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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

I love Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.  I wish it had come out when I was younger as it would have easily been my favorite thing ever.  Unfortunately, I was very much an adult by the time it was released, but that didn't stop me from loving every minute of it.  

My curiosity was piqued when I saw a new series based on the original comics was coming out on Netflix.  Then I saw the original cast of the film were reprising their roles, and not just some of them, ALL OF THEM.  Edgar Wright is one of the producers here, so I'm sure he was instrumental in getting the gang back together.

The odd thing is this is not a new story.  This is very much the same story already told in the comics and the film.  It seems odd to get the whole film cast back together just to re-tread the same ground, but I don't care.  If it's half as fun as the film, it will a great time for all.

TOP PICK

⭐🎸 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.  Featuring the cast of Scott Pilgrim vs the World reprising their roles.  Executive produced by Edgar Wright.'✔️

Elsewhere...

*Apple has another series premiering today that is making renewing my subscription necessary.  Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is set in the world of the American Godzilla and King Kong films.  It stars Kurt Russell and his son, Wyatt Russell, playing the same character but decades apart.  There's a lot of monsters in the trailer but everything I've read is that this is much more human focused.  And apparently, it's actually good!  Who woulda thunk it?

*Amazon has a new documentary on the life of Tyler Perry.  I haven't seen any of his films or TV shows.  The main thing I know about him is he found a lot of early success with touring productions of his plays that mostly played to black audiences.  I primarily know about them because he apparently refused to hire union actors.  As a former union actor, I still have a problem with that.

*AMC+ has the streaming premiere of Biosphere, starring Sterling K Brown and Mark Duplass.  This is not to be confused with Biodome, which starred Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin.  Do we have the makings of a shared Bio-space universe?  I would enjoy seeing Brown and Duplass acting off of Shore.  Who wouldn't?

*Netflix has a new documentary called The Dads.  It follows four fathers of trans kids who go on a fishing trip with the father of Matthew Shepard.  They discuss their fears and hopes for their kids.  A few weeks ago, Netflix premiered the Bo Burnam directed film, Old Dads.  I don't know if anyone will confuse the two titles, but my feeling is people who are fans of the latter film will not be big on the documentary.

PREMIERES

Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story

🎥 Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 'An intimate portrait of visionary Tyler Perry and his harrowing but faithful road to the top of an industry that didn’t always include him.'✔️

💖 Twin Love (Amazon, 12:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'A social dating experiment that explores the love lives of identical twins. Ten sets of twins will be split up and placed into two houses, creating identical casts, where they'll begin a unique and compelling search for love.'

👹 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple, 12:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE.  'Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco, and the shocking revelation that monsters are real, "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" tracks two siblings following in their father's footsteps to uncover their family's connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Starring Kurt and Wyatt Russell.'✔️

🐶 The Secret Life of Dancing Dogs (Hulu, 12:01 AM) LIMITED SERIES. 'Follows a pack of handlers and their canine counterparts from all over the globe as each prepares a dog-human duet worthy to compete at the world's greatest dog show, Crufts, in England.'

🎥 Biosphere (AMC+, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'In the not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity.  Starring Sterling K. Brown and Mark Dupplass.'

🔔 Hairstyle, the Talent Show (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) SERIES PREMIERE. 'Competition series seeking the next big name in hairdressing and features Maestro Rossano Ferretti, and stylists Riawna Capri and Nikki Lee as hosts.'

⚾ Shohei Ohtani: Beyond the Dream (ESPN+. 3:01 AM) SPECIAL PRESENTATION. 'Provides an introspective look into Ohtani’s illustrious career, from his humble beginnings in rural Japan to his much-anticipated MLB debut with the Los Angeles Angels.'

🎥 Blue Beetle (Max, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology.'✔️

Blue Beetle

🎥 All-Time High (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A con artist in dire need of cash and a woman with a crypto fortune hit it off.  Is she the target of his dreams, or is the scammer about to get scammed?"

🎥 Believer 2 (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with.

🔔 CoComelon Lane (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Join your favorite CoComelon characters on imaginative adventures as they explore feelings — and the world around them — in this story-driven series.'✔️

🎥 The Dads (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'On a fishing trip with Matthew Shepard's father, five disparate dads discuss their love, hopes and fears for their trans kids in this short documentary.'✔️

🎥 A Family Affair (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'A surprising romance kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex and identity.  Starring Joey King, Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman.'

🎥 Nothing to See Here (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'When an aspiring blind comedian goes after his dreams, it's him and his best friend with cerebral palsy against the world, no matter what runs them over.'

