Top TV picks for April 20: 'Skin Wars,' 'There Goes the Motherhood,' 'Time Traveling Bong'

April 19, 2016 at 2:49PM
right: Ilana Glazer ìChapter 1: The Beginningî April 20, 2016 photo credit: Claire Folger
Ilana Glazer, right, encounters pilgrims and more on “Time Traveling Bong.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Life is a carnival

Rebecca Romijn returns as host for Season 3 of "Skin Wars," the series that insists body painting is a perfectly natural form of competition. This year's field includes a former burlesque dancer, a veteran of the Mexican circus and a guy who moonlights as Spanky the Clown. This is either the wackiest season yet or the new cast of "American Horror Story: Freak Show."

9 p.m. GSN

Mother lode

Jill Spivack, who had done groundbreaking work in helping parents of children with sleep problems, focuses on the waking hours in "There Goes the Motherhood," a new series about six L.A. parents dying to be part of the psychotherapist's mommy group, which has become the hottest ticket since Leonardo DiCaprio announced an opening in his posse.

9 p.m. Bravo

Up in smoke

Ilana Glazer, one half of "Broad City," should have inhaled a higher grade of inspiration before booking a flight on "Time Traveling Bong," a new series in which numerous drug trips lead to encounters with pilgrims, dinosaurs and cave men. Predictable jokes and a lack of focus result in a less than excellent adventure.

9:30 p.m. Comedy Central

Neal Justin

Romijn (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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