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Next Week in TV 4/30: Gods and Heroes

By Alyssa and DRWHO42

We look ahead to another exciting week with the debuts of American Gods on Starz and Hulu’s Batman & Bill Finger. The highly anticipated American Gods will certainly dominate the buzz in new television. The massive undertaking by the director Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) with the Starz network has produced a haunting, slow moving, gorgeous 10 episode series. Another entry to consider on Hulu is the highly anticipated documentary Batman & Bill, The Bill Finger debuting on May 6th. The History channel is debuting a documentary titled Superheroes Decoded which will also be on our radars. This documentary should have interesting interviews and will be a draw for many of us.

Looking back at the previous week Hulu’s The Handmaiden’s Tale has generated a lot of positive buzz and support from notable figures. It is a series certainly worth checking out.

Returning TV has The Last Kingdom (which previously aired on BBC America) and J. Michael Straczynski’s Sense 8 both for their second season on Netflix. Lastly, Fox’s Lucifer makes its Spring return this week.

This week we will see a few season finales including Taken, American Crime, The Mick, and Blue Bloods.

While renewal news is trickling in please be sure to check out our TV Renewal thread  on the FoCC forum (click here) for the latest updates. We are posting updates there as soon as we receive the news.  

DRWHO42’s picks:
New:  American Gods
On-going: Doctor Who, Prison Break, iZombie, Class, Agents of HYDRA (I mean) SHIELD, The Blacklist, Blindspot, The Big Bang Theory, Supergirl, Quantico, Flash, Arrow, The 100, Fresh of the Boat, Black-ish
Binge / Stack: Hawaii 5-0, Westworld, Glitch, Elementary, Voltron, The Magicians, Supernatural, The Expanse

Alyssa’s picks:
New & Returning:  American Gods, Batman & Bill Finger
Binging: Expanse, Magicians & In To The Badlands, the Walking Dead
Stacked up (Finally home & the Tivo is full): Handmaiden’s Tale,  Genius, Silicon Valley, Designated Survivor, 24 Legacy, APB, Arrow, Better Call Saul, Face Off, Marvel’s Agent of Shield, Colony, DC’s Legends, Legion, Humans.

Sunday – April 30, 2017
7:00 PM
DISNEY The 2017 Radio DISNEY Music Awards [Two-hour Special Presentation]
9:00 PM
STARZ American Gods: The Bone Orchard [Series Premiere]

A lush fantasy about the seediest corners of American life, “American Gods” is a delight for fans of the book and newcomers alike. <snip>

“American Gods” is about Shadow (Ricky Whittle), but the show — based on the excellent novel by Neil Gaiman — is more broadly about that sense of unmoored reality, when the experience of the world you know shifts underneath you. “American Gods” follows Shadow as he takes an unexpected job offer from an enigmatic character and ends up a sidekick in a war for the ages: A battle between gods for dominion over America. Of course, neither he nor the audience has any idea that that’s what’s happening for the first several episodes, unless you have already read the novel. The result is a sprawling, beautiful show that is fascinating, brilliantly executed, and rather hard to follow.

Variety’s light spoiler review   Click for trailer

HISTORY Superheroes Decoded – American Legends [2-hour Special Presentation]

With rare access to top creators at both DC and Marvel, Superheroes Decoded uncovers how the rise of the superhero parallels America’s rise as a superpower in the 20th century, evolving through the decades into a uniquely American mythology that has captured audiences across the globe. Using modern film clips, vintage comic artwork, historical archival material. Click to read more  Click for trailer

10:00 PM
ABC American Crime: Season Three: Episode Eight [3rd Season Finale]

Monday – May 01, 2017
8:00 PM
HISTORY Special: Superheroes Decoded. American Rebels [2-hour Special Presentation]
NGC Origins: The Journey Of Humankind: The Road Ahead [1st Season Finale]
9:01 PM
FOX Lucifer: Candy Morningstar [2nd Season Spring Premiere]
9:30 PM
CBS The Great Indoors: Roland’s Secret [New Time Slot]
10:01 PM
NBC Taken: I Surrender [1st Season Finale]

Tuesday – May 02, 2017
8:00 PM
PBS The Victorian Slum: The 1860s (#101) [Series Premiere]

The series, which features modern-day people recreating 19th-century life in London’s East End, begins with the participants moving into an 1860s tenement that includes sparse rooms, a shared water pump and outdoor privies. They seek to make a living by matchbox making, wood turning and the rag trade, work once done by their impoverished forebears. Click for more info 

8:31 PM
FOX The Mick: The Intruder [1st Season Finale]

Thursday – May 04, 2017
8:00 PM
NBC Superstore: Tornado [2nd Season Finale]
8:30 PM
NBC Powerless: Win, Luthor, Draw [1st Season Finale]

Friday – May 05, 2017
3:01 AM
NETFLIX Sense8: Complete Second Season [2nd Season Premiere]
NETFLIX The Last Kingdom: Complete Second Season [2nd Season Premiere]
NETFLIX Special: Handsome: A NETFLIX Mystery Movie [Special Presentation]
NETFLIX Special: The Mars Generation – Season 1 [Premiere]

Self-professed teenage “space nerds” at Space Camp chase their dreams of traveling to Mars, while experts reflect on NASA’s history and future. Click for trailer

10:00 PM
CBS Blue Bloods: The Thin Blue Line [7th Season Finale]

Saturday – May 06, 2017
3:01 AM
HULU Special: Batman & Bill, The Bill Finger Story [Special Presentation]

Bob Kane is credited for creating Batman in 1939. But there is a lot more to the story and it involved a man named Bill Finger, a struggling writer who helped Kane refine the initial idea and make it into one of the most popular characters in all of comics/literature/film. A new documentary, Batman & Bill, lays out the story by It adapting the book, Bill The Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman by Marc Tyler  Nobleman. Click to read more at Bleedingcool  Click for trailer

7:15 PM
NBC NHL Playoffs Round 2 – Game 4 Or 5: Teams TBD

Alyssa

Alyssa bought her first comic at age 7 and was hooked. She has collected comics most of her life. Recently, she has branched out to comic art and books and the occasional Lego set. She goes to as many cons as she can and enjoys the 'long form' storytelling of the television medium. She is also a foodie and is always up for trying new and different food.