🎥 The Queenstown Kings (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'After his father's death, a washed-up football star returns to rural Queenstown and struggles to connect with his son, a talented player with big dreams.'

🎥 Rustin (Netflix, 3:01 AM) 'Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.'

🎥 Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (Peacock, 3:01 AM) 'Three childhood friends turned deadbeat co-workers fend off hairless bears, desperate park rangers and a hypocritical cult leader in the hopes of finding a priceless treasure.

🎄NEVER TOO EARLY FOR XMAS PREMIERES🎄

Dashing Through the Snow

🎄🎥 Exmas (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 'When Graham decides to surprise his family by traveling home for Christmas, he is shocked to discover them already celebrating with an unexpected guest of honor, his ex-fiancée, Ali.'

🎄🎥 Dashing Through the Snow (Disney+, 3:01 AM) 'Eddie, a good-hearted man who has turned his back on Christmas due to a traumatic childhood experience, takes his 9-year-old daughter Charlotte to work with him on Christmas Eve, where they meet a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick. Starring Ludacris and Lil Rel Howry.'✔️

🎄🔔 The Holiday Shift (Roku, 3:01 AM) SEASON ONE. 'Follows the intersecting love stories of young mall employees during the holiday season.'✔️

🎄🎥 Family Ornaments (Tubi, 3:01 AM) 'When a holiday wish wreaks havoc on a fractured family, they must work through their differences to defeat an army of magical Christmas ornaments.'

🎄🎥 Navigating Christmas (Hallmark, 8:00 PM) 'Recently divorced Melanie and her son Jason visit a remote island for Christmas, only to find themselves running a real working lighthouse where she connects with the curt but cute owner.'

RETURNING SHOWS

🔔 Holy Family (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO.

🤠 The Last Cowboy (CMT, 8:00 PM) SEASON FOUR PREMIERE.

STREAMING

🦸‍♂️Invincible (Amazon, 12:01 AM) 

🚀 For All Mankind (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Have a Nice Sol" 

⚗ Lessons in Chemistry (Apple, 12:01 AM) "Book of Calvin" 

⚖ Tribunal Justice (Freevee, 12:01 AM) 

🧟‍♂️ Goosebumps (Hulu, 12:01 AM & Disney+, 3:01 AM) "Welcome to Horrorland" SEASON FINALE. 

🏠 Beach Cottage Chronicles (Discovery+ & Max, 3:01 AM) 

🏠 Diary of an Old Home (Discovery+ and Max, 3:01 AM) 

🔨 First Time Fixer (Discovery+ & Max, 3:01 AM) 

💖 Love Island: Australia (Hulu, 3:01 AM)

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

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

🔔 The Curse (Paramount, 3:01 AM) "Pressure's Looking Good So Far" 

🔔 Fellow Travelers (Paramount, 3:01 AM) "Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire" 

🔔 Undead Unluck (Hulu, 2:01 PM)

👮‍♂️ Cops (Fox Nation, 6:00 PM) 

💖 Love Island Games (Peacock, 9:00 PM) 

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

LIVE SPORTSBALL TODAY/TONIGHT

🏀 College Basketball: Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship: Georgia vs. Miami (CBSSN, 3:30 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Shriners Children's Charleston Classic, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA (ESPN2, 4:30 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Legends Classic, Consolation Game: Teams TBA (ESPNU, 4:30 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship: Kansas State vs. Providence (CBSSN, 6:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Legends Classic, Championship Game: Teams TBA (ESPN2, 7:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Shriners Children's Charleston Classic, Second Consolation Semifinal: Teams TBA (ESPNU, 7:00 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Sacramento Kings at San Antonio Spurs (ESPN, 7:30 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Arizona Tip-Off: Grand Canyon vs. San Francisco (CBSSN, 9:00 PM)

🏈 College Football: South Florida at Texas-San Antonio (ESPN2, 9:00 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Myrtle Beach Invitational, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA (ESPNU, 9:00 PM)

🥊 Bellator MMA: 301: Amosov vs. Jackson (Showtime, 9:00 PM)

🏀 NBA Basketball: Phoenix Suns at Utah Jazz (ESPN, 10:00 PM)

🏎 Formula 1 Racing: Las Vegas Grand Prix, Practice 3 (ESPNU, 11:25 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Arizona Tip-Off: DePaul vs. South Carolina (CBSSN, 11:30 PM)

🏀 College Basketball: Continental Tire Main Event: Washington vs. Xavier (ESPN2, 12:00 AM)

🏌️‍♂️ DP World Tour Championship, Third Round (Golf, 2:00 AM)

CoComelon Lane

🕗 EARLY PRIMETIME 🕗

💲 Split Second (GSN, 7:30 PM)

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

🦈 Shark Tank (ABC, 8:00 PM) 'Tilt-able and flippable reading glasses; an exciting educational game for kids; high-tech ski goggles; a line of delicious dessert toppings.'

