What's On Tonight (Friday): You Want RomComs or a Crime Fighting Dinosaur?

      

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

We have new films from Allison Brie and Reese Witherspoon, but I'm giving Top Pick status to the only thing I might actually watch.  I'm not familiar at all with the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur comic books, but I like the animation style of the cartoon and the overall energy I got from the trailer.  Sorry Allison and Reese, I loves the both of ya, but Moon Girl is a superhero that fights crime with her T-Rex best friend.  You never stood a chance.

TOP PICK

⭐🔔 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel, 8:00 PM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'Follows the adventures of 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette and her 10-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur, whom she accidentally brings through time into present-day New York City. Equipped with Devil's fierce loyalty and brawn, the loving support of her family and best friend Casey, Lunella sets out to make a difference and protect her Lower East Side neighborhood from danger.'

Elsewhere...

*In the battle of the romcom premieres, I have to give the edge to Brie's Somebody I Used to Know over Witherspoon's Your Place or Mine.  I realize the latter will probably get more streams, but it also has Ashton Kutcher, and never my stream shall Kutcher receive (not a euphamism).  And is Kutcher really still a big enough name to co-headline a film with Witherspoon?  His last big project was starring in a Netflix series with Scientology rapist guy (no, not Sam Elliott) that no one watched or remembers.

*AMC+ has a spooky new movie that appears to be part Hellraiser, part Final Destination with a dash of The Ring.  I wasn't certain of the film's influences until I learned the original title was Hellringer Nation.  And I'm totally copyrighting that title right now.

*Roku has a "reality romcom" about three women who go to Paris to find love.   The ads are very forceful in proclaiming that these are "REAL WOMEN."  I don't want to rain on this particular parade but I'm pretty sure most of the women in fictional romcoms were 'REAL WOMEN."  It's like some weird microaggression.  Someone get PC Principal on the line.

I finished season two of Picard.  I never expected to be alive at a time where multiple Star Trek shows are in production, including a Nickelodeon cartoon, and easily my least favorite of them all would be the one starring Patrick Stewart.  I was fine with the first season up until the finale where everything about the show shit the bed simultaneously.  This season lost me almost at the beginning and just kept doubling down on the stupid.  The only saving grace is there's only one more season and then maybe we can finally get that Seven of Nine: Galactic Ranger series that the world demands.  Well, I demand it.

PREMIERES

Somebody I Used to Know

🎥 Somebody I Used to Know (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 'On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her ex Sean and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.  Starring Allison Brie.'

🎥 The Friendship Game (AMC+, 3:01 AM) 'A group of teenagers in a small town come across a strange object that tests their loyalties to each other and has increasingly destructive consequences the deeper into the game they go.'

🎥 10 Days of a Good Man (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A lawyer turned private investigator takes on a missing person case, propelling him on an unexpected and life-altering quest.'

💖 Love to Hate You (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'For an attorney who despises losing to men and an A-list actor who distrusts women, love means nothing — until they're forced to date each other.'

🎥 Your Place or Mine (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love.  Starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.'

🎥 At Midnight (Paramount+, 3:01 AM) 'Alejandro is a hotel manager. Sophie is a movie star. They're worlds apart. But what happens when fate brings them together in Mexico?'

🎥 Meet Me in Paris (Roku, 3:01 AM) 'Three real women head to the City of Love, where they’re chasing after love just like in the movies. The women make their way around Paris meeting men, going on dates, and searching for l’amour vrai along the way.'

🎥 Spinning Out of Control (Lifetime, 8:00 PM) 'Infatuated and obsessed with a fitness instructor, Natalie hatches a devious plan to eliminate everyone in the young woman's life so she can have her all to herself.'

😂 Marcella Auguello: Bitch, Grow Up! (HBO Latino, 10:00 PM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION. 'From dating, hookups, and self-reflections, watch Marcella Arguello, one of Los Angeles' most exciting comedians, deliver a night of unadulterated laughter.'

RETURNING SHOWS

🔔 Clarkson's Farm (Amazon, 12:01 AM SEASON TWO.

🔔 Dug Days: Carl's Date (Disney+, 3:01 AM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

🔔 Marvel Studios Legends: Ant-Man / Hank & Janet / Wasp (Disney+, 3:01 AM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

Clarkson's Farm

STREAMING

🔔 Harlem (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🗡 The Legend of Vox Machina (Amazon, 12:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

🔔 Dear Edward (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Chrysalis" 

🔔 Servant (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Neighbors" 

🔔 Shrinking (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Potatoes" 

🔔 Truth Be Told (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Never Take Your Eyes Off Her" 

🍴 America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation (Freevee, 12:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

⚖ Judy Justice (Freevee, 12:01 AM)

🔔 Play-Doh Squished (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 

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

🔔 El Heredero: La Dinastia del Freestyle (Hulu, 3:01 AM) 

💖 Love Island (UK) (Hulu, 3:01 AM) 

💖 Love is Blind: After the Alter (Netflix, 3:01 AM) "Episodes 313-315" 

🔔 Martha Gardens (Roku, 3:01 AM) 

🧟‍♂️ The Last of Us (HBO Max, 9:01 PM) 

LIVE SPORTSBALL TODAY/TONIGHT

🏀 Women's College Basketball: Stanford at Arizona (ESPNU, 3:30 PM)

🏌️‍♂️ PGA Tour Golf: WM Phoenix Open, Second Round (Golf, 3:30 PM)

