If We Controlled Your Remote… 8/20/17

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, Showtime’s comedy Episodes, which stars Matt LeBlanc (Friends) playing a heightened version of himself, finally returns to kick off the show’s fifth/final season. The new season picks up a few months later. Matt has been hosting the crazy game show “The Box,” which has become a major hit, but he’d rather be acting. Despite the success of the show, producer Merc (John Pankow) is still bitter with Matt for sleeping with his wife. Meanwhile, husband-and-wife writing team Sean (Stephen Mangan) and Beverly (Tamsin Greig) had their show taken away and are now begrudgingly working for irritating new showrunner/Sean’s former partner Tim (Bruce Mackinnon). Meanwhile, Carol (Kathleen Rose Perkins) is living like a hermit, jobless and disgraced after being fired.

I had forgotten how much I missed this show until I checked out the first few episodes of the season. I absolutely love these characters and this world. The series is so much fun, poking fun at the inner-workings of the TV business. However, as the season opens, some of the character dynamics of the past seasons seem to be missing — the storylines remain separate for a few episodes, especially with Matt working separately from the Lincolns and Carol not really part of the group. However, I am still thoroughly enjoying this series and look forward to seeing how it all comes to an end this season.

On tonight’s premiere, “Episode 501,” Matt’s gameshow is a hit, but he must also have daily contact with Merc Lapidus; Sean and Beverly work for Sean’s ex-partner; Carol goes into a tailspin.

Don’t miss the season premiere tonight on Showtime at 10/9c.

I’ll also be watching/recording The $100,000 Pyramid, Big Brother, The Great Food Truck Race, The Strain, The Last Ship, and Game of Thrones.

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This Week on TV – 8/20/17-8/26/17

Welcome to a new week of TV! It’s not QUITE as slow this week, with a handful of season and series premieres, but be sure to check out the schedule 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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Saturday on TV – 8/19/17

Saturday is the series premiere of Wild West on BBC America at 9/8c. Welcome to America’s Wild West. A picturesque land with a litany of characters including the shrewd coyote, the feisty hummingbird, the mighty blue whale, and the spirited mustang. The “Wild West” documentary explores this fascinating area of the continent, revealing how three radically different worlds were formed, the forces that shape them today, and how life has found brave and enterprising ways to survive. Discover the gritty, tough deserts, the cool grand mountains, and the dynamic and changeable coasts. Home to a vibrant cast of tricksters, pioneers, and outlaws, the series also finds out how people have survived in this harsh environment over the years. Beginning with the examination of Native American cave art, Wild West moves through the ghost towns of past pioneers and on to today – where the land is used for both business and pleasure. Wild West will shine a light on the landscapes, wildlife and people of this vibrant world in new and compelling ways.

Tonight is also the 2-hour season premiere of Halt and Catch Fire on AMC at 9/8c.

Also on tonight:

  • *Series Premiere*Wild West (#101) – BBC America @ 9/8c
  • *Season Premiere*Halt and Catch Fire (#401/402) – AMC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Season Premiere)
  • *New*Cold Justice (#405) – Oxygen @ 8/7c
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*The Dead Files (#809) – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
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Friday on TV – 8/18/17

Friday features 1 season finale, so check out tonight’s schedule!

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Kendra On Top (#616-60) – WE @ 9/8c (1-Hour Season Finale)
  • *New*Bering Sea Gold (#1102) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Big Brother (#1925) – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*Dark Matter (#312) – Syfy @ 9/8c
  • *New*Guy’s Family Road Trip – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Killjoys (#308) – Syfy @ 8/7c
  • *New*Live PD – A&E @ 9/8c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Masters of Illusion (#410) – The CW @ 8/7c
  • *New*Million Dollar Matchmaker (#203) – WE @ 10/9c
  • *New*Real Time with Bill Maher (#434/1524) – HBO @ 10/9c
  • *New*Room 104 (#04/104) – HBO @ 11:30/10:30c
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 1:05AM/12:05AMc
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*Vice (#76/522) – HBO @ 7:30/6:30c
  • *New*Wynonna Earp (#211) – Syfy @ 10/9c
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Thursday on TV – 8/17/17

Season Finale

  • Alone (#410/411) – History Channel @ 9/8c & 10/9c (1-Hour Season Finale & 1-Hour “Tales from the Island” Special)

Series Premiere

Season Premiere

  • Flipping Out (#1001) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (#401) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • Project Runway (#1601-90) – Lifetime @ 8/7c (90-Minute Season Premiere)

