Mr. Robot Renews for Third Season

As they come to the midpoint of their 12 episode second season, USA Network has announced on Tuesday that they are renewing Mr. Robot for a third season.

The news comes of the psychological thriller as they collected the Television Association Award for Outstanding New Program and picking up six Primetime Emmy awards for Best Drama and Lead Actor. Not to mention picking up two Golden Globes, three Critics' Choice Awards, a Writers Guild Award and a Peabody.

As for ratings, the show has under performed in it's second season with junst under a million a weekly viewers and a 0.3 demo rating in Live+Same Day numbers, which is down 40 percent from it's first season run. 

"WE couldn't be more proud of Mr. Robot, a series that has pushed boundaries, captured the cultural zeitgeist and been honored as one of the best dramas on television," NBCUniversal Cable entertainment president Chris McCumber said in a statement. "Midway through its second season, Mr. Robot continues to break new ground and open up new opportunities for the network. We can't wait to see where (series creator) Sam Esmail and the entire brilliant Robot team take us next."

You can catch Mr. Robot as Season 2 continues Wednesdays at 10/9c on USA Network.

68th Primetime Emmy Nominations: Game of Thrones, Veep and American Crime Story takes away the Nods.

On Thursday morning, the nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards were announces and just like last year Game of Thrones, Veep and HBO take in the most nominations.

HBO gets 41 nominations, Veep gets the most nominations for a comedy series with 17 while Game of Thrones gets the most in drama with 27.

FX's The People V. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story gets the most nominations in Mini-Series/Limited Series. HBO's All the Way gets 8 for TV Movie, while Saturday Night Live gets 16 for Variety Sketch Comedy while Last Week with John Oliver gets 6 for Variety Talk Show.

There were some surprises along the nominations or should I say much deserved to get nominated like The Americans for Best Drama, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Here's the list of nominations:

Outstanding Drama Series
The Americans, FX
Better Call Saul, AMC
Downton Abbey, PBS
Game of Thrones, HBO
Homeland, Showtime
House of Cards, Netflix
Mr. Robot, USA Network

Outstanding Comedy Series
black-ish, ABC
Master of None, Netflix
Modern Family, ABC
Silicon Valley, HBO
Transparent, Amazon
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Veep, HBO

Outstanding Limited Series
American Crime, ABC
Fargo, FX
The Night Manager, AMC
The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, FX
Roots, Hisotry

Outstanding Television Movie
All The Way, HBO
Confirmation, HBO
Luther, BBC America
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, PBS
A Very Murray Christmas, Netflix

Outstanding Variety Talk Show
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Crackle
Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC
Last Week with John Oliver, HBO
The Late Late Show with James Corden, CBS
Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, NBC

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Documentary Now, IFC
Drunk History, Comedy Central
Inside Amy Schumer, Comedy Central
Key & Peel, Comedy Central
Portlandia, IFC
Saturday Night Live, NBC

Outstanding Variety Special
Adele Live in New York City, NBC
Amy Schmer: Live At the Apollo, HBO
The Kennedy Center Honors, CBS
The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Special, CBS
Lemonade, HBO

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race, CBS
American Ninja Warrior, NBC
Dancing with the Stars, ABC
Project Runway, Lifetime
Top Chef, Bravo
The Voice, NBC

Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series
Matthew Rhys, The Americans, FX
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul, AMC
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline, Netflix
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards, Netflix
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot, USA Network
Liev Schrebiber, Ray Donovan, Showtime

Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, black-ish, ABC
Will Forte, The Last Man On Earth, FOX
Aziz Ansari, Master of None, Netflix
William H. Macy, Shameless, Showtime
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley, HBO
Jeffery Tambor, Transparent, Amazon

Outstanding Lead Actor in Limited Series or Movie
Bryan Cranston, All The Way, HBO
Idris Elba, Luther, BBC America
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager, AMC
Courtney B. Vance, The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Cuba Gooding Jr., The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, PBS

Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish, ABC
Laurie Metcalf, Getting On, HBO
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie, Netflix
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer, Comedy Central
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakbale Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO

Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series
Keri Russell, The Americans, FX
Taraji P. Henson, Empire, FOX
Claire Danes, Homeland, Showtime
Robin Wright, House of Cards, Netflix
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder, ABC
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black, BBC America

