Last year, ABC didn’t think that they needed sitcoms on Friday and they were very wrong. Therefore, they are making TGIF a thing again.
Remember in the ’90s our Fridays nights were full of Perfect Strangers, its spinoff Family Matters and Boy Meets World? Now in 2018, it is about ’90s based sitcom Fresh Off the Boat and modern-day’s Speechless.
Thus, someone at ABC thought it would be cool to merge the two eras with stars from the past and present. They are PS’s cousins Bronson Pinchot and Mark-Linn Baker, everyone’s favorite dad Reginald VelJohnson from FM, BMW teen dream queen Danielle Fishel, FOB’s Constance Wu and Randall Park, and Speechless’ John Ross Bowie and Cedric Yarbough.
You know if ABC were smart, they would do a massive revival of their old shows. Seeing the stars from yesteryear makes me miss them and Dinosaurs. I want my baby back because you gotta love him!
Until then I will be spending my Fridays with Fresh Off the Boat and Speechless starting on October 5th at 8p.
Last season, The Good Doctor was my favorite new show. There was just something so special about it. All season long each episode delivered the perfect remedy for the Monday blues.
When a show has a really amazing first season, you worry the second season will not be as good. Today, ABC released the first look for the medical drama and it looks like it will not be suffering the sophomore slump.
Which is a good thing for The Good Doctor. Make sure to mark your calendars because you are not going to want to miss the season premiere on September 24th.
BTW when it comes to what is my favorite new show for this season. It is another medical drama, NBC’s New Amsterdam.
We are exactly two months away from the start of ABC’s 2017-2018 season. I know that because they released when their old shows will be back and their new ones will debut. ABC will be airing not, but two editions of Dancing with the Stars. One for adults and one for kids. Why it is not paired with Child Support is beyond me.
Their Tuesday night shows are being delayed because of The Connors late production start, because you know why, and they cannot start without it. At least they think they cannot. They are risking taking a beating because of the late start.
When it comes to why I posted the A Million Little Things trailer, I did it because it is the absolute worst new show of the year. Actually in a really long time. Great cast, horrible writing and plotline. It was like let’s make a show more depressing than This Is Us, but don’t include any of the heart or redeeming qualities. It is depressing to be depressing and that is all. When it comes to the others, I will discuss them at a later date.
MONDAY, SEPT. 24
8:00-10:01 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars” (Season 27 premiere)
10:01-11:00 p.m. “The Good Doctor” (Season 2 premiere)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26
8:00-8:30 p.m. “The Goldbergs” (Season 6 premiere)
8:30-9:00 p.m. “American Housewife” (Season 3 premiere; new time)
9:00-9:31 p.m. “Modern Family” (Season 10 premiere)
9:31-10:00 p.m. “Single Parents” (Series premiere)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “A Million Little Things” (Series premiere)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 27
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” (Season 15 premiere; two hours)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder” (Season 5 premiere)
FRIDAY, OCT. 5
8:00-8:30 p.m. “Fresh Off the Boat” (Season 5 premiere; new day and time)
8:30-9:00 p.m. “Speechless” (Season 3 premiere; new day)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Child Support” (Season 2 premiere; new time)
SUNDAY, OCT. 7
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars: Juniors” (Series premiere; two hours)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” (Season 10 premiere)
MONDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00 p.m. “The Good Doctor”
TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Roseanne”
8:30 p.m. “The Kids Are Alright”
9:00 p.m. “black-ish”
9:30 p.m. “Splitting Up Together”
10:00 p.m. “The Rookie”
WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. “The Goldbergs”
8:30 p.m. “American Housewife” (new time)
9:00 p.m. “Modern Family”
9:30 p.m. “Single Parents”
10:00 p.m. “A Million Little Things”
THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
9:00 p.m. “Station 19”
10:00 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder”
FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. “Fresh Off the Boat” (new day and time)
8:30 p.m. “Speechless” (new day and time)
9:00 p.m. “Child Support” (new time)
10:00 p.m. “20/20”
SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars: Juniors”
9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank”
10:00 p.m. “The Alec Baldwin Show” (new title)
ABC announced their schedule for the fall, and it looks like they will be in trouble again. Mondays are strong. On Tuesdays, I think Roseanne will come crashing down to earth with its ratings. Meaning the other shows will take a hit. The Kids Are All Right sounds awful, which will bring down Black-ish and Splitting Up Together. I am also not loving The Rookie. Sorry Nathan Fillion, I think you are better than this. Wednesdays start off OK, but the two new shows don’t sound good. Thursdays are Shonda’s nights. I cannot complain about Fresh Off the Boat and Speechless being on Friday because at least they are coming back. Sundays will be interesting. It is throw a whole bunch of reality togther and see if it works. No rhyme or reason.
What is crazy is they are holding Schooled, The Goldbergs’ spinoff, until midseason. That has already proven to be a sucess. For the People moves to Thursday after Murder ends it season. Agents of SHIELD will not be back until next summer. If networks were more willing to cancel shows before airing all the episodes ordered, I bet you most of their new shows would be gone by November sweeps.
Time to start looking for a new head because it is going to be another bad season for them. What do you think?
To read descriptions of the new shows, then click here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MmgjI9oJw4
Fox is doing a big FU to his fans. Yesterday, they cancelled The Last Man on Earth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Mick. Today, they followed it up by doing the same to Lucifer and Exorcist. I could care less about the latter, but the former really hurts. It was a thrilling show with a great ensemble cast that played off each other well. To top it off, the show’s EP Joe Henderson wrote, “We created a season finale with a huge cliffhanger so that there was no way Fox could cancel us. Instead, we’re going to frustrate the hell out of you fans. I’m so sorry for that. #Lucifer.” I think of all of the shows this is the one that has the best chances of getting picked up by someone else. On a positive note, they revived Last Man Standing.
The CW was very nice to me today because they picked up iZombie for a fifth season. Which completes all of their renewals and cancellations. CBS, on the other hand, did not pick up or cancel anything today.
Over NBC they cancelled the heartfelt Rise that they did not do enough to promote. They also gave bad news to Great News. They were also not brave enough to renew Brave.
ABC like every year goes cancelling crazy because I do not think they know what they are doing. They picked up Speechless, Black-ish, American Housewife, Fresh Off the Boat, Splitting Up Together, For the People, Station 19 and How to Get Away Murder for another season. But they cancelled Designated Survivor, Deception, The Crossing, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, The Inhumans, Quantico and Alex, Inc. Basically, they cancelled all the dramas that are not produced by Shonda Rhymes. What type of world do we live in that the fake president gets impeached before the real one? Kiefer Sutherland is a much better president than the one we have now.
As my DVR has a huge party, I am crying tears for all the shows I lost today. Doing a Marlon Brando, “Stella” scream but replacing it with all the shows I lost. And there were a lot.
