Cat Deeley returns to host So You Think You Can Dance (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG). Stephen Boss, Matthew Morrison and Jojo Siwa will preside as judges. This is the 17th season of a series that marks the end of the television year and the unofficial start of summer.
This is also when the networks decide which shows won’t return next fall. It’s no surprise that CBS axed father-daughter surgeon series Good Sam, the networks’ least-watched show. CBS also said aloha to Magnum PI after four seasons.
The departure of a standalone melodrama such as Good Sam underscores the fact that CBS has essentially become a network of procedurals and sitcoms. And all these sitcoms do not survive. I’m not surprised that United States of Al got cancelled. I’m surprised it lasted two full seasons. The bowling comedy How We Roll was a gutter ball from the start.
Speaking of unfunny comedies with no future, NBC canceled Kenan and Mr. Mayor. The mid-season thriller The Endgame is over. As previously announced, This Is Us will shed its last tear after six seasons.
ABC has canceled wine country soap opera Promised Land, as well as girl group reunion series Queens. As announced last May, this was the last season of black-ish. ABC’s biggest break with tradition is the departure of Dancing With the Stars. He took a side step to the Disney+ streaming service.
As of this filing date, Fox has yet to announce its cancellations, but The Big Leap, one of the most ambitious projects of the 2021-22 season, has already been scrapped.
After a few seasons with a relatively stable schedule, The CW went on a Lizzie Borden spree last week, axing seven series, including 4400, Batwoman, Charmed, DCs Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, In the Dark, Legacies, Naomi and Roswell, New Mexico.
The CW and the Freeform Network both cater to younger female viewers, but as The CW has become saturated with comic book fare of the DC variety, Freeform has experimented with tougher series, including last year’s Twisty Cruel Summer. , produced by Jessica Biel (Candy).
Airing weekly for the next four Wednesday nights, docuseries The Deep End (9 p.m., Freeform, TV-14) examines the charismatic leader of an inspirational band that has amassed more than 140 million subscribers on the networks. social.
Describing herself as a collector of broken toys, she offers struggling followers a path forward in trying to change the world. Some called her Jesus, and others said they would kill for her. An investigator calls her a cult leader, and The Deep End, produced for three years, infiltrates her organization to uncover the truth.
What we’ll also find out is whether viewers will watch this unfold in a weekly, linear fashion or wait for the episodes to pile up on Hulu and consume it in one bite.
Speaking of binging, the US version of Australian dating series Love on the Spectrum is making its Netflix debut.
Beverly Gazes at an Empty Nest on The Goldbergs (7 p.m., ABC, TV-PG)
Three-round winners face off on The Masked Singer (7 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).
The Last Remaining Celebrities Face Off on Beyond the Edge (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG)
Wedding planning eclipses some romantic bookings on The Conners (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).
An extraordinary adventure on the domestic economy (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).
Maggie and Gary take an emotional inventory on A Million Little Things (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).
TONIGHT OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Motivational speaker’s symptoms defy diagnosis on Chicago Med (7 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
A Wilderness Texas Wilderness (7 p.m., PBS, r, TV-PG, check local listings).
Evidence Points to Murder on Chicago Fire (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
Student Disappears on FBI (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).
Voights’ deception undermines his relationship with an informant on Chicago PD (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
A violent criminal (James Cagney) harbors a rabid attachment to his mother (Margaret Wycherly) in the 1949 gangster film White Heat (9 p.m., TCM, TV-PG), directed by Raoul Walsh, featured in the 2014 documentary The real adventures of Raoul Walsh (7 p.m., TCM).
Survivor (7 p.m., CBS, TV-PG)… XS Is Never Enough on The Flash (7 p.m., CW, TV-PG)… Unintended Consequences on Kung Fu (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG).
Jimmy Fallon hosts Tim McGraw, Maisie Williams and Doechii on The Tonight Show (10:34 p.m., NBC)… Sarah Silverman, Jeffrey Donovan and Sleaford Mods visit Late Night With Seth Meyers (11:37 p.m., NBC).
