Last night’s programming options on the major networks was pretty full with all of the Wednesday night dramas airing new episodes, including a handful of shows coming back from their mid-season breaks.
Here is how all those Wednesday night dramas fared in the overall ratings:
8 PM Shows: Blindspot (NBC) [NEW – Return] – 4.5 million Shots Fired (FOX) [NEW] – 3.3 million Arrow (The CW) [NEW – Return] – 1.5 million
9 PM Shows: Criminal Minds (CBS) [NEW] – 6.8 million Empire (FOX) [NEW] – 6.2 million Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) [NEW – Return] – 5.3 million The 100 (The CW) [NEW – Return] – 921,000 viewers
10 PM Shows: Chicago P.D. (NBC) [NEW – Return] – 6.2 million Designated Survivor (ABC) [NEW] – 5.1 million Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (CBS) [NEW] – 4.6 million
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
The Black List, a collection of Hollywood’s best screenplays that have yet to be produced or picked up by a production company or studio [not to be confused with the NBC TV series of the same name], conducts at least a few staged readings a year. The goal of those readings is to get the screenplays (aka scripts) made into features (aka box office films).
Two years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a staged table reading of Gifted with Armie Hammer (from the box office movies The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Social Network) and Gina Rodriguez (from Jane the Virgin) as the leads. Just this year, that screenplay was finally released in the theatres, starring Chris Evans (Captain America himself) and Saturday Night Live alum Jenny Slate.
Left to Right: Cooper Thornton as Narrator; Gina Torres, Gina Rodriguez, Armie Hammer, Mckenna Grace, Frances Fisher and Michael Beach
What’s most interesting about a film that comes out of The Black List is how a virtual table read can still feel intimate, but once the film is made, emotions come out in different ways.
With Gifted, the story is about a young girl with a mathematical mind who is pushed into a normal elementary school to learn to socialize. The movie has an emotional punch without action, but with the action, it’s more haunting.
When I first “saw” Gifted at that table read, I don’t remember crying, but as I watched the film the other week, it was a waterworks from beginning to end.
Gifted was released in theatres on April 12 and was written by Tom Flynn. The film also stars young actress Mckenna Grace (she plays the daughter of President Tom Kirkman on Designated Survivor), Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and Lindsay Duncan (Sherlock and Under the Tuscan Sun).
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 streaming series The Handmaid’s Tale will debut online on Hulu today.
5 PM: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows movie on AMC
6:25 PM: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks movie on HBO (Encore)
7 PM: The Seven Year Hitch movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries NCIS on USA Network
7:19 PM: The White Princess on Starz (Reair)
7:30 PM: Captain America: The First Avenger movie on FX The Blind Side movie on Spike
8 PM: Arrow on The CW (NEW) Shots Fired on FOX (NEW) Blindspot on NBC (NEW) Lethal Weapon (original) movie on AMC Secretariat movie on CMT Me Before You movie on EPIX Suicide Squad movie on HBO
9 PM: The 100 on The CW (NEW) Away & Back movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Good Will Hunting movie on POP
9:37 PM: A League of Their Own movie on Encore
10 PM: Designated Survivor on ABC (NEW) Underground on WGN America (NEW) The White Princess on Starz (Reair)
On April 30, the new Starz drama American Gods will debut at 9 PM.
Adapted from the Neil Gaiman fantasy novel, the series focusing on a war brewing between Old Gods and New Gods. The traditional Old Gods, with mythological roots from around the world, fear irrelevance as their believers die off or are seduced by the money, technology, and celebrity offered by the New Gods. Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle from The 100) is an ex-con who, left adrift by the recent death of his wife, becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to conman Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane). But in truth, Mr. Wednesday is a powerful old deity, on a cross-country mission to build an army and reclaim his lost glory.
The cast includes Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies), Orlando Jones (Sleepy Hollow), Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is the New Black), Corbin Bernsen (Psych), Demore Barnes (The Unit), Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom), Jeremy Davies (Lost and Sleepy Hollow) and Peter Stomare (Prison Break and Arrow) [among others].
Last night’s programming options on the major networks was nearly complete with all of the Monday night dramas airing new episodes, including three returns of shows that were on break and only one repeat of another.
