Thursday on TV – 12/24/20

Posted on December 24, 2020 by

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

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Overnight was the complete first season premiere of Shadow Lines on Sundance Now. In the 1950’s, the hottest spot of the Cold War is not Washington or Moscow, but Helsinki, where the KGB and the CIA vie for control of Finland, a small Nordic country wedged between East and West powers. Helena (Emmi Parviainen, Secret Lives, Games People Play) , a student freshly returned from the United States, is recruited by her godfather to join a top-secret Finnish task force in its ongoing missions: preventing the two global powerhouses meddling in the presidential election and keeping their homeland independent. But as she begins to discover the truth about her past, her personal and professional life collide. With long kept secrets and political agendas coming to a head, the team must overcome the lies and distrust if they have any chance of succeeding.
 

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Tonight is a 150-minute Christmas with the Chosen special on UPtv at 6/5c. To honour the birth of Christ and to commemorate the humble yet historic beginnings of the “greatest story ever told,” musicians and well-known worship leaders all perform their favorite Christmas songs.
 
Tonight is a 44-minute Christmas special and 46-minute Holiday special for Chrisley Knows Best on USA starting at 9/8c. The Chrisleys celebrate the Christmas and then the holiday season, featuring never-before-seen moments.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale* – Riviera (#308) – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Series Premiere* – Shadow Lines – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Special* – Chrisley Knows Best (#817/818) – USA Network @ 9/8c & 9:44/8:44c (44-Minute “Christmas Celebration” & 43-Minute “Holiday Celebration” Special)
  • *Special* – Christmas with the Chosen – UPtv @ 6/5c (150-Minute Special)
  • *New* – Barrett-Jackson Revved Up (#207/208) – FYI @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New* – Battlebots (#504) – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Buried in the Backyard (#317) – Oxygen @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Death in Paradise (#0601BA/0602BA/0603BA/0604BA) – Ovation @ 7/6c, 8/7c, 9/8c, & 10/9c (4 New Episodes)
  • *New* – Mysteries of the Abandoned (#804-120) – Science Channel @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New* – Ruthless (#119) – BET+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New* – Star Trek: Discovery (#311) – CBSAA @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New* – Texas 6 (#107) – CBSAA @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New* – The Commons (#104) – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New* – The Grand Tour (#501) – Amazon @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc
  • *New* – The Stand – CBSAA @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New* – Total Control (#102) – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
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Wednesday on TV – 12/23/20

Posted on December 23, 2020 by

Wednesday features 2 season finales, so check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the holiday movie Christmas at the Castle on Lifetime at 8/7c. This Christmas, Blaire Henderson (Brooke Burfitt), a perfume expert from New York, is sent to remote Scotland to find a rare fragrance, The Heart of the Highlands. But when she arrives, she finds the dashing license owner, Alistair McGregor (Dan Jeannotte) is a stubborn aristocrat who won’t sell. Thinking on her feet, she poses as a documentary filmmaker to learn the secret formula. The more time they spend together, the more sparks fly. With the scent of romance in the air, will Blaire find love where she least expected? It also stars Geraldine Somerville & Nicholas Farrell.
 
Tonight is a 2-hour Buddy Valastro: Road to Recovery special on TLC at 9/8c. Beloved baker Buddy Valastro severely injures his hand in a freak accident. With the help of his family, Buddy is determined to do all it takes to overcome this major setback and reclaim his title of Cake Boss.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale* – The Great Christmas Light Fight (#806/801) – ABC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale* – The Misery Index (#220) – TBS @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *Special* – Buddy Valastro: Road to Recovery – TLC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special* – Christmas at the Castle – Lifetime @ 8/7c
  • *Special* – Court Cam – A&E @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Top 10 Moments of 2020” Special)
  • *New* – AEW: Dynamite – TNT @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Bitchin’ Rides (#709) – MotorTrend @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Bravo’s Chat Room (#121) – Bravo @ 11/10c
  • *New* – Forged in Fire (#806) – History Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Guy’s Grocery Games – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Josh Gates Tonight – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c
  • *New* – NFL: The Grind (#215) – Epix @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Property Brothers: Forever Home (#410) – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Rescue Cam (#109/107) – A&E @ 10/9c & 10:30/9:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New* – Ridiculousness – MTV @ 11/10c
  • *New* – Sistas (#212) – BET @ 9/8c
  • *New* – The Challenge (#3603-90) – MTV @ 8/7c (90-Minute New Episode)
  • *New* – The Real Housewives of Orange County (#1511) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New* – The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (#107) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (#105) – NGC @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living (#122) – BET @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New* – Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (#722) – BET @ 8/7c
  • *New* – WWE NXT – USA Network @ 8/7c
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Tuesday on TV – 12/22/20

