Welcome to this week's edition of the Tuesday TV Touchbase.
This is where each TUEDAY. I TOUCHBASE on stuff I'm watching on TV.
We all good? Good!
A couple of weeks ago, Andrea and I caught up to the season finale of Abbott Elementary.
BAD NEWS: Jeanine and Gregory broke up!
NO! What the hell happened?!?
Vacation plans.
- Both Jeanine and Gregory agreed they wanted to get out Philadephia. Good!
- Both Jeanine and Gregory agreed where they want to go, the Outer Banks of North Carolina! Excellent choice.
But matter on how to get there, well, that was quite the deal breaking bone of contention.
- Gregory mapped out the perfect route to drive from Philly to the Outer Banks.
- Jeanine didn't want to be stuck in a car for 10 hours and wanted to fly.
- Gregory asserted that flying cost too much and wasn't very practical.
- Jeanine didn't care and wanted to fly.
And this is why they broke up. Seriously.
Taking this hardest (besides of course Jeanine and Gregory) was Jacob who was distraught that his favorite hetero couple was on the outs. Jacob isn't eating right and losing sleep over the broken status of Jeanine and Gregory.
I am also seriously bummed out that Jeanine and Gregory broke up. But...
- Look, I'm gonna take sides on this and say Gregory ain't wrong. If you fly out of Philly, your best option for a direct flight to North Carolina is into Raliegh-Durham where you would still need to rent a car for the 3+ hour drive to the Outer Banks.
- Look, you MIGHT think scoring a direct flight into Wilmington International Airport would save the rental car drive time but it's actually longer, 4+ hours.
- I just realized you could skip flying to North Carolina altogether and fly into Norfolk International Airport which services Virginia Beach and that drive is about 2+ hours to the Outer Banks.
I have spent WAY too much time thinking about this. Gregory's right, flying sucks!
Jeanine and Gregory agree that they are miserable without each other and the Outer Banks suck!
GOOD NEWS: Jeanine and Gregory are back together again.
Even it means disparaging a beautiful North Carolina vacation destination. The relationship of Jeanine and Gregory takes predence over Tarheel tourism.
BAD NEWS: Abbott Elementary is breaking up!
NO!! What the hell happened?!?!
It seems the Philadelphia school superintendent embezzled a bunch of funds and now there's no money to keep all the schools open so a bunch will need to close.
And Abbott is on the list.
Until the new super finds out how much money the district spent to refurbish the school's heating and plumbing systems. So...
GOOD NEWS: Abbott Elementary is staying open!
But when the new season starts this fall, we'll find a seriously overcroweded Abbott as the kids from the other schools that are still closing will have to go somewhere.
I was a bit worried that Abbott Elementary was coasting a bit in it's 5th season but I think the show may have delivered it's best season.
Andrea and I also caught up with the 2nd season finale of Happy's Place. Andrea still likes the show and I will admit will occassionally laugh at something. But it doesn't help that the funniest performances have come from guest stars like Jane Lynch as Gabby's mom, Cheri Oteri as Monica the health inspector and Eric Stonestreet as a couples counselor.
(Eric has aged since his time on Modern Family and lost a lot of weight. I hope he's OK.)
In case anyone cares, Emmett the cook has broken up with Monica but is not ready to get back together will Bobbie.
Even though Bobbie is ready to get back together with Emmett.
(The next week,Rex Linn who plays Emmett was on Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage as his Principal Tom Petersen character from Young Sheldon. Still looking and sounding like Emmett.)
Happy's Place remains an agressively inoffensive show with only a modicum of laughs. It's also NBC's highest rated sitcom.
Ranked as NBC's lowest rated sitcom is the way funnier Stumble, the cheerleading mockumentary. So naturally NBC cancelled it, denying it a 2nd season.
I do recommend checking out that 1 season Stumble did get. It really was an absurdly funny show.
Also on NBC's chopping block is the medical drama Brilliant Minds. This one is not much of a shocker given the bad ratings and NBC's poor treatment of the show. Hopefully the commitment to air the last 6 episodes starting later this month is still in place.
That is that for this week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.
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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