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If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/7/16

Posted on March 7, 2016 by

Have you ever been at a loss as to what to watch? Too many shows to pick from? We’re here to give you our opinions on what we feel is worth watching. Check it out and then let us know in the comments below what you’re choosing for tonight!

Kyle’s Choice

damiensmallTonight, A&E kicks off a creepy new lineup. Bates Motel returns for its fourth season and is joined by new series Damien. This sequel to the 1976 film The Omen comes from The Walking Dead producer Glen Mazzara. It’s 25 years later, and Damien Thorn (Bradley James, Merlin) is all grown up, working as a war photographer in Syria. He is blissfully unaware of the fact that he is the Antichrist until, on his 30th birthday, his past comes back to haunt him and the truth is revealed. Damien’s close friend and colleague Amani (Omid Abtahi, Homeland) is also in for a shock when he learns Damien’s secret, which will test their friendship. Meanwhile, Ann Rutledge (Barbara Hershey, Once Upon a Time), a powerful woman who once protected Damien, has now been tasked with making sure that he fulfills his destiny. The rest of the cast includes Meganlyn Echikunwoke (Vixen), Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead), David Meunier (Aquarius), Tiffany Hines (Stitchers), Gerry Pearson, and Brody Bover.

While I’ve never seen any of the Omen films, I’m looking forward to checking out tonight’s premiere based on the premise and those involved both in front of and behind the camera. Plus, it sounds like a great companion series for Bates Motel!

On tonight’s premiere, “The Beast Rises,” acclaimed war photographer Damien Thorn realizes he is the Antichrist following a traumatic event while on assignment.

See what happens to alert Damien tonight on A&E at 10/9c.

I’ll also be watching/recording Castle, Blindspot, Gotham, Lucifer, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin, Major Crimes, Bates Motel, The Magicians, and Better Call Saul.

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If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/4/16

Posted on March 4, 2016 by , and

Have you ever been at a loss as to what to watch? Too many shows to pick from? We’re here to give you our opinions on what we feel is worth watching. Check it out and then let us know in the comments below what you’re choosing for tonight!

Kyle’s Choice

slashersmallTonight, the Chiller network kicks off its first original scripted series Slasher with a special 2-hour premiere. In Halloween of 1988, in the small town of Waterbury, a young man and his pregnant wife were murdered by a hooded killer known as the Executioner. After committing the murders, Tom Winston cut the baby from his victim’s womb and rocked it while waiting for the police to arrive. Now, almost 28 years later, Sarah Bennett (Katie McGrath, Dracula) returns to Waterbury to live in her inherited house where her parents were murdered. Her husband Dylan (Brandon Jay McLaren, Graceland) gets a job at the local paper and is perturbed to discover that his wife is front-page news. However, that’s quickly changes as the Executioner has returned and resumes his deadly rampage, taking out the townsfolk one by one. The only problem is that Tom Winston is still in jail, so who has taken up the killer’s hood and mantle and why? As Sarah starts to uncover the town’s buried secrets, she finds herself consulting an unlikely source for help in trying to figure out what’s going on.

The series also stars Wendy Crewson (Saving Hope), Steve Byers (The Man in the High Castle), Dean McDermott (Ecstasy), Christopher Jacot (Eureka), Erin Karpluk (Being Erica), Rob Stewart (Killjoys), Enuka Okuma (Rookie Blue), Mark Ghanime (Helix), and Jessica Sipos (Ascension).

The series is very much of the horror genre where there is a serial killer on the loose who is brutally murdering people one by one. There are some very dark, creepy, and tense moments designed to make you jump, and you never know who is truly safe (well, you can probably guess one character who will make it to the end!). We’ve seen some other shows recently in this same vein, like Scream and Scream Queens; however, this series doesn’t have that campy, self-aware like tone of the others. Tonight’s two-hour premiere does a good job of establishing the setting, introducing us to some of the unusual folks who live in this town, and starting to unlock the larger mystery of what’s going on, who the Executioner copycat might be, and how he is choosing his victims.

On tonight’s 2-hour premiere, “An Eye For an Eye / Digging Your Grave With Your Teeth,” a woman finds herself at the center of a series of copycat killings, similar to her parents’ murders, when she returns to the small town where she was born.

To see if you get Chiller in your area, head to ChillerTV.com. If you do, tune in at 9/8c.

I’ll also be watching/recording The Amazing Race, Grimm, Sleepy Hollow, Second Chance, and Childrens Hospital.
 
