The Lookback: The Munsters: The 60th Year

The Flashback 

            Yeah  I'm going to start it this way. A few days after The Addams Family premiered on ABC, CBS had their concept of a strange family that doesn't fit in our society premiere. The Addams Family  and The Munsters are often tied together by human people. The reasoning might be how they both ran nearly the same time :1964 to 1966. The Munsters started 6 days later and ran a couple weeks longer than the previous and has slightly more episodes going with 70, versus the other's 64.  They also both have the concept of a family that is kind of spooky living in our normal society. Of course, there are differences to both shows.   

         The Munsters premiered on CBS on September 22, 1964.   CBS had placed the show as the lead of their Thursday night line up airing at 7:30 pm Eastern and Pacific that's 6:30pm to us Central and Mountain folks. That slot that networks don't have anymore.  It ran in the line up before Perry Mason, which would also end about a week after this show ended.  They also had Password , and premiering that night with this show, was a sitcom called The Baileys of Balboa, which has the backstory of being created out of spite, the CBS network president didn't like Gilligan's Island -which also came out in 1964 and aired on CBS-  and thought of a idea that would be better, in his mind.  And finally, a show called "The Defenders"  The Munsters was on against the Flintstones and Later Jonny Quest on ABC.

            In this post, I am mostly going to use the first episode  to talk about whilst weaving in stuff about the show.  Also I have written about other Munsters media before, you can check those out too.    

            Monsters are Universal 

          Take some writers from Rocky and Bullwinkle, dash in the creators of Leave it To Beaver, sprinkle a mix of some Universal monsters, and small dash of Charles Addams. You get this.   Allan Burns worked with Jay Ward on the Jay Ward cartoons and ended up working with Chris Hayward  again for a new sitcom , then they also worked together to make My Mother the Car.  Since they were working with MCA TV which was a studio owned with Universal Pictures they had access to the designs of classic monsters made by the movie studio. Since,  specific designs are owned by the studio, like how the Frankenstein monster looks. Eventually, they even settled on making the show live-action instead of an animated one.  

            I'm trying to keep the "Addams Family" comparisons down a little, because I don't want to detract from either show, but I do want to offer one of the contrasts here.  While, that series had people who, mostly, looked like people you'd run into and not think anything of, this show stands out. Starting with Herman Munster.  Herman is the father and husband character of the show.  He also happens to be a Frankenstein monster.  Though he might not be the one from the 30's movies , otherwise Herman Munster killing a little girl is disturbing.  Then there's Lily, his wife, who is the daughter of  a vampire, possibly Count Dracula, but the Grandpa on the show is just called Grandpa (because when you get old you lose your name) and he lives with the family.  Lily and Herman have a son who is a ware-wolf ish  boy.  Don't ask how that works.

            Also a difference between that show and this one, is the Munsters were more working class, Herman works, they have money troubles at times, and sometimes Lilly and Grandpa take up jobs. The show has different basic premise than the other show, even if it seems they have the same joke. The Munsters, also see themselves as typical American family, and kind of think the world around them is strange. They take different approaches to that. 

The Lookback: The Addams Family 60th Year

The Flashback 

       

    Fall TV in 1964 had two interesting shows premiere at only a few days apart from each other. They both had the same basic concept, but with different execution.  Starting with September 18, 1964, that's when this sitcom "The Addams Family" first premiered on ABC.  The episode was  "The Addams Family Goes to School".

        This is not going to be a post about the entire series, as there are reasons I couldn't do that in time, but  I wanted to do something for the anniversary of the series. So a look at the very first episode but with some more added in to talk about the series as a whole.   

            Adaptation 

        This series was an adaptation of a single panel comic series by Charles Addams for The New Yorker.  Addams began working at the magazine in 1932,  the first Addams Family cartoon came out in 1938.  He introduced characters one by one, starting with Morticia, then Gomez, Pugsley, Wednesday, and finally Uncle Fester. The Addams family is rich family with old money that delight in the things we find disturbing and grotesque. They have an unawareness that people find them strange or scary.  I will mention that the names didn't really exist at first either. Morticia and Wednesday were named thanks to a doll collection.  Gomez and Pugsley were named thanks to the 1964 series.  Originally, Pugsley was called Pubert but network people didn't like the name and yeah Pugsley is better. 

           Television executive for NBC saw one of Addams' books at a bookstore and thought that be great for TV.   Addams liked the idea and they thought up names for the characters.  The comics were a little dark and the TV series decided to not take that approach, went for a sitcom with comedy and lighter elements.  The series was developed by David Levy. The series also ended up airing on ABC. 

            Meet the Family 

        My first introduction to the Addams Family would have to be reruns of the cartoon series, though I either remember first seeing the 1973 animated series or the one that aired later. I also remember when they met Scooby Doo and the gang. A crossover that  blew my mind.  I didn't see the 1964 series until a little later when those reruns showed up again.  

         I feel that this series was probably a bigger introduction the characters for many before the 1990's movies came out. But does seem to get a little over shadowed thanks to those movies.  Originally the series aired on ABC Friday night line up. Also a big night, where Jonny Quest also premiered. Then after that it was The Famer's Daughter, which had its second season premiere. A short 3 season run series, a short 3 run series with 101 episodes. (because TV was better then) After The Addams Family , ABC premiered a new series called Valentine's Day (not the best title) 

                    

       I don't know if networks thought of flow scheduling then, but that's an awkward line up. I might be implying something here. 

        Let's talk about something that is really well known thanks to this series- the theme song.  The song was written and arranged by Vic Mizzy. He also wrote the score for the The Green Acres theme. (New York is where I'd rather stay)    

            The First Episode 

        Let's dig into the first episode of the series, again called "The Addams Family Goes to School".  It was co written by Seaman Jacobs and Ed James.  This is the only episode Jacobs wrote, but he worked on other sitcoms.  

            The episode starts and throws the viewer right into the absurdity. Mailman comes by to deliver the mail into the mail box and gets greeted by a dethatched hand-that's Thing. Anyway a truant officer asks the mailman if the house belongs to the Addams family.  The mailman says yes and things are going to happen. 

