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A few weeks on from the season 21 premiere episode of Grey’s Anatomy under “If walls could talk”, here’s a recap of stuff you may have missed.

Yes, there wasn’t a new episode last week when ABC chose to air a double episode of Doctor Odyssey where one of them was dedicated a Halloween. Probably ABC wants to give Ryan Murphy a run of their money when it comes to the network’s slate of content they’ve got together & no doubt they will keep on growing this partnership soon enough into next season – such as a new 9-1-1 spin-off from Hawaii. 

It remains to be seen if Grey’s will still be around for a possible Season 22 albeit in another day and timeslot considering their current studio arm ABC Signature has already been integrated under the wider 20th Television umbrella last month.

But for now, the good news is that Grey’s will be back to pick up from episode six later this week – “Night Moves”. 

As always, it will be on 10pm ET tomorrow to round off Thursday nights on ABC in the USA and Canada’s CTV with next day on-demand access via Hulu as well as some Disney + territories both here and New Zealand.

Episode 2: “Take Me to Church”.

In this episode, Catherine finds herself dealing with worsening health problems. Meredith, returning to Seattle, tries to convince her to seek treatment, but Catherine is reluctant to accept medical help. The tension between them escalates, as Meredith discovers lesions in Catherine’s liver that could be cancerous. Together with Bailey, they stage an emotional intervention to persuade Catherine to undergo a biopsy, which she finally agrees to after a poignant moment.

Elsewhere, Kwan is confronted by the unexpected arrival of his former fiancée, Molly, who has lost her memory. As they attempt to reconnect, Kwan grapples with his guilt over a past accident involving her. This reunion strains her emotionality and provokes reflections on the past. At the hospital, Schmitt cares for a young man with Li-Fraumeni syndrome who is battling multiple types of cancer. Deeply moved by the boy’s situation, Schmitt helps him create a wish list, giving him the opportunity to fulfill some dreams.

Episode 3: “I Can See Clearly Now.”

In this episode, Catherine’s biopsy doesn’t go as expected, and her situation becomes critical, forcing Meredith and Bailey to act quickly. When Richard learns that crucial information about Catherine’s health was being withheld, he feels betrayed and furious. Meanwhile, the dynamic at the hospital changes when Bailey is reinstated as director of the residency program, stripping Sydney of her position.

The episode also follows Amelia, who faces a complicated case operating on a surrogate who has a tumor. Her approach to this surgery mirrors the legacy of her brother, Derek, by taking significant risks in the operating room. In parallel, Levi begins to connect with James, the hospital chaplain, which adds a new nuance to his character as he deals with the reluctance of a patient who refuses to sign a DNR order until her ex-husband dies.

Episode 4: “This One’s for the Girls.”

The story centers on Mika’s sister, Chloe, who arrives at Grey Sloan with a stage 3B colorectal cancer diagnosis. Mika feels helpless despite being a surgeon and decides to do whatever she can to help her sister, exploring procedures that could preserve her fertility. In this context, Jules also plays an important role in offering emotional support to Chloe during her treatment.

Ben Warren returns as a resident and his return brings both support and tensions. He faces the reality of working alongside his wife, Miranda Bailey, who wonders how this will affect their relationship. Meanwhile, Owen and Teddy continue to deal with the difficulties in their marriage, looking for a way to resolve their issues. The relationship between the characters becomes more complex, showing how work and personal life often collide.

Episode 5: “You Make My Heart Explode”

The episode features a critical airlift when Schmitt and Adams must transport a young woman named Ophelia, whose leg is in grave danger. The pressure is intense, and Schmitt demonstrates his ability to remain calm in crisis situations, which reaffirms his commitment to pediatric surgery. Meanwhile, Jo, who is expecting twins, faces anxieties about motherhood, which affects her relationship with Link, who also shares his own fears about being a parent.

