Finales, Finales and more Finales

We farewelled How to Get Away with Murder last week and the fourth season including a crossover with Scandal ended on a relatively high note with a few unanswered questions.

I enjoyed this season, however the second half lacked direction from time to time. Annalise is an interesting character, she was rock bottom at the start of the season, then throughout she rose like a phoenix.

Apparently it's been renewed for a fifth season, but no 100% offical word yet. With Scandal ending however I think they would be mad to kill it off just yet.

Now to two of Ryan Murphy's babies. Like Shonda Rhimes is the Queen of ABC (US) and their drama catalogue, Murphy straddles across FOX and FX.

First up we waited almost two years for the second instalment of the anthology series American Crime Story. In 2016 it blew critics minds with OJ Simpson's story, this time it was all about Gianni Versace. A third and fourth crime story is planned with Katrina and Bill Clinton ready to roll, so how long will we wait for this? We will have to wait and deal with the next American Horror Story season first with Kathy Bates returning.

So how did Ricky Martin and former Glee heartthrob Darren Criss perform in this Sarah Paulson free series? Not bad, Criss was outstanding, terrifying and vulnerable all in one episode.

The show was not a ratings smash, but I think critically and online chatter all account for the show being a bit of a success. Success is not all live viewer ratings these days, it's online likes, shares, DVR's and more.

The opposite to a non ratings smash was the break out new series of 2017-2018, 9-1-1. Murphy hit the sweet spot with viewers, earning more than 10 million viewers per episode. The short ten episode season did not outstay it's welcome.

It brought an all star ensemble cast to network TV and took real life situations and made them 100% more dramatic and at times camp.

Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Connie Britton and Oliver Stark all proved to be viewers favourites over the season run.

So for now a few shows have left my dance card, however so much good stuff incoming, Handmaid's Tale Season 2, live and direct to SBS, Shooter season 3 will return to Netflix and Wentworth Season Six where are you? Foxtel? Anyone?

Enjoy the weekend ahead of two four day working weeks..