https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5-0wgrWB9g
After The Conners at 8p on ABC, it is time to get to know The Clearys in The Kids Are Alright. They are an Irish-Catholic family trying to survive in 1972.
Mike Cleary (Michael Cudlitz) and Peggy (Mary McCormack) are the parents to seven boys and they are trying to get them to all turn out OK. The oldest one was studying to be a priest, but not he has dropped out of school and moved home. The middle one is has a sense for drama and wants to be more artsy.
I would give more of a description but after watching two episodes, I don’t know or care what it is about and who any of the boys are. Too many kids and none that stand out like they were able to do on Just the Ten of Us. Talking about old sitcoms, it reminds me of The Wonder Years, but not as good.
Therefore, ABC better hope The Conners is a smash hit because their Tuesday night is going to need it.
Then at 9p, Black-ish is back for its 5th season. Now that they sent Zoey (Yara Shahidi) away to a Grown-ish college, it is time for Junior to do the same.
Since Marcus Scribner did not get his own sitcom and they cannot lose another kid, he has decided to take a gap year. When Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross) find out about it, they lose it. They do everything to get him to go back to school. Who will win this fight?
Now that Jack (Miles Brown) and Diane (Marsai Martin) are getting older, the twins begin to ponder if the should they should no longer share a bedroom together.
Black-ish remains consistent and ABC needs to this on this night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9K06dCP-lc
Then at 10p, Nathan Fillion returns to ABC on The Rookie. Instead of playing a consultant to the NYPD, now he is a cop working for the LAPD.
John Nolan (Fillion) life seems over because he and his wife get divorced. On the day the divorce is final, the bank he is in gets held up. He confronts the bank robber and decides to move across the country to become a cop. Something that is not as easy to do when you are 40.
Now that he has finished the academy, it is time for him to work the beat. He gets assigned to Talia Bishop (Afton Williamson) and she is not going to make his life easy. Don’t worry he will not make her life easy either. He is over eager, over the hill and under experienced. Three things that will get them both in trouble.
Are the streets safer with him on them or more dangerous? You will have to tune in to find out.
The Rookie is your average cop show from the ’90s. Nothing great, but nothing that makes you say I have to watch it every week like you did Castle. If you want something to help put you to sleep on Tuesday nights, then this is perfect for you.
