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[dedicationsthekey]

Merry Christmas to all, from the (almost) McCarthys. #feliznavidad #merrychristmas #themccarthys #jerkandmangu

[dedicationsthekey]

Yesterday made our 6 month wedding anniversary! We made it to half a year! No long, mushy post. I just feel super blessed to be on this journey with @raystyles . #6monthweddinganniversary #blessed #themccarthys #jerkandmangu https://www.instagram.com/p/BpfWTtEl65l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13fwucy4j5oeo

[televisionacad]

Laurie Metcalf was on TV long before Getting On (@hbo). When did you first see her? #Emmys #lauriemetcalf #gettingon #3rdrockfromthesun #greysanatomy #themccarthys #horaceandpete #saturdaynightlive #snl #thenormshow #godthedevilandbob #roseanne #desperatehousewives #thebigbangtheory #tbbt #monk

[bradeverettyoung]

'They Say It's Your Birthday!' Happy Happy Bday today @KelenColeman! Hope you're havin' the best one ever doll! Time to celebrate! / Photograph By @Bradley206 #BradEverettYoung for #DreamLoudOfficial DreamLoudOfficial.com / #DreamLoud #KelenColeman #BigLittleLies #TheMcCarthys #Scandal #YoungAndHungry #HotInCleveland #TheMindyProject #TheNewsroom #Sony #SonyImages @SonyImages / Photo taken w/ the @SonyAlpha #A3000 (at Los Angeles, California)

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2015.07.11

Saturday, July 11th: "Shark Week" continues on Discovery.

highlights: The Millers (CBS, 60mins), Atlantis (BBCAm), The McCarthys (CBS, series finale, 60mins), Power (Starz), Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (BBCAm, 75mins), "7 Days in Hell" (HBO special, 45mins), The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm, season 17 finale), Conan (TBS, from Comic-Con), "Running of the Bulls" (ESQ, day 5 highlights)

movies: "Lethal Seduction" (Lifetime, 2hrs), "Family for Christmas" (Hallmark, 2hrs), "Morgan Spurlock Presents: Freedom! The Movie" (CMT, 2hrs), "You Got Served" (2004, OXY, 2hrs+10mins), "Oz the Great and Powerful" (2013, SyFy, 3hrs)

[couchmonkey]

Bloody Friday (pt 1)

The ax fell yesterday and fell hard as American TV networks trimmed the fat to prepare for upfronts. Some of the cuts were late and/or no surprise, some hurt, some shocked. 

So let’s talk about the ones which were already circling the drain. The McCarthys had a lot of things going for it, but where it failed was not making Laurie Metcalf the reason to watch. Tyler Ritter, who received much of the focus and did a large portion of the promo work, is a great actor. He has great timing and created a great character. But that forced a solid supporting cast to basically run around delivering or being the punchline. 

Maybe I had watched too much of Wahlburgers before seeing the pilot, but I would have preferred Metcalf and her role in the life of each of the four children be more of the focus. They would not have had to alter the scripts that much. There were great opportunities for her TV son Joey McIntyre to introduce her to the mother of all Boston mothers, Alma Walhberg, and I would have liked to have seen McIntyre and Jimmy Dunn give Ritter a proper Boston education. 

Poor Constantine. I felt so bad for Matt Ryan having to promote the struggling show during NBC’s Thanksgiving parade as I believe they had just pulled the show. So how do you back out of an advertised and live promotional event, especally if you go into it thinking it might get your project back on the air? Friday night is a hard night to get noticed. But it’s not impossible. Don Johnson’s Nash Bridges broke that curse I believe. 

Marketing and PR also could have helped here as well. While not a slam dunk ratings juggernaut, NBC has given Grimm four seasons and it had provided Hannibal with a strong lead in and should have worked for Constantine as well. 

The other not so shocking demise was State of Affairs, also on NBC. I don’t know what Katherine Heigl or her mother did to get that program on the air, but I don’t want to know. I knew the show would not last. Just to make sure I watched the pilot. And the second episode, which was 60 minutes more I didn’t need to give to that mess but you can’t always be sure based on a pilot.

Although not exactly the same because of close launch dates, close physical similarities and some similar story elements, the show was already being unfairly compared to Madam Secretary. But that is unfair to Tea Leoni more than it is to Heigl as Heigl does not have and could not completely convey the gravitas needed to make her role believable. There were also makeup and wardrobe choices which screamed vanity over storyline and did not serve to endear Heigl or the show to viewers. Not even Alfre Woodard could save her.

[bellomag]

#bts Yacht set shooting the multi-talented and handsome @JoeyMcIntyre . Photography @amandaelkins | styling @julietvo | grooming @sienree | @bellomag rep and production @lesliealejandro | @neajasmine | @scottydaeng @alekandsteph #joeymcintyre #NKOTB #TheMcCarthys #boattripping #yacht #fancyshoot #marinadelrey special thanks @kellydelago