Stupid self closing gates/ copyright MGM 

            I am using the first episode as a way to talk about the series. This is also very fits in with the 60's sitcom era. An era of sitcom that hasn't been matched since.  A lot of  60's sitcoms, especially around this point, start to not reject, but move away from a more ridged 50's style of show. Sitcoms where the premise takes something a little off and runs with it.  "My Favorite Martian" , a sitcom about a Martian who has come to Earth and that's not the strangest thing about that show.  Coming out the same season, about 9 days after this show is "My Living Doll" a show about a guy  helping a Julie Newmar robot help become more human.    

                     

         The other kinds of shows that would exist in this era are shows that take a strange and pit them with a straight man or a force that'd we consider the normal going against the abnormal.  Bewitched , which premiered one day before this show, takes the idea of the American  married couple and decides to go what if one was a witch?  It also takes the idea of a fighting contrast of the husband wanting his wife to do things and be "normal" against the force of her own family and even kind of her, to want to still do and be witch, which she is.  The Addams Family are family that are strange to our ideals, but they see themselves as normal.   

            This episode has the truant officer  encounter the house first. The viewer doesn't even see any of the Addams family characters, besides Thing, after the theme song for about 2 minutes.  We see the funny things that happen around his encounters with the gate, and the funny doorknob.  (Also laugh track, because 1960's sitcom)  Then Wednesday answers the door . Wednesday is an interesting character mostly because the well noted depictions of her are from the 1990's movies and then the Netflix show that bares her name.  She is more a cynical person and more emotionally disconnected. Shown to be more sadistic and embraces a darker edge of the darkness part of her family's enjoyment.  That is not how she is in this series. Also, she's younger than later depictions.

Hello, are you a door to door salesman? / Copyright MGM

        Here she answers the door, and there's not much that would give away the strangeness of the Addams Family- other than the funny gags that happened before- as besides having some outdated clothing, even for the 1960's children, she acts with warm and good nature to the guest at the door.  Lisa Loring's Wednesday is still a great depiction.  She lets him in and she doesn't do anything that makes it seem strange. That's the house's role where the man being our eyes sees the strange decorations of the house. 

            Knowing the show later usually opts for Lurch to answer the door and bring people in, I like how it's Wednesday letting Sam Hillard in. He's relies on her for ease since the house's strangeness is putting him at unease.  While, I won't deny that the Lurch interactions are funnier, because of how the guest(s) are reacting to him and his reactions to them are just as funny.  The interaction with Wednesday also gives a great hint to how the Addams's are as people with being warm and welcoming. 

This is a man who is wondering how many minutes he has left to live/Copyright MGM

The Flashback: Detention ( A Cartoon Series)

The Flashback   Kids WB 

         Kids WB had an very strange run in what it is in context of time. I've written about the block (twice!) and it seems there's a period where the block launches and lives on the idea of bringing in the Warner Bros. TV animated shows from FOX Kids, then in 1999, it decides Pokémon.  Then it brings in some more anime, then it stops, then it dies. That also means that Kids WB has stuff they dropped in between the stuff they are known  for like Phantom Investigators .  Another case, would this show: Detention.  

        Funny enough, over on ABC, Disney had a series called Recess. That series came out in 1997 and was mostly a series that took place at a kids' favorite part of the school day :recess.  I'm not saying that this show was trying to run on the success of that show or a copy of it. It's more a genre of show that existed that we really don't get now.   Like Recess, Detention takes from something that happens at school and brings it to the forefront, that being detention.  Unlike, recess -the time period- detention isn't seen as a very positive thing and isn't supposed to be. In media,  it had different showings and usages.  The famous depiction of the event is The Breakfast Club.  

        Detention , the series, takes a look at the idea of kids who somehow end up always being in detention and like The Breakfast Club has a mis-mash mixture of kids forced together in one spot.  It premiered on Saturday, September 11, 1999 on the WB.   The show was created by Bob Doucette.   

              

One Shot Posts: As Told By Ginger Does a Death

Nickelodeon   One Shot Posts

 

        As Told By Ginger  has got to be one of my personal top favorite Nicktoon series, and Nickelodeon overall. Not number 1, but not below number 5 either. It's an interesting cartoon that ran from well that's kind of iffy in how it broadcast but it did kick off in the year 2000. It's a great series created by  Emily Kapnek and yes done by the animation studio Klasky Csupó, and the animation style probably filtered the weak out from a great show.  

     I'm not going to be writing about the whole show here, I'm instead taking a look at one episode. This one is called "Carl and Maude" it's the second episode of the entire series.  As Told By Ginger was slightly different than many other animated shows in a few ways. It offered a realism its world-even characters change clothes- the show has funny moments, but it's not a full 100% comedy series. The characters age, and the show holds a continuity and can be kind of considered somewhat story driven in the sense that episodes are driven more by their story and that a plot might not even finish in one episode.  It also would be hard to take a random episode of the show and talk about it since so many key points might have come before it. With episode 2 , it's not too far in.

         This is also where even episode 2 has stuff that carries over from episode 1 where Ginger and her friends Jodie and Macie, have to go to the retirement home to do community service because they stole a sign from the bank. Ginger's younger brother, Carl, is there with them - he didn't do anything with the sign; she just has to watch him. 

 

                                  Don't forget to spay and neuter ...wait a minute/ Copyright Paramount
 

           Episode 2 taking something from episode 1 where the trio ended up getting in trouble for stealing a sign carried over here is an example of how this show was different to other cartoon shows on Nickelodeon and other cartoons on other networks.  It didn't end up as an off thing where they contained it into one episode.  This will be important for this episode too. 

         There's an older woman named Maude that Carl hears about it and finds here fascinating.  He's a mischievous person himself.  He and her quickly hit it off and become good friends, which is sweet in its own gross way. 

        Ginger's plot isn't about her working at the retirement home, it's actually about Courtney Gripling deciding to invite herself over to Ginger's house for dinner.  Courtney Gripling is a girl in school, the popular rich one. In fact, the reason Ginger stole a sign in the first place was to impress Courtney. She ended up falling into a trap set by Courtney's friend Miranda. Courtney is a great character, she takes an interest in Ginger , even though they aren't the same "social class" or  income class. It's something different from other shows. 

