TV picks for Aug. 3: 'Guest Book,' 'What Would Diplo Do?' and 'Last Tycoon'

August 2, 2017 at 8:11PM
This image released by Amazon shows Matt Bomer in "The Last Tycoon." (Merie Wallace/Amazon via AP)
Matt Bomer stars in “The Last Tycoon.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Be their guest

You won't look at vacations the same way after watching "The Guest Book." It's a scripted comedy about a rustic mountain cabin that plays host to different wacky visitors each week. Guests during Season 1 include Jenna Fischer, Michael Rapaport, Margo Martindale and Danny Pudi.

9 p.m., TBS

But can you dance to it?

Viceland becomes the latest cable network to get into the scripted-series game with "What Would Diplo Do?" James Van Der Beek plays the real-life DJ Diplo (an executive producer of the show) in this spoof of the electronic music scene.

9 p.m., Viceland

Tender are the nights

F. Scott Fitzgerald can be a tough nut to crack, but the latest adaptation of "The Last Tycoon" is mostly a success, thanks to jazzy dance numbers and a studly performance from Matt Bomer, who seems to have studied "Mad Men's" Don Draper as much as he did the St. Paul-raised novelist. To read more about the show — and a list of the 10 best TV and film takes on Fitzgerald — go to startribune.com/tv.

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