On a different side of the story, Bailey, Simone and Kwan work hard to get an expensive gene therapy treatment for a fellow hospitalist with sickle cell anemia. This effort shows the team’s commitment to helping others, despite financial barriers. On another plane, Owen and Teddy attempt couples therapy, facing their problems while finding moments of humor even in the midst of a chaotic surgical situation that brings them together.

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Here’s another hot topic General Hospital fans have been speculating as of late and the question is will Sasha get another baby? Yes, she had one once before with Brando who was later killed by Heather Webber with a hook months later, but then baby Liam was so ill upon her giving birth before he was sadly passed away.

First of all, Sasha became so drunk along with Michael at a bar in one of the episodes earlier this week after they were both unhappy on the latest of their own respective lives. Then they both fell love in each other into bed overnight before they suddenly didn’t realise what they were doing once Sasha & Michael woke up the next morning. 

Time flies so fast doesn’t it? Despite the fact Michael was cheated by Willow for kissing his nephew Drew while Drew was still in a relationship with her mom Nina & Sasha can’t love Cody anymore because her new mom Holly said that they’re now discovered to be first cousins.

Since most soap couples come and go including Sam and Dante off the back of Kelly Monaco’s controversial exit the other day, with Sam now written off following surgery gone wrong for Lulu, it would be no surprise if Michael and Willow be up next – even though they’re both currently married & also have two kids together.

Yes, this is going to hurt the kids at least for a while but GH has been there & done that with other families before – so going to be a bit of a surprise if they’ll go with Michael and Sasha again this time as new parents to that new baby Sasha is rumored to be carrying. Their respective portrayers’ Chad Duell loves being a dad when his child was born earlier this year with his new partner from Brazil and so does Sofia Mattsson who has also been a mother for a few years with not one but two kids now.

Yes, at the end of the day, looks like Michael and Willow have ran its course thanks to their own affairs with other people as Michael to move back with a new Scorpio family member there in Sasha including an unborn child together – so make that a family of 3 + 2 more from Willow.

Time will tell over the next few days to weeks if and when Willow will eventually find out about Michael and Sasha’s one-night stand that would make her cry even more – despite Willow being so guilty with regret based on her interactions from Drew. 

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Lots to process on what has been a huge month of October 2024 in Port Charles where we saw a couple of surprises that affects families the most, plus one widely-expected exit off the back of a controversial casting decision as we know it back in late August (two months ago).

First of all, it’s sad to see Kelly Monaco and her character Sam McCall go after 21 years on this set that goes way back to 2003 when Kelly came over from GH’s past spin-off show Port Charles via her previous role of Livvie Locke. Her character recently underwent surgery for Lulu who was seen as a viable donor with Lulu desperately needed a new liver in order to keep her alive following that floating rib explosion back in late 2020. For Lulu, she will be fine after being put in a coma over the last few years upon her successful liver transplant with Alexa Havins set to begin her shift any minute from now; but not for Sam unfortunately due to a heart attack/cardiac arrest following the surgery. Yes, it’s still sad but hoping Kelly will be back on our screens soonest whether it’s back on GH, another soap or even elsewhere on prime-time TV.

Who’s up next? Robert and Holly? With a new long-lost child they’ve had together in Sasha? Yes, that’s true in more ways than one when Holly recently turned up at the Quartermaine Mansion, with Sasha being so furious at her newly-discovered mom considering Holly abandoned her from the moment she was born while being tricked to believe her long-lost dad was dead at the time. The news also meant the unfortunate couple demise of Sasha and Cody as a couple together since they’re now revealed to be first cousins – more on Cody later. But for now, we finally know who Sasha’s parents are via the Scorpios.

Speaking of Cody, he finally revealed to the world earlier this week at a bar while drunk on what a horrible human being Drew Cain is, when Drew kissed his nephew’s (Michael) wife Willow not once but twice during early July while in a relationship with Willow’s long-lost mom Nina. Didn’t see that coming there but it’s hard to say this time around though since Michael & Willow are married with two little kids together in Wiley & Amelia.

