Thursday, September 24, 2020

What's On Tonight (Friday): Amber Alert

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For the second consecutive Friday, Peacock takes the spotlight with a new show starring a much-loved comedian.

Top Pick
🔔 The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock, Time TBA) Seth Meyers' much beloved writer and on-screen foil finally gets her own show. Watch the trailer here.

Highlights
🔔 Meet The Press Reports (2:00 AM, Peacock) Do you, for some unhealthy reason, enjoy watching Chuck Todd? You might want to see someone about that. Anywho, I guess to make Choad feel better about losing his weekday 5:00 PM slot, NBC has given him this weekly streaming show that will air regularly on Thursdays at 8:00 PM (with replays at 11:30 PM, and then 2:00 AM and noon on Fridays), focusing on a single topic. For the premiere: 'How To Win A Presidential Debate.' I'm guessing the answer is, 'Both sides everything!' Seriously, fuck Chuck Todd.



🔔 Country-ish (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Country artist Coffey Anderson and his wife, hip-hop dancer Criscilla, juggle family life, career goals and tests of faith in this reality series.'

🔔 The Great British Baking Show AKA The Great British Bake-Off (Netflix, 3:01 AM) Season eleven - filmed under COVID restrictions - arrives and will continue dropping weekly. The review from Slate is not good

🔔 Long Way Up (AppleTV+, 3:01 AM)

🔔 The Magic Of Disney's Animal Kingdom (Disney+, 3:01 AM) '[A]n all-access pass to explore the magic of nature within Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge and The Seas with Nemo & Friends at EPCOT, and it’s the ultimate tribute to the magnificent array of more than 300 species and 5,000-plus animals cared for by our dedicated and highly skilled team at Walt Disney World Resort.'

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🔔 A Perfect Crime (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'This docuseries investigates the 1991 killing of politician Detlev Rohwedder, an unsolved mystery at the heart of Germany's tumultuous reunification.'

🔔 The School Nurse Files (Netflix, 3:01 AM)

🔔 Secret Society Of Second-Born Royals (Disney+, 3:01 AM) No, this is not about heirs to spare like Harry. It's described as 'American contemporary science fantasy action superhero film.'

🔔 Sneakerheads (Netflix, 3:01 AM) Do you know what a 'sneakerhead' is, because I did not. Sneakerheads are people who, literally, collect sneakers. That's it. That's the show. 'Family man Devin falls back into his sneaker obsession after his pal Bobby talks him into a wheeling-dealing scheme to score a mythical pair of kicks.'

🔔 Ted Lasso (Apple TV+, 3:01 AM)

🔔 Tehran (AppleTV+, 3:01 AM) First season premiere. A Mossad agent goes 'deep undercover on a dangerous mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy.'

🔔 Tooning Out The News (CBS All Access, 3:01 AM)

🔔 Utopia (Amazon, 3:01 AM) Adapted from a British series by novelist-turned-screenwriter Gillian Flynn, featuring Rainn Wilson and John Cusack. The A.V. Club gave it a C- in a pre-air review.

🔔 Wilmore (Peacock, 3:01AM10:00 PM)

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🔔 🏈 College Football (CBSSN, 8:00 PM) Memphis at Texas-San Antonio.

🔔 The First 48: The Case That Haunts Me (A&E, 8:00 PM)

🔔 The Greatest #AtHome Videos (CBS, 8:00 PM)

🔔 Masters Of Illusion (The CW, 8:00 PM)

🔔 ⚾ MLB Baseball (ESPN2, 8:00 PM) Cubs at the White Sox.

🔔 🏒 Stanley Cup Finals (NBC, 8:00 PM) Game four between the Lightning and Stars.

🔔 River Monsters: Deadliest Man-Eaters (Animal Planet, 8:00 PM)

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🔔 RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue (VH1, 8:00 PM)

🔔 WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 PM)

🔔 A Wilderness Of Error (FX, 8:00 PM) Series premiere. 'Errol Morris is obsessed with a popularized true-crime -- the murder of a pregnant wife and two young daughters; Jeffrey MacDonald said a band of drugged-crazed hippies attacked his family; Marc Smerling reinvestigates to find the truth.'

🔔 🏀 NBA Basketball (ESPN, 8:30 PM) It's do-or-die for the Celtics, down 3-1 to the Heat.

🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:00 PM)

🔔🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives (Food Network, 9:00 PM) 'Ordering All Kinds Of Flavors.'

🔔 🎭 Great Performances (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Now Hear This: The Schubert Generation.'

🔔 Love Island (CBS, 9:00 PM)

🔔 Selling The Big Easy (HGTV, 9:00 PM)

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🔔 A Wilderness Of Error (FX, 9:30 PM) 'After an Army hearing frees Green Beret Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, his father-in-law demands a reinvestigation; but when he sees all the evidence, he's shocked to see where it leads.'

🔔 🎭 Art In The 21st Century (PBS, 10:00 PM) 'Beijing.'

🔔 Dateline NBC (NBC, 10:00 PM) The 29th season premiere.

🔔 Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) Senator Bernie Sanders; 'comedian' and host of Growing Belushi, Jim Belushi; Coleman Hughes of the Manhattan Institute and CNN analyst Bakari Sellers. 

🔔 A Wilderness Of Error (FX, 10:30 PM) 'Nine years after the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters, the guilt of Green Beret Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald is put to a civilian jury; the defense calls a surprise witness, the girl in a floppy hat.'

🔔 Room 104 (HBO, 11:00 PM) 'The Night Babby Died.'

Blast From The Past
🎥 Grease (POP, 8:00 PM) Is it a movie about old people pretending to be teenagers or how women should submerge their identities in favor of winning over a guy? Maybe it's both!

George Plimpton Dies, September 25, 2003

Sources: Zap2It, Futon Critic, Netflix, TV Guide, OnThisDay, Rotten Tomatoes, Apple TV+, Collider, Wikipedia, PBS, Wikipedia, Disney Parks, Radio Times, TV Newser, Slate.

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