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 PM: Lucy movie on FX
6:30 PM: Men in Black movie on Spike You’ve Got Mail movie on SundanceTV
7 PM: Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie on FXX Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge Part 2 movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries NCIS on USA Network
8 PM: Blindspot on NBC (NEW) Arrow on The CW (Reair) Vikings on History Channel (Reair) NCIS on USA Network The Dark Knight movie on AMC The Bourne Ultimatum movie on Cinemax
9 PM: Vikings on History Channel (NEW) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie on CMT The Lost Valentine movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Miracles From Heaven movie on Starz NCIS on USA Network
10 PM: Incorporated on Syfy (NEW) The Hurt Locker movie on Showtime2 NCIS on USA Network
The Hallmark Channel movie A Royal Winter will debut on January 14 at 9 PM.
While on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to something more. However, things get complicated when she learns that the “local” is actually a prince who is about to be crowned King, and whose mother is dead-set against her royal son’s romance with the tourist.
The cast includes Merritt Patterson (The Royals) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis).
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 PM: Man on Fire movie on AMC
6 PM: Columbiana movie on FX Divergent movie on TNT
6:45 PM: The Count of Monte Cristo movie on Encore
7 PM: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Pretty Woman movie on WGN America NCIS on USA Network
8 PM: NCIS on CBS (Check Local Listings for New or Reair) The Flash on The CW (Reair) Legally Blonde movie on CMT Lucy movie on FX How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days movie on Oxygen Fried Green Tomatoes movie on POP The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian movie on Syfy
9 PM: This Is Us on NBC (NEW) Teen Wolf on MTV (NEW) Good Behavior on TNT (NEW) Bull on CBS (Check Local Listings for New or Reair) Hello, It’s Me movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries The Martian movie on HBO2 Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie on Starz You’ve Got Mail movie on SundanceTV
10 PM: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC (NEW) Shooter on USA Network (NEW) Good Behavior on TNT (Encore) NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Check Local Listings for New or Reair)
On January 13, the new Netflix streaming series A Series of Unfortunate Events will debut online.
The eight-episode first series is based on the internationally best-selling series of books by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) [Patrick Warburton] recounts the tragic tale of the Baudelaire orphans – Violet (Malina Weissman), Klaus (Louis Hynes), and Sunny (Pressley Smith) – whose evil guardian Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) will stop at nothing to get his hands on their inheritance. The siblings must outsmart Olaf at every turn, foiling his many devious plans and disguises, in order to discover clues to their parents’ mysterious death.
The cast includes Don Johnson, Joan Cusack, Catherine O’Hara and Alfre Woodard.
Here is a trailer for A Series of Unfortunate Events:
Here is a list of programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On January 10, the season finale of Good Behavior will air on TNT at 9 PM while the winter premiere of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will air on ABC that same night at 10 PM. Meanwhile, the winter premiere of This Is Us will air on January 10 at 9 PM on NBC and that same night the fourth season premiere of Being Mary Jane will air on BET at 10 PM.
Also on January 10, the new 8-episode FX drama Taboo will debut at 10 PM. Set in 1814, Taboo follows James Keziah Delaney (box office star Tom Hardy), a man who has been to the ends of the earth, comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence.
The third season premiere of Girlfriends Guide to Divorce will premiere on Bravo on January 11 at 10 PM.
On January 12, the second season of Colony will air on the USA Network at 10 PM.
The winter premiere of The Vampire Diaries will air on The CW on January 13 at 8 PM.
Also on January 13, the new Netflix streaming series A Series of Unfortunate Events will debut online. The eight-episode first series is based on the internationally best-selling series of books by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) [Patrick Warburton] recounts the tragic tale of the Baudelaire orphans – Violet (Malina Weissman), Klaus (Louis Hynes), and Sunny (Pressley Smith) – whose evil guardian Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) will stop at nothing to get his hands on their inheritance. The siblings must outsmart Olaf at every turn, foiling his many devious plans and disguises, in order to discover clues to their parents’ mysterious death.
The Hallmark Channel movie A Royal Winter will debut on January 14 at 9 PM. While on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to something more. However, things get complicated when she learns that the “local” is actually a prince who is about to be crowned King, and whose mother is dead-set against her royal son’s romance with the tourist. The cast includes Merritt Patterson (The Royals) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis).
On January 15, the 6th season premiere of Homeland will air at 9 PM on Showtime. Meanwhile, the eight-episode PBS series Victoria will debut at 9 PM for two hours that same night. The dramas follows Victoria (Jenna Coleman from Doctor Who) from the time she becomes Queen in 1837 at the age of 18 through her relationship with her first prime minister and intimate friend, Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell from The Man in the High Castle) and her courtship with and marriage to Prince Albert (Tom Hughes).
