Monday, September 23, 2019


 Premieres            

-- Bob Hearts Abishola
  • A 50-yr-old owner of a sock business wakes up after having 3 stents inserted and immediately falls for his Nigerian cardiac nurse who is a single mom.
  • Favorable reviews call it sweet.  Harsh critic says it "cracks easy jokes grounded in stereotypes." 
  • It's OK.  I expect to keep watching.

-- All Rise
  • About the people who work at the Los Angeles County Courthouse, focusing on a prosecutor who has just been appointed as a judge.
  • It's very frantic so it's hard to follow.  It isn't pure drama -- the new judge trips on her way up to the bench on her first day. 
  • It has unusual twists.  It can be unrealistic at times but I will probably keep watching.

-- Bluff City Law
  • Another show with a woman named Sydney, who returns to work at her father's law firm in Memphis after her mom dies. 
  • She had been working to defend corporations, but now she's working on the other side. 
  • The father thinks Syd needs to learn things from him, but, of course, he is going to be learning things from her, too. 
  • Critics think we've seen all of this before and the only reason to watch the show is if you just love Jimmy Smits.
  • I could drop the show, but I'll probably give it a chance.

-- Prodigal Son
  • About a charismatic serial killer -- which is not my kind of show.  The killer had a young son when he was finally caught 21 years ago.  The son is now an FBI agent.
  • The FBI fires him and he's hired as a profiler for NYPD by someone he's known for 21 years. 
  • One critic said it's "So weirdly stupid that it might actually be good. Or, then again, just weird and stupid."  I agree with the latter characterization.  I'm not going to watch. 

 Returning            

-- Neighborhood, The
-- Good Doctor, The

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