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Congratulations! We did it! Welcome to the end of the 2019-20 television season! Whew. It was a season, amiright?! Quibi. Disney+. HBO Max. AppleTV+. Peacock. Remember Almost Family? Remember Sunnyside?? So the final Top Pick of the season goes to the super charming British dramedy Last Tango in Halifax, which stars Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi as long ago friends who rekindle their friendship and it quickly turns to a Love in Their 70s. There is plenty of family conflict as their daughters (Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker) don't mingle easily and carry plenty of baggage. It's sometimes dark, but I love it.
Elsewhere, it's the Emmys! There will be a live thread, duh. For those who want to watch TV rather than TV awards, Dwight does a flashback, Richard Scott Smith meets his demise, the war over Halloween rages, animated oddity Sugar and Toys is back, and CNN likes Ike.
And the Emmy goes to... What's On Television for the episode "Sunday, September 20!"
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
60 Minutes (CBS, 7:30 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Back for a 53rd year! Voting by mail in Pennsylvania, former national security adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster, LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron. Who wants to put this on their Cancellation League ballot?
Cookie Mobster 🎥 (UPtv, 7 p.m.): [*sees title* ] I hate humanity.
QUICK HITS:
Celebrity Family Feud 💲 (ABC, 7 p.m.): Ray Romano vs. Brad Garrett and Fall Out Boy vs Weezer
E! Live from the Red Carpet (E!, 6 p.m.): "Red carpet"... ?
NBA (TNT, 7:30 p.m.): Denver at Los Angeles
FOR THE RECORD: Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m.); Stranger (Netflix, 3 a.m.)
Her Deadly Sugar Daddy 🎥 (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Sugar daddies are not psycho, they are deadly!
🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL
72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Jimmy Kimmel hosts this year's even that did fine without a host last year. Awards will be given in lead and supporting acting and writing and directing for the big three types (comedy, drama, limited series/movie). Variety talk show and competition program are also on the agenda (ballot). Like the Creative Arts Emmys, this is also remotely done. There are two fewer categories this year, and the governors award has been added. The live-thread goes up at 7 p.m. for you fellow television elitists.
Dwight in Shining Armor (BYUtv, 8:30 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. While waiting in line at a food truck, Prince Chlodwig The Unstable tells his story of what happened to him on the day the Champion Spell was broken. Flashback!
⭐ Last Tango in Halifax (PBS, 8 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. After 3+ years, we are back in Halifax! Alan and Celia are seven years into their marriage but are not seeing eye to eye. Alan's brother, Ted, plans to visit, and tempers flare when money becomes the topic of conversation at a birthday celebration. The series is still helmed by the great Sally Wainwright, who also does/did the wonderful Happy Valley and Scott & Bailey.
Malory Towers (BYUtv, 8 p.m.): Darrell starts helping Alicia to play pranks in class, whilst a mysterious red handprint appears on the door of the dormitory, causing rumours that it is a ghost's handprint.
Our Cartoon President (Showtime, 8:30 p.m.): Cartoon Joe Biden sets out to become the face of the Democratic Party. Cartoon Don Jr. and Cartoon Eric Trump try to develop a miracle cure for COVID-19.
Power Book II: Ghost (Starz, 9 p.m.): Tariq struggles with the weight of providing for his mother's mounting legal defense while juggling the rigors of Ivy League life.
QUICK HITS:
Sunday Night Football 🏈 (NBC, 8:20 p.m.): #AMERICANS! vs waterbirds
Psycho Yoga Instructor 🎥 (LMN, 8 p.m.): RERUN. I gave this a Top Pick earlier this year! During the summer, The AV Club chimed in on these Lifetime thriller movies, too.
Top Gear (BBC America, 8 p.m.): Paddy, Freddie and Chris are sent on a high-altitude mountain expedition across Peru in second-hand American cars. Chris tests out the latest electric car from Porsche.
Sunday Night Football 🏈 (NBC, 8:20 p.m.): #AMERICANS! vs waterbirds
🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL
Love Fraud (Showtime, 9 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. Richard Scott Smith's past is continuing to unravel and may finally be catching up with him. Smith's victims decide it's time to take a road trip and stop Rick once and for all.
Lovecraft Country (HBO, 9 p.m.): "In the throes of the Korean War, nursing student Ji-Ah crosses paths with a wounded Atticus, who has no recollection of their violent first encounter."
Van der Valk (PBS, 9 p.m.): A Muslim worker is found dead with a symbolic stab wound, and evidence connects her to a rare books library and a Catholic nun.
QUICK HITS:
Curious Life and Death of... (Smithsonian Channel): Titanic
FOR THE RECORD: Barnyard Builders (DIY Network); Carnival Eats (Cooking Channel); Evil Lives Here (Investigation Discovery); Expedition to the Edge (Discovery Channel); Halloween Wars (Food Network); How It Really Happened with Harper Hill (HLN); Jungle Life/Mexico Life (HGTV); Lone Star Law (Animal Planet); Love Island (CBS, 9:30 p.m.); Paranormal Caught on Camera (Travel Channel); The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo); United Vets of America (Nat Geo Wild); Weather Gone Viral (The Weather Channel); Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks (National Geographic)
🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL
Outrageous Pumpkins (Food Network, 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Pumpkins get wild and crazy for the cameras!
The Vow (HBO, 10 p.m.): Catherine believes her daughter is in danger and wants her to come home. When she and the former members are unable to get the attention of the authorities, they approach The New York Times, which I guess they don't find to be fake.
QUICK HITS:
Race for the White House (CNN, season finale): Eisenhower vs Stevenson
Uncensored (TV One): Eve
FOR THE RECORD: Bar Rescue (Paramount Network); Caribbean Life (HGTV); Darcey & Stacey (TLC); Naked & Afraid: Foreign Exchange (Science); The Osbournes Want to Believe (Travel Channel, season finale); Signs of a Psychopath (Investigation Discovery. 10:30 p.m.); Trackers: Sniff and Rescue (Nat Geo Wild, special)
FOR THE RECORD: 90 Day Pillow Talk: Happily Ever After? (TLC)
🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL
Sugar and Toys (Fuse, 11 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Episode title: "Thirst Day Was the Worst Day." Ain't that the truth.
That White People Shit (Fuse, 11:30 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. King Keraun tests his skills in competitive dodgeball, air guitar and vintage baseball.
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Mission: Impossible 📺 (MeTV, 3 a.m.): The Hagars collect money for charity but keep it for themselves in the form of platinum bars. This con artist couple meets its match when Phelps and the IMF set out to put an end to the scam.
Tigtone (Adult Swim, midnight): The Zuzzlekin and Fuzzlefolk are in adorable peril, but can Tigtone get his sword back? Later, In order to escape an endless maze, Tigtone must find the way out.
LATE-NIGHT TALK & SATIRE
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen: @ Home (Bravo, 10 p.m.): Michael Rapaport and Candiace Dillard Bassett
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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included
🏈⚾🏀🏒: Sportsballs
Happy watching, everyone!
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