Worth Watching: ‘Yellowstone’ Finale, Animal Babies on PBS, ‘Jay Leno’s Garage’
A selective critical checklist of notable Wednesday TV:
Yellowstone (10/9c, Paramount Network): Having established itself as a bona fide summer hit, the dark family Western wraps its second season with a manhunt — make that boyhunt — as the Duttons and the ranch hands desperately search for little boy Tate (Brecken Merrill) — also known as Grandpa John’s (Kevin Costner) favorite — whose disappearance is almost certainly tied to the Duttons’ feud with the merciless Beck brothers. This isn’t going to end well for somebody. More family and fatherly ties are examined as the great character actor Dabney Coleman guests as John Dutton Sr., presumably in flashbacks.
Animal Babies: First Year on Earth (8/7c, PBS, check local listings at pbs.org): Even the fiercest of God’s creatures are adorable at birth, and it’s hard to imagine any nature fan resisting this three-part BBC co-production. Animal Babies is the product of four top wildlife cinematographers, capturing the first year in the lives of six animals over four continents, as they learn to adapt to their often-challenging environments. Among the babes in the sometimes literal woods taking “First Steps” in the opening episode during their first three months of existence: elephant Safina in Kenya, infant toque macaque Jazir, Limpet the southern sea otter, Arctic fox Fela, hyena sisters Bisque and Chowder, also in Kenya (hopefully not bedeviling the elephant herd), and Nyakabara, a Ugandan mountain gorilla.
Jay Leno’s Garage (10/9c, CNBC): The former Tonight Show host isn’t joking when it comes to driving. In the “Tough Enough” premiere of a new eight-episode season, Leno experiences some pretty rough rides, testing guest Kevin Hart’s mettle when they take off in an outrageous off-road vehicle. Then he heads out with storm-chaser Reed Timmer in his “Dominator” storm-proof contraption, racing against a jet airplane. And then Leno meets injured veterans who take on high-speed racing challenges as part of their rehabilitation.
Inside Wednesday TV: As Fox’s show-within-a-show BH90210 (8/7c) continues on its path to reboot the original series, the cast’s jubilation over the group photo crashes to earth once the first table read reveals (shocker!) major issues in the script… The ninth and final season of Investigation Discovery’s Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (9/8c) begins with Kenda’s account of reopening a cold case after three years and discovering the possible pattern of a serial killer… Ruben Santiago-Hudson guests on OWN’s moving coming-of-age drama David Makes Man (10/9c) as a clinical psychiatrist taking the measure of young David (Akili McDowell), whose inner thoughts we observe as he walks the doctor through his day. A school project brings David closer to understanding the home life of his classmate Seren (Nathanial McIntyre), while flashbacks give us a clearer picture of David’s single mom, Gloria (Alana Arenas).
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The Animal Babies thing sounds almost irresistible. I saw a bit of the baby elephant segment, and it was ADORABLE. I'm sure I'll watch this to some degree, if not tonight then when it comes on one of my PBS channels. Otherwise I think I may watch Bulletproof.
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Got Talent, MasterChef, BH90210, Suits, and Pearson for sure. I'm thinking about recording Animal Babies and Magical Land of Oz to watch later.
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I'm surprisingly still watching BH90210, had this aired during the on season, I would have dropped it.
My mom told me Pearson is her least favorite summer show and Suits at its worst is much better.
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I think the only reason I watch Pearson is that it's always tacked on the end of Suits. If it were on a different night or time, I probably wouldn't bother with it. That said, it's not a terrible show. It's just not terribly interesting.
And guess what! I was scanning through my channels and I'm now getting TCM! I don't know if this is permanent or just one of those trial periods since Comcast never tells us anything!
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Happy to hear you now have TCM. They air so many great classic movies. Hope it's not just a promotional scam.
Meanwhile II was watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents on ME TV late last night . One of the stories was about the Lizzie Borden murder mystery. I have never heard about it before.
I don't know if its a coincidence but CW's Mysteries Decoded had a segment about that very murder. Crazy.
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If you ever get a chance, watch the Lifetime movie "Lizzie Borden Took an Ax" starring Christina Ricci as Lizzie and the follow-up miniseries "Lizzie Borden Chronicles" which was a fictionalized imagining of her life of crime after being acquitted of the murders!
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Does Comcast have a High Definition TCM channel?
Verizon only has a Standard Definition TCM channel...(although not that important since the movies are all pretty "old"...and most are B/W)...
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Yes, it does, but I can't access it because I don't have the HD package which requires a different descrambler/decoder box to access the HD channels.
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Fear: They kill some more zombies! There...you're all caught up!
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Not a lot...although...they did add a new character. Knowing the show, they'll probably kill him off after a couple of episodes! 😉
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RECAP:
Alicia's trying to find the artist behind those painted trees...
They pick up Wes...with his motorcycle...and sidecar filled with paint cans and paint brushes...
Alicia tells Wes that she's trying to find the artist behind those painted trees...
Then...there's a shooting, a stealing of their truck, a couple Walker attacks, a Logan blockade, a chasing/killing/burying of the man...then Alicia reads Wes' manuscript and finds the same words as painted on the trees...
DAH!!??!!
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