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ONE CHICAGO Women: CHICAGO MED “Folie À Deux” (3×11), CHICAGO P.D. “Profiles” (5×16) & CHICAGO FIRE “Hiding Not Seeking” (6×13) recap

It was a BIG week in the ONE CHICAGO world with CHICAGO P.D. reaching its 100th episode, which saw it do yet another epic crossover with CHICAGO FIRE. This ChiHard watched all three shows consecutively this week and was delighted to find that Jay Halstud, sorry Halstead, was in all three episodes this week. (Don’t get me started on how after 100 episodes …

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CHAMPIONS: What Mindy Kaling did next [Series Preview]

Nice Girls TV favorite,  The Mindy Project wasn’t even in the ground before creator/star/executive producer Mindy Kaling announced her next project: NBC’s Champions. (Seriously, when Champions was announced, The Mindy Project was still in the midst of filming its final season.) Between wrapping up The Mindy Project, filming two films – A Wrinkle in Time and Ocean’s Eight, bringing Champions …

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THIS IS US: “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life”, or Deja’s View

After a trip to Vegas last week, the penultimate episode of This Is Us season two shifted focus completely to a secondary character. Join Melissa and Ange as they discuss “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life” Melissa: This Is Us flipped the script on us again, presenting an episode from Deja’s point of view. Props to Lyric Ross and the little …

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Blindspot Roundtable: Warning Shot

After several weeks off for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the NBC drama Blindspot returned with a new episode, mainly focusing on the team trying to get a dangerous virus from being sold on the black market. Join Leah, Lisa, Roz, Cay and Rueben as they talk about all that took place in the episode; and please share your thoughts in …

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ONE CHICAGO Women: CHICAGO MED “Down By Law” (3×10), CHICAGO P.D. “Sisterhood” (5×15) & CHICAGO FIRE “The F is For” (6×12) recap

It’s been a good six weeks since we’ve had a full roster of all three ONE CHICAGO shows airing in the same week and now we’re back to our regular scheduled programming. A recurring (and certainly topical) theme this week was the representation of women and how they’re perceived by others. Read onto find out more and how this came …

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THIS IS US: “Vegas, Baby” Discussion aka For Once We’re Not Crying

This Is Us returned this week with a much needed lighter episode. Emphasis on ‘lighter’ as although we weren’t sobbing our hearts out, misunderstandings and misconceptions were a common theme of the episode (which took us to Vegas in the present and back to Jack and Rebecca’s anniversaries through the years in the flashbacks). We have A LOT to discuss so …

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GOOD GIRLS: NBC’s heist series is satisfying, thought-provoking

Confession: I’ve been procrastinating on writing my review of Good Girls. Not because it’s a bad show; quite the opposite. I loved it so much, I felt like whatever I wrote should articulate how much I love it – and why – in profound, powerful prose. That my review should eloquently point out all the ways Good Girls demonstrates the …

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March TV Calendar

The following list provides the dates of the new dramas that will air on streaming services as well as the major and cable networks and the made-for-TV movies and more that will all air during March: March 1 – Gotham will return with its spring premiere on FOX at 8 PM March 2 – Once Upon a Time will be …

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Black History Month: The Importance of African American Representation on TV

We have come a long way with the representation of African Americans on television. I’m so happy that we have a variety of shows today that show African Americans in a positive light and also spark a much needed conversation regarding race in our country. I don’t like to refer to these shows as “black shows” because they should appeal …

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My “Lucky” 13 for March TV Viewing

Spring is only a month away, the days are slowly getting a little longer and there is plenty of good programming on the horizon. After looking over the very full schedule of programming options for next month, I have narrowed down my top choices to a “lucky” 13. TIME TO SAY GOODBYE (FOR NOW) Kevin (Probably) Saves the World will …

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