News & Notes

Tonight, NBC has the first season finale of The Wall.

Over on cable, CNBC has the second season finale of Billion Dollar Buyer, History has the fourth season finale of The Curse of Oak Island, MTV has the series premiere of Stranded With a Million Dollars, tbs has the second season premiere of The Detour, and USA Network has the fifth season premiere of Chrisley Knows Best.

On streaming as of this morning, Hulu drops The Mindy Project S.5 Ep.9 and Netflix drops the Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark comedy special.

On the latest episode of TV times Three, Ep.357, “The APB Legion of Riverdale,” I am joined by @Clairetastic and @kyool to talk about some cancellation and renewal news and then discuss the series premieres of APB and Legion, and recent episodes of The 100, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Riverdale. Plus, some TV recommendations at the end.

Prime Picks

The Flash (The CW): New. Barry and the team head to Gorilla City on Earth-2 to rescue Harry and end up being asked for help by Grodd. Jesse and Kid Flash attempt to stop a metahuman on Earth-1.

This Is Us (NBC): New. Randall and William are on a road trip and learns more about where his biological father is from.

Imposters (Bravo): New. The group finds another clue as to where Maddie might be now. Max and Sally are worried about Maddie’s interest in Patrick. Plays again later.

Solid Selections

New Girl (FOX): New. Nick and Schmidt try to help Jess relax, as she begins to freak about becoming the principal at her school. Cece ends up in the middle of a prank war. Runs 31 minutes.
The Mick (FOX): New. Mickey has a new romance. Ben is being taught responsibility. Starts a minute after the half hour and runs 30 minutes. FOX has renewed the show for a second season.

Fresh Off the Boat (ABC): New. Jessica tries to broker a truce between Marvin’s ex and Honey. Runs 30 minutes.

The Detour (tbs): Season Premiere. Nate gets a job in New York City, which has the family on moving to a new city. Plays again later.
The Detour (tbs): New. Robin goes back to her wild side for a night out with an ex and Nate gets jealous.

Other Options

• Bones (FOX): New. Booth and Brennan deal with grief and an ex of hers returns. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.
• DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW): New. The team works with the Knights of the Round Table to stop the evil Rip Hunter.
• Homeland (Showtime): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “Casus Belli,” replays.
• Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC): New. The team isn’t sure who to trust after finding out they have been infiltrated by LMDs.
• NCIS (CBS): New. Bishop is out for revenge. The team finds a new lead in the Chen case.
• NCIS: New Orleans (CBS): New. An old case gets reopened after a similar murder takes place on a streetcar.
• Switched at Birth (Freeform): New. Racial tensions are high on campus after those responsible for a racist display are hardly punished. Daphne is threatened anonymously. Bay and Emmett work on an art project.

Sports Notes

• CBS Sports has tripleheader men’s college basketball action tonight with Rhode Island at La Salle, Davidson at Richmond and Colorado State at New Mexico.
• ESPN has doubleheader men’s college basketball action tonight with South Carolina at Florida followed by Indiana at Iowa.
• ESPN2 has doubleheader men’s college basketball action tonight with Oklahoma at Baylor followed by Mississippi at Mississippi State.
• ESPNU has doubleheader men’s college basketball action tonight with Clemson at Virginia Tech followed by East Carolina at Tulane.
• FS1 has men’s college basketball action with St. John’s at Marquette.

Tuesday TV Marathons

Bones (TNT): Six episodes today.
Criminal Minds (ION): Has 11 episodes.
CSI: Miami (BBC America): Nine episodes that play twice.
Gilmore Girls (UP): Six episodes today.
House (UniversalHD): Nine episodes tonight into late night.
Law & Order (WEtv): Eight episodes tonight into late night.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (WEtv): Eight episodes today.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Nine episodes.
That ’70s Show (IFC): Has 10 episodes that play twice.