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Derry Girls

It's time for one last trip to late 90s Northern Ireland with the final season of Derry Girls.  There's only seven episodes this season bringing the grand total to a whopping NINETEEN.  I would have liked more but the first two seasons were kind of perfect.  I'll keep my fingers crossed for a continuation of some sort, but in the meantime I will just rewatch the episodes we have.  

Elsewhere, everybody is getting their spooky offerings out...

*First up, Disney+ has a new Marvel special presentation, Werewolf by Night.  I can't tell from the trailer if this is connected to the larger MCU, or if this is its own thing, but the trailer certainly doesn't look like any other MCU film or TV show I've seen.  The reviews are good (97% Fresh), but strangely, it's only 53 minutes long.  I guess brevity can be a good thing but why not just make it movie length?  This is Werewolf by Night not Werewolf by the Hour.

*Not to be outdone by their sister streamer, Hulu has a new Hellraiser.  The new Hellraiser is a woman.  CUE THE OUTRAGE.  

*Netflix has a new series about terminally ill teens dealing with supernatural bullshit.  It's from the people who made The Haunting of Hill House series.  Without saying anything further, you should already know whether this is for you or not.

*Netflix also has a new mystery/suspense series starring Mila Kunis called The Luckiest Girl Alive.  The title would seem to imply there might be a luckier girl out there who is dead, but seeing as she's dead, she probably couldn't be all that lucky.

*CBS says, "to hell with spooky nonsense, we got shows to premiere!" and then promptly takes over the fire station and moves it out to northern California.  Fire Country is from Bruckheimer, so you know it'll be pretty slick, but how many different ways can you show people fighting fires?  You may also wonder how they can have a new fire every week, and I repeat, this takes place in Northern California.  They had a half dozen forest fires break out just as I was writing this sentence.

TOP PICK

⭐🔔 Derry Girls✔️(Netflix, 3:01 AM) FINAL SEASON. 'It’s now 1996 and snarky teenager Erin Quinn, her sugar-addicted cousin Orla McCool, tightly wound best friend Clare Devlin, boy mad Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) and Michelle’s English cousin James McGuire are contemplating the future.'

PREMIERES

Werewolf by Night

🎥 Catherine Called Birdy (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 'A 14-year-old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.  Directed by Lena Dunham'

🎥 Hellraiser (Hulu, 12:01 AM) 'A take on Clive Barker's 1987 horror classic where a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites.'

🎥 Werewolf by Night✔️(Disney+, 3:01 AM) 'On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster.'

🎥 Habla Loud (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 'Features stories and insights from Latinos spanning different backgrounds and occupations.'

💀 Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Explores the warped mind of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer through newly-unearthed recorded interviews with his legal team, revealing the ways that race, sexuality, class and policing allowed him to prey upon Milwaukee's marginalized communities.'

🎥 Doll House (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A troubled lead singer of a rock band sets out to rekindle the relationship he never had with his long-lost daughter.'

🔔 Glitch✔️ (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'A woman searches for her missing boyfriend with the help of UFO enthusiasts. From the creators of "Extracurricular."'

😂 Kev Adams: The Real Me (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION. 'At age 30, French comic Kev Adams gets up close and personal about how life has changed since his big break 12 years ago — and not always for the best.'

🎥 Luckiest Girl Alive✔️ (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A writer's perfectly crafted New York City life starts to unravel when a true-crime documentary forces her to confront her harrowing high school history.  Starring Mila Kunis and Connie Britton.'

🔔 Man on Pause (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Amid the onset of andropause, a 50-something family man becomes obsessed with change and decides to pursue happiness. Then he bungles it up completely.'

The Midnight Club

🔔 The Midnight Club✔️ (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Inside a hospice for terminally ill teens, members of an exclusive club make a chilling pact: The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave.'

🔔 The Mole (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'In this reimagined version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end.'

🔔 Oddballs (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Bubble-shaped boy James questions anything and everything that annoys him. The result? An awesome life of odd adventure with his two best friends.'

🎥 Old People (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A woman who's returned home with her two kids to attend her sister's wedding must suddenly defend their lives against older people on a killing spree.'

🎥 The Redeem Team (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'After their shocking performance at the 2004 Olympics, the US men's basketball team seeks redemption as they pursue Gold at the 2008 Beijing Games.'