Outstanding Lead Actress in Limited Series or Movie
Felicity Huffman, American Crime, ABC
Lili Taylor, American Crime, ABC
Kerry Washington, Confirmation, HBO
Kristen Dunst, Fargo, FX
Audra McDonald, Last Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, HBO
Sarah Paulson, The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Outstanding Supporting Actor in Comedy Series
Louie Anderson, Baskets, FX
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn-Nine-Nine, FOX
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele, Comedy Central
Ty Burrell, Modern Family, ABC
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Tony Hale, Veep, HBO
Matt Walsh, Veep, HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actor in Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul, AMC
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline, Netflix
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, HBO
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones, HBO
Michael Kelly, House of Cards, Netflix
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan, Showtime

Outstanding Supporting Actor in Limited Series/Movie
Jesse Plemons, Fargo, FX
Bokeem Woodine, Fargo, FX
Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager, AMC
Sterling K. Brown, The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, FX
David Schwimmer, The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, FX
John Travolta, The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, FX

Outstanding Supporting Actress in Comedy Series
Niecy Nash, Getting On, HBO
Allison Janney, Mom, CBS
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Judith Light, Transparent, Amazon
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent, Amazon
Anna Chlumsky, Veep, HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actress in Drama Series
Maura Tierney, The Affair, Showtime
Maggie Smith, Downton Abby, PBS
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones, HBO
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones, HBO
Constance Zimmer, UnREAL, Lifetime

Outstanding Supporting Actress in Limited Series/Movie
Melissa Leo, All The Way, HBO
Regina King, American Crime, ABC
Sarah Paulson American Horror Story: Hotel, FX
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Hotel, FX
Jean Smart, Fargo, FX
Olivia Colman, The Night Manager, AMC

Outstanding Guest Actor in Comedy Series
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Tracy Morgan, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Larry David, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Bradley Whitford, Transparent, Amazon
Martin Mull, Veep, HBO
Peter MacNicol, Veep, HBO

Outstanding Guest Actor in Drama Series
Max von Sydow, Game of Thrones, HBO
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife, CBS
Reg E. Cathy, House of Cards, Netflix
Mahershaa Ali, House of Cards, Netflix
Paul Sparks, House of Cards, Netflix
Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan, Showtime

Outstanding Guest Actress in Comedy Series
Laurie Metcalf, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Christine Baranski, The Big Bany Theory, CBS
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Melora Hardin, Transparent, Amazon

Outstanding Guest Actress in Drama Series
Margo Martindale, The Americans, FX
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife, CBS
Laura Metcalf, Horace and Pete, louisck.net
Ellen Burstyn, House of Cards, Netflix
Molly Parker, House of Cards, Netlfix
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex, Showtime

Outstanding Host for a Reality-Competition Program
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol, FOX
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars, ABC
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night, NBC
Steve Harvey, Little Big Shots, NBC
Heidi Klumn and Tim Gunn, Project Runway, Lifetime
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul's Drag Race


You can catch the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, Sunday, September 18th at 8/7c on ABC hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

Mr. Robot Gets Upgraded for Season 2 Premiere

With only a couple of weeks away from it's season 2, Mr. Robot is getting some upgrades before
it's premiere.

USA Network announced on Thursday that the Golden Globe winning drama's second season has bee expanded from 10 episodes to 12. Along with that, Season 2 will open with back to back episodes on Wednesday, July 13 at 10/9c and will be presented with limited commercial breaks.

After the supersized premiere at 11:30pm, USA Network will debut Hacking Robot, a live, hour-long after show that promises a "behind the scenes looks at the breakout drama. It could've gone with Talking Robot or Speaking Robot.

All episodes of Mr. Robot Season 2 will be directed by series creator Sam Esmail.

Here's a quick recap of Season 1.
Here's the trailer for Season 2.

You can catch Mr. Robot Wednesday, July 13th at 10/9c on USA Network.

USA Network Announces Date For Mr. Robot Season 2

When July comes, we'll finally get to know who's at the door.

On Wednesday, USA Network announced that last year's hit acclaimed drama Mr. Robot will return for it's second season on Wednesday, July 13th at 10/9c.

