On episode 242, Jason (@theTVaholic) is joined by Anthony Ocasio (@anthonyocasio) from Screenrant.com and Kyle Nolan (@kyool) from NoReruns.net (@NoReruns) to talk some cancellation and renewal news and then preview the 2014 NBC Fall TV schedule. Plus, a discussion of the Z Nation series premiere and some TV recommendations. (Start times of each segment/topic)

We talked about the following four TV news stories:

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• ABC Family’s Mystery Girls Canceled
  
• Instant Mom Renewed for Third Season by Nick at Nite
  
• Nurse Jackie ending after season 7
  
• TNT Renews Murder in the First
  

We went over the 2014 NBC Fall TV schedule and gave premiere dates for new and returning shows and then previewed all the new shows that we’ve seen ahead of time.

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• Sunday – Sunday Night Football. (00:13:38)
  
• Monday – Returning shows The Voice and The Blacklist and new show State of Affairs. (00:13:51)
  
• Tuesday – Returning show The Voice, new show Marry Me and returning shows About a Boy and Chicago Fire. (00:26:05)
  
• Wednesday – New show The Mysteries of Laura and returning shows Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Chicago PD. (00:34:16)
  
• Thursday – Returning show The Biggest Loser, new shows Bad Judge and A to Z and returning show Parenthood. (00:45:23)
  
• Friday – Returning shows Dateline NBC and Grimm and new show Constantine. (00:58:49)
  
• Saturday – Repeats. (01:10:28)
  

We used the specific episode listed below as a jumping off point to discuss the following TV show:

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• Z Nation – S.1 Ep.1, “Puppies and Kittens†(Series Premiere) (01:11:47)
  

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• Jason recommended Hannibal Season 2, which hits Blu-ray/DVD on Tuesday, September 16th – Official Site – Episodes available via Amazon Instant Video/Prime (S.1-2, Prime S.1), Blu-ray (S.1-2), DVD (S.1-2) and iTunes (S.1-2).
  
• Anthony recommended The League Season 5, which came out on DVD on Tuesday, September 2nd – Official Site – Episodes available via Amazon Instant Video/Prime (S.1-5, AIV S.6)), Blu-ray (S.1-4), DVD (S.1-5), iTunes (S.1-6) and Netflix (S.1-5).
  
• Kyle recommended About a Boy Season 1, which hits DVD on Tuesday, September 16th – Official Site – Episodes available via Amazon Instant Video, DVD, iTunes and Netflix.
  

What new fall show coming to NBC are you most looking forward to watching? What did you think of Syfy’s Z Nation? Have you been watching NBC’s Hannibal? Did you enjoy this week’s guests? Let us know in the comments, send us an eMail, connect via Twitter @TVtimesThree, or Like us on Facebook.

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