The week in TV: 6/12/16 – Bye Bye CloneClub & Hello Orange
By: Alyssa & DRWHO42
There are a few new entries this week including The Last Ship, Braindead, and more importantly the return of Orange is the New Black. The week also brings the fantastic season of Orphan Black to a close. We have only a few episodes left in the current season of Game of Thrones and HBO was kind enough to make finale will be a full 60 minutes.
DRWHO42’s picks:
New: Orange is the New Black
Ongoing: Orphan Black, GoT, Outcast, Preacher, Voltron, Penny Dreadful
Alyssa’s picks:
New: Last Ship, BrainDead & Wrecked
Ongoing: Preacher, GoT, 12 Monkeys, Turn
Sunday – June 12, 2016
8:00 PM
- CBS 70th Annual Tony Awards [3-hour special presentation]
- NBC NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game #6 (if necessary)
9:00 PM
- SHOWTIME House of Lies: No es facil (#510) [Series finale]
- TNT Last Ship: The Scott Effect (#301) [3rd Season premiere]
10:00 PM
- AMC Ride with Norman Reedus: (#101) [Series premiere]
Following a new episode of the highly anticipated drama “Preacher,” “Ride with Norman Reedus” follows “The Walking Dead” fan-favorite star and motorcycle enthusiast as he hits the open road to explore local biker culture and celebrate the best and brightest collectors, mechanics and craftsmen around the country. This one-hour installment of “Ride with Norman Reedus” will feature Reedus with a riding companion – notable guests include Peter Fonda, Robert Rodriguez and Balthazar Getty – as they journey to new destinations throughout the United States, including North Carolina, Florida, California, Nevada, Texas and Louisiana. Reedus and friends stop by various locales such as custom bike shops, tattoo parlors, collector’s warehouses, or a roadside smokehouse. Read more @ FutonCritic
Monday – June 13, 2016
8:00 PM
- NBC American Ninja Warrior: Indianapolis qualifier (#803) [New time slot]
9:00 PM
- ABC NBA Finals – “Game 5” (if necessary)
10:00 PM
- TNT Major Crimes: Present Tense (#501) [5th Season Premiere]
- CBS Braindead: the Insanity Principle: How extremism in politics is threatening democracy in the 21st century (#BD101) [Series Premiere]
The event series is a comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics that follows Laurel (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer who discovers two things: the government has stopped working, and bugs are eating the brains of Congress members and Hill staffers.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016
8:00 PM
- ABC To Tell The Truth: episode 101 (#101) [1-hour special presentation]
Hosted by Anthony Anderson, “To Tell the Truth” is an anarchic and funny re-imagination of the beloved, game show of the same name. The all-new version takes the excitement to another level, featuring fun characters from pop culture over the six-episode series. Anderson presides over four famous faces, including legend Betty White (who has appeared on previous versions of the show), actress NeNe Leakes, NBA star Jalen Rose and a special guest for each episode. In each round they are presented with three people who all claim to be the same person with the same incredible talent, job or achievement. One is sworn to tell the truth while the others are not. The panel of celebrities has a chance to grill each participant before taking turns deciding who they think is telling the truth. Read more @ FutonCritic
9:00 PM
- TNT Animal Kingdom: pilot (#101) [Series Premiere]
After his mother dies of a heroin overdose, Joshua ‘J’ Cody moves in with his estranged grandmother, Janine “Smurf” Cody in Southern California. He soon finds himself drawn into a dark world funded by criminal activities that he’s been shielded from for years, as she and his uncles plan their upcoming heist. J must prove his loyalty to stay alive, all the while learning that Smurf is the intense, beguiling and complicated matriarch who rules over “her boys” with a borderline incestuous love.
Read more @ FutonCritic
- ABC Uncle Buck: Pilot / Li’l Scarface (#101/103) [1-hour series premiere]
Uncle Buck (Mike Epps) is a charismatic hustler who has gotten by on his charm for years. But when his brother, Will (James Lesure), and sister-in-law, Alexis (Nia Long), move to town and need help with their kids, he steps up to become their “manny,” and their lives will never be the same. Will and Alexis are wary of Buck’s questionable parenting skills, but his unique perspective and street smarts provide some unconventional solutions to raising their three rambunctious kids, who typically make a hobby out of terrorizing their nannies. Read more @ FutonCritic
- BBCA Weird Wonders: episode 8 (#108) [1st Season Finale]
10:00 PM
- TBS Wrecked: (#101/102) [1-hour series premiere]
An ensemble comedy about a group of strangers stranded on a deserted island following a plane crash. The latest in TBS’s growing slate of daring new comedies, Wrecked is set to take off Tuesday, June 14, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) with back-to-back episodes. Wrecked is a single-camera comedy that centers on a diverse group of survivors adjusting to being stranded on an uninhabited island, a dangerous new world where they must face many threats – mostly brought on by themselves. No longer plugged into the rest of the world, the group struggles to navigate their makeshift society while also learning to live without such modern comforts as indoor plumbing, Wi-Fi, social media and Chipotle. Read more @ FutonCritic
Thursday – June 16, 2016
9:00 Pm
- NBC Aquarius: I’m So Tired/happiness Is A Warm Gun/why Don’t We Do It In The Road (#201-203) [2-hour commercial-free 2nd Season Premiere – Special Time]
- ABC 2016 NBA Finals – “Game 6” (if necessary)
10:00 Pm
- BBCA Orphan Black: From Dancing Mice To Psychopaths (#410) [4th Season Finale]
11:00 Pm
- BBCA After The Black: Episode 10 (#110) [1st Season Finale]
Friday – June 17, 2016
3:01 Am
- Netflix All Hail King Julien: Complete Third Season [3rd Season Premiere]
- Netflix Orange Is The New Black: Complete Fourth Season [4th Season Premiere]
Saturday – June 18, 2016
8:30 Pm
- NBC Premier Boxing Champions Special: Premier Boxing Champions [Special Presentation]