What's On Tonight (Friday): My Little Ass-Kicking Unicorn...

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal

It's always nice when the Top Pick is obvious to me even if it is not necessarily obvious to anyone else.  I love Genndy Tartakovsky's work.  His last series, Primal, was two seasons of brutal adventuring where actions spoke louder than words; and what few words it contained were hard to understand because they weren't in English (monolingual jackass that I am).  I'll be checking this one out as soon as I can (doesn't look like it's coming to HBO Max yet).  

Top Pick

⭐🦄 Unicorn: Warriors Eternal (Adult Swim, 12:00 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'A supernatural animated-action series from five-time Emmy Award-winner Genndy Tartakovsky that follows a team of heroes who reawaken to fight an ominous force throughout eternity. When the reawakening of our heroes manifests in the bodies of new unsuspecting hosts, they must find a way to protect the world against the prevailing darkness.'

Elsewhere...

*Some years ago, I read a little sci-fi trilogy that I primarily purchased because it was cheap (something like $0.99 each).  I read all three books, thought they were okay, and kind of forgot about them.  I always assumed no one else ever heard of it.  Color me surprised that not only did people read those books, but they were also actually popular enough to spawn an Apple series, Silo.  I don't remember everything about the trilogy, but it looks like the series is either mashing some things together or jumping around a bit in the timeline.  Regardless, it stars Rebecca Ferguson (please let her have a cool hat!) and Tim Robbins (in the senior actor gravitas role these things always demand) and that's got to be enough to at least check it out.  

*Roku has revamped The Great American Baking Show and brought Pru Leith across the pond (along with returning Paul Hollywood) to make it legit.  I never watched the original American version, but this one seems to do a good job of aping the original, down to ridiculous non-baking challenges like making hamburgers (why does this show refuse to focus exclusively on baking?).  The one thing that has really piqued my interest is the two hosts: Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry, both of whom seem like a step up from Noel Fielder and Matt Lucas.  

*Just an FYI: God's Time, a new movie on Paramount, is not a Christian movie.  It's a movie about two addicts trying to stop another addict they are in love with before she kills her boyfriend.  If the film ended with the love interest/would-be killer getting her father drunk so she could have sex with him, then it would be a Christian movie.  And a pretty great one too!

*Tubi is premiering a new action film today, Hunting Games.  The trailer is one of the worst trailers I have ever seen, and I'm pretty sure it accurately represents the quality of the film.  It's the kind of thing where you feel sorry for everyone involved.  The only way to properly watch something like this is with the silhouettes of two robots and a person in the bottom right corner of the screen.  

Premieres

Silo

🔔 Silo (Apple, 12:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'The story of the last ten thousand people on earth and their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and any who try to find out face fatal consequences. Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer, who seeks answers about a loved one's murder and tumbles onto a mystery that goes far deeper than she could have ever imagined, leading her to discover that if the lies don't kill you, the truth will.  With Tim Robbins and Rashida Jones.'

🎥 God's Time (AMC+, 3:01 AM) 'Best friends and recovering addicts Dev and Luca are secretly in love with fellow addict Regina. At every meeting they hear her share her wild fantasy to kill her evil ex-boyfriend. But one day she changes her share; now she sounds serious. This sets Dev and Luca off on a 24-hour odyssey through pandemic-gripped New York City to stop Regina from making a life-shattering mistake.'

🎵 Entrelazados Live! (Intertwined Live!) (Disney+, 3:01 AM) 'Live the "Disney Intertwined Live" experience!  The show includes original songs "Donde voy" and "Convenceme," covers from the '90s such as "Keep Living Without Your Love," a selection of songs from the musical "Freaky Friday: A New Musical" and musical hits of the moment such as "Tacones Rojos" and "Vivir Asi."

🎥 Death's Roulette (Paramount, 3:01 AM) 'This suspense thriller follows the story of seven strangers connected by a dark past. The strangers wake up in a mansion in the middle of nowhere and learn they are part of a twisted game. They will have 60 minutes to choose one person to die; otherwise, all of them will. 

