Fox Announces their Spring Premiere dates

FOX Spring  Midseason 2017  

    Fox has announced dates and times for some spring series including:  "Making History","Prison Break" ,"Shots Fired" , and more.

  Related : For details of FOX's winter line up including : 24:Legacy  [Read Here] 

    Sundays starting March 5th
  7PMET   Animation Encores
7:30pmet    Bob's Burgers
 8pmet   The Simpsons
8:30pm   Making History (new series)
 9pmet     Family Guy
 9:30pm    The Last Man on Earth (spring premiere)

Thursdays Starting March 9gh
8PMET  Masterchef Junior
9PMET   Kicking and Screaming (new series)

Wednesdays, Starting March 22nd
8PMET  Shots Fired (new series)
9PMET   Empire (spring premiere)

Tuesday, April 4th
8PMET  New irl
8:30pmet  The Mick
9pmet  Prison Break (new season)

Tuesdays Starting April 11th
8PMET  Brookyln  Nine-Nine (Spring Premiere )
8:30PMET The Mick
9PMET   Prison Break

ABC Announces Mid Season premieres

ABC  Mid Season Winter 2017  

       ABC has announced , Monday,  there mid season premiere dates with returning favorites, a mini-series, and more.

  T.G.I.T returns January 26th
  8PMET  Grey's Anatomy
  9PMET    Scandal (new season)
10pmET    How to Get Away with Murder

Monday February 27th to Thursday  March 2nd
  9PMET-11PMET   When We Rise (mini-series)

Sunday March 5th
8PMET  Once Upon a Time
9pmet    Time After Time (Two-hour series premiere)

Wednesday March 8th
10pmet   Designated Survivor

Thursday March 9th
10PMET   The Catch (season premiere)

Sunday March 22th
9PMET  Time After Time (Time period)
10PMET  American Crime (new Season)

Wednesday ,March 29th
8:30PMET  Imaginary Mary (Sneak Peak)

Tuesday April 4th
9:30pmet  Imaginary Mary (Time period)

April 7th
8PMET  The Toy Box


Wednesday, May 24th
8PMET  Dirty Dancing

Summer
 Downward Dog

press release after the Jump

The CW renews 7 series for the 2017-18 season

The CW 

      The CW has renewed 7 series for the 2017-18 season this includes the 4 D.C shows : "Flash", "SuperGirl" , "Arrow", and "D.C's Legends of  Tomorrow". Also renewed are "Crazy Ex Girl Friend", "Supernatural", and "Jane the Virgin".

   Other series' status will be known later.

Via press release

THE CW PICKS UP SEVEN CURRENT SERIESFOR 2017-18 SEASON
Network Gives Early Renewals for Next Season to “Arrow,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,”“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Flash,” “Jane The Virgin,”“Supergirl” and “Supernatural”


January 8, 2017 (Pasadena, CA) — The CW Network has given early renewals to seven of its primetime series for the 2017-2018 season. The announcement was made today during the network’s session at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena by Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW.
“Over the past several seasons, The CW has built a schedule of proven performers, from our lineup of DC superheroes, to critically acclaimed comedies, to sci-fi dramas,” said Pedowitz. “Early pickups of these seven series now allow our producers to plan ahead for next season, and gives us a solid base to build on for next season, with original scripted series to roll out all year long.”
The series being ordered for the 2017-2018 season include ARROW (Season 6), CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (Season 3), DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (Season 3), THE FLASH (Season 4), JANE THE VIRGIN (Season 4), SUPERGIRL (Season 3), and SUPERNATURAL (Season 13). Specific premiere dates for each series will be announced at a later time.

Greta Van Susteren Joins MSNBC

MSNBC  TV News  

    After leaving Fox News Channel  last September after 14 years Greta Van Susteren is joining MSNBC.     She will be hosting a new 6pmet show called "For the Record" which replaces MSNBC Live which had been airing in the slot, since  "With All Due Respect" ended in December. "WADR" was Bloomberg TV show that re-aired on MSNBC from January -December 2016.    Much like her Fox News show it will be done from D.C giving MSNBC 3 hours between 5-8pmet of programming from the nation's capital.

via press release 

 Veteran Broadcaster to Host “For the Record with Greta,” Weeknights at 6 p.m. ET on MSNBC
JANUARY 5, 2017 – Veteran broadcaster Greta Van Susteren will join MSNBC, it was announced today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC.

Van Susteren will host “For the Record with Greta,” which will air weeknights from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET. The program will debut on Monday, January 9, based in Washington, D.C. It replaces the timeslot of Bloomberg’s political television show “With All Due Respect,” which ended in early December.