Specials/Sports

  • Saturday Night Live – NBC @ 9/8c (30-Minute “Weekend Update Summer Edition” Special)

New

  • Battle of the Network Stars (#110) – ABC @ 9/8c
  • Beat Bobby Flay – Food Network @ 10/9c
  • Beat Shazam (#BSH-111) – FOX @ 8/7c
  • Big Brother (#1924) – CBS @ 9/8c
  • Botched (#410) – E! @ 9/8c
  • Boy Band (#109) – ABC @ 8/7c
  • Conan – TBS @ 11/10c
  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (#1203) – CMT @ 10/9c
  • Date Night Live (#104-150) – Lifetime @ 9:32/8:32c (150-Minute New Episode)
  • Driven to Love (#103) – WE @ 11/10c
  • First In Human (#102) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • Growing Up Hip Hop (#305) – WE @ 9/8c
  • I Love Kellie Pickler (#303) – CMT @ 11/10c
  • Impractical Jokers – TruTV @ 10/9c
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC @ 11:35/10:35c
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:36AM/11:36PMc
  • Love Connection (#LOE-111) – FOX @ 9/8c
  • Mysteries at the Museum (#1603) – Travel Channel @ 9/8c
  • Penn & Teller: Fool Us (#412) – The CW @ 8/7c
  • Queen of the South (#211) – USA Network @ 10/9c
  • SafeWord (#106) – MTV @ 11:30/10:30c
  • The Chris Gethard Show – TruTV @ 11/10c
  • The Gong Show (#104) – ABC @ 10/9c
  • The Guest Book (#104) – TBS @ 10:30/9:30c
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • The Mist (#109) – Spike TV @ 10/9c
  • The Night Shift (#408) – NBC @ 10/9c
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • The Wall (#210) – NBC @ 8/7c
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? – The CW @ 9/8c
  • Zoo (#ZOO308) – CBS @ 10/9c

ABC

  • *New*Boy Band (#109) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Battle of the Network Stars (#110) @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Gong Show (#104) @ 10/9c
  • *New*Jimmy Kimmel Live @ 11:35/10:35c

CBS

  • *New*Big Brother (#1924) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Zoo (#ZOO308) @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc

FOX

  • *New*Beat Shazam (#BSH-111) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Love Connection (#LOE-111) @ 9/8c

NBC

  • *New*The Wall (#210) @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Saturday Night Live @ 9/8c (30-Minute “Weekend Update Summer Edition” Special)
  • *New*The Night Shift (#408) @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers @ 12:36AM/11:36PMc

The CW

  • *New*Penn & Teller: Fool Us (#412) @ 8/7c
  • *New*Whose Line Is It Anyway? @ 9/8c

Bravo

  • *Season Premiere*Flipping Out (#1001) @ 9/8c
  • *Season Premiere*Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (#401) @ 10/9c

CMT

  • *New*Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (#1203) @ 10/9c
  • *New*I Love Kellie Pickler (#303) @ 11/10c

Discovery Channel

  • *New*First In Human (#102) @ 9/8c

E!

  • *New*Botched (#410) @ 9/8c

Food Network

  • *New*Beat Bobby Flay @ 10/9c

History Channel

  • *Season Finale*Alone (#410/411) @ 9/8c & 10/9c (1-Hour Season Finale & 1-Hour “Tales from the Island” Special)

Lifetime

  • *Season Premiere*Project Runway (#1601-90) @ 8/7c (90-Minute Season Premiere)
  • *New*Date Night Live (#104-150) @ 9:32/8:32c (150-Minute New Episode)

MTV

  • *New*SafeWord (#106) @ 11:30/10:30c

Netflix

Showtime

Spike TV

  • *New*The Mist (#109) @ 10/9c

TBS

  • *New*The Guest Book (#104) @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New*Conan @ 11/10c

Travel Channel

  • *New*Mysteries at the Museum (#1603) @ 9/8c

TruTV

  • *New*Impractical Jokers @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Chris Gethard Show @ 11/10c

USA Network

  • *New*Queen of the South (#211) @ 10/9c

WE

  • *New*Growing Up Hip Hop (#305) @ 9/8c
  • *New*Driven to Love (#103) @ 11/10c

8:00/7:00c

  • *New*Beat Shazam (#BSH-111) – FOX
  • *New*Boy Band (#109) – ABC
  • *New*Penn & Teller: Fool Us (#412) – The CW
  • *Season Premiere*Project Runway (#1601-90) – Lifetime (90-Minute Season Premiere)
  • *New*The Wall (#210) – NBC

