Superstore to End with Season 6

Well, it looks like Cloud 9 will be out of business.

On Thursday, NBC has announced that Superstore will conclude at the end of its current sixth season. The final 11 episodes will begin airing Thursday, Jan. 14th in a new time slot at 8:30/7:30c, where it now follow the Ted Danson led comedy, Mr. Mayor. 

"We're grateful to universal Television and NBC for letting us make 113 episodes of a show we're so proud of, and for giving us the chance to work with such an incredibly talented group of actors, writers, and crew," said executive producers Justin Spitzer, Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green in a statement. "We're thankful most of all to the viewers who've stuck with us for the past six years (or discovered us somewhere along the way). We'll do our best to go out strong and give you the satisfying ending you deserve."

NBCUniversal scripted content president Lisa Katz said in a statement, "Superstore has always been a signature NBC series that has never failed to make us laugh while also thoughtfully examing important issues people care deeply about. This has been an amazing group of writers, producers, actors, and crew to work with and we are both incredibly grateful for all their contributions. This show will forever hold its place among the top workplace comedies for which we have cherished history."

The end-date announcement comes just weeks after original series star America Ferrera exited the series. In her farewell speech to the cast, the actress indicated that she was open to the idea of reprising her role as Amy before the series' eventful conclusion.

Well, this is one way to kick off the holiday season, I guess. Wow! I'm a bit shocked to have read the news that Superstore would be ending after this season. I would have thought they give the series maybe another year or so. But maybe the writings were on the wall with America leaving and the new time slot change that it's time for the show to end. 

I understand that you must be upset and mad, but here's a bright side to things, the show has lasted six seasons. Not a lot of comedies last six seasons and gives a proper ending.

I think that the best to end the series is to bring back Amy and give her and Jonah a final send-off: or maybe have Amy come back because she misses being around her Cloud 9 family. Whatever it is, I'm sure they're gonna give us one hell of an ending. 

What are your thoughts about the news of Superstore? Leave a comment below!

Superstore returns Thursday, Jan. 14th on NBC, also catch up with episodes on Peacock Streaming Service.

 

Station 19 "We Are Family" Episode Preview

 Here's a preview of this Thursday's episode of Station 19 titled, "We Are Family."

"We Are Family"

The future of Sullivan's career hangs in the balance as his disciplinary hearing gets underway, and Ben, Dr. Richard Webber, Emmett Dixon, and former Fire Chief Dixon are called to testify. Meanwhile, the crew investigates an electrical fire at a neglected apartment building that serves as the home and performance space for some of Seattle's most prominent drag queens. 

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What are your thoughts going into this week's episode? Could this be the end of Sullivan's career? Leave a comment below!

You can catch Station 19 Thursdays at 8/7c on ABC.

Mr. Mayor Teaser

On Tuesday, NBC has released the first teaser for the new comedy series, Mr. Mayor. 

Created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, this Ted Danson starring comedy is about how a wealthy businessman runs for Mayor of Los Angeles for all the wrong reasons. But once he wins he must figure out what he stands for all while gaining the respect for his staff, and connect with his daughter, all while controlling the coyote population.   

Here's the teaser: 

The teaser looks fun. The scenes with Danson and Holly Hunter looks exciting. The series had me at "from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock" but now it's my most anticipated new series to watch in the new year. I can not wait!! 

What did you think of the teaser to Mr. Mayor? Leave a comment below!

Mr. Mayor premiere Thursday, Jan. 7th at 8/7c on NBC.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Reflection

 

It was the year's fall event seven years ago today. Here's my reflection on Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary special. 

It is one of those events that you must remember. Call it the Endgame before Endgame, with the hype of this cultural event in 2013. The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special was one that I won't forget.

Now, let me go back. I admit I had never been a fan of Doctor Who until 2011. Thanks to the internet, I heard the news about the show around 2008 and heard of David Tennant leaving the show. But it was after listening to this podcast, Talking TV with Ryan and Ryan, and hearing them talk about Doctor Who so much that I decided to check it out. 

