If We Controlled Your Remote… 4/26/20

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

The idea of a Batwoman show was a lot more exciting than the show itself, as it turns out. Actual Gotham in the Arrowverse with a queer super heroine, heck yeah! Or so we hoped. I don’t hate the show, but they’ve lost a lot of potential in the way they’ve paced their season, the fact that Kate’s sister Alice is the perennial Big Bad, almost no cool villains, and an at-best-adequate set of supporting characters. But yeah, I still watch it. I’m just not sure we need a season two or three.

Last week started with Kate burying the body of Augustus after she had killed him last episode for how he treated both Beth & her mom. Kate’s dad Jacob & Alice were there as well. Alice blackmailed them into letting her go. Jacob, being the chief of police, and their special squad, The Crows, tasked Sofie to track down Mouse. Alice also was tracking down Mouse, and she convinced Kate to help her. Since he had been attacking other nurses from Arkham Asylum, they staked out the house of one of the nurses he had not yet attacked. Mouse did turn up, but The Crows nabbed him first and they sent him back to Arkham.

Meanwhile, Lucious Fox’s supposed killer was let free after he got a retrial scheduled. Luke Fox later confronted the accused killer, Reggie, who swore he was set up. An assassin then sniped him from across the street. Sophia was also targeted by a hitman but was rescued by one of Kate’s other exes: Julia, the British special agent. Despite learning that Alice set her up to kill Augustus, Kate still agreed to “reunite Alice with Mouse,” who was locked in the basement at Arkham. Kate betrayed Alice though, locking her crazed sister into the basement of the asylum as well. We learned that the Quick Store owner who was there the night Lucious was killed had also been taken out by a professional hit. Jacob was almost taken out by an assassin as well but managed to kill him instead.

I just feel so much of the plot has been ripped from a police procedural, a genre I don’t watch. The Cov19 outbreak cut the series short, but apparently there will still be a few more episodes that air this spring. Let’s hope for some cool villains at least, but don’t hold your breath.

On tonight’s episode, “A Narrow Escape,” Batwoman encounters a new challenge when an old villain resurfaces, testing the heroics of Gotham’s most stand-up citizens. Alice’s limits are tested.

See how everyone stands up to the tests this week on The CW at 8/7c.

I’ll also be watching Westworld & Bob’s Burgers.

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This Week on TV – 4/26/20-5/2/20

Welcome to a new week of TV! Still lots of stuff on, so be sure you check so you don’t miss anything!

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Saturday on TV – 4/25/20

Saturday is the series premiere of My Paranormal Nightmare on Travel Channel at 10/9c. Paranormal witnesses recount terrifying true tales of violent hauntings that have plagued their nightmares since childhood. Now adults, they go back in time to the horrific encounters with compelling first-person testimonies.

Tonight is also the series premiere of Dr. Havoc’s Diary on Syfy at 12:45AM/11:45PMc, followed by a 2nd at 1:15AM/12:15AMc. A mid-level supervillain having a mid-life crisis battles secret agents, superheroes and his wife.

Also on tonight:

  • *Series Premiere*Dr. Havoc’s Diary (#101/102) – Syfy @ 12:45AM/11:45PMc & 1:15AM/12:15AMc (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*My Paranormal Nightmare (#101) – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Sports*2020 NFL Draft – Rounds 4-7 – ABC @ 12PM/11AMc (7-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Saturday Night Live – NBC @ 10/9c
  • *Special*The Matchmaker Mysteries – Hallmark @ 9/8c
  • *New*Alaska Animal Rescue (#103) – Nat Geo WILD @ 9/8c
  • *New*Cake Boss (#1512) – DFC @ 9/8c
  • *New*Cold Justice (#525) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *New*Fire Masters (#209) – Cooking Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*Jungle Animal Rescue (#102) – Nat Geo WILD @ 10/9c
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Love Goals (#108) – OWN @ 9/8c
  • *New*Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House (#301) – HGTV @ 10/9c
  • *New*Paranormal 911 (#202) – Travel Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Saved by the Barn (#103) – Animal Planet @ 10/9c
  • *New*Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (#1106) – TLC @ 8/7c
  • *New*The UnXplained (#208) – History Channel @ 10/9c
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Friday on TV – 4/24/20

Season Finale

  • Making the Cut (#109/110) – Amazon @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc

