Happy's Place is back for a 2nd season as Bobbie (Reba McEntire) deals with the wackadoodles at the titular bar & grill. The plot point of Bobbie having a half sister she didn't know about seems to have been glossed over and with Bobbie and Isabella on pretty solid ground.
Bobbie even gushes over having a sister to talk to about "boy stuff".
The "boy stuff" in question is Bobbie's heretofore unrequited attraction to Emmett (played by Reba's real life fiance, Rex Linn). Emmett it seems has some feelings for Bobbie as well but backs off from dating Bobbie due to a promise he made to Happy before he died.
Bobbie assumes that promise to Happy was for Emmett not to date Bobbie but that's not it. The promise was keeping a secret: Emmett knew about Isabelle years before Bobbie found out.
Well, that could become a problem. Wow, something interesting might happen on this show?
To be honest, we watch this more for Andrea than me.
Happy's Place is not really that funny but it gets by on the warm familial relationship of the cast.
St. Denis Medical is back for season 2 and the status quo established in season 1 remains in place. Joyce, the weird executive director of St. Denis Medical continues to over promise and under deliver.
Supervising nurse Alex still can't stop herself from jumping at every single crisis that develops.
Bruce, the arrogant but deeply insecure trauma surgeon can't help making everything about him.
Nurse Serena found out at the end of last season that fellow nurse Matt had a crush on her. Between seasons, Matt seems to have put that crush in a box and moved on. Which bothers Serena.
St. Denis Medical does produce genuine laughs through absurd over the top physical humor and character driven moments.
After premiering on the Peacock streaming service (which I am not prepared to pay for), The Paper makes it's broadcast TV debut. It is a sort of/kind of sequel to The Office.
The documentary crew that followed the gang Dunder Mifflin in Scranton PA is now in Toledo OH chronicling the life of the local newspaper, the Toledo Truth Teller.
The conglomerate known as Enervate owns a bunch of companies involved in paper products. The company's most successful product is Softees toilet paper, occupying most of the space once used by the Truth Teller.
In flashbacks, we see entire floors filled with reporters busy reporting news and investigating stories.
Now the Truth Teller is relegated to one part of one floor as a minor sideline in the Enervate portfolio.
Ned Sampson enters as the new editor-in-chief of the Toledo Truth Teller with grand plans to restore the paper to its former glory.
He runs into obstacles like penny pinching corporate and the existing staff who have no concept that this minor league news operation can be more than just copied news wire stories and click bait for the web site.
So far, I am liking what I'm seeing of The Paper. It's very funny and has some strong character work.
Side note: Oscar Nunez returns as Oscar Martinez. an accountant who previously worked at the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of Dunder Mifflin in The Office.
When he sees the documentary crew, he immediately refuses to cooperate, saying he will not do this again.
An onscreen graphic informs us that the waiver Oscar signed at Dunder Mifflin is still in effect.
As if we did not have enough on our TV viewing schedule, Andrea and I added the NBC comedy series Stumble to our watch list. Set in the fictional city of Wichita Flats, Texas, the series follows Courteney Potter, a competitive cheer squad coach who gets fired from her job at Sammy Davis Sr. Community College after she is caught drinking with her squad. She finds a new job as the typing instructor and head coach of the cheer squad at Headltston* State Junior College.
*Pronounced "Hedel-Ston".... or "Haydel-Ston".... or "Hidel-Ston". No one ever pronounces it the same way twice.
Courteney pulls together a rag-tag crew for her new squad from wherever she can. Including a meth-head who does a back flip and somersault escaping from trying to steal Courtney's pick up truck. Or the young woman with some serious gymnastic skills and narcolepsy. Or a now middle aged man who was on Courtney's first championship squad 16 years ago.
Stumble is a laugh out loud comedy with a lot of multi layered jokes and set ups that remind me of Community.
That is that for this week's Touchbase.
Next time? I have no idea but I watch a LOT of television. I'll think of something.
Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.
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