Plus, Sidwell is still on the run when someone like Lucky should’ve ended him while escaping from his compound cell in Africa alongside Jason & Anna. But Sidwell’s portrayer Carlo Rota (foodie lover) hasn’t been doing the scenes in Port Charles just yet, so looks like he’ll stick around a bit longer (recurring basis) before his character will eventually meet his fate most likely from Sonny & Jason to protect Holly. 

Liz always still here everyday at the Hospital as head nurse while competition is still up for grabs from men to win over her hearts. Also, Heather Webber is free as a bird now from Pentonville jail at the grounds of her medical condition, even though she killed a few people two years ago with a hook. 

But the good news though is that she’ll move and stay far, far away from Port Charles as she’s off to Sedona in California with her son Steven – going to miss Alley Mills though who has been on our Aussie screens for many years via Bold and the Beautiful as Pamela Douglas much like Lois’s Rena Sofer as Quinn. And also going further West, Violet also moved there too in Seattle to reunite with her dad Finn who just finished his 90-day rehab, as good to hear that Finn has now picked up a new medical job. Now that won’t change anything to bring Michael Easton back on-set but maybe Violet as we wish them all well.

That’s all I can think of over the last few weeks from Port Charles on top of GH coming back to our Aussie shores lately that will begin on January 1, 2025 thanks to Network 10 who will be airing the episodes online. For now, roll on November with so much to play for over the next few weeks ahead of the final month in December 2024.

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A few weeks after ABC announced their first recent in-development project beginning with the next year-long cycle for comedy named Sisters-In-Law, they’ve picked up another one earlier today from the husband & wife duo of Dan Gregor and Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex Girlfriend star on The CW) – it’s Do You Want Kids? 

They will both be writing and executive producing together with Bloom also set to be the leading cast member herself. Not only that they were fortunate enough to have 20th Television onboard who just merged with ABC Signature a few weeks ago under the one roof as one of their own studio members Steve Levitan will help them oversee this next exciting project.

This plot is about a married couple who in one universe has a baby while the other does not have a baby. According to Dan via Twitter now X post today, he and his wife is writing this next TV comedy project together about their young daughter & how will this impact their lives – which is what we’re about to see should “Do You Want Kids?” be developed into a pilot and maybe a series run at some point. 

So pretty much this is loosely based on themselves & thejr current lives as young parents alongside their child of one.

Interesting and what’s also interesting is that it will be under a single-camera format — despite ABC’s desire to have more new half-hour shots that is more affordable in front of a studio audience, which is the multi-camera stuff as if you’re staging theatre for TV.

First of all, don’t see Abbott Elementary on the axe at all when they’ve been the network’s strong sitcom performer since its inception back in December 2021. If and when the show does end, Quinta Brunson will be the first person to make this announcement. Although if ABC wishes to make one more room for single-camera content on top of Abbott, then it wouldn’t be a bad idea though if they really want to fill up their Wednesday comedy slate like it was in the past.

They haven’t had any brand new comedy shows since Not Dead Yet (also a single-can sitcom & now gone after two seasons) made their debut earlier last year and then the strikes happened up until October 2023, with Tim Allen’s brand new multi-camera sitcom Shifting Gears set to begin its full season filming not too long from now that is expected to arrive on the air by February 2025.

For now, fingers crossed if “Do You Want Kids?” will make it into pilot around the same time that could hopefully be given an extended run for the next Fall or even mid-season block either late next year or early 2026.

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I didn’t know this day would come for General Hospital to air in Australia again and finally they will thanks to Network 10 who will be bringing the episodes to us online on-demand starting on Wednesday January 1st 2025. 

This is a show I personally enjoyed for years and still doing so today every time it comes out up-to-date online like YouTube and Dailymotion, even though the pictures we see may not have the best quality but still better than nothing though.

Yes, when 2025 arrives on January 1st, 10 will be able to make all other previous Season 62 episodes from early September to end of December 2024 available on demand, with new episodes coming in as they go from the original US broadcast. It remains to be seen though whether or not if the new episodes will be a few days old or same day as the original airings from USA (ABC) and Canada (CityTV).

