2018 Primetime Emmy Nominations

Awards  Emmys 

   The 70th Prime time Emmy Awards  nominations have been announced.  The Awards show airs on NBC on Monday, September 17th at 8pmet/ 5pt

Outstanding  Drama Series 

The Americans
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman
Sterling K. Brown
Ed Harris
Matthew Rhys
Milo Ventimiglia
Jeffrey Wright

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Foy
Tatiana Maslany
Elisabeth Moss
Sandra Oh
Kerri Russell
Evan Rachel Wood

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson
Ted Danson
Larry David
Donald Glover
Bill Hader
William H. Macy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon
Lily Tomlin
Allison Janney
Tracee Ellis Ross
Issa Rae
Rachel Brosnahan

Outstanding Children's Program

Alexa and Katie 

Fuller House 

The Magical Wand Chase : A Sesame Street Special 

A Series of Unfortunate Events 

Star Wars Rebels 

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding  Animated Program

Baymax Returns  : Big Hero 6: The Series) 

V For Valentine-detta: Bob's Burgers 

Pickle Rick :  Rick and Morty 

Gone Boy : The Simpsons 

Put It Down : South Park 

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 

Ring of Fire : Adventure Time 

Freshly Baked : The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special :Special Edition: Robot Chicken 

Jungle Moon : Steven Universe 

The Self Indulgent 200th Episode spectacular!: Teen Tians Go! 

Hurricane Hal : We Bare Bears 

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show
Full Frontal
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight
The Late Late Show
The Late Show

Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvelous Ms. Maisel
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Limited Series
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
Jessica Biel
Laura Dern
Michelle Dockery
Edie Falco
Regina King
Sarah Paulson

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
Antonio Banderas
Darren Criss
Benedict Cumberbatch
Jeff Daniels
John Legend
Jesse Plemons

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You, America
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
The Tracey Ullman show

 full list of nominees here. (pdf) 

My NetworkTV's fall schedule 2018

My Network TV  TVLookFall2018

       The Fox owned programming service , My Network TV,  has released its  schedule  for the 2018-19 season.  It continues its model of syndicated shows in prime time with new additions of  "Chicago P.D , CSI : Miami, and "The Good Wife" , while "Dateline" and "Law and Order CI" continue in the new season.  Shows leaving are : "Law and Order SVU", "American Ninja Warrior" , and "The X Files".

 Here's the new schedule premiere dates  all times ET

Monday, September 24th
8PM  Law and Order CI
9PM   Law and Order CI

Tuesday, September 25th
8PM  Chicago P.D
9PM  Chicago P.D

Wednesday, September 26th
8PM   Dateline
9PM   Dateline

Thursday, September 27th
8PM  The Good Wife
9PM  The Good Wife

Friday, September 28th
8PM   CSI: Miami
9PM  CSI: Miami


also note: many My Network TV stations airs  My Network TV programming at a different time place, for  example : KRON-TV in  the Bay Area airs it from 11pm -1am PT. So check your listings.

CBS Release Fall 2018 Premiere Dates

CBS TVLookFall2018 

   CBS has released their fall schedule.   CBS will start  their new season on September 24th but with the premieres of "The Big Bang Theory" and "Young Sheldon" which is unexpected since Thursday Night Football is gone. (On CBS)   They will air that Monday Night at 8pmet  for that hour.  Following that they are airing the premiere of the remake of "Magnum P.I"  at 9PMET..  With "Bull" will premiere at 10pmet.

     Do you like "Big Bang Theory" and "Young Sheldon" a lot?  Well CBS will air new episodes the same week on their normal Thursday Night slots.  They will also start airing the new season of Mom and the new season of "Murphy Brown" during that 9pmet Hour.

Here's the full details with slots, all times ET
Monday, September 24th
8PM  The Big Bang Theory (season premiere)
8:30   Young Sheldon (season premiere)
9PM    Magnum P.I (series premiere)
10PM   Bull (Season premiere/ New Time period)

Tuesday, September 25th
8PM  NCIS (season premiere)
9PM   FBI (series premiere)
10PM  NCIS :New Orleans (Season Premiere)

Wednesday, September 26th
8-9:30PM  Survivor (season premiere)
9:30-11pm   Big Brother (season fianle)

Thursday, September 27th
8PM   The Big Bang Theory (new episode/regular time)
8:30   Young Sheldon  (new episode/ regular time)
9PM  Mom (season premiere)
9:30pm Murphy Brown (season Premiere)
10pm  S.W.A.T (Season premiere)

Friday, September 28th
8PM Macgyver (Season Premiere)
9PM  Hawaii Five-O (season premiere)
10PM   Blue Bloods  (season premiere)

