Heart and Soul: Station 19 Season 1 Review

This summer, I had the chance to catch several shows I'd missed out on. One is ABC's Station 19, the spinoff to Grey's Anatomy. Here are my thoughts on the first season.

Chicago Fire Cast New Paramedic for Season 9

Looks like Chicago Fire has found Emily Foster's replacement!

Deadline is reporting that Adriyan Rae (Vagrant Queen) will be joining the NBC drama as a series regular for Season Nine. Raw will fill the ambo 61 paramedic spot that was left by the departure of Annie Ilonzeh's character, who won't be returning to the series.

Rae's Ginna Mackey is described as "a loveable troublemaker with a twinkle in her eye." Coming from a working-class family, she is welcoming to all, but don't be mistaking her for a pushover. "She's tough and quick to defend the defenseless...and rolls with the punches while approaching everything with a bit of wry humor."

This coming off the weekend with the Chicago PD departure of Lisseth Chavez, who played officer Vanessa Rojas. While a couple of weeks ago, Fire's own Daniel Kyri, who plays firefighter Ritter, was promoted to full-time status for season nine.

Also, Chicago Med looks to begin production starting September 22; while Fire and PD will begin around October.

I'm s looking forward to what she brings to the table for the Firehouse 51 team. I had thought that maybe Kidd would be filling or Foster at the beginning of season nine.

What are your thoughts on the new casting? Leave a comment below.

Chicago Fire is set to return Wednesday, November 11 along with Chicago Med and PD on NBC.

Learning And Laughing: A.P. Bio Season 3 Review

The third season of A.P. Bio premiered this month, and the new season looks better than ever.

The eight-episode season three comedy series dives into more wacky and crazy stuff than the previous two seasons. From Helen being part of Jack's student to Ralph dealing without having Helen as his crime partner, that's just the first episode.

The season pushes the characters not only with hilarious moments but heart-warming ones. Jack, who's trying to record a video for a university to get out of Toledo, backfires and realizes that he's better off with the students and friends in Toledo.

One episode that might be the season's highlight is episode three, and the first ten minutes of the episode are just catching up to what is just ten minutes of the episode. It might seem dumb to read it and go, "What?" but trust me, once you see it, it's pretty hilarious as it's like making fun of the steaming services previously on this show.

The season finale didn't disappoint as it dives into the celebration of Katie Holme's day. That's the day they celebrated when she got the part of Joey Porter on Dawson's Creek. I should not say anything more after that.

I very much enjoyed the third season of A.P. Bio. While the second season was good, this season was much better. There was strong writing and character development this season. I can't stress enough the chemistry between Paula Pell and Patton Oswalt, as they're one of the best comedic duos on television.

I highly recommend taking a look at the new season of A.P. Bio. Overall, I give this season a 9/10.

You can catch seasons 1-3 of A.P. Bio, available on Peacock Stream Service.

Another Departure for #OneChicago

Well, add another OneChicago castmember that is saying goodbye.

TVLine has confirmed on Saturday that Chicago PD's Lisseth Chavez, who played Intelligencenit rookie Vanessa Rojas, will not be returning as a series regular for the upcoming eighth season. That being said, she won't be away from the TV screens for too long as Chavez is coming aboard to The CW's Legends of Tomorrow as a full-time cast member.

Chavez joined Chicago PD in the second episode of the seventh season as an undercover cop who was then recruited by Sergeant Voihgt to become a member of his team. While being a part of the unit, Rojas had a bond (and sometimes flirtation) with officer Kevin Atwar. TVLine has learned that there will be some new cast additions that will fill the void left by Rojas' departure.

Chavez isn't the only member to be leaving the One Chicago family as Chicago Fire's co-star Annie Ilonzeh won't be back as a regular for season nine. On the other side, Fire's Daniel Kyri, who plays firefighter Ritter, has been promoted to full-time status for season nine.

This past season both Fire, PD and Med had cut their season short due to the coronavirus pandemic. The shows are scheduled to start production this month and are slated to make their season premiere Wednesday, Nov. 11.

This news comes to as shocking. I thought that Chicago PD would be the show that would be keeping their cast intact as this marks PD's fourth departure in a row starting with Sophia Bush, Elias Koteas, and Jon Seda.

Well, I wish Lisseth Chavez the best on Legends of Tomorrow and thank her for bringing such an awesome character as Vanessa Rojas to life in the One Chicago family.

Spending Time with Friends: Happy Endings: The Complete Series

Before the pandemic hit, I bought the complete series of Happy Endings on DVD to check out to see if all the hype about the show was real. After carefully "binge-watching" the whole thing, I've come to say this..... Here are my thoughts!

The series' premise is as simple as possible: It's about six best friends who get into real dysfunctional adventures in Chicago, Illinois.

You got overachiever businessman Brad (played by Damon Waynes, Jr.) along with his neurotic perfectionist wife Jane (played by Eliza Coupe) as they are crazy in love with each other; Jane's silly little sister Alex (played by Elisha Cuthbert), who's a happy-go-lucky boutique owner.

Then you have Dave (played by Zachary Knighton), a daydreamer, aspiring restaurateur, and food truck owner. The slicker ma child is Max (played by Adam Pally), who can't hold both a job and a relationship, and the outgoing party girl, Penny (played by Casey Wilson), who is searching for Mr. Right.
The premise starts when Alex and Dave's wedding ends. Alex becomes a bride because she isn't ready for marriage. The group reunites with Ale, and X returns and tries to preserve their friendship as Alex and Dave decide to stay friends.

