Tonight at 9:30p on CBS, DMV gets a special episode after the Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion.
Did you know the DMV has a magazine that celebrates the best of the DMV, and that for the third year in a row, Beau (Randall Park) and his North Hollywood DMV are on the cover?
As soon as Barb (Molly Kearney), the gullible, pushover manager of East Hollywood DMV, sees that, she gets her workers together and suggests they go there on their lunch break to see what NoHo is doing that Least Hollywood (Beau’s words, not mine) isn’t doing.
What could go wrong when our lovable, dysfunctional E-Ho workers, goody two shoes Collette (Harriet Dyer), troublemaker Vic (Tony Cavalero), sexy newbie Noa (Alex Tarrant), and over-it Gregg (Tim Meadows), show up at their competing DMV that has everything they don’t? Just what you think will happen, but only worse.
And that is why I have been enjoying DMV so much. I went in with low expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable it is.
Yes, they suck at their jobs. But would you expect any less from DMV employees? Nope! Everyone hates the DMV, but this show almost makes me want to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
If only they had one in North Hollywood like the one they have on tonight’s episode, I would go. But just like the show, that office is fiction. Our closest office is in Glendale, and it is nowhere as nice as East Hollywood. And yes, there is only a Hollywood DMV, and not one E-Ho. There is a lot of lying going on at CBS when it comes to the DMV.
Back to the sitcom. If you have never seen it, tonight is a great episode to start with. And then you can see why I am loving and not hating the show about one of the universally most-hated places in the United States.
In March, CBS announced that Dick Wolf’s FBI is getting another spinoff with a straight-to-series order. This one is based CIA. And that was the last positive thing we heard about it.
The backdoor pilot was supposed to air during FBI at the end of last season, but it was not ready. Since then, the show has been pushed to midseason and has lost two EPs and actors. Therefore, you would think that would be a sign to scrap the series. But it is not. So today, CBS announced it will debut on February 23rd.
The network also announced the rest of their midseason lineup, including Survivor 50:
SERIES ORIGINAL EPISODES, RETURNS AND MIDSEASON PREMIERES
Wednesday, Jan. 7
8:00-9:00 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
9:00-10:00 PM THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT
10:00-11:00 PM HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST (series premiere)
Monday, Feb. 23
8:00-8:30 PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
8:30-9:00 PM DMV (#1 new comedy)
9:00-10:00 PM FBI
10:00-11:00 PM CIA (series premiere)
Wednesday, Feb. 25
8:00-11:00 PM SURVIVOR 50 (new season premiere)
Thursday, Feb. 26
8:00-8:30 PM GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE
8:30-9:00 PM GHOSTS
9:00-10:00 PM MATLOCK
10:00-11:00 PM ELSBETH
Friday, Feb. 27
8:00-9:00 PM SHERIFF COUNTRY (#2 new series)
9:00-10:00 PM FIRE COUNTRY
10:00-11:00 PM BOSTON BLUE (#1 new series)
Sunday, March 1
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM Y: MARSHALS (series premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM TRACKER (#1 series, new time period)
10:00-11:00 PM WATSON (new night and time period)
Wednesday, March 4
8:00-9:30 PM SURVIVOR (regular time period)
9:30-10:30 PM AMERICA’S CULINARY CUP (series premiere)
10:30-11:00 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
I watched every episode of Blue Bloods, and I enjoyed the show. However, I have to admit that the show became stale during the last few seasons. Therefore, I wasn’t that upset when it was cancelled.
So when they announced that Donnie Wahlberg was going to lead the spinoff, Boston Blue, I was curious what it was going to be like and whether it would be as good.
After watching two episodes, I have a lot of faith in the future of this show.
The show still has a family all over the law enforcement spectrum who work together, and they will include Danny and his son, Sean (Mika Amonsen).
Sean has moved to Boston to follow in his family’s footsteps and become a cop. One night, while walking the streets with his partner, Jonah (Marcus Scribner), they see a fire in a building across the street and rush to rescue the people inside. The two of them see something that convinces them it is arson.
During the rescue, Sean is injured and he is hospitalized in a coma. Danny rushes to his son’s side to be there with him.