Saturday, September 29th
8PM  Crimetime Saturday
9PM    48 Hours (2 hour premiere)

Sunday, September 30th
7:30PM- 60 Minutes (season premiere)
8:30PM  God Friended Me (series premiere)
9:30PM   NCIS: Los Angeles (season premiere)
   (these times are mostly ET/CT usage due to NFL Doubleheader  may start at top of the hour in the MT and PT time zones)

Monday, October 1st
8PM  The Neighborhood (Series Premiere)
8:30   Happy Together (Series premiere)
9PM   Magnum P.I (new episode)
10PM  Bull (new episode)

Wednesday, October 3rd
8PM  Survivor (Regular Time Period )
9PM   Seal Team (Season Premiere)
10PM  Criminal Minds (season premiere)

Saturday, October 6th
8PM  Crimetime Saturday (new)
9PM  Crimetime  Saturday (new)
10pm  48 Hour (regular time)

Sunday, October 7th
7PM  60 Minutes (regular time period )
8PM  God Friended Me (Regular Time Period)
9PM   NCIS: LA (Regular Time Period)
10PM Madam Secretary (season premiere)


note: all times subject to change.

Press release after the jump

We look at Stitch.

Anime  Lilo and Stitch 

       Flashing back to my Powerpuff Girls Z  lookback , I ended it with this line
             

         That's our lookback and tune  in next time when we find out that Lilo has left Stitch and now Stitch has  moved on to a different country and a new girl.

                       I knew what I was doing there, and was actually planning this much sooner than over 2 years later, but better late and well thought out then early and messy.  So the theme of this is related to that Powerpuff Girls Z  in that we are looking a another  American cartoon series being made into an anime.  I did like Powerpuff Girls Z  and think it was  a fun adaptation series , will this be the same?  (Who Knows?)

        "Lilo and Stitch" is a popular Disney movie that came and 2002 and it was popular and then spawned sequels and a television series.  So after the final episode and TV movie came out in 2006 , Lilo and Stitch kind of just stopped , but still popular there was nothing more the whole thing, then again that's not a bad thing.  But apparently, there were other plans.

       Walt Disney Television  International (so at least, someone didn't just try to make an anime knock off) , TV Tokyo , and Madhouse (For those that aren't anime inclined they are a major studio in the anime business)  all go together to create "Stitch!".  This series ran from 2008 to 2011 with 83 episodes and 3 specials.

       Going back to "Powerpuff Girls Z" a second, that series took the American show and aged up the characters, made them not sisters, not related to the professor, and normal girls that happened to get hit with 'z-rays'.  That's a change , now back to my line from the end that started this, "Lilo has left Stitch and has moved to a different country and a new girl.", that's what this anime is in a short amount of words. 

    In episode 1   this whole series kind of wipes out the whole thing "Lilo and Stitch" was about , family, even as the series showed a weird family like Lilo's with her sister being her parental figure, and also having 3 aliens in the family. That  they are family and always stick together. This episode  obliterates that.    In fact that means the whole series obliterates that. It's not an alternate take of L&S it's like a continuation. Jumba mentions that Stitch is running away because as he says, "...just because little girl,Lilo, has new boyfriend now and is all washed up with 6-2-6 is no reason to act bad. "   So yes Stitch left Lilo because Lilo has a new boyfriend and isn't paying attention to Stitch. (What?)  That's what I got from that part , but  I'll say something else down later on that frames this differently. (so stick with us , please)

Yuna and Stitch / Copyright Disney and Madhouse 

          Now that new girl part.  There's a girl named Yuna  who lives In Japan or close enough to it  and who is 10 years old (ages up to 11 in one of the seasons) and likes karate.  She's an alright and actually a good character.   So Stitch crashes into her Island part of Japan  and eventually the end up meeting in this episode.  She tries to "arrest" Stitch  then they fall in the water. This series does remember that Stitch can't swim and of course Yuna saves him.  Later there's a thunderstorm and the find a shelter and she's afraid of thunder. Stitch shows once again how sweet he is and comforts her. ( awww)  After the storm , Yuna's grandmother finds them and there's a stone that can grant wishes and Stitch wants to be ruler of the universe. ( Ehhh I wouldn't mind that) The grandmother tells Stitch that he has to prove he is worthy by doing good deeds.  Stitch decides he will stay them and Yuna is going to help  They are also going with the dog cover story thing.  We got a new phrase to replace Ohana  , it's  Ichariba Choodee  as Yuna says it means "Meet ones cousins forever". Also poor Ghantu doesn't get a break , at the end of "Leroy and Stitch" he gets to become part of the Galactic Federation but apparently he gets dishonorably discharged before this series starts and he's back to working for Hamsterveil.


