This Week in TV: May 20-27, 2013
Monday's Picks
The Goodwin Games
Three estranged siblings must reconnect if they want to inherit their late father’s fortune in this comedy that is basically a show Fox had no idea what to do with, so they’re shoving it into the dreaded end-of-Fall-beginning-of-Summer TV season.
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8:30PM on Fox
Motive
The killer is revealed to the audience at the beginning of this criminal procedural drama, which means we get to spend the rest of the season screaming at the TV when detective Flynn keeps following false leads.
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10:00PM on ABC
Tuesday's Picks
The Bachelor's Funniest Moments
There have been 25 — TWENTY-FIVE! — seasons of The Bachelor, so it's not surprising they were able to pull together an hour of bloopers, fainting, craziness, and all-around insanity. In fact, they probably had enough for three hours of it!
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8:00PM on ABC
Wednesday's Picks
MasterChef
Because not a month can go by without SOME Gordon Ramsay show airing on Fox. Amateur chefs audition for spots in the competition in tonight’s premiere.
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8:00PM on Fox
Thursday's Picks
Save Me
This sitcom stars Anne Heche as a woman who may or may not have died and come back to life, but one thing’s for sure: she’s kind of nuts. (Talk about typecasting!)
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8:00PM on NBC
Does Someone Have to Go?
Now you can experience the horror of working at a job you’re in constant fear of getting laid off from in your evening's entertaining, with this reality series that places the fates of employees in the hands of their own co-workers.
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9:00PM on Fox
Friday's Picks
Maron
This comedy is slowly but surely filling in the weird and quirky comedic void left by Portlandia’s hiatus. In tonight’s episode, Marc gets set up on a date with a nice girl, but falls for a domineering one instead.
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10:00PM on IFC
Saturday's Picks
Sanjay and Craig
This new animated series comes from the creators of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, as well as a character designer who works on Bob’s Burgers. In other words, this cartoon about a boy and his talking snake probably has enough entertainment for kids and parents alike.
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9:30AM on Nickelodeon
Sunday's Picks
Arrested Development
Tomorrow’s a holiday, so that means you can spend ALL day and ALL night binging on every single episode in this new season, which are all available today. And then you can start all over again on Monday!
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Streaming on Netflix
Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas stars as Liberace, and Matt Damon is his much younger boyfriend in this biopic that what may very well be director Steven Soderbergh’s (Oceans Eleven, Traffic, Contagion) last movie. Talk about flashy exits!
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9:00PM on Netflix
Monday's Picks
Mermaids: The New Evidence
Did Animal Planet’s last special about mermaids not convince you that they are, in fact, completely and totally real? And horrifying? Well, prepare to have your mind blown with this sequel. (Note: Mermaids are not real. Come on now.)
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10:00PM on Animal Planet