Posted on December 22, 2020 by

Tuesday features 2 season premieres, 1 series finale, & 1 season finale, so check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the holiday movie The Christmas High Note on Lifetime at 8/7c. After being stood up by her partner Brad (William McNamara), Rachel (Jamie Luner) soon meets Michael (Johnny Messner) and his teenage daughter, Sophia. During Christmas Eve pageant rehearsals, Sophia finds herself challenged to hit the high note in her solo of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Rachel offers to coach Sophia’s performance and discovers a new interest in Michael. It also stars Kassandra Clementi & Madeline Grace.
 
Tonight is a 2-hour “Risk of Possession” special for The Dead Files on Travel Channel at 8/7c. A alleged demonic force is supposedly capable of possessing the living in Illinois; a disturbed spirit threatens a family’s home and business in Kansas.
 
Tonight is also the holiday movie First Christmas on OWN at 9/8c. Given up for adoption and placed in foster care at a young age, writer Halle Downing (Idara Victor, Alita: Battle Angel) receives the blessing of a lifetime when she is invited to spend Christmas in New Orleans with the biological family she never knew she had – The Moores. Halle’s grandmother “Memaw” (Tonea Stewart, A Time to Kill) welcomes the young woman with open arms, completely overwhelming Halle with emotion at the significance of finally finding her family. Extremely excited to meet her twin siblings Tiffany (Samantha Smith, Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins) and Glenn (Mason Beauchamp, NCIS: New Orleans) along with younger brother Drew (Peyton Jackson, Nobody’s Fool) for the first time, Halle soon faces the hard reality that finding her place in this close-knit family is going to take longer than she thought, something that becomes particularly evident when she witnesses Tiffany’s apprehension about introducing her new girlfriend Paris (Amanda Tavarez, Queen Sugar) to the family for the first time. However, as Christmas approaches, Halle begins to gain perspective on the Moore family dynamic and ultimately comes to embrace and celebrate her first family holiday with a special gift that tells her she is right where she is supposed to be.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Series Finale* – Next (#NEX-109/110) – FOX @ 8/7c (2-Hour Series Finale)
  • *Season Finale* – The Bachelorette (#1613) – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Special* – First Christmas – OWN @ 9/8c
  • *Sports* – Inside the NFL – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • *Special* – Let’s Make a Deal Primetime – CBS @ 9/8c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special* – The Christmas High Note – Lifetime @ 8/7c
  • *Special* – The Dead Files – Travel Channel @ 8/7c (2-Hour “Anger of the Undead” Special)
  • *Special* – The Price is Right at Night – CBS @ 8/7c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special* – Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story – HBO @ 9/8c (70-Minute Special)
  • *New* – Beyond Oak Island (#106) – History Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Catfish: The TV Show (#828) – MTV @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Chopped – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (#1505) – CMT @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Fixer to Fabulous (#208) – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Life Below Zero (#1415) – NGC @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Moonshiners (#1005) – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c
  • *New* – My Big Fat Fabulous Life (#807) – TLC @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Nightly Pop – E! @ 11:30/10:30c
  • *New* – Ridiculousness – MTV @ 11/10c
  • *New* – Supermarket Sweep (#109) – ABC @ 10:01/9:01c
  • *New* – The Curse of Oak Island (#807) – History Channel @ 9/8c (1-Hour New Episode)
  • *New* – The Expanse (#504) – Amazon @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc
  • *New* – The Haves and the Have Nots (#805) – OWN @ 8/7c
  • *New* – The Misery Index (#219) – TBS @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New* – Welcome to Plathville (#207) – TLC @ 10/9c
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Monday on TV – 12/21/20

Posted on December 21, 2020 by

Monday features 1 series premiere & 3 season finales. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the series premiere of Paranormal Declassified on Travel Channel at 10/9c. Investigative journalist Paul Beban knows what it takes to expose the world’s deepest and darkest secrets. Using declassified government files, a global network of inside sources and daring determination, he has uncovered pirate activity on the volatile coast of Somalia and earned recognition for his undercover operation exposing a violent human trafficking ring in South Africa. Beban stops at nothing to brings stories to light that have been hiding in the dark. Now, he’s taking his skills to investigate some of the world’s greatest paranormal mysteries. Buried deep in declassified government files are shocking leads and hidden truths about the paranormal. Using these clues as a guide, Beban steps into the unknown to find answers to enduring mysteries such as aliens, Bigfoot, a zombie apocalypse, superhuman soldiers, Skinwalkers and more.
 

