NBC Sets Midseason Premiere Dates for 2023

TVLookWinter2023  NBC 

     NBC has released its plans for the start of 2023.  In something we've not seen in awhile  a series switching networks. The remake of Magnum P.I  moved from CBS is now getting a premiere date on NBC.   Night Court sequel gets one too.  New Drama, "Found"  gets a Sunday night slot.  "America’s Got Talent: All-Stars" gets to kick off the year, "The Voice" returns in March. Tuesdays will have some comedy series  with Night Court and the return of American Auto. 

  

             Magnum PI will also be a Sunday night drama.   The Blacklist returns for a new season as well. The series finale of New Amsterdam has been scheduled. 

Here's the full details and premiere dates  (All times ET/PT unless otherwise noted) 

Monday, Jan. 2 

8pm America's Got Talent: All-Stars  (Series premiere) 

10pm  Quantum Leap (return from hiatus) 

Tuesday, January 3

8pm America's Got Talent: All-Stars (encore) 

10pm  New Amsterdam (return from hiatus) 

Wednesday, January 4 

8pm  Chicago Med (Return from hiatus)

9pm  Chicago Fire (Return from hiatus) 

10pm Chicago P.D.  (Return from hiatus)

Thursday, January 5

8pm  Law and Order (Return from hiatus)

9pm Law & Order :SVU (Return from hiatus)

10pm Law& Order : Organized Crime (Return from hiatus)

Friday, January 6

8pm  Lopez vs. Lopez  (Return from hiatus)

8:30pm   Young Rock  (Return from hiatus)

9pm Dateline NBC  (Return from hiatus) 

Tuesday, January 17

8 and 8:30pm Night Court (series premiere; back to back episodes one night only) 

9pm  New Amsterdam (Two-Hour Series finale) 

Tuesday, January 24 

8:30pm American Auto (season premiere) 

Tuesday, January 31 

9 and 10pm La Brea (Return form hiatus; back to back episodes one night only) 

Sunday, February 19 

9pm Magnum P.I  (Season Premiere) 

10pm  Found (Series Premiere) 

Sunday, February 26

8pm The Blacklist (Season Premiere) 

Monday, March 6

8pm The Voice (Season premiere) 

Tuesday, March 6

9pm  The Voice

10pm That's My Jam (season premiere) 

ABC Sets Mid-Season Premiere Dates for 2023

TVLookWinter2023  ABC  

     ABC has released its midseason  line up.  A new Tuesday Night block with "The Rookie" and spinoff "The Rookie: Feds" is included.  There will be a cross overstory for these series and a new crime drama, "Will Trent" fills out the night.     A Million Little Things will begin a final season on February 8. 

Here are the premiere dates all times ET/PT (unless otherwise noted) 

Thursday, December 15

8-10pm Beauty and The Beast: A 30th Celebration 

10-11pm  The Parent Test (special series premiere) 

Tuesday, January 3

8pm   The Rookie (new night and time)

9pm The Rookie : Feds (new time) 

10pm Will Trent (series premiere) 

Wednesday, January 4

9pm Abbott Elementary 

9:31  Home Economics 

10pm   Big Sky: Deadly Trails 

Thursday, January 5

8pm Celebrity Jeopardy (new night) 

9pm  The Parent Test (regular time period premiere) 

10pm  The Chase (new night and time) 

Friday, January 6

8-9:01pm  Shark Tank 

Wednesday, January 11

8pm The Conners 

8:30pm The Goldbergs 

Monday, January 23

8-10:01  The Bachelor 

10:01-11pm The Good Doctor  

Sunday, February 19

7pm America's Funniest Home Videos

8-10pm American Idol 

10-11pm  The Company You Keep (series premiere) 

Thursday, February 23

8pm Station 19 

9pm Grey's Anatomy 

10:01pm  Alaska Daily 

Press Release after the Jump 

Fox Sets Winter Premiere Dates for 2023

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               FOX is gearing up for the new year with their winter 2023 premiere dates. New dramas coming are : "Alert" and "Accused" , a new comedy series "Animal Control", and a reality Show "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test".    There's the return of "Fantasy Island" , "9-1-1: Lone Star", and "Celebrity Name that Tune".  "Next Level Chef "  is getting a post Super Bowl LVII season premiere on February 12.    

