What To Watch: Superstore Olympics Preview, The Tick, Dick And More
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On TV this Friday: SNL's Cecily Strong stops by Superstore, Dark Matter enters a whole new reality and The Tick is reborn on Amazon. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar:
Showtimes for August 19, 2016
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I Love Dick
Amazon
Pilot preview: A married couple (Transparent's Kathryn Hahn and Dallas Buyers Club's Griffin Dunne) finds their ideas of love and monogamy challenged by an inscrutable writer (The Following's Kevin Bacon).
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Amazon
Pilot preview: Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a retired action film star who doubles as a private contractor hired to take down bad guys; Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show) and Kat Foster ('Til Death) co-star.
The Tick
Amazon
Pilot preview: An accountant (Vinyl‘s Griffin Newman) befriends a peculiar blue superhero (Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Peter Serafinowicz) after learning his city is run by a super villain.
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Halt and Catch Fire Marathon
AMC
Night 4 of 4: This two-season catch-up comes to an end with terrific performances by Lee Pace and Scoot McNairy in Season 2, Episodes 6-10.
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2016 Summer Olympics
NBC
Select primetime highlights include the women's pole vault and 5,000-meter, the men's hammer and Usain Bolt's final Olympics race.
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Girl Meets World
Disney Channel
Riley struggles with a class debate about whether people are naturally good or evil. Is the homework watching Disney Channel's Descendants?
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Killjoys
Syfy
Dutch, D'avin and Alvis are led to a research facility on Arkyn; Pawter and Johnny attempt to galvanize support for the imminent war for Westerly.
My Last Days
The CW
Docuseries finale: A twentysomething with a deadly form of sleep apnea tries to complete a gospel album; a woman with brain cancer who has lost her ability to speak continues treatments to stay with her husband.
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Dark Matter
Syfy
Raza is sent to a parallel reality after a Blink Drive test goes haywire.
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Superstore
NBC
Sneak preview: Amy gets the chance to meet an Olympic hero (played by SNL's Cecily Strong); Apolo Anton Ohno, Tara Lipinski and McKayla Maroney also guest-star. (Get official Season 2 premiere date.)
