Weekend Preview: ‘Shameless’ Returns For More Family Drama


Shameless (Sunday, Showtime 9:00 p.m.) — The Gallaghers are back and this time they have a little money. The kids are working to keep their lives together — Fiona with her apartment building and Lip with his sobriety — and even Frank is allegedly on the straight and narrow. After seven seasons of being just a garbage human, Frank is apparently trying to turn his life around. Still, one wonders how far gone a character can be and still be redeemed.

Once Upon A Time (Friday, ABC 8:00 p.m.) — This Princess and the Frog influenced episode has Tiana seeking help from the villainous Dr. Facilier.

Blindspot (Friday, NBC 8:00 p.m.) — While adjusting to new tattoos and a new dynamic, the team has to stop a dangerous foreign power from hijacking a satellite.

Macgyver (Friday, CBS 8:00 p.m.) — This time using a cassette player and a plastic bucket, Mac and his team tries to extinguish a massive oil wellhead fire in a Nigerian village

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Friday, The CW 8:00 p.m.) — Rebecca is still on a quest for revenge, but that hits a snag when her friends find out her troubled past. Can she be saved? Should she?

Jane The Virgin (Friday, The CW 9:00 p.m.) — Jane and Rafael find it difficult to balance their dating lives with being responsible parents, while Rogelio can’t decide on a name for his new baby daughter.

Marvel’s Inhumans (Friday, ABC 9:00 p.m.) — The Royal Family finally gets back to Attilan, where they bring the fight directly to Maximus.

Hawaii 5-0 (Friday, CBS 9:00 p.m.) — The 5-0 investigate a series of murders on Halloween that were seemingly inspired by Hawaiian folklore.

The Exorcist (Friday, FOX 9:00 p.m.) — Tomas and Marcus are still investigating the foster home, and the resident demon finally makes its presence known.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (Saturday, BBC 9:00 p.m.) — As the team investigates the long-abandoned Cardenas homestead, Bart and Panto get closer.

Bob’s Burgers (Sunday, FOX 7:30 p.m.) — Tina starts a babysitting empire that is sabotaged when Tammy starts to work for her.

Outlander (Sunday, Starz 8:00 p.m.) — Claire returns to Lallybroch with Jamie, and things get really awkward really fast.

The Simpsons (Sunday, FOX 8:00 p.m.) — Grampa gets a hearing aid and can finally hear what everyone’s been saying about him for years. Mr. Skinner discovers that his mother’s been lying to him.

Ghosted (Sunday, FOX 8:30 p.m.) — Max and Leroy investigate some bizarre goings-on at a country club, and find themselves getting a little too drawn into their cover stories.

The Walking Dead (Sunday, AMC 9:00 p.m.) — Things get even messier with the Saviors, leading to unintended consequences for the Hilltop, the Kingdom, and Alexandria.

Family Guy (Sunday, FOX 9:00 p.m.) — In an anthology style episode, Peter gets fired from his job in the signature style of three Hollywood directors.

The Girlfriend Experience (Sunday, Starz 9:00 p.m.) — A finance director of a super PAC enlists an escort to dig up some dirt. A former escort has to enter the Witness Protection Program.

The Last Man On Earth (Sunday, FOX 9:30 p.m.) — The gang settles into their new lives living in an old mansion that once housed an infamous cartel leader.

Curb Your Enthusiasm (Sunday, HBO 10:00 p.m.) — Larry invents a new system to get his friends out of relationship problems. It does not go well.

SMILF (Sunday, Showtime 10:00 p.m.) — A young single mom in Boston struggles with wishing she had her old life of freedom and shouldering the new responsibility of raising a child.

White Famous (Sunday, Showtime 10:32 p.m.) — Floyd’s in trouble because Trevor’s misbehavior at school could cause troubles for his future enrollment.

Vice Principals (Sunday, HBO 10:40 p.m.) — The approach of prom makes things even more tense between Russell and Gamby.

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