   

      If you are looking for "9-1-1" or "The Masked Singer" those will be back in spring. 

Here's the full details, all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted. 

Monday, January 2

8pm  Fantasy Island (Season Premiere) 

Tuesday, January 3

8pm  Resident (Winter Premiere) 

Wednesday, January 4 

8-10pm   Special Forces: World's Toughest Test  (two-hour series premiere) 

Thursdays, starting January 5

8pm  Hell's Kitchen (winter premiere) 

9pm  Welcome to Flatch (winter premiere) 

9:30  Call Me Kat  (winter premiere) 

Sunday, January 8

8-9pm ET/ 5-6pm PT Alert (series premiere)  

9pm Bob's Burgers

9:30pm Family Guy 

  

Mondays, starting January 9

8pm Fantasy Island 

9pm  Alert (time period premiere) 

Wednesdays, starting January 11 

8pm  Celebrity Name that Tune  (Season Premiere) 

9pm  Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (Time Period Premiere) 

Tuesday, January 17

8pm  9-1-1 Lone Star (Season Premiere) 

Sunday, January 22

9pm   Accused (series premiere) 

Tuesdays, starting January 24

8pm  9-1-1 Lone Star

9pm Accused (time period premiere) 

Sunday, February 12

10:30-11:40pm ET/ 7:30-8:40PM PT Next Level Chef (Season Premiere) 

Thursdays, starting February 16

8pm Next Level Chef (time period premiere) 

9pm Animal Control (series premiere) 

9:30pm Call me Kat 

Press Release after the jump 

NBC Announces Holiday Programming 2022

NBC Christmas Thanksgiving New Year Holidays 

      NBC has released their holiday programming slate that brings traditions and more to your TV.     NBC has the annual "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" and "National Dog Show" for Thanksgiving.  They also have "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"  a new Dolly Parton movie event.  The Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting event, and much more round the line up.

 Here's the full schedule all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted.  Subject to change.

Saturday, November 19 

8-10pm  Trolls 

Wednesday, November 23

8-9pm  Countdown to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

9-11pm  A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving 

Thursday, November 24 (Thanksgiving) 

9AM-12pm (all time zones)  96th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade  (encore 2pm )

12-2pm (all time zones)  National Dog Show  

Friday, November 25

8pm  How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

8:30pm  Trolls in Holiday Harmony 

Saturday, November 26

8-10pm  National Dog Show (Encore) 

Tuesday, November 29

9-10pm Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City (originally aired in 2021) 

Wednesday, November 30 

8-10pm  Christmas in Rockefeller Center 

10-11pm Kelly Clarkson Presents When Christmas Comes Around (Originally aired in 2021) 

Thursday, December 1

8-10pm Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas  (new) 

10-11pm  The Wall (new) 

Monday, December 5

10-11pm  That's my Jam Holiday Special 

Tuesday, December 6

9-11pm  People's Choice Awards  

Monday, December 12 

10-11pm   Baking It: Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler's Celebrity Holiday Specail 

Wednesday, December 14

8-10pm  A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special 

Monday, December 19

8-10pm Shrek 2 

10-11pm  The Wall (Encore of December 1 special) 

Wednesday, December 21

8-10pm  Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas

Friday, December 23 

8pm  How the Grinch Stole Christmas 

8:30pm 5 More Sleeps 'Til Christmas  

9-11pm  Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors : Circle of Love 

Saturday, December 24 

8-11pm  It's a Wonderful Life 

11:30-1am  Christmas Eve Mass 

Monday, December 26 

8-10pm  Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors 

Saturday, December 31 

8-10pm  A Toast to 2022! 

