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TV Recap: New Amsterdam – Take Your Own Advice …

New Amsterdam
“Rituals” (Episode 102)
October 2, 2018

I’ve been waiting anxiously for Episode 2 of New Amsterdam ever since the final minutes of the Pilot. I have so many questions racing through my mind about how Dr. Max Goodwin is going to handle his cancer diagnosis and his duties to his wife, the hospital, and the doctors who expect him to lead them?!? Once again, New Amsterdam didn’t disappoint and should be THE must watch show on everyone’s list this Fall.

Catch up on what happened in the Series Premiere last week with my recap and review here!

On to tonight’s episode (BEWARE SPOILERS)!

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TV Recap: Better Call Saul – It’s All Good, Man …

Better Call Saul
“Winner” (Episode 410)
October 8, 2018

Better Call Saul‘s OUTSTANDING fourth season comes to a close tonight and what a wild, transformative season it has been. But, before we get to all that happened tonight, make sure you check out our recap & review of last week’s action here!

All caught up? Great! Without further delay, the season finale of Better Call Saul begins … after the jump (BEWARE SPOILERS)!

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What To Watch Tonight – Monday, October 8, 2018

What To Watch Tonight? The season finale of Better Call Saul is our Top Pick to Watch (check out our recap of last week here)! But we’re also going to be watching (and live tweeting) Manifest (check out our recap of last week’s episode Pilot episode here), The Good Doctor and Lodge 49 (Season Finale of this weird little show too) (and Bull too — too much at 10pm on Mondays just like last year). Also on tonight, worth noting, is The Voice and Monday Night Football! I love the start of the Fall TV season.

Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill – Better Call Saul _ Season 4, Episode 10 – Photo Credit: Nicole Wilder/AMC/Sony Pictures Television

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NYCC 2018: Amazon Releases Good Omens Trailer

New York Comic Con 2018

Good Omens

October 6, 2018

Amazong released the trailer for the highly anticipated series, Good Omens, at New York Comic Con this weekend. The series, based on the book from Neil Gaiman of the same name, will premiere in 2019. After the jump, the press release from Amazon as well as the trailer …

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TV Recap: Last Man Standing – Welcome Baxter …

Last Man Standing
“Welcome Baxter” (Episode 701)
September 28, 2018

Welcome Baxter!

The Baxter family is back!!!! I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of season 7 of Last Man Standing since it’s return to television was announced earlier this year. Last Man Standing was a show I caught every week without fail and I was utterly heartbroken when ABC cancelled it after its 6^th season.

I may have been in the sea of the angry mob crying their outrage to ABC. Tim Allen and the cast bring laughs through a conservative view and the juxtaposition of their democratic neighbors and business partners. Every week this show pokes fun at politics and hot topic issues without making one side or the other the unfair butt of the joke.

There isn’t a lot of shows that can create comedy out of today’s issues without things turning ugly towards one side. I believe that is in part why Last Man Standing did so well on the air and will continue to do so on its new network. The announcement that Fox picked up Last Man Standing for a 7^th season after the show had been off the air for a year was a joyous surprise to many. Not only did the show return after being cancelled over a year ago but it also switched networks, a feat that is not easily reproduced.

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What To Watch Tonight – Friday, October 5, 2018

PCR Favorite, MacGyver, is our Top Pick to Watch Tonight. Also on, Last Man Standing, Hell’s Kitchen and a great music tribute on Great Performances on PBS. Everyone is in NY for Comic Con so no Fireball Friday tonight on the Jay and Mike Show.

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What To Watch Tonight – Thursday, October 4, 2018

What To Watch Tonight? If you’re into sitcoms, Thursdays are your night with CBS AND NBC unleashing their full comedy blocks from 8-10, including PCR’s choice of the season, I Feel Bad (check out Casey’s recap of the Pilot here). Also on, Grey’s Anatomy as well as the other Shonda shows. We’re going with a night of A Haunting on Travel – time to get in the Halloween spirit! If none of that does it for you … Football!

I FEEL BAD — “I Get Sick Of Being Needed” Episode 103 — Pictured: (l-r) Sarayu Blue as Emet, Paul Adelstein as David — (Photo by: Vivian Zink/NBC)

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TV Recap: Manifest – He Is Risen …

Manifest
“Reentry” (Episode 102)
October 1, 2018

In last week’s episode, we were introduced to some of the passengers on Montego Air Flight 828:

Michaela Stone: officer whose fiancé married her best friend while she was missing, Ben’s sister
Ben Stone: Michaela’s brother and father to Cal
Cal Stone: Ben’s son, Leukemia patient – condition hasn’t changed in 5 years due to the flight, treatment from Saanvi’s research may cure him
Saanvi Bahl: Doctor, working on cancer research, led the breakthrough on cancer treatment 5 years prior, right before the flight

The passengers of Flight 828 experienced a bit of turbulence on the flight and landed 5 years into the future. Ben and Michaela started hearing voices, which helped them solve a crime. Now, they are trying to make sense of these powers while trying to fit back into society. Catch the entire recap & review of the pilot here.

And now onto this week’s episode…SPOILERS AHEAD!

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What To Watch Tonight – Wednesday, October 3, 2018

What To Watch Tonight? Man, if it wasn’t for A Million Little Things, our Top Pick To Watch Tonight, I’d turn the TV off and read a book. Just nothing here is appealing to me other than AMLT. For other people, maybe its Empire or the Chicago Fill in the Blank Shows. I should mention SEAL Team Season 2 premieres tonight.

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What To Watch Tonight – Tuesday, October 2, 2018

What To Watch Tonight? Oh, you’ve got choices! Tuesday nights are jam packed! Tonight, we have the season finale of The Outpost (check out Casey’s latest recap & review here). Also, we have all new The Gifted, NCIS, FBI and New Amsterdam, our Top Pick To Watch Tonight (check out Beth’s latest recap & review here)!

NEW AMSTERDAM — “Rituals” Episode 102 — Pictured: Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds — (Photo by: Francisco Roman/NBC)

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