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Fox cancels 3 funny sitcoms and 1 crappy drama, NBC sweet 16 news for SVU |
| May 7th, 2014 under Fox, NBC. [ Comments: none ]
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Fox made my DVR very happy and me very upset because they cancelled Dads, Enlisted and Surviving Jack today according to The Hollywood Reporter. Oh and they also pulled the plug on Rake, but no one cared about that show so it’s barely even worth a mention.
When it comes to the comedies, they made a huge mistake by cancelling all 3. Dads had a core audience and was the only comedy that started in the fall that made me laugh. Plus it really found its groove by the end of the season. Enlisted had a different fan base than Dads, but they were just as loyal to the very funny heartwarming show. That’s because they fought for our country. Finally Surviving Jack was screwed the second they put it on after the dying American Idol. The endearing sitcom never had a chance which is really sad because it deserved one.
But at least Fox still has the gag me with spoon Glee on for another season and that show was barely seen by 2 million people yesterday. How low can they go?
The television news wasn’t all awful today, NBC was smart enough to renew Law & Order: SVU for a 16th season. I wonder whose happier, the fans of the show or the networks that air the repeats on an endless loop all day long? I’ll go with the latter.
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Meet About A Boy’s dad, Chicago Fire is explosive, True Tori halts production |
| April 29th, 2014 under Aaron/Candy/Tori Spelling, Dick Wolf, NBC. [ Comments: 1 ]
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Tonight at 9pm on NBC’s About a Boy we finally meet Marcus’ (Benjamin Stockham) dad and he’s played by Tony Hale. Hugh Womple (Hale), who has been in Antarctica studying penguins, and he just flew in to see his son for a few days. Just because he is there to see him, doesn’t mean he really wants to spend time with him. So now Will (David Walton) will do everything in his power to get those two closer and Fiona (Minnie Driver) and Hugh further apart.
Hale is the perfect actor to fill out that family because he is just quirky enough to be patriarch of it. His presence on the show explains even more why Marcus is the way that he is. Awwwdorable in his own special way!
Then at 10p on NBC, Chicago Fire is rocked by a massive explosion. Lt. Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Dawson (Monica Raymund) volunteered for a charity run at Chicago Medical and something so easy becomes the complete opposite in a second. Dawson goes in the hospital leaving Casey alone outside. While Casey is walking to two little girls, a bomb goes off throwing him into a car, and killing and injuring several people. Now everyone is on a full alert trying to save as many as they can. Which is made a lot more difficult because part of the hospital is missing due to the bomb.
Missing in the rubble is Dawson and her co-workers will do everything they can to find her. Will they find her alive? She isn’t the only person who is missing or injured from their station, someone is working through their injuries and they might become one of that fatalities if they don’t seek some help ASAP.
Along with dealing with the injured, Boden (Eamonn Walker) realizes that there might be another bomb in the hospital and they have to find it. So Cruz (Joe Minoso) and Otis (Yuri Sardarov) go in search of it and eventually they find the explosives. Will they be able to diffuse it before it goes off?
For most of this episode, it is focused on Fire and not PD. Because of that it is really intense as they do a search and rescue. I found myself glued to the television from the beginning to the end. It reminded me when ER was at its best because it is that well done.
So well done I think that NBC made a mistake by doing Chicago PD instead of Chicago Medical. I so want that spinoff instead after this episode.
Now having said that, tonight’s storyline concludes tomorrow on Chicago PD at 10p on NBC.
Also at 10p, but over on Lifetime is True Tori and it is a very emotional and revealing episode. So revealing that Dean McDermott says something that halts production on the show while the network decides if they can continue on with him and the show. What does he say that is so shocking? You just have to tune in to find out.
Let’s just Tori Spelling and him are leaving nothing out about their private lives on this show and it really is their true story. So have the tissues ready because there are a lot of real moments on this episode that will have you crying along with them.
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Tonight’s the final chapter for William Lewis on Law & Order: SVU |
| April 9th, 2014 under Dick Wolf, NBC. [ Comments: none ]
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Tonight at 9p on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU, William Lewis’ (Pablo Schrieber) story concludes.
William collapses in his jail cell, is sent to the hospital, declared dead and then some how comes back to life. When he awakes, he kills the cop guarding him, rapes a nurse and escapes. He goes to a female doctor’s house, kills her, rapes her older daughter and kidnaps her 12 year old daughter. William then calls Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) telling her that he will set her free if she tells the truth. Reluctantly, she agrees to do it but William doesn’t keep his word. He wants to meet with Olivia face-to-face and she sneaks out of the station to do so. Now it is time for their final confrontation. How will it end? You don’t want miss how, so tune in for the last page of an amazing suspenseful book of television.
In a way, I am sad that this story is coming to an end because both Hargitay and Schrieber have been giving Emmy worthy performances in episode that that they have worked together in for the show.
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American Dream Builders is a dream! |
| March 23rd, 2014 under NBC. [ Comments: none ]
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American Dream Builders debuts on NBC tonight at 8p and you don’t want to miss this design competition show that takes renovating to a whole new lever.
12 of the top designers in the US are split into two teams and each episode they will completely have to renovate a house in a week. These houses are owned by everyday people on the same block, and their homes need a lot of work to make them more livable for the families that reside there. The designers can do whatever they want to the house, but they can’t tear it down.
So what happens when you put 6 top designers from different backgrounds on team to work together so that they can completely rebuild a home in just a week? A lot of tension and also a lot of beauty.
So tune into American Dream Builders each week to watch the beautiful transformation of a house from bland to grand!
Nate Berkus hosts the competition show and he does it beautifully. He offers good advice to the contestants and also explains to us what they are doing throughout the whole process.
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Roseanne is the Last Comic Standing! |
| March 21st, 2014 under NBC, Roseanne. [ Comments: none ]
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NBC is bringing back Last Comic Standing on May 22nd and they are changing things up on the reality game show this seaosn. This time around JB Smoove is hosting the show that has previously been hosted by Jay Mohr and Craig Robinson. If The Millers star isn’t a big enough reason for you to watch, then hearing that Roseanne, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Russell Peters are judging the competition will make you want to tune in.
At the beginning of the 13 week show, we will watch 100 comedians get narrowed down to 10. Once we get to the Top Ten, then NBC says, “In this phase, they will compete in different comedy disciplines, such as sketch, improv and stand-up, proving themselves both individually and in teams.”
As someone who has watched and loved every season of Last Comic Standing, I am so thrilled that it is not only back, but it is returning with this awesome lineup of comedians. You know, Roseanne is going to be bringing the interesting.
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