10:30-12:30am  Miley's  New Year's Eve Party 

Monday, January 2

11am-1pm/8-10am PT  134th Rose Parade Presented by Honda 

Full Press release after the Jump

Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas 2022

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             Freeform's annual tradition of 25 of Christmas is back. The line up this year is way more stuff owned by their Disney parent company.  They'll continue to have the pre-1974 Rankin Bass specials  (the rest airing on AMC) Of note, the only "Grinch" they'll be airing this year is the 2018 movie, not the 2000 movie at all.  They will have the Freeform premiere of "Frozen II" and the Freeform premiere of "Last Christmas".   From November 21, there will be a 25 days of Christmas Past Channel on ABC.com and the ABC app which will be viewable without a cable sign in. 

Here's the full line up 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

7a/6c - The Simpsons

10:30-11:30a/ 9:30-10:30c - Family Guy

11:30a/10:30c - The Santa Clause 

1:30p/12:30c - The Santa Clause 2 

4p/3c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

6p/5c - Home Alone

8:30p/7:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12-2a/11-1c - The Simpsons

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

7a/6c - The Preacher's Wife

9:30a/8:30c - Jingle All The Way 2

11:35a/10:35c - Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 

2:15p/1:15c - Disney's A Christmas Carol

4:20p/3:20c - Home Alone

6:50p/5:50c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

9:30p/8:30c - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

11:30p/10:30c - The Star (2017)

1:30a/12:30c - The Little Drummer Boy (1968)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3

7a/6c - The Little Drummer Boy (1968) 

7:30a/6:30c - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

9a/8c - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas 

10:30a/9:30c - The Star (2017)

12:30p/11:30c - The Santa Clause

2:40p/1:40c - The Santa Clause 2

5:10p/4:10c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

7:15p/6:15c - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (3018)

9:15p/8:15c - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

10:20p/9:20c - Frosty the Snowman

10:50p/9:50c - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 

11:55p/10:55c - Disney's A Christmas Carol

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4

7a/6c - Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic 

8:05a/7:05c - Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws

10:10a/9:10c - The Search for Santa Paws

12:15p/11:15c - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

2:20p/1:20c - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

4p/3c - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

5:05p/4:05c - Frosty the Snowman

5:35p/4:35c - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 

6:40p/5:40c - Home Alone

9:10p/8:10c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

11:50p/10:50c - Daddy's Home 2

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5

7-9a/6-8c - Family Guy

10:30-11:30a/9:30-10:30c - Family Guy

11:30a/10:30c - Holiday in Handcuffs

1:35p/12:35c - Daddy's Home 2

3:45p/2:45c - Home Alone

6:15p/5:15c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

8:55p/7:55c - Scrooged

12a/11c - Snow

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6

7a/6c - Stealing Christmas 

10:30a-12:00p/9:30-11:00c - Family Guy

12p/11c Home Alone: - The Holiday Heist 

2p/1c - Jingle All The Way 2

4p/3c - Scrooged

6p/5c - Home Alone

8:30p/7:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12a/11c - Snow 2: Brain Freeze

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7

7a/6c - Home Alone 3

10:30-11:30a/9:30-10:30c - Family Guy

11:30a/10:30c - Home Alone

2p/1c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

4:30p/3:30c - The Santa Clause 

6:30p/5:30c - The Santa Clause 2 

9p/8c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

12-2a/11-1c - The Simpsons

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8

7a/6c - Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House

10:30a/9:30c - Unaccompanied Minors

12:30p/11:30c - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 

2p/1c - Prancer Returns

4p/3c - Disney's A Christmas Carol

6p/5c - Home Alone (Pop 'N Knowledge)

8:30p/7:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12a/11c - Christmas in Boston

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

7a/6c - Unaccompanied Minors

9:05a/8:05c - Home Alone

11:35a/10:35c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Toy Story Marathon

2:15p/1:15c - Disney and Pixar's Toy Story

4:15p/3:15c - Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 2 

6:20p/5:20c - Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 3 

8:50p/7:50c - Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 

11p/10c - Disney and Pixar's Toy Story That Time Forgot

11:30p/10:30c - Home Alone

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10

7a/6c - Santa Buddies:

