Worth Watching: Wayne Brady Finds Little Richard’s ‘Soul,’ ‘Hoarders,’ ‘Bachelor’s’ Women Tell All
A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
American Soul (9/8c, BET): The versatile Wayne Brady appears on the nostalgic musical drama as R&B superstar Little Richard, performing a cover of “Born on the Bayou.” But when Richard threatens not to appear on the fledgling Soul Train show, producer Don Cornelius (Sinqua Walls) is forced into another complicated situation.
Hoarders (8/7c, A&E): After a two-year hiatus, the infamous Emmy-nominated reality show that could send Marie Kondo into a tailspin is back for a 10th season, comprised of five two-hour episodes. First up: Meet Andy and Becky, who go to war against their local city government, arguing that it’s their constitutional right to live among 250 tons of precious possessions should they so choose. If they lose the legal fight, they could face jail and the loss of their seriously cluttered home.
The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (8/7c, ABC): It’s a rite of passage for any romantic fool who woos a posse of potential mates on TV. As next week’s finale looms, Colton must face all the scorned beauties who failed to earn a coveted rose. On a lighter note, look for bloopers from the season — as if anyone could tell the difference.
Inside Tuesday TV: Last seen on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, the fearsomely telepathic CGI monster Gorilla Grodd (voiced by David Sobolov) attacks Central City on The CW’s The Flash (8/7c). Helping Team Flash battle the beast: humanoid fish King Shark (voiced by David Hayter)… With flashbacks of the Big Three’s high-school graduation on NBC’s This Is Us (9/8c), it’s an unhappier time in the present for Kevin (Justin Hartley), as he attempts to hide his relapse from Zoe (Melanie Liburd)… A crashed prison bus presents a new challenge to ABC’s The Rookie (10/9c), when Officer Nolan (Nathan Fillion) tracks an escaped con and tries to impress an FBI hostage negotiator while on the hunt. Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest) guests.
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I've found the first 9 seasons of Hoarders to be quite interesting...(although I didn't watch ALL the episodes)…
They would cover two households in each 1 hour episode...
But this season, apparently, they will cover one household in each 2 hour episode...
I'm not sure...but...that may be too much "clutter detail" for me???
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Although, I did feel they sort of whisked through some of the individual cases when cramming two into one hour. Maybe one per hour would be more ideal.
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The one household in 2 hours wasn't too bad. They had enough to fill the time without getting too draggy. It went by quickly enough that I didn't get bored with it at all.
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Ooh, I almost forgot about Miracle Workers, on TBS. It's a quirky show, but I admit I'm interested to see how these guys pull off their miracle.
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So much for March Newness.... CBS is back to airing repeats tonight. Luckily I hadn't seen them before, so I guess I'll watch NCIS and two episodes of FBI.
Anyway, for those who watch Arrow: I'm probably in the minority, but I really don't care about those flash forwards. I'd just like to stick with what's happening in Star City in the present. So after all this time of Diaz supposedly being the "big bad," we now suddenly have to hear about an even BIGGER bad, Dante...?
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Tuesday programs such as FBI was supposed to be new tonight (as per TV GUIDE magazine) . It was preempted multiple times this season on account of political addresses and other reasons. Why would CBS opt to air reruns?
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And Fox has a MasterChef rerun all evening. Could it be because they don't want to compete with the special episode of The Bachelor?
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That must be it. Meanwhile The Passage was terrific as usual, can't believe the finale is next week already! But it will be 2- hours so that ends up being 10 episodes. More like a cable show length.
Enemy Within was highly watchable last night for me. Not my favorite new show (that would be Passage and FBI) but good enough for me.
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I use listings on zap2it, and that shows one NCIS and two FBIs as repeats. Also, my TV's onscreen guide shows the same. I just checked listings on USAToday as well, and that says the same, too. (for NCIS it's something about a street mural, and on one of the FBIs, the guy poses as an arms dealer.)
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I ended up watching Enemy too. I'm still not crazy about it.