🤸‍♀️ Women's College Gymnastics: Minnesota at Michigan (ESPNU, 5:30 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Kent State at Buffalo (ESPN2, 6:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Fairfield at Rider (ESPNU, 7:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Akron at Ohio (CBSSN, 7:30 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Charlotte Hornets at Boston Celtics (ESPN, 7:30 PM)

🥊 One Championship Special: TBD (Amazon, 8:00 PM) 

🏀 College Basketball: Saint Louis at Dayton (ESPN2, 8:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Northern Kentucky at Wright State (ESPNU, 9:00 PM)

🏒 College Hockey: North Dakota at Denver (CBSSN, 9:30 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers at New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN, 10:00 PM)

🌽 Cornhole: ACL Cornhole (ESPN2, 10:00 PM)

🏌️‍♂️ DP World Tour Golf: Singapore Classic, Third Round (Golf, 12:00 AM)

Your Place or Mine?

EARLY PRIMETIME

🧽 The Patrick Star Show (Nickelodeon, 7:00 PM) 'Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye must venture back home together after being taken away accidentally.'

💲 Master Minds (GSN, 6:00 PM) 
💲 People Puzzler (GSN, 6:30 PM) 

💲 Switch (GSN, 7:00 PM) 

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

👮‍♂️ S.W.A.T. (CBS, 8:00 PM) 'The team races to stop a violent rampage with ties to a painful chapter from Hicks' past.'

🔔 Lopez vs. Lopez (NBC, 8:00 PM) 'When George starts a prank war with a neighborhood rival, Mayan is torn between loyalty to "the Lopez way" and her desire to preserve a new friendship; Chance discovers the thrill of forbidden love.'

🔔 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW, 8:00 PM) 'Featured magicians include Hector Mancha, Adam Parisi, Ben Zabin and Robert Strong; actor Alex Garfin.'

🔔 WWE's Friday Night Smackdown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel, 8:00 PM) 
🎥 Spinning Out of Control (Lifetime, 8:00 PM) 
🔨 First Time Fixer (Magnolia, 8:00 PM)
🔔 RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Ready to Love (OWN, 8:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Young Rock (NBC, 8:30 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🔥 Fire Country (CBS, 9:00 PM) 'The crews respond to mass chaos and injuries when a ride malfunctions at the annual Edgewater town fair; Sharon receives life-changing news.'

🔔 Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars (CW, 9:00 PM) SEASON FINALE. 'Cynthia Bailey and Brec Bassinger attempt an illusion.'

🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 'It's a full-blown meat-fest when Guy Fieri stops to check out a Las Vegas BBQ joint that's doin' meatloaf in a different way. In New Jersey, a Mexi-Cali must-stop is stuffin' street tacos, and there's burgers and fries you can't find anywhere else!'

💀 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV, 9:00 PM) 
👽 Ancient Aliens (History, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 The Real Friends of Weho (MTV, 9:00 PM) 
🐶 Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog (NGC, 9:00 PM) 
💖 All the Single Ladies (OWN, 9:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
👻 Kindred Spirits (Travel, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Love After Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:01 PM) 
💰 Gold, Lies & Videotape (Discovery, 9:07 PM) 

The Friendship Game

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

👮‍♂️ Blue Bloods (CBS, 10:00 PM) 'Danny and Baez race against the clock to catch a serial killer targeting young women; Erin and Eddie clash when Eddie intervenes in a murder case and Erin's personal life; Frank must decide how to discipline his grandson.'

🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
😂 Marcella Auguello: Bitch, Grow Up! (HBO Latino, 10:00 PM) 
🚗 Graveyard Carz (Motortrend, 10:00 PM) 
🔔 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (MTV, 10:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 10:00 PM) 
💰 Aussie Gold Hunters: Mine SOS (Discovery, 10:10 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

 🔔 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 PM) 'Actor Harrison Ford; Vic Mensa performs.'

🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'Actress Natasha Lyonne; actor Adam Pally; Keio Stroud sits in with the 8G Band.'

🔔 Game Theory with Bomani Jones (HBO, 11:00 PM) 
🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime (CNN, 11:30 PM) 
🔔 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM)
🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 Nightline (ABC, 12:37 AM) 
🔔 The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 AM) 
🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 

Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO BINGE

📺 The Andy Griffith Show (Sundance, 6:00 AM - 1:00 PM); Eureka (Syfy, 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (VH1, 6:00 AM - 4:00 PM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Roseanne (CMT, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); South Park (Comedy Central, 9:35 AM - 1:00 PM); Living Single (TVOne, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Hawaii Five-0 (Ion, 10:00 AM - 2:00 AM); ER (Pop, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM); Gunsmoke (TVLand, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM); Law & Order (Sundance, 1:00 PM - 1:00 AM); Seinfeld (Comedy Central, 1:00 - 5:00 PM); The Office (Comedy Central, 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM); Family Ties (Antenna, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM); One Day at a Time (Antenna, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM); House (Pop, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM); Three's Company (Antenna, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 8:00 PM -9:00 PM); Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Land, 8:00 PM - 11:05 PM); Barney Miller (Antennae, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM); King of Queens (TV Land, 11:05 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); Benson (Antenna, 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM); Mom (TV Land, 3:00 AM - 5:00 AM)

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'Actor Charlton Heston; Johnny Yune; Jack Douglas; actress Blair Brown.'

10 Days of a Good Man

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

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📺: Throwback
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