Series Premiere

Season Premiere

  • After Life – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AM (Complete Second Season Premiere)
  • The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (#201) – Shudder @ 9/8c

Specials/Sports

  • 2020 NFL Draft – Rounds 2-3 – ABC @ 7/6c (270-Minute Special)

New

  • Be Our Chef (#105) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • Blue Bloods (#BB1018) – CBS @ 10/9c
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • Disney Family Sundays (#125) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • Friday Night In with the Morgans (#102) – AMC @ 10/9c
  • Gold Rush – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • Harley Quinn (#204) – DC @ 9AM/8AMc
  • Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • Live PD: Wanted – A&E @ 11/10c
  • MacGyver (#MAC411) – CBS @ 8/7c
  • Magnum P.I. (#MPI219) – CBS @ 9/8c
  • Mama June: From Not to Hot (#405) – WE @ 9/8c
  • One Day at Disney (#121) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • Real Time with Bill Maher – HBO @ 10/9c
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race (#1209) – VH1 @ 8/7c (90-Minute New Episode)
  • Rupaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (#809) – VH1 @ 11/10c (30-Minute New Episode)
  • Shahs of Sunset (#812) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • Somewhere South (#105) – PBS @ 9/8c
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (#710) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • The Blacklist (#716) – NBC @ 8/7c
  • The Graham Norton Show (#2702) – BBC America @ 11/10c
  • Vagrant Queen (#105) – Syfy @ 10/9c
  • WWE Friday Night Smackdown – USA Network @ 8/7c

ABC

  • *Sports*2020 NFL Draft – Rounds 2-3 @ 7/6c (270-Minute Special)

CBS

  • *New*MacGyver (#MAC411) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Magnum P.I. (#MPI219) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Blue Bloods (#BB1018) @ 10/9c

NBC

  • *New*The Blacklist (#716) @ 8/7c

A&E

  • *New*Live PD @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Live PD: Wanted @ 11/10c

Amazon

  • *Season Finale*Making the Cut (#109/110) @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc

AMC

  • *New*Friday Night In with the Morgans (#102) @ 10/9c

Apple TV+

BBC America

  • *New*The Graham Norton Show (#2702) @ 11/10c

Bravo

  • *New*Shahs of Sunset (#812) @ 9/8c

DC

  • *New*Harley Quinn (#204) @ 9AM/8AMc

Discovery Channel

  • *New*Gold Rush @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)

Disney+

  • *New*Be Our Chef (#105) @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Disney Family Sundays (#125) @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*One Day at Disney (#121) @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Star Wars: The Clone Wars (#710) @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc

Food Network

  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives @ 9/8c

HBO

  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher @ 10/9c

Netflix

  • *Season Premiere*After Life @ 3:01AM/2:01AM (Complete Second Season Premiere)

PBS

  • *New*Somewhere South (#105) @ 9/8c

Shudder

  • *Season Premiere*The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (#201) @ 9/8c

Syfy

  • *New*Vagrant Queen (#105) @ 10/9c

USA Network

  • *New*WWE Friday Night Smackdown @ 8/7c

VH1

  • *New*RuPaul’s Drag Race (#1209) @ 8/7c (90-Minute New Episode)
  • *Series Premiere*Rupaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race (#101) @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New*Rupaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (#809) @ 11/10c (30-Minute New Episode)

WE

  • *New*Mama June: From Not to Hot (#405) @ 9/8c

9:00AM/8:00AMc

  • *New*Harley Quinn (#204) – DC

7:00/6:00c

  • *Sports*2020 NFL Draft – Rounds 2-3 – ABC (270-Minute Special)

8:00/7:00c

  • *New*Gold Rush – Discovery Channel (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*MacGyver (#MAC411) – CBS
  • *New*RuPaul’s Drag Race (#1209) – VH1 (90-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*The Blacklist (#716) – NBC
  • *New*WWE Friday Night Smackdown – USA Network

9:00/8:00c

  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network
  • *New*Live PD – A&E (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Magnum P.I. (#MPI219) – CBS
  • *New*Mama June: From Not to Hot (#405) – WE
  • *New*Shahs of Sunset (#812) – Bravo
  • *New*Somewhere South (#105) – PBS
  • *Season Premiere*The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (#201) – Shudder

