The Fall Television Season is Finally Here

 

With the weather changing, football back, and daylight shortening up, that could only mean one thing: the fall television season is back! Yes, it's that time of the season when new and return shows give us what we love: to laugh, love, cry, and be thrilled. 

With the Primetime Emmy Awards airing last night, today is the most exciting week for me as Premiere Week is like Christmas, and the Super Bowl all wrapped up in one week. We've been waiting all summer for this week to come, and now it's finally here!

Returning shows like One Chicago or FBI series, The Conners, or not to mention Station 19 and Grey's Anatomy, gives us that our shows are back. With an exciting new season full of drama and excitement with our favorite characters and what will happen to them this new season. 

Plus, the season premieres of our returning shows are either having an epic crossover event (FBI series, Station 19-Grey's Anatomy) or picking up with the cliffhangers that we're left at the end of last season (Chicago Fire and Chicago PD).

And let us not leave out the new shows like NCIS: Hawaii, Ghost, and The Big Leap. American Rust and LA BREA, to name a few, are trying to become the next new hit. Some of these new shows look exciting to tune in and see where they would go. 

While last season didn't start every day, it feels good to return to normalcy, knowing that we get to see our favorite characters back and escape for a half-hour to an hour from the madness in our daily lives. Here's to having a great fall season and premiere week because as soon as fall hits, winter is just around the corner.

One Chicago: Chicago Med "You Can't Always Trust What You See"/Chicago Fire "Mayday"/"Chicago PD "Closure" Season Premiere Preview

 

We're just two weeks until the season premiere of One Chicago. Here's a preview of the season premieres.

Chicago Med 

"You Can't Always Trust What You See"

In the season seven premiere, Will Halstead returns to Med to help Goodwin with a secret investigation. Archer and Charles deal with twins who insist on being identical inside and out. Stevie and Dylan treat a young patient with sickle cell anemia.

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Chicago Fire

"May Day"

In the season ten premiere, Firehouse 51 deals with the aftermath of the capsized boat rescue. Gallo, Ritter, and Violet discuss plans for a side gig.

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Chicago PD

Closure

In the season nine premiere, when a P.D. informant is murdered, the team digs in to track down the perpetrator only to learn a shocking truth. Voight and Ruzek strategize to help Burgess.

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While we know that Med will pick up months or so after the finale, I'm still looking forward to seeing where Halstead will be after his butt was saved by Natalie. Hows the relationship between Charles and Archer will be like. But one of my favorite when it comes to medical dramas is the fresh faces coming into the show I can't wait to see Dylan and Stevie. 

As for Fire and PD, it is a Must-See Premiere night no doubt about it. Both finales left me with so many emotions both happy and intense. Will Squad make it out? How's Brett and Casey's relationship going after that AMAZING coming to arms or kiss in that finale? Also, I can just picture the humor with Gallo, Violet, and Ritter. 

Will Burgess make it out alive after the aftermath of the finale? How will Ruzek handle all of this? As I'm writing this I'm just getting goosebumps just thinking about it. I literally can't wait for the season premiere. 

What are your thoughts going into the season premiere of Med, Fire and PD? What are you expecting? How excited are you? Leave your comments below!

The season premiere of Chicago Med, Fire and PD begins Wednesday, September 22 beginning at 8/7c on NBC.

Chicago Med Up Steven Weber to series regular; Adds Two to Cast

Looks like Dr. Dean Archer will be staying at Chicago Med for a while.

Deadline is reporting that Chicago Med has added Weber to series regular as the series enters its seventh season this fall.

Also,  there will be two new doctors coming to Med as Guy Lockard and Kristen Hager have landed to series regular. The new cast additions come after the casting departures of Yaya DaCosta and Torrey DeVitto.

Lockard will portray Dr. Dylan Scott, who left a career as a Chicago police officer to become a doctor. Whether the doctor has any connections to characters in Chicago PD is as yet unknown.

Hager will play Dr. Stevie Hammer, a brilliant and scrappy emergency room attending physician. 

After what the season six finale brought, I didn't think that Archer would be back but never say never. Weber did do a great job this past season and I look forward to seeing what his character will do in season seven. Meanwhile, I always look forward to new casting additions and the additions of Lockard and Hager sound interesting. 

What do you think of the casting news? Excited? Leave a comment! 

Chicago Med returns on September 22 on NBC.

NBC's 2021 Fall Premiere Dates

 

On Thursday, NBC comes the fourth broadcasting TV network to announced their premiere dates for their fall schedule. 

Kicking off Monday, Sept. 20, Ariana Grande and James Wolk will kick things off with The Voice and Ordinary Joe. The mighty #OneChicago lineup returns on Wednesday, Sept. 22 while The Blacklist's ninth season, originally set for Fridays, will eventually lead off Thursday nights (due to Law Order spinoff not moving forward).

