Pool Party with Buddies: Great News "Pool Show"

When Chuck befriends with Portia's fiance, he tries to help her with their relationship, while Katie and Jeremy go undercover for a story and getting Carol to think of something different. Here's a recap of Great News.

When Katie gets another puff piece story, she talks to Jeremy about it and joins him on an undercover story. But when she cancels plains with Carol, it makes Carol worried. Carol gets Greg and spy on Katie and Jeremy, thinking that they were going to take their relationship to the next level and tells Greg that Katie has feeling for him.

After what they thought Katie and Jeremy were endanger, they left after a Greg tries to be a hero but fails. Katie returns to work apologizing to Carol about missing their show the other night and also asked Greg to stop the puff Hero piece. But Carol knows a hero and she was standing by him after she walked out of Greg's office.

Meanwhile, when Portia's fiance was in the office, Chuck enjoys hanging out with him. Soon, they become befriends and hangout at the pool. Portia doesn't like it and Chuck sees that both Portia and her Fiance are having relationship troubles. So he tries to help them with their performances and shows an exercise video that he made years ago. The video did help but not in the way you would think and gets Portia and her fiance fixing their relationship.

"Pool Show" was at times hilarious and some with memorable moments. I couldn't get enough of Carol and Greg scenes in this episode as they spy on Katie and Jeremy. And just watching John Michael Higgins in this episode is just hilarious. Anything he does is comedy magic. Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

You can catch Great News Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c on NBC.

Top TV Shows of 2017

With less than ten hours to go til the beginning of the new year, I'd thought I put up my list of top shows of 2017.

2017 has been a memorable year in television. Must See TV is back on NBC with the return of Will and Grace, not to mention the four hour comedy block as well with Superstore, The Good Place, Great News and Chicago Fire. The Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies grabbed viewers and critics attention while This Is Us stole our hearts and grabbing tissues. We were stunned with what was the most shocking season finale moment of the year on The Good Place.  And not to mention saying goodbye to shows like Girls and even saying goodbye to the 12th Doctor on Doctor Who.

Here's my list of the tops shows of the 2017 year.

Top 10 Comedy
1. The Good Place, NBC
2. Atlanta, FX
3. Great News, NBC
4. Veep, HBO
5. Will & Grace, NBC
6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fox
7. Better Things, FX
8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
9.  Master of None, Netflix
10. Superstore, NBC

Honorable Mention: Fresh Off the Boat, ABC, Kevin Can Wait, CBS, Girls, HBO, The Carmichael Show, NBC, GLOW, Netflix, Shameless, Showtime, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, The Mayor, ABC, Ghosted, Fox, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The CW, Board City, Comedy Central.

Top 10 Dramas
1. The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu
2. This Is Us, NBC
3. Westworld, HBO
4. Stranger Things, Netflix
5. The Sinner, USA Network
6. Victoria, PBS
7. Big Little Lies, HBO
8. The Americans, FX
9. Riverdale, The CW
10. Supergirl, The CW

Honorable Mention:  Mr. Robot, USA Network, Being Mary Jane, BET, Blindspot, NBC, Halt and Catch Fire, AMC, The Walking Dead, AMC, iZombie, The CW, The Crown, Netflix, American Horror Story: Cult, FX, Dark Matter, SyFy, 13 Reasons Why, Netflix, The Blacklist, NBC, Bull, CBS, Chicago Fire/PD/Med/Justice, NBC, Doctor Who, BBC America, Casualty, BBC One, Grimm, NBC, Suits, USA Network,

Top 10 Shows of 2017
1. The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu
2. The Good Place, NBC
3. This Is Us, NBC
4. Big Little Lies, HBO
5. The Americans, FX
6. Atlanta, FX
7. Will & Grace, NBC
8. Victoria, PBS
9. Stranger Things, Netflix
10. Great News, NBC

Those were my top 10 TV shows of the 2017 year. There were a lot of great shows this year and more to come in the new year that I can't wait and I'm sure you can't wait either. Even with the huge success return of Will and Grace , another comedy is returning as well, Roseanne this March and even The X-Files returns for season 11 this week on FOX. Looks like 2018 will be something to look forward to.

As the new year soon comes near, I want to wish everyone a Happy and Joyous to 2018. Cheers to all of you and to television in 2018.

Chicago Med "Mountains and Molehills" Preview

Here's a preview of next week's episode of Chicago Med, "Mountains and Molehills"

When a young woman with HIV symptoms and no insurance refuse to take the test, Goodwin and Dr. Choi attempt to treat her without taking a toll on the hospital's resources. Natalie and Will try to diagnose a young girl with increasing paralysis. Noah deals with his first death as a resident and takes it upon himself to inform the family. Sarah continues to avoid work as her fear over the hospital's security increases.

You can catch Chicago Med when it returns Tuesday, Jan. 2nd at 10/9c on NBC.

Need to Take a Selfie: Great News "Night of the Living Screen"

Regarding "Night of the Living Screen," this episode was one to remember.

When Katie gets jealous of how her friend gets to have a happy life and shows it on her Instagram account, she tries to up one on her with her fun advent numerous times. But she would have to find someone always out on adventurous events, which is a no brand-braino-brand-brainerng Portia if she could go with her to one of her parties and some fantastic photos, Katie coucan'top at one, two or three but turns into a person with an addiction and goes crazy. 

