Friday TV: Bones, Raising Hope, Enlisted, Helix & More

News & Notes

On cable tonight, Disney Channel has the TV movie premiere of Cloud 9 and the series premieres of I Didn’t Do It and Win, Lose or Draw, HBO has the 12th season premiere of Real Time With Bill Maher, and TNT has the second season premiere of Cold Justice and the series premiere of APB With Troy Dunn.

Amazon releases the first season finale episode of Betas today.

Netflix releases The Square documentary today, which is about the 2011 Egyptian revolution and has been nominated for an Oscar.

Listen to the latest TV times Three Podcast: Ep.209, “The Brooklyn Helix Psych Intelligence Castle.” On this episode I am joined by @mytakeontv and @kyool. We talk a little news and recent episodes of Helix, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mindy Project, Psych, Castle and Intelligence.

Prime Picks

Bones (FOX): New. The team investigates the death of a country music singer.

Raising Hope (FOX): New. Virginia gets upset after Jimmy likes his wife’s casserole better, so she enters both of them in a cooking competition. Burt decides to get his mom in the competition too.
Enlisted (FOX): New. Derek tries to help Randy pass his marksmanship test. Pete and Jill are trying to find out who the better soldier is.

Helix (Syfy): New. The team believes they have found a way to test who has and doesn’t have the virus, as it seems to be spreading much more quickly. Plays again later. The first two episodes replay earlier this evening before wrestling. Watch this interview with the cast and creator recorded on the set.

Solid Selections

The Carrie Diaries (The CW): New. Carrie is covering for Bennett. Samantha comes to a decision. Tom gets tricked during a negotiation.

Grimm (NBC): New. Nick and Hank investigate a series of revenge killings. Rosalee’s mother and sister visit.

Blue Bloods (CBS): New. Danny and Baez are searching for a soldier suffering from PTSD. Frank is caught off guard at a press conference.

Other Option

• Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): New. Chin is questioned about his father’s murder.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has doubleheader NBA action tonight.
• ESPN2 has early round coverage of the Australian Open tennis tournament.

Late Night

• Being Human (Syfy): Repeat. This past Monday’s season premiere episode, “Old Dogs, New Tricks,” replays. Plays again later.
• Bitten (Syfy): Repeat. This past Monday’s series premiere episode, “Summons,” replays.
• Lost Girl (Syfy): Repeat. This past Monday’s season premiere episode, “In Memoriam,” replays. Plays again later.

Friday TV Marathons

Burn Notice (ION): Has six episodes tonight.
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food Network): Has 10 episodes tonight.
Girlfriends (Centric): Has 20 episodes early.
Good Times (TV One): Has 14 episodes early.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Nine episodes.
Leverage (ION): Seven episodes today.