Worth Watching: Jonas Brothers ‘Chasing Happiness,’ More Music With will.i.am on ‘Songland,’ ‘Last O.G.’ Finale

Matt Roush
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Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Kevin Jonas in Chasing Happiness
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A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:

Chasing Happiness (streaming on Amazon Prime Video): Maybe you heard the Jonas Brothers were back together again. (Kind of hard to miss them these days.) With uncanny foresight, or possibly genius marketing skills, a new documentary uses new footage from their early days to tell the story of their rise to stardom and what happened when Nick, Joe and Kevin decided to go their separate ways for solo careers for a while. The final act brings them back together for what appears to be a successful relaunch. Happiness being brotherhood and all.

Songland (10/9c, NBC): Also on a musical note, will.i.am is the guest artist sitting in this week with writer-producer/judges Ryan Tedder, Ester Dean and Shane McAnally to take pitches from fledgling songwriters for a possible Black Eyed Peas single. I was impressed in last week’s premiere with the collaborative process detailed in this competition show, as the visiting superstar and the seasoned producer/judges help reshape the writers’ precious creation into something that might work within the artist’s repertoire.

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The Last O.G. (10:30/9:30c, TBS): With a tip of the cap to Spike Lee‘s Do the Right Thing, Tracy Morgan‘s agreeable comedy series wraps its second season with Trey (Morgan) taking on a new cause: petitioning to stop a legendary old building in his Brooklyn neighborhood from being reconstructed. Elsewhere on the block, there’s a food-truck competition, which should get his culinary juices flowing as well.

Inside Tuesday TV: ABC’s The Conners (8/7c) returns for a repeat run, starting with the season opener that found the family still reeling from matriarch Roseanne’s (the fictional version) death… Fox’s MasterChef Junior (8/7c) puts its last three kid cooks through a final round, making a three-course meal, before deciding on a $100,000 champion… Never known for understatement, Lifetime’s Dance Moms (8/7c) returns with a three-hour “event,” recapping Abby Lee Miller‘s battle with cancer in the first hour, then introducing the new kids joining the Abby Lee Dance Company in back-to-back episodes, with the young dancers vying for spots on Abby’s Elite Team… Where in the world is CBS’s action romp Blood & Treasure (10/9c) heading to next? Think Austria, where a castle may hold the secret to where Germans hid Cleopatra’s sarcophagus during WWII.

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    CyanFish

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    OliveFan

    OK - I HAVE YET TO WATCH "THE CONNERS", BUT I'M DIVIDED - IS IT WORTH A WATCH??

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      GoldSubmarine

      Did you like Roseanne?

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      OliveFan

      I loved "Roseanne", one of the funniest laugh-out-loud sitcoms ever produced. I hate how Roseanne herself was treated because a silly Twitter thing, so I'm divided over whether or not to watch.

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      GoldSubmarine

      It's not as good as the classic Roseanne or even the recent revival season. But does have enough laughs. It's ABC's highest rating comedy and as funny or funnier than most of them. Worth a shot.

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      GoldSubmarine

      Oh and I also agree that she was mistreated. She apologized for the silly tweet and should have been forgiven. Destroying her career was much too harsh for trying to be funny. I hope she makes a comeback. She certainly is very funny.

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      OliveFan

      I guess I will check it out then - thank you. =c)

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      GoldSubmarine

      Gets funnier after the first episode.

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      CyanCoathanger

      It's just like Paula Deen whose career was destroyed because she *might have* used the N-word 25 years ago! She's another one who should have just kept her mouth shut!

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      GoldSubmarine

      Agreed! I recall in 1975 (around that year) watching The Jeffersons. The N-word was used among other racial slurs. In the third grade (that year) I uttered that word in class not knowing it was offensive. I got a detention. My only detention EVER!

      I never used the term again. Even though I had multiple friends (many of which people of color) use it out loud all the time in front of me.

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    RedCupcake

    Blood & Treasure is the only new thing for me.

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      GoldSubmarine

      Watch the Burden of Truth premiere yet ? What are your thoughts?

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      RedCupcake

      Yes, I saw it Sunday night. It was good, quite suspenseful. Interesting that they're keeping up with the resident of Millwood, or whatever the name of the little town is. Do you think i'ts only a matter of time before Joanna calls Billy, the other lawyer, to help her fight the evil tech company?

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      GoldSubmarine

      I enjoyed it very much. The writing and acting are above par for the most part. I didn't expect the pacing and suspense to be substantially supped up so early on. If I recall correctly, last season meandered some early on. Glad we didn't have to endure twitching scenes. That was the very worst part of season 1.

      Joanna and Billy make a great looking couple. Don't recall if they were romantically involved last season. . They also work very well together. I predict he will be lured my Joanna to the big firm.

      I read somewhere that Burden of Truth was renewed for a third season.

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      RedCupcake

      In the first season, I think Joanna and Billy were certain attracted to each other, but I don't remember if he made any overtures in that respect. Certainly Joanna is so 'walled off' that she didn't or wouldn't want to get actually involved. She probably always knew she was going to leave that town as soon as the case was over, so why get involved. But yeah, I think it's only a matter of time before she enlists Billy to help her in this big case. If only because he might be able to do some "low tech" work that the bad guys can't track.

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      GoldSubmarine

      I'm just so pleased I have another solid summer show. This one actually is regular season worthy to me.

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    GoldSubmarine

    ABC comedy reruns plus CBS's Blood & Treasure.

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    CyanCoathanger

    I've got 2 episodes of MasterChef Jr. and 2 episodes of America's Got Talent tonight! A new Animal Kingdom will round out the evening!

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      CyanCoathanger

      The ratings weren't good the first season either. I was surprised it was renewed once. Shows like that should but never do attract many viewers.