“For the Record” will provide news coverage and analysis of the day’s top headlines spanning politics and beyond. The early evening broadcast will build on MSNBC’s strategic shift to a breaking news focus during the day and, along with “MTP Daily” and “Hardball,” will provide one of the key bridges to primetime. MSNBC marked its most-watched year ever in 2016, and was the fastest growing top 100 cable network in weekday prime.

“Greta is a true pro with a proven record of tough journalism,” said Griffin.  “Her broad range of experience and sharp news judgment will be of great value to MSNBC as we build on our momentum going into a new year and a new administration.”

“I’m thrilled to start my next chapter at MSNBC,” Van Susteren said. “The network is the right destination for the smart news and analysis I hope to deliver every day, and I look forward to joining the talented journalists and analysts I respect there.”

A 25-year cable news veteran, Van Susteren joins MSNBC from Fox News Channel, where she hosted “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” for 14 years. Previously, Van Susteren spent more than a decade at CNN, where she served as a legal analyst and co-host of “Burden of Proof” and hosted the news program “The Point.” She is an experienced breaking news anchor and has traveled the world - including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, North Korea, Sudan, and more - often with Presidents, Secretaries of State and Defense, and other leaders.

Van Susteren was part of the investigative team that won a first place National Headliner Award for the "Attack on America." Additionally, her legal analysis and contribution to the election coverage in 2000 earned her the American Bar Association’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Journalism. Prior to her career in journalism, Van Susteren was a criminal defense and civil trial attorney.

Van Susteren graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in economics, with distinction, from the University of Wisconsin. She earned a Juris Doctor and a Master of Law from Georgetown Law. She is the first Stuart Stiller Fellow at Georgetown Law Center and was awarded honorary Doctorates of Law from Georgetown and Stetson Law School. In 2016, the American News Women’s Club honored Van Susteren with the prestigious 22nd annual Excellence in Journalism award.

Van Susteren is the co-author of My Turn at The Bully Pulpit: Straight Talk About The Things That Drive Me Nuts. She lives with her husband John P. Coale in Washington, D.C.

Fox News Channel finds Kelly replacement

Fox News Channel  TV News 

image: fox news channel 

     Two days after the announcement that Megyn Kelly was leaving Fox News Channel for NBC ; they have announced their replacement for the 9PMET slot.  Current 7PMET host, Tucker  Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" which started in November of 2016, after  Greta Van Susteren left will take the 9PMET  slot starting January 9th. Megyn Kelly's final "Kelly File" is  January 6th.

       Meanwhile, this leaves 7PMET open, Martha MacCallum -current co-anchor of their morning news show ,"America's Newsroom"- will host a  show called  "The First 100 Days". The program is to focus on the early days of the Trump administration. Starting January 16th.  She will also co-anchor the network's Inauguration coverage on January 20th.   While Shannon Bream , their Washington reporter , will be co-anchoring "America's Newsroom"

   via Fox News Insider :

Tucker Carlson Tonight is moving to 9:00pm ET beginning on Monday on Fox News Channel's top-rated primetime lineup.
"Tucker Carlson Tonight" - which currently airs at 7:00pm ET - had a record-breaking launch in November, fast becoming one of the most buzzed-about cable news programs on television.
"In less than two months, Tucker has taken cable news by storm with his spirited interviews and consistently strong performance. Viewers have overwhelmingly responded to the show and we look forward to him being a part of Fox News’ powerful primetime line-up," said Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of 21st Century Fox and Executive Chairman of FOX News.
Martha MacCallum will anchor a new 7:00pm ET show called "The First 100 Days," beginning on Monday, January 16.
"Martha is a versatile and skilled anchor who has proven to be an essential component of our news programming. For the last 12 years, our viewers have trusted her reporting and we are pleased she will be part of our primetime line-up for the first 100 days of the new presidency," said Murdoch.

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MacCallum, who recently signed a multi-year deal with Fox News Channel, will also anchor the Inauguration Day coverage on Friday, January 20th alongside Bret Baier.
MacCallum has anchored "America’s Newsroom" alongside Bill Hemmer since 2010 and has played a pivotal role during the network’s presidential election coverage since 2004.

and tweet from Shannon Bream

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STOP! HEMMER TIME! Cannot wait to spend the 1st 100 days of the new administration with my buddy @BillHemmer #wegotthis

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) January 5, 2017

It's a Charlie Brown Lookback: You're in the Superbowl, Charlie Brown

The Flashback   The Peanuts 

    First off, Happy New Year!  Second is the Superbowl a  holiday?  I hope not !  If you didn't know this existed well ,now you do.   Some history : This was the first special not to air on CBS, they cut off their relationship. (CBS was seeing other people)  So this was on NBC in 1994, until 2002's "A Charlie Brown Valentine" there was  no new specials premiered on TV , the next few ones were direct to video.  (We covered the two that were direct already here and here )  This one is an odd special for the peanuts (and we had It's the  Girl the Red Truck, already)  So let's start.