At the end of the freaky series ended it's first season with the trouble hacker Elliot suffering a psychotic break, before receiving a knock at his apartment door from an unknown visitor. 

Executive producer Sam Esmail said at the TCA in January that Season 2 will be zeroing in on the "emotional journey" of Rami Malek's character: "For e, the headline for season 2 is, 'How do these two guys (Elliot and Mr. Robot) reconcile? How does Elliot reconcile with the fact that he's been seeing a delusion, a fantasy?' That's a tough pill to swallow, and we're really going into the mind of a person who's just become aware of that. Will twists organically derive out of that? If I were a betting man, I'd say yes."

The second season will contain 10 episodes that will includes some new faces from Sandrine Holt (Fear the Walking Dead), Craig Robinson (The Office) and Grace Gummer (Extant), while two recurring actors from the first season, Stephanie Corneliussen and Michael Cristorfer, have been promoted to series regulars as Joanna Wellick and Phillip Price. 

You can catch the first season of Mr. Robot available at USANetwork.com. 

My Summer Viewing on the Couch

Depending on when classes start, summer is officially over, and school is in session. I thought that I would take this time to write up about what shows I've watched over the summer. Of course, there are shows from Suits, Royal Pains, Hannibal, America's Got Talent, and the new series like Aquarius and Stitchers.  But I'm talking about shows that either have been on or just recently that I've never had a chance to watch. This is my summer viewing.

Daredevil 

This new series released this year has become the biggest show on Netflix, next to House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. I'm never much of a superhero series. I never watched Smallville or Agents of Shield, but when I watched this series, it blew my mind.

We all know the story of Matt Murdock, a lawyer by day and a hero by night known as Daredevil. This 13-episode series stretches out the origin story and the story of Daredevil's first time fighting crime. The series was released on April 10th, but I never watched it until a month later.

As soon as I watched the series' first two episodes, I was hooked and amazed. Charlie Cox playing Murdock/Daredevil is fantastic, and may I say that he's way better than Ben Affleck. When I first saw this guy, I thought it was Will Forte. He hit a home run, but I was impressed with former Law & Order CI star Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk. D'Onofrio hit a grand slam. He was dark and scary, and the character was well done.

This is one of the darkest shows and Marvel series I've ever seen, and I'm counting the films, too. This is what comic-book series and the Marvel Universe should be like: dark and edgy.

Arrow

Speaking of comic-book series, after watching Daredevil on Netflix, I had a chance to binge-watch one of the popular series on cable television, Arrow.

I've heard of the show, and my first thought was, okay, this might be something. I could never watch it because I don't have The CW and always forget to watch it online. So my chance to watch was not disappointing at all.

I was amazed and thought to myself after watching the first season that this seemed to be like what Daredevil was with its origin story by mixing it in with each episode. But the issue is that it could be too long for me to sit and watch all 24 episodes of this series. I did manage it and enjoyed it quite dearly.

Stephen Arnell is unique and gives an excellent performance as the Green Arrow. I enjoy watching Oliver learn from the art of crime, fighting the ups and downs, and facing his fears when he gets his ass kicked by The Archer. I have to give a lot of credit to Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Marc Guffenheim for bringing this series to the airwaves and other shows from The Flash, soon-to-be Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl coming to CBS. I wonder if there will be any more. I hope it's maybe a Batgirl series.

I haven't started watching season two yet, and hopefully will get through season three before the fourth season begins this October.

Mr. Robot 

I was so engaged in watching this series from watching the trailer. Mr. Robot had so much buzz around social media and critics. The series is about Elliot Anderson, who works at a computer security company daily and is a hero by night for catching criminals through the web. But he gets picked up by a man who goes by Mr. Robot, played by Christian Slater. He wants Elliot to take down ECorp (Evil Crop). But things get twisted, and Elliot realizes what's going on.

Rami Malek puts on a fantastic performance. He'll be up for awards for this series—the definition of hitting a home run performance. Not to mention that it's got a great cast, from Christian Slater to Carly Chalkin to Portia Doubleday.

The best part is that this series was renewed for a second season just before the series premiere. What perfect timing for this series to come on the airwaves, with the internet hacking of Sony and Ashley Madison situation.

You can watch the show on demand and catch the series finale this Wednesday night at 10/9c on USA Network.

