Sunday, April 5, 2020

What's On Tonight (Monday): "Manifest" Ends As It Lives--Confusingly & Confoundingly

Hello All and Welcome To This Thing Of Ours Here....This is What's On for April 6th 2020



8:00

The Neighborhood (CBS): When Tina receives some unexpected news, Cedric, Dave, and Gemma all encourage her to take a leap of faith--literally--by learning how to skydive. (what? why?); Marty helps Grover build a battle bot for a school science project. (Battle Bots Go!)

The Voice (NBC): The Battles Part 3 (!!!!)

9-1-1 (FOX): rerun of literally last week's episode where a bowling alley manager gets pinned down by the pinsetter machine, Chen and Jennifer Love Hewitt have to save the life of a guy at a restaurant who's proposing to his girlfriend, Athena chases after a carjacker, and Bobby takes the kids camping.

Celebrity Family Feud (ABC): Rerun of the time Chrissy Teigan and John Legend took on the Vanderpump Rules Family as well as the Terry and Rebecca Crews family. (does best Vin Diesel impersonation--"Family")

Whose Line? (The CW): NEW Episode has guest star Jeanine Mason as well as Gary Anthony Williams (Smart Brother Himself!)

Antiques Roadshow (PBS): "Treasure Fever"---A Lakota Sioux doctor's bag, a Civil War medical officer's sword; a Fern Isabel Coppedge oil paining

Cosmos-Possible Worlds (Nat Geo): "Magic Without Lies"---The men who stumbled onto a hole in the reality of quantum mechanics and the still unfolding tech that made it possible. (Wha??)

Royal Matchmaker (Hallmark): A matchmaker is tasked with finding a match for a prince, only to realize that she herself would make the ideal match. (Get Outta Town!) Starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Will Kemp.

8:30

Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS): Abishola must draw the line when Bob's ex wife tries to maneuver her way back into his life (But Why?); Goodwin is concerned when Christina sets her romantic interest on Kofo. (But Why?)  (Ohh you wacky broadly drawn side characters you)

Whose Line? (The CW): Rerun of Jeff Davis 9 from last August.

9:00

All Rise (CBS): Emily's composure nosedives when she defends a young man charged with domestic violence; Judge Lola causes a rift with Mark when she reprimands his girlfriend (who is a high profile defense lawyer) for grandstanding in the courtroom (well yeah that is what they tend to do)

Fox Presents the I Heart Radio Living Room Concert for Covid-19 (FOX): Rerun of that concert benefit thing that first ran last Sunday night.

Celebrity Family Feud (ABC): Rerun of that time the cast of Black-ish took on the cast of The Goldbergs! (Finally one of these i'd be temped to actually watch!)

Roswell, New Mexico (The CW): On the urge of a break thru in her quest to save Max, Liz turns to Kyle for one last favor that could potentially land him in hot water; Michael and Alex's investigation into Nora leads them to a farm where they meet a historian named Forrest. (nods) (I'll watch anything with a historian named Forrest!)

Antiques Roadshow (PBS): Rerun from Jan of 16 that had the show visiting Spokane Washington and saw a 1961-63 JFK archive; a face jug; and a Gone with the Wind sketchbook. (A sketchbook???)

Better Call Saul (AMC): When a simple errand for a client goes sideways, Jimmy is pushed to the limit; Mike takes measures to contain the wrath of the cartel; and Lalo gets an unexpected visitor. (Is it Thats Right, You Guessed It-- Frank Stallone?!?!?!?)  (Episode is titled "Bagman" and runs til 10:15)

The Plot Against America (HBO): Evelyn and Bengelsdorf receive an invitation from Mrs. Lindbergh to a state dinner for Nazi Germany's foreign minister; Back from the war, Alvin takes a job at his uncle's warehouse; Phillip is traumatized by a death in the neighborhood. (Wait i wanna know more about this warehouse job--Now that's the plotline of the 3 that clearly has the most intrigue here!)

Cosmos-Possible Worlds (Nat Geo): "A Tale of Two Atoms"---How a deadly embrace between science and state altered the fate of the world, and a gripping cautionary tale of mass casualty and unlikely survival. (Mass Casaulties are never a good thing are they? I mean you never hear a positive story involving "Mass Casualties" you know?)

Beyond the Unkown (Travel): The Hunt for an elusive swamp monster; a passenger plane haunted by the spirits of its long lost crew; a set of mysterious rocks that may or may not prove the existence of aliens. ("Lisa...I'd like to buy your magic rocks!!!")