After the series dropped the whole Alex and DaDaveroken engagement arc in the first season, the series focused on the group dynamic of the six best friends.

After watching all three seasons of the series, I very much enjoyed it. These characters kept me wanting to see more and more of what wacky stuff they'll be going on in the next episode.

While the first season had some ups and downs, the series found itself during that season's end. The second and third got a whole lot better with some fantastic episodes like "Secrets and Limos," "Spooky Endings," "The Kerkovich Way," "Party of Six," and "The Marry Prankster," just to name a few.

While the so-called "series finale" ended at Jane's older sister's wedding and Alex and Dave broke up for their second time dating each other, I thought it ended well with the six characters still at each other's hips having fun as life will move on.

It's still a head-scratcher why ABC decided not to let this series continue. It's like the network's recent decision about a previous comedy getting canceled (Single Parents). ABC must still want quantity over quality shows, which has yet to help them in recent years.

While Happy Endings isn't in my top five best comedies of all time, it's a good enough show for me to pop an episode in and get something that I know will be very funny.

Overall, I give the series an 8.5/10.

You can catch the complete series of Happy Endings available on Blu-ray & DVD and Hulu.

NBC Fall Schedule; This Is Us and #OneChicago Returns in the Fall

And the final piece of the fall scheduling puzzle has been put into place.

After CBS and ABC announced their fall scheduling plans, NBC has released their own Fall TV premiere plan and it does include the return dates for This Is Us, #OneChicago, and Superstore.

Also included for the fall are The Voice, Law & Order: SVU, and The Blacklist. Along with new socially distanced comedy Connecting and the Jane Lynch-hosted Weakest Link.

Meanwhile, other returning shows will be held back after 2021 that includes Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Manifest, and New Amsterdam.

Here's a look at the NBC Fall Schedule:

Tuesday, September 1
10/9c Transplant (acquired Canadian series)

Monday, September 7
8/7c American Ninja Warrior

Thursday, September 10
8:20/7:20c Sunday Nighy Football season premiere

Sunday, September 13
8:20/7:20c Sunday Night Football (time slot premiere)

Friday, September 25
10/9c Dateline NBC

Monday, September 28
10/9c Weakest Link

Thursday, October 1
8:30/7:30c Connecting... (series premiere)

Tuesday, October 6
8/7c Ellen's Game of Games

Tuesday, October 13 
9/8c Ellen's Game of Games (time slot premiere)

Monday, October 19
8/7c The Voice (two-hour premiere)

Tuesday, October 20
8/7c The Voice (two-hour Tuesday premiere)

Thursday, October 22
8/7c Superstore (season premiere)

Tuesday, November 10
9/8c This Is Us (Two-hour season premiere)

Wednesday, November 11
8/7c Chicago Med
9/8c Chicago Fire
10/9c Chicago PD

Thursday, November 12
9/8c Law & Oder SVU

Friday, November 13
8/7c The Blacklist

Held for Midseason:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Girls, Kenan, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Making It, Manifest, MR. Mayor, New Amsterdam, Small Fortune, That's My Jam, True Story, Who Do You Think You Are?, Young Rock, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.


I'm finally happy to learn when some of these shows will set their season premiere dates. While NBC's fall schedule seems to the lineup with what CBS, it looks like this fall season will start out light with not a whole lot to take in. I can dig it.

ABC Launches Fall Season with Reality Programs

Looks like ABC is filling in their fall slate with unscripted programming.

Looks like ABC is taking their scripted programs and pushing them to late fall and placing them with a heavily asterisked dose of the new season of unscripted shows that include The Bachelorette, Dancing With the Stars, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire along with the rebooted Supermarket Sweep hosted by Leslie Jones.

"We're fortunate to have such a strong unscripted slate to launce our first wave of programming this fall," ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke said in a statement. "Presenting the new Supermarket Sweep with Leslie Jones alongside fresh, original episodes of returning shows that viewers have come to know and love is invigorating. And with our scripted series ramping up production, we look forward to announcing more premiere dates very soon."

Here's a lineup of the fall scheduling for ABC.

Monday, September 14
8/7c Dancing With The Stars Season 29 premiere (hosted by Tyra Banks)

Thursday, September 24
8/7c Celebrity Family Feud (new episodes)
9/8c Press Your Luck (new episodes)
10/9c Match Game (new episodes)

Tuesday, October 13
8/7c The Bachelorette Season 16 premiere

Friday, October 16
8/7c Shark Tank season 12 premiere

Sunday, October 18
7/6c America's Funniest Home Videos Season 31 premiere
8/7c Supermarket Sweep
9/8c Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Season 2 premiere
10/9c Card Sharks Season 2 premiere

TBA Fall Premiere Dates
20/20, American Housewife, Big Sky, black-ish, The Conners, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, Grey's Anatomy, A Million Little Things, The Rookie, Station 19, Stumptown

Held for Midseason
$100,000 Pyramid, American Idol, The Bachelor, Call Your Mother, Card Sharks, For Life, and mixed-ish.


It's just like what CBS had announced on Wednesday but I think that ABC will come out of this better than CBS. Due to the fact that not only with their original and unscripted programs but with the NBA playoffs the network looks to be in better shape until their scripted shows like Grey's Anatomy and black-ish.