Well, I was going by what I read earlier in the thread that it was thought that the series had been canceled, but it looks like NBC has decided to give the show a second season after all? NBC's should call their Jane/Ellen game night ... "MUST WATCH MEAN-SPIRITED BIT#$ES TV", because that's exactly what it is!
I'm usually onboard with most of Chuck Lorre's sitcom's, but "Mom" never played well in our household. The idea of trying to find humor in "additions", especially in a sitcom, was a pretty taboo idea from the start. We luckily have non of those additions in our home, but we really frowned on the idea of laughing at someone else's. It was one thing to laugh at a character like Sheldon on "Big Bang" and the many other "far too smart for their own good" characters on the show, versus Penny, who is supposed to be the "super cute blond bimbo without a clue", because that could be funny and often was. Too bad that they made so many episodes of "Mom" because I often fall asleep to old reruns of "Friends" on TBS, only to have my wife wake up bit#$ing that "Mom" woke her up when it follows "Friends". Those two shows don't really compliment each other at all!
Bummer. I enjoyed the show but I had a bad feeling about a pending cancellation. It felt like the show lost a bit of it's mojo vs earlier seasons. Looks like it's being replaced with NCIS:Hawaii.
Superstore double episode finale is tomorrow. I wouldn't have thought one character leaving would have made such a big difference, but this season has been quite a step down. I haven't paid attention/researched whether there were behind the scenes changes like writers that might have contributed.
We've just started watching this on Netflix in the UK. Great show. I hope it's not going to be like Community...
Considering it stars Allison Janey and Anna Faris, two actresses with great comedic talent, the show fell flat for me. Even after Kristen Johnston and French Stewart had joined the cast, I couldn't be bothered to give it another shot.
My wife just did the last episode of NCIS New Orleans. She did background on multiple episodes of the series. Usually a patron in the background or a “khaki” in the office scenes. Post COVID they’ve had fewer people on set. Most people down here think the show was pretty lame, but it created jobs and we were grateful for that.
A shame as I liked "American Gods", but perhaps it will free Ian McShane up to make the rumoured new episodes of "Lovejoy".
I am bummed about Prodigal Son too. The acting talent in this show elevates it above most others. It had lower ratings but I think people just didn’t give it a chance. With the big name of Michael Sheen in the cast, maybe Netflix will be smart enough to pick it up and save it like they did with other shows?
Prodigal Son is my favorite show. This has been a great season. The murder episode in prison when Martin helps them solve the case was inspired writing and acting. I'm excited about the HBO Max rumor.
Rebel was ok. Surprised it didn’t get a longer chance. Call Your Mom was horrid. No amount of prime scheduling could have saved that dreadful show. It wasn’t funny and had no charm.
Disappointed to hear about "Mixed-ish". I thought it was a strong follow for "Black-ish" which I also really like. Wonder what ABC will put in that 30-minute slot?
Shame about Mixed-ish. It's been consistently better than Black-ish this season but the long delay in launching season 2 and slotting it against the final 30 mins of This Is Us killed it. I assume now Old-ish or whatever they were going to call the Pops & Ruby spin off is DOA. All the backstage drama at American Housewife probably played into ABC not seeing much upside in continuing it. I never much took to replacement Anna-Kat anyway. Call Your Mother kinda righted itself as it went along, but Kyra Sedgwick deserved better. In some episodes she seemed to play things very manic to distract the viewer and punch up the dull generic writing.
