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Fall TV 2016

This Is Awesome: NBC’s This Is Us Is A Must-See

This Is Us NBC Premieres: Sept. 20 Airs: Tuesdays at 10pm; Tuesdays at 9pm beginning Oct. 11 Who’s In It? Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Justin Hartley, Chrissy Metz, Chris Sullivan  If you aren’t a heart-clutching, happily teary mess by the end of the premiere episode (or, hell, even the trailer below), well, we just don’t know about you. But we’re not going to tell you why just yet. Here’s what you should know: Pop star turned actress Moore and Heroes’ Ventimiglia costar as Rebecca and Jack, a passionate, loving couple whose triplets arrive on Jack’s 36th birthday. […]

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Comedy

Fall Preview: Ted Danson, Kristen Bell Make The Good Place Great Fun

The Good Place NBC Premieres: Sept. 19 (preview), Sept. 22 timeslot premiere Airs: Thursdays at 8:30pm ET Who’s In It? Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, D’Arcy Carden, Drew Goddard, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto Credit the doofuses who push their yellow-arrow luck for inspiring comedy mastermind Michael Schur (The Office, Parks and Recreation) to craft this dazzlingly inventive belly-laugher about boorish Eleanor Shellstrop (Bell), who alters the course of heaven — a.k.a. The Good Place — when she lands there by accident. “In my opinion, two cars are allowed to do that,” Schur explains. “Sometimes there’s a third car […]

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Commentary

Channel Guide Magazine’s Top 9 New Shows for Fall 2016

Why nine? Well, everyone does Top 10 lists, so we agonized a little more and whittled down this year’s impressive new lineup to nine. It wasn’t easy, people! Let us know what you like and dislike this season by emailing letters@ntvbmedia.com. Here are Channel Guide Magazine‘s Top 9 New Shows Fall 2016: This Is Us (NBC) Bring your Kleenex, as this one had all the lady critics in the office sniffling. We loved every character in this perfectly scripted drama that follows four people navigating life after they turn 36. The Good Place (NBC) What the fork? In this comedy, […]