How is it already almost December? Weren’t we just taking down decorations in January? For TV schedules December generally means special episodes, reruns and animated classics. If that’s not your thing, we found five choices of TV to look out for in December. Also, we have to ask, who doesn’t like animated holiday classics, because it’s not Christmas without The Grinch and Charlie Brown.
Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 8 pm on NBC
Grand Crew follows “a group of young professionals...trying to navigate the ups and downs of life and love in Los Angeles.” NBC has been stingy with previews of this comedy, which makes us very nervous. It’s from the writer and creator of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, so we’re trying to stay positive, but we still have questions. Broadcast networks don’t make a lot of comedies with primarily Black casts, so we’re watching no matter what. Let’s call it cautiously optimistic.
Cast: Nicole Byer, Justin Cunningham, Aaron Jennings, Echo Kellum, Grasie Mercedes and Carl Tart
Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 8 pm on NBC
There is never a time when we’re not interested in watching The Rock. His comedy Young Rock turned out to be adorable, since the younger versions of him are just as charming as the real thing. NBC is airing special holiday episode “A Christmas Peril,” where Dewey has three “disastrous” Christmases. Christmas with The Rock is actually on our vision board.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Joseph Lee Anderson, Stacey Leilua, Adrian Groulx, Bradley Constant, Uli Latukefu, Ana Tuisila, John Tui, Fasitua Amosa, Matthew Willig
Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 8:30 pm on NBC
After all these years Kenan Thompson is still hilarious. We were worried his sitcom would mean less SNL fun, but it actually means we just get more Kenan. In “Christmas,” Kenan finds himself drawn into workplace drama. As funny as the show is, it also has unexpected heart that causes all kinds of feelings. We can only guess Kenan will ramp up the emotion even more for the holidays.
Cast: Kenan Thompson, Chris Redd, Kimrie Lewis, Dani Lane, Dannah Lane, Taylor Louderman and Don Johnson