What's On Tonight (Friday): Good Omens Returns with Bad Tidings...

      

Good Omens

It never seems like a good idea to take characters that pop in a show and try to give them their own show.  For every Jeffersons or Frasier there's a Joey or a Tortellis or a Joanie Loves Chachi or a Law and Order: Trial by Jury or a Law and Order: LA or a Law and Order: True Crime.  In 2019 Amazon premiered a supposedly "limited series" adaptation of the Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett authored Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.  The series was pretty well received though it was definitely a "your mileage may vary" kind of thing.  The one thing everyone could seem to agree on was that David Tennant's Crowley and Michael Sheen's Aziraphale and their eons long unlikely friendship was the highlight of the series.  

So, despite Pratchett being dead as a kipper on a cracker, Gaiman decided to pen a new season centered around everyone's favorite angel and demon.  It looks great, and Amazon is releasing all six episodes at once, so looks like it's a binging weekend for me.

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⭐👼😈 Good Omens (Amazon, 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO. 'Having been on Earth since The Beginning, and with the Apocalypse thwarted, the duo is getting back to easy living amongst mortals in London’s Soho. That is, until the archangel Gabriel turns up unexpectedly at the door of Aziraphale’s bookshop with no memory of who he is or how he got there. While Crowley is leery as to why the archangel has come to the bookshop, Aziraphale is keen to solve the mystery behind Gabriel’s condition. However, hiding the archangel from both Heaven and Hell quickly disrupts their lives in unforeseen ways. To solve this mystery and thwart Heaven and Hell in the process, the duo will need more than a miracle; they’ll need to once again rely on each other.'✔️

Elsewhere...

*I'm usually a pretty easy mark for animated comedies, but that said, I didn't laugh a single time at the trailer for Netflix's Captain Fall.  It's from the makers of Norsemen and has a pretty good voice cast (always happy to have Bebe Neuwirth in anything), so maybe it's just a bad trailer?  I even laughed at the trailer for that "idiot who becomes President after he defeats an alien invasion force" Netflix series called Mulligan, and I didn't make it past the first episode of that show!  How bad is Captain Fall to make me laugh less than fucking Mulligan?  I might just have to stream the first episode to satisfy my curiosity.

  

*The Futon Critic lists a new Netflix film that I can find no mention of on Netflix itself (or anyplace else).  The title is Love, Sex and 30 Candles, but I misread it as Love, Sex and 30 Crunches, which I think is a much better title.  What say you, Netflix?  You don't seem to be releasing it today so there's still time to correct your grievous error.

*Apple continues to produce films about the wonders and joys of corporate America.  Recently they've had comedies about the acquiring of Tetris and the invention of Flamin' Hot Cheetos.  Now we've got a film about the guy and company that created the Beanie Babies fad back in the 90's.  Weird that one of the richest corporations on the planet would constantly be producing comedies about the ups and downs (mostly the ups) of corporate America.  Whatever, I'll be binging Good Omens regardless.

PREMIERES

The Beanie Bubble

🎥 The Beanie Bubble (Apple, 12:01 AM) 'Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend.  This behind-the-scenes look at history's biggest toy craze is a wild story about what - and who - is valued in the world.  Starring Zach Galifianakis and Elizabeth Banks.'✔️

🎥 R.M.N. (AMC+. 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'Award-winning director Cristian Mungiu's (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) gripping portrait of ethnic and economic resentments tearing at the fabric of a small mountain town.'✔️

🎥 Tomorrow X Together: Our Lost Summer (Disney+, 3:01 AM) 'In 2019, Tomorrow X Together made a splash by becoming the first K-pop group to enter the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with their debut album. In Tomorrow X Together: Our Lost Summer, viewers get to see band members Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Hueningkai reunite in preparation for their international tour and some of the world’s biggest stages, including Lollapalooza.'

🎥 Big Nunu's Little Heist (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'An ex-soldier turned deliveryman is dragged into a local kingpin's bumbling gang to pull off a daring heist in an infamous South African township.'