9:00/8:00c

  • *Season Finale*Alone (#410/411) – History Channel (1-Hour Season Finale)
  • *New*Battle of the Network Stars (#110) – ABC
  • *New*Big Brother (#1924) – CBS
  • *New*Botched (#410) – E!
  • *New*First In Human (#102) – Discovery Channel
  • *Season Premiere*Flipping Out (#1001) – Bravo
  • *New*Growing Up Hip Hop (#305) – WE
  • *New*Love Connection (#LOE-111) – FOX
  • *New*Mysteries at the Museum (#1603) – Travel Channel
  • *Special*Saturday Night Live – NBC (30-Minute “Weekend Update Summer Edition” Special)
  • *New*Whose Line Is It Anyway? – The CW

9:30/8:30c

  • *New*Date Night Live (#104-150) – Lifetime (9:32/8:32c – 150-Minute New Episode)

10:00/9:00c

  • *Season Finale*Alone (#410/411) – History Channel (1-Hour “Tales from the Island” Special)
  • *New*Beat Bobby Flay – Food Network
  • *New*Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (#1203) – CMT
  • *Season Premiere*Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (#401) – Bravo
  • *New*Impractical Jokers – TruTV
  • *New*Queen of the South (#211) – USA Network
  • *New*The Gong Show (#104) – ABC
  • *New*The Mist (#109) – Spike TV
  • *New*The Night Shift (#408) – NBC
  • *New*Zoo (#ZOO308) – CBS

10:30/9:30c

  • *New*The Guest Book (#104) – TBS

11:00/10:00c

  • *New*Conan – TBS
  • *New*Driven to Love (#103) – WE
  • *New*I Love Kellie Pickler (#303) – CMT
  • *Series Premiere*Naked SNCTM (#101) – Showtime
  • *New*The Chris Gethard Show – TruTV

11:30/10:30c

  • *New*Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC (11:35/10:35c)
  • *New*SafeWord (#106) – MTV
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS (11:35/10:35c)
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC (11:34/10:34c)

12:30AM/11:30PMc

  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC (12:36AM/11:36PMc)
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS (12:37AM/11:37PMc)

3:00AM/2:00AMc

  • *Series Premiere*Marvel’s The Defenders (#101-108) – Netflix (3:01AM/2:01AMc – Complete First Season Premiere)

Full Schedule

  • *Season Finale*Alone (#410/411) – History Channel @ 9/8c & 10/9c (1-Hour Season Finale & 1-Hour “Tales from the Island” Special)
  • *Series Premiere*Marvel’s The Defenders (#101-108) – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Naked SNCTM (#101) – Showtime @ 11/10c
  • *Season Premiere*Flipping Out (#1001) – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *Season Premiere*Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (#401) – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*Project Runway (#1601-90) – Lifetime @ 8/7c (90-Minute Season Premiere)
  • *Special*Saturday Night Live – NBC @ 9/8c (30-Minute “Weekend Update Summer Edition” Special)
  • *New*Battle of the Network Stars (#110) – ABC @ 9/8c
  • *New*Beat Bobby Flay – Food Network @ 10/9c
  • *New*Beat Shazam (#BSH-111) – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *New*Big Brother (#1924) – CBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*Botched (#410) – E! @ 9/8c
  • *New*Boy Band (#109) – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Conan – TBS @ 11/10c
  • *New*Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (#1203) – CMT @ 10/9c
  • *New*Date Night Live (#104-150) – Lifetime @ 9:32/8:32c (150-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*Driven to Love (#103) – WE @ 11/10c
  • *New*First In Human (#102) – Discovery Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Growing Up Hip Hop (#305) – WE @ 9/8c
  • *New*I Love Kellie Pickler (#303) – CMT @ 11/10c
  • *New*Impractical Jokers – TruTV @ 10/9c
  • *New*Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:36AM/11:36PMc
  • *New*Love Connection (#LOE-111) – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *New*Mysteries at the Museum (#1603) – Travel Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Penn & Teller: Fool Us (#412) – The CW @ 8/7c
  • *New*Queen of the South (#211) – USA Network @ 10/9c
  • *New*SafeWord (#106) – MTV @ 11:30/10:30c
  • *New*The Chris Gethard Show – TruTV @ 11/10c
  • *New*The Gong Show (#104) – ABC @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Guest Book (#104) – TBS @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Mist (#109) – Spike TV @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Night Shift (#408) – NBC @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*The Wall (#210) – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Whose Line Is It Anyway? – The CW @ 9/8c
  • *New*Zoo (#ZOO308) – CBS @ 10/9c

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