Once Portia puts the brakes on Katie, it doesn't stop Katie from going to the next party. Once she gets there, she turns into a crazy zombie-like bride who wants to snap photos and soon realizes that she's taken the whole thing way too far. Not to mention that her best friend admitted to her that the posts she shares on Instagram aren't actual and that her family is a pain in the ass.

"Night of the Living Screen" was one excellent episode that, after watching it over and over again, it's still funny as once before. Heelan and Richie are fantastic together in this episode, and the writing is so good. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Great News on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on NBC.

They're the Best News Team!" Great News "Award Show"

When The Breakdown gets nominated for an award, Chuck and Katie try to make it about them and not the team or mother.

As the news came down that The Breakdown got nominated for an award, Chuck was excited. as was Katie, and tried to make it about them. With Chuck, he abandoned his crew and hung out with his old, challenging new colleagues, who turned out to be at the end of their broadcasting careers with recent changes. Katie, on the other hand, doesn't want her mother to be her plus one due to the previous times that she embarrassed her (like Kayneing Kayne West at a young talent show).

So Katie tells Carol that she can't come because Greg doesn't want anyone to bring a plus one, but that all changed when Carol signed up to be a fill-in-seat person at the award show. Soon, Katie realized that she wanted her mother with her, and that was when Carol figured out that she was up for the same award for best news show.

Chuck learns he's doing better than his counterpart, so he calls friends in the news business. After watching one get humiliated, he returned to his news team, who happened to be sitting near the bathroom, and apologized to them for his actions and was welcomed back. And even though The Breakdown didn't win the best new show, they sure pulled a Kayne West on the winner, even if they were helping refugees.

"Award Show" was another great half-hour of comedy that brought in a lot of laughs and memorable moments. Briga Heelan and John Michael Higgins steal the episode with such sharp comedy, along with the other cast. The writing was excellent. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Great News on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on NBC.

Last Call! Pitch Perfect 3

If this is the last call for our Bellas, I'm totally comfortable it after watching Pitch Perfect 3 that just it theaters this weekend.

After graduating from college, the Bellas are having difficulty with their careers and tries to get one last performance when they perform for the USO tour. They learn that they must complete against bands that us instruments.

After getting a bit of taste from other performers, they try to make their act a bit better and lose the fun of what they have done in the past. But as they finally find their way, Becca gets a record deal, but only her and not the rest of the Bellas. But when it comes to the Bellas, they learn, grow and move forward.

I've enjoyed this movie from start to finish. The performance from the cast was hilarious and at times emotional when it comes to the scenes of the characters embarrassing the future, let alone the last performance and the end credits as well. The song choices in this film was amazing with "Toxic," "Cheap Thrills" and "Freedom! '90" were outstanding and John Lithgow's performance in the film is funny at times. The film depicts on how when you miss something so bad that even though you can't do it forever, you'll always have the people you were around with still with you.

Even though it doesn't top Pitch Perfect 2, Pitch Perfect 3 gets close enough be what we expect the film to be with great songs, hilarious jokes and characters that we watch grow move forward to their new chapters. Overall, I give this movie 8/10.

You can catch Pitch Perfect 3 in theaters now.

OH OH OMG!!! Life In Pieces "The Twelve Shorts of Christmas"

From rocking to classic Christmas carol to suicidal rumba vacuum, cleaning bee holes to even the greatest gift, this Christmas with the Shorts will surely be remembered this year.

In this Christmas episode, we see twelve short stories of the Shorts and how they spend their days updaysChristmas—from rocking out to Carol of the Bells by Mannheim Steamroller to Sophia accidentally drinking egg nog instead of milk to going to,  not to mention the sad, funny, and confused moment when Joan's rumba vacuum committed suicide. Not to msayttherthereeehive jokes, Greg, Heathe,r, and Matt are trying to recapture their moment in the tub when they were kids.

"The Twelve Shorts of Christmas" is a half-hour of comedy gold, with many, many memorable moments that I would put this episode on the list of great Christmas classic episodes. The cast was terrific, and let alone the writing was strong, solid, and outstanding. I recommend you watch this episode before Christmas. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces on Thursdays at 9:308:30 on CBS.

The Intern Challenge: Great News "Honeypot!"

Great News tackles sexual harassment.

When Diana gets promoted to be COO of MMN's parent company, which has her moves overseas, she becomes a sudden subject matter from the male staff of some bizarre sexually charged harassment. Katie, who Juhad St got promoted to senior associate producer from Diana, didn't believe her coworkers' claims until her mother revealed that she made head intern only after cooperating with Diana's demanding behavior.

But when the entire newsroom captures Diana in the act, she admits she was trying to end her corporate career by receiving a golden parachute like other male executives who misbehave. However, she resolved the issue when she extended her professional success.

Meanwhile, with Carol's new intern job and getting disrespected by the young interns, she earns their respect by getting a balloon from the ceiling that has been there for decades of failed attempts by others.

"Honeypot!" is a funny version of sexual harassment and teaches a bit about Disclosure, too. The cast was once again excellent in this episode, along with the writing. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Great News on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on NBC.

Who's Got Game: Great News "Squad Feud"

Great News is blowing up in the best way possible!!!