🍰 The Great American Baking Show (Roku, 3:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'The world’s favorite baking show rises stateside. Join Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with co-hosts Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry.'

🎥 Hunting Games (Tubi, 3:01 AM) 'When a group of ex-military members is hired to retrieve a lost bag of stolen money, their mission becomes more difficult after a lone hunter finds the bag first.'

🎥 The Hillside Adoption Scam (LMN, 8:00 PM) 'Desperate for a child, a couple welcome a surrogate mother into their lives, only to discover she's a con artist who's out to steal their money.'

🔔 The Articulate Hour (PBS, 9:00 PM) SERIES PREMIRE. 'The Articulate Hour makes sense of big ideas. Through conversations with artists, scholars, and other great creative thinkers, we explore our complex world through a lens of arts, culture, and science.'

RETURNING SHOWS

Harriet the Spy

🔎 Harriet the Spy (Apple. 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🍴 Taste the Nation with Padme Lakshmi (Hulu, 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO PREMIERE.

🤮 Mama June: From Not to Hot (WE, 9:00 PM) SEASON SIX PREMIERE.

STREAMING

🔔 Citadel (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🔔 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

⚡ The Power (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🦁 Big Beasts(Apple, 12:01 AM) "The Hippo / The Brown Bear" 

🍷 Drops of God (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Foundation" 

🔔 The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple, 12:01 AM) "The Never Dry" 

⚖ Judy Justice (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 

🔔 #bringbackalice (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) 

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

👮‍♂️ Cops (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

The Great American Baking Show

SPORTSBALL TODAY/TONIGHT

🐴 Horse Racing: Kentucky Oaks (USA, 1:00 PM)

🏌️‍♂️ PGA Tour Golf: Wells Fargo Championship, Second Round (Golf, 2:00 PM)

🥍 Men's College Lacrosse: Patriot League Tournament: Loyola (Md.) at Boston University (CBSSN, 4:00 PM)

🏐 Women's College Beach Volleyball: NCAA Tournament: Georgia State vs. USC (ESPNU, 4:00 PM)

🏐 Women's College Beach Volleyball: NCAA Tournament: Hawaii vs. Loyola Marymount (ESPNU, 5:00 PM)

🏎 Formula 1 Racing: Miami Grand Prix, Practice 2 (ESPN2, 5:55 PM)

🥍 Men's College Lacrosse: Ivy League Tournament: Yale vs. Cornell (ESPNU, 6:00 PM)

🏌️‍♀️ LPGA Tour Golf: Hanwa LIFEPLUS International Crown, Second Round (Golf, 6:00 PM)

⚾ Friday Night Baseball: Chicago White Soc at Cincinnati Reds (Apple, 6:30 PM)

⚾ Friday Night Baseball: Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians (Apple, 7:00 PM)

🥍 Men's College Lacrosse: Patriot League Tournament: Lehigh vs Army (CBSSN, 7:00 PM)

🥎 College Softball: Oklahoma at Tulsa (ESPN2, 7:00 PM

🏀 NBA Basketball: Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN, 7:30 PM)

🥊 One Championship Special: One Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III (Amazon, 8:00 PM)

🏒 NHL Hockey: New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes (TNT, 8:00 PM)

🥍 Men's College Lacrosse: Ivy League Tournament, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA (ESPNU, 8:30 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns (ESPN, 10:00 PM)

🥎 College Softball: Washington at Stanford (ESPNU, 10:30 PM)

God's Time

EARLY PRIMETIME

🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 6:30 PM) 
💲 Split Second (GSN, 7:30 PM) 

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

👮‍♂️ S.W.A.T. (CBS, 8:00 PM) 'Following a string of violent home robberies, the team rushes to stop a crew targeting elderly victims; Hondo's longtime friend and former Marine squad leader Danny Wright turns to Hondo for help when his daughter goes missing.' 