American Pickers (History): Transforming an Indian head motorcycle into gold. (Literally???) (No probably not)

Spring Baking Championship (Food)

Driven (Discovery): More cars are restored!

Gomer Pyle (MeTV): He inadvertently gives the position of the platoon to the enemy during maneuvers. (Pyle?!?!?? Shazam?!?!?!?)

(That is followed as usual at 9:30 by Green Acres with "Lisa's attempt to start a vegetable garden grows more bills than food") (set to Bonanza theme---Da-na-na-na-na-na-na.....Vegetable GARDEN!!!...Da-na-na-na-na-da-na-na...CORN!!!!)

10:00

Bull (CBS): Bell must defend a train engineer who has no memory of a fatal crash he allegedly caused; Due to a brain injury he received in the collision, Bull must try to figure out what actually happened. (Can he??? Well it wouldn't be much of a procedural if he didn't right???)

Manifest (NBC): Top Pick of the night goes once again to this singularly frustrating mystery show that is wrapping up its 2nd season tonight with "Michaela and Ben put everything on the line to attempt a daring rescue, as the final hours of Zeke's life tick down, Saanvi and Vance make a last ditch effort to appeal to the evil Major who may or may not be the only person who can save Zeke from his rapidly approaching death date. (Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin...into the Maaaanifesssst...I want to fly on that airplane..til the show makes sense, Fly on that airplane, let the creator explain the show to me....I want to fly on that airplane...til I'm free....Oh-Ohh there's a solution)--(to the show not making much sense!!!) (Cheers Manifest Cheers!)

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Secrets and Surprises (ABC): Regis Phillbin, Meredith Viera, and Jimmy Kimmel all take a look behind the scenes of ABC's game show--conveniently coming back this very Wednesday night. (Whoa--talk about timing!)

Broken Places (PBS): How Trauma in children shapes peoples' lives as they become adults, Why some children become damaged by early troubles while others thrive. (As usual, i'm gonna guess it depends on both the individual and the level of trauma suffered by the person)

Breeders (FX): "Its half term and Luke is responsible for taking Lenny the class bear on an adventure (Class Bear???); Lenny has been to Italy, Peru, and beyond but Paul can't even manage to get the family and the godforsaken bear out of the house to the local park." (Class Bear????)

Dispatches From Elsewhere (AMC): "Cave of Kelpis"---The Milkman leads the gang underground while Peter and Simone grapple with their feelings for one another; Janice meets someone who gives her an unexpected clue. (Janice is Sally Field right?)

My Brilliant Friend--Story of a New Name (HBO): Elena agrees to a holiday in Ischia with Lila knowing that Nino Sarratore will also be on the island. (nods)

Almost Paradise (WGN): Christian Kane starring show set in a beach resort has "When the body of a friend of Detective Alamarez washes up on the beach, Alex suspects the international smugglers who just checked into the resort may be involved; Ernesto tracks down the murderer, while Alex goes undercover with Detective Kai.  ("We are international bussinessmen!!!")

Beyond the Unknown (Travel): The fabled lost city of Atlantis; a bizarre animal attack that inspired the movie "The Birds"; and a set of cryptic instruments. (Instruments can be cryptic??? Well the tuba and the french horn certainly can be!!!)

Cops (Paramount): A fleeing driver forges his own path in order to get away from police; Officers tell the employee of a car dealership to invest in more security cameras; and emotions run high as a deputy breaks up an explosive domestic situation. (The episode is titled "New Car Smell" and i know what you're thinking--"Cops has episode titles?!?!?") (ALSO COPS IS FILMED IN FRONT OF A LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE!!!!)

11:00

Briarpatch (USA): "Game Theory and Mescaline" Jake and Allegra make the most of a bad situation, Singe gets creative, and the senator takes a meeting. (We're almost done as next week is the show's last episode--i think!) (So next week more than likely will find this show being Top Pick--maybe, who knows?)  (Also its a good show! I don't know why USA chose to bury it, but watch it become a hit on streaming in the coming months!) (at least it should be a hit on streaming damnit!)


WELCOME TO THE START OF YET ANOTHER WORKWEEK WHERE WORK IS NOT QUITE THE SAME AS IT USUALLY IS FOR MOST PEOPLE (IF ANYONE); I'LL SEE YOU MANANA!!!!



  

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