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TV Recommendations: Thursday, April 2

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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:

7 PM:
We Are Marshall movie on Sundance

8 PM:
The Flash on The CW (Reair)
Being Mary Jane on BET (Reair)
Flowers in the Attic movie on Lifetime
Circle of Friends movie on POP (formerly TV Guide Network)

9 PM:
Scandal on ABC (NEW)
The Blacklist on NBC (NEW)
The Flash on The CW (Reair)
Being Mary Jane on BET (Reair)

10 PM:
Fortitude on Pivot (NEW)
The Red Road on Sundance (Season Premiere)
Olympus on Syfy (DEBUT)
Dig on USA Network (NEW)
Petals on the Wind movie on Lifetime

Enjoy!

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New Show Introduction: American Odyssey

Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

American Odyssey

The new NBC drama American Odyssey will debut at 10 PM on April 5.

After a team of American soldiers battles Jihadists in North Africa, they’re shocked to find that one of the men they killed is Al Qaeda’s top man. Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel from Pushing Daisies), a soldier, mother, wife and the unit’s only female member, discovers computer files that suggest a major U.S. corporation is funding the Jihadists. But before she can tell anyone, her team is attacked and left for dead. News is reported that the unit was wiped out, but the truth is that Odelle survived and is the only witness to her unit’s assassination by a private military group.

In New York, former U.S. Attorney Peter Decker (Peter Facinelli from Nurse Jackie) is working on a merger deal for the same company that was funneling money to the Jihadists.

Meanwhile, Harrison Walters (Jake Robinson from The Carrie Diaries), a political activist and trust fund kid, meets a hacker who claims to have unearthed a massive military-industrial conspiracy.

The cast includes Treat Williams (Everwood), Jay O. Sanders (Person of Interest and The Day After Tomorrow), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost), Daniella Pineda (The Vampire Diaries), Sarah Wynter (24), Jim True-Frost (Treme), newcomers Sadie Sink and Omar Ghazaoui and Elena Kampouris (Men, Women & Children).

Here is a trailer for American Odyssey.

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Event Series Introduction: A.D. The Bible Continues

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A.D. The Bible Continues

The new NBC event series A.D. The Bible Continues will debut at 9 PM on Easter Sunday, April 5.

The follow-up to the high-rated mini-series The Bible, this series will chronicle the aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion as the tiny band of followers fight for survival while they try to spread the Word to the world. But they have hope and soon they have power: the amazing miracle of the resurrection and the arrival of the Holy Spirit upon them.

The cast includes Richard Coyle (Crossbones), Vincent Regan (Atlantis and The Royals), Adam Levy (Before I Go to Sleep), Joanne Whalley (The Borgias), James Callis (Battlestar Galactica), Reece Ritchie (Hercules), Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey), Chipo Chung (Fortitude) and Greta Scacchi (Agatha Christie) [among others].

The event series comes from Mark Burnett and his actress wife Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel).

Here is a sneak peek at A.D. The Bible Continues.

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Event Series Introduction: The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

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Lizzie Borden

The limited series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles will debut on Lifetime on April 5 at 10 PM.

This 8-episode limited series will fictionalize actual events and people surrounding Lizzie Borden’s life after her controversial acquittal of the horrific double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892. Christina Ricci reprises her role as Lizzie with Clea DuVall reprising her role of Lizzie’s sister Emma.

The cast also includes Andrew Howard (Hatfields & McCoys), Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad), Cole Hauser (Rogue), Jessy Schram (Falling Skies) and John Heard (The Sopranos).

Here is a trailer for The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.

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TV Ratings: Spring TV (Tuesday, March 31)

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TV Ratings

It was a fairly normal night of programming on the major networks last night.

Here is how the Tuesday night shows fared in the overall ratings:

8 PM Shows:
NCIS (CBS) [NEW] – 16.3 million
The Flash (The CW) [NEW] – 3.5 million

9 PM Shows:
The Dovekeepers (CBS) [DEBUT – Mini-Series Part 1 of 2] – 9 million
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) [NEW] – 4.2 million
iZombie (The CW) [NEW] – 1.9 million

10 PM Show:
Forever (ABC) [NEW] – 4.5 million

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

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Movie of the Week Reminder: If There Be Thorns

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Lifetime

Lifetime will air the film adaptation of the V.C. Andrews book If There Be Thorns on April 5 at 8 PM.

This made-for-TV movie follows Christopher (Jason Lewis from Sex and the City and Brothers & Sisters) and Cathy Dollanganger (Rachael Carpani from McLeod’s Daughters and the short-lived Against the Wall) as they live together as man and wife with Cathy’s two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents’ relationship.

But when a mysterious woman moves in next door and befriends the younger boy, Bart (Mason Cook from Legends), he begins a strange transformation and displays accusatory behavior towards Cathy and Christopher. When Christopher discovers their mysterious neighbor is, in fact, his mother Corrine Dollanganger (Heather Graham), all of the family’s long-hidden secrets are revealed in a tragic climax.

The cast includes Jedidiah Goodacre (Zapped and the upcoming Tomorrowland), Emily Tennant (Cedar Cove), Mackenzie Gray (Man of Steel) and Veena Sood (50/50).

Here is a teaser for If There Be Thorns.

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Mini-Series of the Month Reminder: Wolf Hall

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Wolf Hall

The six-part PBS mini-series Wolf Hall will debut on April 5 at 10 PM.

Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night) and Damian Lewis (Homeland) will star as Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII (respectively) in this adaptation of the Hilary Mantel prize-winning novels, which charts the shrewd and brilliant rise of Cromwell in the Tudor court from a blacksmith’s son to Henry VIII’s closest advisor.

The cast includes Claire Foy (Crossbones), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones), Joanne Whalley (The Borgias), Bernard Hill (The Lord of the Rings franchise), Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife), Ed Speleers (Downton Abbey), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility) and veteran actor Jonathan Pryce.

Here is a trailer for Wolf Hall.

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TV Recommendations: Wednesday, April 1

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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:

6:45 PM:
Erin Brockovich movie on HBO2

6:55 PM:
Dances With Wolves movie on Cinemax

8 PM:
Arrow on The CW (NEW)
Being Mary Jane on BET (Reair)
Castle on TNT
NCIS on USA Network
Hairspray movie on E!

9 PM:
Supernatural on The CW (NEW)
The Dovekeepers movie on CBS (DEBUT – Part 2 of 2)
Castle on TNT
NCIS on USA Network
Divergent movie on HBO2

10 PM:
Nashville on ABC (NEW)
Broadchurch on BBC America (NEW)
Castle on TNT
NCIS on USA Network

Enjoy!

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