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Tonight is the holiday movie Spotlight on Christmas on Lifetime at 8/7c. Dumped two weeks before Christmas, actress Olivia O’Hara (Tori Anderson) secretly returns to her tiny hometown to hide out, eat cookies and avoid the press. What she doesn’t expect is to be faced with the family she left behind, meeting a charming new guy Casey Rawlins (Victor Zinck Jr.), and a noisy reporter following her every move. Completely overwhelmed, Olivia contemplates running away from her life once again but with a new found confidence and freedom, Olivia bravely steps up to take the starring role in her own life, realizing that home is where the heart is and that she deserves to be loved for exactly who she really is. It also stars Andrew McIlroy, Janet Kidder, & Lia Franklin.
 
Tonight is also a 1-hour “Season’s Squeezings” special for Dr. Pimple Popper on TLC at 9/8c. With lumpy lipomas and cysts-a-plenty, Dr. Lee and her staff will have their hands full during one of their busiest days of the year.
 
Tonight is a 30-minute “Yule. Tide. Repeat.” special for American Dad on TBS at 10/9c. After Stan’s plan for the perfect Christmas goes wrong, he’s given a magical opportunity to make things right.
 
Tonight is a 1-hour “Under the Mistletoes” special for My Feet are Killing Me on TLC at 10/9c. Dr. Schaeffer, Dr. Haller and Dr. Vincent deck the halls and hang the mistletoes in this special episode filled with holiday cheer and shocking new cases.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale* – Holiday Baking Championship (#710-120) – Food Network @ 9/8c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale* – Industry (#07/107 & 08/108) – HBO @ 10/9c & 10:52/9:52c (2 New Episodes Including Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale* – The Big Bake (#111) – Food Network @ 11/10c
  • *Series Premiere* – Paranormal Declassified (#101) – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Special* – 90 Day Fiance: HEA Strikes Back! – TLC @ 8/7c (1-Hour “Tell All” Special)
  • *Special* – American Dad – TBS @ 10/9c (30-Minute “Yule. Tide. Repeat.” Special)
  • *Special* – Dr. Pimple Popper – TLC @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Season’s Squeezings” Special)
  • *Sports* – Monday Night Football – ESPN @ 8:15/7:15c (Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals)
  • *Special* – My Feet are Killing Me – TLC @ 10/9c (1-Hour “Under the Mistletoes” Special)
  • *Special* – Spotlight on Christmas – Lifetime @ 8/7c
  • *New* – A Teacher (#109) – Hulu @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc
  • *New* – Below Deck (#808) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations (#903) – Cooking Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Celebrity IOU (#204) – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Haul This House (#101/103) – FYI @ 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New* – His Dark Materials (#14/206) – HBO @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Next (#NEX-108) – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Nightly Pop – E! @ 11:30/10:30c
  • *New* – Pawn Star$ – History Channel @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New* – Ridiculousness – MTV @ 11/10c
  • *New* – Street Outlaws: Fastest in America (#210) – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New* – The Bachelorette (#1612) – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New* – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (#17208) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New* – WWE Raw – USA Network @ 8/7c
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The Mandalorian Season Finale Recap & Overall Series Thoughts

Posted on December 21, 2020 by

There are a variety of words I use to describe The Mandalorian. Awesome is not one of them. When I sum it up into a logline, it goes like this: “Dangerous bounty hunter betrays everything about his lifestyle except weird obsession with wearing a helmet to nurture a cute, telekinetic, 90-year-old baby.” From the jump, it has felt as if it were badly written but overproduced fanfic. Like someone (John Favreau) just watched the core nine episodes of the Skywalker Saga for the first time last year, called dibs on the most marketable moments/characters/settings – Yoda, Boba Fett, Tattoine – and mashed them all up with little concern for cannon, fandom, or integrity. It often feels like a child playing with action figures, but the child has 5 million dollars to spend on each trip out back to the sandbox.

Season two came to a close last week with another #predictable cameo, which this show prefers to substance or depth. But how did we get there? Well, Darth Vader Lite – ahem, I mean Moff Gideon… yes, Gideon kidnapped Grogu aka “Baby Yoda,” and Mando was dedicated to getting the child back. He had the help of recent New Republic recruit-ready-to-abandon-her-post-for-Mando Cara Dune of course. Let’s not forget overweight Boba Fett, who showed up last week with Tennac Shand [Mae from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]. This whole crew of Mandalorians was ready to fight to restore Mando to his rightful position in life: a lactating doula taking care of Baby Yoda.

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