Okay, that was weird. The least anticipated story of the week was the scandal involving Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) and When Calls the Heart star Lori Loughlin (7 p.m. Sunday, Hallmark, TV-G), in a bribery/deception plot to obtain their respective daughters. in elite universities.
This is obviously an ongoing case, and all parties must have their say, or one day, in court. But the motivation at the center of this story is worth discussing. It implies an overwhelming need to do anything to get children into elite schools. As if anything less was unthinkable.
Television plays a significant role in this insecurity. I can’t remember how many times I’ve had to describe an ABC legal drama where every character comes from just the most exclusive Ivy and spends most of the pilot bragging about it.
There was a time, not too long ago, when John Grisham wrote best-selling books about barely accredited young lawyers from anonymous institutions who took on impossible cases against huge corporations and ultimately won. And I got the girl, to boot.
Thus, the neurotic obsession of our present age with elitism and inequality is hardly entrenched.
If anything comes of this sordid affair, it’s an appreciation that shoddy efforts at snobbery are still essentially pathetic. Or on classic TV, comedy. Looking at Gilligans Island, we identified with Mary Ann and the Skipper, and felt sorry for the millionaire and his wife.
CNN debuts the four-hour documentary Tricky Dick (8 p.m., Sunday), chronicling the life and times of Richard Nixon’s public career, which spanned the decades from the dawn of the Cold War to the Clinton.
An anxious new mother joins a solidarity and support group, only to find he has darker plans on his agenda in 2019’s clash Mommy Group Murder (7 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).
The Thunder and Warriors meet in NBA action (7:30 p.m., ABC).
A former kidnapper returns to form on Ransom (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
Program on 60 Minutes (6 p.m., CBS): the employees of the embassies in China and Cuba complain of mysterious ailments; AOL founder Steve Case and his plans to invest in the future of neglected small towns in America; a visit to Monaco.
The duels begin on World of Dance (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).
Auditions continue on American Idol (7 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).
Lex Luthor is free on Supergirl (7 p.m., CW, TV-PG).
Mr. Wednesday prepares for battle on American Gods (7 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).
After discovering her royal lineage, an adopted 10-year-old girl becomes a little bully in 2019’s clash Mommys Little Princess (7 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).
A Secret Room Holds Dangers on Charmed (8 p.m., CW, TV-14).
Hidden secrets revealed on The Walking Dead (8 p.m., AMC, TV-MA).
A new trial continues on The Case Against Adnan Syed (8 p.m., HBO, TV-14).
Ax is determined to destroy Taylor in the fourth-season premiere of Billions (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).
Ulysses pursues a conspiracy theory on Now Apocalypse (8 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).
Unsung (8 p.m., TVONE) profiles the Jets.
Peaceful openings on Madam Secretary (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).
The tension mounts on Good Girls (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
Mos’ past comes to light on Black Monday (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).
St. Patrick’s Day inspires many traditions. Syfy offers a marathon of Leprechaun movies, from Leprechaun 5: In the Hood (Saturday 4 p.m., TV-14) to Leprechaun 2 (8 p.m.). TCM takes the traditional, sleazy Technicolor blarney approach to director John Fords 1952 romance The Quiet Man (7 p.m. Sunday, TV-PG).
Dateline (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) … NBA Countdown (7 p.m., ABC) … Kids Are Fine on MasterChef (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) … 48 Hours (9 p.m., CBS) … A vintage portion of Saturday Night Live (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).
A visit from an old friend inspires Miles in God Friended Me (7 p.m., CBS, TV-PG)… Homer can’t leave Barth’s virtual kingdom in The Simpsons (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14). .. Empathy for All Things on Bobs Burgers (7:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).
A walk down the aisle on NCIS: Los Angeles (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14)… On two episodes of Family Guy (Fox, TV-14), Megs Winter Olympics (8 p.m.), fighting over a dowager (8:30 p.m. , r)…Aches on Shark Tank (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).