The Legend of Santa Paws

The Search for Santa Paws

11:05a/10:05c - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

1:10p/12:10c - Home Alone

3:40p/ 2:40c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 

6:20p/5:20c - Disney's Frozen

8:50p/7:50c - Disney's Frozen II (Freeform Premiere)

11p/10c - Disney's Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Freeform Premiere)

11:30p/10:30c - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11

7a/6c - Prancer Returns

9a/ 8c - Unaccompanied Minors

11:05a/10:05c - Jingle All The Way 2

1:10p/12:10c - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

2:40p/1:40c - Disney's A Christmas Carol

4:45p/3:45c - The Santa Clause 

6:55p/5:55c - The Santa Clause 2 

9:25p/8:25c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

11:30p/10:30c-  Last Christmas (Freeform Premiere)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12

7-9a/6-8c - Family Guy

10:30a-1p/9:30-12:30c - Family Guy

1p/12c - Home for the Holidays (1995)

3:30p/2:30c - Last Christmas

6p/5c - Home Alone

8:30p/7:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

12a/11c - Christmas Cupid

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13

7a/6c - Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (Freeform Premiere)

8a/7c - Kung Fu Panda Holiday

8:30a/7:30c - The Little Drummer Boy (1968)

10:30a/9:30c - Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic 

11:30a/10:30c - Home Alone

2p/1c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

4:30p/3:30c - The Santa Clause

6:30p/5:30c - The Santa Clause 2 

9p/8c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

12a/11c - Snowglobe

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14

7a/6c - Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

10:30-11:30a/9:30-10:30c - Family Guy

11:30a/10:30c - Almost Christmas 

2p/1c - The Perfect Holiday

4p/3c - The Preacher's Wife

6:30p/5:30c - Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 

9p/8c - Disney's A Christmas Carol 

12-2a/11-1c - The Simpsons

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15

7a/6c - Call Me Claus

10:30a-12:00p/9:30-11:00c - The Simpsons

12p/11c - The Perfect Holiday

2p/1c - Jingle All The Way 2

4p/3c - Unaccompanied Minors

6p/5c - Home Alone

8:30p/7:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12a/11c - Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16

7a/6c - It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

9a/8c - The Little Drummer Boy (1968)

9:30a/8:30c - Disney's Prep & Landing

Disney's Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

10:30a/9:30c -  Unaccompanied Minors

12:30p/11:30c - Home Alone

3p/2c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 

5:30p/4:30c - The Santa Clause

7:30p/6:30c - The Santa Clause 2

10p/9c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

12-2a/11-1c - Family Guy Holiday Episodes

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17

7a/6c - The Little Drummer Boy (1968) 

7:30a/6:30c - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

10a/9c - Home Alone

12:30p/11:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

3:10p/2:10c - Disney's A Christmas Carol 

5:15p/4:15c - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

6:55p/5:55c - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

8:55p/7:55c - Home Alone

11:25p/10:25c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18

7a/6c - Cricket on the Hearth 

8a/7c - Call Me Claus

10a/9c - The Santa Clause 

12:10p/11:10c - The Santa Clause 2 

2:40p/1:40c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

4:45p/3:45c - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

6:45p/5:45c - Home Alone

9:15p/8:15c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

11:55p/10:55c - Scrooged

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19

7-9a/ 6-8c - Family Guy

10:30-11:30a/9:30-10:30c - Family Guy

11:30a/10:30c - Home Alone

2p/1c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

4:30p/3:30c - Scrooged

6:30p/5:30c - The Santa Clause

8:30p/7:30c - The Santa Clause 2

12a/11c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20

7-9a/6-8c - Family Guy

10:30a/9:30c - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

12p/11c  - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

1:30p/12:30c  - Disney's A Christmas Carol

3:30p/2:30c - Home Alone (Pop 'N Knowledge)