👻 Secrets of Sulphur Springs (Disney Channel, 8:00 PM) 'The ghost and future will be saved.' 

🔔 Saturdays (Disney Channel, 8:30 PM) 'Friendships are tested when old We-B-Girlz member Roxie returns from Jamaica; they have a difficult decision with the Battle to Be Golden Skate competition approaching.'

🦈 Shark Tank (ABC, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 WWE's Friday Night Smackdown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 The Very Very Best of the 80s (AXS TV, 8:00 PM) 
🎥 The Hillside Adoption Scam (LMN, 8:00 PM) 
🌺 The Retro Plant Shop with Mikey and Jo (Magnolia, 8:00 PM) 
🚗 Engine Masters (Motortrend, 8:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Couples Therapy (Showtime, 8:00 PM) 
👻 Power Book 2: Ghost (Starz, 8:00 PM) 

Entrelazados Live!

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🔥 Fire Country (CBS, 9:00 PM) 'The station 42 and third rock crews respond to a deadly explosion at an abandoned mine; Bode faces a difficult decision that could have serious consequences.'  

🔔 The Articulate Hour (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Artists and scholars explore human memory, including the reliability of recall and the ways that memories fuel creativity.' 

🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 'Guy Fieri's hittin' all the flavors, from barbecue to banh mi. He enjoys rib tips under the Hollywood stars in Los Angeles, gets an Italian element on his jerk chicken in Ohio and checks out a business-busting Vietnamese-BBQ mashup in Michigan.' 

😂 Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (Discovery Channel, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Saturdays (Disney Channel, 9:00 PM) 
👽 The Unexplained (History, 9:00 PM) 
🚗 Roadkill Garage (Motortrend, 9:00 PM) 
💖 Put a Ring on It (OWN, 9:00 PM) 
💀 The Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen, 9:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
🎥 The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder, 9:00 PM) 
🤮 Mama June: From Not to Hot (WE, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:01 PM) 
🔔 Blindspotting (Starz, 9:02 PM) 
😂 The Great American Joke Off (CW, 9:30 PM) 

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

👮‍♂️ Blue Bloods (CBS, 10:00 PM) 'Jamie partners with the FDNY to find the arsonist responsible for a massive fire at an NYPD evidence storage facility; Eddie asks Frank to put her on modified duty following her divisive arrest of an anti-cop protestor at a rally.' 

🔔 The Articulate Hour (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Artists, scholars and other creative thinkers explore how humans balance the need to be members of community with the desire for solitude.' 

🔔 Dear Mama (FX, 10:00 PM) 'Tupac spends nearly a year at the Clinton Correctional Facility at Dannemora; he leaves hardened by the experience and immediately joins Death Row Records.' 

🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush: White Water (Discovery Channel, 10:09 PM) 

Death's Roulette

LATE NIGHT

🔔 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM) 'Actress Rachel Brosnahan; Gaby Moreno and Oscar Isaac perform.'

🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'Actor Nathan Lane; Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.); a performance from the cast of \"& Juliet\"; Anup Sastry sits in with the 8G Band.'

😂 Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO, 11:00 PM) 
🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime (CNN, 11:30 PM) 
🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 PM) 
🔔 Nightline (ABC, 12:37 AM) 
🔔 The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 AM) 

Broadcast/Cable/Satellite - RETRO BINGE

The Andy Griffith Show (Sundance, 6:00 AM - 1:00 PM); Law & Order (Pop, 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM); Roseanne (CMT, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); Parks and Recreation (Comedy Central, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM); Living Single (TVOne, 9:00 AM - 12:00 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 - 1:00 AM); Seinfeld (Comedy Central, 2:00 - 6:00 PM); Family Ties (Antenna, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM); One Day at a Time (Antenna, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM); The Office (Comedy Central, 6:00 PM - 11:00 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, 3:10 AM - 4:50 AM)

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'Actor Jack Palance; actress Joanna Cassidy; actor Orson Bean.'

Hunting Games

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

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