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FOX announced the summer schedule and isn't including Beat Shazam (or DFTL, which also was casting and has reportedly filmed; or NTT, which filmed a long time ago). https://tvline.com/news/fox-summer-release-dates-2025-bobs-burgers-masterchef-1235439450/

It's kind of amusing that the show went to such great lengths for a dramatic reveal of "He's my cousin!" Usually when there's a deep, dark secret on a show, it's about parent/child or siblings. Cassius was wrong though when he told KJ that Jordan was KJ's second cousin. That would be his relationship to any kids if Jordan had any (or to Olivia and Spencer's upcoming twins); Jordan is his first cousin once removed. I mention that because I only learned such things because I looked it up long ago when my mom started watching a soap that I had watched on and off and I made her a booklet about all the characters and tried to explain their relation to each other. I don't know why I didn't realize Cassius' dad could be the missing uncle earlier, but I think I didn't really understand the ages of some of the characters (also I didn't really care a lot about the storyline and didn't realize it would come to all this). I had assumed that Marqui or his associates had attacked Jordan, but Grandpa Jeremy is definitely possible, particularly with it being a stabbing. I had wondered why they (Crips) didn't just shoot Jordan, but I had chalked it up to more budget concerns, as spraying the coach's office with bullets would have required a bunch of holes, etc. in the walls and they probably wouldn't want to bother with that. They will probably have an explanation for Laura being unable to appear in person in the next episode, but it was odd that Coop didn't even mention trying to reach her. I think they said something previously about Laura being overseas, but I'm not sure. I'm bad with reading texts they put on the screen, but didn't know in the last episode that Elle was inviting Layla to hang out off-camera (I thought she just told her she wouldn't be around for a while and not to worry). I was surprised to see Deion again and was a bit worried for him because the description had warned there would be a tragedy and I was afraid he'd get caught in the middle of something. But he was just there as a sounding board. Another nitpick, but it's a little bit odd that they have him as the "lead" in Dreamgirls at school, as I thought that would be Effie or Deena. I suppose they mean Curtis (Jamie Foxx's character), as I've only seen the movie. I don't know where they're going with Amina's school thing (will Preach ever come back from conference to talk to her?), but I'm guessing that (even though she is worried about being needed) she will lean toward going and that will stir up the love rectangle. (Although Tori will probably show sympathy for KJ standing her up because of all the stuff that happened, she is less likely to feel great about him shutting her out to go to Amina as usual.) Unless there is another season and Amina gets Damon'd, I can't imagine her really going unless NOC (who always talks about spinoffs) is planning "All American: Boarding School" with potentially zero sports. I don't think the CW would go for another spinoff anyway. I thought Antonio Bell did a really good job showing Khalil grappling with his love for his father and understandable apprehension over dealing with him again. Although Khalil seemed moved by a certain birthday present, the visiting friend I watching with (who has seen one or two episodes) was not too impressed. She got exasperated and yelled at Amina, "We get it about the arrow already!"

