Jennifer McHugh - Page 4

Amazon's hit television show, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE kicks off its second season on December 30, 2015. The show follows a fictional (albeit, based in reality) orchestra in New York led by the exciting and controversial Rodrigo de Souza (Gael Garcia Bernal) loosely based on LA Philharmonic conductor, Gustavo Dudamel. The show is based on Blair Tindall's novel of the same name of her experiences with professional classical music in New York and San Francisco. I had the fortune of speaking with Ms. Tindall about her transition from musician to author to TV consultant.

And just like that, EMPIRE goes out with a bang, or a fall, to be exact. Yes, it's the mid-season finale… season (?) and EMPIRE's list of guest stars almost broke the bank tonight. Not to mention the coveted (and fictional) ASA nominations. Will Jamal and/or Hakeem make the cut?

The tower has tumbled and all of our survivors are in peril. As we bring the first half of Season Six to a close, will everyone make it out alive? I guess that is a silly question, the word “dead” is in the title of the show.

Quite the trick, EMPIRE creators, to save that power duet between Jamal and Skye for the last few minutes of the show. It was worth the wait. I can listen to Alicia belt it out all night!

I'd like to give a hearty 'Eff You' to the producers of THE WALKING DEAD for the last month of torture. You all must be enjoying yourself over the hours we have wasted trying to figure out the answer which was revealed in the first two seconds of tonight's episode. NOT cool, guys… NOT cool!

With an odd beginning to Season Five, Shondaland sends SCANDAL into the holidays with a bang. Not a literal one (okay, well maybe one), but there were plenty of shock-worthy moments in tonight's winter finale.

Finally, after a season and a half, we get a rap battle on EMPIRE. It's Freda vs. Hakeem and there's a lot on the line; family pride, album releases, you name it. Who will be victorious?

A Daryl Dixon-centric episode, where he's sleeveless in the woods? Yes, please! Tonight we got a little update on what happened with Daryl, Sasha and Abraham before they head home safely (thank goodness) to Alexandria.

Everything is better with Joe Morton, I've decided. Let's put him in everything, all the time, always. Papa Pope is back and as usual he's a frightened, little kitten… wait, what?

The good news is, we discovered the inspiration behind Lucious' about to be classic hit, “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom.” The bad news is, said inspiration was his Mom's constant threat (?) to end her own life. Tonight, Lucious had to dig deep to find the music.

The good news is; Rick is alive. The bad news is; no word on Glenn. We didn't actually think that would all get wrapped up tonight, did we? No, the writers are way more diabolical than that.

Wouldn't it be nice if real life scandals were cleared up as poetically and swiftly as in Shondaland? Once again, tackling a topical and controversial subject, SCANDAL is moving on from the Impeachment. Can I get a Hallelujah?

We are back and Hakeem is still gone! Tonight, we not only found out what happened, but also, who is stupid enough to cross Cookie and Lucious Lyons.

I am convinced Robert Kirkman is trying to kill me. After last week's action-packed, high anxiety episode, I was almost thinking that he would take it easy on us this week. Instead, it was WAY worse and it leads me to ask the question, “DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN?”

On the brink of a mental breakdown, Cyrus gets his swagger back, but which Grant will he choose to please? Mellie, Fitz and Olivia have to turn to friends they've done wrong to help them through the crisis du jour in this week's all new SCANDAL.

Lucious is officially a free man. Yay! All the Lyons' troubles are over. Just kidding, they're all miserable and that's why we tune in to watch.

Finding out the meaning of “JSS” turned out to be Robert Kirkman's advice to the viewing audience after watching that episode. We'll take a brief pause here as I do my best to get my pulse down to a normal level.

At long last the Gladiators are reassembling. Their mission? Save their bosses' reputation. Too bad her boyfriend is kind of difficult to get out of the headlines.

“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.” – Hamlet. Yorick, or in this case, Vernon's fate is finally revealed. Is it enough to redeem Dre in Lucious' eyes?

Well… that's ONE way to open a new season: pure and utter terror? Interesting choice. THE WALKING DEAD is back and they're certainly not wasting any time diving into the new season. In a Wizard of Oz-esque fashion, black and white is used to show what we, the audience have missed and color is used for present day in a poetic, as usual, season premiere.