I went through the five series (of the revival) with Matt Smith at the helm. I was hooked on the show, and while tuning in to watch The Doctor and Amy Pond Going on Adventures, I've returned to the show's other seasons and checked them out. 

I caught the Doctor Who fever, and that's where I got my brother hooked on it after telling him so much about the show (one too many times, he would say). 

So now, back to the 50th Anniversary special. I still remember it; it was on a Saturday, and my brother bought himself a fez hat. It was so funny. So, just as we were preparing to watch it, I knew our adrenaline was rising with high expectations. 

As the show began, I was like that's the original title, and it starts just as the first episode began. We loved every minute, from UNIT picking up the TARDIS and seeing Matt hanging on while flying around London to the event. Everyone was excited to see (including my brother) the meeting between Smith and Tennant's Doctors. 

Even seeing all 13 Doctors helping save their home planet was terrific. 

We thought the special was fantastic, and while it was hilarious, it had some excellent good moments when we saw both Doctors (including the War Doctor) talk about why they left and come up with a solution to help their home planet from the Daleks. 

Of course, we couldn't stop talking about it afterward and even rewatched it. And it leads to one of the saddest Christmas specials of the revival when we say goodbye to Matt Smith. 

Watching that notable was unique because it brought my brother and me together and allowed us to be our nerdy selves. That wouldn't happen again until we saw Avengers Endgame in 2019. 

Since 2011, I've been a fan of the series. Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi are my favorites (so far), while Jenna Coleman is my favorite of the Doctor's companions. I did get to watch the eleventh series premiere event with Jodie Whittaker taking over as the new Doctor, but I still need to catch up (which will be something that I should have done this summer but will do this holiday season). 

I want to reflect on what this seventh anniversary of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special meant to me. What did you think of the special? 

Leave a comment below!

FBI "Unreasonable Doubt"/ FBI Most Wanted "Execute" Episode Previews

Here's a preview of this week's episodes of FBI and FBI Most Wanted.

FBI "Unreasonable Doubt" 

The team races against the clock to stop an active serial killer after three women are found weighted down at the bottom of a lake. And Jubal looks into an old closed case after there are multiple similarities to the recent victims.

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FBI Most Wanted "Execute"

When a hacker triggers a car crash that kills a family of three, the team races to hunt him down as his ransomware demands escalate and his chilling final target becomes apparent.

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This week's new episodes look to be a chilling one from what the promos have shown. Looks like we're gonna be taken back to Jubal's past to find the killer and a nice high-tech crime sounds good to me. I can't wait!!

What are your thoughts going into this week's episodes? Excited? Leave a comment below!

You can catch FBI at 9/8c and FBI Most Wanted at 10/9 Tuesday on CBS.

Commentary: Chicago Fire: #Brettsey: The Kiss That Happened And After

(Written November 2020)

Well, it happened! 

Silvie Brett and Matt Casey finally showed their feelings on Wednesday night's fall finale of Chicago Fire with a kiss and a breakup.

I have to admit, the last few days have driven me crazy, just by how the episode ended. We got what we (#Brettsey fans) have asked for a kiss or admitting that they have feelings for one another. We hit the jackpot on that. 

But we knew it was coming, and thank god Brett asked if Casey still had feelings for Dawson. He first replied, "I haven't talked to her in a long time." First off, how long is a "long time?" It's been a year, at least! Two or three years would be considered "a long time." 

Brett still asked again, with Casey giving her probably the straightest answer, "I don't know." 

It just broke my heart to see Brett broken up about it. 

After that ending, I'll admit I was shaken and overwhelmingly emotional and almost couldn't get through watching PD (but I did). During the episode, I had cold, sweaty hands and heart-pounding after Casey and Brett were back at 51 from the accident. 

Besides maybe Single Parents (Angel) and Chicago Med (Manstead), I can't remember a time before how much I wanted these two characters to get together. Abby and Carter (ER), Jim and Pam (The Office), Bones and Booth (Bones), to name a few, out of my head. It's wild! 

The new #Brettsey music videos on YouTube have been beneficial at times. I highly recommend them if you still need to check them out. 