I did feel a little empathy for Amina when she was trying to actually deal with the fact that her mother went and did horrible things when the path had been cleared for her to have a better life, that she threw it away. I could imagine her having low self-esteem because of feeling she wasn't enough of a reason for her mom to avoid going down that road. She is very lucky to have Coop (besides her usually off-camera dad) in her life, especially when she keeps making snotty and hurtful comments to them. I don't know that simply saying grief drove Mo over the edge really explains her behavior adequately. That would be more in line with Shawn's mother killing Tyrone, as she committed a desperate act of revenge but did not spend months plotting an elaborate scheme to make him look crazy and ultimately win him over before then shooting him. There had to have been more to Mo's problems, but Coop wanted to reassure Amina. Otherwise, Amina does not seem to have any problem loving herself. Why does Khalil keep having to apologize to her for being a "bad friend"? It's not like he has any life-threatening problems or anything...plus Amina seems clueless about the dangers involved and the fact that she should probably appreciate Khalil, Coop and Preach trying to keep her out of harm's way. Maybe Coop and Preach have sheltered her too much? She clearly hasn't even heard stories about things that are probably going on very close to her neighborhood. But she probably would try to fix all of that herself if she knew. During her "I'm beautiful and enough" speech to Khalil, I kept wanting to check the recording time to see if the episode was almost over, because she just wouldn't stop talking! The scene with Miss Ocha was very well done. It was very scary to see this powerful old woman who controls so many lives and orders violence but does so in such a proper and mannered way. I'm sure that Coop was very nervous even though she has dealt with many difficult situations and surely had been briefed on what she should expect. I'm sure that something will probably happen to go against what Miss Ocha has ordered, even though the person stupid enough to do so would probably pay severely. It was cute that Layla was playing matchmaker so enthusiastically, although Coop and Breonna really should wait until the class is over to have a date (though this one doesn't really count I guess because it was Layla who set it up?). Breonna saying that teacher/student relationships "aren't encouraged" reminded me of on Friends when Ross (of course) was dating a student and kept saying it was "frowned upon" even though there was actually a policy about it. But I guess they tried to show earlier that Breonna could still be impartial because she gave Coop a lower grade on that one assignment when she was distracted. Coop probably will go into entertainment law as (in the unlikely event of future seasons) this would set her up to help Layla. Then she won't have Breonna as an instructor again. The situation right now is still a little weird though. It was interesting seeing Cassius get all weird and semi-possessed at the sight of his father. The reporter guy was very annoying (of course intentionally), but made me laugh because our newspaper and local TV sports are down to like nothing now and there wouldn't be someone so invested in stirring things up among high school coaches. If Beverly is so powerful, they probably would have been blowing people out and pulling players at halftime in many games this year. I don't really understand how a team with a potential 2nd loss could have already clinched a number one seed before the game. If they were undefeated, I could see it. I thought KJ was going to get hit after the pass on the last play, though he probably wouldn't have been really hurt because they have to have him for playoff storylines. (Unless he quits after learning of Grandpa's evil plans?) It was funny when the cheerleaders and other extras were reacting to KJ and Tori, and fairly believable. It's too bad that there aren't many students at the school allowed to have lines so that Tori could meet someone else. I noticed that Layla now mentioned Elle being in AA to Coop, so the whole "anonymous" thing is really optional in their eyes. I don't blame her for possibly relapsing at the thought of opening for "Sabrina." I only hear her songs once in a while, and that's enough for me. She seems to find herself very clever and does this talk-sing thing at times that bugs me. A friend always complains of having to flee to the AC-only radio stations to get away from her. Also, eBay always suggests her name in the box when I'm just trying to search for basketball cards of Sabrina Ionescu. How many episodes has Jordan missed now, three or four? Michael must make a lot by the standards of this show. These characters have always had a LOT of out-of-town trips (they didn't say anything about Jordan this time, but Preach going to a "teacher's conference in Arizona"?). Also, South Crenshaw doesn't seem to have had a game for months.

Today when "Swept Away" by Diana Ross came up on my laptop (random play), I decided to look up who the male backup singer was. It turned out to be Daryl Hall! I never would have guessed that from the vocals. (And I didn't realize there were no posts in this thread for four years until I went to look for it. Time flies!)

In an ad for Hilton, a little girl is playing in a pool at an Air BnB while her father cleans it. He scoops out something gross and tells her to get out of the pool. Shouldn't her parents have looked in the water to see if it was clean before she got in the pool?

I figured that Harry and Mel's big argument with the slap was acting, because with them showing it at the beginning of the episode for shock value it probably wasn't really the way it seemed, if that makes any sense. I got a laugh out of Dante knocking out the con artist because I pictured the writers' discussion: "They couldn't access the guy's phone because Mel was triggered and got hurt. We need some type of elaborate plan to bring the guy down." "Eh. Just have Dante knock him out and take his picture while he's unconscious." I don't want to have to hear the captain going, "Detective Dante, you didn't have anything to do with this, did you?" so I hope that he was anonymous enough. I like Robyn taking the day off to spend time with Dee. It was an interesting change of pace, and I hope that Robyn can get through to her.

It's annoyed me for years that they have to have all the judges, etc. mic'ed up during the performances. I want to hear the person sing, not hear Luke's comments (we can wait for the actual critiques for that) or Lionel yelling, "WOW!" for the millionth time. (Carrie seemed to keep pretty quiet, and Katy actually did for the most part too when they did this during her seasons.)

TV One is having a four-episode marathon of some of the gospel artists on Easter morning (April 20). I didn't realize they remembered the show existed, since most shows that fit into their programming now are about murder. It was funny though looking at the schedule on their web site and seeing that they use two old episode guides I wrote for Living Single and A Different World (even though said guides were detailed accounts of the episodes and probably not the best for people looking to watch episodes for the first time). They used some other guide for The Cosby Show, but that's okay. Better to distance from that one anyone. I don't think they reran the Angie Stone episode after her recent death, as I couldn't even find it listed for Peacock when I asked the voice remote about the show. When I read her obituary, I was going, "Oh, I didn't know that" about a lot of things with this feeling that I should have known it. Then I started thinking she'd had an episode, which she did. Apparently I didn't retain any of the information from the episode that aired 10 years ago.

I like to listen to the midnight replay of my favorite team's games, but the radio signal doesn't always come in great (I'm in another state), so I play the station online. Unfortunately, iHeart usually substitutes other ads for the ones actually on the radio station. The biggest problem is that lately, they will play the same commercial in every break. I agree that people should not fiddle around with their phones while driving, but I didn't need to hear the same PSA like 20 times in three hours. I kept hoping they would change ads or just let the station play the normal ads, but just about reached the point that I wanted to scream every time it started again!