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If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/3/16

Posted on March 3, 2016 by

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Kyle’s Choice

thefamily33smallI’ve been looking forward to ABC’s new mystery/drama/thriller The Family ever since I watched the pilot last summer. Claire Warren’s (Joan Allen, The Killing) political career was just starting to take off when her son Adam went missing and was presumed dead. Ten years later, the Warrens – father John (Rupert Graves, Sherlock), son Danny (Zach Gilford, The Mob Doctor), and daughter Willa (Alison Pill, The Newsroom) – seem to have finally accepted the tragic events, until a young man claiming to be Adam (Liam James, The Killing) arrives at their door. This reunion reopens old wounds and raises new questions. Is this young man really who he says he is? Where has he been all this time? Who was responsible for his disappearance? Was the Warrens’ neighbor Hank (Andrew McCarthy, Lipstick Jungle), who was coerced into confessing to the crime, really responsible? Sergeant Nina Meyer (Margot Bingham, Matador) is the person trying to answer those questions. The cast also includes Floriana Lima (Allegiance) as Bridey, Madeleine Arthur (The Tomorrow People) as Young Willa, and Rarmian Newton (Dance Academy) as Young Danny.

I really enjoyed tonight’s premiere, which has a great cast and sets up an interesting mystery and character drama. I like how the series jumps back and forth between the two decades as this mystery unfolds, slowly revealing details of what happened in the past, which raise even more questions in the present – hopefully all of which be answered by the end of the season. The series also explores the drama and tension within this family caused by both the tragedy and Claire’s political aspirations. I look forward to seeing how this story plays out over the season.

On tonight’s premiere, “Pilot,” Maine politician Claire Warren’s presumed-dead son Adam returns home a decade after he disappeared; and while he’s welcomed with a mixture of joy and astonishment, he’s also met with suspicion, as some doubt that he is who he says he is. Adam’s reappearance also reverberates beyond the family: the neighbor convicted of his murder must be freed.

See the start of this new drama tonight on ABC at 9/8c.

I’ll also be watching/recording Life in Pieces, Grey’s Anatomy, You, Me, and the Apocalypse, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The 100, Top Chef, Recipe for Deception, and Workaholics.

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If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/2/16

Posted on March 2, 2016 by , and

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Jenny’s Choice #1

rosewood32smallRosewood has been off our TVs for three months, but it’s back tonight, picking up from where they left off in December – in search of a serial killer. The first victim had been drained of blood and his blood used to write a message on a fortune cookie. Then the second victim was also drained of blood, but his heart had been removed from his body without an incision. After that, the PD computers were hacked into and a clue left for the police, which led them to a museum where victim #3’s brain had been left as an art installation. The clues led them to a man named Roger, who they first thought was another almost-victim, but then they figured out that his description of the bad guy was a mask they found at his place, so they arrested him as the murderer. At the end of the episode, Villa and Rosie were at the lab, having a moment, when they saw a message the killer had left, saying they had the wrong guy. Oops!

I’ve seen tonight’s episode, and it’s a fun way to wrap up that story line. Villa’s new…boyfriend/fling/whatever, Mike, is back, as is Rosie’s (ex-)girlfriend/Villa’s therapist Kat. Plus, we get to meet TMI’s family. Fun stuff!

On tonight’s episode, “Paralytics and Priorities,” picking up where the series left off after the fall finale, Rosewood and Villa must decipher a trail of clues before the killer claims another victim. Pippy wants to confront TMI’s mother. Hornstock is faced with a decision. And things heat up between Mike and Villa.

See if Rosie and Villa can solve the case before there’s another murder tonight on FOX at 8/7c.
 
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If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/1/16

Posted on March 1, 2016 by and

Have you ever been at a loss as to what to watch? Too many shows to pick from? We’re here to give you our opinions on what we feel is worth watching. Check it out and then let us know in the comments below what you’re choosing for tonight!

Kyle’s Choice

tourgroupsmallFor weeks, during the episodes of Top Chef, I’ve been seeing ads for Bravo’s new travel reality series Tour Group, and I’ve been looking forward to checking it out. The series, which premieres tonight, finds three expert tour guides taking a group of eleven strangers on a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the globe. The eclectic mix of travelers include a pair of half brothers who have never been outside of the US, a married couple getting over a near-death experience, an on-air personality who is reevaluating his work/life balance after his own back-to-back near-death experiences, a woman on one last hurrah deciding whether it’s time to settle down with her boyfriend, a guy who recently broke up with his boyfriend, estranged twin sisters, a women who just went through a messy divorce from her billionaire ex-husband, and another divorcée who is engaged for the thirteenth time! It’ll be interesting to see how this odd mix of personalities learn to get along while experiencing new cultures and breathtaking locations. It kind of looks like The Amazing Race but without the challenges or elimination – the participants just get to enjoy the experience.

On tonight’s episode, “Not in Georgia Anymore,” the group lands in Marrakech, Morocco, to begin their journey in the series premiere of this travel-reality show about three tour guides and a group of strangers taking a globe-trotting trip. Also: A playboy sets his sights on estranged twin sisters.

Check out this fun new travel-reality show tonight on Bravo at 10/9c.

I’ll also be watching/recording The Muppets, Marvel’s Agent Carter, New Girl, Grandfathered, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Grinder, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, Teen Wolf, and The Shannara Chronicles.
 
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