This Is Us' sixth and final season will premiere at midseason ,yet air it's 18 episodes almost uninterrupted), while The Voice will air one cycle this TV season.

Here are the premiere dates:

Monday, Sept. 20

8/7c The Voice

10/9c Ordinary Joe (series premiere)

Tuesday, Sept. 21

10/9c New Amsterdam

Wednesday, Sept. 22

8/7c Chicago Med

9/8c Chicago Fire 

10/9c Chicago PD

Thursday, Sept. 23

8/7c Law & Order SVU (2-hour premiere, speical time)

10/9c Law & Order: Organized Crime

Friday, Sept. 24

10/9c Dateline

Tuesday, Sept. 28

9/8c La Brea (series premiere)

Thursday, Sept. 28

8/7c Law & Order SVU (special time)

9/8c Law & Order: Organize Crime (two episodes)

Thursday, Oct. 21

8/7c The Blacklist (replaces Law & Order: For the Defense, which is no longer moving forward).

Midseason: AGT: Extreme, American Auto, American Song Contest, Grand Crew, Kenan, Mr. Mayor, The Thing About Pam, This Is Us, Transplant, Young Rock, and Weakest Link.

With all the networks announcing their fall premiere dates, I'm looking forward to getting back to normal with shows returning in September. Sad to hear about the Law & Order spinoff isn't moving forward, was looking forward to having three full nights of Dick Wolf shows in a week. 

We're just two months away from premiere night! 

Are you excited about the returns shows and new shows? Leave a comment below!

Moving Forward: This Is Us "The Adirondacks" Season Finale

 

The season five finale was as good as it could have gotten, especially for that twisted ending. Here's a recap!

It's Kevin and Madison's wedding day, and it's not going too well with Kevin, as things are going the way he had hoped it would be, perfect. As Kevin shows his groomzilla, Randall, Miguel, Tobey, and Uncle Nicky try to help as much as possible. 

Meanwhile, as everyone had arrived, Rebecca wanted to hear about Randall's trip and learn about his biological mother, which she got overwhelmed and made Randall uncomfortable. But the two resolved the issue, and she learned quite a bit about Laura. 

Tess wasn't too happy with the bride's maid of honor dress, so Beth decided to help her make it into her own style. Deja awaited her from Malik about his college interviews and got a surprise when he told her that he not only got four out of four but five out of five because he's got an offer from Harvard.

Tobey gives Kate good news about him taking that job offer in San Fransico, but that means he'll have to be there three times a week, which he thought that they could move. As Kate called her boss to tell him that she would resign but he wouldn't because she's the best assistant that he's had, even if he didn't really want her at first. 

In a flashback, we see Rebecca upset that Jack taped a Pittsburgh Pirates game over her taped Dynasty wedding episode and had the kids see them fight for the first time. Not only did they try to show them that they love each other, but they put on a wedding for them as well.

As Madison prepares for her wedding, she looks back to when her mother left her and her father and the time that her father wasn't all there for her. Not to mention learning how she got into the eating disorder program in the pilot episode. That's when she decided that she didn't want to marry Kevin and called off the wedding. 

After the wedding was called off, Rebecca, Randall, and Kate comfort Kevin. In their conversation, Rebecca asks Kevin to build her that house that Jack had planned to do. Plus, in a five-year flash-forward, we come back to when Kevin was practicing his speech, we thought it was for his wedding, but it turns out to be Kate's wedding...to her boss from the music school! WTF!

"The Adirondacks" was such a great season finale that had many great moments; one of them I just ate up was Randall being there for Kevin, like holding the umbrella for him as he tries to avoid Rebecca talking about his mother. Nicky's wedding gift and well that powerful seen when we see the Pearsons together talking about what would Jack have said and talked about the future (which had me in tears). 

Talk about shocker, right? I didn't see that one coming at all. Kate and her boss getting married? Wow! I was at least thinking of Kevin and Sophie getting married. Man, I can't wait to see where the final season will go and how it will end. 

Overall, I give this episode a 9/10 and the season a 9/10.

What did you think of the season finale? Leave a comment below!

This Is Us returns in 2022 with the final season. Check out for more recaps of this season and previous seasons of This Is Us.

A Season Burning Brighter: Chicago Fire Season 9 (Episode 7-16)

 

Season Nine of Chicago Fire burns so brightly with such amazing stories. Once again, this season was a step up from last season, even though we got a shorter season. Here's a recap and thoughts. 

Next Level Drama: Chicago PD Season 8 (Episodes 7-16)

 

The rest of Season 8 of Chicago PD (Episodes 7-16) was utterly unique! Once again, the show has stepped up and made it even better than the previous season. Here's a recap and thoughts!