TVLine’s roundup for Monday brings back three shows and starts one new one, organizing each by release time. The Voice, Celebrity Name That Tune, and Celebrity Weakest Link all return, while Line Of Fire premieres on NBC. The column covers a reality show about a piano tuner alongside football and more.
Opening With The Voice And Name That Tune
NBC kicks off the night with The Voice, entering Season 30 with new coaches Queen Latifah and Riley Green joining returning coaches Adam Levine and Kelly Clarkson during Blind Auditions. The episode runs as Night 1 of 3, so expect two more nights of auditions later in the week.
The Season 6 premiere of Celebrity Name That Tune airs next on Fox, with Rap legend ICE T matched against skateboarding icon Tony Hawk, followed by a Philly dad taking on a self-confessed “Name that Tune” fanatic. Robin Thicke steps in as bandleader for the new season.
Weakest Link’s Season 2 Premiere
Fox’s Celebrity Weakest Link is back for Season 2, and eight reality TV villains are set to lie, manipulate, and betray one another in pursuit of up to $1 million for charity. The roster features Omarosa, Richard Hatch, and Tom Sandoval among the contestants. The show’s central question concerns which master schemer will outlast and outwit the competition.
Line Of Fire Premieres
NBC’s newest drama, Line Of Fire, premieres Monday and stars Peter Krause as its lead. The series follows a family of law enforcement agents who put aside their personal differences and cross professional boundaries in order to take on cases involving the FBI, US Marshals, Secret Service, and Department of Justice.
A family operates across four federal departments, with each member handling separate cases for the agencies.
A Busy Night Of Premieres
This Monday brings a continuous stream of new material, and the column points to it with a quote that reads as a parody of showbiz hype: “Brace yourselves… The future is about to get a whole lot stranger! It’s a non-stop onslaught of swaggering space pirates, lab-grown meats, sexy scams… plus the shocking return of Dr. Zoidberg’s lost love! You didn’t see that coming, prior to being told about it just now!”.
The column arranges its entries by the time they first appeared, with premieres sorted in order, and alphabetized within each time slot. None of the shows are described, and the whole piece reads as a joke rather than a genuine account of programming.
Other Shows Worth Watching
Below is a list of other shows and movies airing Monday, arranged by channel.
- Tuner on Paramount+: Leo Woodall plays a gifted piano tuner whose meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.
- All American on The CW: The CWPENULTIMATE EPISODE airs, with KJ laying it all on the line at the Beverly and Crenshaw showcase, while Cassius and Ava worry about KJ’s future, Amina clears a path for the future she wants, and Coop sets out to right a wrong from her past.
- Below Deck Mediterranean on Bravo: Kat questions where she stands with Cooper after learning their long-awaited post-season plans won’t be as private as she expected.
- Monday Night Football on ABC/ESPN: East Coast versus West Coast as the New York Giants face the Los Angeles Rams.
- Halloween Baking Championship on Food Network: The bakers create reanimated taxidermy desserts, while the bottom six contestants must create possessed pest desserts inspired by a demonic insect exhibit.
- High Value Target: The Hunt For Saddam on TNT: John forges his way into hostile territory in defiance of orders, ending up in a chase for his life.
- It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia on FX/FXX: Mac and Charlie drink the proverbial Kool-Aid while trying to uncover the mystery of why “Gilligan’s Island” never made it to 100 episodes.
The real story here is the lineup itself. The Voice and the two Weakest Link spinoffs keep Fox and NBC busy in primetime, and Line Of Fire gives NBC a new drama from Peter Krause. The CW’s All American is the franchise’s penultimate episode, which is a significant moment for the show’s storylines.
It’s a busy night. Most of it is worth watching, and the rest is at least worth knowing about.
The Premieres In Order
The column’s own opening paragraph is a reminder that the future is getting stranger, but it’s not clear what shows that. The “Brace yourselves” quote is a joke, not an actual description of programming, and the column never explains what any of those shows are.
The standout premieres this Monday fall in a clear order:
- The Voice Season 30 premiere on NBC.
- Celebrity Name That Tune Season 6 premiere on Fox.
- Celebrity Weakest Link Season 2 premiere on Fox.
- Line Of Fire premiere on NBC.
That’s four new and returning shows in one night, and the column’s own opening joke about “swaggering space pirates” is the least of what audiences will see.
Source material: “What To Watch Monday: Voice, Name That Tune, And Weakest Link Return, Line Of Fire Premiere, And More,” TVLine.
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