By Rick Gables
There are 120 kittens that have cleared the shelter and have been drafted as participants in Kitten Bowl VII, airing on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel. This annual event is part of the network’s foundational pet initiative, Adoption Ever After, and is hosted once again by Beth Stern. Hallmark Channel and North Shore Animal League America have an annual shelter pet adoption party every Kitten Bowl Weekend. What began as five shelter parties in 2014 expanded to 25 in 2015, 50 in 2016, 100 in 2017, and 500 in 2018. This past year’s Kitten Bowl VI shelter parties resulted in 15,519 animals, finding forever homes. Co-commentators, Jill Wagner and Brennan Elliott will call the Kitten Bowl VII play by play action, with appearances by former NFL players Boomer Esaison (Commissioner of the Feline Football League) and Rashad Jennings, picking their personal favorites of the feline championship game!
Multiple Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco stars in CBS’ new drama series Tommy as a former high-ranking NYPD officer who becomes the first female chief of police for Los Angeles. A true blue New Yorker, Abigail “Tommy” Thomas uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to keep social, political and national security issues from hindering effective law enforcement in the Southland. This 13-episode, equal parts political, procedural and family drama, premieres Thursday, Feb. 6, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and comes from Paul Attanasio, the creator of Bull. Michael Chernus, Adelaide Clemens, Thomas Sadoski, Russell G. Jones, Olivia Lucy Phillip, Joseph Lyle Taylor and Vladimir Caamaño also star.
NBC has already renewed its critically acclaimed and Golden Globe Award-winning comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine for an eighth season, with the premiere of the season seven airing on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The series continues to follow the exploits of hilarious Det. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), his diverse, lovable colleagues and their moreserious-than-a-hunk-of-actual-granite boss, Capt. Holt (Andre Braugher), as they police the NYPD’s 99th precinct. Rounding out the ensemble cast are Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Lo Truglio, Dirk Blocker, Terry Crews, Chelea Peretti and Joel McKinnon Miller.