If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/11/18

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, ABC premieres the new series Deception. Cameron Black (Jack Cutmore-Scott, Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life) is a world-class magician who suddenly finds his career rocked by a scandal that also sends someone close to him to prison. Cameron believes it was all a setup, the work of another master illusionist, and makes solving this mystery his primary focus. Cameron soon crosses paths with FBI agent Kay Daniels (Ilfenesh Hadera, Billions, Master of None), offering his services after she appears to have fallen victim to the same illusionist. While Kay claims to dislike magic and not know anything about Cameron’s career, her partner, Mike Alvarez (Amaury Nolasco, Prison Break), is a super-fan who’s excited to have him on board. So Cameron stages his comeback, enlisting the help of his crew: street magician Jordan Monroe (Justin Chon, Dr. Ken, Twilight films), producer/makeup artist Dina Clark (Lenora Crichlow, Being Human), and master prop maker Gunter Gustafsen (Vinnie Jones, Galavant). He puts his talents and manipulation skills to the test to help the FBI crack their case, while also trying to get more information on who set him up.

I grew up watching David Copperfield on TV and always looked forward to his new specials. I was always fascinated by how he did his tricks. So I was excited when I first learned there was going to be a series about a magician helping to solve crimes. Sure, there was The Mentalist, but he just did some simple sleight of hand or mind tricks – he wasn’t a big stage magician/illusionist. I thoroughly enjoyed tonight’s premiere. The series reminds me of Castle meets Mission: Impossible/The A-Team/Leverage. It has this excellent blend of humor, drama, action, and mystery. Each week Cameron uses disguises, magic, and misdirection to help the FBI agents solve their case of the week, while at the same time he is exploring a larger arc of trying to prove the innocence of his loved one and catching the elusive illusionist who is helping these criminals. I really like this cast, and it’s especially great to see Vinnie Jones back doing a more comedic role – he was hilarious on Galavant. I’m looking forward to rewatching tonight’s premiere and checking out the future adventures of these characters.

On tonight’s premiere, “Pilot,” a disgraced magician puts his skills of deception and illusion to work at the FBI.

See the magic at work tonight on ABC at 10:01/9:01c.

I’ll also be watching/recording Timeless, Bob’s Burgers, O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?, The Walking Dead, Worst Cooks in America, and Counterpart.
 
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This Week on TV – 3/11/18-3/17/18

Welcome to a new week of TV! It’s another big week of new TV, so be sure to check out the schedule below so you don’t miss anything!

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Saturday on TV – 3/10/18

Saturday is the season finale of Falling Water on USA Network at 10/9c.

Tonight is also a new episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC at 11:29/10:29c, with host Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) & musical guest James Bay.

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Falling Water (#210) – USA Network @ 10/9c
  • *Special*Planet Earth: Blue Planet II – BBC America @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Making Of” Special)
  • *New*Ghost Adventures – Travel Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Hear Me, Love Me, See Me (#102) – TLC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Saturday Night Live (#4315) – NBC @ 11:29/10:29c
  • *New*Say Yes to the Dress (#1608-60) – TLC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Say Yes: Wedding SOS (#106) – TLC @ 9/8c
  • *New*Snapped: Killer Couples (#908) – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *New*The Dead Files (#904) – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Good Fight (#202) – CBSAA @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (#104) – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
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Friday on TV – 3/9/18

Season Finale

  • Gold Rush (#820) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c (90-Minute Season Finale)
  • Gold Rush: White Water (#108) – Discovery Channel @ 10:33/9:33c

Season Premiere

  • Marriage Boot Camp (#1201) – WE @ 9/8c

Specials/Sports

  • Married to Medicine (#516) – Bravo @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 1)