Especially this one:

Even this week's Meet Us At Molly's podcast was excellent. They discussed Brett and Casey, recapped episodes, and shared thoughts on Med, PD, and Fire.

After a few days, I've considered where this could go since the Brettsey rocket has finally lifted off. We can't go back now! 

While we see Casey tell Brett that her feelings for her are accurate regardless of Gabby, this will last throughout the season, and we'll know where we are by the end (if we get there without more COVID-19 shutting down).  

There are many scenarios, with a few being too soapy for the show to be from Gabby returning with his baby. Or that she had died from giving birth, and Antiono brings little Casey to meet his father. Yeah, those do sound crazy. 

It's all up to Casey, but we should understand why it's hard to understand his feelings for Gabby. I know it's not rocket science with what they have had in the show's first six seasons. Casey called Gabby his "Miracle," which put the Brettsey train on hold.

But I'm in for the long haul now. I want Brett and Casey to be a couple. The past two or three seasons have proven that they should be together, from Season 7's Game Night episode, when Casey was about to ask Brett for dinner, to when they were looking for a fire victim's cat. 

Why go all the way like this and be done? It's not done, right?  

I can't wait to see where #Brettsey will go from here. Let's hope it goes well. 

What are your thoughts about the ending of this week's fall finale? Are they done, or will we see more of them working it out? How do you see it play out? Leave a comment below!

Chicago Fire returns on Wednesday, January 6th, on NBC. 

Changing of the World: All Rise "A Change Is Gonna Come" Season Premiere

The season premiere of All Rise this week had some really strong moments and even a shocker at the end. 

The season premiere of All Rise titled, "A Change is Gonna Come" really should the changes that have gone on in the span since the season one finale. We learn in flashbacks of Judge Carmichael stopping a cop as he had drawn his weapon as the girl was trying to look for her phone in her bookbag. 

That point and time set off a chain reaction into the present with Lola and Mark's friendship; as Mark seemed to be on the other side of what Lola was thinking, even though the cop didn't believe that she was a judge and didn't ask for I.D. 

Meanwhile, Mark was battling with Rachel on a case that hits close to home with Carmichael with a white man charged with a hate crime for hitting black and mix people with a baseball bat. We learn the meaning of the judge's difficulties when talking to her new law clerk, Ness Johnson. 

Sara deals with a family situation where her grandparent's store was distorted during the protest but the insurance wasn't going to cover it because it was under the COVID-19 lockdown. I think we're gonna see something in the new episode about that. 

Two things to be taken out of this episode: one what's going with Luke and Emily as they seem distant yet still helping each other with a case to get her client out of jail and to the hospital; due to COVID-19 but died. They took a break during the COVID-19 and yet it seems that Luke has moved on with Sam. Wow!

Second thing: While Carmichael not only was dealing with that cop situation and case, there was something else going on as well. Her husband had been quarantined at the time of the cop situation, but there was something that we see back and forth during the flashbacks. 

We come to find out that Judge Carmichael is expecting a baby. And come to find out that there's a viral video of her standing up against that cop, which doesn't look too good right now.

I have to admit that I enjoyed this season's premiere. I thought they really addressed the Black Lives Matter really well and even the COVID-19 stuff as well. I thought that Simone Missick gave a great performance in this season's premiere. 

The tension between Mark and Lola was so good with each other having different opinions of what had happened that night during the protesters and cop. Could their friendship still be in jeopardy? 

Meanwhile, seeing Emily and Luke being distant from each other (besides for COVID reasons), until they tried to help her client. I was like was it me but weren't they on great terms dating and having a nice evening with a meal and a glass a wine? Apparently, time really did pass and they're on a break. Wow! That took me a bit surprised. 

As for the shocker (depends on what the shocker would be in this case), the viral video was a shocker over the pregnancy. That doesn't mean I was shocked but I did figure it out as we see certain moments like Sherri helping her with ideas to calm down and finding a new law clerk. But I can't wait to see what comes with this story arc with her Lola and her husband and even her judge career. 

Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.

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

You can catch All Rise Mondays at 9/8c on CBS.