You know what’s next! As usual, stay tuned for my thoughts on Fox and NBC. Click here for ABC and CBS. For The CW, keep reading!
My first thoughts on returning shows, well, there’s only one that needs to be mentioned… Black Lightning is back and I don’t know what I would have done had it not been renewed because this show is phenomenal. Thank you The CW for giving us this unapologetically black superhero show. Y’all white execs don’t even realize what you’re putting on the air and it is glorious.
Thoughts On Notable Cancelled Series:
There’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin, and iZombie which have all been renewed for final seasons. I totally could have seen Jane going on for another 2 seasons and iZombie for another three – four but you know what, I’m glad that they’re going on a high note (but seriously iZombie could have totally lasted longer). I’ll miss all of these shows like crazy. It’s not often you find shows that you will stop everything for just to watch and these are those shows. They’ll be greatly missed.
As for new shows that were cancelled, I never did start watching Life Sentence & I was behind on Valor so I’m neutral on their cancellations. Plus side, since they’re both only one season now in their entirety, it will be easy to catch up on them when I eventually get to them.
Thoughts On New Series:
We have to start with Charmed. Charmed is my favorite show ever in the universe ever. It is number one. I have feelings that cannot be contained to this post so I won’t even attempt it. If you missed my Twitter thread of my first reaction to the trailer, I lay it all out here. Read it. Okay, all of that said… yes, every time I see an image of the new Charmed, I throw up in my mouth a little but also, I am TOTALLY going to watch every single episode and analyze the crap out of them so GET READY. Buckle in, people. I may have been too busy with life to blog a ton before but I will blog about Charmed on my death bed, okay! IT IS ON. Every single week. I will break down each episode. Let’s do this. Next, All American looks really strong. That said, I can’t even really focus on the show itself because I have a lot of FEELINGS about this other Black show being on The CW and the timing and everything and I can’t quite sort it all out in my head right now but yeah, I have thoughts. Like, I’m happy that it’s on the air and all, I just wish The CW hadn’t dumped its Black shows when The WB & UPN merged because we could have had this all along. Basically, I need a minute to be all up in my feelings before I can really sit down and watch All American and enjoy it ha ha. And it’s nothing that the show did (gosh, I feel like I’m sitting down my imaginary child and telling them the divorce has nothing to do with them hahaha), it just is what it is. Now there’s no trailer for Legacies but as a huge fan of The Vampire Diaries, I am HERE FOR IT. I am so down and excited to follow ” the next generation of supernatural beings at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted” aka Klaus’s daughter and Alaric’s twins. This show can’t come on the air soon enough!
Finally, there are the midseason shows, Roswell, New Mexico and In the Dark, the midseason shows. The former I have strong feelings about as well since I loved the Roswell series that was on The WB. Because I know that the creatives behind the new version are just as big fans as well, I am more at ease and highly anticipating this one. Still nervous but way less anxious and more than enough time has passed for us to get this new version. As for In the Dark, it doesn’t sound like anything special but I try to watch the Pilot of every new series so I’ll give it a go before writing it off.
New series are in CAPS.
