If someone told us a year ago that the 2020 Major League Baseball season would kick off in mid-july with games being played in empty stadiums, we'd have thought they were crazy. Of course, the same could be said of so many things in our current reality. Baseball's return tonight promises to be a surreal affair, with games being called remotely, and talk of cardboard cutouts in the stands.
Also tonday: NBC's Blindspot airs its series finale, a new TBS reality series gives extreme spiritual healing the Real Housewives treament, and The Dog House: UK matches four legged friends with their human soul mates. Here's what's new and noteworthy on TV this Thursday:
LIVE SPORTS: Anthony Fauci himself will be throwing out the first pitch in tonight's Opening Day Doubleheader as the New York Yankees take on the Washington Nationals, followed by the San Francisco Giants at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Beginning at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN
SERIES FINALE: After five seasons and 100 episodes, NBC's Blindspot tackles its last case with an episode that producers promise will focus on the series' core characters before they "scatter in the wind," both on the show and in real life. Watch the preview. 9:00 PM ET on NBC
SERIES PREMIERE: As Primetimer's Kevin O'Keefe writes today, Lost Resort may just be the primal yell of a show we didn't know we needed. The new TBS reality series brings nine strangers together at an "orgasmic spiritual healing" retreat, where they're encouraged to let it all out. Watch the trailer. 10:00 PM ET on TBS
SERIES PREMIERE: Can your heart survive a visit to The Dog House: UK? That's the question Primetimer's Tara Ariana asks in her just-posted review of this heartwarming import set at a British dog shelter. Watch the trailer. Streaming on HBO Max
MID-SEASON PREMIERE: The shenanigans are silly, the moustaches are bushy, and the laughs are plentiful as Tacoma FD returns to TruTV for the second half of Season 2. Watch the trailer. 10:00 PM ET on truTV
SEASON FINALE: Apparently even celebrities need to get off the couch once in a while, but before Celebrity Watch Party signs off for the season, they're sitting down for one more show. Judging by the title, "Couch is Lava," we have a guess at what they'll be checking out. 8:00 PM ET on Fox
NEW EPISODE: The second episode of Killer Camp finds the campers recovering from the shock of the previous night's events. 8:00 PM ET on The CW
SERIES PREMIERE: TLC highlights two very unique pregnancies in My Pregnant Husband, which follows the journey of two couples in which transgender husbands are well on the way to having a baby. Watch the trailer. 10:00 PM ET on TLC
SERIES PREMIERE: The animated series Tig 'n Seek follows the exploits of 8-year-old Tiggy and his cat, the gadget-inventing Gweeseek, as they scour the city of Wee Gee City for lost treasures. Watch the trailer. Streaming on HBO Max
Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.
TOPICS: Major League Baseball, ESPN, Coronavirus