New

  • Blindspot (#314) – NBC @ 8/7c
  • Blue Bloods (#BB816) – CBS @ 10/9c
  • Bring It! (#502) – Lifetime @ 9/8c
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • Dynasty (#114) – The CW @ 8/7c
  • Hawaii Five-0 (#HF817) – CBS @ 9/8c
  • High Maintenance (#14/208) – HBO @ 11/10c
  • Jane the Virgin (#412) – The CW @ 9/8c
  • Laurieann Gibson: Beyond the Spotlight (#102) – Lifetime @ 10:02/9:02c
  • Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode – 100th Episode!)
  • MacGyver (#MAC217) – CBS @ 8/7c
  • Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (#512) – ABC @ 9:01/8:01c (100th Episode!)
  • MasterChef: Junior (#JRM-603) – FOX @ 8/7c
  • Mysteries & Scandals (#109) – Oxygen @ 12PM/11AMc
  • Once Upon a Time (#712) – ABC @ 8/7c
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (#452/1607) – HBO @ 10/9c
  • Relative Success with Tabatha (#106) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • Strike Back (#506) – Cinemax @ 10/9c
  • Taken (#203) – NBC @ 9/8c
  • The Graham Norton Show – BBC America @ 10/9c
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • This Is Not Happening (#406) – Comedy Central @ 12AM/11PMc

ABC

  • *New*Once Upon a Time (#712) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (#512) @ 9:01/8:01c (100th Episode!)

CBS

  • *New*MacGyver (#MAC217) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Hawaii Five-0 (#HF817) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Blue Bloods (#BB816) @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @ 11:35/10:35c

FOX

  • *New*MasterChef: Junior (#JRM-603) @ 8/7c

NBC

  • *New*Blindspot (#314) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Taken (#203) @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon @ 11:34/10:34c

The CW

  • *New*Dynasty (#114) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Jane the Virgin (#412) @ 9/8c

A&E

  • *New*Live PD @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode – 100th Episode!)

BBC America

  • *New*The Graham Norton Show @ 10/9c

Bravo

  • *Special*Married to Medicine (#516) @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 1)
  • *New*Relative Success with Tabatha (#106) @ 10/9c

Cinemax

  • *New*Strike Back (#506) @ 10/9c

Comedy Central

  • *New*This Is Not Happening (#406) @ 12AM/11PMc

Discovery Channel

  • *Season Finale*Gold Rush (#820) @ 9/8c (90-Minute Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Gold Rush: White Water (#108) @ 10:33/9:33c

Food Network

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

HBO

  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher (#452/1607) @ 10/9c
  • *New*High Maintenance (#14/208) @ 11/10c

Lifetime

  • *New*Bring It! (#502) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Laurieann Gibson: Beyond the Spotlight (#102) @ 10:02/9:02c

Oxygen

  • *New*Mysteries & Scandals (#109) @ 12PM/11AMc

WE

  • *Season Premiere*Marriage Boot Camp (#1201) @ 9/8c

12:00PM/11:00AMc

  • *New*Mysteries & Scandals (#109) – Oxygen

8:00/7:00c

  • *New*Blindspot (#314) – NBC
  • *New*Dynasty (#114) – The CW
  • *New*MacGyver (#MAC217) – CBS
  • *New*MasterChef: Junior (#JRM-603) – FOX
  • *New*Once Upon a Time (#712) – ABC

9:00/8:00c

  • *New*Bring It! (#502) – Lifetime
  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network
  • *Season Finale*Gold Rush (#820) – Discovery Channel (90-Minute Season Finale)
  • *New*Hawaii Five-0 (#HF817) – CBS
  • *New*Jane the Virgin (#412) – The CW
  • *New*Live PD – A&E (3-Hour New Episode – 100th Episode!)
  • *Season Premiere*Marriage Boot Camp (#1201) – WE
  • *Special*Married to Medicine (#516) – Bravo (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 1)
  • *New*Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (#512) – ABC (9:01/8:01c – 100th Episode!)
  • *New*Taken (#203) – NBC

10:00/9:00c

  • *New*Blue Bloods (#BB816) – CBS
  • *New*Laurieann Gibson: Beyond the Spotlight (#102) – Lifetime (10:02/9:02c)
  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher (#452/1607) – HBO
  • *New*Relative Success with Tabatha (#106) – Bravo
  • *New*Strike Back (#506) – Cinemax
  • *New*The Graham Norton Show – BBC America

10:30/9:30c

  • *Season Finale*Gold Rush: White Water (#108) – Discovery Channel (10:33/9:33c)