                                        The cordless home phone was the status symbol / Copyright Paramount
 

        Anyway, Courtney has decided to the fun thing of inviting herself to Ginger's house for dinner, which is a bold step. Ginger wants to make her home look cool enough for Courtney and wants the dinner to go well. which would mean uh-oh.  Carl has decided to invite Maude for dinner.  

      

   More after the jump 

Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween 2024 schedule

  Halloween     fREEFORM 

        The unofficial end of summer is here and fall is coming, and that means Halloween is coming. Freeform is ready for it with the announcement of their annual 31 Nights of Halloween schedule.  

            The  network will once again run Halloween themed programming from October 1 through October 31.   Per tradition, the programming event will air movies like "Hocus Pocus", "Beetlejuice", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Edward Scissorhands", and more classics. 

         Adding to the line up this year, the 2023 version of "The Haunted Mansion" makes a premiere to the network on October 5.  "Hocus Pocus 2" will premiere October 6.  On October 13,  it's a Tim Burton Day, with the 2019 version of "Dumbo",  Frankenweenie, "Dark Shadows", "The Nightmare Before Christmas",  "Beetlejuice", amd"Edward Scissorhands" 

         Freeform also adds "Arachnophobia" to their rotation this year, along with the Disney animated film "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"  The Disney Plus series "Goosebumps" season 1 will  air as a marathon on October 25. 

 Here's the full line up all times ET/PT, subject to change 

Tuesday, Oct. 1

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

5:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

6:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice" 

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Wednesday Oct. 2

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia" – Freeform Premiere

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

5:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

8:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

Thursday, Oct. 3

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

1:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

4:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

6:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar)

8:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar)

Friday, Oct. 4

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown"

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge"

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated) – Freeform Premiere

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

6:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Cruella"

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)

Saturday, Oct. 5

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

9:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Toy Story of TERROR!" (Disney-Pixar)

9:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

11:35 a.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

2:05 p.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

4:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

6:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice" 

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023) – World Television Premiere

11:30 p.m ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

Sunday, Oct. 6

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Mrs. Doubtfire"

10:05 a.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

12:35 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

2:40 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

4:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

6:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2" – World Television Premiere

11:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil"

Monday, Oct. 7

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Mrs. Doubtfire"

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

6:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

Tuesday, Oct. 8

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010)

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

4:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

6:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Wednesday, Oct. 9

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Mansion"

3:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

5:35 p.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated)

7:10 p.m. ET / PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Encanto" (Disney Animated)

Thursday, Oct. 10

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge" 

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

5:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

7:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus" - Pop N' Knowledge

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice" – Pop N' Knowledge

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Twitches"

Friday, Oct. 11

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "The House with a Clock in Its Walls"

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

3:00 p.m. ET/PT - "Toy Story of TERROR!" (Disney-Pixar)

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

5:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

8:00 p.m. ET/PT  – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Twitches Too"

Saturday, Oct. 12

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Toy Story of TERROR!" (Disney-Pixar)

7:30 a.m. ET/PT – "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996) (Disney Animated)

9:35 a.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

11:40 a.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

2:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 

5:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar)

7:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar) 

9:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

11:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Something Wicked This Way Comes" – Freeform Premiere

Sunday, Oct. 13 

8:00 a.m. ET/PT – "The Black Cauldron" (Disney Animated)

10:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Dumbo" (2019) (Live Action) – Tim Burton Marathon

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

2:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

5:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

6:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

11:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

Monday, Oct. 14

11:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

2:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

4:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Beetlejuice"

6:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

8:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

Tuesday, Oct. 15

11:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Twitches"

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

5:50 p.m. ET/PT – "The Incredibles" (Disney-Pixar)

8:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Incredibles 2" (Disney-Pixar)

Wednesday, Oct. 16

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

3:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

5:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" – Pop N' Knowledge

6:50 p.m. ET / PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Thursday, Oct. 17

11:00 am. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge" 

5:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me"

7:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me 2"

9:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me 3"

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Muppets From Space" – Freeform Premiere

Friday, Oct. 18

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Despicable Me"

2:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar) 

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar) 

6:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

8:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2" 

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)

Saturday, Oct. 19

7:30 a.m. ET / PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

10:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" 

1:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" 

4:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" 

8:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" 

11:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

Sunday, Oct. 20

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Mrs. Doubtfire"

9:40 a.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

11:50 a.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

2:25 p.m. ET/PT - "Dark Shadows" (2012)

5:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023)

7:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Cruella"

11:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

Monday, Oct. 21

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Alice in Wonderland" (2010) (Live Action)

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Alice Through The Looking Glass"

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

6:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Tuesday, Oct. 22

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

5:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: Far From Home"

7:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: No Way Home" 

Wednesday, Oct. 23

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: Far From Home"

3:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Spider-Man: No Way Home" 

6:20 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

8:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

Thursday, Oct. 24

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Edward Scissorhands"

3:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Dark Shadows" (2012)

5:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Aladdin" (2019) (Live Action)

8:55 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus" – Pop N' Knowledge

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

Friday, Oct. 25

1:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps" (2023) – Season One Marathon

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge"

Saturday, Oct. 26

8:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown" 

10:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge"

12:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

2:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

5:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

7:15 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2"

9:45 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023)

12:25 a.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated)

Sunday, Oct. 27

7:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

9:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Spooky Buddies"

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

3:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

5:40 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

7:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters, Inc." (Disney-Pixar)

9:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Monsters University" (Disney-Pixar)

11:55 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

Monday, Oct. 28

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Frankenweenie" (2012)

1:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Haunted Mansion" (2003)

3:00 p.m. ET/PT – "The Incredibles" (Disney-Pixar)

5:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Incredibles 2" (Disney-Pixar)

8:05 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

Tuesday, Oct. 29

11:00 a.m. ET/PT – "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (Disney Animated)

12:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" 

2:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"

5:35 p.m. ET/PT – "Cruella"

8:50 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

Wednesday, Oct. 30

11:30 a.m. ET/PT – "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" 

1:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Arachnophobia"

4:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus" 

6:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

8:25 p.m. ET/PT – "Haunted Mansion" (2023)

Thursday, Oct. 31 - HALLOWEEN

12:00 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

2:10 p.m. ET/PT – "Casper" (1995)

4:40 p.m. ET/PT – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

6:20 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus"

8:30 p.m. ET/PT – "Hocus Pocus 2" 

12:00 a.m. ET/PT – "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)

Full Press release after the jump 

DCOM Does Sequel To Horse Film but on an Island: Jumping Ship

Disney The Lookback 

      

            Previously. I wrote about the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, Horse Sense, which starred Andy Lawrence and  his brother, Joey, as cousins.  That movie did really well to the point Disney Channel wanted to do a sequel.  Though, that movie really had seemed to wrap things up, pretty well. This is the days when movies- especially TV movies- don't expect sequels as part of the game.  Disney had a lot of the youngest Lawrence brother, he was the voice of TJ on Recess, was in the 2000 DCOM, I covered -The Other Me  - and he'd do another DCOM later.  I'll get to the rest of the cast, in a few. 

                Back to the sequel element. The idea of a sequel to Horse Sense is kind of hard to think about except Andy and Joey Lawrence. Joey's character, Michael Woods, went through character development in the movie, as one would expect, so the worry here would be the 2nd movie would ruin some of that because 2nd movie.  

                Jumping Ship first aired on Disney Channel on August 17, 2001. That date will also be important for something else soon. play attention.  Also, look how quickly that turnaround is, the last movie was out in November 1999. (wow) 

Hello, we're calling about your horse warranty/ Copyright Disney 

            How does this movie start? With Montana, horses, Andy's character of Tommy, just to remind you that is Horse Sense 2.   It also shows that Michael has grown a bit in character and is "farming" in his backyard... by the pool. (As you do)  Also, thanks to Tommy's mother talking to Michael on the phone we know they are going Australia. (Random)  Michael tells Tommy that's going to charter a private yacht to during their trip.  I'm happy that this movie hasn't reset Michael's character just for sake of 2nd movie. It does show that he's not good with spending money still, which is a good way have a conflict and not have it be the problem from first movie. His father tells him he's spending money he doesn't have and tells him he has to pay him back and he has to find a job or he'll have to work with his Dad- as a file clerk. 

Son, I'm going to have to sue you / Copyright Diseny

            There also seems to be a new conflict for Tommy, since the ranch was saved, he doesn't want this neighbor guy to like his mother and she kind of likes him too, and doesn't want to be part of this, because doesn't want a new Dad.  

               Michael and Tommy are now on an island as they are on vacation. This movie gives you the Lawrence Brothers doing a great job and makes an enjoyable performance. A lady runs into Michael on purpose and she steals his wallet without him noticing because plot. The duo get to be on a nice boat, oops wrong boat.  Oh the woman meets up with a guy on a yacht and he looks through the wallet.  So if Michael wasn't so showy three people wouldn't want to be after him now. (there's a moral here, somewhere) 

Good thing he didn't notice me stealing his wallet, that I'm holding out here for everyone to see / Copyright Disney 

            The duo find their boat and guess what? You thought this movie would only have two Lawrence brothers, well, you were WRONG.  (ooh I'm sad now) That's right. Matthew Lawrence, the middle brother between Joey and Andy shows up as a character named Jake Hunter.  Which is funny. You see, in later seasons of Boy Meets World , Lawrence played Jack Hunter a character who was Shan  Hunter's half brother on that series.  The other fun part is Boy Meets World , ended it's run 1 year before this movie aired, but reruns were on Disney Channel.   One Boy Meets World's production companies was: Touchstone Television, which was owned by Disney.  It's fun. Fun fact 2: this movie was filmed in Australia for real.  

More after the jump 

2024 Primetime Emmy's Nominations

 Primetime Emmys 

        The76th annual Primetime Emmy awards nominations have been announced.   The award show airs on  Sunday, September 15, at 8pm/7c on ABC. 

Outstanding Drama Series

• "The Crown"
• "Fallout"
• "The Gilded Age"
• "The Morning Show"
• "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
• "Shōgun"
• "Slow Horses"
• "3 Body Problem"

Outstanding Comedy Series 

• "Abbott Elementary"
• "The Bear"
• "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
• "Hacks"
• "Only Murders in the Building"
• "Palm Royale"
• "Reservation Dogs"
• "What We Do in the Shadows"

Outstanding limited or anthology series 

• "Baby Reindeer"
• "Fargo"
• "Lessons in Chemistry"
• "Ripley"
• "True Detective: Night Country"

Outstanding reality competition program 

• "The Amazing Race"
• "RuPaul's Drag Race"
• "Top Chef"
• "The Traitors"
• "The Voice"

Outstanding talk series 

• "The Daily Show"
• "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
• "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
• "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"

Outstanding scripted variety series 

"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
"Saturday Night Live"

Outstanding variety special (live) 

• "The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher"
• "The 66th Grammy Awards"
• "The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady"
• "The Oscars"
• "The 76th Annual Tony Awards"

Outstanding variety special  (pre-recorded) 

• "Billy Joel: The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden"
• "Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer"
• "Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic"
• "Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die"
• "Trevor Noah: Where Was I"

Outstanding Game Show 

• "Celebrity Family Feud"
• "Jeopardy!"
• "Password"
• "The Price is Right at Night"
• "Wheel of Fortune"

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series 

• Idris Elba, "Hijack"
• Donald Glover, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
• Walton Goggins, "Fallout"
• Gary Oldman, "Slow Horses"
• Hiroyuki Sanada, "Shōgun"
• Dominic West, "The Crown"

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series 

• Jennifer Aniston, "The Morning Show"
• Carrie Coon, "The GIlded Age"
• Maya Erskine, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
• Anna Sawai, "Shōgun"
• Imelda Staunton, "The Crown"
• Reese Witherspoon, "The Morning Show"