🎥 Significant Other✔️(Paramount, 3:01 AM) 'Follows a young couple who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest and face sinister events leading them to realize that everything about the place is not as it seems.'

🎵 iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1 (CW, 8:00 PM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION. 'Highlights of the annual event; Ryan Seacrest hosts.'

🔔 The Lincoln Project (Showtime, 8:00 PM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'A five-part docuseries following the members of the Lincoln Project over the course of the 2020 election and its aftermath.'

🎥 Secrets at the Inn (LMN, 8:00 PM) 'A woman assumes responsibility for her niece after her estranged sister dies while renovating a historic inn. As mysterious things begin to happen at the inn, she starts to question everyone -- from her troubled niece to the handsome contractor.'

🔥 Fire Country(CBS, 9:00 PM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'A young convict seeks redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining an unconventional prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region.'

🏰 Saving the Manor (HGTV, 10:00 PM) 'Cameras follow couple Dean Poulton and Borja de Maqua as they single-handedly renovate a magnificent, yet dilapidated, ten-building, 65-room historic English estate that dates back more than 500 years.'

RETURNING SHOWS

Hello, Jack!  The Kindness Show

🔔 Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show✔️(Apple, 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🔔 The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple, 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO PREMIERE.

👻 Ghost Brothers: Lights Out (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO PREMIERE.

🦇 Batman: The Audio Adventures (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🐯🐰 Tiger & Bunny (Netflix, 3:01 AM) PART TWO.

👮‍♂️ S.W.A.T. (CBS, 8:00 PM) SEASON SIX PREMIERE.

🔔 Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon, 8:45 PM) SEASON EIGHT PREMIERE.

👮‍♂️ Blue Bloods (CBS, 10:00 PM) SEASON THIRTEEN PREMIERE.

🔔 The Graham Norton Show (BBC America, 11:00 PM) SEASON 30 PREMIERE.

STREAMING

⚔ The Rings of Power (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🏠 Luxe Listings Sydney (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🔔 Bad Sisters (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Going Rogue"

🔔 Central Park (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Slumber-Dog-Molly-an-Aire"

👀 See (Apple, 12:01 AM) "God Thunder"

👻 Haunted Scotland (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🏠 Rental Redo (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 Who's Talking to Chris Wallace (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

🍰 The Great British Baking Show (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 

🔔 My Dream Quinceañera (Paramount, 3:01 AM) 

👮‍♂️ Cops (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

🔔 The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock, 10:00 PM) 

Luckiest Girl Alive

SPORTSBALL TONIGHT/TODAY LIVE

⚾ MLB Baseball: Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (ESPN, 4:00 PM)

🏐 Girls High School Volleyball: Skyview (ID) vs. Papillion (NE) (ESPNU, 5:00 PM)

🏌️‍♂️ PGA Tour Golf: Shriners Children's Open, Second Round (Golf, 5:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: Houston at Memphis (ESPN2, 7:30 PM)

🏈 College Football: Harvard at Cornell (ESPNU, 7:00 PM)

⚾ MLB Baseball: Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (ESPN, 8:00 PM)

🏌️‍♂️ LPGA Tour Golf: LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, Second Round (Golf, 9:00 PM)

🏈 High School Football: Corner Canyon (UT) at Lone Peak (UT) (ESPNU, 10:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: UNLV at San Jose State (CBSSN, 10:30 PM)

🏎 Formula 1 Racing: Japan Grand Prix, Qualifying (ESON2, 1:55 AM)

MIDNIGHT

🎵 Tallboyz (Fuse, 12:00 AM) "I Don't Trust the Cloud"

EARLY PRIMETIME

👻 Ghost Force (Disney XD, 5:00 PM) SEASON FINALE. 
💲 People Puzzler (GSN, 6:00 PM) 
🔔 HGTV Urban Oasis Special 2022 (HGTV, 7:00 PM) 
💲 America Says (GSN, 7:30 PM) 

Significant Other

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

🦈 Shark Tank (ABC, 8:00 PM) 'A unique tool for carving pumpkins; a foldable 2-in-1 fitness product; a new version of a traditional Korean dish; a sculpting play set designed for children.'