Here is how all those Monday night dramas fared in the overall ratings:
8 PM Shows: Gotham (FOX) [NEW – Return] – 2.9 million Supergirl (The CW) [NEW – Return] – 1.8 million
9 PM Shows: APB (FOX) [NEW – Finale] – 2.8 million Jane the Virgin (The CW) [NEW – Return] – 868,000 viewers
10 PM Shows: Taken (NBC) [NEW – Penultimate Episode] – 4.6 million Quantico (ABC) [NEW] – 2.9 million
What did you watch on TV last 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:
5:30 PM: Men in Black 3 movie on FXX Twister movie on Spike
6:30 PM: Wanted movie on Cinemax
7 PM: Pretty Little Liars on Freeform (Reair) NCIS on USA Network
7:12 PM: Cinderella movie on Starz
7:30 PM: Taken 3 movie on FX
7:50 PM: How Stella Got Her Groove Back movie on Encore
8 PM: The Flash on The CW (NEW) Pretty Little Liars on Freeform (NEW) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks movie on HBO (Encore) NCIS on CBS (Reair) Sherlock Holmes movie on AMC Ocean’s Twelve movie on CMT I Am Number Four movie on Showtime 2 Now You See Me movie on Spike Chicago movie on TMC
9 PM: Prison Break on FOX (NEW) Genius on National Geographic (DEBUT) Bull on CBS (Reair) Rebel on BET (Reair) Accidentally in Love movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Ice Age: The Meltdown (animated) movie on Starz
9:02 PM: Famous in Love on Freeform (NEW)
10 PM: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC (NEW) Rebel on BET (NEW) NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)
10:02 PM: Pretty Little Liars on Freeform (Encore)
Young actor Lonnie Chavis (who plays the younger version of Randall on This Is Us) will guest star in the episode of The CW series Supergirl as Marcus, a young alien boy who bonds with James Olsen (series regular Mehcad Brooks. (TV Line)
Actor Thomas Calabro (from the original Melrose Place) has landed a recurring role on the 5th season of The Last Ship. He will play Gen. Don Kinkaid, who is in charge of the new, smaller Army that the U.S. has built up in the years since the end of the plague. (Deadline)
RENEWALS/PICK-UPS
Bravo has given a second season order to their drama Imposters. (Variety)
Crackle has renewed Snatch for a second season. (Twitter)
National Geographic has given Genius a second season before the first season has even aired. (Variety)
Amazon has given a second season order to Patriot. (Deadline)
Freeform has given the fantasy series Shadowhunters a third season order in advance of the latter half of the show’s second season, which will return in June. (TV Insider)
Younger, the TV Land comedy starring Broadway star Sutton Foster for a 5th season in advance of the start of the show’s upcoming 4th season. (Variety)
FOX has ordered another 10 episodes of the revival of The X-Files for the 2017-2018 TV season. (Variety)
Lifetime has picked up the new psychological thriller You, giving it a straight-to-series 10-episode. The series is based on the best-selling 2014 novel by Caroline Kepnes. The story focuses on what happens when a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer. His answer becomes clear: anything. Using the internet and social media as his tools to gather the most intimate of details and get close to her, a charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession as he quietly and strategically removes every obstacle, and person, in his way. (Variety)
Here is a list of programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On April 24, Gotham will be back with the rest of its third season on FOX at 8 PM and the finale of APB will air at 9 PM. That same night the series finale of Bates Motel will air at 10 PM on A&E; and both Supergirl and Jane the Virgin will be back with new episodes on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively after a short hiatus.
The Flash will be back on The CW on April 25 at 8 PM after a short hiatus while the series finale of Outsiders will air on WGN America at 9 PM that same night. Also, on April 25, the 10-part National Geographic series Genius will debut at 9 PM, starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.
On April 26, Arrow and The 100 will return after a short hiatus on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively and that same night, the Hulu streaming series The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the book of the same name by Margaret Atwood, will debut online that same day.
Also on April 26, the two-hour premiere of the second season of Gomorrah will air on SundanceTV at 10 PM.
The finale of Rosewood on FOX will air on April 28 at 8 PM.
On April 30, the third season of Good Witch will premiere on the Hallmark Channel at 9 PM while that same night, the new Starz drama American Gods, adapted from the Neil Gaiman fantasy novel, will debut at 9 PM.
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The Black List: Gifted
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Gifted Program
The Black List, a collection of Hollywood’s best screenplays that have yet to be produced or picked up by a production company or studio [not to be confused with the NBC TV series of the same name], conducts at least a few staged readings a year. The goal of those readings is to get the screenplays (aka scripts) made into features (aka box office films).
Two years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a staged table reading of Gifted with Armie Hammer (from the box office movies The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Social Network) and Gina Rodriguez (from Jane the Virgin) as the leads. Just this year, that screenplay was finally released in the theatres, starring Chris Evans (Captain America himself) and Saturday Night Live alum Jenny Slate.
Left to Right: Cooper Thornton as Narrator; Gina Torres, Gina Rodriguez, Armie Hammer, Mckenna Grace, Frances Fisher and Michael Beach
What’s most interesting about a film that comes out of The Black List is how a virtual table read can still feel intimate, but once the film is made, emotions come out in different ways.
With Gifted, the story is about a young girl with a mathematical mind who is pushed into a normal elementary school to learn to socialize. The movie has an emotional punch without action, but with the action, it’s more haunting.
When I first “saw” Gifted at that table read, I don’t remember crying, but as I watched the film the other week, it was a waterworks from beginning to end.
Gifted was released in theatres on April 12 and was written by Tom Flynn. The film also stars young actress Mckenna Grace (she plays the daughter of President Tom Kirkman on Designated Survivor), Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and Lindsay Duncan (Sherlock and Under the Tuscan Sun).
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