Sunday on TV – 2/7/21

Sunday features 2 series premieres, 2 season premieres, & 1 season finale. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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This morning is the series premiere of Black Lives Matter: A Global Reckoning on VICE at 11AM/10AMc. Following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, people around the world rallied not only to show solidarity in the fight against police brutality in the US, but also to confront their own countries’ unique issues with racism.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of The Equalizer on CBS at 10/9c. The Equalizer is a reimagining of the classic series starring Queen Latifah (Chicago, Bessie) as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. The cast also includes Chris Noth (The Good Wife, Sex and The City), Lorraine Toussaint (Into The Badlands, The Fosters, The Village), Tory Kittles (Colony, True Detective), Adam Goldberg (God Friended Me, Taken), Liza Lapira (Unbelievable), and Laya DeLeon Hayes (Doc McStuffins).
 

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Overnight was Puppy Bowl XVII on Discovery+. It also airs on Animal Planet at 2/1c. The game starts in a brand-new stadium with over 70 rescue pups; Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart have a tailgate party; Steve Levy and Sage Steele provide commentary as the canines fight for the Lombarky Trophy. Leading up to the Puppy Bowl XVII are the following 1-hour specials on Animal Planet: Crikey! It’s The Irwins at 10AM/9AMc; Puppy Bowl Nation at 11AM/10AMc; Best in Show at 12PM/11AMc; and Puppy Bowl XVII Pre-Game Show at 1/12c.
 
This morning is SEMA: Battle of the Builders 2020 on the History Channel at 9AM/8AMc. While the year 2020 completely altered the way we live our lives, for garage junkies it gave them time to get creative. Now it’s time to put their innovations to the test. An all-new Battle of the Builders returns and while the SEMA event couldn’t take place, that didn’t stop the best of the best builders in the industry from competing for the title. Hosts Adrienne “AJ” Janic and Tanner Foust bring you the Top Twelve finalists from the 2020 SEMA Battle of the Builders competition. Even in this unusual year, the battle was competitive, starting with over 300 entries and was whittled down to the Top 40 vehicles from four categories: Hot Rod, Import, Truck/Off-Road, and Young Guns. Get behind-the-scenes and hear all of stories behind the builders, their builds, and what it takes to be crowned the champion of the SEMA Battle of the Builders.
 
This afternoon is Kitten Bowl VIII on Hallmark at 2/1c. Adorable, cuddly and adoptable kittens play in a feline “catstravaganza”; hosted by Beth Stern with Tamera Mowry-Housley, and Cameron Mathison.
 
Tonight is the UPtv movie Made For You, With Love at 7/6c. A woman breathes new life into used wedding dresses for brides who cannot afford pricey dresses. When she meets the perfect man, she is afraid of giving her broken heart a second chance. Starring Edy Ganem (Devious Maids) and Brendon Zub (Batwoman).
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*In the Long Run (#306) – Starz @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*Black Lives Matter: A Global Reckoning (#101) – VICE @ 11AM/10AMc
  • *Series Premiere*The Equalizer (#EQU101) – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*Crikey! It’s the Irwins (#301) – Discovery+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Season Premiere*Harrow – Hulu @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc (Complete Third Season Premiere)
  • *Special*Kitten Bowl VIII – Hallmark @ 2/1c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Made For You, With Love – UPtv @ 7/6c
  • *Special*Puppy Bowl Presents: Best in Show – Animal Planet @ 12PM/11AMc (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Puppy Bowl Presents: Crikey! It’s the Irwins – Animal Planet @ 10AM/9AMc (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Puppy Bowl Presents: Puppy Bowl Nation – Animal Planet @ 11AM/10AMc (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Puppy Bowl XVII Pre-Game Show – Animal Planet @ 1/12c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Puppy Bowl XVII – Discovery+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc & Animal Planet @ 2/1c (3-Hour Special)
  • *Special*SEMA: Battle of the Builders 2020 – History Channel @ 9AM/8AMc
  • *Sports*Super Bowl LV – CBS @ 6:30/5:30c (Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
  • *New*All Creatures Great and Small – PBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*Axios – HBO @ 6/5c
  • *New*Bridge and Tunnel (#103) – Epix @ 9/8c
  • *New*Desus & Mero (#303) – Showtime @ 11/10c
  • *New*Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield – Court TV @ 8/7c
  • *New*Miss Scarlet & the Duke – PBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*Star Tunez (#102) – Ovation @ 5:30AM/4:30AMc
  • *New*The Circus (#605) – Showtime @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Lady and the Dale (#103) – HBO @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Long Song – PBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Watch (#107) – BBC America @ 8/7c
  • *New*Your Honor (#109) – Showtime @ 10/9c
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This Week on TV – 2/7/21-2/13/21

Welcome to a new week of TV! It’s another great week of TV, so make sure you check it out so you don’t miss anything!