6p/5c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 

8:30p/7:30c - Last Christmas

12a/11c - Prancer Returns

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

7a/6c - Prancer Returns

10:30a/9:30c - Last Christmas

1p/12c - Home Alone

3:30p/2:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

6p/5c - Disney's A Christmas Carol

8p/7c - Disney's Olaf's Frozen Adventure

8:30p/7:30c - Frosty the Snowman 

9p/8c - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

10p/9c - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

12-2a/ 11-1c - The Simpsons

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22

7a/6c - Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws

9a/8c - The Search for Santa Paws

11a/10c - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups 

1p/12c - Kung Fu Panda Holiday

1:30p/12:30c - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 

3p/2c - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas 

4:30p/3:30c - The Star (2017)

6:30p/5:30c - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

7:30p/6:30c - Frosty the Snowman

8p/7c - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

9p/8c - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

11p/10c - Disney's Prep & Landing

11:30p/10:30c - Disney's Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

12a/11c - The Star (2017)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

7a/6c - Kung Fu Panda Holiday

7:30a/6:30c - Home Alone

10a/9c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12:40p/11:40c - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

3:20p/2:20c - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

5p/4c - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) 

7p/6c - Home Alone

9:30p/8:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 

12a/11c - Disney's A Christmas Carol

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24

7a/6c - Love the Coopers

9:30a/8:30c - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

12p/11c - Disney's A Christmas Carol

2p/1c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

4:40p/3:40c - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

5:45p/4:45c - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

6:50p/5:50c - Frosty the Snowman

7:20p/6:20c - The Santa Clause 

9:30p/8:30c - The Santa Clause 2 

12a/11c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25

7a/6c - Home Alone

9:30a/8:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

12p/11c - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

1p/12c - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

2p/1c - Frosty the Snowman

2:30p/1:30c - The Santa Clause 

4:30p/3:30c - The Santa Clause 2 

7p/6c - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

9p/8c - Home Alone

11:30p/10:30c - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'

Press Release after the jump

Halloween: The Addams Family: Halloween Special

Halloween 

           

            In our journey on finding random things on Tubi (at the time of writing this was on there, not sure if it  is at the time of publishing) we've found  at 1977 special with The Addams Family.  One of my favorite adaptations from the comics by Charles Addams was  the 1964 TV series, and this is special is based from that.  "The Addams Family: Halloween Special" or "Halloween with the New Addams Family" (which is a title, why is there a new there, when the new Addams Family series didn't even come out yet) 

     The special does have the cast of the 1964 series, mostly, like John Astin (Gomez), Carolyn Jones (Morticia) , Jackie Coogan(Uncle Fester), Ted Cassidy(Lurch), Lisa Loring  (Wednesday) Ken Weatherwax (Pugsley) and Felix Silla (as cousin Itt). 

   

     It first aired on  October 30, 1977 on NBC, which is a different network than which aired the series. being ABC.  This must have been a surprise to the people who watched the '64 series in black and white now seeing things in color, it's kind off in a way.  They also chose to do theme without words and little off putting, so I guess it works for the Addams Family.

         We also see that the characters have aged, but Gomez and Morticia has seemed to stay ageless.  To be a little dower, this was the last time Jones would play Morticia as she would pass away in 1983 from cancer at the age of 53.  

Needs a third person here for a joke/ Copyright MGM 

           Gomez is going away to meet with his lodge in Tombstone, Arizona (where else?) so I'm glad our Addams Family reunion special here won't have one of main actors for the special that's smart.  Anyway, Gomez's brother Pancho (played by Henry Darrow) is staying with them and Gomez worries that  his brother will take his wife away from him.  Ohhhhh (ohhh) 

          The special does remember that Gomez and Morticia's love is tight.   Back to Pancho,

he's playing with the kids and Uncle Fester. What I mean by kids are Wednesday and Pugsley, I mean Wednesday Jr. and Pugsley Jr.  which is a decision and one that opens more questions than I want to ask.  He's going to tell them the legend of cousin Shy. (Good, I hope something happens, because this thing is 10 minutes in and nothing has happened in this 74 minute special.)   

