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Here are the news items for the past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Amazon Prime Video has renewed A League of Their Own for a truncated, 4-episode second and final season. (Puck, The Hollywood Reporter and TV Line)

Meanwhile, Amazon Prmie Video has pulled the plug on the Canada-set mystery series Three Pines, which starred Alfred Molina, after only one season. (Variety)

Disney+ has yanked the small screen adaptation Willow after only one season. (TV Line)

Peacock has given a third season renewal to Bel-Air. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Garrett Hedlun (Tulsa King) has joined the cast of the Taylor Sheridan western drama Bass Reeves that will air on Paramount+. He will play Garrett Montgomery, a posse man hired by Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) for his riding know-how and expertise of the area. (Collider)

Actress Kelly McCreary will be leaving Grey’s Anatomy at the end of this season. (TV Line)

Rebecca Mader (Once Upon a Time) has joined the cast of the new CBS drama Fire Country in the key recurring role of Faye, the head of a private concierge firefighting company, who meets Manny (series regular Kevin Alejandro) at an AA meeting. Meanwhile Kanoa Goo (The Rookie) will play Kyle, a swim Adonis, who has arrived to attend a swim clinic. (Deadline)

INTERNATIONAL TV NEWS

Outlander alum Richard Rankin has lined up his new project now that Outlander has an end date in sight. Rankin will play Inspector Rebus in the new series Rebus that will air on the Nordic streaming service Viaplay. The series follows 40-year-old Inspector John Rebus at a psychological crossroads following an altercation with an infamous Edinburgh gangster. At odds with a job increasingly driven by technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. (Deadline)

REUNION MOVIE NEWS

Monk fans will be excited to learn that Peacock has officially ordered a reunion movie for the popular series, and Tony Shalhoub will back as the title character along with returning cast members Ted Levine, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Melora Hardin (Trudy Monk) and Hector Elizondo. Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie will find Monk returning to solve one final, very personal case involving his beloved stepdaughter Molly, a journalist preparing for her wedding. (TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Game of Thrones actress and Fast and Furious franchise member Nathalie Emmanuel will star opposite Omar Sy in the upcoming Peacock flick The Killer, which is a reimagining of the 1989 John Woo movie that followed an assassin who takes one last assignment in order to use his earnings to pay for the surgery that will restore the sight of a singer he blinded. Details of this reimagining have yet to be revealed, though. (Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!

On March 23, the new Netflix drama The Night Agent will debut online.

While monitoring an emergency line, a vigilant FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House.

The series stars Gabriel Basso, Hong Chau, D.B. Woodside, Enrique Murciano, Eve Harlow, Fola Evans-Akingbola and Sarah Desjardins.

Here is a trailer for The Night Agent:

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5:53 PM:
Bad Boys for Life movie on Starz

6 PM:
A Winning Team movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
The Fugitive movie on AMC
The Help movie on E!
John Wick: Chapter 2 movie on Syfy

6:05 PM:
National Treasure movie on Freeform

6:30 PM:
Road House movie on BBC America

7 PM:
The Cases of Mystery Lane movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT)
Fast & Furious 6 movie on FX

8 PM:
The Equalizer on CBS (NEW)
Call the Midwife on PBS (NEW – Season Premiere)

8:30 PM:
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum movie on Syfy

8:45 PM:
First Man movie on FXM

9 PM:
East New York on CBS (NEW)
Magnum P.I. on NBC (NEW)
The Way Home on Hallmark Channel (NEW)
Godfather of Harlem on MGM+ (formerly EPIX)
Sanditon on PBS (NEW – Season Premiere, Final Season)
Big movie on CMT
The Help movie on E!
Cast Away movie on TNT

9:15 PM:
National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie on Freeform

10 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW)
The Blacklist on NBC (NEW – 200th Episode)
A Spy Among Friends on MGM+ (formerly EPIX) (NEW)
Marie-Antoniette on PBS (DEBUT)
Fast & Furious 6 movie on FX
The Lost Boys movie on Sundance TV

10:01 PM:
Road House movie on BBC America

Enjoy!

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions

5:15 PM:
San Andreas movie on AMC

6 PM:
Dating the Delaneys movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:30 PM:
The Karate Kid movie on IFC
Clueless movie on VH1

7 PM:
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
John Wick movie on Syfy
The Magnificent Seven (2016) movie on VICE

8 PM:
A Winning Team movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
Despicable Me 3 (animated) movie on NBC
Tombstone movie on AMC
Sully movie on BBC America
Elvis (2022) movie on HBO

9 PM:
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Bad Boys for Life movie on Starz
John Wick: Chapter 2 movie on Syfy
Save the Last Dance movie on VH1
The Magnificent Seven (2016) movie on VICE

9:30 PM:
The Karate Kid Part II movie on IFC

9:50 PM:
Sophie’s Choice movie on MOVIES!

