What To Watch: Umbrella Academy Opens, Kim Possible Swings Into Live-Action, DC's Doom Patrol And More
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On TV this Friday: DC Universe launches Doom Patrol, Netflix assembles its Umbrella Academy and Disney Channel gets the sitch its on live-action Kim Possible. Here are 12 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern:
Showtimes for February 15, 2019
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Doom Patrol
DC Universe
Series premiere: This superhero ensemble includes Negative Man (voiced by White Collar's Matt Bomer), Robotman (voiced by The Affair's Brendan Fraser), Elasti-Woman (Two and a Half Men's April Bowlby) and Crazy Jane (OITNB's Diane Guerrero), all led by mad scientist Niles Caulder aka The Chief (Penny Dreadful's Timothy Dalton). (Watch trailer.)
Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy
Netflix
Docuseries premiere (all episodes): The Curb Your Enthusiasm writer explores the varying definitions of comedy in different cultures all around the world.
Lorena
Amazon
Documentary premiere (all four episodes): From EP Jordan Peele comes this deep dive into the notorious case of John Wayne and Lorena Bobbitt.
The Umbrella Academy
Netflix
Series premiere (all 10 episodes): Estranged adoptees with supernatural abilities band together to solve a mystery surrounding their father's death and take on the threat of a global apocalypse; Ellen Page (Juno), Tom Hopper (Black Sails), Cameron Britton (Mindhunter) and Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) star. (Watch trailer.)
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NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
ESPN
It’s the Home team (including Mike Colter, J.B. Smoove, Chris Daughtry and Dr. Oz) vs. the Away team (including Hasan Minhaj and AJ Buckley) in the annual All-Star Weekend event. (Get full lineup.)
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Kim Possible
Disney Channel
TV-movie premiere: The teen crimefighter (newcomer Sadie Stanley) begins high school with her goofy sidekick Rob Stoppable (The Goldbergs' Sean Giambrone). (Watch trailer.)
Season 4 finale: Only Monique Heart, Naomi Smalls, Trinity the Tuck and Monet X Change remain; a new champ is crowned.
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Speechless
ABC
JJ’s love-match with Izzy morphs into a cage match with Kenneth; Maya and Jimmy figure out a way to profit off of Valentine’s Day.
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The Blacklist
NBC
Red and Dembe turn to Glenn for help with the jury; the Task Force investigates a series of deaths resulting from weaponized insects.
Hawaii Five-0
CBS
Five-0 is tasked with protecting a serial killer when a hurricane hits Oahu; Tani’s civilian safety check turns deadly. (MacGyver's "new Jack" debuts at 8 pm!)
Proven Innocent
Fox
Series premiere: Madeline Scott (Under the Dome’s Rachelle Lefevre), a criminal defense attorney who was unjustly sentenced at the age of 18, leads a firm dedicated to overturning wrongful convictions; Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Russell Hornsby (Grimm) and Riley Smith (Frequency) co-star.
