How Chicago Med and More Dealing with COVID Pandemic

Entertainment Weekly has done a feature of how the medical dramas will be doing to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic this upcoming season. Here's a look!

Chicago Med

With Chicago Med in production and Fire and PD soon to be in production, executive producer Dick Wolf confirms to EW that the pandemic will be shown affecting the emergency workers in the Windy City. 

"As out Chicago shows return, of course, the COIVD pandemic will be reflected," says Wolf. "On Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., there will be references to the pandemic but they will be more subtle. For example, fewer civilians in the bullpen in Chicago Fire. But Chicago Med will address the pandemic head-on. There will be a COVID unit in the hospital, incoming patients will be tested by paramedics, and one character will be recovering from the disease. IT will be part of daily life, and adjustments will be made."

Chicago Med, Fire, and PD are set to premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 11 on NBC.

Grey's Anatomy

When season 17 premieres, don't expect Grey's to imply devote and episode, or even one of its incredible two-parters, to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"I think we all hope when the world shut down that it would be for an episode or maybe a two-parter," said showrunner Krista Vernoff. "But here we are six months later, still not allowed to hug our parents. So (the pandemic is) engrained into the season. Specifically, season 17 will feature two timelines, one picking up right after the events of the finale and one taking place a couple weeks into COVID."

Season 17 of Grey's Anatomy kicks off with a two-hour premiere on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9/8c on ABC.

Station 19

When Andy and the rest of the Station 19 squad returns for season four, they'll have a lot to unpack that extends even beyond the dramatic season three finale. Also, with the show in the same universe as Grey's, expect the pandemic to enter into their world too.

"Yes. Those shows are on the same timeline, they exist in the same universe, they're three blocks apart in Seattle," confirmed Vernoff. "The pandemic exists on Station 19 as well, but it looks and feels different on Station 19 because it's not a hospital so the protocols are different and everyone doesn't have to be in masks and PPE all the time. It's a little different." 

I just can't wait to see how these shows will address and how the characters will be reacting to the pandemic. I know it's going to affect the hospital shows over the emergencies shows in away. Maybe one of the characters deals with the illness and we can see what it's like and maybe learn to take this pandemic seriously. 

What are your thoughts on the upcoming new seasons? Leave a comment and tell us your thoughts!

FBI Season 2 Review

 

The second season of CBS's FBI made additional adjustments that made the series even better. Here are my thoughts.

Reflection on Supergirl Final Season

 

I'll be the first to admit that the news is still hard but there's always a light. 

It's been over 48 hours since the news broke that The CW's Supergirl will end after its upcoming sixth season. I'll be up most front about it that it still hurts to read it; let alone hearing about it. As all bad news has a sadness over us, there's always a light (like Kara) that can help us along the way.

Let me just get this out of the way that there are many reasons why the show is coming to an end. One of them being that of the production cost due to the COVID-19 has put on the network and production teams. Another is that the ratings have gone down for the last few seasons; with Season 5 being at its lowset averaging just 840,000 total viewers with a .22 in the demos according to the TVLive. 

While the ratings might have been the final blow to the decision making, let's look at how with the new Superman and Lois series that maybe it would be time for Kara to pass the cape and timeslot to her Kryptonian cousin. I don't want to trash the series (even though it's not something that I'm looking forward), but I've enjoyed watching Tyler Hoechlin playing Clark Kent in this version. 

But let me end with these thoughts. I've been a huge fan of the series ever since rumors about started and news of its pick up at CBS. Supergirl is the first female lead superhero series since Wonder Woman and it was pretty freakin amazing. This show was my introduction to the Arrowverse (even though I've heard of Arrow and The Flash series before but just never watched it).

The way Melissa Benoist embodies the character of Kara Danvers is amazing. This whole ensemble cast is amazing and the way they represented different cultures of race, gender, and ethnicity to these characters. 

While we are sad about the news, there is always the bright side to this one is that we're getting a final season with 20 episodes. Let's be grateful that everyone from the network, studio, producers, and star came to an agreement to end it. We're going to get a proper send-off than just letting the show have no closure. It's not just over yet as the show won't return until Spring 2021 anyway.  

And not to mention that the series has lasted six seasons, not a lot of shows these days last that long. That's probably one of many bright spots to take after the news. 

Who knows what the final season will bring. I'm sure looking forward to seeing where they will end things. And maybe down the road with them completing six seasons that they could possibly do a movie later down the road. 

Are you looking forward to the final season? Tells us your thoughts in the comments below. 

Superstore Season 6 Slight Delay

 

Looks like the grand reopening tat Cloud 9 will have a slight delay. 

On Thursday, NBC has announced that Superstore, which was originally scheduled to kick off its sixth season on Thursday, October 22, will now return a week later on October 29. 

Also announcing that its new social distanced comedy Connecting will now premiere on Thursday, October 8 at 8/7c, before sliding to 8:30/7:30c timeslot upon Superstore's return.

It was last week that America Ferrera, who had announced her departure from the sitcom, has signed on to appear in not one, but two seasons six episodes. The result that the series' milestone 100th episode (set to air on Nov. 5) will double as Ferrera's swan song.

"There was so much we wanted to explore with COVID and how it changes the world of Cloud 9 that we decided to focus on that in the premiere, with Amy starting her new job remotely while still trying to manage the store," co-showrunners Jonathan Green and Gabe Miller told TVLine. "The second episode will cover Amy's last day at Cloud 9, so we can fully give her the sendoff she deserves."

This isn't the first announcement of scheduling moves at NBC, on Wednesday the network announced that This Is Us Season Five will be moved up by two weeks to October 27th. 

I don't see this as a big deal. I'm just looking forward to seeing the Cloud 9 back again.

What are your thoughts on the slight delay? Leave a comment and share your thoughts.

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I have just finished watching the third season of ABC's Station 19, and holy crap, it was...WOW!

This Is Us Season 5 Teaser

 

During Wednesday's America's Got Talent finale, NBC aired the first teaser for the new season of This Is Us. 

It's going to be a two-hour premiere scheduling for Tuesday, October 27 on NBC. The production is scheduled to start this week for the new season. 

Check out the teaser (apologizes for the quality of the video).

While it might just be some scenes from previous seasons and such, I'm still moved and excited (not to mention emotional) to see a small teaser for the new season.

Are you excited for the new season? Leave a comment below and tell us your thoughts! 

Chicago Med Cast Pandora Star for Recurring Role

 

On Wednesday, Deadline has reported exclusively that Pandora's Tehmina Sunny has been cast for a multi-episode arc opposite Nick Gehlfuss on the upcoming sixth season of NBC's Chicago Med.

Sunny will be playing Dr. Sabeena Virani. Superviving a clinical trial for a new medication, Dr. Virani approaches Dr. Halstead to lead the project.

The series is slated to begin production on the sixth season on September 22 in Chicago amid the stick COVID-19 protocols. It's set to premiere Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Sunny portrays Regan Fried in the CW sci-fi series Pandora, which was renewed for a second season. She has also been in films that include Argo and Children of Men. 

Sounds like an interesting character and one that we should keep an eye on when the season starts up. I haven't really seen her in much. But I'm looking forward. 

Are you excited about the casting news? Leave a comment and tell us your thoughts.