After a Q&A of the mighty women in the workforce that led to them feuding with one another t, they seized each other's squad, even Tatakeway Portia's social media followers. But when it came to Portia, pulling a parody of Taylor Swift's Bad Blood and posting a music video titled "Wash Dish, Bish."

Not to mention, the relationship between Katie and Greg grows as they switch positions after Katie begs Greg to do a story she wants. After a few bumps in the road, Katie seems to get the hang of it, and Diana gives her the Executive Producer position. The feud between them was sometimes hilarious, mostly when Carol, who knows about Katie and Greg's kiss, tried to get them back into that mood. But in the end, Katie takes her old job back from Diana.

"Squad Feud" might be my favorite episode of the second season so far, with the wit and intelligent writing. And not to mention the performances from the cast, mainly from Nicole Richie, who shines with her character feuding with Fey's character. I couldn't get enough of the music video of Portia and the crew. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Great News on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on NBC.

New News: Great News "Boardroom Bitch" Season Premiere

In the season premiere of Great News, a new boss takes over The Breakdown with some changes.

After pulling off a fake new stunt, The Breakdown gets a new boss, Diana St. Tropez, who makes a splashing first appearance as the station's janitor. With Diana making some changes, Katie, a massive fan of hers, asked if she could be her mentor but declined. But Katie gets one piece of advice from her to freeze her eggs to put her career first over family.

Meanwhile, Diana makes some changes to the format of The Breakdown, taking the format of cable news with shouting about topics that become ratings winners. Chuck, who doesn't like the new format, tries his best to one up on the panel but fails until Portia gives him a helping hand and gets Chuck to speak his mind on why change is bad.

Carol learns of what Katie is doing and takes matters into her own hands with Diana. After several intelligent and hilarious moments with one another, Diana decides to take the challenge of mentoring Katie, like running a marathon on a full bladder. But later, Carol and Katie understand, and Carol learns from Katie, and she and Greg kiss.

"Boardroom Bitch" is an excellent episode that brought many laughs and memorable scenes from the cast and that includes Tina Fey as Diana. I think that Diana St. Tropez might be one of the best bosses that I've seen since Michael Scott. The writing of this episode was excellent and had some good character growth. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Great News on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on NBC.

The Blacklist Returns Jan. 3rd

Here's a preview of the winter premiere of The Blacklist "Ruin"

Liz abandons her old life and seeks out a fresh start in a place where no one knows her history, her name, or the depths of her grief. When an unexpected threat finds her, she is forced to draw on her emotional and physical strength in a brutal fight for survival. 

The Blacklist returns Wednesday,Jan.3rd at 8/7c, here's a promo.

Live it Up Like It's Your Last! The Good Place "Chapter 18: Existential Crisis"

Just as things are seeming to go to plan, Michael finally understands the meaning of live like there's no tomorrow.

Just as Vicky thinks her plan is working, Michael gives her his plan for torture of what she could do with Eleanor and the gang. But she didn't like how long it is and wants them in a one page with pictures (you know someone like the current President wants every memo).

As Michael gets Vicky's plan about having Tahani throw a party, she'll be throwing a party too. As Tahani and Jason prepare for the party, Chidi tries to teach Michael about ethics but when he talks to Michael about death and what would happen to him if Shawn found out, it turned Michael into a broken man.

Our gang get together at Tahani's party but when they headed over to Vicky's party, Tahani became mad and jealous about it. That lead her back to her party along with Jason, who tells her his own good person meter and rates her at an eight out of ten.

Meanwhile, Michael runs off during Vicky's party but comes back with a look out of Miami Vice, shocking Eleanor and Chidi. They try to get the old Michael back and Chidi tells Eleanor that the only way is to tell a story of a sad event about death. With a flashback of Eleanor's past of learning about her dog had died as a child, at her dad's funeral to even crying about family at Bed, Bath and Beyond. And Eleanor tells Michael that moment and it seemed to work as he's back from his mid-life crisis.

As Chidi, Eleanor and Michael about to get ready for another lesson, Tahani and Jason wake up in bed together after a night stand. Tahani shocked and wanted to talk about it but Jason, too excited, wanted to make her breakfast cereal. Given Tahani a moment to think and smile.

"Existential Crisis" was another great episode that had a lot of humorist moments and not to mention some heartfelt moments as well. The humorist moments coming from Danson once again with Michael reacting to what death really means for him and dressing like Don Johnson from Miami Vice. The heartfelt moments comes in with Jason making Tahani feel better after coming from Vicky's party. And also Eleanor's flashback and moment with Michael was sure a heartfelt moment to see the characters, that includes Tahani and Jason, to grow and open up. The writing was strong and performances were solid. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch The Good Place Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

Go Go Team Cockroach!! The Good Place "Chapter 17: Team Cockroach"

As Michael propose to team up against Vicky, Eleanor and the gang try to get something out of it, mostly Eleanor.

Michael proposes that he, Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason team up against Vicky and her ideas of The Good Place. With that idea on the table, Eleanor doesn't believe at all what Michael is saying at all and tries to escape back the Mindy's place. But Chidi comes to give Eleanor a second thought, she goes back to Michael and asked him about how many times he has helped her in situations, with the answer to be all the time.

In the middle of the episode, we get to learn about how Tahani died. She died of a statue falling on to her after trying to take it down during her sister's Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame party. Tahani really got the reason why she isn't in the good place.

Eleanor agrees with the others to team up with Michael and get rebooted back to where they all started with frozen yogurt stands all around. Michael and Eleanor take another tour and get to watch Vicky perform her song and dance number to everyone. Michael tells the gang that he will be watching over them for Vicky so that will give them time to learn about good ethics so they go to the real good place. And just as they prepare for what is to come at Vicky's party, Eleanor and the gang, including Michael and Janet, get their hands together and yell out "Team Cockroach" as their team name.

"Team Cockroach" was once again one of the funniest episodes and probably one of those episodes that you could watch and feel better at the same time. With so much humor and character growth that watching these group of characters would make you feel good if you are in a bad or depress mood. The performance from the cast was amazing once again. Everyone really shined equal to one another, but if I really had to choose it would be Bell, Jamil and Danson. The writing was solid once again. Overall, I give this episode 9/10.

You can catch The Good Place Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

Dance Crew: The Good Place "Chapter 16: Dance Dance Resolution"

As Michael's attempt for the second try failed, he thinks that the third time will be the charm even if Shawn doesn't know.

"Dance Dance Resolution" might be one of the funniest episodes so far, only being the third episode, this season. With the show showing so much character growth and wit, Ted Danson brings his best comedy chops in this episode as Michael tries once again for the third time to get Eleanor and not have her figure out she's in the Bad Place.

But the third become twelve and twelve become ninety and so on and so on. With every attempt that Michael had come up with it would fail again and again by Eleanor Not to mention that even Jason figured it out by himself and that would be the lowest point for Michael to have learned.

Just as he might have the right concept, Michael meets with his workers, but only to see Vicky there. She attempts to blackmail Michael that if he reboots one more time that she'll take over and tell Shawn all about what happened in attempt two.

As Michael gives it some thought about Vicky's proposal, Eleanor and Chidi figure out again that they're in the bad place and leave for the middle place with Janet meeting once again with Mindy. There they learned that they've been coming to Mindy's place fifteen times already and even showed Eleanor that her and Chidi are actually meant to be together after show her a video of them making out.

As soon as Elanor and Chidi get back together Tahani and Jason, Michael shows up and gets a word full from Eleanor about the bad place and asking for demands. But Michael throws them a shocking moment that he would want to team up with them.

This was Danson's best episode so far in this series. I've enjoyed the reboots and attempts but the one scene I've enjoyed the most was when he was getting depress, drinking while talking to his recorder and just goes on about how fat he's getting and shakes his legs. While saying this Eleanor is right there in front of his desk. Not to mention the Eleanor and Chidi relationship I've so much enjoyed. I don't think that Eleanor will tell Chidi about the tape for a while. The writing was solid and the performances was excellent from the cast but also from  Tiya Sircar, who plays Vicky on the show, that really stole the episode. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch The Good Place Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

Life In Pieces "Thirty-Five Teacher Escape Lottery"

From staying positive for a birthday to playing a game at home and trying to indict someone, this week's episode of Life in Pieces showed a lot of perfect moments.

"Story One: Jen's Birthday" 

It's Jen's 35th birthday, and she's unhappy about it. Greg tries to keep things positive and gives her another b-day card showing Clementine's picture. Greg thinks that having Clementine as Lark's babysitter would be great, but not to Jen. As Jen goes with Lark and Clementine to the park, she sees that Clementine is great. Things take shape when Greg, Jen, Clementine, and Lark go out for Jen's birthday, and the waitress accidentally thinks that Clementine is Lark's mother and Jen is Lark's grandmother. Jen drinks her way through her birthday cake, happens to have 53 on the cake, and soon falls asleep at the table.

"Story Two: Teacher's Pet"

Just as Heather and Sophia get going, they see Tyler and his friend, who happens to be Sophia's science teacher. What looked gross at the beginning for Sophia begins a special treatment from the teacher. But Tyler couldn't take his friend's kids, as they were acting out of control with him. So he had to break it up, and her teacher punished Sophia. But that all changed when Sophia bought flowers for her teacher and had them made by Tyler, and of course, she took stock.

"Story Three: Escape House"

When John wants to bond with his boys, he decides to get into the Escape house game that has been a hit around town. The game takes place in John's bedroom, and as soon as the game starts, they are locked from the inside and must find a way to get out, but when they see a moving van outside with the guy and crew taking John's stuff out, they realized that they're being robbed and they were with nothing left in the house.

"Story Four: Lottery"

After having lunch with Joan, Colleen is not only upset about being with Matt's mother but also that her lottery ticket was stolen from her and blames it on the valet guy. Matt thinks she had misplaced it and asked his mother to lie and say that she had found the ticket but wouldn't. So when Colleen and Matt drive back to the restaurant and ask for the valet guy, he doesn't work there after he quits. Matt tells Colleen that she has to acknowledge that she lost things, and she walks away, but Matt comes driving back after he finds the ticket in the car and asks her to forgive him. She did, of course.

This episode was excellent and funny most of the time. I find each one to be as humorist as the last one, but I enjoyed Jen's Birthday and the Lottery. The writing of this episode was excellent, and the performance from the cast was once again amazing. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Victoria Season 2 Trailer and Clips

Just about a month away til the season 2 premiere of Victoria on Masterpiece. Here's some trailer and behind the scenes clips of season 2.

And even though we might get to see it air in the United States, here's a trailer for the Christmas Special that'll air this Christmas on ITV.

You can the second season of Victoria Sunday, January 14th at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS.

Twas the Night: Chicago Med "Naughty or Nice"

Twas the holiday in the air at Chicago Med, and all the doctors and nurses were doing their best to bring in the holiday cheer.  Okay, I'm not Charles Dicksens, but give me a little credit for coming up with that passage for this week's episode of Chicago Med.

With Christmas just around the corner, the doctors and nurses at Chicago Med face challenges that will define their professional and personal values. Let's start with Dr. Charles as he gets news about Kellogg, the man who shot him, was found dead in prison. The new Goodwin thinks that Charles should take a couple of days off to clear the air but instead takes on a patient who comes in pretty loony. But when Dr. Choi learns that the patient killed a priest, it doesn't settle with Charles as the patient freaks out and shocks him with the electric pedals. Of course, Charles tries to treat the patient the way he wanted to try with Kellogg, but after a check-up from Reese, who feels very bad about Kellogg's death, Charles takes Goodwin's offer to take a break.

April and Noah butted heads while taking care of a patient that has a sister who's a bit bossy. April tries to help Noah with the orders, but Noah sees she doesn't think he knows it. Seeing that the patient has the same symptoms as other patients in Chicago, it turned out with the help from Robyn that the Christmas tree that the patient got inflected with back bacteria from lousy soil. Weird, right? But in the end, April and Noah do forgive one another and have a nice moment looking at the brother and sister that they helped.

Manning and Halstead were faced with the challenge when it came to informing a health risk and Manning treating a pregnant woman for a check-up and coming to find out that it was Braxton hicks contractions.  Meanwhile, Halstead meets with the pregnant woman's husband, who looks pale as a zombie and gets a workup with the results showing that he has the Zika virus. The husband admitted to Halstead about being away with another woman and demanded not to tell his wife about it because the husband is a lawyer. Halstead tells Manning about it, and Manning tries to talk to the wife as they leave, but Halstead comes in with the last-second save as he calls the CDC to handle it.

Meanwhile, while it's Robyn's first day back, she works with April and Noah on the outbreak case. She seemed to hear noises in her office, thinking that her mental state wasn't well again. But after running a test with Reese, it showed nothing wrong. It turned out to be nothing, and I learned that the noises from her office were the air events getting fixed.

While Robyn was working and worrying, Rhodes took on a patient who fell off the ladder and had his organs move in places where fecal matter was in the patient's lungs. But he and Bekker team up to fix the patient, and as one of the nurses says, they like Jordan and Pippen. I second that with their perfect chemistry, even though there still seems to be some bad blood there.

Not to mention, Goodwin faced the challenges of the hospital's broken system once again when Santa, who was waiting in the waiting room, died, and his family got a $1600 bill. Goodwin takes it with the Troll and feels they should pay for it. Goodwin took it to the board and got the bill taken off. But the Board didn't like the way Goodwin did that and might be thinking of removing her from her job.

"Naughty or Nice" was an exciting, intense (at times) and joyful hour of television. There was excellent character growth and a perfect continued storyline of Charles and even Reese with the Kellogg story. I thought that this was Dr. Charles's best episode. Even though I love the #Manstead story, I like the chemistry between Rhodes and Bekker. I can't wait to see where these two, along with Robyn, will go. The writing was so good, and the performance from Platt was excellent. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med when it returns Tuesday, Jan. 2nd at 10/9c on NBC.

24th annual SAG Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 24th annual Screen Actor Guild Awards were announced Wednesday and HBO's Big Little Lies and Netflix series GLOW led the field with four nods. 

The 2018 SAG Awards will be simulcast live on both TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 21st with the first ever host hosted by The Good Place star Kristen Bell.

Here are the nominations:

Drama Ensemble

Game of Thrones
The Crown
Stranger Things
The Handmaid's Tale
This Is Us

Drama Actress

Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Claire Foy, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Drama Actor

Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling L. Brown, This Is Us
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Comedy Ensemble

Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Orange Is the New Black
VEEP

Comedy Actress

Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Alison Brie, GLOW

Comedy Actor

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
William H. Macy, Shameless
Marc Maron, GLOW

TV Movie or Miniseries Female Actor

Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Susan Sarandon, FEUD: Bette and Joan
Jessica Lange, FEUD: Bette and Joan
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies

TV Move or Miniseries Male Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Jeff Daniels, Godless
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Geoffery Rush, Genius
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies

Stunt Team

Game of Thrones
GLOW
Homeland
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead

Victoria Renewed for Season 3

After we've seen Jenna Coleman's Victoria ascended to the throne and married Prince Albert, ITV has ordered a third season for the hit royal drama show, the Official Twitter account announced.

The new season will follow the next chapter in the monarch's eventful life and will see Coleman and Tom Hughes, who plays Albert, both return. The second season, that aired on ITV in the fall, averaged 4 million viewers, which was down slightly down from the first season.

Creator Daisy Goodwin said that season three will begin in 1848, a "hugely dramatic and eventful" time for the royals as revolutions across Europe created uncertainty around the monarchy. "Viewers can expect more drama than ever before in the third series," she added.

PBS airs Victoria and will air the second season in January. Questions on whether the Christmas special will air this December in the US is unknown, but it will air on ITV. Here's a trailer.

Homeland Season 7 (2018) | Official Trailer | Claire Danes & Mandy Patin...

Here's the first trailer for season seven of Homeland. Things get very intense this season.







Homeland returns this February on Showtime.

Supergirl Cast This Is Us Actress Who's Connected to Reign.

Kara may have gotten her butt handed to her by Regn during the fall finale of Supergirl, but a new development in 2018 could turn that around in a good way.

TVLine had learned exclusively that Krys Marshall (This Is Us) will recure in the second half of the CW drama's third season. Marshall will be playing Julia Freeman, a 20-something musician  living near National City who holds clues to Reign's true identity.

It's not clear on how Julia will play into the fight against Reign, but when the former executive producer Andrew Kreisberg told TVLive that "Supergirl is about to face her greatest nemesis in the three years that we've been doing the show... so it's going to take all the allies that she can muster to take Reign down."

Along appearing on This Is Us, Marshall has had small screen credit that includes roles in One Day at a Time and How I Met Your Mother.

Supergirl returns Monday, Jan. 15 at 8/7c with a reun of news episodes, befoe handing the time slot ove to DC's Legends of Tomorrow on Monday, Feb. 1. Supergirl will return on Monday, April 16 until it's season finale on Monday, June 18th.

Good Girls (NBC) "Good Girls Go Bad" Promo HD - Christina Hendricks, Mae...

Here's a new promo for the new series "Good Girls" coming to NBC.

Chicago Med "Naughty or Nice" Preview

Here's a preview of Tuesday's episode of Chicago Med, "Naughty or Nice.

When Dr. Charles learns a troubling fact about the man who shot him. Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Bekker come to an agreement during a complicated surgery. Will and Natalie are trapped by legal ethics when an unfaithful husband refuses to tell his wife about his inconclusive Zika test. Meanwhile, April and Noah discover working together isn't always easy while Goodwin contunes to argue with the board over hospital costs after an avoidable patient's death.

You can catch Chicago Med Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Golden Globe TV Nominations

Monday was the announcements for the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards. Here are the Golden Globe television nominations.

Drama Series:

The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us

Drama Actor:

Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Drama Actress:

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Claire Foy, The Crown
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce
Katherine Langfor, 13 Reasons Way
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale

Comedy or Musical Series:

Blackish
Master of None
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
SMILF
Will & Grace

Comedy or Musical Actor:

Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick
William H. Macy, Shameless
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace

Comedy of Musical Actress:

Pamela Adoln, Better Things
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Issa Rae, Insecure
Frankie Shaw, SMILF

TV Movie or Miniseries:
Big Little Lies

Fargo
FEUD: Bette and Joan
The Sinner
Top of the Lake: China Girl

TV Movie or Miniseries Actor:

Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Jude Law, The Young Pope
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks
Ewan McGregor, Frago
Geoffrey Rush, Genius

TV Movie or Miniseries Actress:

Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, FEUD: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, FEUD: BEtte and Joan
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

TV Series Movie or Miniseries Supporting Actress:

Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Anne Dowd, Handmaid's Tale
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Michaelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

TV Series Movie or Miniseries Supporting Actor 

Daid Harbour, Stranger Things
Alfred Monlina, FEUD: Bette and Joan
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little lies
Savid Thewlis, Frago

You an catch the 75th Golden Globes Sunday, January 7th hosted by Seth Meyers on NBC.

Jessica Jones Season 2 is Set for March

Jessica Jones is back on the case once again this coming March.

Netflix has announced Saturday that the Krysten Ritter-lead Marvel series will release its 13 episodes Season 2 on Thursday, March 8th.

Season 2 of Marvel's Jessica Jones, the New York City private eye is beginning to put her life back together after murdering her tormentor Kilgrave (played by David Tennant). Now known throughout the city as a super-powered killer, a new case has made her relucatantly confront who she really is while digging deeper into her past to explore the reasons why.

Rachael Taylor (as Trish Walker), Carrie-Anne Moss (as Jeri Hograth) and Eka Darville (Malcolm Ducasse) will be back for Season 2, while new cast members include Janet McTeer (The White Queen) and J.R. Ramire (Power), among others.

Here's a teaser for the new season.

You can catch the first season of Marvel's Jessica Jones available on Netflix now.

Life In Pieces "Waffle Permission Kidless Boyfriend"

Here's a recap of this week's episode of Life in Pieces.

"Waffle Party" 

When Matt and Colleen have breakfast with Joan and John, Joan asks about the waffle maker they got as a wedding gift. That leads to Joan offering them a waffle party. Matt and Colleen will bring everything to make the waffles, and Joan will bring them here and John. But Matt and Colleen didn't tell them they gave away their waffle maker and learned from Joan that they put a bundle of cash in their box. That led Matt and Colleen to go wild at a store looking for the money until John opened up the waffle maker that he bought and came to realize that he had given Matt the wrong one after finding the cash in his box.

"Permission" 

Nothing says like spending time with mom when you are feeling down. Tyler tries to give Clementine space from their place and doesn't know what to do. Heather takes him to the mall to go shopping, get her hair straighten, and even to the movies.

After it was awkward for Tyler, it became one of his best times with his mother. That was until they were at the movies.

"A Night Away"

Jen and Greg get to have a night to themselves away from Lark, but it turns out to be a  real night to remember when things started slowly by drinking wine, playing a game, and sleeping through the day and night away. When they get back, as soon as they begin to get things going, a baby is screaming next door. Greg tries to be the bigger man and tries to make it stop but instead gets asked by the mother to look after her child as she has to take her youngest to the hospital. 

Greg returns to the room with Jen; all dressed up and ready but unprepared to see Greg with someone's child. They try to be good parents, but they have some fun with the child by jumping up and down on the bed to play ding dong ditch.

As they headed back and tried to find the child's mother, Jen got an Amber Alert about a missing child, and the license plate number looked like Greg's and concluded that they shouldn't have taken the child from the hotel.

"Samantha's Boyfriend"

When Sam brings her boyfriend home, John and Sophia get into Tim's head that they may be doing something else besides studying for a test or a play. It freaks Tim out a lot, and he tries to do what he can to ensure he knows they aren't doing anything wrong.

After a couple of tries, he realizes that he shouldn't have listened to John apologize to Sam for his action, and they hug it out. But as soon as she returns to her room, she kisses her boyfriend.

This was an excellent episode from start to finish. The stories were amazing, and each stood out on their own. The writing was excellent, and the performances from the cast were just as good as well. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Life in Pieces "Meal Potty Cart Middle"

From fancy dinners to middle child issues, this episode of Life in Pieces was sometimes good.

"Meal Potty Cart Middle" was a satisfying episode at times. The MVP of this episode was "Potty Training Lark," as Jen and Greg try to teach Lark how to use the potty after they told Joan about how Lark is potty trained—trying their best and learning from Joan that giving her prunes would make it work, not be to mention that Greg had a tail when he was a child. But after being given Lark prunes, she finally had to gather, and then Greg had to go and use Lark's potty while Jen tried to hold Lark's feet.

The second best story would be "The New Cart Girl," as Tyler is golfing with their father and grandfather and sees Clementine as the new golf cart girl handing out drinks and snacks, getting much attention. Tyler tries to fix it and takes the job as Cart Man while Clementine works in Daycare with another good-looking guy. They admit that their divorce isn't what they expected it to be.

"The Middle Child Day" and "Boccone" were good. They had hilarious coupons, but they didn't meet with the other stories.

Overall, I give this episode a 7.5/10.

You can catch Life In Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Life In Pieces "Testosterone Martyr Baked Knife"

This Thanksgiving episode of Life In Pieces was one to remember.

"Testosterone Martyr Baked Knife" might be one of the most memorable Thanksgiving episodes I could remember. The episode takes place on Thanksgiving Day, with Greg learning that he has high testosterone and showing it off, like a macho man, with Jen and the family until he shows signs of pimples. Joan decides that she wants Heather to do the Thanksgiving dinner instead of her but learns that it's hard to find something else after doing what you have been doing for a long time.

Meanwhile, Sam comes to Thanksgiving dinner after a sleepover with her friend and comes in high. She tries to hide it well enough that her mother and father don't notice it, but Tyler does. At times, she goes next door without even knowing how she got there.

And probably the icing on the cake happens to be the knife story when John gets his craving knife out and shows it to Sophia and tells her about how it has been in the family for years. Just as he's about to cut the turkey, the knife slips and gets stuck on the table. Trying to pull it out, he gets the guy to do it, and after Matt and Greg can't do it, the high Tim pulls it out, but as he cuts the turkey and cuts himself, the knife goes wild. As everyone was freaking out, Sam made her toast once again.

I very much enjoyed this episode from the beginning to the end. The writing was so good, and the performances from the cast were just great and memorable. I couldn't get enough of Colin Hanks acting macho to everyone, and even the knife story blew my mind. Overall, I give this episode a 9/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Life In Pieces "Treasure Ride Poker Hearing"

From Getting a good Uber passenger rating to learning to get a hearing aid, this episode was another excellent episode of Life in Pieces.

The MVP stories of this episode happen to be "The Pick-Up Artist," as Jen tries to use her niece to get a better Uber Passenger rating, "Queens are Wild," as Joan faces her neighbor who happens to want something in return for her poker game, but what the neighborhood doesn't know is Joan has specific poker skills. Also, the "Hearing and Loathing" comes when John has to face getting hearing aids.

"X Mark the Spot" had some excellent humor moments, but it didn't stand out like the other three stories in this episode.

I thought the writing was good, along with some outstanding performances from the cast in this episode. I liked the character growth in this episode as well. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Life In Pieces "Bunny Single Nightmare Drinking"

From awkward dinner to one hell of a nightmare, this episode of Life in Pieces was another half-hour of many laughs.

"Bunny Single Nightmare Drinking" was an excellent and hilarious episode. The first story of Jen and Greg trying to figure out what her boss' wife's name is was hilarious and memorable. Even with Tyler trying to move on from Clementine, he dates a mother who happens to have children and moves in with him. The funniest part of that story happens to be Tyler and his father, Tim, bonded, and Tim enjoys his son's happiness, which he wasn't.

When it comes to Matt's nightmare of having a child seems so natural as he learns that Colleen is expecting four children and has to move back in with his parents. It was probably the second-best story of the episode.

The last story has Heather thinking that her mom is drinking too much. But it's Heather causing her to drink more as she's trying to spend time with her. Joan admits to Greg and Matt about it and, during that moment, talks about how Heather deleted their shows, even JAG (who, by the way, is way better than NCIS). Joan finally does something about it when she gets a contractor to help fix Heather's house so they can get out.

I very much enjoyed this episode. Each one brought enough laughs and good moments to keep me entertained. The writing was good, and the performances from the cast were just as good as it has been. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Life in Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Life In Peices "Settlement Pacifier Attic Unsyncing" Season Premiere

The Short family is back and bringing the laughs once again.

"Settlement"

In the first story, after the season finale, when Matt and Colleen got married and had an accident at their honeymoon hotel, they met with the hotel lawyer to settle a settlement. When the lawyer showed them their offer of 2 Million dollars, it was by far the quickest decision they've made, even though Jen was not.

After settling the money, they get the family together and pay them back the best way possible, with a cash grab machine. Next, they announced to the family that after grabbing their money from the cash grab, they'd take that money and head to Las Vegas. There it was, Party City in the rental van, but Jen got the news to Matt and Colleen about their settlement that the hotel filed for bankruptcy.

It was soon after Matt and Colleen told the entry family about the news and asked that they wouldn't open any more champagne and to give them back the money that they grabbed as well. But Tim opened a bottle just after they were done talking.

"Pacifier" 

It's one of the hardest for a parent to do when they try to get their child off the pacifier, but for Jen and Greg, it was memorable.

When Jen and Greg's daughter needs her pacifier to sleep, they conclude that they need to get rid of it with a straightforward idea: send the pacifier to the pacifier fairy. The next day, they told their daughter about how they needed to send her pacifier away or the pacifier monster would come. So they get the family together and throw a pacifier goodbye party, and as soon as the pacifier is flying on balloons, it gets stopped by the power lines, and it's stuck.

That night, the daughter still sees her pacifier hanging from the power line and screams for her parents. Just as you would think that Jen and Greg handled the situation fine, they didn't and are sleeping with their daughter in her crib.

"Attic" 

This third story of the episode seemed to be shorter than the rest as it dives into more of Sophia and her grandpa John.

As Heather and her family lost their home due to a fire, they're living with John and Joan, and Sophia isn't too happy about it. She gets caught by the cops after riding the lawn mower and throwing eggs in the neighborhood. John thinks that she needs to be disciplined and does so by having her go into the attic and see what is making the noises. Just as he checks back with her, she's gone, and he tries to get Tank looking for her.

After freaking out a woman and her child, Joan tells John where Sophia might be where she feels safe, and that means she's at her house (that got burned). Sophia tells him that she doesn't know how to live in any other place besides her own house, and John replies that his home is her home, not to mention that she is her favorite grandchild. The two hugged and left right after the shelves collapsed.

"Unsyncing"  

After announcing their marriage last season, Tyler makes another announcement to his family about how he and Clementine are getting a divorce. Heather and Tim try to find out why and learn that Tyler and Clementine feel that having to talk about boring stuff and having sex five times a week isn't enough.

So Tyler and Clementine have settled. They arranged that they'd still be together as best friends and still have that relationship but only to date other people, which was easy for her and not for Tyler.

As Tyler drives Clementine to her date, he freaks to his parents about how bad the idea is and how good-looking the new guy is.

This episode was excellent. That had some fantastic stories and some that didn't. The one story that stood out was the Pacifier one, as not only Colin Hanks and Zoe Lister-Jones once again are hilarious. Ana Sophia Heger, who plays Lark Short (Greg and Jen's daughter), really stole the story and probably the episode. The other was The Attic, with Giselle Eisenberg as Sophia and James Borlin's Grandpa John having a good, short moment. The Settlement and Unsynicing was okay, but it wasn't as good as the others. Overall, I give this episode an 8/10.

You can catch Life In Pieces on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 on CBS.

Gut Reaction: Chicago Med "Trust Your Gut"

Sometimes you just got to trust your gut in risky situation.

"Trust Your Gut" literally means what it means when it comes to this episode.You can have all the knowledge you want but it's your gut instinct that will help you figure it out. With one patient, who comes in with a cut on his gut, trying t explain that there's something inside of him. After meeting with Dr. Charles and Reese, the patient pulls out his intestate and rush to the OR to fix, but that wasn't the strange thing at all as the surgeons found a tumor that happens to be vanishing twin syndrome.

Another patient comes in with Dr. Manning and Choi treating who had no clue what was wrong with her at all. The parents blamed her brother for it, thinking it was drugs, but it wasn't. After a harsh moment with the brother and his parents, Choi talks to the brother about him and the drug use. The brother opens up about the pain in his gut after eating a burger and soon after Choi and Manning rush to the OR to stop a transplant to test the liver and comes to a conclusion that the patient and her brother sufferers from OTC or Omithine Transcarbamylase deficiency.

And Bekker and Rhodes butt-heads on the treatment of the patient who just had surgery. When the patient doesn't look so good, Bekker thinks other options that the patient needs now, but Rhodes wants to do it his way and trust his gut that with the treatment he's given will work and it did.

The episode was had so many good moments, that really made you think of the cause with the cases that the doctors were treating. The writing of this episode was so good and kept me interested the whole hour. The performances from the cast was really good and that everyone had equal good performances. Overall, I give this episode a 8.5/10.

You can catch Chicago Med Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.