Treat yourself to a double dose of finales you’ve probably already watched with Orange Is The New Black and Monty Python
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, August 22. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
Orange Is The New Black (Netflix, 4 p.m.)/Monty Python’s Flying Circus (11 a.m.): One of these shows features a colorful cast of characters, some of whom speak in bizzare accents—and the other is Monty Python’s Flying Circus. But both shows have season finales under review today—season finales you might have watched long ago and have waited, ever so patiently, for Myles McNutt and Zack Handlen to weigh in on. Today that patience is rewarded, and it will be a glorious day of discussing unappealing meals, life-and-death circumstances, and men saying things in roundabout fashion—and we’re sure there’ll be lively comment threads on the end of OITNB’s first season, too.
REGULAR COVERAGE
Wilfred (FX, 10 p.m.): Wilfred has it bad for a bulldog, who’s owned by Kristen Schaal’s character. If only the bulldog was Kristen Schaal’s character, then we think Rowan Kaiser’s review might read a-something like this: “Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Kristen Schaal is a bulldog! Look at her dance like a look at her go like a look at her dance like a bulldog!”
And so on.
Graceland (USA, 10 p.m.): By presenting an episode titled “King’s Castle,” it’s almost like Graceland wants us to make Elvis jokes about it this week. Well Genevieve Valentine will have none of that, opting instead to take all of her pop-culture-riffing cues from Paul Simon’s Graceland. Ladysmith Black Mambazo provides background reviews.
Childrens Hospital (Adult Swim, midnight): The series broaches the hot-button topic of imaginary friends. David Sims has nothing to say on the subject, but the 7-foot-tall, purple-spotted bird who feeds David all his best ideas might.
NTSF: SD: SUV:: (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): A restaurant owned by the President of the Navy is in trouble, and only the NTSF crew can save it. Kevin McFarland figures Gordon Ramsay wasn’t called in because Rob Riggle does all the angry screaming around these parts, thank you very much.