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Shonda shakes it up: ABC bolsters the ranks with ShondaLand's first costume drama

Author: 
Jacqueline Spendlove / TV Media
Wade Briggs, Lashana Lynch and Sterling Sulieman star in "Still Star-Crossed"

Wade Briggs, Lashana Lynch and Sterling Sulieman star in "Still Star-Crossed"

First Dates, on NBC

One dater has visions of a potential future as a power couple in this season finale, while another reveals that he has never been kissed. There's also a vegan chef, whose goal is to find someone who shares his love of kale.

Stephanie Nordlie as seen in "First Dates"
Stephanie Nordlie as seen in "First Dates"

Love Connection, on Fox

Host Andy Cohen brings viewers an updated version of this classic dating series as single men and women search for romance in this premiere. If the participant chooses the same blind date as the audience, he or she wins $10,000.

Andy Cohen hosts "Love Connection"
Andy Cohen hosts "Love Connection"

Survivor: Game Changers, on CBS

The remaining game-changing castaways face their last challenges and one more Tribal Council before finding out who has been voted the sole survivor in this season finale. Following the finale, Jeff Probst interviews the castaways in a reunion special.

Jeff Probst hosts "Survivor: Game Changers"
Jeff Probst hosts "Survivor: Game Changers"

Q: Who does the voice in the "NCIS: New Orleans" theme song? It sounds to me like Scott Bakula. I have read that he is musical, and he appears to be playing piano in some shows.

Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

"NCIS: New Orleans" star Scott Bakula is indeed a musician in his own right, but nonetheless they farmed out the intro work to Colorado-based blues band Big Head Todd and the Monsters.

The song isn't theirs, though. It's the blues classic "Boom Boom" by the late, great John Lee Hooker. That's the regional connection -- Hooker was born in neighboring Mississippi, and is known for helping to update and popularize the Delta blues genre.

The Voice, on NBC

The big moment finally arrives as the remaining vocalists find out who has won a lucrative recording contract and a $100,000 prize in this season finale. This season, Grammy winner Gwen Stefani returned as a coach alongside Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

Gwen Stefani in "The Voice"
Gwen Stefani in "The Voice"

The Bachelorette, on ABC

Attorney Rachel Lindsay is the 13th Bachelorette in this season premiere. Before she embarks on her upcoming adventure to find Mr. Right, she meets with her close friends from last season of "The Bachelor" to discuss her hopes and dreams.

Rachel Lindsay is "The Bachelorette"
Rachel Lindsay is "The Bachelorette"

Q: The new AMC series "The Son" supposedly spans 1849 to 1915, but this makes no sense. When lead character Eli is first taken by the Comanches in 1849, he looks to be about 15; when the show goes to 1915, he looks to be in his late 60s, yet if he was 15

Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Oddly enough, you're the only one to pick up on this. Being a new drama on AMC, "The Son" was reviewed in every major entertainment publication, and though the reviews weren't exactly positive, none faulted the ages.

Late Laughs for the week of May 21 - 27, 2017

Conan

Saturday marks the end of President Trump's first 100 days. Political analysts say that we are still in President Trump's "honeymoon" phase. Which may account for that feeling that we're being repeatedly screwed.

 

Today, President Trump held separate phone conversations with the president of China and the prime minister of Japan. Trump was shocked to learn that those are two different people.

 

Twin Peaks, on Showtime

Twenty-five years after the events of the original series, Kyle MacLachlan and fellow original cast members Madchen Amick and David Duchovny return in this premiere. Directed by David Lynch, the new series consists of 18 episodes.

David Duchovny in "Twin Peaks"
David Duchovny in "Twin Peaks"
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