SUNDAY
8-9pm Supergirl
9-10pm CHARMED
MONDAY
8-9pm DC’S Legends of Tomorrow
9-10pm Arrow
TUESDAY
8-9pm The Flash
9-10pm Black Lightning
WEDNESDAY
8-9pm Riverdale
9-10pm ALL AMERICAN
THURSDAY
8-9pm Supernatural
9-10pm LEGACIES
FRIDAY
8-9pm Dynasty
9-10pm Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Midseason: IN THE DARK & ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
NEW FALL SERIES:
“Stronger together.” That’s what Marisol tells her daughters, firebrand social justice warrior Melanie “Mel” Vera, and her sister, fun-loving Maggie, about their family. Mel is a graduate student in the women’s studies department her mother heads at Hilltowne University; Maggie is a freshman considering rushing a sorority (to Mel’s amused dismay) and going “on” again with her on-again off-again boyfriend Brian. But then, a shocking tragedy shatters their world and threatens their sibling bond: Marisol dies in a horrifying accident. Or was it? Three months later, we find Mel unable to accept the official explanation of their mother’s death, while Maggie accuses her of being morbidly obsessed. And then, another huge shock shows up at their front door: they have an older sister, brilliant geneticist Macy, whom their mother kept a secret all these years! Macy is new in town and doesn’t know a soul (except for Galvin, the cute fellow scientist who’s been showing her around). Macy is eager to connect with Mel and Maggie, but Mel can’t handle another shock, and shuts her out. With the emotions of all three sisters running high, each of the girls suddenly exhibit impossible new abilities: Mel can freeze time, Maggie starts hearing others’ thoughts, and Macy has telekinetic powers. But don’t worry, there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation…or so says Harry Greenwood (who as far as they know is the officious new chair of the women’s studies department), when he gathers the three sisters together to reveal they’re actually powerful witches, as was their mother. And he’s not really a professor, he’s their “Whitelighter,” a witch’s advisor and guide! Not only that, but Mel was right: their mother’s death was no accident – she was murdered by unknown dark forces. It’s a lot to take in, but ultimately the sisters accept their new destiny as The Charmed Ones…and their new duty to protect humankind from the demons that walk among us…one of whom killed their mother. With the Power of Three, they are stronger together… even if they have no idea what they’re really up against. Starring Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Madeleine Mantock, Rupert Evans, Ser’Darius Blaine, Charlie Gillespie, and Ellen Tamaki . Based on the original series, CHARMED is from CBS Television Studios in association with Propagate Content, with executive producers Jessica O’Toole (“Jane The Virgin”), Amy Rardin (“Jane The Virgin”), Jennie Snyder Urman (“Jane The Virgin”), Ben Silverman (“The Office”), Brad Silberling (“Jane The Virgin”) and Carter Covington (“Faking It”).
All American
Spencer James is a rising high school football player and A student at South Crenshaw High. Compton is the place he calls home. But when Beverly High School’s football coach Billy Baker recruits him to join his team in Beverly Hills, Spencer’s mother, Grace, and his best friend, Coop, convince Spencer it’s an opportunity he has to seize. Now Spencer must navigate two worlds, the south side neighborhood that he knows and the affluent Beverly Hills world that has offered him an opportunity for something bigger. When Spencer is forced to move in with Billy and his family to protect his transfer permit to Beverly, Billy’s son, Jordan (the team’s starting quarterback), is less than thrilled to be sharing his father’s attention — or the team spotlight — with Spencer. While Spencer struggles to find his footing, he makes an unlikely friend in Jordan’s sister, Olivia, who is dealing with her own demons. He also quickly develops a crush on his classmate, Layla, something her boyfriend, Asher, quickly realizes — and so, he sets out to drive Spencer off the football team and out of Beverly Hills for good. Inspired by the life of NFL player Spencer Paysinger. ALL AMERICAN stars Daniel Ezra, Taye Diggs, Samantha Logan, Bre-Z, Greta Onieogou, Monet Mazur, Michael Evans Behling, Cody Christian and Karimah Westbrook. ALL AMERICAN is from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios in association with Berlanti Productions, with executive producers April Blair (“Reign”), Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Riverdale”), Sarah Schechter (“The Flash,” “Riverdale”) and Rob Hardy (“Power”).
Legacies
For the last decade, the iconic heroes and villains of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals have captivated audiences worldwide. They left an enduring legacy of love and family in their wake, which continues in LEGACIES, a thrilling new drama that tells the story of the next generation of supernatural beings at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted. It’s here that Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson; Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman; and other young adults — including political scion MG and the mysterious Landon Kirby — come of age in the most unconventional way possible, nurtured to be their best selves…in spite of their worst impulses. Will these young witches, vampires and werewolves become the heroes they want to be — or the villains they were born to be? As they fight to protect their secret, their town of Mystic Falls and eventually the world, they will have to rely on ancient folklore and tales to learn how to battle their far-reaching enemies. LEGACIES stars Danielle Rose Russell, Jenny Boyd, Kaylee Bryant, Quincy Fouse and Aria Shaghasemi, with Matt Davis. LEGACIES is from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios in association with My So-Called Company, with executive producers Julie Plec (“The Vampire Diaries”), Brett Matthews (“The Vampire Diaries”), Leslie Morgenstein (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Pretty Little Liars”) and Gina Girolamo (“The Originals”).