What To Watch: Z Nation Returns, HBO Gets High, A Dark Finale And More
On TV this Friday: Z Nation returns with a super-sized premiere, Flash and Jessica Jones faves experience the Groundhog Day effect and Bill Maher gets Real with Kerry Washington. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar:
Showtimes for September 16, 2016
ARQ
From Orphan Black scribe Tony Elliott comes this dystopian film about a man (The Flash's Robbie Amell) and woman (Jessica Jones' Rachael Taylor) who find themselves reliving the same deadly home invasion over and over and over.
Fleabag
Series premiere (all six episodes): Playwright Phoebe Waller-Bridge stars as a grief-riddled woman completely detached from everything and everyone in modern-day London; Brett Gelman (Married) and Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) co-star.
Big Brother
Since the network has chosen (once again) not to release a synopsis, we’ll leave you (once again) with this recent publicity still of Julie Chen blowing an inexplicable amount of bubbles on a fake city street.
Z Nation
Season 3 premiere (two hours): The gang must protect the town from a new enemy. (View poster; when does Van Helsing begin?)
Girl Meets World
Riley and her friends learn about their diverse heritages during Cultural Week. (Get renewal status; view BMW reunion photo.)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Season 3 finale: Magicians include Anthony Asimov, Angela Funovits, Ivan Amodei and Vince Charming. (Not yet renewed.)
Dark Matter
Season 2 finale: The crew tries to prevent the destruction of a space station and the start of a corporate war. (Get renewal status.)
Quarry
Marc looks into paying his debt; cops question Joni about the death of her "coworker." (What did you think of the series premiere?)
Real Time With Bill Maher
Guests include Scandal‘s Kerry Washington and Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.
High Maintenance
Series premiere: Based on the popular web series, this half-hour comedy follows a pot dealer in Brooklyn (played by co-creator Ben Sinclair) who delivers to a variety of colorful clients.