I’ve been going back and forth about this review-piece regarding FX’s latest dark and gritty drama, THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER, from the minds of some of my favorite people on earth, most notably Kurt Sutter on the words and Paris Barclay on the pictures (premieres tonight at 10/9c with a 2 hour adventure). The problem I’ve been having is trying to figure out the best way to articulate the fact that the show is so violent and dark I found myself
When we last left our zombie-virus survivors on Z NATION, things went a little crazy as Cassandra was infected with whatever form of the mutated virus Murphy’s been dealing with! Season 2 premieres tonight at 10/9c and without giving too much away, Cassandra’s portrayer, Pisay Pao, previewed a little bit about what’s coming next and why we should all tune in! I love how you never know what’s coming next on Z NATION! [laughs out loud] Oh yeah, we love
Stop what you’re doing! You must immediately get to your DVR – or your online DVR manager or your VCR or wherever you record important things – and make sure that your recording of YOU’RE THE WORST is all set and ready to go on their NEW network, FXX, tonight at 10:30/9:30c. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s focus a little bit on why I think you need to be watching! Created by former TWoP recapper (among other
WB released a first look at Season 4 of ARROW and it’s intense! Oliver and Felicity domestic bliss, Echo Kellum (loved BEN & KATE), Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), John Constantine, The Lazarus Pit and who (or what) comes out of it. Nyssa, Malcolm, a crazy Speedy. SO MUCH GOING ON! The show returns 10/7 at 8/7c. Who’s watching?
Though initially scheduled to premiere on August 5, and to run alongside (the MUCH-MUCH-MUCH-inferior) MR ROBINSON on NBC, THE CARMICHAEL SHOW finally debuts tonight with 2 back to back episodes, starting at 9/8c, and after having seen the first three set to air, I am ALL IN. The show, a semi-autobiographical look at star Jerrod Carmichael’s life, opens with Jerrod and his girlfriend Maxine (Amber Stevens West, late of GREEK and downright awesome) wanting to tell his parents that she
WHAT IS IT? SCREAM QUEENS – The girls of Kappa House are dying for new pledges. SCREAM QUEENS is a new killer comedy-horror series from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, the Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning executive producers of GLEE and “American Horror Story.” Wallace University is rocked by a string of murders. Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority for pledges, is ruled with an iron fist (in a pink glove) by its Queen Bitch, CHANEL OBERLIN (Emma Roberts,
WHAT IS IT? DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW – When heroes alone are not enough… the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have
WHAT IS IT? CONTAINMENT – When a mysterious and deadly epidemic breaks out in Atlanta, a vast urban quarantine is quickly enforced, forcing those stuck on the inside to fight for their lives while local and federal officials desperately search for a cure. Trying to keep the peace on the streets is police officer Lex Carnahan, who has quickly risen through the ranks of the Atlanta PD. But Lex’s job becomes even harder when he learns that his longtime girlfriend,
WHAT IS IT? CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND – Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything – her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan – in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: suburban West Covina, Calif. (it’s only two hours from the beach! Four in traffic). WHO IS IN IT? Rachel Bloom WHEN DOES IT AIR?
Not betting on many new shows this fall as only one is slated to take over a spot – New shows DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and CORDON-now-called-CONTAINMENT will air in midseason and no news about where THE 100 will fall! New shows below are marked in RED! MONDAYS: 8PM: CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 9PM: JANE THE VIRGIN TUESDAYS: 8PM: THE FLASH 9PM: IZOMBIE WEDNESDAYS: 8PM: ARROW 9PM: SUPERNATURAL THURSDAYS: 8PM: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES 9PM: THE ORIGINALS FRIDAYS: 8PM: REIGN 9PM: AMERICA’S NEXT