Friday TV: Haven S.4 Premiere, Strike Back & More

News & Notes

On cable tonight, Cooking Channel has the series premiere of Food Fanatics With Eden Grinsphan, Disney has the second season finale of Jessie and the series premiere of Wander Over Yonder, HBO has the 11th fall season premiere of Real Time With Bill Maher, IFC has the second summer season finale of Comedy Bang! Bang!, and Syfy has the fourth season premiere of Haven.

In late night, Comedy Central has the fourth season finale of John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show.

Enter our Family Guy: Volume 11 DVD and Modern Family Season 4 Blu-ray giveaways.

Prime Picks

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food Network): Repeats. Guy checks out some “Long Standing Legacies” and then partakes of some “Homemade & Homebrewed” dishes. Four more repeat episodes follow. All six play again later.

Strike Back (MoMAX): Repeat. The fourth episode replays, where they attempt a risky rescue for a new ally. Runs 50 minutes.

Strike Back (Cinemax): New. A new enemy joins forces with an old one to pose a new threat for Section 20. Plays twice.

Other Option

• Haven (Syfy): Season Premiere. Duke gets ejected from the barn while searching for Audrey and is helped by a woman that may also be able to help him find Audrey who is still missing. The troubles seem to be worse than ever after what went down at the end of season three. Play again later. Interested to find out more about Colin Ferguson’s (Eureka) character, as lots of interesting new stuff gets setup in the premiere.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has college football action with Air Force at Boise State.
• MLB Network has a game tonight with the New York Yankees at the Boston Red Sox.

Late Night

• The Newsroom (HBO): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “Election Night, Part I,” replays.

Friday TV Marathons

Cold Case (ION): Has 14 episodes.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (USA Network): Five episodes today.
Devious Maids (Lifetime): Has six episodes tonight.
Friday the 13th (Syfy): Two episodes early followed by five of the movies.
Good Times (TV One): Has 14 episodes early.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (BBC America): Five episodes.
Torchwood (BBC America): Has 13 episodes tonight into late night and the next morning.
The Wayans Bros. (Centric): Has 20 episodes early.