The Awesomes discover that with awesome power comes great streamability
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, August 1, 2013. All times are Eastern.
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The Awesomes (Hulu): Ahead of a busy slate of original and acquired fall programming, Hulu debuts this animated superhero parody from Seth Meyers and Late Night producer Mike Shoemaker. It’s about an up-and-coming hero (voiced by Meyers) taking charge of a legendary super team, a situation that isn’t at all analogous to recent events in Meyers’ life. The first two episodes post today, with weekly installments to follow—Gwen Inhat has seen the first and seventh installments, because her super powers entail bending the fabric of space and time (through Hulu screeners).
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Orange Is The New Black (Netflix, 4 p.m.): Myles McNutt looks at “Blood Donut” and “Moscow Mule,” which sounds like a meal guaranteed to turn your stomach and eventually lead to Type 2 diabetes.
Wilfred (FX, 10 p.m.): Ryan seeks help in order to get a grip on a “past trauma.” Seeing as this episode is several weeks away from the season finale, Rowan Kaiser guesses that “past trauma” isn’t the one that enables Elijah Wood’s character to communicate with a dog.
Childrens Hospital (Adult Swim, midnight): Given this show’s stylistic adventurousness, it’s safe to assume that an episode that called “Triangles” involves the staff of Childrens spontaneously transforming into two-dimensional geometric figures. Safe, but stupid, David Sims assures us.
NTSF: SD: SUV:: (Adult Swim, 12:15 a.m.): Rob Riggle’s President of the Navy is charged with delivering an important speech, one that Riggle’s signature comedic rage is certain to derail. Kevin McFarland entertains fantasies of staging a pay-per-view shouting match between Riggle and Bob Odenkirk—“The Anger In Bangor” will lose a lot of money, but cause a lot of laughs.
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