But Danny can’t just wait around for his son to wake up, so he goes and investigates the scene. While he is there, he notices someone suspicious. After he confronts the suspect, the suspect runs, and Danny runs after him.
Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green) witnesses what is going on and chases after them. Since she doesn’t know Danny, she thinks he might be involved in the crime she is investigating.
So when she finally catches up to them, she only catches Danny, who has to identify himself and explain why he is looking into the crime.
When he tells her Sean is her son, she tells him Jonah is her younger brother. And with that, they decided to work together to solve the crime.
When they get back to the station, Superintendent in the Boston Police Department, Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson), says that she spoke with Commissioner Reagan in NYC and that Danny is on loan to Boston to work the case.
Yes, Sarah and Lena are stepsisters, and Jonah is their half-brother.
Lena’s mom, Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben), is the District Attorney of Boston. Mae was married to Sarah’s father, who was a circuit judge before he was gunned down outside the courthouse a year beforehand.
Just like the Reagans, they are a very close-knit family who have dinner every Shabbos. They are joined by Mae’s dad, Reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson), who sits at the head of the table.
The Silvers spend their Fridays at the dinner table and their Sundays in a Baptist church with the patriarch of the family.
Because of everything that Danny has been through, they invite him to be part of their family, something they already invited Sean to do.
So even though the Reagans are 200 miles away from home, they feel like they are at home. And that is a good thing, especially since Danny decides to stay in Boston to be with his son.
Danny and Lena team up as partners, and it is the best partnership that he has had in the franchise. The two actors play off each other really well.
Plus, this show is much more light-hearted and less serious, and that makes it more enjoyable. They are still solving crimes, but things just don’t feel as heavy. Wahlberg gets to show off his playful, comedic side, something we did not get enough of in Blue Bloods.
Because he is not back in Manhattan with his dad as the boss, Lena is able to give him crap and call him out on things. Don’t worry, he will do the same. And that is what makes them a great team.
And they will be there to support their rookie relatives, Sean and Jonah. Unlike Jamie, neither one of them has a stick up their ass.
You get where I am going with this. Blue Bloods was more on the uptight side, while Boston Blue is much more relaxed.
So it feels like someone unplugged the show, then plugged it back in. Thus, making it more enjoyable for the viewer again. Just because it was a drama doesn’t mean it had to be so dramatic.
I, as a viewer, found myself really enjoying the show, and I can’t wait to see what else they have up their sleeves.
I love the dynamic of it all; it works for the series. Plus, you want to be at dinner and church with the Silvers. Their family might have an unconventional start, but that is what makes them so special.
I think that Blue Bloods fans will have no problem sticking around to see where it goes. And I believe that people who never watched an episode of Blue Bloods, will be finding this show and tuning in every Friday at 10p.
Most police procedurals are dark and gritty, which is actually kind of depressing. However, Elsbeth is the opposite. They make murder mysteries fun!
And after watching the trailer for season 3, it looks like nothing is going to change. Carrie Preston and the gang are having as much fun working on the dramedy as we do watching it.
Elsbeth returns with an all-new special episode on Sunday starring Stephen Colbert as a talk show host, which has to be a stretch for him.
Then she will be back to her regularly scheduled night, Thursdays at 10p on CBS.
The Matlock season premiere airs this Sunday, and the legal show is in the news today. And not for reasons that want to be.
According to Deadline, David Del Rio was fired for allegedly sexually assaulting his co-star.
The alleged assault is said to have happened on September 26th, and it was reported on October 2nd. After an internal investigation by the producers and the studio, he was fired and walked off the lot that same day.
Last year’s #1 new show, which is halfway through filming this season, is set to go on a preplanned production hiatus next week and return after Thanksgiving.
Hopefully, that will give the writers enough time to figure out the rest of the season without his character, who was the least important one of the series.
Del Rio played Billy Martinez, a junior associate, alongside Matty (Kathy Bates) and Sarah Franklin (Leah Lewis).
UPDATE: I did not want to name Leah Lewis because I believe she needs her privacy during this time. And I would not name her unless she went public, which she did. To see what she said, then click here!