I’m hoping it’s the latter but considering the show hasn’t aired in quite a long time, so maybe a few days old is where 10 will start with minimal risk & if that goes well at some point, then yes! Definitely same day episodes 100%. We’ll wait and see.

Other than that, I’ve been pushing so hard to have GH finally have it aired legally again in Australia where this show still has a knack of great fun while they have a good representation of Australian actors/actresses, as well as other actors/actresses who went on to become Hollywood and Prime-Time stars. 

But remember, GH is not on the same popularity when it comes to International interest & even Australian viewers on the TV alike too compared to Bold and The Beautiful & The Young and The Restless.

Although I probably like to give a shoutout to Neighbours who is still going strong and when they returned on the air last year also thanks to Amazon, love how they quickly formed a great connection with the US viewers and some of the Neighbours cast/staff even went to the Daytime Emmy awards too – not sure it was June this year or the delayed last year one (December).

I’m pretty sure both the network and the country’s strong history of soaps would be the key reason why they would like to try GH, having been content airing first-run episodes of Y & R and Days on 10 Play from earlier this year after the show’s previous contracts with Foxtel via Sony Television Studios & Corday Productions was expired.

Here’s hoping GH will go well this time on 10 online in Australia with the potential of same-day US episodes in the long run soon enough from the minute they air new episodes in 2025. For now, will still be catching up same-day US episodes online as said earlier above. Although if there’s something I want to look back, then definitely will go to 10 Play – another plus we don’t have unlike Canada’s CityTV & ABC’s Hulu at the moment unless you want to look at certain ship couples’ clips of course!

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Earlier this week, Freeform finally made a major update as it’s nothing to do with their original scripted slate which ran out earlier this year. However, they’ve added yet another reality TV show having kept Project Runway alive from Bravo thanks to a deal struck with Spyglass Media Group (who owns the show’s studio property).

We don’t know when this will be next on air going into Season 21 sometime in 2025 but what we do know that its judges and host will look brand new, so none of them from the Bravo and even Lifetime versions will pop up on Freeform. So does the contestants itself where aspiring fashion designers (both male and female including the fashion models) will also be teen-oriented that will fit best on a cable channel that already has a teen and female dominated audience. 

No surprise there when Freeform is trying to fill up some air time trying to be like the USA Network (although USA recently picked up 1-2 new scripted shows though), but also a surprise too for those who have been watching Project Runway for so long.

Yes, the continued Project Runway show will also show up on Disney + and Hulu which is an also a plus when it comes to on-demand content. But the question still remains as to whether or not if Freeform will last that long as a cable channel when the Bravo (two stints) and the Lifetime versions usually last more than a few years? They’re happy with the seasonal marathon specials like 31 Days of Halloween right now & 25 Days of Christmas as well as the 1-2 weekly syndicated blocks while still having to carry a “lifetime” contract with the 700 Club since Freeform is currently homeowner on a property The 700 Club has built that goes back to the 70s-90s.

But seeing how ABC Signature was morphed into 20th Televlsion at the start of this month with streaming also still on the rise, it would still be no surprise if Disney shuts down or sells off Freeform while paying off 700 the $$$ they want.

Maybe Lifetime should’ve come back in the first place since they’re part of the Disney family thanks to A & E Networks and Hearst, but you never know though as maybe FX or FXX would be the perfect cable channel for all things reality and entertainment, as Project Runway would be a great match for them if Freeform is gone within the next 12 months – keep a close eye on this one.

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We thought this latest Top Gear Australia revival by Network 10’s paid streaming service Paramount + wouldn’t get a second free-to-air window as last said earlier this yea,  but it’s now on the main free-to-air channel after all as just premiered tonight – a months later from its original first-run Paramount + screening (May). It remains to be seen if TGA will be given on-demand access on 10 Play for those who didn’t get to watch this tonight.

