Today's premieres and other notes (Monday, Feb. 11)

[Robin Miller]

Flavorful Origins: Chaoshan Cuisine [new; complete season 1]
(3:01 am, Netflix)

https://www.netflix.com/title/80991060



Delicious (season 3 premiere) (3:01 am, Acorn TV)

British drama series. Synopsis from Wiki: "The series is set in
Cornwall, England, where celebrity chef Leo is married to the beautiful
Sam and has a successful hotel business. However, he is having an affair
with his first wife Gina, a talented cook from whom he stole many of his
recipes and cheated on for years."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_(TV_series)



Counting On (season 9 premiere) (9 pm, TLC)



Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (documentary)
(9 pm, Starz)

Documentary that tells the scandalous story of Scotty Bowers, a handsome
ex-Marine who landed in Hollywood after the Second World War and became
confidant, aide-de-camp and lover to many of Hollywood’s greatest male ­
and female ­ stars. An unsung Hollywood legend, Bowers would cater to
the sexual appetites of celebrities ­ straight, gay and omnivorous — for
decades. In 2012, he finally spilled his secrets in the bestselling
memoir Full Service, which revealed a dramatic counter-narrative about
Hollywood’s Golden Age.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scotty_and_the_secret_history_of_hollywood



Studio 54 (documentary) (10 pm to midnight, A&E)

For 33 months, from 1978 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place
to be seen in Manhattan. A haven of hedonism, tolerance, glitz and
glamor, Studio was very hard to gain entrance to and impossible to
ignore, with news of who was there filling the gossip columns daily.
Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two college friends from Brooklyn,
succeeded in creating the ultimate escapist fantasy in the heart of the
theater district. Rubell was the outgoing party-boy who wanted to be
everybody’s friend and was photographed with every celebrity du jour who
entered the club and Schrager was the quiet, behind-the-scenes workhorse
who shunned the limelight. Studio 54 was an instant success and a cash
cow, but the drug-and-sex-fueled dream soon imploded in financial
scandal and the club’s demise.

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/studio-54 [Metacritic score 70]



American Dad! (season 13 winter premiere) (10 pm, TBS)




Tomorrow's advance notes:


Period. End of Sentence. (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix)

In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make
low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial
independence.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81074663



The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (season 9 premiere)
(9 pm, Bravo)



Boomerang [new] (10 and 10:30 pm, two episodes, BET)

TV series sequel to the 1992 Eddie Murphy movie stars Tequan Richmond
(Everybody Hates Chris) and Tetona Jackson. The latter plays the
daughter of the film's Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry characters (neither
appears here, though Berry is a producer on the series), while the
former is the son of Robin Givens' character. 10 episodes; regular time
is 10 pm only.

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/boomerang-2019

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9064792/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_(U.S._TV_series)

https://www.bet.com/video/boomerang/season-1/exclusives/get-a-first-look-at-the-new-series-boomerang.html



American Chopper (season 12 premiere) (10 pm,
Discovery Channel)



The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (documentary) (10
pm, HBO)

Linebacker, lawyer, agent, executive, broadcaster, philanthropist,
activist - these are the many lives of Nick Buoniconti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfEPkL5MPKI



Miracle Workers [new] (10:30 pm, TBS)

It's your typical workplace comedy, except that the workplace is heaven,
and the uninspiring, checked-out boss is God (played by Steve Buscemi,
replacing the originally cast Owen Wilson). Daniel Radcliffe stars as a
low-level employee/angel charged with handling all of humanity's
prayers. The Lorne Michaels-produced series comes from Man Seeking Woman
creator Simon Rich (which he adapts from his own book, What in God's
Name), and it will feature Tituss Burgess, Margaret Cho, Tim Meadows,
Chris Parnell, and Angela Kinsey as recurring guests. TBS considers it
an anthology, so a hypothetical future season would feature a different
cast. Seven episodes.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7529770/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Workers_(2019_TV_series)

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/miracle-workers-2019 [Metacritic
score 61]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBVqgz0a4Kc

https://www.tbs.com/shows/miracle-workers



--Robin

[Adam H. Kerman]

Robin Miller <robin....@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Tomorrow's advance notes:

>Period. End of Sentence. (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix)

>In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make
>low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial
>independence.

>https://www.netflix.com/title/81074663

I, uh, what?

Do they know where babies come from yet?

[anim8rfsk]

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:02:07 -0700 Robin Miller<robin....@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

> Tomorrow's advance notes:
>
> Period. End of Sentence. (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix)
>
> In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make
> low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial
> independence.

Well. Low-cost sanitary pads and Thorium reactors all over the place with no
delivery system for the output - it's almost like India's worked their way up
to being a fifth rate country.

> https://www.netflix.com/title/81074663
>
> The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (season 9 premiere)
> (9 pm, Bravo)
>
> Boomerang [new] (10 and 10:30 pm, two episodes, BET)
>
> TV series sequel to the 1992 Eddie Murphy movie stars Tequan Richmond
> (Everybody Hates Chris) and Tetona Jackson. The latter plays the
> daughter of the film's Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry characters (neither
> appears here, though Berry is a producer on the series), while the
> former is the son of Robin Givens' character. 10 episodes; regular time
> is 10 pm only.

Gah. So the Murphy character will turn out to be both their fathers and this
is an incest comedy?

> https://www.metacritic.com/tv/boomerang-2019
>
> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9064792/
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_(U.S._TV_series)
>
> https://www.bet.com/video/boomerang/season-1/exclusives/get-a-first-look-at-th
> e-new-series-boomerang.html
>
> American Chopper (season 12 premiere) (10 pm,
> Discovery Channel)
>
> The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti (documentary) (10
> pm, HBO)
>
> Linebacker, lawyer, agent, executive, broadcaster, philanthropist,
> activist - these are the many lives of Nick Buoniconti
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfEPkL5MPKI
>
> Miracle Workers [new] (10:30 pm, TBS)
>
> It's your typical workplace comedy, except that the workplace is heaven,
> and the uninspiring, checked-out boss is God (played by Steve Buscemi,
> replacing the originally cast Owen Wilson). Daniel Radcliffe stars as a
> low-level employee/angel charged with handling all of humanity's
> prayers. The Lorne Michaels-produced series comes from Man Seeking Woman
> creator Simon Rich (which he adapts from his own book, What in God's
> Name), and it will feature Tituss Burgess, Margaret Cho, Tim Meadows,
> Chris Parnell, and Angela Kinsey as recurring guests. TBS considers it
> an anthology, so a hypothetical future season would feature a different
> cast. Seven episodes.

Because workers in Heaven get old and die?

> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7529770/
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Workers_(2019_TV_series)
>
> https://www.metacritic.com/tv/miracle-workers-2019[Metacritic
> score 61]
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBVqgz0a4Kc
>
> https://www.tbs.com/shows/miracle-workers

Yeah, I don't think so. Thanks anyway,
> --Robin

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