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Thursday-comedy stars converge for “Mr. Mayor”

Neil Bremer has all the key qualifications to be mayor.
He’s tall and silver-haired, with an agreeable countenance and an affable manner. He has everything except … well, plans, proposals, projects and such. Maybe he’ll think of some later.
He’s the central character in “Mr. Mayor,” which debuts at 8 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 7) on NBC. It has all of NBC’s key Thursday people: Ted Danson (shown here) stars; Tina Fey and Robert Carlock are producers.
You may remember NBC Thursdays: That used to be “must-see TV”; then it became “might-see TV” and then sort of “whatever.” Read more…

By Mike Hughes / January 4, 2021
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Yes, the missing shows are on the way

Some of the final pieces of the fall TV season are on the way now – albeit in the winter.
The most recent steps – see separate story – involve three shows (“Equalizer,” “Call Me Kat,” “The Masked Dancer”) that will be launched after football games. That followed several other moves: CBS has just returned four of its dramas … NBC set Ted Danson’s new “Mr. Mayor” comedy (shown here) for Jan. 7 … ABC and Fox set January dates for returning shows and for some mid-season game shows.
Here’s an updated, alphabetical list of what’s scheduled on the five broadcast commercial networks. Others – cable, streaming and PBS – tend to have shorter runs throughout the year. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / December 7, 2020