Worth Watching: A Potential ‘FBI’ Spinoff, ‘This Is Us’ Finale, ‘Last O.G.’ Returns, Kevin Hart on Netflix
A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
FBI (9/8c, CBS): That didn’t take long. In almost record time, even for a Dick Wolf series, the freshman hit CBS drama introduces a potential Most Wanted spinoff in an episode that acts as what’s known as a “backdoor pilot.” The FBI regulars team up with the agency’s Fugitives Department to track a suspect on America’s top 10 most-wanted list. The new crew includes Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Alana De La Garza (Law & Order, CSI: Miami), Kellan Lutz (Twilight), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Game of Thrones), Nathaniel Arcand and Roxy Sternberg. Don’t be surprised to see them back in action in the fall (or next midseason).
This Is Us (9/8c, NBC): Four-hanky alert: The emotional family drama closes out its third season in the aftermath of domestic trauma for Randall (Sterling K. Brown) and Beth (Susan Kalechi Watson) and medical trauma for Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Toby (Chris Sullivan) with their premature infant — and you have to wonder what family matters will bedevil Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Zoe (Melanie Liburd) while they look after Tess (Eris Baker) and Annie (Faithe Herman). As for Rebecca (Mandy Moore): looks like we’ll witness another turning point in her turbulent flashback life.
The Last O.G. (10:30/9:30C, TBS): Regrets? Tray (Tracy Morgan) has a few. And as the second season of this unexpectedly empathetic comedy gets underway, the ex-con dad realizes how much of his kids’ lives he missed while in prison. He asks ex-wife Shay (a marvelously restrained Tiffany Haddish) to retrieve her birth video, a search that conjures poignant memories of Shay’s struggle as a single mom of twins. While this couple isn’t headed for reconciliation, there’s healing to be had in this reliving of painful personal history. Well worth watching.
Kevin Hart: Irresponsible (streaming on Netflix): He didn’t get to host the Oscars this year, but Kevin Hart can still pack them in at the movie theaters — and on the stand-up stage. In his first original comedy special for Netflix, Hart wows a sold-out crowd of 15,000 at London’s O2 Arena. Friends and family are fair game, but his favorite subject is his own irresponsible self.
Inside Tuesday TV: In the season finale of Freeform’s Good Trouble (8/7c), Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors appears as herself, when activist Malika (Zuri Adele) organizes a protest rally as the Jamal Thompson trial begins… Social awareness in the #MeToo era also factors into BET’s Boomerang (10/9c). In an episode co-written by Emmy-winner Lena Waithe (Master of None, The Chi) Simone (Tetona Jackson) deals with the fallout of damaging allegations against her father Marcus (the character Eddie Murphy played in the original film) leading to the closing of The Graham Agency… A story of social injustice unfolds in PBS’s rebroadcast of The Central Park Five (9/8c, check local listings at pbs.org), from Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. The film relives the wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem, accused of raping a white woman in Central Park in 1989. (They were exonerated in 2002 after the actual rapist confessed.)
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Glad I never tried the Boomerang sequel spin off because that mess sounds like straight booty!
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just watched the new FBI spin-off and saw a glaring error, the serial killer was shown with an animal he shot in New York, if was a small bull elk, there are NO elk in NEW York
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I never would have caught that! Otherwise, what are thoughts about it? I found it good enough to continue.
Funny how the main characters on FBI were used like wall paper throughout the episode. In other words they were hardly needed. I thought they would be more involved.
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Hmm... Just The Rookie new tonight among my regular shows, although the Central Park Five doc is intriguing and there's so much to catch up on.
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ok!!! a spinoff on FBI already! i'm still trying to figure out if i really like the show on it's freshman run! it's kinda dry, very basic, pretty much the same senerio repeated each week. i would love to get to know the character's personal lives more. wolf should know already that's what makes a good show. there are some excellent stars talents being wasted staying within the office, or even out in the field. MIX IT UP A BIT!!!! before you spawn yet another show.....how about evolving THIS SHOW into a great hit!!!
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I agree with you comments about FBI, although I still find it highly watchable. I laugh every time Jubal yells his lines every episode and how Dana puts on and takes off her smarty glasses.
The spinoff at least is somewhat different. I found it good enough to continue if ordered next season.
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I tried the Last OG when it came out but it bored me to tears. My dad and brother assure me its gotten better but i'll be the judge of that lol and I guess its mostly Blackish, Kevin Hart: Irresponsible and some movies to catch up on
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Finding Your Roots is back tonight with a new episode. I could watch either at 8 or 9:00. So interesting to have a choice in the matter. :-p
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Skipping the FBI: Most Wanted backdoor pilot?
I'm going to give it shot.
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Magnum was more emotional than usual last night. Not nearly as funny and light like most other outings.
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Yeah, more emotional than usual. But then, when it was filmed, they might not have known the series would be renewed, so maybe they wanted a 'punch' for what could have been a series finale.
That was a neat helicopter chase, though. :-p
BTW, in the new version of Hawaii Five-O, one of the supporting characters bought a helicopter a few seasons ago, and it was painted like TC's chopper. There was even conversation about the original Magnum show in that same episode, meaning that H5-O characters knew Magnum as a TV show, but now, with the Magnum reboot, the two shows exist in the same universe. They even share a medical examiner.
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Not just the ending , the entire episode was far more dramatic than the norm. Yes that epic helicopter chase was spectacular. I predict Magnum will air on Friday next season alongside H5-0. A cross-over would be so entertaining. Both shows are light and enjoyable- similar aura and prefect combo.
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Looks like tonight is MasterChef Jr., This Is Us, Mexican Dynasties, and Hoarders for me! I'm still waiting for The Flash to come back...maybe next week?
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My TV GUIDE magazine states that next week's The Flash is a rerun next week, but Roswell will be new.
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Yeah, I think Flash was one of the shows that announced they'd be back April 20-something as several of mine have. Others were just taking a week or two off. It's too much to try to remember!
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