Bloodline 

You can see where I've been staying most of this summer, at the Netflix Inn. This series, Bloodlines, was such a thrilling and gripping series I've seen.

The series is about a family whose eldest son comes back and brings hell and threatens to bring the family down. He was starring Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) and Linda Cardellini (ER and Freaks and Geeks), along with a great supporting cast.

The show was such a delight,t with enough thrill and suspense that I wanted more. I recommend this series. The series was renewed for a second season that will air sometime next year. Kyle Chandler received an Emmy nomination for his role in this series, and don't be surprised if he wins because he's outstanding.

List of recommendations:

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Aquarius, NBC
The Flash, The CW
The Liaison, Showtime
The Americans, FX
Sirens, USA/Netflix
Playing House, USA
Chipped, TBS

So I guess most of my summer I spent watching on Netflix. And now that the summer is over and only a month away, the new television season begins. I'm looking forward to recent seasons of these shows and others in the coming months

Weekend Catch Up Pt.8

Here's another edition of the weekend catch-up.

Suits: "Uninvited Guests"

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In this week's episode, things could take a turn for the worst for not just Rachel and Mike but for Jessica and the firm.

With Mike and Rachel's wedding still in the planning, Rachel's mother has some ideas and dates for the ceremony. But when she shows Rachel the list of who's invited, it puts her on the defensive and to protect Mike from his secret.

Of course, there's always an argument between mother and daughter, but the mother wants to give what her daughter always dreamed of. I find it a perfect story this wedding might not happen. This is when Mike and Rachel finally talk and discuss it after Mike has spoken to her mother about this situation. But they love each other, and it looks like they're still in the process.

Meanwhile, Harvey apologizes for his action towards Louis as the partners will vote to either not suspend or to suspend Harvey. It was split, and Harvey stayed. And well, hell's lazing when Jack mentions that Daniel Hardman has made a deal to take back his firm.

It draws both Harvey and Mike to take care of this, and with Mike's ideas, one shitty and the other brilliant (something he's been doing to Harvey for a long time). They stop the bleeding of Daniel from coming back, but it just puts more and more pressure on Harvey and Jessica.

Harvey talks to Charles, who's in prison, trying to scare him, but it doesn't work. For this to stop, Charles wants Harvey to resign from the firm. As for Jessica, she double-crossed Jack, thinking he would be a partner in the firm, but not quite. It turned into a heated match of words. Jessica is never afraid, but she should be when Jack votes for her to leave.

This episode leaves up to a perfect season finale. This episode had plenty of drama carrying from last week's episode.  There's no doubt that things will happen. Things are differently going to change. Will Jessica be voted out? Harvey Quit?

Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch the season finale of Suits Wednesday night at 9/8c on USA.

Mr. Robot: "eps1.8m1rr0r1ng.qt"

Last week's episode was jaw-dropping. This week's episode was yet another.

So, in this case, Mr. Robot is Elliot! Holy Shit!!

This episode had some backstory when Mr. Robot had an electronic store called "Mr. Robot." And when a customer comes, he says his kid took $40. Robot doesn't take this crap and tells the guy to leave. It was then that he called out his son, Elliot.

Of course, Elliot has been freaking out since he kissed his sister Angela. So, Elliot has been talking with his dad, going from his place to his old childhood home. He was thinking that we saw Elliot push Mr. Robot through the window. We see them walking to the cemetery, where they stop at a grave, and Robot sits down, but just before, he tells him that he loves Elliot and that they're trying to take him away from him. From then on, it was getting too freaky until Darlene and Angela found him, and soon, Robot was nowhere to go.

Elliot freaks out and soon realizes that he's Mr. Robot.

In the meantime, Tyrell is a father and soon gets fired. How interesting is that when joy comes to you, and soon it's taken away?

Soon, Tyrell goes to Elliot's apartment and talks to him about what has been happening with the hacking and all. Also, he killed his neighbor and had discussions about that. So, Elliot shows Tyrell the place where everything has been happening and tells him that he's the one who's been doing it.

It seems like Tyrell wants to help Elliot and get revenge from Evil Crop for his firing. I guess Tyrell was right in the pilot that they'll be working with Elliot in the future.

I enjoyed this episode. This show is a lot different from any other television show this summer. Some so many twists and turns keep me interested and wanting to watch more. I think that something big is coming, and when that happens to Elliot, it will be something he can't stop.