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series 

• Matt Berry, "What We Do in the Shadows"
• Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
• Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear"
• D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, "Reservation Dogs"

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series 

• Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary"
• Ayo Edebiri, "The Bear"
• Selena Gomez, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Maya Rudolph, "Loot"
• Jean Smart, "Hacks"
• Kristen Wiig, "Palm Royale"

Outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

• Matt Bomer, "Fellow Travelers"
• Richard Gadd, "Baby Reindeer"
• Jon Hamm, "Fargo"
• Tom Hollander, "Feud: Capote vs. the Swans"
• Andrew Scott, "Ripley"

Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

• Jodie Foster, "True Detective: Night Country"
• Brie Larson, "Lessons in Chemistry"
• Juno Temple, "Fargo"
• Sofía Vergara, "Griselda"
• Naomi Watts, "Feud: Capote vs. the Swans"

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

Tadanobu Asano, "Shōgun"
Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show"
Mark Duplass, "The Morning Show"
Jon Hamm, "The Morning Show"
Takehiro Hira, "Shōgun"
Jack Lowden, "Slow Horses"
Jonathan Pryce, "The Crown"

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

• Christine Baranski, "The Gilded Age"
• Nicole Beharie, "The Morning Show"
• Elizabeth Debicki, "The Crown"
• Greta Lee, "The Morning Show"
• Lesley Manville, "The Crown"
• Karen Pittman, "The Morning Show"
• Holland Taylor, "The Morning Show"

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

• Lionel Boyce, "The Bear"
• Paul W. Downs, "Hacks"
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach, "The Bear"
• Paul Rudd, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Tyler James Williams, "Abbott Elementary"
• Bown Yang, "Saturday Night Live"

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

• Carol Burnett, "Palm Royale"
• Liza Colón-Zayas, "The Bear"
• Hannah Einbinder, "Hacks"
• Janelle James, "Abbott Elementary"
• Sheryl Lee Ralph, "Abbott Elementary"
• Meryl Streep, "Only Murders in the Building"

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

• Jonathan Bailey, "Fellow Travelers"
• Robert Downey Jr., "The Sympathizer"
• Tom Goodman-Hill, "Baby Reindeer"
• John Hawkes, "True Detective: Night Country"
• Lamorne Morris, "Fargo"
• Lewis Pullman, "Lessons in Chemistry"
• Treat Williams, "Feud: Capote vs. the Swans"

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

• Dakota Fanning, "Ripley"
• Lily Gladstone, "Under the Bridge"
• Jessica Gunning, "Baby Reindeer"
• Aja Naomi King, "Lessons in Chemistry"
• Diane Lane, "Feud: Capote vs. the Swans"
• Nava Mau, "Baby Reindeer"
• Kali Reis, "True Detective: Night Country"

Outstanding directing for a drama series

• "The Crown," Stephen Daldry (episode: "Sleep, Dearie Sleep")
• "The Morning Show," Mimi Leder (episode: "The Overview Effect")
• "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Hiro Murai (episode: "First Date")
• "Shōgun," Frederick E.O. Toye (episode: "Crimson Sky")
• "Slow Horses," Saul Metzstein (episode: "Strange Games")
• "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty," Salli Richardson-Whitfield (episode: "Beat L.A.")

Outstanding directing for a comedy series

• "Abbott Elementary," Randall Einhorn (episode: "Party")
• "The Bear," Christopher Storer (episode: "Fishes")
• "The Bear," Ramy Youssef (episode: "Honeydew")
• "The Gentlemen," Guy Ritchie (episode: "Refined Aggression")
• "Hacks," Lucia Aniello (episode: "Bulletproof")
• "The Ms. Pat Show," Mary Lou Belli (episode: "I'm the Pappy")

Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie

• "Baby Reindeer," Weronika Tofilska (episode: "Episode 4")
• "Fargo," Noah Hawley (episode: "The Tragedy of the Commons")
• "Feud: Capote vs. the Swans," Gus Van Sant (episode: "Pilot")
• "Lessons in Chemistry," Millicent Shelton (episode: "Poirot")
• "Ripley," Steven Zaillian (series)
• "True Detective: Night Country," Issa López (series)

Outstanding writing for a drama series

• "The Crown," Peter Morgan & Meriel Sheibani-Clare (episode: "Ritz")
• "Fallout," Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner (episode: "The End")
• "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Francesca Sloane & Donald Glover (episode: "First Date")
• "Shōgun," Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks (episode: "Anjin")
• "Shōgun," Rachel Kondo & Caitlin Puente (episode: "Crimson Sky")
• "Slow Horses," Will Smith (episode: "Negotiating with Tigers")

Outstanding writing for a comedy series

• "Abbott Elementary," Quinta Brunson (episode: "Career Day")
• "The Bear," Christopher Storer & Joanna Calo (episode: "Fishes")
• "Girls5eva," Meredith Scardino & Sam Means (episode: "Orlando")
• "Hacks," Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky (episode: "Bulletproof")
• "The Other Two," Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider (episode: "Brooke Hosts a Night of Undeniable Good")
• "What We Do in the Shadows," Jake Bender & Zach Dunn (episode: "Pride Parade")

Outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie

"Baby Reindeer," Richard Gadd (series)
"Black Mirror," Charlie Brooker (episode: "Joan is Awful")
"Fargo," Noah Hawley (episode: "The Tragedy of the Commons")
"Fellow Travelers," Ron Nyswaner (episode: "You're Wonderful")
"Ripley," Steven Zaillian (series)
"True Detective: Night Country," Issa López (episode: "Part 6")

    

FOX Sets Fall 2024 Premiere Dates

FOX   FallTVLook2024 

    

        

 FOX is ready for the fall TV season.  "9-1-1 Lone Star" which last ran a new episode on May, 16, 2023, is returning for season 5 on Monday, September 23 at 8pm ET. FOX's premiere week also makes its start here. 

