{"id":8272,"date":"2019-12-11T06:29:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T11:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=8272"},"modified":"2019-12-11T06:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T11:30:27","slug":"carols-second-act-serves-christmas-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2019\/12\/carols-second-act-serves-christmas-episode.html","title":{"rendered":"“Carol’s Second Act” serves up Christmas episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media:<\/p>\n

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A Christmas Carol<\/em>.<\/strong> Christmas episodes used to be a staple of network sitcoms but seem much less common these days. Since Carol Second Act<\/em> is pretty much an ode the art of the traditional sitcom, it’s nice to see the show which stars Patricia Heaton (of the true sitcom classic Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>) as Dr. Carol Kenney, an AARP-eligible intern at Loyola Memorial Hospital – a sort of flipside of D<\/em>oogie Howser, MD <\/em>(another classic sitcom).\u00a0 Anyway, in the Christmas episode, Carol is planning a Christmas celebration while her adult daughter Jenny (Ashley Tisdale) plans a secret first date with Dr. Daniel Kutcher (Jean-Luc Bilodeau), an egotistical-but-idealistic young physician who is part of Carol’s intern group.<\/p>\n

The Christmas episode of Carol’s Second Act airs tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 12) at 9:30 PM ET. It’s a fine, promising show and part of a sitcom bloc that includes two current classics (Young Sheldon<\/em> at 8:00 PM ET and Mom<\/em> at 9:00 PM ET) and one clinker (The Unicorn<\/em> at 8:30 PM ET). BTW, regarding that 8:30 PM slot. CBS would do well to move the excellent Bob Hearts Abishol<\/em>a into the time period.\u00a0 That would give CBS a solid two-hour bloc of funny, heartfelt sitcoms. Just a thought.<\/p>\n

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