I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch the season finale of Mr. Robot on Wednesday night at 10/9c on USA.

Aquarius:  "Old Ego Is a Too Much Thing"

In the season finale of "Aquarius," Ken and Hal return to Charlie for help. Hodiak tries to deal with his son's service records, and life and death come into play.

Ken gets into such deep stuff that involves a dead girl. He goes to Hal's place and tells him that his girl wasn't there that night, so he had to settle with this girl. Suddenly, things go wrong, and he leaves the body at Charlie's place, which isn't a good idea because Charlie will use it as leverage for both of them.  We see a flashback of both guys in 1959 when this incident happened, and Charlie made Hal kill the girl.

Hodiak tries to save his son from his actions of telling the truth about the war. Arranging a meeting with an officer with a good enough deal, his son goes to LA Times and soon gets arrested and taken away.

Meanwhile, a case breaks, and he and Shafe go to the suspect's home, where guns are a blazing. Hoak took one of the suspects who was caught and used him to stop his brother from shooting, for which he shot him a couple of times. Then Hodiak tackles and fights with him until he breaks the guy's neck.

Shafe and Hodiak were awarded a medal for their duties in this killing case. Soon after Hodiak was awarded, a guy from internal affairs came and told him he had questions because a witness saw what happened.

Grace and Hodiak are a couple now after all this mess went down. She finally gives up on her daughter after being in jail and just isn't listening to her. I did predict that Grace and Hodiak would wound up as a couple.

Charlie, on the other hand, became a father, but the baby wasn't breathing. Then, one of the girls, who was jealous of Charlie, steals a baby from the local hospital and brings the child back.

This episode was pretty good. There didn't seem to be any closing storylines except for Emma and her mother—a cliffhanger for Hodiak of the incident.  I look forward to seeing what Season Two will bring.

In this episode, I give it a 6.5/10.
You can catch "Aquarius" On Demand at NBC.com

Hannibal: "The Number of the Beast is 666..."

HOLY SHIP!!!!

I CAN NOT BELIEVE WHAT I'VE JUST WATCHED!!!!

The hunt for the Red Dragon is still on, and Will and Jack have an idea. With the help of Fredrick, they're going to draw the guy out and attack them by putting out an article describing the dragon.

That did work, but instead of going after Will, he went after Fredrick (who, in my opinion, got what he deserved). As Fredrick was heading out, the dragon snatched him and took him to his place, where it was the episode's best scene.

The dragon is talking to Fredrick, making him fear him. Soon, Reba comes by with chicken soup but tells the dragon how much she likes him. After that, the dragon shows pictures of his work to Fredrick and soon gets the photo of him and Will.

The dragon takes the video camera out and records, telling Fredrick what to say, and soon, the dragon is unleashed and goes to Fredrick, biting off his lips and fashioning the shot of Fredrick screaming with blood and teeth, showing so gruesome but so fantastic.

But if you think that was the end of Fredrick, not at all. The dragon later poured gasoline on him and lit him up on fire, pushing him down the pathway toward the water fountain.

Hannibal, of course, might have set it up for the dragon to hurt Fredrick. After all, he did get his lips in the mail from the dragon and ate one before Jack could see it.

Never have I seen such a gruesome scene in my life on television. This episode is as gruesome. Hannibal mentions that the lamb will soon be a loin. I think that in next week's episode, that lamb will become something of a loin.

I enjoyed this episode so, so much—mind-blowing scene with Fredrick and the Dragon. And Hannibal and Jack's conversation was good as well. The actors were just so damn good.

Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

You can catch the season finale/series finale of Hannibal on Saturday nights at 10/9c on NBC.

Sports Talk:

What a weekend the Chicago Cubs have had, sweeping the Atlanta Braves and winning today's game 9-3. 

The player of the game, Kris Bryant, hitting two home runs today, was flat-out remarkable. 

Cubs seem to be hitting at the right time, and pitching is good enough to get through. But I can't stress enough on the offensive side that this team is red hot. 

I know it's getting my grandfather, a Cardinal fan, worrying about how they're playing. 

We've only had less than 40 games; things can happen. But I do hope that what the Cubs are doing keeps going and hopefully shows a tremendous playoff run.