Golan the Insatiable wants to haunt your dreams in primetime
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Golan The Insatiable (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): After premiering in ten minute installments back in 2013, Golan the Insatiable is back for more as a primetime half-hour series with a bit of a different voice cast. What’s On Tonight wants to be pithy here for your amusement, but the summary itself has done the work for us: “The comedy follows a mighty godlord (Rob Riggle) from an alternate dimension who arrives in Oak Grove, MN, where his only friend is a macabre, nine-year-old girl named Dylan (Aubrey Plaza) who constantly urges him to wreak havoc on her town.” Other voices include Maria Bamford, Ken Marino, and John DiMaggio. It’s like someone looked into The A.V. Club’s soul and made a show for it, but we’ll let Caroline Framke be the judge of that.
Also noted
Halt And Catch Fire (AMC, 10 p.m.): The show many called AMC’s faltered attempt to capture some of that period piece Mad Men magic is back for a second season, and this time, it’s re-tooled, spiffed up, and ready to blow your minds. Or at least bring Lee Pace to your screens on a weekly basis, and who are we to fight that? No Dennis Perkins, that’s for sure.
Critics’ Choice Awards (A&E, 8 p.m.): We recognize that we may have some bias here, BUT: the Critics’ Choice Awards are the most interesting television awards out there. While the Globes and Emmys rotate between their favored ten or so choices, this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards nominated shows such as Broad City, Jane the Virgin, Mom, Gravity Falls and You’re The Worst, and underappreciated actors such as The Middle’s Eden Sher, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Titus Burgess, and Togetherness’ Melanie Lynskey. What we’re trying to say is, critics are better at awards and probably everything.
Regular coverage
Game Of Thrones (HBO, 9 p.m.)
Silicon Valley (HBO, 10 p.m.)
Salem (WGN, 10 p.m.)
Penny Dreadful (Showtime, 10 p.m.)
Veep (HBO, 10:30 p.m.)
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