👮‍♂️ S.W.A.T. (CBS, 8:00 PM) 'During a trip to Bangkok to train alongside Thailand's premiere S.W.A.T. team, Hondo and his former military buddy stumble upon a wide-ranging heroin operation with ties to Los Angeles and find themselves on the run from a powerful drug kingpin.'

🔔 The Lincoln Project (Showtime, 8:00 PM) 'With 60 days until the 2020 elections, former Republican strategists and consultants are determined to prevent the reelection of Donald Trump using sophisticated data analytics and voter targeting operations.'

🎵 iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1 (CW, 8:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ WWE's Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 College Bowl (NBC, 8:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 The Villains of Valley View (Disney Channel, 8:00 PM) 
🎥 Secrets at the Inn (LMN, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Ready to Love (OWN, 8:00 PM) 
💀 An Unexpected Killer (Oxygen, 8:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (Disney Channel, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon, 8:45 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 'Guy Fieri's rolling out with a little holey moley in New Hampshire, where a joint is puttin' out bomb bagels. In North Carolina, a funky spot is adding a Southern spin to egg rolls, and a fun Florida chef is goin' prime time with pastrami and pizza.'

🔥 Fire Country (CBS, 9:00 PM) 'Bode, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, joins a prison release firefighting program.'

👽 The Unexplained (History, 9:00 PM) 'Whether the ancients had scientific knowledge lost to time; how and why they fashioned remarkable feats of engineering.'

🔔 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Raven's Home (Disney Channel, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV, 9:00 PM) 
💀 They Came for the Carpet King (ID, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Belle Collective (OWN, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Homicide for the Holidays (Oxygen, 9:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Fatal Attraction: Last Words (TVOne, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Life After Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:01 PM) 

Glitch

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

👮‍♂️ Blue Bloods (CBS, 10:00 PM) 'Eddie and Jamie deal with a domestic violence case associated with an investigation led by Danny and Baez; Frank and his friend go on a mission to avail themselves to an unfiltered look at the city; Erin is presented with a surprising offer.'

👻 Eli Roth Presents: My Possessed Pet (Travel, 10:00 PM) 'A bachelor adopts a dog, Sam, to keep him company in his new home. But when an evil spirit takes hold of his beloved pet, the roles are reversed, and Sam eventually becomes the master of the house -- and of him.'

🏰 Saving the Manor (HGTV, 10:00 PM) 'Dean and Borja decide to close their vacation rentals and give their total focus to a long, hard winter of restorations to the manor; first up is the main floor of their historic Stables building.'

🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 10:00 PM) 
👽 The Proof is Out There (History, 10:03 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 The Graham Norton Show (BBC America, 11:00 PM) 'Graham is joined by Jamie Lee Curtis, Eric Idle, David Tennant, Lydia West and Robbie Williams.'

👻 Los Espookys (HBO, 11:00 PM) "Las Muchas Caras de un Hombre"

🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'ctor Timothy Olyphant; actress Rachel Sennott; Tom Benko sits in with the 8G Band.'

🔔 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM)
🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 11:00 PM) X
🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 PM)
🔔 The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 AM)
🔔 Nightline (ABC, 12:37 AM) 

Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO BINGE

📺 The Andy Griffith Show (Sundance, 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (VH1, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Roseanne (CMT, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM); ER (Pop, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM); Living Single (TVOne, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); South Park (Comedy Central, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM); Hawaii Five-0 (Ion, 10:00 AM - 2:00 AM); Gunsmoke (TVLand, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM); Law & Order (Sundance, 1:00 PM - 2:00 AM); House (Pop, 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM); Seinfeld (Comedy Central, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Family Ties (Antenna, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM); One Day at a Time (Antenna, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM); Three's Company (Antenna, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM); The Office (Comedy Central, 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 8:00 PM -9:00 PM); Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Land, 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM); Barney Miller (Antennae, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM); King of Queens (TV Land, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM); Designing Women (Antenna, 11:30 PM); Becker (Antenna, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM); Wings (Antennae, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM); Alice (Antenna, 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM) 

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'Actor Peter Falk; actor Victoria Principal; actor Robert Klein; Linda Monteleone.'

Derry Girls

Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Zap2it; Netflix; Wikipedia; Horrornews.net; Sysfy.com; hollywoodreporter.com

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