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

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 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

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     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)

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            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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NewsNation fills in the final piece to go 24/7

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        Nexstar owned cable news channel is about to complete the goal of going to 24/7 news and news-based programming and has picked and interesting date to start.   As previously mentioned previously mentioned , NewsNation recently expanded their weekend live news programming to run until 4pm ET , then 3 hours of Blue Bloods before returning to the long running "Prime" programming in the evening. The drama Blue Bloods is leaving the line up as the network now finishes its goal of going 24/7. 

            On June 1, the network adds NewsNation Now with Adrienne Bankert airing Saturdays and Sundays 4-7PM ET.   Bankert previously hosted and co-hosted their morning show "Morning in America".  This now gives NewsNation a 24/7 news based line up.  

  

        Earlier this year, weekend programming started to expand with the launch of a weekend version of Morning in America, then later the addition of The Hill Sunday, in March, and the aforementioned launches of  weekend versions of  NewsNation Live and NewsNation Now. 

      June 1 is an interesting date for them to pick,  since that's a date known where CNN, the first cable news channel, launched in 1980.  It helps that it also fell on a Saturday this year to launch cable news programming.   It will also be the end of what was left of WGN America's remains as a cable entertainment channel that also sometimes gave viewers Chicago news and sports from WGN-TV.  The network has slowly been drifting away its final contracts for scripted shows and replacing them with news shows as the slow transition started in March 2021.  Weekdays were completed in April 2023. 

            Here is the Line up starting June 1, all times ET 

Saturdays

7-10 AM ET– Morning in America with Hena Doba
10-1 PM ET – NewsNation Live
1-4 PM ET – NewsNation Now with Anna Kooiman
4-7 PM ET – NewsNation Now with Adrienne Bankert
7-10 PM ET – NewsNation Prime with Natasha Zouves

Sundays 

7-10 AM ET– Morning in America with Hena Doba
10-11 AM ET – The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt
11-1 PM ET – NewsNation Live
1-4 PM ET – NewsNation Now with Anna Kooiman
4-7 PM ET – NewsNation Now with Adrienne Bankert
7-10 PM ET – NewsNation Prime with Natasha Zouves

Full Press release , after the jump