Andrew McCarthy is a member of the Brat Pack. In the ’80s, it was a club the actors didn’t want to be part of. Now, 40 years later, they have a new outlook on the name they are given.
Andrew McCarthy traveled the country and talked to ex-costars and members about being a part of the group.
On June 17th, we will hear what they think in McCarthy’s documentary Brats on Hulu.
This weekend, McCarty and his St. Elmo’s Fire costars, Demi Moore and Ally Sheedy, and his Pretty in Pink’s nemesis, Jon Cryer, attended a screening of the doc at Tribeca.
That is McCarthy’s connection to the people standing next to him. Did you know that Moore and Cryer starred in No Small Affair and had one? Thirty years later, Cryer starred with Moore’s then-husband, Ashton Butcher, on Two and a Half Men.
Hollywood is a small town. Brat Pack is even smaller than that. As a fan of their movies, I can’t wait to see Brats next Monday.
He who laughs last laughs best. And NBC saved their sitcoms’ fate for last.
Today, the network made a decision on the future of their three comedies.
Lopez vs. Lopez, the show is loosely based on George Lopez and his daughter Mayan’s fractured relationship which is on the mend, will be back for a third season.
Sadly, Extended Family, with Jon Cryer and Abigal Spencer as exes trying to figure out how to live as divorced parents to their children, will not be back for a second season. EF also starred Donald Faison as Spencer’s fiancé.
And that cancellation made room for Happy’s Place, starring Reba McEntire.
Bobbie (McEntire) inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had.
The series has her reuniting with her Reba co-star Melissa Peterman and EP Kevin Abbott.
NBC will announce their 2024-2025 schedule on Monday.
For ten years, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon have been head-to-head at 11:35p with their talk shows on two different coasts.
However, tonight at 10p, they will battle it out on the same set on NBC’s Password.
Which late night host will be the winner? You will have to tune in to find out!
But I will tell you it is a funny episode hosted by Keke Palmer with one ultimate winner. But there is no declaration of who it is.
Can you guess which Jimmy is better at the game?
And since you are going to watch NBC at 10, you should also watch it at 8:30p. Extended Family’s season finale with Jon Cryer, Abigail Spencer, and Donald Faison which delivers a heartfelt episode that prepares couples for marriage. That is if Jim (Cryer) doesn’t break up Julia (Spencer) and Trey’s (Faison) engagement. But then again, it is their fault for asking him to what they asked him to do.
Extended Family is the best new sitcom of the season, and tonight at 8:30p, we are getting another new episode on NBC.
The sitcom is about divorcees Jim (Jon Cryer) and Julia (Abigail Spencer), who are co-parenting their children, Grace (Sofia Capanna) and Jimmy (Finn Sweeney). As in, the parents are one week on and one week off at their marital home.
Julia has moved on because she is engaged to Celtic’s owner, Trey (Donald Faison). Tonight, he gets his first test of parenting.
It is time for the switchover, and Julia is tied up with something else. Therefore, Trey is in charge. So, when Grace asks if her friend can come over for a sleepover, he says yes.
He got this. That is until she comes over crying because her boyfriend dumped her.
Can Trey handle this? Good thing Jim didn’t leave, so he will help his future ex-wife’s husband out.
And they will work together to help Grace out as an extended family.
If that is not reason enough to watch, then how about seeing Cryer caught with his pants down? That got me tuning in!
For decades, the perfect family show consisted of a married couple and their children. But that was then, and this is today.
NBC’s Extended Family is a family show for 2024. That means it is a divorced couple trying to navigate their new normal with their kids. And in the case of this sitcom, when one of the spouses meets someone new.
Jim (Jon Cryer) and Julia (Abigail Spencer) were married for 17 years, but like half of the marriages, theirs ended in divorce.
They are the parents of two kids, and they have an interesting custody agreement. They each have one week on and one week off at their old place. So, the kids get to stay in their rooms. And it seems to be working.
Julia has moved on, and she is now engaged to the Celtics’ owner, Trey (Donald Faison). He has never been married, nor has he had any kids. So, he is trying to navigate all of this for the first time.
Julia is there to help him, but Jim is not. However, Jim has no choice because Trey is going to be part of their family. And Trey is learning that he has to give in to Jim because he is the father, and it is still his house.
And that sums up what Extended Family is. It is a family trying to work things out post-divorce with a new partner in the mix.
And this is the reality for so many families today.
Tonight at 8:30p on NBC, Jim gets pulled over with Trey and his kids in the car. Jim gets off with a warning because of who Trey is, and he thinks it is bad for the kids to see they can get away with stuff because of who they are.
Trey doesn’t think it is a problem. But Jim complains to Julia, and now she has to lecture her fiance’ about being a better influence on her children.
Will Trey be able to adjust to his new role as a future stepfather, or will Jim have to stop being so neurotic? You just have to tune into this season’s funniest sitcom! And one of the only family comedies on television. And families need a show to watch together. Because not watching family sitcoms leads to divorce, according to a BS study I just made up in my head.
And talking about things that just came to my head, it took me a few episodes to realize that this is a modern take on the family sitcom. And because of that, it deserves to be given a chance. So give it a chance, and fall in love with it like I have.
