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Friday, December 9, 2016

Friday Five: 2016 in Review

This week is all about the best of the couch potato fun of 2016.  This year wasn't the best year of television, but there were some definite standouts.

1. Speechless (Most likely to make me laugh then say aww!): I love this show so darn much. It's funny and sweet at the same time.  And it totally gets special needs right.  They don't go too overly sweet but they don't go too mean either.  They show that a life with someone with disabilities is still just a life - with some extra add-ins.  It's just so good!

2. This is Us (Most likely to make me blubber sometime in the near future): I know everyone else is talking about this show, but they're doing it for good reason.  It's absolutely the best show I've seen in a long time.  I want to be friends with every actor on the show.  They're perfectly cast and are just awesome! I usually avoid anything that might make me cry, but this one's worth it.

3. Life in Pieces (Most likely to make me laugh out loud): I used to love Modern Family, but in the last few years it's gotten just a wee bit boring.  Life in Pieces is my replacement for it. It's another show that's so well cast, that you just want to be a part of the family so you can hang out with them every week.  On top of the acting and the laughs, it's creative too.  4 little stories every week - pretty perfect when you have TV-induced ADD like I do : )

4. Grease Live! (Most likely to make me smile from ear to ear, and get all sorts of nostalgic): For someone who loves musicals, this one wasn't even on my radar.  I mean, I LOVE the original Grease and I've seen it upwards of a hundred times.  So when they decided to remake it live, I wasn't willing to watch, because there's no way it was going to be as good as the original.  Oh, how wrong I was.  Aaron Tveit as Danny was amazing and dreamy and just awesome! They were able to keep all the fun and songs of the original while adding new fun to it. I gotta say, all future live musicals will have some high hills to climb.  Of course, if they're able to bag the genius Tommy Kail for their direction, like Grease was able to, I think they'll be just fine.

5. Gilmore Girls (Most likely to make me fan-girl): I must start by saying that I haven't seen the last episode yet.  I'm saving it because there are only 4 episodes and sometimes you just have to pace the awesomeness.  I never knew exactly how much I wanted a Gilmore Girls reunion until I started watching the episodes. Oh how I missed Stars Hollow!  The problem now is that now that I've had the 4 episodes, that's not really enough.  I could really use another few seasons...

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