 

Juniors/ Copyright MGM 

       Cousin Shy's story sounds like Linus hearing about Santa getting confused thinking up the Great Pumpkin,  and there's a boy who wanted to find out if Cousin Shy was real and he carved a face on the pumpkin and talks to him through pumpkin and how he'll leave gifts under good kids scarecrows. So really, Linus' story is real. (run!)  

    

    The MGM lion shows up and Gomez leaves in a car, he's on this trip until 6PM, the next day. (It makes it funnier that he's acting like he's leaving for longer)   Meanwhile, the plot shows up, to some guys watching the same special. They apparently are crooks who want the Addams Family fortune. (Random) 

The proper way to watch this special/ Copyright MGM 

         This is a Halloween special, somewhere, and there's a family Halloween party being prepared.  Most of the jokes are like hey "Aren't the Addams Family odd, they must be speaking in code" and  Gomez's brother keeps falling for his sister-in-law because funny. The pacing is woof. (and rough) They also make a Mikey likes it reference, which I'm sure the writers were just laughing about.  The crooks are planning to enter the Addams' house to steal money somehow.  Back the pacing we are 20 minutes in, so far only getting to not just setting up stuff.  One of the crooks sends Mikey to investigate the house. We do get the classic reaction from the series of when someone being surprised by Lurch and disturbed by the house.

Forget phones, suitcases are the future/ Copyright MGM 

            Mikey meets Morticia, and she has Grandmama show him around the house.  (The original Grandmama actress didn't appear in this production and passed away a few months after this aired; they had Jane Rose play the part.) Wednesday is home (Uh Wednesday Sr.) from musical academy.  (I'm not asking questions though) Yes the special is keeping to the series main thing where a stranger/outsider is perplexed by the weirdness of the family. It's just feels like this one is dragging it out.  

         The other crooks are confused as to why Mikey is responding to their briefcase calls. Later Mikey meets Kitty Cat,  and he goes mad and runs out of the house. Meanwhile, Pugsley Sr. is home, he's in medical school to be a witch doctor. 

The special isn't that bad, guy/ Copyright MGM 

      Mikey comes back the crooks, babbling, and I think he quit being a crook.  (Good for him)  Anyway, they have two buff men , a fake Gomez, and a fake Morticia as part of their plans to get the money from the safe. Which seems like a lot of work. We also get a joke about the kids not being doing their weird stuff. (Generations)  Gomez returns home, earlier than planned, meaning the crooks' plan hasn't worked. I'm glad we got Gomez's jealous feelings over in like 1 minute.  

            The main crook, "Bones" Lafferty. dresses up as  John Quincy Addams (get it?)  So the plan is crooks dress up like they are family members while the fake Morticia and Gomez are supposed to present themselves as the real people. Which I'm glad works. 

             Gomez's brother and Morticia's  sister grab the fake  Morticia and Gomez , because they are in love with them, not the fake ones, but yeah. The real ones are tied by the strongmen. Then Gomez uses his piccolo send Morse code, Wednesday get the message and tells Cousin Itt to go check it out. Gomez is free..  but the guys grab him again.  This is an odd special when things aren't being slow.  Then again they repeat Gomez getting captured like 2 more times so it's tedious. 

              The jealousy bit comes back when Gomez sees the Pancho with his wife , then they really like the Gomez likes French gag.  This special is just tedious.   Lurch scares off scaring the buff men because he thinks they want the girl he likes, who is one of the crooks dressed like a woman, and the 

            Then Bones is brought to the rack and ends up confessing he's a crook. Then he runs out, steps on Kitty Cat's tail....  Anyway the police show up for the noise, and the crooks get arrested, also Lurch is sad. 

   

     Apparently, Cousin Shy has shown up and the special wants the Pancho plot to die where Gomez overhears the man talking good about him, yay.  There's a Halloween carol, finally. They have Halloween Christmas and there we go. 

