Tansson Media Blog

 It's that time of year again! With the 2022-23 television season eager to begin its winter break halt, the networks each announced their schedule changes for the mid-season beginning this January. Having primarily watched ABC series for the past several years, that is where most of my attention will be spent throughout this article, though I will touch on my additional thoughts on the other major networks. Starting with Sunday nights, I was very disappointed to hear ABC opted to move the signature series The Rookie  off of their schedule and onto Tuesday nights, or rather early afternoons. While I will touch on this again soon, this is paired with the moving of Celebrity Jeopardy! and Celebrity Wheel of Fortune  to Thursdays, creating a full day of game shows as we enter the winter. This is all to make way for American Idol  alongside new series The Company You Keep . While I don't intend to judge The Company You Keep  before seeing the series, let alone a trai...

Three weeks ago, we saw the re-entry of comedian George Lopez to the sitcom genre, this time alongside his daughter Mayan. Lopez vs Lopez  is the latest sitcom on NBC to be added to their Friday night lineup, one I quite honestly keep forgetting exists, joining junior series  Young Rock . At first glance, the opening episode of the series sparked many connections with George Lopez's hit series George Lopez , especially in relation to his comedy style and the usage of the former series' theme music "Low Rider" within the first several minutes. However, while the comedy may have carried over from the other series, the delivery is more in-line with ABC series The Conners. For those familiar with The Conners , it is a series based on a working-class family trying to make ends meet, a spin-off of the popular 1990s series Roseanne . In this case, the Lopez family is also shown in a multigenerational and somewhat dysfunctional family, now coming together to create a 'new...

 While television has always been a part of my life since I was little, what I watch on television shifts rather frequently, usually keeping in-line my overall enjoyment of family-friendly shows that share a connection with the audience. In terms of linear television, each weekday evening starts off with Jeopardy! , a relatively new daily tradition within my household. As of writing, the 2022 Tournament of Champions is airing, featuring some of the most accomplished contestants in the show's history, leaving a legacy for future years to follow. Currently hosted by Ken Jennings, with Dr. Mayim Bialik also serving as a host, the daily viewings never get old. On Mondays, my lineup starts on CBS with their sitcom The Neighborhood  starring Cedrick the Entertainer. While I wasn't all too fond of the show when it initially aired, it's grown on me, and I enjoy the interactions between the Entertainer's character, Calvin, and his neighbor Dave (Max Greenfield). While more of a ...

In starting back up with my new media blog, I thought that it was only fitting that I review over the season seven premiere episodes of The Facts of Life : "Out of the Fire...," "Into the Frying Pan," and "Grand Opening" (1985). While I have seen these episodes several times throughout the years, I thought it may be fitting to review these over again as I start this new beginning. "Out of the Fire..." Starting off the episode, we see Tootie (Kim Fields) entering a plane to head back to her home of Peekskill, New York, waiting for her friends and co-stars Blair (Lisa Whelchel), Natalie (Mindy Cohn), and Jo (Nancy McKeon) to board. It is at this point that we introduce the episode's addition of thought narration, one of the more humorous parts of the episode. When we arrive back to Edna's Edibles to start off the season, we see a fire has occurred not long beforehand, charring much of the set and allowing for an easy retooling of the series...

Jeopardy! is produced by Sony Pictures Television and distributed by CBS Studios. For fans of the Sony Pictures Television fan favorite answers-and-questions game Jeopardy! , this has been an interesting two years as there have been several major changes going on both in the studio and outside as the show is now halfway through it’s thirty-eighth season of original syndicated quiz programming. There was actually so many changes within the show these past two seasons that it actually took me over a page to give the short version of it all ( See below if interested ). Nevertheless, these past two seasons have been a fun one, and has seen the likes of various different contestants, and hosts for that matter (guest and permanent alike), have fun playing the game while earning tons of money. The ongoing pandemic aside, the biggest change to the show was the loss of beloved host Alex Trebek part way through season, with consulting producer and former champion Ken Jennings initially filling...

Many people are familiar with the likes of Marvel superheroes and space-based antiheroes gracing their screen after they pull up the streaming service Disney+. For others, it may instead show former television hits such as Boy Meets World and Smart Guy or perhaps even the studio’s legendary animated tales. However, a show that truly captivated me starting on episode one when watching was CBS Studios’ Diary of a Future President . At the time the only original show on the service not made by the in-house studio, Diary comes from the creative mind of Ilana Peña and stars Tess Romero as the titular protagonist. While I was originally going to simply start by reviewing the series as a whole, I instantly realized that doing so would be a disservice to the amazing writing of this Miami Glades-based series. That being stated, I decided to individually review each episode of the series upon rewatch, beginning with the first episode “Hello World” in this review. For starters, every moment of t...

“Look, eventually somebody is going to ask you guys for your personal opinion on something.” – Isabella Gomez as Alicia Gomez on Head of the Class. Today, January 13, 2022, I am proud to announce the beginning of my next chapter in content creating, or should I say page? After over five and a half years of doing content creation, I am glad to launch my newest venture, which is the creation of my new blog. Blogging isn’t a new idea for me, having launched a technology blog within my first year of content creation in October 2016, later restarting in January 2020, but I often felt limited to what I could do without room to grow. However, after years of expanding my horizons and allowing my expectations to evolve for the better, as well as six months of preparation, I decided to finally give blogging a shot again for 2022. What can you expect in this blog? As a media studies student, I expect to use this blog to share reviews and personal insights of various television shows and m...