It is Christmas time tonight at 9:30p on ABC and our Single Parents are going to celebrate together. While it might be the holiday season, it does not feel like it in for them. Don’t worry, they will make the most of it. That is not all they will be making the most of this Christmas Eve.
Poppy (Kimrie Lewis) is sad because her son is away with his dad, so she wants to be alone. Douglas (Brad Garrett) is not going to have that, so he invites her to spend some time with her and the twins. But he has an ulterior motive.
We find out that Angie (Leighton Meester) has a Santa Claus fetish, so the guy she is seeing dresses up at the man in red. You would think that would make her jolly, but he makes a mistake. One so big, it has her running to Will’s (Taran Killam) for help. While she is over there, she learns something about Will that makes us wonder why he his wife ever left him because he is perfect.
They might be single parents, but they are a family. I am so happy that they are letting us be part of their family because this is the best new comedy of the season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhYQU5eWdCo
ABC has had a weak fall lineup, so they are changing things up for the spring. Just be happy we have DVRs because there are so many changes. The thing I hate most about the new lineup is that A Million crappy Little Things is making me wait until March for new episodes of Station 19. I get they like the depressing show, but why do I have to suffer. On a positive note, at least they believe in Whiskey Cavalier to air it on Wednesdays.
THURSDAY, JAN. 17
8:00-9:01 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
9:01-10:00 p.m. “A Million Little Things” (NEW DAY AND TIME)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder”
TUESDAY, FEB. 5
8:00-8:30 p.m. “American Housewife” (NEW DAY AND TIME)
Tonight at 8p on The Conners, an old friend (Katey Sagal) comes to town and she eyes on Dan (John Goodman). Is he ready to move on Roseanne? How will his kids react to a woman flirting with their dad?
Meanwhile on the ABC sitcom, Harris (Emma Kenney) gets busted by the cops for underage drinking, and Becky (Lecy Goranson) is the one that is home when the police bring her home. They promise not to tell Darlene (Sara Gilbert) about it, but she finds out anyway. What happens next might put a permanent wedge between the two sisters.
Finally, who did Matthew Broderick piss off to get this role? I understand that they want to give Laurie Metcalf something to do, but this is just awful.
Then at 9p on Black-ish, it is Christmas at the Johnson household. They celebrate by going to movies. Bo (Tracee Ellis Ross) will see anything. The kids want to see the latest comic book movie. Dre (Anthony Anderson), on the other hand, wants to see the Rosa Parks biopic because he thinks his family should support African American movies.
Who do you think wins? After a long debate, Dre wins and his family loses. How will they get out of it? You have to watch the episode to see the takeaway lesson.
ABC announced today that they picked up Agents of SHIELDS for a 7th season ahead of the 6th one that is slated to air this summer. Which makes me think that this upcoming season is so good with a cliffhanger so great they had no choice but to pick it up even if the numbers are really awful. But in the summer awful can be good. We shall see/
ABC has had disastrous fall. Even The Conners is back down to reality ratings. Therefore, it should be no surprise that they decided to part ways with the President of Entertainment Channing Dungey. They are replacing her Karey Burke, who runs Freeform.
Burke, in my opinion, is worse because Freeform is also in bad shape. Plus, she cancelled Young & Hungry, Baby Daddy and Chasing Life without giving them proper goodbyes. Even though the shows were still doing well in the ratings and replaced them with shows no one is watching.
I don’t know how she will turn ABC around, but I wish her luck because out of all of the networks they support sitcoms. Hopefully, she will continue to do the same.