The only difference 10 viewers will get on Top Gear Australia is a series of commercial breaks in each episode that goes up to 90 minutes, which is the same length we get from the original UK Top Gear episodes as it was before when these UK episodes last aired on Nine.

Everything else you will see isn’t that much with dedicated motoring redhead like Blair “Moog” Joscelyne reviewing performance-road cars in a similar way Chris Harris does for the UK show. 

Alongside him is a former professional athlete & an entertainer competing in challenges with Moog alongside Beau Ryan and Jonathan LaPaglia much like how the UK last had former England all-round cricketer Andrew Flintoff & comedian/presenter Paddy McGuiness.

Also, the car they use when they bring in celebrity guests to drive around the race track is the Subaru BRZ compact sports car coupe whose identical twin Toyota 86 was last used on the UK show. And lastly, don’t know where that new race track is as it’s not the Camden Airport airfield that the original Top Gear Australia version used on SBS (Season 1 & 2) and later Nine (Seasons 3 & 4) a long time ago. But what we do know that this latest studio building is filmed in Sydney’s Cockatoo Island.

Fingers crossed to see what the ratings will be like on 10 as we don’t know if Top Gear Australia will be back for 2025.  

Yes, the original UK show is currently not on air with Season 34 already cancelled midway through production following Freddie Flintoff’s freak crash two years ago. However, it looks like they had run its course unfortunately as this show no longer has the same popularity they once had before when Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May left back in 2015-16. The show’s website may still live on but time will tell if TGA has unfinished business that would reflect well on Paramount +’s investment via 10. 

In the meantime, October has been living large with these first-run streaming shows now popping up on free-to-air – with Nine currently showing Bali 2002 (two episodes done with Episode 3 to come on Monday) & Ten doing the same with Top Gear Australia (1 done with 7 weeks to go).

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Looks like ABC has made some immediate changes to their Monday and Wednesday prime-time line up with more Monday Night Football simulcasts alongside ESPN & everything else including its previously announced Monday night game show slate (Celebrity Wheel of Fortune – Pat Sajak’s last season as host & Press Your Luck) will be postponed to early 2025.

So does that docuseries Scamanda (based on last year’s podcast), even though it was originally set to premiere next week (Wednesdays 10pm). Instead, viewers will see another ABC News program called What Would You Do? – which is currently a social experiment program where each scenario is done behind a hidden camera with paid actors/actresses.

And last but not least, still no premiere date for new multi-cam sitcom Shifting Gears led by Tim Allen as well as the revival of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Rest assured though that these shows is still expected to turn up at mid-season, so stay tuned over the next 1-2 months before we say goodbye to 2024.

It’s been a bit of a surprise really when ABC had some trouble fitting in their weekly prime-time schedule as of late, particularly a few weeks into the fall cycle right now. Maybe they would want to play it safe by bringing in a another full season of Monday Night Football like they did last year due to the Hollywood strikes when there wasn’t enough scripted programming to air at the time considering its their domain as it once was a long time ago (1970-2005) while management is still trying to figure out which specific content that could be their best bet going into the 2025-26 season.

I guess Grey’s Anatomy or even one of the other Ryan Murphy shows can move there for sure, but then some weeks though is still attached to MNF as ESPN originally agreed with their latest contract extension a few years ago that will go on until at least 2033. So probably Grey’s would be the best fit as if The Good Doctor or other flagship ABC scripted show needs some room to fill late on a Monday night when a brand new 9-1-1 spin-off (not the Lone Star one) will most likely complete a full Thursday line-up alongside 9-1-1 and Doctor Odyssey if ordered into series.

Also on that Scamanda docuseries, again, same bit of surprises after they had their first trailer lately only days before the originally scheduled premiere date. But I guess ABC News have been pretty busy at the same time as well, especially with the US Presidential Election coming up in a few weeks. This is about Amanda Riley faking cancer before she was later caught by police & is currently serving two years out of five-year prison sentence in Jail. 

