If We Controlled Your Remote… 1/27/19

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

Tonight, FOX continues its annual tradition of bringing Broadway to broadcast, with a brand-new, live performance of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent. The play is a re-imagining of the Puccini opera La Bohème, set in more modern times, following the lives of a group of struggling artists living in New York’s East Village during the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis. The original Broadway production opened in 1996 and ran for 12 years, making it one of the longest-running Broadway shows. This is probably the most mature production that FOX has taken on so far, so it will be interesting to see how much they will need to change for network television – though they did manage to do Rocky Horror a couple years ago.

The special will be directed by Alex Rudzinski (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, Grease: Live, Dancing with the Stars), and the star-studded cast includes actress Kiersey Clemons (The Flash, Angie Tribeca), Emmy nominee and Tony Award winner Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, Power), singer/songwriter Jordan Fisher (Dancing with the Stars, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical, Powerless), newcomer and singer/songwriter Brennin Hunt, R&B/Pop superstar Mario (Empire), recording artist Tinashe, and performer Valentina (RuPaul’s Drag Race). Plus there will be a “Seasons of Love” solo by Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman).

I usually enjoy these live musical productions, and this one has some memorable songs in it, so I’m looking forward to checking out tonight’s live production.

Don’t miss the performance tonight on FOX at 8/7c.

I’ll also be recording Big Brother, Supergirl, Worst Cooks in America, Crashing, Counterpart, Black Monday, and SMILF.

 
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This Week on TV – 1/27/19-2/2/19

Welcome to a new week of TV! There’s a lot on this week, so be sure to check out the schedule below so you don’t miss anything!

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Saturday on TV – 1/26/19

Saturday is a new episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC at 11:29/10:29c, with host James McAvoy and musical guest Meek Mill.

Also on tonight:

  • *New*Dynasties (#102) – BBC America @ 9/8c
  • *New*Four Weddings (#1010-120) – TLC @ 9/8c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Iyanla: Fix My Life (#1003) – OWN @ 9/8c
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Love & Marriage: Hunstville (#103) – OWN @ 10/9c
  • *New*Saturday Night Live (#4411) – NBC @ 11:29/10:29c
  • *New*Say Yes to the Dress (#1704) – TLC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice (#102) – Oxygen @ 7/6c
  • *New*The Zimmern List (#205/210) – Travel Channel @ 10AM/9AMc & 10:30AM/9:30AMc (2 New Episodes)
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Friday on TV – 1/25/19

Series Premiere

Season Premiere

  • Crazy Cakes (#201) – Cooking Channel @ 11/10c
  • Strike Back (#601) – Cinemax @ 10/9c

New

  • Celebrity Big Brother (#CE204) – CBS @ 8/7c
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (#411) – The CW @ 9/8c
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • Dynasty (#211) – The CW @ 8/7c
  • Extreme Love (#105) – WE @ 10/9c
  • Fresh Off the Boat (#513) – ABC @ 8/7c
  • Gold Rush (#915) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • Gold Rush: White Water (#204) – Discovery Channel @ 10/9c
  • Hanging with the Hendersons (#103) – Animal Planet @ 9/8c
  • Hell’s Kitchen (#HK-1813) – FOX @ 9/8c
  • Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • Love After Lockup (#208) – WE @ 9/8c
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (#482/1702) – HBO @ 10/9c
  • Ridiculousness (#2235/2236/2237) – MTV @ 8/7c, 8:30/7:30c, & 9/8c (3 New Episodes)
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (#407) – VH1 @ 8/7c
  • Speechless (#311) – ABC @ 8:30/7:30c
  • The Graham Norton Show (#2414) – BBC America @ 11/10c
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c

ABC

  • *New*Fresh Off the Boat (#513) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Speechless (#311) @ 8:30/7:30c

CBS

  • *New*Celebrity Big Brother (#CE204) @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @ 11:35/10:35c

FOX

  • *New*Hell’s Kitchen (#HK-1813) @ 9/8c

NBC

  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon @ 11:34/10:34c

The CW

  • *New*Dynasty (#211) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (#411) @ 9/8c

A&E

  • *New*Live PD @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode)

Animal Planet

  • *New*Hanging with the Hendersons (#103) @ 9/8c

BBC America

  • *New*The Graham Norton Show (#2414) @ 11/10c

Cinemax

  • *Season Premiere*Strike Back (#601) @ 10/9c

Cooking Channel

  • *Season Premiere*Crazy Cakes (#201) @ 11/10c

Discovery Channel

  • *New*Gold Rush (#915) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Gold Rush: White Water (#204) @ 10/9c

Food Network

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

HBO

  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher (#482/1702) @ 10/9c

MTV

  • *New*Ridiculousness (#2235/2236/2237) @ 8/7c, 8:30/7:30c, & 9/8c (3 New Episodes)

Reelz

  • *Series Premiere*I Lived with a Killer (#101/102) @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)

