The BBC says of “Before The Flood”:
In the eerie remains of a town that never was, something is stalking the Doctor and his friends. A desperate battle for survival is underway, but this time our heroes already know which of them is going to lose. With the past and the future hanging in the balance, the Doctor is breaking the rules to win the day. Can anything stop the Fisher King? And more importantly, who composed Beethoven's 5th?
A tale of Viking-occupied 9th-century England, BBC America’s “The Last Kingdom” is getting generally good reviews from those who bothered to review it.
Says Variety, “In some respects, this is really the show that FX’s ‘The Bastard Executioner’ should be — awash in blood, gore and sex, yes, but with stronger characters and a more compelling plot. There is also some rather grisly and certainly blasphemous humor, including Uhtred’s rather colorful explanation of the difference between Heaven, as the English see it, and Valhalla.”
Premiering tonight:
The Last Kingdom (BBCA)
The top scripted show last Saturday was the 41st season premiere of “Saturday Night Live.” A primetime repeat of SNL was number-two among scripted fare that night.
Top scripted cable show that night was “Dragon Ball Z.”
Saturdays, Aug. 29-Oct. 3, 2015
(Adults 18-49; repeats in gray; previous weeks in parentheses)
2.4 (0.7) (0.8) (2.2) (2.7) (---) College Football ABC
2.0 (1.0) (1.1) (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) SNL
1.4 (1.1) (2.8) (1.3) (1.2) (---) College Football ESPN
0.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) SNL Primetime
0.7 (0.9) (0.7) (0.7) (0.6) (---) 48 Hours
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Code Black
0.6 (0.7) (0.7) (0.7) (0.8) (0.7) Dragon Ball Z
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Live From NY
0.5 (0.5) (0.6) (0.6) (0.6) (0.6) Akame Ga Kill
0.5 (---) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) NCIS NO
0.5 (0.4) (1.7) (1.2) (0.5) (0.3) SportsCenter
0.4 (1.2) (0.7) (---) (---) (---) College Football Fox
0.3 (0.4) (0.4) (---) (---) (---) Cops
0.3 (0.4) (1.0) (---) (---) (---) Doctor Who
0.3 (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (---) House Hunters Reno
0.3 (---) (---) (0.3) (---) (---) Jail: Las Vegas
