Hello, I’m Alan aka Tater, Nice to Meet You An Introduction to Me Updated 12/8/21 About Me I am a 52-year-old semi-retired/on sabbatical librarian. I left my job of 25 years one year ago this week because it was destroying my mental health. I am one of those writers who…

CW announced its fall schedule while I was otherwise occupied this morning. Here is my late look at it. Monday 8pm — All American 9pm — All American Homecoming Tuesday 8pm — The Winchesters — The Supernatural prequel centered around Dean and Sam’s parents. 9pm — Professionals — an internationally produced action…

CBS has done me a favor and released their schedule early enough for me to write about it before I leave for the day. Here we go. Monday 8pm — The Neighborhood 8:30pm — Bob Hearts Abishola 9pm — NCIS 10pm — NCIS: Hawaii Tuesday 8pm — FBi 9pm — FBI: International …

The ABC schedule is out. All the comedies have been moved to one night and we get Celebrity Jeopardy at night. No word on who will host it. Monday 8pm — Bachelor in Paradise 10pm — The Good Doctor Tuesday 8pm — Bachelor in Paradise 10pm — The Rookie: Feds — Introduced…

FOX is the kid who knew they had a presentation due today and did not complete the assignment. There will be no schedule today. They will tell us what is scheduled to air, just not when they will air it. The actual schedule will be released later. Here is what…

I write about TV over on The World’s Common Tater. I thought I would share the 2022 Fall schedule news here as well. Both FOX and NBC have upfronts today. I will start with NBC since they actually completed the assignment and gave us an actual schedule. …

I was reminded today that the book below exists.

My weekly recap of what I read and watched — Another week, another movie. My streak continues. Movies My daughter was home for the weekend. We both love Sarah Dessen’s books, so we watched Along For the Ride on Netflix. It is your typical YA romance based on a YA book. Girl goes to the beach town, Colby to stay with…

The most difficult aspects of my transition from employed to semi-retired — I quit my job in December of 2020. I was already extremely unhappy in my job before the pandemic and the pandemic made it even worse. I started talking to my wife in June 2020 about the idea of me leaving the job. In November, she finally agreed that for…