VH1

  • *New*RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (#407) @ 8/7c

WE

  • *New*Love After Lockup (#208) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Extreme Love (#105) @ 10/9c

8:00/7:00c

  • *New*Celebrity Big Brother (#CE204) – CBS
  • *New*Dynasty (#211) – The CW
  • *New*Fresh Off the Boat (#513) – ABC
  • *Series Premiere*I Lived with a Killer (#101/102) – Reelz (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)
  • *New*Ridiculousness (#2235/2236/2237) – MTV (3 New Episodes)
  • *New*RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (#407) – VH1

8:30/7:30c

  • *New*Ridiculousness (#2235/2236/2237) – MTV (3 New Episodes)
  • *New*Speechless (#311) – ABC

9:00/8:00c

  • *New*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (#411) – The CW
  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network
  • *New*Gold Rush (#915) – Discovery Channel
  • *New*Hanging with the Hendersons (#103) – Animal Planet
  • *New*Hell’s Kitchen (#HK-1813) – FOX
  • *Series Premiere*I Lived with a Killer (#101/102) – Reelz (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)
  • *New*Live PD – A&E (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Love After Lockup (#208) – WE
  • *New*Ridiculousness (#2235/2236/2237) – MTV (3 New Episodes)

10:00/9:00c

  • *New*Extreme Love (#105) – WE
  • *New*Gold Rush: White Water (#204) – Discovery Channel
  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher (#482/1702) – HBO
  • *Season Premiere*Strike Back (#601) – Cinemax

11:00/10:00c

  • *Season Premiere*Crazy Cakes (#201) – Cooking Channel
  • *New*The Graham Norton Show (#2414) – BBC America

11:30/10:30c

  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS (11:35/10:35c)
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC (11:34/10:34c)

Full Schedule

  • *Series Premiere*I Lived with a Killer (#101/102) – Reelz @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*Crazy Cakes (#201) – Cooking Channel @ 11/10c
  • *Season Premiere*Strike Back (#601) – Cinemax @ 10/9c
  • *New*Celebrity Big Brother (#CE204) – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (#411) – The CW @ 9/8c
  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Dynasty (#211) – The CW @ 8/7c
  • *New*Extreme Love (#105) – WE @ 10/9c
  • *New*Fresh Off the Boat (#513) – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Gold Rush (#915) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Gold Rush: White Water (#204) – Discovery Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*Hanging with the Hendersons (#103) – Animal Planet @ 9/8c
  • *New*Hell’s Kitchen (#HK-1813) – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Love After Lockup (#208) – WE @ 9/8c
  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher (#482/1702) – HBO @ 10/9c
  • *New*Ridiculousness (#2235/2236/2237) – MTV @ 8/7c, 8:30/7:30c, & 9/8c (3 New Episodes)
  • *New*RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (#407) – VH1 @ 8/7c
  • *New*Speechless (#311) – ABC @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New*The Graham Norton Show (#2414) – BBC America @ 11/10c
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c

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If We Controlled Your Remote… 1/25/19

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

As Netflix is wont to do, they dropped the full season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt last night at 3AM. Sadly, this truncated 6-episode season will be the final installation of this Tina Fey comedic masterpiece. I guess on the upside, we can probably expect another ridiculously clever and funny show from her soon. The last half season ended on an especially weird and ominous cliffhanger.

Things started with typical Kimmy oddity when she rediscovered the backpack she had stolen in the pilot, (with $70,000 in it also!). The bag soon manifested as a talking puppet: “Janice Sport.” The imaginary friend sparked her creative imagination, and together they wrote a young adult novel in one night. Juxtaposed against that, we found Titus was in a depressing bout of writer’s block on the eve of a big pitch he was about to make to a big-time producer, a show called “Greg Kinnear & The Capist.” Lillian was involved the associated nonsense that came with finally telling the family of her dead lover that he was dead. It happened months ago, so the timing in telling them led to additional awkward hilarity. Jacqueline spent the episode helping her stepdaughter, Xanthippe, deal with a pregnancy scare.

When she realized her bestest pal Titus was left without a good idea, she let him use her YA fiction as his pitch. This worked perfectly for Titus, who really only wanted to charm the producer for acting opportunities. That scheming worked perfectly, and Titus was invited to an audition. Kimmy meanwhile was dejected because her publicist had rejected the story she and Janice wrote because “nobody wants to read happy stories from the bunker girl.” She was so determined to leave her past behind that she took Janice to the East River, where she was filling her with rocks about to murder her, when she got a surprising phone call. It was the son of the producer that Titus pitched to. He had found her story and wanted to know more. This encouraged her to keep working on the tales with the backpack. Later back at the apartment, all the core crew were celebrating various successes when it started to pull out in the POV of a sniper watching them all through a scope. He was speaking in Arabic and referenced an assassin. WTF, Kimmy?!? What did you do???

Catch the second half of season four now on Netflix!

I’ll also be watching the latest three episodes of Young Justice that went live on DCU. That is a surprisingly fun show that airs on the exclusive DCU streaming service.
 
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