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Tuesday, December 15th:

(exclusive/streaming): Song Exploder (netflix, volume 2 available, next 4 eps), A Teacher (hulu)

(highlights): 30 for 30 (ESPN, "The Infinite Race", 90mins), "Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change" (CBS), "Cooking Up Christmas" (OWN original movie, 2hrs), Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO, monthly special)

(earlier -  hour 0): Ridiculousness (MTV, "Holly Jolly" specials, 60mins), Deliciousness (MTV, night 2 of 5, 60mins)

(hour 1): The Bachelorette (ABC, 2hrs), The Voice (NBC, recap special), Cosmos Possible Worlds (FOX), Swamp Thing (theCW, penultimate), The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN)

(hour 2): *The Bachelorette (ABC*, contd), The Voice (NBC, 2hrs), *neXt (FOX*), Tell Me a Story (theCW), The Curse of Oak Island (HIST), Inside the NFL (SHO)

(hour 3): Big Sky (ABC, fall finale), The Voice (NBC, contd, season 19 finale), Frontline (PBS, "Return From ISIS"), Beyond Oak Island (HIST), Celebrity Game Face (E!), Supermarket Stakeout (FOOD),   / The Misery Index (TBS)

Friday, October 2nd:

(exclusive / streaming): Zenimation (dsn+, bonus ep), "Savage X Fenty Show" (amazon, volume 2 special), Bug Diaries: "Halloween Bug-a-Boo!" (amazon, family special), "A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween" (netflix, family special), Emily in Paris (netflix, YA series premiere, all 10 eps), Song Exploder (netflix, music analysis series premiere, first 4 eps), Monsterland (hulu, horror anthology premiere, all 8 eps), Tiny World (apple+, nature docu-series premiere, first 6 eps), (weekly): The Boys (amazon, penultimate), Rewind: Inside "The Boys" (amazon, aftershow), The Great British Baking Show (netflix), Tehran (apple+), Long Way Up (apple+), Ted Lasso (apple+, season 1 finale), Weird But True (dsn+), Hello America (Quibi), Tooning Out the News (AACBS), Wilmore (Peacock), The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)

(streaming movies, etc.): "Dick Johnson Is Dead" (netflix, Alzheimer documentary), "Vampires vs. The Bronx" (netflix, comedy/horror, ~85mins), "Serious Men" (netflix, Hindi drama, ~2hrs), "The Binding" (netflix, Italian thriller, ~90mins+), "You've Got This" (netflix, Mexican rom-com, ~2hrs)

(also new): Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, "Game Night" primetime special), "Deadly Double Cross" (LMN original movie, 2hrs), "Kingdom of Silence" (SHO, Jamal Khashoggi documentary, 100mins), "A Wilderness of Error" (FX, Jeffrey MacDonald doc. conclusion, ~2hr++)

(hour 1): Masters of Illusion (theCW), The Greatest #AtHome Videos (CBS)

(hour 2): World's Funniest Animals (theCW), Undercover Boss (CBS, season 10 opener, new night)

(hour 3): Warrior (MAX, season 2 opener), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, repeat)

This episode of podcast “Sound Exploder” is about the Lin-Manuel Miranda song “Almost Like Praying” (FEAT. Artists for Puerto Rico) that was written about the terrible hurricane that leveled Puerto Rico over the summer. He wrote the song to both reflect his feeling of the tragedy and to raise money to help hurricane relief. It follows the writing process that Miranda started with in his hotel bathroom all the way to gathering artists to sing on the track. It is interesting to hear the inspiration behind the track and how he decided on all of the sounds on the track. It is a very inspiring look into a song that has such a powerful effect on the public and the outpouring of support for those affected by hurricane. Even if you do not have the time please follow the link and listen to this mini documentary on the Sound Exploder website.