Scripted cable shows grow
“Get Shorty” (10 p.m. Aug. 13, Epix): A 10-episode dark comedy starring Chris O’Dowd and Ray Romano based in part on the Elmore Leonard novel.
“Marvel’s The Defenders” (3:01 a.m. Aug. 18, Netflix): An eight-episode miniseries that brings together Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
“The Guest Book” (10 p.m. Aug. 23, TBS): A scripted anthology about different guests who visit a rental cottage each week.
“There’s … Johnny!” (Aug. 24, Seeso): In 1972, a 19year-old Nebraskan (Ian Nelson, “Teen Wolf”) works as a gofer on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.”
“Disjointed” (3:01 a.m. Aug. 25, Netflix): A comedy from Chuck Lorre (“Mom”) about the owner (Kathy Bates) of a Los Angeles pot dispensary.
“The Tick” (Aug. 25, Amazon): Remake of the 2001 Fox series about a blue superhero with antennae and his accountant sidekick.
Returning:
Today: “Flaked” a.m., Netflix).
Sunday: “Fear the Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC).
Monday: “Shadowhunters” (8 p.m., Freeform), “Stitchers”(9 p.m., Freeform).
Tuesday: “Tosh.0” (10 p.m., Comedy Central).
Wednesday: “Nightcap” (8 p.m., Pop TV).
Thursday: “Queen of the South” (10 p.m., USA).
June 9: “Orange Is the New Black” (Netflix), “Dark Matter” (8 p.m., Syfy), “Wynonna Earp” (10 p.m., Syfy).
June 10: “Idiotsitter” (8 p.m., Comedy Central), “Orphan (3:01 Black” (10 p.m., BBC America).
June 13: p.m., Syfy).
June 16: “The Ranch” (Netflix).
June 17: “Turn: Washington’s Spies” (9 p.m., AMC).
June 18: “Botched” (9 p.m., E!), “Legends of Chamberlain Heights” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central).
June 19: “Preacher” (9 p.m., AMC).
June 20: “Queen Sugar” (10 p.m., OWN), “Wrecked” (10 p.m., TBS).
June 23: “Broadchurch” (10 p.m., BBC America), “Playing House” (11 p.m., USA).
June 25: “Power” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
June 28: “I Am Jazz” (9 p.m., TLC), “Cleverman” (10 p. m., SundanceTV), “Younger” (10 p.m., TV Land).
June 30: p.m., Syfy).
July 9: “Famously Single” (10 p.m., E!)
July 11: “Still the King” (10 p.m., CMT).
July 11: “The Fosters” (8 p.m., Freeform).
July 12: “Suits” (9 p.m., USA), “Odd Mom Out” (10 p.m., Bravo).
July 16: “Game of Thrones” (9 p.m., HBO), “The Strain” (10 p.m., FX).
July 23: “Ballers” (10 p.m., HBO), “Insecure” (10:30 p.m., HBO).
July 24: “People of Earth” (10:30 p.m., TBS).
Aug. 6: “Ray Donovan” (9 p.m., Showtime).
Aug. 8: “Difficult People” (Hulu).
Aug. 20: “The Last Ship” (9 p.m., TNT), “Episodes” (10 p.m., Showtime).
Aug. 23: “South Park” (10 p.m., Comedy Central), “Broad City” (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central). “Face Off” (9 “Killjoys” (8
The Pittsburgh Symphony Association purchased them earlier this year for $8,000 — a third less than what they cost new. Mr. Reamer rushed to Illinois with a crew and an empty truck, not knowing what work lay ahead of them.
It took hours of “soaking, scrubbing and polishing” to restore decades of residue, and Bill Weaver, PSO stage technician, created a unique method to clean the chimes, according to its blog. Each chime was suspended in vinegar for at least 24 hours.
Additionally, each tower chime is 5 to 7 inches in diameter and ranges from 5- to nearly 14-feet tall, according to the blog.
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