🔔 Captain Fall (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'A goofy, gullible sea captain is hired to helm a high-end cruise ship and becomes the perfect fall guy for an illicit smuggling operation.'✔️

🔔 How to Become a Cult Leader (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Look inside the cult leader’s playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies and souls.'

🎥 Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities - even to each other.'✔️

🔔 A Perfect Story (Netflix, 3:01 AM) LIMITED SERIES. 'When Margot flees her own wedding, she is left feeling adrift. Little does she know, it is David and his delightful chaos who can help her find her way.'

🎥 Five Star Murder (Tubi, 3:01 AM) 'Caroline must uncover a killer while trapped in a hotel with other refugees during a hurricane.'

🎥 No Filter (Tubi, 3:01 AM) 'A teenage social media influencer faces a night of terror when the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred.'✔️

🦈 Tropic Jaws (Discovery Channel, 8:00 PM) 'When a 16-foot great white is spotted in Bali, it sparks fears that they could adapt to hunting in tropical beaches; Dr. Craig O'Connell and Madison Stewart are on a mission to find "Tropic Jaws" and discover why they are there.'

🦈 Deadly Sharks of Paradise (Discovery Channel, 9:01 PM) 'When a 16-foot great white invades Bali's warm coast, it sparks fears the sharks could adapt to hunting the beaches; Dr. Craig O'Connell and Madison Stewart are on a mission to find great whites in the tropics and discover why they are there.'

🦈 The Haunting of Shark Tower (Discovery Channel, 10:04 PM) 'News of a harrowing shark encounter at North Carolina's Frying Pan Tower has underwater cinematographer Andy Casagrande and shark expert Kori Burkhardt on a dangerous quest to discover whether great white sharks are moving into the state's waters.'

RETURNING SHOWS

This Fool

🔔 This Fool (Hulu, 12:01 AM) SEASON TWO PREMIERE.✔️

🔔 The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (Disney+, 3:01 AM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

🔔 D.P. (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🔔 The Tailor (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🔔 Heels (Starz, 10:04 PM) SEASON TWO PREMIERE.

🔔 How To with John Wilson (HBO, 11:00 PM) SEASON THREE PREMIERE.

STREAMING

🔔 The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon, 12:01 AM) "Love Fool"

🔔 The Crowded Room (Apple, 12:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. "Judgement"

🚀 Foundation (Apple, 12:01 AM) "King and Commoner"

🔔 Swagger (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Jace + Crystal"

⚖ Tribunal Justice (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 

💖 Love Island (UK) (Hulu, 3:01 AM) 

💖 Too Hot to Handle (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON FINALE. 

👮‍♂️ Crime Cam 24/7 (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

💖 Love Island (Peacock, 9:00 PM) 

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie

LIVE SPORTSBALL TODAY/TONIGHT

🏌️‍♂️ PGA Tour Golf: 3M Open, Second Round (Golf, 4:00 PM)

🥎 Little League Softball: West Regional: Championship (ESPN, 5:00 PM)

🏎 NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series: Henry 180, Qualifying (USA, 5:00 PM)

⚾ Friday Night Baseball: Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox (Apple, 7:00 PM)

⚾ Friday Night Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays (Apple, 7:00 PM)

🥎 Little League Softball: Mid-Atlantic Regional: Championship (ESPN, 7:00 PM)

🥎 Athletes Unlimited Softball: Team Orange vs. Team Blue (ESPN2, 7:00 PM)

🏀 WNBA Basketball: Minnesota Lynx at New York Liberty (Ion, 8:00 PM)

🥎 Little League Softball: Northwest Regional: Championship (ESPN, 9:00 PM)

🥎 Athletes Unlimited Softball: Team Purple vs. Team Gold (ESPNU, 9:30 PM)

R.M.N.

🕗 MIDNIGHT EASTERN / 🕗 11:00 CENTRAL

🔔 My Adventures with Superman (Adult Swim, 12:00 AM) 'Lois uncovers a secret in Metropolis and is determined to get to the truth; Superman tracks down dangerous weapons in the city and finds himself in the crosshairs of mysterious organization Task Force X.'