        There's also a change to the original fall released line up.  Thursdays will now have "Crime Scene Kitchen" for season 3, airing at 9pm, after Gordan Ramsay's "Hell's Kitchen". "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test" will be moved to midseason. 

            Sunday, September 8, FOX has NFL Football and is using that doubleheader to bring in their new animated series "Universal Basic Guys" which will air at 8pm /5pt , meanwhile the new season of "Bob's Burgers" and "The Great North" come on after that. 

   

        The doubleheader approach will also be used when FOX premieres "Rescue Hi-Surf" on September 22, that will air at 8pm /5pt  The show will move to its normal Monday time slot , the next day.  Rest of premiere week continues with "Murder in a small Town" on Tuesday, September 24, which is a 90-minute premiere.  "Accused" will fill out Tuesdays, starting on October 1.   Reality shows "The Masked Singer" and "The Floor" are back on Wednesday, September 25.   

        "The Simpsons" and "Krapoplis" will return on Sunday, September 29. 

    Here are the premiere dates, all times ET/PT , unless otherwise noted, new series are highlighted in Blue 

Sunday, September 8 (following NFL doubleheader) 

8pm ET/ 5pt  Universal Basic Guys  (series premiere, live in all time zones) 

8:30/5:30pt  Bob's Burgers (new episode, live in all time zones) 

9pm The Great North (one hour, two new episodes) 

Sunday, September 15 

8pm Universal Basic Guys (new episode) 

8:30pm Bob's Burgers (new episode) 

9pm The Great North (one hour, two new episodes) 

Sunday, September 22  (following NFL doubleheader) 

8pm/5pt Rescue Hi-Surf (series premiere, live in all time zones) 

9pm Universal Basic Guys (new episode) 

9:30pm Bob's Burgers (new episode) 

Monday, September 23 

8pm 9-1-1  Lonestar (season 5 premiere) 

9pm Rescue Hi-Surf  (Time period Premiere) 

Tuesday, September 24 

8pm  Murder in a Small Town (90-minute series premiere) 

Wednesday, September 25

8pm The Masked Singer (season 12 premiere) 

9pm The Floor (season 2 premiere) 

Thursday, September 26 

8pm Hell's Kitchen (season 23 premiere) 

9pm Crime Scene Kitchen (season 3 premiere) 

Fridays, beginning September 13 

8pm/5pt Fox College Football Friday/ Fox College Hoops/ Fox UFL 

Saturdays (on going) 

7pm /4pt Fox Sports Saturday 

Sunday, September 29 

8pm The Simpsons (season 36 premiere) 

8:30pm Universal Basic Guys (time period premiere) 

9pm Bob's Burgers (season 15 premiere) 

9:30pm Krapoplis (season 2 premiere) 

Tuesday, October 1

8pm  Accused (Season 2 premiere) 

9pm Murder in a Small Town (time period premiere) 

Full press release after the jump 

CBS Sets 2024 Fall Premiere Dates

CBS  FallTVLook2024 

   Update:      7/26 CBS has changed "Tracker" and "The Equalizer" premiere dates to be during premiere week instead of originally planned  October 27.  This post has been updated to reflect that change and a new pr has been added under the older one.  No other dates and times have been changed.  

      CBS has set its fall premiere dates with an interesting mostly October start.  Certain shows such as:  "Survivor", "48 Hours", "60 Minutes"  will be premiering in September. "Matlock" gets a special September 22 premiere, before its normal Thursday night slot premiere in October.  "The Summit" also gets a Sunday night special premiere on September 29, before its October premiere.  

        A Premiere Week starts on October 14 , that's when shows like "NCIS" , the "FBI" series, "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage", "Ghosts" and more make their premieres.  New comedy, "Poppa's House" and returning  comedy , "The Neighborhood" premiere on October 21. New series, "NCIS: Origins" gets a 2 hour special premiere on October 14, before a time slot premiere on the 21st.  

        "Tracker" and "The Equalizer" get their  premieres on October 13 and 20, respectively.  

Here's the full premiere dates , all times ET/PT , unless otherwise noted 

Wednesday, September 18 

8-10pm Survivor - Season 47 premiere (regular time slot beings Wednesday, September 25) 

Saturday, September 21 

9-11pm  48 Hours- Season 37 premiere (regular 10-11pm time slot begins Saturday, September 25) 

Sunday, September 22 

7-8pm  60 Minutes - season 57 premiere

8-9pm Matlock (regular 9-10pm , Thursday time slot, begins October 17) 

Sunday, September 29

7-7:30/ 4-4:30pt NFL on CBS Double Header 

7:30-9pm ET/ 7-8:30pm PT  60 Minutes (90-Minute Episode) 

9-10:30pm/ 8:30-10PT  "The Summit -regular 9:30-11pm Wednesday timeslot begins October 16) 

10:30-11:30pm et/ 10-11pm pt  Big Brother

Sunday, October 6 

7-8pm NFL on CBS Doubleheader

8-10pm American Music Awards 

10-11pm  Big Brother 

Wednesday, October 9

8-9:30pm Survivor 

9:30-11pm The Summit (Encore of premiere) 

Thursday, October 10 

8-9pm Big Brother 

9-10pm Matlock (Encore of Premiere) 

10-11pm Elsbeth (rerun) 

Sunday, October 13, 

7-8:30pm 60 Minutes (90-Minute episode) 

8:30-10pm Big Brother - season finale

CBS Premiere Week 

Sunday, October 13

8-9pm  Tracker (Season 2 premiere) 

Monday, October 14 

8-9pm NCIS -Season 22 premiere  (regular 9-10pm time slot begins, Monday, October 21) 

9-11pm NCIS: Origins - series premiere (regular 10-11pm. timeslot begins Monday, October 21) 

Tuesday, October 15

8-9pm FBI - Season 7 premiere

9-10pm FBI: International - Season 4 premiere 

10-11pm FBI: Most Wanted - Season 6 premiere

Wednesday, October 16 

8-9:30pm Survivor 

9:30-11pm The Summit - Episode 2 

Thursday, October 17 

8-8:30pm  Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - series premiere 

8:30-9pm Ghosts -season 4 premiere 

9-10pm  Matlock - episode 2 

10-11pm Elsbeth -season 2 premiere 

Friday, October 18 

8-9pm S.W.A.T -Season 8 premiere 

9-10pm Fire Country- season 3 premiere

10-11pm Blue Bloods - season 14 return 

Sunday, October 20

9:30-10:30pm The Equalizer (Season 5 Premiere) 

