Ode To A Winter Hiatus Soon Ended
WELCOME BACK!
HOW WAS YOUR “WINTER HIATUS”?
ARE YOU READY TO GET BACK INTO THE MONDAY NIGHT SWING OF THINGS?
What do you miss most when TGD goes on hiatus?
Let’s see how similar our thinking is on this… I miss:
The steady trickle of info as the next new episode approaches…
Deciding whether or not it’s worth having the ABC show preceding TGD on— with the sound muted, perhaps— in case there’s a “new” TGD promo with three seconds of video that we haven’t seen before…
(The show now airing ahead of TGD is The Bachelor… my teenage daughter used to have this on for background amusement while she did homework; she’s away at college now but has asked me to “review” it for her because she can’t watch it until Tuesday night. Hmmm…)
The social media buildup in the hours leading up to showtime
(This one I screengrabbed just a short while ago— 5 hours and counting!)
Seeing Shaun and Lea in the “cold open” immediately after the previous show’s credits come to an end (it’s not every time, but it’s pretty frequent)
The jolt of the 15-second theme song! (Whatever version of it they’re playing that week; I’m not picky)
Hallway walk & talks between Park & Morgan, Asher & Jordan… okay, anyone with anyone
The “back door pilot,” which we’ll get to see via an upcoming TGD episode, is said to star Kennedy McMann and Felicity Huffman.
And by the way, about Felicity Huffman…)