Halloween needs Christmas traditions/ Copyright MGM 

     Like, I said there's not much in this special, it's very stretched, padded and doesn't feel like it's going anywhere.  The sitcom was shorter, but also had tight writing, but also knew it was goofy a little. Here it tries to capture that, but it does get a little weak and the plot feels like it's just meandering. It's trying to be fun and playing with it's source but it's just feels lacking. The acting is alright, but the special just feels like it's there. I do think a younger child might enjoy the goofiness of it.  Kind of a shame, because I do like the 64 series, but yeah. It kind of works as background thing to have during Halloween that's just there but not really there to be fully watched, or for younger kids to enjoy,  I guess.   I feel kind of bad if I'm mean to it,  it's not terrible it's just long. 

    That's it for now, tune in next time, when we visit the Addams family and not pet the lion. 

        

       

ABC Holiday Programming 2022

ABC Thanksgiving  Christmas New Year   

             ABC has announced it's holidays programming plan for Thanksgiving through New Year. Including the return of classic specials and new programming as well.   

     

        Two music themed specials  include A Very Backstreet Christmas and Finding Harmony come in December.   ABC News will present their annual The Year special and a look at Love Actually.   

   

       Of course, there's holiday episodes of series and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023. 

 

         Here's the full line up all times ET (unless otherwise noted) 

        Wednesday, November 16

 8-8:30pm  The Conners (Thanksgiving Episode) 

8:30-9pm   The Goldbergs (Thanksgiving Episode) 

9:31-10pm   Home Economics (Thanksgiving Episode)

Tuesday, November 22 

10-11pm  The Rookie :Feds (Thanksgiving Episode)

Sunday, November 27

7-7:30pm Mickey Saves Christmas (New)

7:30-8pm Olaf's Frozen Adventure 

8-10pm  The Wonderful World of Christmas : Magical Holiday Celebration (new)

Monday, November 28

8-10pm  "The Great Christmas Light Fight" (Season Premiere) 

Tuesday, November 29 

8-9pm  Love Actually: 20 Years Later - A Diane Sawyer/ ABC News Special (New)

Thursday, December 1 

8-9pm   Santa Claus is Comin' to Town 

9-10:01pm  CMA Country Christmas (new)

Monday, December 5

8-10pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight (new)

Tuesday, December 6

8-9pm  Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (holiday episode)

9-10pm  Press Your Luck (holiday episode)

10-11pm  The $100,000 Pyramid (holiday episode) 

Wednesday, December 7

8-8:30pm The Conners (holiday episode) 

8:30-9pm  The Goldbergs (holiday episode) 

9-9:31pm  Abbott Elementary (holiday episode)

9:31-10pm  Home Economics  (holiday episode) 

Thursday, December 8

8-10pm The Wonderful World of Disney : Frozen II (broadcast premiere) 

Monday, December 12

8-10pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight (season finale)

Tuesday, December 13

8-8:30pm  Mickey Saves Christmas 

8:30-9PM  Olaf's Frozen Adventure 

9-9:30pm  Disney Prep & Landing 

9:30-10pm Disney Pres & Landing 2: Naughty Vs. Nice 

Wednesday, December 14 

8-9pm   A Very Backstreet Holiday (new)

10-11pm  Finding Harmony (new)

Tuesday, December 20

8-9pm  Santa Claus is Comin' to Town' 

9-9:30pm  Toy Story that Time Forgot 

9:30-10pm  Shrek the Halls 

Saturday, December 24

8-10pm  The Wonderful World of Disney: Home Alone 

Sunday, December 25

10am-12pm ET/7-9AM PT  Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (new) 

Monday, December 26

9-11pm The Year : 2022 (New)

Saturday, December 31

8-10pm  Dick Clark's New Year Rockin'  Ever with Ryan Seacrest 2023 (new) 

10-10:30pm Local Programming

10:30-2:13am  Dick Clark's New Year Rockin'  Ever with Ryan Seacrest 2023 (new) 

Press Release after the Jump

Halloween: Spooky Bats and Scaredy Cats

Halloween 

             In the process of looking for Halloween media to write about,  I had this special written down in a list and never got back to that...list. Anyway this one is interesting, I don't know much about it, except that apparently it's a TV special, but not sure where it aired and aired in like 2009, at least IMBD says that so. but who cares?  This gives us time to focus on  the special itself. 