Monday, October 21

8-8:30pm The Neighborhood - season 7 premiere 

8:30-9pm  Poppa's House - series premiere 

9-10pm NCIS 

10-11pm NCIS :Origins 

Sunday, October 27 

7-7:30pm NFL on CBS doubleheader

7:30-8:30pm 60 Minutes 

8:30-9:30pm Tracker 

9:30-10:30pm The Equalizer 

Sunday, November 3 

9-10pm The Equalizer (time period premiere) 

Full press release after the jump 

ABC Announces 2024 Fall Premiere Dates

ABC   FallTVLook 2024

     

     ABC has set its fall premiere dates. It kicks off with the return of  "Monday Night Football" which will be air September 9 at 7:30pm ET.  Airing on various Mondays through the NFL season. 

        

        On September 17, Dancing with the Stars returns at 8pm ET, followed by  new crime drama, High Potential, premiering at 10pm ET.   The Golden Bachelorette premieres September 18 at 8pm ET.  New season of "20/20" starts on September 20 at 9pm ET. 

        New drama,  Doctor Odyssey makes its entrance on September 26 at 9pm ET, following the new season of "9-1-1" at 8pm ET, and rounding out the night the return of Grey's Anatomy at 10pm ET. 

        America's Funniest Home Videos returns for season 35 on September 29 at 7pm ET,  with the "The Wonderful World of Disney" with the television premiere of live-action "The Little Mermaid" at 8pm ET 

         October 7, the game shows return with Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and Press Your Luck. 

          Abbot Elementary returns October 9 at 9:30pm ET, and documentary series from ABC News Scamanda airs at 10pm ET.  Shark Tank is back October 18 at 8pm ET. 

    Here's the premiere dates all times ET/PT , unless otherwise noted, new series highlighted in blue 

Saturday, August 24 

7:30pm/4:30pt   College Football 

 Tuesday, September 17 

8pm Dancing with the Stars  (also live on Disney Plus) 

10pm High Potential 

Wednesday, September 188:

8pm The Golden Bachelorette 

Friday, September 20 

9:01pm  20/20 (2 hours) 

Thursday, September 26 

8pm 9-1-1 

9pm Doctor Odyssey 

10pm Grey's Anatomy 

Sunday, September 29 

7pm  America's Funniest Home Videos

8:01pm The Wonderful World of Disney 

Monday, October 7 

8pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 

9pm Press Your Luck 

Wednesday, October 9 

9:30pm Abbott Elementary 

10:02pm  Scamanda

Friday, October 18

8pm Shark Tank

Full Press Release with details after the jump 

 

        

NBC Announces Fall 2024 Premiere Dates

NBC   Fall TV Look 2024    Premiere Dates 

      It's hot , NBC is ready for the cool of fall already with their releasing of their fall 2024 premiere dates.  The season kicks off Monday, September 23, with  The Voice, with new coaches Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé and returning Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefanie. Following that is the premiere of the new drama Brilliant Minds. 

    The "Chicago" series are back on Wednesday, September 25. Chicago Med- 8PM, Chicago Fire - 9PM, Chicago P.D -10PM. 

        The Irrational second season premieres after a "The Voice"  on Tuesday, October 1 at 10PM.   

        Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU begin their respective 24 and 26th seasons on October 3 , going along with that is the season premiere of Found. 

        New comedy Happy's Place and returning series Lopez vs. Lopez have their premiere night on Friday, October 18.  

        The other new comedy for the season , St. Denis Medical, will premiere with back to back episodes on Tuesday, November 12.  Then the following week, season 3 of Night Court comes in.  

     Here's the full premiere dates all times ET/PT ; unless otherwise, noted , new series highlighted in blue 

Saturday, August 31 

7-7:30pm /4-4:30pt  Big Ten Countdown (Season Premiere) 

7:30pm-11pm / 4:30-8pt Big Ten Football (Season Premiere) 

Thursday, September 5 

7-8:15pm/ 4-5:15pt  NFL Kickoff 2024

8:15-11:30/5:15-8:30pt  Sunday Night Football (Premiere) 

Sunday, September 8

7-8:15pm/ 4-5:15pt  Football Night in America (Season Premiere) 

8:15-11:30pm/5:15-8:30pt Sunday Night Football (Time Period Premiere) 

Monday, September 23 

8-10pm  The Voice (Season Premiere) 

10-11pm  Brilliant Minds (Series Premiere) 

Tuesday, September 24 

9-11pm America's Got Talent (Season Finale) 

Wednesday, September 25 

8-9pm  Chicago Med (Season Premiere) 

9-10pm Chicago  Fire (Season Premiere) 

10-11pm Chicago P.D (Season Premiere) 

Thursday, September 26

8-10pm People's Choice Country Awards 

Friday, September 27 

9-11pm Dateline NBC (Season Premiere)  

Tuesday, October 1 

8-10pm The Voice (Tuesday Premiere) 
10-11pm The Irrational (Season Premiere) 

Thursday, October 3

8-9pm Law & Order (Season Premiere) 

9-10pm Law &Order : Special Victims Unit (Season Premiere)  

10-11pm Found  (Season Premiere)  

Friday, October 18 

8-8:30pm   Happy's Place  (Series Premiere)  

8:30-9pm Lopez Vs. Lopez  (Season Premiere) 

 Tuesday, November 12

8-9pm St. Denis Medical  (Series Premiere, back to back episodes) 

Tuesday, November 19 

8:30-9pm  Night Court (Season Premiere)

Full details with press release after the jump 

The CW 2024 Fall Premiere Dates

The CW   Fall TV Look 2024

         The CW has released their fall premiere dates for the 2024 season. 

