DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Rio 2016 (various channels)
The main man for Ireland in the Olympics today is undoubtedly Thomas Barr. The Waterford man is running in the 400m hurdles final at 4pm Irish time. G’wan boii. Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire continue in the second round of the women’s golf from 11.30am, while Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan O’Keefe will begin their Modern Pentathlon at 2pm and 6.30pm respectively. If you want a late one, Usain Bolt is running in the 200m final at 2.30am. Get your full Olympics schedule right here. #Rio2016
About Time (Film4, 9pm)
*Domhnall Gleeson klaxon* About Time has its diehard fans and those that wish to never see it again – and there doesn’t seem to be an inbetween. For those who haven’t seen it – a single man gets the chance to turn his unhappy life around when his father reveals that they both have the ability to travel through time and change their personal history. It’s more Love Actually than Back to the Future though, just in case the time travel put you off.
The Supervet: Bionic Specials (Channel 4, 8pm)
Our very own supervet Noel Fitzpatrick takes on groundbreaking operations to to save a couple of puppies in dire straits. Be prepared for some tears.
Everybody’s talking about… Inside Amy Schumer might be over
Her popular sketch show’s future has been thrown into doubt with a couple of tweets from its star:
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As Hollywood Reporter explains:
“We aren’t making the show anymore,” Schumer wrote on her Twitter page following a flap in which she condemned friend and comedian Kurt Metzger over his comments about sexual assault. Metzger is credited as being a writer on Inside Amy Schumer, though Schumer posted multiple times that “he is not a writer on my show.”
No clarification yet, but everyone is hoping the viral hit making sketch show goes on for a fifth season.
Or flick over for…
- Life Before the Rising (RTÉ One, 10.20pm) What was happening in the lives of Irish people in the years leading up to the Easter Rising.
- Celebrity Big Brother (TV3, 9pm) More larks from inside the house.
- The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook (BBC Two, 9pm) The historian’s final look at the 1980s across the water.
- Ramsay’s Hotel Hell (Channel 4, 11.05pm) Last in the series – whereby Gordon rampages around the US fixing awful hotels.