🔔 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW, 8:00 PM) 'Featured magicians include Solange Kardinaly, Christian Engblom, Antonio Martinez and Ari Novick.'

💲 Let's Make a Deal Primetime (CBS, 8:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ WWE's Friday Night Smackdown (Fox, 8:00 PM) 
💲 The Wall (NBC, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 The Very, Very Best of the 80s (AXS, 8:00 PM) SEASON FINALE. 
🤠 The Last Cowboy (CMT, 8:00 PM) 
💰 Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM) 
🎄🎥 Navigating Christmas (Hallmark, 8:00 PM) 
🚗 Engine Masters (Motortrend, 8:00 PM) 
🔔 Ridiculousness (MTV, 8:00 PM) 
💖 Ready to Love: Make a Move (OWN, 8:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: First Shift (Reelz, 8:00 PM) 

🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Collision (TNT, 8:00 PM) 

🕗 9:00 EASTERN / 🕖 8:00 CENTRAL

🎭 Great Performances (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, which saved 18 plays from being lost; how New York's Public Theater presents Shakespeare's work.'

👽 The Unexplained (History, 9:00 PM) 'From mysterious wounds that appear for no apparent reason, to a peculiar madness that compels people to dance themselves to death; looking at bizarre afflictions.'

🔔 Shining Vale (Starz, 9:02 PM) 'Pat becomes concerned about the readers of her new novel; meanwhile, Terry's addiction to testosterone has him striving to make his mark on the town.'

💰 Raid the Cage (CBS, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Fboy Island (CW, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Killer Cases (A&E, 9:00 PM) 
💰 Bering Sea Gold (Discovery Channel, 9:00 PM) 
🍴 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food, 9:00 PM) 
🏠 Filthiest Flips (HGTV, 9:00 PM) 
🔨 Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation (Magnolia, 9:00 PM) 
🚗 Runs Good (Motortrend, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Ridiculousness (MTV, 9:00 PM)
🏈 A Football Life (NFLN, 9:00 PM) 
🔔 Belle Collective (OWN, 9:00 PM) 
💀 Real Murders of Los Angeles (Oxygen, 9:00 PM) 
👮‍♂️ On Patrol: Live (Reelz, 9:00 PM) 
💖 Love After Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM)  
🔔 20/20 (ABC, 9:00 PM) 

The Dads

🕗 10:00 EASTERN / 🕖 9:00 CENTRAL

👽 The Proof is Out There (History, 10:03 PM) 'A strange creature is caught on a security camera in Youngstown, Ohio; a Proof viewer might have filmed the infamous Black Knight satellite; the origin of a sound so loud it could be heard over the entire Equatorial Pacific Ocean.' SEASON FINALE.

🔔 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) 
🚗 Super Street Garage (Motortrend, 10:00 PM) 
🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 10:00 PM) 
💀 Murder in the 21st Century (A&E, 10:01 PM) 

LATE NIGHT

🔔 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 PM) 'Former professional basketball player Magic Johnson; chef José Andrés; Jordan Davis performs.'

🔔 Late Night with Seth Myers (NBC, 12:35 PM) 'Actress Leslie Jones; filmmaker Judd Apatow; Rett Madison performs; Justin Faulkner sits in with the 8G Band.'

🤼‍♂️ All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (TNT, 11:00 PM) 
🔔 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 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, 6:04 AM - 12:00 PM); Law & Order (Pop, 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM); M*A*S*H* (TVLand, 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM); Roseanne (CMT, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); Living Single (TVOne, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM); Hawaii Five-0 (Ion, 10:00 AM - 2:00 AM); South Park (Comedy Central, 10:10 AM - 2:00 PM); Gunsmoke (TVLand, 11:50 AM - 4:00 PM); Seinfeld (Comedy Central, 2:00 PM - 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 - 11:00 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); Mom (TVLand, 2:00 AM - 3:45 AM); Benson (Antenna, 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM)

📺 Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) 'George Burns; Michael Constantine; Rodney Dangerfield; Shana Alexander.'

The Holiday Shift

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

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📺: Throwback
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