The Guardians Of Justice battle for your Tuesday night
Plus, the Worst Roommate Ever, Love Is Color Blind, and… Clone High?
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, March 1. All times are Eastern.
Top picks
The Guardians Of Justice (Netflix, 3:01 a.m., series premiere): Adi Shankar of the beautiful and glamorous Castlevania is behind this seven-episode superhero series that switches not just between animated formats but live action as well. The voice cast includes Diamond Dallas Page, Sharni Vinson, Denise Richards, RJ Mitte, Derek Mears, and more. The vibe is very much Adult Swim in the 1990s, or even MTV, back when stuff like Clone High—among Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s best work—was around.
The Larry David Story (HBO, 9 p.m.): This two-part documentary promises to tell th origin story of sitcom television’s greatest hero: Larry David. “What do you do when you’re talking and people are laughing? Comedy!” the Seinfeld co-creator observes. If only it were that simple, Larry! Though it is great to see his more down-t0-earth side. This is for every person who ever thought Curb Your Enthusiasm is a reality show rather than a (somewhat) scripted series.
UPDATE: HBO has pulled The Larry David Story from its schedule, reportedly at David’s desire “to do it in front of a live audience.” Of course, if he winds up taking that declaration back (and he does have a history of take backs—and inspiring dramatizations of take backs), we’ll let you know.
Regular coverage
This Is Us (NBC, 9 p.m.)
Wild cards
Worst Roommate Ever (Netflix, 3:01 a.m.): True crime about families and couples is boring! Let’s go for the less examined relationship: the one with your roommate. It’s everyone’s worst nightmare, broke millennial edition. No one is safe! While we’re at it, why not make a best roommate ever show, too? Although, maybe that’s just Friends or How I Met Your Mother?
Love Is Color Blind (Netflix, 3:01 a.m.): This Filipino rom-com from John Leo Garcia seems like a nice palate cleanser after all of Netflix’s other Love Is _______ shows.
Clone High (MTV): Hey, look, Clone High is streaming! If you’re new to the show, you can just listen to the theme song for its premise. But basically,way back in the 1980s, a mad scientist made clones using the DNA of a bunch of famous people, and the show follows them as teens in the 1990s. Cleopatra, JFK Jr., Joan of Arc, and Gandhi—as teens!
A fan favorite is the show within the show, about George Washington Carver and Gandhi: Black And Tan
The bad guy’s a peanut because George Washington Carver purportedly invented peanut butter. HAH.
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I was gonna say something along the lines of, “no one could possibly think Curb your Enthusiasm is real,” but then I remembered when Forrest Gump came out. This kid at my school would tell us stories about how his dad was friends with him, and that he’d been to his house. I was pretty sure he wasn’t a real person at the time, but then I started to believe that maybe he was real. The hell did I know? I was like 12 or 13.
WHERE is Clone High streaming?
Paramount+, Mtv app (apparently a thing) and Prime Video if my ipad is to be believed.
I now suddenly care about Paramount+.
“Hey, look, Clone High is streaming!”you are saying what?
Krang is literally in Guardians Of Justice?
Unless I missed something, that’s the original JFK’s clone in Clone High — not JFK Jr.!
I like your funny words magic man!
While George Washington Carver did indeed find many uses for the peanut, he did not invent Peanut Butter.https://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/peanut-info/who-invented-peanut-butter.htm
Or so the Illuminutty would have you believe!
Wait, DDP is in that Guardians show? I always forget that he’s had a small acting career outside of his current job, which is saving the lives of wrestlers with yoga.
Clone High! Now I just need Undergrads and my early 2000s nostalgia will be .complete.
I was a big fan of Undergrads ..there are dozens of us ..DOZENS!!
No.This is Us on tonight. It’s on break for the week because of the State of the Union address.
I still can’t believe there’s no coverage for Superman & Lois, which remains one of the best superhero shows on television.
9 PM: The American “State of the Union” speech was also “What’s On Tonight” and “happening in the world of television for Tuesday, March 1.”I’m not bringing this out of nowhere. I happen to remember the last several years. You can check and see that AVClub formerly covered the event annually in the daily “What’s On Tonight” TV guide in the past going at least all the way back to Obama’s administration, but for some reason it’s not listed here, today, in 2022.
https://www.avclub.com/it-s-the-series-finale-for-president-obama-s-state-of-t-1798243026https://www.avclub.com/set-aside-your-feelings-of-dread-to-watch-state-of-the-1822507730https://www.avclub.com/the-flash-speeds-back-into-the-post-arrow-arrowverse-1841419537https://www.avclub.com/the-flash-faces-off-against-the-state-of-the-union-1832335528Was the omission an accident? An oversight of some sort? Did someone blow it?Or is this a new editorial decree? A new mandate?Is AVClub, under its new and current management, censoring its writers and/or its articles?I’m very curious because this is not just strange. It’s sketchy as all hell. It may have been an innocent mistake, but it’s the reader’s job to question the integrity and intentions of what is purported to be a news site. A news site that is under incredible scrutiny for trashing its own writers in regular, massive purges. They are missed, as is the formerly large and active, once thriving, commentary community in this 2022 kinja ghost town.