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I'm not crazy about it either. But I do love FBI/CIA/espionage style shows and this encompasses it all. The second episode improved upon the pilot. Hopefully it improves as it goes along.
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Haha no, I really don't think it's a matter of not wanting to compete with The Bachelor. :-D
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But CBS initially scheduled new episodes for tonight (I'm looking at my magazine right now). I wonder why they changed their minds? It's not like we didn't suffer with political mumbo jumbo supplanting our Tuesday programs last month and the prior.
By the way, The Bachelor is ABC's biggest hit (along with American Idol) so the ratings implications are real.
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Something is so weird about CB"S programing decisions tonight. My USA TODAY newspaper states that NCIS New Orleans is repeating tonight.
That means CBS made another last minute change.
Frustrating when your looking forward toward a new episode and it's another rerun. If it wasn't Tuesday I wouldn't have complained as much. Because Tuesday was already interrupted the past couple of months.
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Thank you. And these "tell all" editions draw more viewers than the regular episodes do.
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Yes they do. Last night the Bachelor jumped a fence , lol . He claims he's a virgin and the top contender broke it off with him. I didn't watch the entire thing (it was on in my house) but I got the picture. Viewership tonight should be massive.
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I saw him going over the fence in the ads for the show. I figured it was just to get away from the awful women who are always on those shows. They'd sure scare me into running away!
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Your last sentence causes me to lose some faith in my fellow human. :-/
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Hahahaha! These girls just want publicity and will try and move on in the industry. Some got a shot on DWTS and GMA.
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Sad but true. This ABC franchise is huge . I wish my favorite scripted shows could even approach Bachelor like ratings. Most of my favorites are low rated.
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I'm not as solidly on the NCIS bandwagon as I used to be, but that show is a powerhouse on its own. It can definitely hold its own against The Bachelor. Especially with DVR.
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Well, I don't think Diaz should've made it out of last season. (Then again, I don't think he should've made it into last season.) I'm wondering if / afraid that the flashforwards might be setting up a new version of the show if the powers that be want to continue it once the current leads and the star in particular are ready to move on.
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Keep in mind FOX's The Masked Singer is the highest rated new show this season , by far.
Shows that we enjoy don't even come close.
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You might be right about a maybe-spinoff. Thing is, there are so many questions about the flash-forward time. And I realize that's the whole point, so that we'll watch to find the answers,but it really doesn't make sense. Felicity's daughter? What about Oliver, no mention of him; did his role in that process get whittled down to insignificance? Even in the current time, I really don't care about William, or the other guy's daughter (Rene, I think his name is?). From the start, with Oliver in prison, this season has pointed to Felicity somehow going "dark," or turning into a different person, or whatever, and I don't care to see that. I just want to see Oliver and his crew take care of bad guys.
(Speaking of Diaz, I thought Oliver's showdown with him at the prison was a great episode. I love watching those fight scenes, so for that reason I thought that episode was pretty epic. Soooo much good fighting stuff!)
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We only made it two or three episodes into Roswell before its priority went way down our viewing list and at this point we probably won't catch up. So with The Gifted done for the season it's "only" The Voice, Flash, This Is Us, and The Rookie, and one of those I only watch to keep my sweetheart company. We have thought of trying American Soul but not gotten around to it yet.
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I've watched all the episodes of Roswell. Although I've enjoyed them, I wouldn't really recommend the show to anyone else as something they must see.
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Arben...I agree with Roswell's "priority went way down our viewing list"...
We watched the first 4 episodes...but then a bunch of new shows started...and now it appears like it's headed towards our "4 backed-up => GONE" category on the ol' DVR...
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Not as egregious as some of the errors that slip through here, but it's "Born on the Bayou" not "Born in the Bayou"...
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What, you've never heard of underwater births? :-p
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"Congratulations! It's a swamp creature!"
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:-D
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Another busy Tuesday night! I've got The Flash, Roswell, This Is Us, New Amsterdam, and Miracle Workers on my schedule. I'm also thinking about checking out the new season of Hoarders and Mexican Dynasties if I have time.
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