Don’t forget to comment or Tweet @tvismypacifier to let us know what YOU are planning to watch!

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If We Controlled Your Remote… 2/1/21

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!

Phoebe’s Choice

I was surprised but pleased last week to discover Snowpiercer is back already. Season one ended with “Big Alice” – a 40-car supply train – linking up with the 994-car Snowpiercer – a train that is escaping the doom of icy apocalypse that has befallen the rest of the world by staying in constant motion for seven years in a straight loop around North America. Inside the Snowpiercer, the disenfranchised had successfully thrown a revolution against the rich people that live in the forward cars. But now in season two, the designer of the train, Mr. Wilford, is a real threat on his supply train Big Alice with the ability to stop and freeze out the larger Snowpiercer when he chooses.

The premier started with the Snowpiercer’s engineer, Melanie, going under the stopped train to physically cut off Wilford’s uplink to the larger train’s systems. An emissary from Wilford demanded a list of items before they’d start the train back and spare them icy death. When Melanie made it back into the train, she was on Alice, where she spoke with Wilford. She refused to submit the larger Snowpiercer to him, telling him instead that Layton controlled the train now, having won his revolution. Melanie then saw that her daughter Alexandra, presumed dead, had been with Wilford the last seven years. Alex had been turned against her mother ideologically and ordered her taken to the brig.

Meanwhile, Layton and his wife got a cush new living area in First Class because she is pregnant and he is the defacto “president” in the emerging democracy his revolt was trying to establish. Wilford’s doctors easily healed Melanie’s frostbite with synthetic medicine called “goop.” Layton decided to strike at Wilford quickly before he got a chance to make his next move. At first, they took a few cars and succeed in kidnapping one of Big Alice’s hospitality workers, Kevin, hoping to gain leverage. Wilford responded by sending in a crazy cold resistant cyborg beast called “Bob” to suppress the surging attackers.

In response to the attack, Wilford dropped anchor and was going to leave the whole Snowpiercer to freeze to death. However, Melanie revealed that she had sabotaged the point where the two trains are permanently attached, so his threat to leave them to freeze was nullified. Wilford had no choice but to start them moving again.

On tonight’s episode, “Smolder to Life,” an exchange is made between the two trains, but a far greater revelation might be just over the horizon.

Find out what the greater revelation is tonight on TNT at 9/8c.

I’ll also be tuning in for Shameless, Batwoman, The Watch, & American Gods. I’ll also watch A Perfect Planet at some point this week. Sunday is just the best night for TV these days.

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This Week on TV…but not really.

Hi all. As a lot of you know, I had surgery on Wednesday. I’m doing okay, but I’m still super sore and not up for sitting at the computer for long stretches of time. There was no way, even with the great help I have now, to do the schedule this week. It’ll be back next week, though, promise!

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Saturday on TV – 1/30/21

Saturday features a new episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC at 11:29/10:29c, with host John Krasinski & musical guest Machine Gun Kelly.

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Tonight is a 2-hour Axl Rose: Guns n’ Roses Frontman special on Reelz at 8/7c. Axl Rose is one of the most unpredictable rock stars of all time. At the height of his fame, he systematically went about destroying everything around him, including the band, his relationships, and himself.
 
Tonight is the Hallmark movie Snowkissed at 9/8c. New Yorker Kate, who never leaves Manhattan, travels to Canada for a writing assignment where she unwillingly finds herself on a tour of the great outdoors with an adventurous tour guide, Noah. It stars Chris McNally & Jen Lilley.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Special*Axl Rose: Guns n’ Roses Frontman – Reelz @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Snowkissed – Hallmark @ 9/8c
  • *New*A Discovery of Witches (#204) – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*A Wild Year on Earth (#102) – BBC America @ 8/7c (70-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*Behind Every Man – OWN @ 10/9c
  • *New*Ghost Nation (#216) – Travel Channel @ 8/7c
  • *New*Killer Motive (#202) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *New*Kindred Spirits (#507) – Discovery+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Love & Marriage: Huntsville (#211) – OWN @ 9/8c
  • *New*Lovely Bites by Chef Lovely (#104) – Discovery+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*One Deadly Mistake (#103) – Oxygen @ 7/6c
  • *New*Pit Bulls and Parolees (#1705-120) – Animal Planet @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Saturday Night Live (#4610) – NBC @ 11:29/10:29c
  • *New*The Eisen Hour (#102) – Epix @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Incredible Dr. Pol (#1810/1811) – Nat Geo Wild @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*The Netflix Afterparty – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Overview – Peacock @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Tregaye’s Way in the Kitchen (#102) – Discovery+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
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