Aside from an overflowing bowlful of faculty soccer bowl video games, that is a type of uncommon quiet weekends in TV land, the place reruns prevail because the trade gears up for a gusher as quickly because the ball drops, signaling 2025. Fox’s “Animation Domination” lineup bucks the development with new episodes, together with the season finale of Common Fundamental Guys. HGTV’s Residence City kicks off its eighth season. BritBox provides Safety in a thriller starring Siobhan Finneran of Pleased Valley as a witness safety officer.
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The Simpsons
SUNDAY: You’ve heard of “bottle episodes,” these self-contained episodes designed to make use of as few characters and set modifications as potential. The Simpsons takes the phrase extra actually, in a “Bottle Episode” the place Marge groups up with Smithers as unlikely Robin Hoods after they embark on a wine-forging journey. Wine critic Robert Parker visitors as himself. Adopted by the Season 1 finale of Common Fundamental Guys (8:30/7:30c), and a brand new episode of Bob’s Burgers (9/8c), the place Tina doles out recommendation as the college newspaper’s new columnist.
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Residence City
SUNDAY: Ben and Erin Napier return for an eighth season of bringing help to Mississippi owners—or within the opener, potential house homeowners whose plans have fallen by means of a number of occasions. Their want record consists of house for a specialty backyard to help their new meals enterprise, and time is of the essence.
Safety
SUNDAY: Siobhan Finneran, who first caught many viewers’ consideration as Downton Abbey’s dour girl’s maid O’Brien and continued to impress in British sequence together with Pleased Valley, stars within the lead function of a six-episode British crime drama (accessible for binge-watching) as witness safety officer Liz Nyles. Her newest project includes retaining protected a key witness who plans to testify in opposition to a robust crime boss. When the protected home is attacked, Liz learns that not solely was the witness shot, however so was her secret lover and colleague, DS Paul Brandice (Barry Ward), who wasn’t even hooked up to the case. So why was he there?
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Frozen
Let it go and let it snow within the blockbuster 2013 animated hit, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell as royal sisters Elsa and Anna. The 2019 Frozen 2 sequel follows at 9/8c, an ideal combo with some sizzling chocolate.
INSIDE WEEKEND TV:
- Two for One: Nicole Holofcener (Saturday, 8/7c, TCM): This week’s double characteristic, curated by the celebrated director of You Harm My Emotions director, consists of discussions with host Ben Mankiewicz of 1978’s Oscar-winning Coming Residence and 1973’s The Final Element.
- Unbreakable (Saturday, 8/7c, Fuse): The uplifting docuseries returns, that includes in another way abled folks with massive desires, together with potential dad and mom Cody and Jess and wannabe hairdresser Jaimee.
- Earth Abides (Sunday, 9/8c, MGM+): The post-apocalyptic drama ends its first season with Ish (Alexander Ludwig) realizing the hope for humanity’s future could lie past his books.