Worth Watching: HBO’s ‘The Inventor,’ ABC’s ‘The Fix,’ the Return of ‘9-1-1’
A selective critical checklist of notable Monday TV:
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (9/8c, HBO): Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney spins a powerfully fascinating cautionary tale of medical fraud and start-up hubris. The P.T. Barnum of this story is Elizabeth Holmes, a self-styled wunderkind who dropped out of Stanford at 19 to found a company promoting a cheaper, quicker way of blood testing that attracted billions of investor dollars. Only problem: It didn’t work.
The Fix (10/9c, ABC): This overheated crime melodrama feels like the wish-fulfillment revenge fantasy of former O.J. prosecutor Marcia Clark, who concocted and co-created the series. Robin Tunney (The Mentalist) stars as disgraced Los Angeles D.A. Maya Travis, who’s spent the last eight years licking her wounds in exile after failing to convict movie star Severen “Sevvy” Johnson (Lost‘s Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) of killing his ex-wife and a friend. Sound familiar? Now Sevvy is back in the tabloid spotlight again, the prime suspect in his latest girlfriend’s murder, which causes Maya to reconsider her retirement and return to the political hornet’s nest of the D.A.’s office to get back in the fight.
9-1-1 (9/8c, Fox): The high-octane rescue drama is back from a three-and-a-half month hiatus, with the team handling a “Jaws on land” crisis after a tanker crashes on the freeway with a tiger shark in its hold. But Bobby (Peter Krause) has an even more harrowing situation to deal with: meeting Athena’s (Angela Bassett) parents for the first time.
Inside Monday TV: Turner Classic Movies celebrates the career of legendary MGM musical director Stanley Donen, who passed away last month at 94, with a replay of his 2006 Private Screenings (8/7c) interview with Robert Osborne, followed by his most revered film, 1952’s Singin’ in the Rain (9/8c) with Gene Kelly. More memorable song and dance extends into the week hours with Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town (11/10c), 1954’s Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1 am/12c), 1951’s Royal Wedding (3 am/2c), where Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling, and 1955’s underrated It’s Always Fair Weather (5 am/4c)… PBS’s POV documentary series finishes its 31st season with 306 Hollywood (9/8c, check local listings at pbs.org), a whimsical film from Elan and Jonathan Bogarin that takes a magical-realist approach to their excavation of their grandmother Annette’s cluttered New Jersey home… Joining the crowded late-night field: TV One’s The DL Hughley Show (11/10c), in which the outspoken comedian teams with co-host Jasmine Sanders to take a humorous look at current events relevant to the African-American audience.
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Will give The Fix a try...
Just can't seem to find much interest in the recent...and still on my DVR...Proven Innocent, Gone and The Enemy Within...
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"the week hours"
I'd like to return a k, Pat. (Sure, watching all those great Donen flicks on TCM would take many hours out of my week, but...)
I'm sorry not to see the season finale of Black Lightning mentioned. I'll be watching Arrow, that, and The Voice.
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I'm shocked they're even doing a show like The Fix in this current climate. They're definitely being bold if nothing else
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Why is that?
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The subject matter. The having a black man that is basically a serial killer of white women I mean... I'm shocked there hasn't been social media protests yet. Killers come in all shapes, sizes and color but these days people make everything a political or race issue so there will be blood
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Oh. From the previews, I knew that he was black, but I didn't know both his wife and girlfriend were white. But of course it would be fine if the killer were white and all his victims were black women!
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The Fix sounds a little like a vanity project, with a little wish-fulfillment thrown in.
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Ha that's the crazy world we live in nowadays I guess
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Ratings were awful for the premiere, and will probably tank further throughout the rest of the season. One and done.
Although ABC did deem this a 10 episode limited series weeks before the debut.
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What the heck, CBS??? Why is Magnum not on tonight? After being supplanted for the whole months of January and February (or so it seemed), it was new for a few weeks, but not tonight? Grrrr....
Anyway, Arrow is the only new show for me. I know I'll find something else to watch after that, but still. Grrrr.
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I'll miss Magnum this week too. But my household will watch American Idol live again like last night. I will sample The Fix. Saving Enemy Within for another night.
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I saw extended previews for The Fix, and it really doesn't look like something I'd like. I also just watched last week's Enemy Within, and I still just think it's only so-so. However, tonight she discovers who the mole is, so it might start picking up.
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Yeah, the preview for tonight's Enemy Within looks compelling.
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I try and sample any show dealing with FBI, courtroom dramas and lawyers. I find them very entertaining. The latest episode of FOX's Proven Innocent was by far the best one yet. And NBC's Enemy Within hopefully will improve tonight.
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Since all my Monday shows had season finales last week, the only thing I'm even thinking about watching is The Enemy Within.
I'm glad he mentioned POV, or I wouldn't have known it was on because it's not on until 1:00 am here due to pledge drive!
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