TVx3 E309: The Crazy Chicago Grimm Grinder

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On episode 309, Amrie (@mytakeontv) and Jason (@theTVaholic) are joined by Tina Charles (@TinaCharlesTV) from TVGoodness.com (@TVGoodness) to talk some cancelation and renewal news, the happenings around Super Bowl 50 and then discuss recent episodes of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Chicago Med, The Grinder, The 100 and Grimm. Plus, a very brief reality check and some TV recommendations at the end. (Start times of each segment)

News (00:01:24)

We talked about the following six TV news stories:

• The Good Wife to End This Season
• Jennifer Lopez's Shades of Blue Renewed at NBC
• Netflix Renews Orange Is the New Black for Three More Seasons
• The Magicians Renewed For Season 2 By Syfy
• USA Network Renews Colony For A Second Season
• Manhattan Cancelled After 2 Seasons

Super Bowl 50 – Five Questions (00:10:17)

We each answered the following five questions about Super Bowl 50, the commercials and the shows that aired after:

• What did you think of the game?
• What did you think of the commercials overall?
• What did you think about the half time show?
• What did you think of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert?
• What did you think about The Late Late Show With James Corden?

Primetime (00:38:47)

We used the specific episodes listed below as a jumping off point to discuss the following five TV shows:

• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – S.1 Ep.10, “I'm Back at Camp With Josh!” (00:38:52)
• Chicago Med – S.1 Ep.8, “Reunion” (00:49:35)
• The Grinder – S.1 Ep.13, “Grinder v. Grinder” (00:56:10)
• The 100 – S.3 Ep.3, “Ye Who Enter Here” (01:05:06)
• Grimm – S.5 Ep.8, “A Reptile Dysfunction” (01:12:30)

Amrie's Reality Check (01:22:22)

Amrie very briefly touched on Project Runway Junior, Top Chef, MasterChef Junior, The People's Couch and So You Think You Can Dance.

TV Recommendations (01:23:45)

• Amrie recommended Hulu's Casual, which premiered last fall.
• Jason recommended Hulu's 11.22.63, which premieres Monday, February 15th. If you like the show as much as he did, you may enjoy listening to 11.22.63 A Look Back Podcast (@112263GSMPod) cover it weekly.
• Tina recommended USA Network's Suits – Official Site – Watch episodes via Amazon Video/Prime, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, iTunes or Netflix DVD.

Why are you not watching The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend? Are you watching NBC's Chicago Med? Do you like FOX's The Grinder as much as we do? What did you think about the explosive happenings on The CW's The 100? What do you think about the Eve/Juliette stuff on NBC's Grimm? Did you enjoy this week's guests? Let us know in the comments, send us an eMail, connect via Twitter @TVtimesThree, or Like us on Facebook.