      First off, it's stop motion and has a nice charm to how it looks.  This special looks good, it's fall, Halloween night the coloring is warm but feels like night, it feels like Halloween oozing through its look.  We have two main children characters named, Makean (pronounced as Mak-key-an) and his sister, named Katie. They are trick or treating on this night. Nothing too much makes them stand out as characters, but  I don't think that's the purpose.  Makean is worried about 'spooks' because he's young and thinks spooks exist. (They do)  The first person, we see, they visit gives them a not so good treat.  

The Penguin and Catwoman ... what? 

       There's also the Candleman.  Whom they seem to know.  Why? Quick search....  This is part of a series of specials  where this one is number 2, and a Christmas special called "The Christmas Light" is the first one and so yeah cool.  That's why they aren't like "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" for the special which could limit the special for some, but again maybe we don't need to know too much about him for this special.  His design is cool, if not dangerous with all those candles.  He's apparently handing out pickles to trick or treaters.  He also has floating swimming fish, because sure.  

That hat is a fire hazard  

      

          Really, this shouldn't be the question too much special, we'd be here a long time. Candleman asks if they'd like to help  him complete a task to delver some invitations.  He gives the kids a map and puts them on a fancy carriage, and he's like I'm off, bye. ( Same)    The first place is Spooky Hallow. (Which really sounds a like tourist trap, I'm going)   Anyway Makean's fears are part of the plot and he is nervous about everything. 

       

        Stop one, a place that looks like they are entering an ancient Egyptian tomb and oh look a mummy.  Even Katie screams as she gives him is invitation, but he seems like a nice mummy. (Katie thinks it was a costume, after she apparently thought it out)   Next, the swamp, a good place to meet a swamp monster.  Do love the design because it looks both kind of unsettling, but not menacing. 

That's how he gets his victims, they think he doesn't look menacing  then he eats your head goes out at night and eats cars 

     They meet the wolfman, the Grim Reaper, scare crow, (there's a song that playing during the montage that sounds like someone really liked "The Nightmare Before Christmas and wanted something like that for a song)  Next they meet a witch, that or a woman making soup.   Also the way she talks she really should understand that it sounds like she wants to eat them. (I'd like to have you for dinner) 

    

            She does give them two brooms, to fly to Frank's place (is that the bar on 53th and Franklin?) . Frank is Frankenstein's monster just in case you needed that. They seem to be enjoying the broom flying instead of going ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Katie also maybe realizes that this all might be real stuff.  Frank meets them (oh good he's trademark safe)  Didn't need him picking up a girl though, that brings up flashbacks.  (of what ? oooh) 

I've learned to ask people if they want to swim since the incident 

            Frank seemed nice, not much of a talker.  The two kids run from ole Frank, because now Katie realizes the monsters are real. The moral of the story is Makean was right, always listen to him. (what?)  They see the monsters we just saw following them and  in a slow speed chase. (Chopper 32 is tired, we're going home)  They decide to run to old castle, the monsters catch up to them and ring the doorbell.  Candleman answers the door and the monsters are his friends. (oooh) 

Death takes the night off... 

            It's a monster mash. It's kind of fun to see these monsters not be scary and just having some fun at a party.   The special ends with a nice shot of the house. 

           I do find it funny that Katie doesn't think spooks were real but accepts a flying fish and a guy wearing candles on his head as like sure, normal, and then she's like no these are guys in costumes, and still seems a skeptic until the broom ride.  But I'm not here to tear apart a this, (I am though ,*rips paper) 

     

        The animation is charming, it's a simple straight forward story with showing Makean to have some courage.  I'm not sure if there is a moral besides courage through fear can get you far or that monsters aren't as bad as they seem? I don't know.  It's not a high thinking special, but it's there to relax with or show younger children, it's fine.  

     That's it for now, tune in next time when we find a monster and think he's not so bad and get eaten!