10 PM:
Sweeter Than Chocolate on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

Enjoy!

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: The series finale of Carnival Row will air online on Amazon Prime today while the new movie Boston Strangler will debut on Hulu. Also, the series finale of Servant will air on Apple TV+.

5 PM:
Open Range movie on GRIT

6 PM:
Love at First Glance movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

6:30 PM:
Everything Everywhere All at Once movie on Showtime

6:40 PM:
Kingsman: The Golden Circle movie on FXM

7 PM:
One Summer movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Mean Girls movie on VH1

8 PM:
We Wish You a Married Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
San Andreas movie on AMC
The Help movie on Bravo
Brave (animated) movie on Disney
Forrest Gump movie on Paramount Network

9 PM:
Perry Mason on HBO (Encore)
Love’s Portrait movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

9:30 PM:
Shazam! movie on TBS
Benny & Joon movie on TMC
Passengers movie on TNT
Clueless movie on VH1

10 PM:
Patriot Games movie on Showtime 2

Enjoy!

The primetime line-up on the major networks on Wednesday night was filled with reality, comedies and repeats along with new episodes from three Wednesday night dramas.

Here is how those three Wednesday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Show:
The Flash (The CW) [NEW] – 570,000 viewers

10 PM Shows:
True Lies (CBS) [NEW] – 2.5 million viewers
A Million Little Things (ABC) [NEW] – 1.9 million viewers

What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.

The primetime line-up on the major networks on Tuesday night was filled with reality, comedies and a repeat along with new episodes from seven Tuesday night dramas, one of which was the show’s season premiere and one of which was the show’s debut episode.

Here is how those seven Tuesday night dramas fared in the overall ratings on Tuesday night:

8 PM Shows:
FBI (CBS) [NEW] – 7 million viewers
9-1-1: Lone Star (FOX) [NEW] – 3.6 million viewers
Superman & Lois (The CW) [NEW – Season Premiere] – 753,000 viewers

9 PM Shows:
FBI: International (CBS) [NEW] – 5.4 million viewers
Accused (FOX) [NEW] – 1.9 million viewers
Gotham Knights (The CW) [DEBUT] – 602,000 viewers

10 PM Show:
FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) [NEW] – 5 million viewers

What did you watch on TV on Tuesday night. Please share.

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions.

NOTE: The second season of Shadow & Bone will premiere online on Netflix today.

5 PM:
True Lies movie on AMC

5:40 PM:
Divergent movie on HBO

6 PM:
Love on the Sidelines movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

7 PM:
Love Under the Stars movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

7:40 PM:
Abominable (animated) movie on FXM

8 PM:
Station 19 on ABC (NEW)
Walker on The CW (Check Your Local Listings)
Game of Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Top Gun movie on Paramount Network
The Italian Job movie on TMC
The Day After Tomorrow movie on USA Network

9 PM:
Superman & Lois on The CW (Encore)
Unexpected Grace movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
The Fate of the Furious movie on FX

9:30 PM:
Flight movie on Showtime 2

9:35 PM:
Breakthrough movie on FXM

10 PM:
Alaska Daily on ABC (NEW)

10:25 PM:
Perry Mason on HBO (Encore)

10:30 PM:
The Day After Tomorrow movie on USA Network

Enjoy!

The new series Lucky Hank will debut on March 19 at 9 PM on the following networks: AMC, IFC, BBC America, AMC+ and Sundance.

Bob Odenkirk and Mireille Enos star in this 8-episode series, a mid-life crisis tale set at Railton College. Told in the first person by William Henry Devereaux, Jr. (Odenkirk), the unlikely chairman of the English department in a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt.

The cast includes Diedrich Bader, Alvina August, Cedric Yarbrough and Suzanne Cryer.

Here is a trailer for Lucky Hank:

The new period drama Marie-Antoniette will debut on PBS on March 19 at 10 PM.

The title character (Emilia Schüle) is just a teenager when she leaves Austria to marry the Dauphin of France (Louis Cunningham). When she arrives at Versailles, she must obey the numerous and complex rules of the French court. The princess quickly suffers from not being able to live her life the way she wants, while her mother, the Empress of Austria, (Tony nominee Marthe Keller) keeps pushing her to continue the Bourbon line and thus secure the alliance between the two countries. However, faced with Louis’ avoidant and solitary character, the mission turns out to be more complicated than expected.

Here is a trailer for Marie-Antoinette: