Brooklyn Nine-Nine gets Premiere Date for NBC Thursday

Freeze! You have the right to get excited and dancing! 

NBC has announced that Season 6 premiere Brooklyn Nine-Nine will be on Thursday, Jan. 10th at 9/8c, which will be its regular time slot. With the current 9pm slot, Will & Grace will be moved up to 9:30/8:30c beginning Thursday, Jan. 31.

The premiere will be followed by new episodes of The Good Place at 9:30/830c. The Kristen Bell led comedy will air in that timeslot through its Jan. 24 season finale, that of which Will & Grace will take over. The rookie sitcom I Feel Bad that's currently airing at 9:30 will complete it's season 1 run to December. No decision on the series future has been made but will be made at a later date.

Superstore will go on a temporary hiatus following it's fall finale but will return to the Thursday lineup in March. But filling that timeslot void will be The Titan Games, the latest new NBC's upcoming athletic competition series hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, which premieres Thursday, Jan. 3 at 8/7c.

70th Primetime Emmy Nominations

The nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday. Here's the list of this year's nominations.

Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm,
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silcon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Drama Series
The Americas
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish,
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
Donald Glover, Atalanta,
Bill Hader, Barry,
William H. Macy, Shameless

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon, Better Things,
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish,
Lily Tomlin, Grace & Frankie

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Jeffery Wright, Westworld

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Foy, The Crown
Tatiana Maslany, Oprahn Black
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedct Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series of Movie
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, LAw & Order True Crime: The Mendendez Brothers
Regina King, Seven Seconds
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Andersom, Baskets
Alec Bladwin, Saturday Night Live
Titus Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Tony Shalhoub, The MArvlous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Henry Winkler, Barry

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Millie Bobby Brown, STrnger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Lena Heady, Game of Thrones
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Throens
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Matt Smith, The Crown

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Alex Borestien, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Leslie Jones, SAturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Lauire Metcalf, Roseanne
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Jeff Daniels, Godless
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar
John Leguizamo, Waco
Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Judith Light, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult
Merritt Wever, Godless
Letitia Wright, Black Mirror: "Black Museum"

Guest Actress in Comedy
Wanda Sykes, black-ish
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Tiffany Haddish, Saturday Night Live
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Jane Lynch, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Molly Shannon, Will & Grace

Guest Actor in Comedy
Katt Williams, Atlanta
Sterling K. Brown, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Bryan Cranston, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lin-Manuael Miranda, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actor in Drama
F. Murry Abraham, Homeland
Cameron Britton, Mindhunter
Matthew Goode, The Crown
Gerald McRaney, This Is Us
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
Jimmi Simpson, Wesworld

Guest Actress in a Drama
Diane Rigg, Game of Thrones
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder Jones,
Viola Davis, Scandal
Kelly Jenrette, The Handmaid's Tale
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid's Tale
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta "FUBU"
Hiro Murai, Atlanta "Teddy Perkins"
Bill Hader, Barry "Chapter One: Make Your Mark"
Jesse Peretz, GLOW "Pilot"
Mike Judge Silicon Valley "Initial Coin Offering"
Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Pilot"

Outstanding Directing for a Drama
Stephen Daldry, The Crown "Paterfamilas"
Alan Taylor, Game of Thrones "Beyond the Wall"
Jeremy Podeswa, Game of Thrones "Dragon and the Wolf"
Kari Skogland, The Handmaid's Tale "After"
Jason Bateman, Ozark "The Toll"
Daniel Sackheim, Ozark, "Tonight We Improve"
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things "Chapter Nine: The Gate"

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta "Alligator Man"
Stefani Robinson, Atlanta "Barbershop"
Alec Berg and Bill Hader, Barry "Chapter One: Make York Mark"
Liz Sarnoff, Barry "Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going"
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley "Fifty-One Percent"
Amy Sherman-Pallandino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I love you America With Sarah Sliverman
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman's Show

Outstanding Limited Series
The Alienist, TNT
The Assassination Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, FX
Genius: Picasso, NatGeo
Godless
Patrick Melrose, Masterpiece

Outstanding Television Movie
Black Mirror "USS Callister"
Farenheit 451
Flint
Paterno
The Tale

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Reality Show Host
W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul's Drag Race
Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen's Game of Games
Jane Lynch, Hollwood Game Night
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway

The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards will air September 17th on NBC hosting by Michael Che and  Colin Jost.

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.

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

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.

NBC Announces it's Fall TV Season Kickoff Week!

On Monday, NBC has revealed it's upcoming fall TV season.

The network will kickoff the season on Monday, Sept. 25 with Season 13 of The Voice premiere. Last season's freshman hit series, This Is Us, returns the following night, Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c where it will lead into Law & Order: True Crimes and later in the season Chicago Med.

Blindspot Season 3 will premiere on Friday, Oct. 27th where it was suppose to be the lead into Taken Season 2 but that idea has been bumped.

For Mid-season premieres stay tune for Timeless, Shades of Blue, Trial & Error and The Wall as well as new freshman shows A.P. Bio, The Awesome Show, Champions, Ellen's Game of Games, Genius Junior, Good Girls, The Handmade Project, Reverie and Rise.

Here's what the schedule looks like:

Monday, Sept. 25:
8/7c The Voice
10/9c The Brace (New Series)

Tuesday, Sept. 26:
8/7c: The Voice
9/8c This Is Us
10/9c Law & Order: True Crimes (New Series)

Wednesday, Sept. 27
8/7c The Voice
9/8c Law & Order SVU
10/9c Chicago PD

Thursday, Sept. 28
8/7c Superstore
8:30/7:30c The Good Place
9/8c Will & Grace
9:30/8:30c Great News
10/9c Chicago Fire

Friday, Sept. 29th 
9/8c Dateline

Wednesday, Oct. 4
8/7c The Blacklist

Friday, Oct. 27
8/7c Blindspot

Thursday, Nov.9
8/7c Thursday Night Football (Through December 14th).

