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Post Mortem – Dr. Ken

Coming off of the Hangover films and Community, I had high hopes for Ken Jeong in Dr. Ken.  But, it wasn’t particularly good and, if it weren’t for the good feelings built up from his previous work, I would have bailed right away.  Instead, I trudged through the first season, with the expectation that would be the end of it.

Somehow, the show got renewed for a second season, but a third wasn’t in the cards.  Which is probably for the best, since the finale of season 2, a fictionalized version of Jeong’s real life story, ended up with his character being cast in a fake version of Community.

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2016 New Fall Season – Fridays

old-tv-set1Our penultimate look at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

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Dr. Ken – Ken Jeong returns for season 2 of his show that, while not great, is watchable, especially with nothing of note on against it.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A seventh season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint, adds Claire Forlani to the cast.

The Exorcist – FOX’s reboot of the movie franchise may be worth a look.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a seventh season.

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2015 New Fall Season – Fridays

old-tv-set1Our penultimate look at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

7:30

Dr. Ken – Ken Jeong goes out on his own in this new comedy that plays off his time as a doctor.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A sixth season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a sixth season.

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ABC Upfronts

agentcarterThe biggest surprise about ABC’s schedule for this fall’s television season is how stable it is from this spring.  4 out of the 7 nights remain untouched, and only one returning show is moving to a new time slot.  In case you are wondering, this is relatively unheard of here in the 20th century.

Monday remains the same as it has been for years, with Castle following the latest installment of Dancing With The Stars.  Tuesdays start off with the return of the Muppets starring in The Muppets.  Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD returns at its current time slot, followed by the new FBI drama Quantico.

Wednesday nights also remain unchanged, with Modern Family continuing to anchor the night.  Thursdays will continue to belong to Shonda Rhimes, thanks to Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How To Get Away With Murder.  Former Community and The Hangover star Ken Jeong gets his own sitcom, Dr. Ken, which will air on Fridays.  Sundays will air 2 new dramas following the returning Once Upon A Time.

Agent Carter will return at mid-season, once again filling in for her present day SHIELD contemporaries.

Obviously, The Muppets are the most exciting of the new shows.  I’m also likely to give Dr. Ken a shot.  Beyond that, nothing here seems too spectacular.

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Now About That Movie

community-jeff-winger-dean-peltonAgainst all odds, Community is coming back for a sixth season, thanks to a last minute reprieve from Yahoo!, of all places.  Dan Harmon is still on-board as showrunner and the main cast at the end of last season, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash, are expected to return.

Earlier in the spring, Yahoo announced a slate of comedy series that it expected to create.  Having a show like Community, with a built in, rabid audience, can only help Yahoo’s other shows get noticed.

I had made peace with the loss of Community, as I wrote a week ago.  Having it come back from the dead yet again was certainly unexpected.  Here’s hoping Yahoo does right by the show and the Harmon and company can produce a sixth season worthy of those that have come before.

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Post Mortem – Community

communityOn September 17, 2009, I found myself watching a new comedy on NBC despite my best intentions.  Starring the guy from The Soup and Chevy Chase, I was sure that this show, titled Community, would be a dud.  Surprisingly, I ended up liking the pilot and came back the following week.  Eventually, Community rose to the top of my watch list and became one of my favorite shows.

Sadly, despite critical acclaim and a fiercely loyal fanbase, the fandom for this particular show was small.  Every season, the show was on the bubble and it probably would have been cancelled years ago if NBC wasn’t totally desperate for anything resembling a hit.  But along the way, we got three tremendous seasons.  When showrunner Dan Harmon was fired after season 3, the show seemed doomed once again, but it came back for a surprise 4th season, which saw more trouble and the eventual departure of Chase.

Given all of that, it was a foregone conclusion that the show would be cancelled last year.  Once again, the little show that could surprised the world by not only being renewed for a 5th season, but by bringing back Dan Harmon to once again helm the show.  A throw away line from early in the shows run, six seasons and a movie, had become the rallying cry of the shows fans and now seemed to be within reach.  Sadly, after a 5th season which saw the departure of Donald Glover, NBC finally pulled the plug.

So I say thank you to Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong, and, yes, Chevy Chase for a wonderful run.  #SaveGreendale #SixSeasonsAndAMovie