A lot of ABC News produced content on the main channel usually come out at the mid-season mark anyway, so don’t think Scamanda will suddenly won’t make it into air after all when these true stories deserved to be told to the wider audience.

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It’s been two years since the Bali 2002 mini drama series was originally released on Nine’s paid streaming platform Stan & you can still see the 4 x hour-long episodes right now on-demand. In the meantime, the free-to-air airing has finally just arrived on the Nine Network to finish off the Labor Day public holiday – depending on which state you currently live in tonight – when other countries like ITV in the UK and New Zealand’s TVNZ have already aired this for free early last year.

This plot is based on the events from the actual Bali 2002 bombings that affects not just the locals but also the visiting Aussies who stop by as their biggest holiday hot spot every year where 88 visitors unfortunately lost their lives, 22 years ago. 

Not sure if we will get to see some on-demand content on 9Now after this 1st episode at 10pm but 9pm Mondays would now be the time throughout this month (over the next three weeks) if you wish to follow the whole story from start to finish. They also had a huge cast with the likes of Saskia Archer, Sophia Forrest (the daughter of Andrew Forrest), Claudia Jessie, William Lodder, Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh and Sean Keenan. 

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It’s been a huge week in the office at Disney and ABC that began with the demise of ABC’s studio arm ABC Signature which was merged with 20th Television the other day & now they’re set to give more air time to Ryan Murphy, who currently has 9-1-1 & the new Doctor Odyssey drama going on between 8-10pm Thursdays, with the possibility of a new 9-1-1 spin off going into the 25/26 season.

Now it won’t be 9-1-1 Lone Star from Austin, Texas in which Murphy chose to run its course after five seasons on Fox, even though the main franchise did make its move to ABC earlier this year that began with Season 7.

However, he could look at Las Vegas with a script already written as the next 9-1-1 spin-off destination where we could see more emergency responses to places they’ve got on offer. All of this in the early development stages right now but considering how much air time Disney is buying off him that extends to FX, it wouldn’t be a surprise if that new 9-1-1 show would make it on ABC without the need of a pilot. Although they can go make a 9-1-1 episode with a backdoor pilot on it by introducing the cast from that new show; but again, too early to tell unless ABC has given them the all clear.

If that 9-1-1 spin-off did make it to ABC next Fall, it would definitely be on Thursday night to complete a full night of Ryan Murphy shows (9-1-1, 9-1-1 new spin-off and Doctor Odyssey). With Doctor Odyssey, the ratings and feedback may be been up and down as seen during the pilot episode unlike the network’s other new drama High Potential. But then his shows usually have a slow and steady following when it comes to the plot/storyline, so don’t think Doctor Odyssey would be heading out the door that fast unless ABC says so after 9-10 episodes (probably enough to finish Season 1 since a few others will take over at mid-season).

So what does it mean for Grey’s Anatomy? If they stay on for Season 22, they will get a whole new studio production control under 20th Television rather than Touchstone/ABC Studios/ABC Signature after two long decades. Would we see them move to another night if Ryan Murphy took over whole of Thursdays? It depends. Maybe they could go back to Sunday nights where it all began for the first two seasons before being a huge mainstay for Thursdays for many years.

If not, they might as well begin from mid-season like we currently see with Family Guy from FOX who usually begin their seasons right from the start of Fall but this upcoming season though will see them begin around January to February 2025.

So there’s a possibility Grey’s could either get another shortened season or else move back to Sundays or even another earlier weekday time slot (see Dancing With the Stars when they were on Mondays for a long time but now on Tuesdays) unless Doctor Odyssey flops and then gets the axe to keep their Thursday time slot – that’s the bottom line.

Hoping Grey’s can stay on as long as they can possibly can, having been a fan of the long-running medical drama every now and then. For now, looks like Ryan Murphy’s relationship with Disney is growing even further – this time with ABC to build a strong Thursday line-up that their viewers can enjoy and stay up between 8-11pm before 30 mins of local news time. 

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