August 23, 2016
jmunney
Television, What Won TV?
David Rudisha, Difficult People, Last Week Tonight, Mr. Robot, Olympics, The Eric Andre Show
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – Olympics, featuring King of the 800 David Rudisha
Tuesday – Difficult People
Wednesday – Mr. Robot
Thursday – The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, because we should not confuse cancellation with failure
Friday – The Eric Andre Show
Saturday – Olympics: the 4×400‘s were fun
August 14, 2016
jmunney
Television, What Won TV?
Katie Ledecky, Last Week Tonight, Monica Puig, Mr. Robot, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Olympics, Simone Biles, Simone Manuel, UnREAL
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver #Investifarted
Monday – UnREAL
Tuesday – Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
Wednesday – I have no trouble imagining a world gone insane with Mr. Robot
Thursday – Olympics: the Simones have it
Friday – Olympics: all 800m of Katie Ledecky
Saturday – Olympics, particularly Monica Puig for Puerto Rico

August 7, 2016
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Television, What Won TV?
Angie Tribeca, Jeopardy!, Katinka Hosszu, Mr. Robot, Olympics, The Eric Andre Show, The Night Of, Whose Line is it Anyway?
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – The Night Of
Monday – Angie Tribeca
Tuesday – Whose Line is it Anyway?
Wednesday – Mr. Robot, because Elliot and Angela finally had a chance this season to say that they miss each other
Thursday – Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions Encore Presentation
Friday – The Eric Andre Show
Saturday – Olympics: Katinka Hosszu is my favorite champ so far.
July 31, 2016
jmunney
Television, What Won TV?
Bojack Horseman, Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Hollywood Game Night, Last Week Tonight, Mr. Robot, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Tuesday – Not Safe with Nikki Glaser (or REALLY Not Safe with Eric André, as it were)
Wednesday – Mr. Robot
Thursday – The season finale of Hollywood Game Night airing months after the rest of the season
Friday – Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (Is this really the end of Dr. Steve’s cherry-red humdinger of a run?)
Saturday – I didn’t really watch anything that actually aired on Saturday, but I did finish Season 3 of BoJack Horseman.
July 24, 2016
jmunney
Television, What Won TV?
Bojack Horseman, Conan, Difficult People, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Jeopardy!, Leslie Jones, Match Game, Mr. Robot
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Match Game, with Leslie Jones and Leah Remini getting righteously angry and Josh Charles ruining a sweet Irish Catholic girl’s perfect round
Monday – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Tuesday – Difficult People [7/26/16 EDIT: I initially picked Jeopardy! because I forgot to account for Hulu.]
Wednesday – Mr. Robot
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – BoJack Horseman Season 3, especially the silent swimming
Saturday – CONAN on a Saturday?! Suicide Squad in tow, badass Viola Davis
July 17, 2016
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Television, What Won TV?
Another Period, Celebrity Family Feud, Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, Difficult People, Jeopardy!, Mr. Robot, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Pie in the Horse, Snoop Dogg, The Night Of, UnREAL
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – The Night Of (but Honorable Mention to some crazy game show answers from Snoop Dogg)
Monday – UnREAL
Tuesday – Difficult People [7/26/16 EDIT: I initially picked Not Safe with Nikki Glaser because streaming schedules make me a little crazy.]
Wednesday – Mr. Robot [7/18/16 EDIT: I initially picked Another Period because I forgot that Mr. Robot had aired.]
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, in which we learned an important lesson about trumpets
Saturday – I caught a bit of Round 3 of The Open Championship
July 10, 2016
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Television, What Won TV?
Another Period, Check It Out!, Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, Jeopardy!, Match Game, UnREAL, Wimbledon
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Match Game, in which Tituss Burgess reminded Sherri Shepherd that it wasn’t her turn
Monday – UnREAL
Tuesday – Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
Wednesday – Another Period
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (Honorable Mention: Jeopardy!, with SNL-inspired categories)
Saturday – Wimbledon Ladies’ Final (Serena No. 22)
July 3, 2016
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Television, What Won TV?
Another Period, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Jeopardy!, Last Week Tonight, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Wimbledon
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Tuesday – Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
Wednesday – Another Period
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang! reached 100 episodes. Attaboy!
Saturday – A crazy, rainy Wimbeldon
June 26, 2016
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Television, What Won TV?
Another Period, Cole-Blooded Seminar, Deon Cole, Jeopardy!, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Silicon Valley, UnREAL, VICE
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Silicon Valley
Monday – UnREAL
Tuesday – Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
Wednesday – Another Period
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – VICE, with the best use for poop
Saturday – Deon Cole teaching us something with his Cole-Blooded Seminar
June 19, 2016
jmunney
Television, What Won TV?
Check It Out!, Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Last Week Tonight, OJ: Made in America, Orphan Black
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – The most thankful I’ve ever been for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Tuesday – OJ: Made in America Part 2
Wednesday – OJ: Made in America Part 3
Thursday – Orphan Black
Friday – Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule – a real humdinger of a season premiere
Saturday – OJ: Made in America Part 5
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