Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon |
Aloha! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, July 17!
Tonight's Top Pick is the newest Toonami show, Yashahime. The show is a follow-up to InuYasha, picking up some familiar characters bit focusing on twin sisters who were separated at a young age. (See gif) Now reunites, they learn they're half demons. Gotta fight evil. The show is okay.
Elsewhere, Robert Irvin travels The Globe, Danger Force goes Hollywood, Side Hustle forms a band, Shark Week continues, and Black Clover gets a Spade Kingdom visitor.
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
πΊ All in the Family (Amazon Prime / IMDb TV, now): If you missed it earlier this week, some of Norman Lear's quintessential shows — All in the Family, Maude, Good Times and OG One Day at a Time — are now streaming via Prime and/or IMDb TV, alongside Diff'rent Strokes and 227. This is a lot of quality television. The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, and even the short-lived and hard-to-find Sanford will join the gang later this year. No word on Archie Bunker's Place, 704 Hauser, Checking In, Gloria, Grady, or The Sanford Arms.
πΊ Doctor Who (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): The Master seeks to restore his life force by disrupting a power source that would destroy the planet Gallifrey along with the Doctor. This entire story features the Doctor without a companion.
The Globe (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. In each episode of this globe-trotting competition series, four chefs compete across three rounds of culinary gameplay as they are transported to food destinations around the world via immersive LED screen backdrops. They never leave the arena! It is hosted by Robert Irvine.
The Hour (Ovation, 7 p.m.): Return of an early 2010s favorite! This excellent behind-the-scenes drama and spy thriller in Cold War-era England centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news program. This show was my introduction to Ben Whishaw.
BRIEFLY: Rogue Tiger Shark: The Hunt for Lagertha (Discovery+, 3 a.m., special)
π 8:00 EASTERN / π 7:00 CENTRAL
Danger Force (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): Captain Man and Danger Force are hired to deliver a big budget Hollywood movie to its premiere, but the producer warns them that rival studios and internet trolls are out to steal the film.
π₯ The Empty Man (HBO, 8 p.m.): A series of mysterious disappearances in a small Midwestern town may be linked to a supernatural entity.
π₯ Nobody Will Believe You (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A woman and her teenage daughter are ready for a fresh start after a tough year. Things start to spiral out of control when someone hacks the daughter's phone and begins stalking her.
Return to Shark Vortex (Discovery Channel, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. As the Shark Vortex retreats in the fall, sharks battle it out for dominance in New England's icy waters. Experts Dr. Greg Skomal, Joe and Lauren Romeiro brave rough oceans and fierce predators to capture new footage and insight.
Young Dylan (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): Dylan has a new track that he's sure will get some attention, but he needs a female vocalist for the hook and after using Rebecca for the part, he can't contain his jealousy when she starts getting more attention than him.
NOTICES:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Game Night hosted by Anthony Anderson (ABC): Cedric the Entertainer
π 9:00 EASTERN / π 8:00 CENTRAL
πΊ Love, American Style (Decades, 9 p.m.): Hey, this comedy anthology is back for another weekend. This episode features a segment with Paul Lynde and Carol Wayne.
Side Hustle (Nickelodeon, 9 p.m.): After Munchy gets a catchy tune stuck in his head, the kids form a band and turn it into a song.
This Weekend in Pop Culture (WOT&Pop Culture, 9:30 p.m.): What pop culture have you consumed lately?
NOTICES:
2021 NBA Finals, Game 5 (ABC): Milwaukee at Phoenix
π 10:00 EASTERN / π 9:00 CENTRAL
I Was Prey (Discovery Channel, 10 p.m.): "Survivors who overcame life-and-death circumstances during horrific shark attacks tell their stories."
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Black Clover (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): Asta and friends must stop one of their own who's running amok in the Heart Kingdom. A man from the Spade Kingdom arrives in Hage looking for Yuno.
Dr. Stone (Adults Swim, 12:30 a.m.): A truce is called between the kingdom of science and Tsukasa Empire; all appears to be well, but some of the kingdom's dynamite is missing.
Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Joichiro used to be the rising star of Totsuki Academy, but his life takes a different turn.
My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, midnight): It's an all-out brawl as the last two teams from Class A and Class B fight it out to the finish.
⭐ Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Towa decides to return to the feudal era to help Setsuna regain her memories. The trio enters the corridor leading to the feudal era, but within it awaits the spirit of a certain priestess.
πΊ The Rookies (Heroes & Icons, 2 a.m.): Jill is confronted by her past when a former lover of hers appears at her home. The unanticipated visitor gives the impression that he is fatally ill, thereby luring Jill into becoming involved with him, despite her uncertainty.
πΊ That Girl (Antenna TV, 11 p.m.): Don's mother begins to dislike Ann because of the character she portrays in a soap opera.
πΊ The Time Tunnel (MeTV, 3 a.m.): The travelers materialize in 1895 on Devil's Island, where they try to help French captain Alfred Dreyfus escape.
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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; J! Archive; TV Passport; Zap2it⭐: Top Pick
π²: Game show
π₯: Movie
πΊ: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included
Happy watching, everyone!
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