Last week, Manifest aired its season 3 finale with a lot of cliffhangers. Today, we found if all of those cliffhangers helped get the show another season. It did not.
The show’s creator Jeff Rake wrote, “My dear Manifesters,
“I’m devastated by NBC’s decision to cancel us. That we’ve been shut down in the middle is a gut punch to say the least. Hoping to find a new home. You the fans deserve an ending to your story. Thanks for the love shown to me, cast, and crew. #savemanifest”
I am OK with the show ending. That is because anytime a Sci-Fi show brings the Bible or Gd into the storyline, it spells death or boredom. It happened with Supernatural when they added an actual Gd character onto the series. The same happened with Lucifer this season. And it spelled doomsday for Manifest when they tied 828 to Noah’s ark. The second they mentioned that I was still tuning in, but I was also tuned out.
Are you sad that the show had a crash landing midway through what the producers were hoping would be a 6-season run?
NBC had to halt production on Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide after around 40 crew members came down with explosive diarrhea, according to Entertainment Weekly. One member of the crew tested positive for giardia, and the other 39 ran to the port-o-potties to make a disgusting mess. Better in the portable bathrooms than on the slide. Well, for them at least. I would have wanted to see the episode where we got to see the contestants go down the slide and leave a brown slide in their wake.
Back to giardia, according to CDC, it is a parasite that is spread via water or surfaces that are contaminated with infected poop. Therefore, NBC made a decision for the final week of production.
“The health and safety of everyone on our set is our number one priority, so out of an abundance of caution we have made the decision to stop production of Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide at the current location. We are in the process of determining next steps in order to complete production.”
Hopefully, things will go better at their new location and for the series that debut in August.
Even though NBC announced their 2021-2022 schedule almost two weeks ago, they did not reveal the fate of all of their shows. There were four shows, Debris, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Good Girls, and Manifest, waiting to find out if they will be back next season.
I said were because today NBC cancelled Debris just days after the show’s, now series, finale, according to Variety.
I would tell you what it was about, but after watching a few episodes, I still have no idea. I guess I am not the only one, otherwise, it would have gotten a second season.
Hopefully, this bad news will be good news for the three shows I watch. I don’t want to lose any of them. Although Manifest did jump the ark, Noah’s Ark.
They say if something is not broken, then don’t fix it. I guess NBC feels they are broke because they are making a lot of changes to their schedule next year, and I don’t find it funny. That is because there will be no comedies on their lineup. Which means it will be all reality and drama.
They have two themed nights. Wednesday is still going to be Dick Wolf in Chicago, while Thursdays are all about his Law & Order shows.
But let’s get back to the beginning of the week. The Voice is back in the Fall, and only the Fall. Then on Tuesdays, you will notice This Is Us is not there. This is because the melodramatic drama’s final season was pushed to midseason. However, I am not complaining because I am looking forward to La Brea. I am a disaster movie junkie, so a show about a huge sinkhole is right up my alley.
So what about their other Sci-Fi shows? Debris and Manifest are in a sinkhole waiting to find out if someone will rescue them. They are not the only shows down there, so are Good Girls, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and Ellen’s Games of Games.
Got all of that? I didn’t either because it is too much change, and I don’t do well with change.
NBC FALL 2021-22 SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8-10 P.M. — The Voice
10-11 P.M. — ORDINARY JOE
TUESDAY
8-9 P.M. — The Voice
9-10 P.M. — LA BREA
10-11 P.M. — New Amsterdam
WEDNESDAY
8-9 P.M. — Chicago Med
9-10 P.M. — Chicago Fire
10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D.
THURSDAY
8-9 P.M. — LAW & ORDER: FOR THE DEFENSE
9-10 P.M. — Law & Order: SVU
10-11 P.M. — Law & Order: Organized Crime
NBC is getting back into the live musical business this holiday season by doing a production of Annie.
“There are few musicals like ‘Annie’ where you know the words to every song and the overriding message — especially in the trying times we live in — is optimism,” Executive Producer Neil Meron said. “The song ‘Tomorrow’ means more than ever now, and it’s not lost on us that even Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal are impacted by this little orphan who simply believes in the goodness of everyone!”
Casting is underway, but I have some suggestions. I think they should get Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Annie as a kid, to play Miss Hannigan. Adam Levine as her brother Rooster. Jane Levy could play Annie. She played her as a kid, she’s a redhead, and she is still the same size. Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen can play Daddy Warbucks and his right-hand woman Grace. Who do you want to see in those roles?
And are you as excited as I am to see their take on Annie? Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, I have loved this musical since I was even younger than Annie is supposed to be.
