what's on?!...3 new Series Premiere....'Superior Donuts' on CBS....'Powerless' on NBC....'Training Day' on CBS....tease

[NewtonMP2100]

.....3 new shows....

......'Superior Donuts' on CBS......

.....'Powerless' on NBC........

.......'Training Day' the series on CBS.....


8:00 PM on Fox
Hell's Kitchen
Season 16 finale: Numb3rs vet Rob Morrow introduces the chefs’ final challenge: preparing a four-course meal in front of a live audience.

8:00 PM on Bravo
Inside the Actors Studio
Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. discusses his journey from Jerry Maguire to The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

8:00 PM on CBS
The Big Bang Theory
the-big-bang-theory-season-10-raj-girlfriendsRaj gets dating advice from Lucy, Claire and the two Emilys; Leonard struggles to hide his feelings when Penny announces her brother is coming to town.

8:30 PM on NBC
Powerless
Series premiere: In DC Comics’ first half-hour comedy, Emily (HSM‘s Vanessa Hudgens) is hired to lead R&D at Wayne Security, which is run by Bruce’s dim cousin (Firefly‘s Alan Tudyk). Danny Pudi (Community), Ron Funches (Undateable) and Christina Kirk (A to Z) co-star.

8:30 PM on CBS
Superior Donuts
Series premiere: The uncompromising owner of a donut shop (Taxi‘s Judd Hirsch) clashes with his overzealous new hire (comedian Jermaine Fowler); Katey Sagal

9:00 PM on CMT
Nashville
Rayna and Deacon amp up security at their home following a nightmarish encounter at Highway 65.

9:00 PM on The CW
Riverdale
As Archie asks Miss Grundy to come forward about what they overheard at Sweetwater River, details regarding Jason’s death begin to surface.

9:00 PM on ABC
Scandal
Flashbacks reveal what went down on the campaign trail prior to the election’s killer climax.

10:00 PM on CBS
Training Day
Series premiere: Picking up 15 years after the events of the Denzel Washington film, this drama finds a young officer (newcomer Justin Cornwell) partnered with a shady detective (Big Love‘s Bill Paxton); Katrina Law (Arrow), Drew Van Acker (PLL) and Julie Benz (Defiance) co-star.

10:00 PM on FX
Baskets
Chip’s arrest gets in the way of Christine’s water aerobics schedule.


Super Bowl Movie Trailers: A Sneak Peek At Paramount’s ‘Ghost In The Shell

.....Ahead of Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots, Paramount has provided us with a tease of the new Ghost in the Shell trailer which follows Scarlett Johansson’s policewoman as she tries to bring down a nefarious hacker.

Lionsgate teamed with Funimation Films to return the original 1995 anime film to the big screen. Based on the Kodansha Comics manga series of the same name by Masamune Shirow, the Paramount film is directed by Rupert Sanders and stars Johannson as Major Motoko Kusanagi, a human-cyborg hybrid. We’ll have the full trailer this weekend. Still curious whether the studio will have some intriguing stunts during the game like they did during the Mr. Robot season 2 finale with this movie. The Paramount movie hits theaters on March 31.


new trailer...............?!

[SteveG]

Superior Donuts was originally a play in 2009.
Here's what the Times said about the beroadway production:
"In reviewing the Broadway production, Isherwood called Superior Donuts "a gentle comedy that unfolds like an extended episode of a 1970s sitcom" and "a warm bath of a play that will leave Broadway audiences with satisfied smiles rather than rattled nerves." He felt if the play "possesses the nostalgic appeal of a classic sitcom, it is also hampered by some of the genre’s standard flaws. A subplot about Franco’s gambling debts feels contrived, like one of those dubious byways cooked up by writers in the later seasons of a series, when inspiration flags and the characters’ interactions have begun to go stale. The ancillary characters... might have come straight from the Sidekicks, Neighbors and Friends rack, although the excellent actors imbue them all with a sharp specificity. The relationship at the heart of the play, between Arthur and Franco, is also not without its formulaic aspects. Mr. Letts’s depiction of this budding cross-racial, cross-generational friendship feels a little retrograde, as both Arthur and Franco reveal dimensions that confound each other but help ease the awkwardness between them... But Mr. Letts treads gently, underplaying the surrogate-son aspect of their dynamic."

So it was kind of crummy, sitmom-y and retro in 2009. Now, after being mauled by CBS, I'm sure the filling in this donut is 'dead duck'.