Awkward. gets more awkward than a show title punctuated with a period
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, October 22. All times are Eastern.
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Awkward. (MTV, 10:30 p.m.): This teen comedy wrapped the first half of its third season by putting a major kink in its central romantic relationship. Judging by the minimal amount of information that’s been made available about this midseason premiere—“Jenna hooks up with Collin”—What’s On Tonight can only guess that Myles McNutt is in for a half-hour where that particular complication happens over and over again. Sounds like an uncomfortable situation, if one that’s rife with comedic potential.
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Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC, 8 p.m.): Is this the episode in which Agents confronts that frustrating decision to make Skye a double agent for Rising Tide, the one that makes her every action suspect and vulnerable to eventual undermining? David Sims can’t say, which only raises suspicions about his motivations and loyalties.
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family, 8 p.m.): They did the mash! / They did the Liars Mash! / The Liars Mash! / It was a Halloween bash! / Caroline Siede subbed in with panache / She watched some Liars trash
30 For 30 (ESPN, 8 p.m.): Big Shot follows entrepreneur John Spano and his attempt to buy the New York Islanders with money that didn’t exist. Still, Kevin McFarland considers this less scandalous than the Gorton’s Fischerman the Isles wore on their chest the season before Spano’s abortive buyout.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): With the World Series due to begin tomorrow night, Fox’s primetime lineup needs to get its Halloween episodes in early. Molly Eichel joins the 99th precinct’s All Hallow’s Eve festivities in the guise of “TV reviewer pretending this episode is actually airing a week from tonight.”
New Girl (Fox, 9 p.m.): The celebration in Apartment 4D, meanwhile, involves Jess, Nick, and Winston teaming up to assume the role of Schmidt’s childhood hero: American hero and second-best screen Batman Michael Keaton. Erik Adams dons his finest Beetlejuice stripes for the occasion.