The Young Pope is the new HBO series that will debut on January 15 at 9 PM. Young and charming, Lenny Belardo, aka Pius XIII (Jude Law), is the first American Pope in history. His election seems to be the result of a simple yet effective media strategy on the part of the College of Cardinals. But appearances can be deceiving – above all, in the Vatican, where the leaders of the Church have chosen the great mystery of God as the compass guiding their existence. And Pius XIII proves to be the most mysterious and contradictory of them all. The cast includes Diane Keaton.
Lastly, on January 15, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery will debut at 9 PM. In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes (singer-actress Jewel), owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house’s secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries. The cast includes Colin Ferguson (Eureka and Cedar Cove).
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: Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
8 PM: Shadowhunters on Freeform (NEW) Supergirl on The CW (Reair) Saving Private Ryan movie on AMC Some Like It Hot (classic) movie on TCM
9 PM: Beyond on Freeform (NEW) I, Robot movie on Encore Hailey Dean Mystery: Murder, With Love movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Independence Day movie on HBO2
10 PM: Shadowhunters on Freeform (Encore) Scorpion on CBS (Reair) Juno movie on Cinemax
First of all, congrats to the winners at the Golden Globes last night, including (but not limited to) Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Claire Foy, The Crown, Sarah Paulson, Ryan Gosling, Viola Davis and Emma Stone.
CASTING NEWS
Actor Daniel Lissing (When Calls the Heart) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the NBC drama Timeless, portraying Jesse James. Also, actor Jim Beaver (Supernatural) will appear in the final three episodes of the show, playing NSA Agent Neville, who comes to Mason Industries to lock horns with Agent Christopher (Sakina Jaffrey). (Memorable TV, Twitter and TV Line)
Actor James Kyson (Heroes) will make a guest appearance on Elementary as Joey, the fast-talking CEO of a game gear company and owner of an eSports franchise. (TV Line)
Actress Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) will have a recurring role in the upcoming Netflix drama The Handmaid’s Tale, starring opposite actress Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men) [who has the lead role] in the series that is based on the novel by Margaret Atwood that follows Offred (Moss), who is forced into subjugation in an attempt to repopulate the fictional, male-dominated society of Gilead. Bledel will play Ofglen, Offred’s fellow handmaid and companion. (Variety)
Veteran actor Gerald McRaney (most recently seen on This Is Us) has landed a series regular role on 24: Legacy. He will play Henry Donovan, the father of presidential candidate John Donovan (series regular Jimmy Smits), a powerful oil man and passionately devoted father who is dedicated to putting his son in the White House, no matter what the obstacles. (Deadline)
Actor Harold Perrineau (Lost) has landed a major recurring role on Criminal Minds, playing Calvin Shaw, a former FBI agent incarcerated for killing one of his informants. Shaw has a run-in with a BAU agent and the team must determine whether he’s a friend or foe. (TV Line)
Actor Peter Gadiot (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) will play the nefarious role of Mr. Mxyzptlk on Supergirl. (TV Line)
RENEWALS
Amazon has given The Man in the High Castle a third season renewal. (Variety)
The CW has given an early renewal to seven of their existing series, including Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Jane the Virgin, Supernatural and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The CW will also resurrect DC’s Constantine as an animated series starring the voice of Matt Ryan on their digital outlet CW Seed. (Variety)
MOVIE CASTING NEWS
Actor Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) has joined the cat of the upcoming box office film Black Panther. He will play N’Jobu, a figure from T’Challa’s (aka the Black Panther) past. (Deadline)
BOOKS TO MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS
Best-selling author Melissa de la Cruz has signed a production deal with Brad Krevoy Television (the production company behind the Hallmark Channel TV series When Calls the Heart) for three TV projects that will air at Christmastime in 2017 on Hallmark Channel. The first movie, called Angel Falls, is about a fallen angel who falls in love and wins back her halo during the Christmas season with actress Rachel Boston (Witches of East End) starring. The second movie, called Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe, will be a gender-swapped re-telling of the classic novel; and the third movie, called Nanny State, will tell the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover working for New York’s finest families to solve a child’s kidnapping during the Christmas holidays. (Deadline)
TV TRAILER
NOTE: The series is set to debut on February 23 on CMT.
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: Check Starz for a marathon of Outlander episodes all day.
5 PM: Captain Phillips movie FXM The Pelican Brief movie on Sundance TV
5:30 PM: The Princess Diaries 2 movie on CMT
5:45 PM: Olympus Has Fallen movie on TNT
7 PM: Sherlock on Masterpiece on PBS (Encore) Leverage on ION Love’s Complicated movie on Hallmark Channel Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
7:15 PM: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 movie on HBO
7:45 PM: Captain Phillips movie FXM
8 PM: NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW) The Librarians on TNT (NEW) Nashville on CMT (Encore of Two-Hour Season Premiere) Leverage on ION Hotel Transylvania (animated) movie on FXX Fried Green Tomatoes movie on POP
9 PM: Sherlock on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW) Leverage on ION Wedding Bells movie on Hallmark Channel Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Sweet Home Alabama movie on Encore
10 PM: Leverage on ION Hotel Transylvania (animated) movie on FXX
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