After a mediocre debut, Ryan Murphy’s new show 9-1-1 seems to have found it’s footing with the second episode, “Let Go.” Opening with a terrifying roller coaster accident, involving two friends, the opening sequence was very realistic. The strength in this episode written by Murphy with his two co-co-writers, was the realism, as one moment you’re cracking jokes with your best friends, and the next you watch him perish.
The core storytelling aspect of what makes a spin-off great for me is breaking itself from its parent show. Freeform’s Grown-ish continues this trend with Episode 3, “If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late”. Since the backdoor pilot episode aired last season, Zoey has been trying to get Aaron (Trevor Jackson) to notice her.
Since its inception back in 2014, I’ve always found Black-ish to be one of the smartest written and relatable shows on Network Television. Centered on the upper-middle-class African American Johnson family, I look forward to watching the show weekly. When I heard that Zoey (Yara Shahidi) would be getting a spin-off, following her transition into college, I knew that I would have a new comedy to watch. Airing on the Freeform Network, Grown-ish picks up where the backdoor pilot “Liberal Arts” episode of Black-ish left off. Episode 1 Late Registration introduces us to our cast who are all forced to take a late-night class, taught by the hilarious Deon Cole, respiring his role as Charlie from the parent series.
TV Wunderkid Ryan Murphy returns to the FOX network for the drama 9-1-1. The dramedy which follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders: cops, paramedics, firefighters, and dispatchers, in their jobs as well as their personal lives. With an ensemble cast, the show three leads are Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, and Connie Britton, who have all worked with Murphy in the past. Given the title, one would expect the show to have some imaginative 911 scenarios, and in that aspect, it succeeds. One phone call involving a baby and a toilet peaked my interest right away. However, with most series created by Murphy, the real bread & butter comes with the casting.
Streaming service Netflix takes their on the big studio with their genre mash-up Bright. Budgeted at $90 million, Bright is Netflix’s first big-budget blockbuster-style offering, and the big question is, does it succeed, and the answer is yes & no.
The Alienist opens when a series of haunting murders of boy prostitutes grips New York City. Newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt (Brian Geraghty) calls upon criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl) and newspaper illustrator John Moore (Luke Evans) to conduct the investigation in secret.
Marvel’s most well-known antihero, Frank Castle aka The Punisher, makes his headlining series debut on Netflix’s The Punisher. Returning to the role he perfected in Season 2 of Daredevil, Jon Bernthal is back as The Punisher. Episode 1 entitled “3am” opens with Frank finding and killing the last members of the criminals groups which ended his family’s lives: the Dogs of Hell bikers, the sole survivor of the Mexican Cartel of NYC, and the last member of the Kitchen Irish.
On Monday, November 6, 2017, I attended a private screening of the first two commercial-free episodes of “The Long Road Home” which is based on the same titled 2007 book of ABC News journalist Martha Raddatz which chronicles three days earlier of a small group of soldiers from the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division; tragically ambushed in Sadr City.
For the past 48 years, Sesame Street has been helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. On November 11th, the groundbreaking program will premiere a new season on HBO with an extension of its powerful kindness curriculum, an all-new Cookie Monster segment that teaches preschoolers where different foods come from, and a primetime special called “The Magical Wand Chase.”
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