Worth Watching: Pray for Pray Tell on ‘Pose,’ ‘Cash Pad’ on CNBC, Discovery’s ‘Cajun Navy’

Matt Roush July 23, 2019, 7:00 am

A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:

Pose (10/9c, FX): Kudos to this flamboyant and emotionally extravagant drama for the six Emmy nominations earned for its first season — including an Outstanding Lead Actor nod for Billy Porter as the outspoken but deeply loyal emcee Pray Tell. He takes center stage in an episode that sounds like it could be his Emmy submission for next year, when Pray Tell becomes ill while organizing the annual AIDS Cabaret. While in the hospital, he receives many unexpected visitors. (Could Candy make another appearance from beyond the grave?)

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Cash Pad (10/9c, CNBC): In a further sign that there’s life after The Bachelorette, engaged reality stars JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers put their house-flipping expertise to good use. In each episode, they work with homeowners to turn underused properties into potential short-term rentals for vacationers. The premiere finds them in Stonewall, Texas, where they help two empty-nesters transform an empty cottage into an upscale destination for visitors to Texas wine country.

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Cajun Navy (10/9c, Discovery): Natural disasters seem to be a daily occurrence, and when waters rise, a team of volunteers come to the rescue in this documentary that profiles the Cajun Navy, a group of boat enthusiasts who first came together in direct response to the calamity of Hurricane Katrina. It takes all types — fishermen, lawyers, housewives, pastors — to assemble these troops who mobilize when deadly storms and floods threaten their neighbors.

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Inside Tuesday TV: Turner Classic Movies’ “Out of This World” sci-fi festival turns to the 1960s for this week’s lineup, including the definitive (for now) version of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine (8/7c) from 1960, starring Rod Taylor. Followed by Stanley Kubrick’s influential 1968 masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (10/9c)… The NBA’s Dwayne Wade works the Golden Buzzer as he joins the panel on NBC’s America’s Got Talent (8/7c) for the second round of Judge Cuts… When the circuitous trail of Cleopatra’s sarcophagus leads to the Bermuda Triangle on CBS’s Blood & Treasure (10/9c), will Danny (Matt Barr) and Lexi (Sofia Pernas) be able to find their way out?… It may not be as perilous, though likely much more humiliating, when the latest detour in TBS’s The Detour (10:30/9:30c, TBS) finds the Parkers participating in a Japanese game show.

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RedQuill
Jul 23, 2019
DVR...America's Got Talent, Pandora, The Profit, Animal Kingdom and The Detour...
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  CyanCoathanger
  Jul 23, 2019
  Did you like the first episode of Pandora? I missed it last week, and Fred told me not to bother with it because it was awful. I did see a few minutes of it and wasn't very impressed.
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  RedQuill
  Jul 23, 2019
  Well...(to me)...it was not GREAT...but I DID watch the whole episode...and did NOT cancel the DVR's Season Pass...
  
  I like SciFi...so will probably check it out for a couple more episodes...
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  CyanCoathanger
  Jul 23, 2019
  Maybe it will get better.
  
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  RedQuill
  Jul 23, 2019
  Perhaps...but...I've found "DVR Viewing" (which I view at least 90% of my shows on) to be a little different than "Live TV Viewing"...in that I watch whatever I'm MOST interested in watching at that time when I "go into" the DVR...
  
  So...there are many shows I can see myself watching before Pandora...and I won't be real surprised if it ends up "4 Backed-Up => GONE"...either...
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  GoldSubmarine
  Jul 24, 2019
  Did you watch last week's AoS? Lots of reveals . and yet another spectacular action packed episode.
  
  Next week we have a 2-hour season finale!
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  GoldSubmarine
  Jul 24, 2019
  Just read on a ratings site that AoS scored the highest live ratings of the season last week. Highest since last season 5 that aired in the Winter season.
  
  After that epic episode, I'm predicting more strong ratings for this week and next week's 2-hour season finale.
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  RedQuill
  Jul 24, 2019
  Yep...HAVE been keeping up on AoS…(Thanx to you and Don)...
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  GoldSubmarine
  Jul 24, 2019
  I don't think Don watches it. He would love it if he did.
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  GoldSubmarine
  Jul 24, 2019
  Sometimes AoS may be somewhat confusing , especially for new viewers just jumping in.
  
  But it's always worth watching. Still have yet to find a show that is more entertaining for me regardless of genre.
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CyanCoathanger
Jul 23, 2019
America's Got Talent, Animal Kingdom, and The Disappearance which they for some odd reason moved to midnight now.