9:30/8:30c

10:00/9:00c

  • *New*Blue Bloods (#BB1018) – CBS
  • *New*Friday Night In with the Morgans (#102) – AMC
  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher – HBO
  • *New*Vagrant Queen (#105) – Syfy

11:00/10:00c

  • *New*Live PD: Wanted – A&E
  • *New*Rupaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (#809) – VH1 (30-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*The Graham Norton Show (#2702) – BBC America

3:00AM/2:00AMc

  • *Season Premiere*After Life – Netflix (3:01AM/2:01AM – Complete Second Season Premiere)
  • *New*Be Our Chef (#105) – Disney+ (3:01AM/2:01AMc)
  • *Series Premiere*Defending Jacob (#101-103) – Apple TV+ (3:01AM/2:01AMc)
  • *New*Disney Family Sundays (#125) – Disney+ (3:01AM/2:01AMc)
  • *Season Finale*Making the Cut (#109/110) – Amazon (3:01AM/2:01AMc)
  • *New*One Day at Disney (#121) – Disney+ (3:01AM/2:01AMc)
  • *New*Star Wars: The Clone Wars (#710) – Disney+ (3:01AM/2:01AMc)

Full Schedule

  • *Season Finale*Making the Cut (#109/110) – Amazon @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Series Premiere*Defending Jacob (#101-103) – Apple TV+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Series Premiere*Rupaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race (#101) – VH1 @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *Season Premiere*After Life – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AM (Complete Second Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (#201) – Shudder @ 9/8c
  • *Sports*2020 NFL Draft – Rounds 2-3 – ABC @ 7/6c (270-Minute Special)
  • *New*Be Our Chef (#105) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Blue Bloods (#BB1018) – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Disney Family Sundays (#125) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Friday Night In with the Morgans (#102) – AMC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Gold Rush – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Harley Quinn (#204) – DC @ 9AM/8AMc
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Live PD: Wanted – A&E @ 11/10c
  • *New*MacGyver (#MAC411) – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*Magnum P.I. (#MPI219) – CBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*Mama June: From Not to Hot (#405) – WE @ 9/8c
  • *New*One Day at Disney (#121) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher – HBO @ 10/9c
  • *New*RuPaul’s Drag Race (#1209) – VH1 @ 8/7c (90-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*Rupaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (#809) – VH1 @ 11/10c (30-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*Shahs of Sunset (#812) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*Somewhere South (#105) – PBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*Star Wars: The Clone Wars (#710) – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Blacklist (#716) – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Graham Norton Show (#2702) – BBC America @ 11/10c
  • *New*Vagrant Queen (#105) – Syfy @ 10/9c
  • *New*WWE Friday Night Smackdown – USA Network @ 8/7c

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If We Controlled Your Remote… 4/24/20

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

Early this morning, Apple TV+ released the first three episodes of its new limited series, Defending Jacob, which is based on the 2012 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Andy Barber (Chris Evans, The Avengers) has a seemingly idyllic life in a small Massachusetts town with wife Laurie (Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey) and teenage son Jacob (Jaeden Martell, Knives Out). However, their lives are suddenly upended when a horrific crime rocks their small community, and the evidence begins to point toward Jacob. As assistant DA, Andy is initially called in to investigate the crime, but as the evidence comes to light, Andy finds himself at a crossroads, having to choose between his family and his sworn duty to find and protect justice. Is his love for his son clouding his judgment? Is Jacob as innocent as he claims, or is there a dark side to Andy’s son that he didn’t know about?

After checking out the premiere, I was definitely eager to see more and to see how this mystery plays out. I found the story, characters, and performances to be quite compelling – the show is a blend of character drama, legal thriller, and mystery, with lots of twists and turns and episodic cliffhangers. The talented cast also includes Cherry Jones (Transparent), Pablo Schreiber (American Gods, Orange Is the New Black), Betty Gabriel (Counterpart), and Sakina Jaffrey (Lost in Space). Apple TV+ has been doing a great job of slowly building up its arsenal of strong original programming.

Early this morning, the first three episodes were released on Apple TV+, and a new episode will drop each Friday. If the past is any indicator, the first episode should also be available for sampling by non-subscribers as well.

I’ll also be watching/recording Extraction, The Blacklist, and The Graham Norton Show.
 
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