   Inside the NFL and college football get to kick off the fall starting from August 30th.  The Chosen is back on the  line up with season 4, which returns September 1st.  Whose Line is it Anyway? is back September 6th.  The CW's first NASCAR race under the deal to air the Xfinity Series is September  20th. 

The WWE NXT moves to the CW on October 1st.   

             In October is when scripted programming gets on foot with Sullivan's Crossing and Joan starting on October 2nd.  The final season of Superman and Lois is October 17th. The Librarians :The Next Chapter, premieres October  24th. 

        The comedy , Children Ruin Everything returns on November 13th. The Monday night game shows start on October 7th. 

            Here's the details, all times ET/PT Denver and Saint Louis, unless otherwise noted

Friday, August 30 

8-9pm TBA 

9-10pm  Inside the NFL (Season 2 Premiere)

Saturday, August 31 

3-6:30pm ET/ 12-3:30pT  PAC-12 Football : Portland State at Washington State 

6:30-10pmET/ 3:30-7pt   PAC-12 Football : Idaho State at Oregon State

Sunday, September 1

8-9:30pm The Chosen (Season 4 Premiere) 

9:30-10pm TBA 

Friday, September 6

8-8:30pm  Whose Line Is It Anyway?  (Season 13 Premiere) 
8:30-9pm  Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Original Episode) 

Friday, September 20 

7pm-10pm ET/ 4pm-7pt NASCAR XFINTIY Series at Bristol Motor Speedway 

Tuesday, October 1 

8-10pm  WWE NXT (Network Premiere) 

Wednesday, October 2 

8-9pm Sullivan's Crossing (Season 2 Premiere) 

9-10pm Joan (Series Premiere) 

Monday, October 7

8pm Scrabble (series premiere) 

9pm Trivial Pursuit (Series Premiere) 

Thursday, October 17

8pm Superman & Lois (Season 4 Premiere) 

9pm Superman & Lois (Original Episode) 

Thursday, October 24

8pm  Superman & Lois (Original Episode) 

9pm The Librarians: The Next Chapter (Series Premiere) 

Wednesday, November 13

8pm Sullivan's Crossing (Original episode) 

9pm Children Ruin Everything (Season 4 Premiere) 

9:30pm Children Ruin Everything (Original episode) 

Press Release after the jump 

It's A Lookback, Charlie Brown: What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown (Re-Write Edition)

Peanuts 

            This is another re-write edition of a post that I did. I do these at times when I feel I could expand, flesh out and make a post better than previously done, or edit it or add in more thoughts.   (You can read the original post here) 

       The first time I did wrote about this special was in 2015 when I started the Peanuts lookback series as part of the 65th anniversary of Peanuts. I've decided to do this post again because I think there's a little more say and posting it on the date that happens to be 80th Anniversary of D-Day, which connects back to this special.   What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?  is the 26th Peanuts special it first aired on CBS (Charlie Brown's Station) on May 30, 1983.  

          This special is connected to the final Charles Schulz made Peanuts film  " Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back) " that came out in 1980.  The connection being that this special is taking place in France where Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, and Snoopy have been sent as exchange students. None of the movie characters show up in this special (except at the start of Charlie Brown's story)  and the story of the movie doesn't have anything more to happen:  they  just gave a good reason for the characters to be in France. 

        It starts with framing device of Charlie Brown taking out a photo album to add photos to it. Sally comes up to him to ask him what is he doing?  Charlie Brown mentions the movie and Sally decides ask the question  what did he do after the events of the movie before he got home. Then asks him what did he learn?  The intro is awkward here.  Charlie Brown says the reminds him of a question Linus asked him. 

        The full title card of this special is interesting and I usually don't talk about the title cards of Peanuts specials.  It's very simple: a light blue background with the word "What Have Have Learned, Charlie Brown?"  in a dark blue serif font.  Then a red  under it that says "A Tribute" A very formal  card, also kind of bland and stately. This is kind of strange for a Peanuts special.  

        The phrase "A Tribute" does play into this special and what it does, it'll take a bit of its time to get there, maybe by design. 

         Charlie Brown tells Sally Brown (ok then) the story in flashback mode. You get the Peanuts hallmarks of Snoopy driving a car , which is apparently a Citroën 2CV so someone went no, we are using a real car here.  They get rear-ended by a truck which causes a pile up and I think Marcie starts swearing at the other cars in French.( In the movie, we found out that Marice can speak French) and Snoopy doing television safe version of "the finger".  (Kind of , really seems that way) Apparently, it's alright though,  so move on?   The title card I mentioned earlier shows up here.   

In France, this is an insult/ Copyright Peanuts 

          Alot of this special is just this thing happens then we move on to the next thing happens. I wanted to say vignettes with some cohesion, it's pretty much just stuff happening.  Also, I don't think Citroen paid to have their car in this, this would be bad adverting that car wants to die.  Can Snoopy fix the car? Snoopy gets electrocuted - Doesn't die, get mad at car and kicks it and the car collapses like it was held together with tissue paper, duct tape and glass.  Woodstock fights himself in a mirror, fights is a lying term because he gets injured after hitting the mirror.  The non animal characters are like ok don't care, and Peppermint Patty wants lunch.  (If they don't care, why should I?)

        Eventually, they find a French lady to get a new car from. I love that she accept that Snoopy is a) the car driver, and b) Marcie telling her that he's a World War I Flying Ace. Where I think she's very happy about it.  Perfect reaction.  The new car has a wind up in the front  that is apparently there for a new running gag of Charlie Brown getting electrocuted and nobody caring. (life be like that). 

         It was a nice touch for them to mention they have to ferry back to England to get the airport  to get back home. In the movie they went to England first then ferried to France. This was before the Chunnel existed.  

            Most of the stuff up to the point the group camps outside in open air until morning. Is kind of a bit silly, but not bad.  It has a  good mixture of comedy and Peanuts moments. I like how the moment aren't cluttered. Things don't run longer than they should. The jokes get their point and not outstay that. The part where the car is being driven as a mess of pieces and Peppermint Patty being tired of it that quickly.  It works. There's not  a bunch of talking, and gives itself time to breathe.  It is lulling the viewer into something though. 

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