🕗 EARLY PRIMETIME

🔔 Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network, 6:00 PM) 'To prove he is extreme, Robotman becomes friends with King Shark and his gang of suckerfish.'

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

🔨 Tough as Nails (CBS, 8:00 PM) 'Dirty Hands and Savage Crew compete in the final team competition when they battle it out in a series of head-to-head matches inspired by the trades.'

⚖ Family Law (CW, 8:00 PM) 'The lawyers represent a mail-order bride whose husband wants to annul the marriage and have her deported.'

🔔 Outlander (Starz, 8:03 PM) 'Jamie prepares to face British forces in battle. Roger and Brianna question Buck MacKenzie's intentions in the 20th century; William fights in the First Battle of Saratoga.'

🤼‍♂️ WWE's Friday Night Smackdown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
🦈 Tropic Jaws (Discovery Channel, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Villains of Valley View (Disney Channel, 8:00 PM) 
🔨 Making Modern with Brooke and Brice (Magnolia, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Ridiculousness (MTV, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Ready to Love (OWN, 8:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 
👻 Pretty Freekin Scary (Disney Channel, 8:30 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🔔 Moonshine (CW, 9:00 PM) 'With the Moonshine in financial chaos, Lidia, Nora and Rhian craft a plan involving a local millionaire that might just get them some cash.'

🍴 Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 'In Cincinnati, a spot is piling up chili; in Bend, Ore., a vegan joint is getting creative with tostadas; in Venice, Calif., a pizza stop is frying up their pie.'

🔔 Minx (Starz, 9:00 PM) 'In Cincinnati, a spot is piling up chili; in Bend, Ore., a vegan joint is getting creative with tostadas; in Venice, Calif., a pizza stop is frying up their pie.'

💀 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 PM) 
🎵 CMT Summer Sessions (CMT, 9:00 PM) 
👻 Pretty Freekin Scary (Disney Channel, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 100 Day Dream Home (HGTV, 9:00 PM) 
🚗 Super Street Garage (Motortrend, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Ridiculousness (MTV, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Belle Collective (OWN, 9:00 PM) 
💀 The Real Murders of Orange County (Oxygen, 9:00 PM) SEASON FINALE. 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
💖 Love During Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:01 AM) 
🦈 Deadly Sharks of Paradise (Discovery Channel, 9:01 PM) 

No Filter

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

🔔 Praise Petey (Freeform, 10:00 PM) 'Petey and Eliza team up to get to the bottom of New Utopia's finances and raise enough money to get medicine for a sick Mae Mae without resorting to recruiting new cult members. / Petey discovers that her father used to have his own local magazine, inspiring Petey to revive it and make it her own; she chooses Bandit for her cover story to prove she's open to dissent.'

🤼‍♂️ Heels (Starz, 10:04 PM) 'After the DWL's successful South Georgia State Fair showing, Ace is left reeling from Jack's revelation to him in the ring; he flees Duffy, leaving his brother behind to reflect upon the tragedy of their father's death.'

🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 10:00 PM) 
🦈 Haunting at Shark Tower (Discovery Channel, 10:04 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 How to with John Wilson (HBO, 11:00 PM) "How to Find a Public Bathroom"

🔔 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 PM) 'Actress Sienna Miller; actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; actor Gabriel Basso; comic Ryan Hamilton.'

🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:37 PM) 'Comic Colin Quinn; actress Gabrielle Union; Danny Carey sits in with the 8G Band.'

🔔 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📺

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 - 8:00 PM); Gunsmoke (TVLand, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM); Seinfeld (Comedy Central, 2:00 - 6:00 PM); The Andy Griffith Show (TVLand, 4:00 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); The Office (Comedy Central, 6:00 PM - 11:30 PM); Three's Company (Antenna, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM); Everybody Loves Raymond (TVLand, 7:00 PM - 11:05 PM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 8:00 PM -9:00 PM); Barney Miller (Antennae, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM); King of Queens (TVLand, 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 (TVLand,3:10 AM - 4:50 AM)

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'Actress Dyan Cannon; comedian Rodney Dangerfield; journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave; zoologist Jim Fowler.'

Captain Fall

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

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