NBC 2017-2018 Fall Line Up

Sunday, NBC has reviled it's up coming fall schedule for the 2017-2018 TV season and it comes with some big news comes on the returning show. The Peacock network has annouced that the breakout hit The Is Us is moving from Tuesdays at 9pm to Thursdays at 9pm. In it's new slot, it will follow the must anticipated return of Will & Grace at 8pm and the Tina Fey produced sophomore comedy Great News at 8:30pm.

"Our Hopes is to create the return of Must See TV on Thursday," said NBC Chairman Robert Greenblatt in a conference call with reporters on Sunday. "We really wanted to go after Thursday in a big way."

Greenblatt that the actual Must See brand will return this fall. And as previously reported, Will & Grace's episodes has increased to 12 and not to mention also revealed that Fey will make several guest appearances on Great News this fall.  

Former Thursday staple The Blacklist will move into Wednesday lead off position, while Superstore and The Good Place will head to Tuesdays.

To Note: Blindspot will be relocating to Fridays at 8pm where it will be paired with the second season of Taken. While the new military drama The Brave has scored the Voice post Monday nights.

Regarding on the fates of remaining bubble shows like Chicago Justice and Trail and Error, Greenblatt said that the decisions on those shows will be made in the coming days and (possible) weeks. Also the buzzy Casey Wilson-Busy Philips comedy pilot The Sackett Sisters is not dead, saying that "we haven't definitively said no "to picking it up."

On for Midseason or later: returning shows Chicago Med, Shades of Blue and Timeless plus new scripted series Rise, A.P. Bio, Good Girls Champions and Reverie.

Big news also This Is Us will get the Super Bowl Post Show!

Here's what the schedule looks like:

MONDAY
8/7c  The Voice
10/9c The Brave (NEW)

TUESDAY
8/7c The Voice
9/8c Superstore
9:30/8:30c The Good Place
10/9c Chicago Fire

WEDNESDAY
8/7c The Blacklist
9/8c Law & Order SVU
10/9c Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8/7c Will & Grace (NEW)
8;30/7:30c Great News
9/8c This Is Us
10/9c Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders

FRIDAY
8/7c Blindspot
9/8c Taken
10/9c Dateline

SATURDAY
8pm Dateline Mysterious
10/9c Saturday Night Live (encores)

SUNDAY
7/6c Football Night in America
8:20/7:20c Sunday Night Football

Not Returning: Aquarius, The Blacklist: Redemption, Grimm and Powerless.

Shows I Would Like to See Comeback

Weren't we expected and pumped when 24 returned for a short 13-episode special or even Arrested Development? Oh, I bet you're super excited that The X-Files is returning for a six-episode season next year.  It seems like past shows are making a comeback in revivals, and that doesn't seem to be a bad thing.

Better than rebooting a show, revivals bring back the original characters with new and updated stories of what's going on and the challenges they are getting into.

Besides The X-Files, to name the latest show, I figured I would give out a list of shows I hope to make a comeback.

1. Law & Order. 

Yes, I know that SVU is still on the air, and it's gotten better than ever since the changes in characters and storytelling format. But I can't argue enough that The Original is simply the best. It was the show that got the Law & Order franchise going.

There's word that there are discussions about having the show come back, but due to scheduling, the actors are doing another project. It seems that we'll get one down the road. Heck, I do think Dick Wolf is all into it. We do want a Season 21, even if it's a 13-episode or a 6-episode.

2. Crossing Jordan 

It's one of my favorite shows that happen to be on television. Before Bones came on the airwaves, Jill Hennessy, as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, was the medical examiner on television who helped solve crimes with attitude. The series had great supporting characters, with Miguel Ferrer as DR. Macy, Ravi Kapoor as "Bug," Kathryn Hahn, Steve Valentine, and Jerry O'Connell as Det. Woody Hoyt.

The series showed that crime-solving drama with an eerie look and sound that drew me into the show in the first place. This show should be good enough to offer 13 episodes. Created by Tim Kring, who's bringing back the series Heroes in a short season called Heroes: Reborn this fall. It should be the only reason to bring it back.

3. Caroline in the City 

The comedy series that was hugely popular in the mid-90s; only lasted four seasons and left us with a cliffhanger that deserves a resolution.  The series started with Lea Thompson as Caroline Duffy, a famous cartoonist living in New York City, dealing with situations and relationships from love to friendship.

The show had an excellent supporting cast with Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets, and Amy Pietzwhicht made this series hilarious. The series had some funny stories from Caroline dealing with a runaway Thanksgiving Day balloon of her and the beef with Richard and his ex-wife. And not to mention the final moment when Richard came back to see that Caroline was about to get married, which ended with a cliffhanger.

When The Michael J. Fox Show was on the airwaves, I was hoping that, in a path, Michael would interview Caroline Duffy to make a Back to the Future reunion and also a bit closer for "Caroline."

4. Will & Grace 

I know the series had its closer, but who wouldn't want these characters back in a 6 episode season that brought us laughter for eight seasons?

Who doesn't want to see Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, and Shelley Morrison back? This show is in a great lineup with All in the Family and Golden Girls, and they're the only show that has won both Lead Actors and Supporting Actors along with Best Show at the Emmy Awards.

The series is still prevalent on cable, with it being on almost every day of the week, including the marathons. It's a pop culture hit and still shows excellent pop references.

If we can't get a Friends reunion, the second best thing is Will & Grace.


That's my list of shows I would want to see revived. But for a show to come back, it's got to be the right time along with the correct stories and, of course, if the actors can come back to do it. But I don't think any of these actors would say no to not doing it.