Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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For decades, it has been the boys who commit the crimes, but NBC’s Good Girls changed that. Tonight at 10p, Beth (Christina Hendricks), her sister Annie (Mae Whitman) and their friend Rubi (Retta) are back and Detroit will never be safe again from housewives.

When we last left off, Beth’s husband Dean was being held at gunpoint by Rio (Manny Montana) and she had a gun of her own. Shortly after the episode starts off, we will find out what she does next.

We also get to find out how police officer Stan (Reno Wilson) reacts to finding out his wife is a criminal. She choose the life of crime to help pay their daughter’s never-ending medical bills. Will that sway him or will he arrest her and her friends?

Meanwhile, Annie (Mae Whitman) is sleeping with her baby daddy who is trying to make a baby with his wife. They need to keep her affair secret from everyone, especially their daughter Sadie (Isaiah Stannard), who identifies as a boy.

If that is not enough, they still need money. How are they going to get it? You know these three women will find a way. Will Rio let them be out on their own?

Coming up this season, there will be a death, a baby, betrayals, change in power, sex with and without someone, fights and so much more.

I would say sit back and relax, but this show keeps on the edge of our seats. It truly is the show us women need because it shows our men when we are bad, we are even better Good Girls.

🗣 SEVEN-SEVEN! We're coming back again for another round, squad. #Brooklyn99 pic.twitter.com/hTKOcvRfwe

— Brooklyn Nine-Nine (@nbcbrooklyn99) February 28, 2019

Last year, Fox decided to parole Brooklyn Nine-Nine after serving five seasons. NBC finds the show arresting, so they locked it up for a sixth one. The sitcom found a million more captivated viewers in its new cell. Therefore, NBC announced today that it is adding another year to its sentence. Take that Fox!

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The Enemy Within debuts at 10p tonight at NBC and it has quite an opening. It starts out with several people being killed off in ways you would think is only reserved for the big screen. Translation, they will have you hooked by the opening credits.

Those people, who died, worked for the government and now the FBI is trying to catch the terrorist behind the attacks. It is not the first time they have dealt with him, and the last time he used a CIA Operative to help him out.

Erica Shepherd (Jennifer Carpenter) was charged with treason because it was assumed that she played a part in the deaths of four of her co-workers. Turns out she only supplied their names to the terrorist because he was going to kill her daughter. She never told anyone why she did it. Therefore, everyone hates her.

No one more than Will Keaton (Morris Chestnut). His fiancee was one of the people that died that day. Imagine his reaction when he finds out that he is going to have to work with her because she is the best at what she does. They need to catch this guy before he kills again. Which is why he is willing to make the sacrifice.

They will work together because he has no choice, but will he grow to trust her? Will they catch the man who ruined both of their lives? You will just have to tune in every week to find out and you will want to know what happens next.

The Enemy Within is the type of show that feels like an action movie, so it will keep you wanting more. Unlike movies, you don’t have wait years for the sequel, just a week. Which is still too long of a wait.

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NBC announced yesterday that it was not moving forward with a live version of Hair on May 19th. This announcement comes a week after RENT bombed on Fox. But I think there were other contributing factors.

Back in May 2018, NBC announced that Hair would be its next live musical. Which, I thought, was very brave. Even though it is one of my favorite musicals, it is not really broadcast TV friendly.

Strike 1 – On August 20th, Craig Zadan, who co-produced the live musicals, passed away suddenly. Leaving his business partner, Neil Meron, alone for the first time to do a show on his own.

Strike 2 – Just over a month later, Bob Greenblatt resigned as the Head of Entertainment at NBC. Greenblatt loved live television and Broadway, and he was the one who brought musicals to life on the network. With his departure, even Jesus Christ Superstar’s Emmy wins were probably not enough to keep them going.

Strike 3 – HBO scheduled the series finale of Game of Thrones for that night. If that was not bad enough, ABC did the same with American Idol’s finale. Although, I think the latter will even make a blip in the ratings.

Strike 4 – RENT: Live, the ’90s version of Hair, aired on Fox to disastrous ratings.
All of sudden taking a risk on a risque show does not sound like a good idea,

Which means Hair is out of there.

Does that mean we have reached the sunset of the age of Aquarius of live musicals? NBC’s new heads of Entertainment, Paul Telegdy and George Cheeks, told Variety, “Live musicals are a part of this network’s DNA and we are committed to continuing that tradition with the right show at the right time.”

Which means they want something more family friendly. Since ABC probably gets first dibs on the Disney shows that does not leave a whole lot of options. They can do Annie, but do little girls still know it like we do. One of my favorites, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is great but it has not been done in a while. Which is still more current than Jennifer Lopez’s Bye Bye Birdie that one is indefinite hold at NBC. They can try to beat Steven Speilberg to the punch and do West Side Story. Even that one is not really kid friendly. Maybe they can switch it up and do Fiddler on the Roof for Chanukah. If I were a rich man…

In short, I think we have seen the last of live Broadway musical productions. I am grateful for the ones we had. Even the bad ones like Peter Pan. Sorry, I hated it on Broadway and hated it on NBC. But at least it is still better than Cats.

Are you sad that this tradition has come to an end? Maybe someday soon they will let the sun shine in again. Hopefully soon! Hopefully sooner than when Hamilton becomes eligible to be done by Hollywood.

Out of all of the pilots I watched for this season New Amsterdam was by far my favorite. Throughout the season it has stayed on top, not just for me but for millions of other people. Therefore, it makes sense that NBC asked the medical drama for a second season.

The show, that stars Ryan Eggold as the medical director of New Amsterdam, NYC’s biggest hospital, is unlike the other shows in the genre. Instead of focusing on the disease they focus on the patient. It is a strange concept, but it is why I love it. That and Eggold’s facial expressions deserve their own reward. I just want to hug him every time he does he this one thing with his face.

You have to see what I mean to understand what I am saying. If you have not seen the program yet, then watch it on the NBC app.

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