About Last Night…MONARCH, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD, and $100,000 PYRAMID

Let’s talk about Sunday night’s TV!

MONARCH: What I keep thinking about while watching the pilot is that great musical series almost always have a standout performance in the first episode. (GLEE had “Don’t Stop Believin'”; NASHVILLE had “If I Didn’t Know Better”; EMPIRE had “Good Enough.”) This…had a number of fine numbers, but nothing that made me desperate to hear it again or stream it on repeat tomorrow.

And as someone who loves soapy drama, it almost felt like the episode had too many twists; a number of reveals felt like they could have landed harder in even episode 2, if we had the chance to care about these characters.

But as much as this was the pilot, it also feels like episode 2 will be another pilot given how this episode, uh, ended. [Here’s what Susan Sarandon and the executive producers had to say about the premiere’s biggest moment.]

CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD: The Sharks were a little too good about figuring out what might be a sign someone is a serial killer?!

(Team Lauren Ash, forever.)

$100,000 PYRAMID: Oh my God, “Things You’re Doing Right Now” is a hard, hard, hard clue. Justice for Joshua Malina and Sam. (I know she went on to win the $100,000, but come on.)

Also, poor Michael Ealy, when he almost did not get the “hamburger” clue…that would have been a rough thing to bounce back from.

Which shows did you watch last night?

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