon (9/8c) at year’s end, but for now, Murtaugh is celebrating his 30th anniversary with the LAPD — if his father-in-law (Richard Roundtree) doesn’t ruin the party… Facebook Watch’s Sorry for Your Loss, starring Elizabeth Olson as Leigh, a young widow, streams the final two episodes of the first season. In the first, Leigh takes off to Palm Springs, finding a kindred spirit who’s also looking to escape reality, then she discovers a surprise about her late husband’s final week, which could jeopardize her relationship with her brother-in-law Danny (Jovan Adepo)… Rebecca Romijn guests on husband Jerry O’Connell’s lighter-than-air procedural Carter (10/9c, WGN America) as the producer of Harley’s (O’Connell) TV show, Call Carter, just as he finds new evidence that his mother’s killer may still be on the loose.
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I think we\'ll be switching from The Voice to the AMAs, much as I\'d like to just go Flash -> The Gifted -> Black Lightning.
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Fred should be happy.... both Burden of Truth and The Outpost will return next summer. No surprise on Burden of Truth since it had already been given a 2nd season in Canada, but we weren\'t sure about The Outpost.
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Thank you for mentioning that CW will be airing The Outpost next summer. Now I know I have 3 definite summer shows: ABC\'s Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and CW\'s Burden of Truth and The Outpost. Now waiting word about CBS\'s Salvation, WGN\'s Carter (will watch the finale tonight), ABC\'s Take Two and NBC\'s Reverie.
I\'m not loving any new show this Fall, but I like a few. CBS\'s F.B.I. (Quantico was superior) Magnum P.I. (the scenery alone makes this watchable) and NBC\'s Manifest ( Lost, Once Upon a Time and even The Crossing were more entertaining for me).
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article here, which you may have already seen:
https://www.tvinsider.com/722265/the-cw-summer-2019-schedule/
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I haven\'t watched FBI. I\'ve seen Magnum, and it\'s \"good enough\" but hasn\'t wowed me. Not yet, at least.
I\'m not holding out a lot of hope about Salvation being renewed, but I do hope it is. I bet Reverie won\'t. Carter is a nice, refreshing show, I\'d like to see it come back. I know it\'s made in Canada (as are a number of others mentioned), but did it run earlier in Canada, like Burden of Truth? That had already been finished in Canada before we ever saw it. But I don\'t know if Carter is the same.
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What new Fall shows are impressing you most?
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I\'m only watching CBS these days, it seems (and The CW). Other than Magnum, the only new shows I\'ve seen are the two sitcoms that come on before Magnum. The one with Cedric the Entertainer is a little cliche\'d, but passable. Last night\'s episode wasn\'t too bad. (Although the whole \"black people use washcloths\" thing was a little strange.) The show after that, Happy Together, is kind of cute. Sort of highlights \"how we see ourselves vs how others see us.\" I might not watch these shows if something else was on.
ETA: Also watching Murphy Brown. It\'s good so far, but not quite the same old magic. Not really sure it can be recaptured, but show can come close.
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I wonder if anyone in the audience is gonna boo Ms. Swift after her recent Instagram saying she\'ll vote for a Democratic senator...
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That depends on if Kanye is in the audience. ;-) Aren\'t most showbiz types Democrats anyway?
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Guess I\'ll watch NCIS, and of course the finale of Carter, a nice, breezy show.
BTW, according to my TV listings, the Great American Read isn\'t really about romances, but books about love in general.
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Oh, dear...Oh, dear! Tonight I\'ve got all these shows on my schedule:
The Flash, The Gifted, This Is Us, Lethal Weapon, New Amsterdam, The Purge, and Mr. Inbetween!
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You sound like Dr. Smith LOL. \"The Gifted\" is it for me Today, still have to sample \"The Purge\", I\'ll begin that Tonight.
\"Lodge 49\", dozed off watching, 2 times this season. I like quirky shows, but this one seems not very funny or dramatic. I Like the actors, though. I don\'t know if I\'ll come back for the 2nd season.
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I enjoyed the Lodge. I didn\'t expect it to be LOL hilarious...just something that would make me smile or chuckle silently to myself. I realize it\'s not for everyone.
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I gotta\' say...any evening I go to my DVR...and find a new Lodge 49 on it...I ALWAYS will watch it FIRST...(before ANY other show on it)…
[Well...ACTUALLY...if I find a new Shameless on there too...I\'ll watch the Lodge...SECOND...]
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I\'ve been getting a kick out of The Purge...
It\'s kinda\' a poor man\'s Blood Drive...(without the human blood fueled race cars)...
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I had a little \"problem\" with the last This Is Us episode...which was titled “A Philadelphia Story”...
In previous seasons William lived in Pittsburgh. NOW they’re saying William lived in Philidelphia...
But if William lived in the same city as the Pearsons when the kids were born – when did he move to Philly???
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I\'ve never paid any attention to the city.
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I haven\'t watched since the first season but in the present-day plot William lived in Philadelphia. At some point when he meets but then vanishes on Randall, he mentions that he had to go down to Philly to feed his cat, and when Randall invites him to stay at the house there\'s similar mention made of that. Obviously, William lived in Pittsburgh back when the kids were born and Rebecca visited his apartment.
The exact timing of William\'s move will no doubt be the subject of a seasons-long tease and much speculation by fans...
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