11:00/10:00c

  • *New*High Maintenance (#14/208) – HBO

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)

12:00AM/11:00PMc

  • *New*This Is Not Happening (#406) – Comedy Central

Full Schedule

  • *Season Finale*Gold Rush (#820) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c (90-Minute Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale*Gold Rush: White Water (#108) – Discovery Channel @ 10:33/9:33c
  • *Season Premiere*Marriage Boot Camp (#1201) – WE @ 9/8c
  • *Special*Married to Medicine (#516) – Bravo @ 9/8c (1-Hour “Reunion” Special Pt 1)
  • *New*Blindspot (#314) – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Blue Bloods (#BB816) – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*Bring It! (#502) – Lifetime @ 9/8c
  • *New*Diners, Drive-ins & Dives – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Dynasty (#114) – The CW @ 8/7c
  • *New*Hawaii Five-0 (#HF817) – CBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*High Maintenance (#14/208) – HBO @ 11/10c
  • *New*Jane the Virgin (#412) – The CW @ 9/8c
  • *New*Laurieann Gibson: Beyond the Spotlight (#102) – Lifetime @ 10:02/9:02c
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode – 100th Episode!)
  • *New*MacGyver (#MAC217) – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (#512) – ABC @ 9:01/8:01c (100th Episode!)
  • *New*MasterChef: Junior (#JRM-603) – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *New*Mysteries & Scandals (#109) – Oxygen @ 12PM/11AMc
  • *New*Once Upon a Time (#712) – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher (#452/1607) – HBO @ 10/9c
  • *New*Relative Success with Tabatha (#106) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*Strike Back (#506) – Cinemax @ 10/9c
  • *New*Taken (#203) – NBC @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Graham Norton Show – BBC America @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*This Is Not Happening (#406) – Comedy Central @ 12AM/11PMc

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If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/9/18

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!

Jenny’s Choice

One of the biggest shockers of last week’s Blindspot had to be Blake’s kidnapping. Roman fought like hell to get to her but couldn’t get there quite quick enough, and she was spirited away in a van while taking a break in the middle of a high-stakes poker game to get close to a contact/old friend of her father’s. The other biggest shocker was that Reade’s girlfriend (now fiancée) Meg is in the country illegally. Eek! He’s known for a while, but last night, Zapata learned about it as well. And Reade took it upon himself to talk to a friend at the State Department, but with a new person in charge, he couldn’t help Reade.

Then there was the A story: a woman (Betty – not her real name…) working at the NSA stole sensitive information when the rest of the floor was celebrating someone’s birthday. She couldn’t just walk out with it, obviously, since they screen for stuff like that, so she took some pill that made her pass out and have to get carried out by paramedics, which meant she bypassed the normal security procedures with the drive of information she stole in the heel of her shoe. Then Nas showed up at Weller and Jane’s apartment with news that Crawford was indeed the initial funder of Sandstorm and then she told them about the theft from the NSA – a very, very bad computer virus the NSA made. After finding the middleman between the buyer and seller (a 16yo kid with a very bad attitude) and putting the pieces together, the team ended up at the black-hat hacker/dark web party Rich had been begging Reade to attend. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to get the buyer, but they did get “Betty” and Jane was able to get the virus so the bad guy got away but didn’t get the prize. Of course, Nas turned around and stole it from the FBI in the hopes to get back into the NSA, rather than just working with the CIA like she has been. Weller knew right away and wasn’t surprised or even that unhappy, it seemed like, so…more power to her, I guess.

Finally, Jane took some advice from Nas about Avery and invited Avery to meet her for coffee, rather than waiting and letting Avery come to her. Nas also called Weller and said she looked into Avery’s father (I’m assuming adopted father, but…) and found he had some shady dealings with none other than…Crawford. Eek!

On tonight’s episode, “Everlasting,” when Patterson’s investigation into a tattoo results in a horrible incident, she tries to figure out what went wrong…but quickly realizes all is not as it seems.

See what happens with Patterson tonight on NBC at 8/7c.

I’ll also be watching/DVRing MacGyver, MasterChef: Junior, Hawaii Five-0, & Blue Bloods.
 
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