    It starts with animal football , of  birds playing football for the AFL (The Animal football league) they are playing the cats. (well somebody has a sense of humor).  Snoopy is the coach of the birds.

First London, then Mexico City, now the NFL has expanded into animals... some how. 

     The first 4 minutes of this special is essentially this football game  then it rolls into the  intro with some jazzy some how 90's stylized.   Of course a football based special couldn't be one with out the football gag.  (you know that ends)  Well know you don't because it doesn't happen.  Peppermint Patty and some others appear  to  announce that a contest is happening  and prizes are the a new bike and a trip to the  Superbowl ( trademark)  Charlie Brown does try to do the football but (now you know how that ends).  

       There's a girl that was watching Charlie Brown and Linus practicing  for the punt ,pass and kick contest.  (her name is Princess  Leia.) 

See I told you.... /copyright Peanuts 

      Her name is Melody-Melody (ummmm guys,,, did you guys think of this name at like 4:57 on a Friday?)  and she will be our girl of affection for the boys.  (because that's what it needs)    Out for Ice cream they tell her about  the contest.  (this will come up later)    Now back to football, this time dogs are playing the Birds. (I put my money on the birds because the Peanuts). 

   

     Make sure you get the NFL logo in real good, yep,that's it /copyright Peanuts 

   It's the day of contest and apparently , Linus and Charlie both want the attention of Melody-Melody (because who hasn't had a thing for Princess Leia?)  Lucy throws the football first  she gets 12 feet 3 inches. Her kick doesn't go as well it was minus 8 feet. (irony)  Franklin is second he gets 27 feet and 6 inches , while his kick is 16 feet and 2 inches.  Peppermint Patty is third  at 28 feet 4 inches , while  the kick is 17 feet and 8 inches.   Pigpen gets 24 feet and 3 inches (woah) and his kick 45 feet and 2 inches. Marcie  gets 18 feet 6 inches and no kick , she didn't want to.  Charlie Brown's throw is 72 feet and 6 inches. (woah)  His kick was 70 feet ,and 4 inches. (woah)  Linus' throw was 72 feet and 8 inches while his kick was 70  feet  and 8 inches. Meaning he won.   

   This is Lucy , we have nothing else to say just needed an image here /copyright Peanuts

  But, now we can't end it like this now can we?  (yes?)  There's  a twist, Melody Melody is also in the contest. (laughs uncontrollably)  and of course she wins. (because of course)    Now back to the birds, because of course.  Now the birds are playing the bison in the world championship. (What the...?)  Lucy shows up and tries to give advice,but Snoopy doesn't listen to her and the birds win  62-0. ( I want a recount)   And Lucy gets Chipade poured on her. 

 Yep , this is Lucy ... hahahhahahaha/ copyright Peanuts. 

      Linus says he will trust anyone again (even the government)  and Charlie Brown uses some Lucy advice  on him.  (woah)    That's the special. 

       The music featured in the special was  David Benoit's reworkings of   Vince Guaraldi's  scores, and it was  a good mix of the music.  A thing that I pointed out with the NFL logo  it seems it was some deal to work with it  ,but also the authentic football team dress the characters wore.    

 Now our review: To be honest it wasn't a bad special but it was kind of filler , the bird football games were the most interesting  even more than our main plot.(Unless the birds were the main plot)  It would have been better storywise with out the  Melody Melody part , would have even been nice to see a Charlie Brown win!  It wasn't a very strong special but it did have some laughs.  

That's our lookback tune tune in next time when Charlie Brown and Star Wars had a cross over. 

Megyn Kelly Leaving Fox News Channel; Going to NBC

TV NEWS   NBC FOX NEWS 

 FOX News Channel primetime host, Megyn Kelly is leaving the network, after hosting a primetime show since 2013, and being with the network since 2004.  She will be leaving the network to join NBC.