     Episode 2: Are Jumba and Pleakly in this series  ?   I am not going to give everything that happens in an episode just to make this easier. But yes Jumba and Pleakly are in this series.  But first, Yuna does start her helping Stitch with his good deeds.  Yuna does stay with her grandma but that's because her father is away she gets a postcard from him and he won't be coming home when he planned because he got a new job.  Jumba and Pleakly are tasked with spying on Stitch to make sure he acts correctly.  As I said before, this series has this it's "arc" like Lilo and Stitch the Series' task was for them to find the other experiments made by Jumba.  Jumba made Stitch a  good deeds counter. (We are getting our 100 deeds for Eddie McDowd mixed up  in our Lilo Yuno and Stitch)  I am watching the dub for reference but Stitch has really upped his English speaking  (or Japanese in the other version) or something.  They didn't get the same voice actor of Stitch to speak in this series for the dub, but he did sound close. (Still minus 5 pts for not getting the original voice)  Jumba and Pleakly decide to stay and make their own guest house to work with Stitch and help him too. (Got most of the old gang back together)  Also, the voices for these characters are different than their movie series counterparts.

Yes they are. / Copyright Disney/ Madhouse

     Random line: Yuna's Grandmother doesn't seemed phased by all this E.T stuff


more after the jump

But First These Messages: The Sun is out to get you

But First These Messages 


   So it's summer and that means the sun is out to get you with heat and burning and everything. If people chose to go in  that, there's one important thing to use , sunscreen.  We look at summer-y things as well.   So take a break from what you are doing and be back later , but first, these messages.

      Hey kids like do you like the Powerpuff Girls? Good.

   Wait, does Bubbles think that dangerous thing is that cat that seems to be stuck in that tree or is it because that cat is stuck in the tree that the tree is dangerous, or is the cat dangerous to the tree?

Yes, fear the sun.

    Also, hey you get a free toy (well I mean you pay for the sunscreen) with it yay sunblock! 

   Hey Sunblock isn't easy to tell that it's on your body! So let's make it colorful to umm what? 

        
     Why is that lady excited that kids are turning purple and blue?

 

Hey, that's not real, that water is fake. 

  

     There was a color sunblock war apparently,  and  both lost,  Banana Boat decided to also get into this idea of color sunscreen.  

 Not to be out done , they have 3 colors vs Coppertone's   2 colors.  Also they have flavor names I can eat this ?

Legend has it , that if you are in the sun too long you will see late 90's CGI sunblock figures in your madness. 

    Alright, forget this kiddie stuff  it's time for a little simple sunblock ad instead. 

  This comes from the Australia . It's simple but effective.

It's color coded (sorry Colour coded) 

    You know that song "Here Comes the Sun"? Yeah I found a use for it. 

 Humans 3  , Sun 0

The sun is not happy good thing we don't know what's saying there. 

It's kind of quirky as a commercial and a little simple not bad though.

  More after the jump 

The CW announces fall 2018 premiere dates

The CW  TVLookfall2018 

    The CW has announced their fall premiere dates.  Of note, this is the first season since 2009 to have Sundays on the CW but with that change, they still save their start of fall for October.  They kick off their fall Tuesday, October 9th and continue through the month.  "The Flash" and "Black Lightning".  There's also been a change to the schedule from previously announced : "Arrow" moves up to 8pmet while with it's premiere on October 15th  and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" now at 9PMET with its premiere the week after.   Here's the fall premiere dates below:

 All times ET (subject to change)

Tuesday, October 9
8PM  The Flash (season premiere)
9PM  Black Lightning (season premiere)

Wednesday, October 10
8PM  Riverdale (season premiere)
9PM   All American (series premiere)

Thursday, October 11
8PM Supernatural (season premiere)
9PM    All American ( Encore of premiere)

Friday, October 12
8PM  Dynasty (season premiere)
9PM   Crazy- Ex Girlfriend (season premiere)

Sunday, October 14
8PM  Supergirl (season premiere )
9PM   Charmed (series premiere)

Monday, October 15
8PM  Arrow (season premiere)

Thursday, October 18
8PM  Supernatural (original episode)
9PM  Charmed (Encore)

Monday, October 22
8pm  Arrow (Original Episode )
9pm   DC's Legends of Tomorrow (season premiere)

Thursday, October 25
8PM  Supernatural (Original Episode)
9PM   Legacies (series premiere)

Press release after the jump

NBC Announces Fall 2018 Premiere Dates

NBC TVLookFall2018 

  NBC announced their fall premiere dates  for the fall season.

