Today was a good day for the ABC dramas that have The as the first word in their title. That is because the network picked up The Good Doctor and The Rookie for another season.
The news is not a surprise because The Rookie, which stars Nathan Fillion, might be getting a spinoff. While the show that stars Freddie Highmore as The Good Doctor had a creative resurgence this season. I just don’t ever want to hear the latter talk about sex again. Please stop and leave that up to Grey’s Anatomy,
On that note, these two dramas join Grey’s. Station 19 and Abbott Elementary on ABC’s 2022-2023 schedule.
ABC is so proud of the grades that Abbott Elementary is getting that they picked the sitcom for another season.
The news was announced by Principal Coleman today, “The camera crew I hired to showcase all that I’ve made happen at our beautiful school thinks I’m a star. I mean, are we surprised? No, we’re not 🙂 With that said, it is with great pleasure that I share they’ll be returning for the 2022-2023 school year! That’s right – Abbott Elementary Season Two is coming to a screen near you.”
The renewal is no surprise because it is the only ABC series that is getting any positive reviews. I can’t wait to see what mayhem the teachers cause next season because you know each episode will be filled with lots of love and laughs.
Can you believe we have made it all the way through to February without a show getting cancelled this season on broadcast? But today, a show met that fate. That show is the confusing and boring drama Promised Land.
According to TVLine, the show will air one final episode on ABC this Monday. Then the five remaining episodes will stream every Tuesday on Hulu.
Promised Land cancellation means that The Good Doctor will return with all-new episodes on February 28th instead of April.
That news makes me happy because, after three seasons of the medical drama being painful to watch, the last episode that aired was able to redeem the series.
Sadly for Promised Land, it was unredeemable. Thus why it is moving to Hulu.
Tonight at 8p on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear are bringing back Live In Front of a Studio Audience for a third round. This time they are doing Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.
Yesterday, the casts of both recreations were on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about the special. When the late night host asked who was going to curse live on the air, they all mostly agreed that it is going to be Hart, who is playing Arnold Jackson.
Hart responded with, “I’ll tell you the truth Jimmy, You know, your a producer on this thing. You haven’t been here. This is a sh!t show. We don’t feel comfortable. We are not confident that this is going to work. A lot of us contemplated walking today. Like we weren’t going to go through with it. So I think a lot of curse words are going to be coming out of my mouth. My career is over after this because you got me good, Jimmy.”
Is it going to be that bad? We will find out in a few hours.
I know Hart was kidding, but I think he is more on the money than he would like to think. Many of these actors do not have live experience. Doing a live show with no cuts or redos is much harder than it looks to be.
Finally, who believes Allison Tolman when she claimed that Jennifer Aniston, America’s Sweetheart, is bullying her on the set? She said she was joking, but do you think she was telling the truth. If you do, then raise your hand. ✋
ABC is giving us something to sing about this holiday season. On December 6th, several members of ’90s Boy Bands will get together to give us a concert full of Christmas Carols.
We will hear Joey Fatone (*NSYNC), Chris Kirkpatrick (*NSYNC), Lance Bass (*NSYNC), Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men), Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men), Bobby Brown (New Edition), Michael Bivins (New Edition), Joey McIntyre (NKOTB), Erik-Michael Estrada (O-Town), Nick Lachey (98 Degrees), Drew Lachey (98 Degrees), Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees) and Justin Jeffre (98 Degrees) sing the songs that make us full of joy in December.
Along with the classics, *NSYNC’s Joey Fatone and Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris will sing their original tune A Very Boy Band Holiday, while Joey McIntyre will sing This One’s For The Children with his son Griffin.
So to all of you millennials out there, put some logs in the fireplace, make some hot cocoa, and get ready to see your teenage crushes unite for a magical night of holiday cheer!
