Norman Lear has recreated The Jeffersons, All In the Family, Good Times, Diff’rent Strokes, and The Facts of Life for ABC’s Live In Front of a Studio Audience, and now he tells Variety he wants to do one of his most infamous episodes. An episode that is very timely with today’s environment.
That 1972 episode is the two-parter, Maude’s Dilemna, in which Maude decides to have an abortion. That was the first time a character had an abortion in primetime, and it didn’t happen again until Everwood did it in 2003.
Back when Maude had her abortion, Roe v. Wade had not become law, but it was legal to have one in NY. Now, 50 years later, we are in the same boat.
Therefore, it is the perfect time for ABC to recreate it so we can remind people that we have set ourselves back 50 years. How extremely sad is that?
You can watch the episode above and think how brave it was then, and sadly it is the same today. We are still having the same conversations 50 years later.
I hope ABC opts to make this happen. I also hope that ABC decides to pair this with All In the Family’s Edith’s Crisis of Faith. In that episode, Beverly LaSalle is killed for being a female impersonator. It is one of the very few episodes that still affects me to this day. It is also relevant because of all the ignorant assholes we have living in our country today.
We are three months away from the start of broadcast’s Fall season, and today we found out when ABC’s series will debut.
Even though I have known their lineup for a month, I am still dumbfounded by their mistakes. Abbott Elementary should be leading Wednesday night instead of the depressing Conners. The Rookie and The Rookie: Feds should be on the same night. And two nights of Bachelor of Paradise is going to hurt them.
But I could be wrong.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
8:00 p.m. “The Conners”
8:30 p.m. “The Goldbergs”
9:00 p.m. “Abbott Elementary” (new night)
9:31 p.m. “Home Economics”
10:00 p.m. “Big Sky” (new night)
ABC went into last season pretty weak, and this season they look to be even weaker.
In case you didn’t hear, the network moved Dancing with the Stars to Disney+. They are replacing with Bachelor in Paradise. It will be interesting to see if people will tune into it. It is definitely a different audience. That, and is two nights of it going to be overkill? I think so.
Wednesday is a huge mistake. The Conners and The Goldbergs are way passed their expiration dates and need to be put out of our misery. I say that, and I suffer watching them every week. So many people love Abbott Elementary, ABC’s only family-friendly comedy, so it should’ve been airing at 8p instead of 9p. It also should’ve been paired with The Wonder Years. I don’t know what they see in Home Economics. Wednesday is a colossal failure.
The rest is what it is. What do you think? Oh, I won’t say that Not Dead Yet is total Ghosts ripoff.
MONDAY
8:00 p.m. “Bachelor in Paradise”
10:00 p.m. “The Good Doctor”
TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. “Bachelor in Paradise”
10:00 p.m. “The Rookie: Feds”
WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. “The Conners”
8:30 p.m. “The Goldbergs”
9:00 p.m. “Abbott Elementary” (new night)
9:30 p.m. “Home Economics”
10:00 p.m. “Big Sky” (new night)
Yesterday was a bad day to have a bubble show on NBC, CBS, and The CW. That is because all three networks went on a cancelling spree.
However, ABC went on a renewal frenzy because they picked up A Million Little Things, Big Sky, The Conners, Home Economics, The Wonder Years, Shark Tank, American Idol, The Bachelor, American’s Funniest Videos, and Celebrity Wheel of Fortune for another season.
At least they have more faith in their shows than I do. Because I think almost of the series should have been cancelled.
ABC is going to have at least two slots in the Fall because they cancelled both Queens and Promised Land. Neither cancellation is a surprise because both shows did poorly in the ratings. That and Promised Land was banished to Hulu after a few weeks.