 The week of  September 24th is the big premiere week they  kick off with another new season of "The Voice"  on September 24th for two hours.  New series : "Manifest" and "New Amsterdam" premiere the same week.  "This is Us" returns on September 25thTheir night of "Chicago" programming starts on September 26th with the premieres of "Chicago Med", "Chicago Fire," and"Chicago P.D" . "The Good Place" gets an hour long season premiere on September 27th.  Followed by a 2 hour premiere of "Law and Order".  The rest of the Thursday line up returns the following Thursday, October 4th.  Meanwhile, Friday gets pieced together over the weeks.  "Dateline" starts September 28th, "Blindspot" starts October 12th ,  "Midnight, Texas" starts October 26th.

  Here's the schedule ( subject to change) all times ET

 Monday, September 24th
8PM  The Voice
10PM   Manifest

Tuesday, September 25th
8PM  The Voice
9PM  This is Us
10PM New Amsterdam

Wednesday, September 26th
8PM  Chicago Med
9PM   Chicago Fire
10PM  Chicago P.D.

Thursday, September 27th
8PM The Good Place (one hour )
9PM   Law & Order SVU ( two hours)

Friday, September 28th
10PM  Dateline NBC

Thursday, October 4th
8PM Superstore
8:30PM The Good Place
9PM   Will & Grace
9:30pm  I feel Bad
10pm  Law & Order SVU

Friday , October 12th
8PM Blindspot

Friday, October 26th
9PM   Midnight, Texas


press release after the jump

A First Look at "Big City Greens"

Disney Reviews 

   There's  a new Disney animated series , coming to Disney Channel on June 18th 2018 called "Big City Greens" . They've released the first half hour of two eleven minute episodes on demand. The episodes called "Space Chicken" and "Steak Night" . 

 Spoilers ahead 

  First off  "Space Chicken" 

  

   So this episode mentions that our main characters have moved from the country to the city  which is also shown in the intro.  We are introduced to Cricket and his sister Tilly as the fly into their yard on a lawn mower. Their father wonders of course what Cricket has been doing as the mower is engulfed in flames. The father says that the neighbors don't know them yet and they want to make a good impression implying he wants Cricket to behave. This is not how  Cricket  hears it.   He takes it to mean they need to be impressed. So of course, his idea is to send one of their chickens INTO SPACE! (It has to be read dramatically)  A random kid named Remmy is asked to join the fun of helping to send the chicken into the infinity and beyond. (He's Random because he was walking down the sidewalk when Cricket calls him.)  The episode there's also Gramma (that's how they spell it) and she's not one to wake up in the middle of sleep -- she has a sword.   This episode goes through Cricket, Tilly, and Remmy's attempts to launch a chicken into space and causing some havoc instead.  Eventually, one of the chickens ends up being "sent into space" and everyone around is impressed.

Second, "Steak Night" 

mmm night. 

       The Greens are on their way back home with big plans of their tradition of having a steak night.  Cricket wants to hold the steaks which he is allowed to do , and they take the subway. Since this is new for the kids ,they are amazed and dazzled by the sights and sounds.  Tilly makes friends with the rats. As they get into a subway car, Cricket realizes that he left the steaks back near a bench at the station. So he tries to go back and get them.  He goes on the trip hopefully get them. Funny enough due to the steaks being mistaken for a suspicious package  the train on the way  back to the station stops. Tilly talks to a down Cricket and encourages him to not give up.  He does get them but is now chased by the bomb squad  and a bomb squad robot.   Cricket explains that he was trying to get the steaks because it's important for the steak night but his father says that family is important for steak night.  So he goes up from the tracks while the bomb robot and the steaks are lost.

  This is a nice start for the series.  It's  a more slice-of-life style comedy and at least so far, I don't think it's going to be an over arching mystery or quest series ,which is just fine.  If you are the kind of person who's looking for a quiet animated series with some funny laughs and outlandishness it's this one. 

  Cricket is a fun energetic but well meaning character.  In the first episode he's not being malicious or causing havoc for the sake of havoc but mostly mis understood his father's use of the word impression.  In the second episode he thinks that the steaks are the most important thing about the night because that's what his family says so, when he tries to go get them back he's doing it to makes his family happy. 

    

  Tilly is quiet and kind of in her own world.  She's  a little quirky  but works well with her brother and is supportive of him. Hopefully we will get to know more about her a character as the series goes on. 

  The Dad, named  Bill is a caring father who might be a little annoyed by his son's antics but at least sees the good intentions. He can be a little goofy as shown in Steak Night. Again hope we  learn more about him as the series goes on. 

 Gramma Alice is going to be that one character you can't forget she's feisty and as stated above apparently sleeps with a sword for protection.  She so far, isn't over the top just a fun a little crazy character. 

more after the jump