MLB Network put together a bunch of commercials where they highlight a player or two from a particular team and talk about how great they are. In the one for the Seattle Mariners, an announcer says, "No Fly Zone Julio!" as they show Julio Rodriguez catching a fly ball, because that's what they call the center field area because he runs down a lot of fly balls. However, it sounds like the guy is saying, "No flies on Julio!" That just reminds me of an episode of Moonlighting where people kept saying "No flies on you" to David, who didn't (or pretended he didn't) understand what they meant. I was young and didn't get it, so my older sister gleefully explained it to me.

I heard that the CW was advertising this episode pretty heavily (as opposed to the generic commercials for the show they usually have), but I have a feeling that it won't do any better than usual for some weird reason. (That's what happened when Billy returned as a ghost.) The only thing I really questioned was why Jordan was so eager to invite Cassius to their party after they hadn't been getting along in the last episode, but I guess they had to get KJ and him there somehow to set up the plot. They are eager to make Khalil and KJ friends, but apparently not at the expense of any love triangle they're trying to set up with Amina. The situation with Khalil worries me in terms of what might happen to him in a season finale (though I don't think it would be too bad unless they are told to cut cast more). The harassment from the Crips emphasizes again that Marqui is not that great of a father even though he did apparently do some good things for Khalil. He is dangerous enough and high up enough in the hierarchy that, even from prison, he could easily threaten anyone who messed with his son. But he doesn't bother, probably because he feels "betrayed" that Khalil wouldn't lie. (It's not like he was a witness and testified against him.) I guess Flip (I think I remember him) is just a really scary Blood that they don't want to mess with, so they shut up. I know they wanted to show Jordan backing up Khalil too, but I don't think the Crips have any particular respect for him, so maybe he should shut up. I'm glad that Coop did eventually come to the conclusion that she tried her best to make amends and isn't to blame for Mo's death--though I don't know that Amina will feel the same, at least not at first. I wonder if Amina's grandparents actually told her anything offscreen or if it will just be the excuse for her to be gone without advancing the plot in any way. It would have been funny if Coop, after her soul-searching, had pretended that she didn't want to be the godmother because she didn't want to risk getting stuck with twins! (Nkechi Okoro Carroll had already blurted out that it was twins in an interview after Olivia's appearance, because I guess she couldn't help herself.) Darnell was very funny and I also liked it when he said something (maybe about not going to the strip club) and Spencer gave a deadpan "Shut up!" It was nice of Darnell to help with the donation to South Crenshaw, even though he played there really half a game, not half a season (probably practiced there a lot). They had won and were walking home from the opener when he was told about his mom. They definitely would not have been free to wander about before a Monday game, so maybe they should have had it be that New York was on a bye week and would be there the following week (though would have needed some excuse to bring him away from Olivia). Speaking of bye weeks, it seems like Beverly and South Crenshaw are always on one (at least three out of every four episodes). And it's more confusing if they are just now having new rankings after the forfeit, so it's almost like no time ever passes. Unless it's some kind of biweekly vote among coaches, media, whoever? That's the sort of thing that most coaches downplay (or don't want to lead so that they can play the "disrespect" card), so it's weird that Cassius was so obsessed. The more important rankings here come from a complicated computer formula that helps determine playoff opponents at the end of the year (but those update automatically). Those would actually care about the forfeit, whereas I don't really see why a human-based vote would consider a team that lost by forfeit after dominating a half to be less than a team whose one loss was by like 45 points. I thought that Tori had turned down KJ, so I was clearly confused. Maybe she had just decided to keep things casual, but now it looks like they're a couple. I can't remember if Nathaniel McIntyre's bio said if he had appeared in musical shows, but it didn't really sound like it based on his voice. Probably better than Jordan/Spencer/Cassius could do, but certainly not the standard set by when Taye sang in one of the episodes where all the parents were running around being wacky.

I'm pretty sure that the Grave Digger was someone we hadn't seen before, so that's why they showed the flashback to Robyn and Mel catching him at the beginning. It was too creepy for me. I was relieved though that it was mostly psychologically creepy and didn't stay too gory the whole time, especially because I was trying to eat lunch. (It seems weird for me to watch the show when it's light out, but that's when I had time.) I was dumb enough to think that the prison psychiatrist who turned out to be writing a terrible book was the one working with the prisoner. Then I realized, of course the team would recognize he was creepy and suspect him, and he was cleared. I didn't care for the apparent foreshadowing of Robyn having to sacrifice someone close for the greater good or whatever, especially considering the show is probably cocky enough to end on a cliffhanger in a few episodes even though chances of renewal are quite shaky. (Though some say there's hope because it would have been cancelled by now otherwise--but not a good sign when the closing credits are rolling on Watson and they no longer even say "The Equalizer is next.") I liked Vi giving Dee a good talking-to about her behavior. I also liked that when Cam tried to take the blame for her actions, Vi saw right through it (even though she wasn't actually there to know how many times he and Tyrese tried to stop her, she still figured it out).