This Week On TV: Feb. 17-23

By Brent Furdyk. 17 Feb 2020 10:35 AM

This Week: New seasons for “Workin’ Moms” and “Island of Bryan”, series finales for “Criminal Minds” and “Fresh Off the Boat”, Al Pacino stars in his first-ever series, battling Nazis in “Hunters” and Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck star in Netflix thriller “The Last Thing He Wanted”.

'The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia' - Series Premiere

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'The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia' - Series Premiere
Netflix
When Ashley Garcia — the world’s only 15-and-a-half-year-old robotics genius engineer and rocket scientist — gets the chance to work for a prestigious company, she moves across the country to live with her fun-loving Uncle Victor, a pro football player turned high school coach who’s never met a responsibility he can’t shirk, in this new Netflix sitcom.

* Monday, Feb. 17
'Workin' Moms' - Season Premiere
CBC
Catherine Reitman's made-in-Canada comedy returns with a brand-new season. Change is in the air in season four, with the toddlers at Crest Moon Camp and the moms at their wits' end.

* Tuesday, Feb. 18
'Utopia Falls' - Series Premiere
CBC Gem
The latest series for CBC's streaming service, CBC Gem, is pretty out there. Set in a dystopian future amid the charred ruins of Earth, a group of teenagers are selected to compete in the prestigious Exemplar performing arts competition; when they stumble upon a hidden archive of cultural relics, they discover the banned music of the past, and perform song-and-dance routines as a way of rebelling against authority.

* Wednesday, Feb. 19
'Criminal Minds' - Series Finale
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In the series finale, an explosive face-to-face encounter with Everett Lynch (a.k.a. "The Chameleon") leaves Dr. Reid suffering from a brain injury and, while experiencing hallucinations, is visited by ghosts from his past. Also, the BAU makes a shocking discovery about Lynch that affects Rossi personally, and the entire BAU team comes together to celebrate Rossi's retirement.

* Wednesday, Feb. 19
'Tribal' - Series Premiere
APTN
When the department of Federal Justice attempts to save political face under the mask of inclusion and collaboration by taking control of the Tribal Police Force that governs the four Indian Reserves that surround the city, interim Tribal Chief Samantha Woodburn (Jessica Matten) finds herself in an unfamiliar world. As she navigates politics and procedure, she also clashes with her new partner, Chuck “Buke” Bukansky (Brian Markinson), a seasoned but broken-down Metro Police detective.

* Thursday, Feb. 20
'Hunters' - Series Premiere
Amazon Prime Video
Al Pacino stars in this what-if drama set in the 1970s, leading a group of Nazi-hunting vigilantes who covertly assassinate

* Friday, Feb. 21
'Fresh Off The Boat' - Series Finale
ABC/Andrew Eccles
ABC's groundbreaking sitcom about an Asian-American immigrant family comes to a conclusion in this series finale.

* Friday, Feb. 21
'The Last Thing He Wanted'
Netflix
A veteran D.C. journalist (Anne Hathaway) loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father (Willem Dafoe) thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she’s trying to break. Elena leverages the moment to pursue her own investigation but instead gets tipped into the confounding center of the very intrigue she’s trying to expose. Answers turn into questions and wrong turns lead to dead ends in this stylish political thriller as Elena becomes increasingly lost on a map of someone else’s making and the possibility of return — to home and to herself — slowly narrows. Ben Affleck also stars.

* Friday, Feb. 21
'Gentefied' - Series Premiere
Netflix
In this half-hour comedy, three Mexican-American cousins struggle to chase the American Dream, even while that same dream threatens the things they hold most dear: their neighborhood, their immigrant grandfather, and the family taco shop. Set in a rapidly changing Los Angeles, the Spanglish dramedy will navigate important themes like identity, class, and balancing insta-fame with translating memes for their parents.

* Friday, Feb. 21
'Island of Bryan' - Season Premiere
HGTV Canada
Get ready for a third season as Bryan and Sarah Bauemler continue to realize their vision by transforming a rundown beach resort in the Bahamas into their Caerula Mar Club. With the grand opening just months away and their budget stretched to the max, the stakes are higher than they've ever been.

* Sunday, Feb. 23 on HGTV Canada
Little Big Shots - Season 3
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This showcase for amazingly talented kids returns with a new season and a new host, none other than Melissa McCarthy.

* Sunday, Feb. 23
'Better Call Saul' - Season Premiere
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Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) gets closer to embracing the Saul Gooman persona as this critically acclaimed spinoff of "Breaking Bad" returns with a fifth season.

* Sunday, Feb. 23

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