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Friday Top Picks

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Only some UK entertainment shows for today: 1. Have I Got News for You (UK) 2. Gogglebox (UK) 3. The Graham Norton Show (UK) Have I Got News For You

Thursday Top Picks

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Four solid shows today: 1. Supernatural 2. Not Going Out (UK) 3. Siren 4. Champions Not Going Out

Wednesday Top Picks

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Tips for Today Two brilliant and one OK show today: 1. The Americans 2. The Magicians 3. Krypton

The Counterpart

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The story This is a strange one. You cannot quite compare it to any mainstream show, but at the same time it feels familiar. Fringe maybe? Not really. It's not that shallow at all. I would say that it reminds me of a cancelled BBC America's drama "The Game". It has that familiar atmosphere and dynamics. And a lot of British actors which, as we all know, means quality. "The Counterpart" follows a story of Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons)  and his wife, Emily (Olivia Williams). He is very much still in love with her and brings her daily flowers to a hospital, where she ended up after a traffic accident. Emily is in a coma and not responsive. Howard is a man with almost no friends and with a job in a bureaucratic UN agency based in Berlin. That's where the story gets interesting. One day, Howard meets his identical counterpart. It turns out that the East German scientist created a copy of their dimension. I say their, because the Howard's is a copy, which

Tuesday Top Picks

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Tips for Today  Two recommendation:  1. The Jim Jefferies Show  2. Cunk On Britain (UK)  

Monday Top Picks

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Tips for Today Here are our recommendations for today: 1. The Terror (New show) 2. Travel Man: 48 Hours In Brussels (UK) 3. The Crossing (New show)   The Terror  

Sunday Top Picks

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Tips for Today Sundays, as always, brings us more great stuff than usual. Here are the recommendations for tonight: 1. Silicon Valley 2. The Durrells (UK) 3. Counterpart (Season finale) 4. Ash vs. Evil Dead 5. Family Guy 6. Barry 7. Trust 8. The Simpsons