image:foxnews 

Via NBC press release 

   Kelly to Anchor New Daytime News Program & Primetime Magazine ShowJANUARY 3, 2017 — Megyn Kelly, one of America’s most prominent news anchors, will join NBC News, it was announced today by Andrew Lack, Chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group.
Kelly will become anchor of a new one hour daytime program that she will develop closely with NBC News colleagues. The show will air Monday through Friday at a time to be announced in the coming months.
As part of the multi-year agreement, Kelly will also anchor a new Sunday evening news magazine show and will become an important contributor to NBC’s breaking news coverage as well as the network’s political and special events coverage.
Details about both of Kelly’s news programs will be unveiled in the coming months.
“Megyn is an exceptional journalist and news anchor, who has had an extraordinary career” Lack said. “She’s demonstrated tremendous skill and poise, and we’re lucky to have her.”
Kelly joins NBC News at a time when all four broadcasts in the division – “TODAY,” “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,” “Meet the Press,” and “Dateline NBC” – are leading in the key 25-54 news demo and the coveted 18-49 demo in the 2016-17 season to date. All four shows also won those same two demos in the November sweep period, the first time that has happened since 2002.
Kelly has consistently delivered top ratings while maintaining a uniquely strong connection with her viewers and an important voice on social media. Since 2013, Kelly has anchored FOX News Channel’s (FNC) The Kelly File, which she helped to create. The Kelly File is consistently the number one news program in overall viewers on cable news and first among the critical 25-54 demo audience. It is also the number two show in all of cable news. She joined FNC in 2004 as a Washington-based correspondent.

      NBC News announcing that she would be presenting a daytime program  and a Sunday Evening News Magazine show.
  She also announced herself on Facebook
         

The Lookback: Christmas Everyday (Not the Movie)

Christmas The Flashback 

      I referenced  William Dean  Howells'  story  called "Christmas Everyday" in the past posts  as part of our look at things that are loosely related to the original story.  The special that this post is looking at is the most related to this story of everything I've looked at already.   "Christmas Everyday" , this special first appeared on CBS in 1987.   This lookback will be a mixture of both the special and a a light comparison to Howells' story.

     Lucy is writing her Christmas list and says that she wishes it could be Christmas everyday,  her father upon hearing this gets nervous. Her father and mother makes her not make this wish. Lucy and  her siblings ask why, and he decides to tell them a story about their  granny Matilda , also called Tilly and events about 100 years ago.  When Tilly's father comes home  he brings a crystal castle ornament that he says is magic because a fairy lives inside and she will make a wish come true. (What could go wrong?)  Tilly makes a wish that it would be Christmas everyday for ever and ever , and the fairy appears and warns that there is no un granting it , but it's only for a year. (because reasons)

*results pending , void in New Jersey 

       It's Christmas Morning and everyone is the family is happy. The Father gets a tie, the sister gets a dress, Tilly gets a doll, and they all get a dog. (it was  a surprise)  The next morning , it's Christmas again, and Tilly is surprised (wasn't expecting that ).  On the repeated Christmas , the family members seem to be getting the same gifts they got before and are confused like they are having an extreme Da ja vu moment.  The gifts ,including the dog are  doubled as well.  The third one kind of bores them  and it repeats and people start getting sick of Christmas.

 Sigh it's Christmas again

    Tilly wants to tell everyone that she is cause of this. (But that's hard)   It's not just Christmas everyday at the one house , it was Christmas Everyday for everyone (yay?) and the year went as normal , just everyday being the same holiday. The price of eating birds went up, cranberries got expensive and even the trees were killed. (Umm guys trees don't ...never mind)   Tilly , herself, is annoyed by Christmas as well.   Everybody got poor (umm guys couldn't you have... oh never mind)  Tilly decides to beg  to the fairy to undo her wish, but she doesn't get a reply. (sorry, the fairy you have dialed has been disconnected)

That's bad neck posture 

   After her birthday doesn't go to to well, Tilly pleads to the fairy again, and her sister ,Franny, over hears her and finds out that she is the cause of the Christmas everyday thing.  When the town finds out  they ignore her.  She decides to run away. (Look what you did town)  Her parents find her and tell that they love her no matter what.  After the year is over, Christmas does end and everyone celebrates that Christmas is over.  Everyone forgave Tilly , and never mentioned this again. (In fact, since Lucy's father is telling this story he was then shot after telling the story, wait no but we got a Gravity Falls reference in)   The fairy appears again and asks if she would like to extend it, and Tilly tells here not to and she returns Christmas to normal.     The Father tells his kids that if you wish something you might just get it.  At the end Lucy makes  wish , that she was in bed and it happens.

  So that's the special and it follows the original story the most.   Where the other holidays seem to be absorbed into Christmas, people building barns to hold the extra presents, the fairy, and when the little girl (not given a name in the story)  she is ignored by the town.  The main moral of both is that Christmas is great , but it's like any good thing what makes  it special is that it comes around once a year.
 My review : The animation of the special is interesting itself , it has a child drawing feel to it , but the special itself has genuine warmth to it and it's an enjoyable over 20 minute viewing.
That is our lookbacks and pretty much we are done with looking at things related to this story, so that was fun, tune in next itme when we wonder what happens if it's Valentine's day everyday.