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:
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!
4 PM: Saving Private Ryan movie on Spike TV
5 PM: Zero Dark Thirty movie on FXX
5:45 PM: National Treasure movie on Cinemax
6 PM: Independence Day movie on E! The Sorcerer’s Apprentice movie on Freeform Captain America: The Winter Solider movie on FX Despicable Me 2 (animated) movie on FXX
7 PM: NCIS on USA Network
7:50 PM: Sully movie on HBO
8 PM: NCIS on CBS (Reair) The Flash on The CW (Reair) Forrest Gump movie on Spike TV
9 PM: Bull on CBS (Reair) Beverly Lewis’ The Reckoning movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Independence Day movie on E! Captain America: The First Avenger movie on FX Loving movie on HBO2
9:03 PM: Jason Bourne movie on HBO
10 PM: Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks on NBC (Special) A Capitol Fourth on PBS (Special) NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)
Actor Jon Huertas has been promoted to series regular for the second season of This Is Us. (Deadline)
Actress Laura Mennell (Alphas) has landed a recurring role in the third season of the Amazon series The Main In the High Castle, playing Hedda Parsons, a New York gossip columnist type who is queen of the NY Nazi Reich social scene. (Deadline)
Actor Paulo Costanzo (Royal Pains) has joined the cast of Designated Survivor where he will play Lyor Boone, the new White House Political Director, a whiz kid brought on by Emily (series regular Italia Ricci) to help a presidency struggling with its messaging and political strategy. (Deadline)
Actress Moon Bloodgood (Falling Skies) has joined the cast of Code Black in a recurring role. She will play Rox, a brassy and competitive paramedic who thinks fast on her feet and doesn’t scare easily. (TV Line)
Actor Jerry O’Connell (Sliders) will star in the cable network AXN’s new series called Carter, which follows an actor named Harley Mackay (O’Connell) who played a popular television detective, but after a public meltdown in Hollywood, leaves the business and returns to his sleepy hometown. There, he uses the skills he “learned” from playing a TV detective to become a real-life gumshoe. Actress Sydney Poitier (Chicago P.D. and Veronica Mars) will also star in the show, playing Mackay’s old pal and new partner. (TV Guide)
Actor Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl) has landed the lead role in the upcoming Lifetime thriller called You based on the Caroline Kepnes novel of the same name that will be overseen by uber-executive producer Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble (Supernatural and The Magicians). The series centers on Joe (Badgley), a bookstore manager who uses the hyper-connectivity of today’s technology to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him, removing every obstacle—and person—in his way. (E! News)
Actor Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) will join Sean Bean in the Crackle original series The Oath that is set to debut next year. Created by Joe Halpin (Hawaii Five-0 and Secrets and Lies), who worked as a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy in South Central for 17 years, 12 of which as an undercover officer, the series takes an unforgiving look at the complicated dynamics in these organizations and documents the lives of those willing to risk it all, to have it all. (Crackle Press Release)
Actress Freida Pinto (Guerrilla and the box office film Slumdog Millionaire) has joined the cast of the Hulu streaming series The Path for its 3rd season. She will play Vera, a sleek new publicist for the Meyerist movement, who forges a personal connection with Eddie (series lead Aaron Paul), but may have her own secret agenda. (Deadline)
Actor Eric Ladin (The Killing) has joined the cast of the History Channel’s series Six for its second season. He will play Trevor, an experienced SEAL who’s deadly on the job but also a loose cannon from another squadron who will join the team and disrupt the status quo. (Deadline)
Actress Molly Ringwald will be heading back to The CW series Riverdale for the show’s sophomore season, reprising her role of Archie’s mom. (Archie Comics Twitter Account and TV Guide)
Actor Daniel Dae Kim and actress Grace Park have left the long-running CBS series Hawaii Five-0 for the show’s upcoming 8th season. The reason? Both actors have been seeking pay equality with stars Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan, but weren’t able to reach a deal with CBS TV Studios. (Variety)
POTENTIAL PROGRAMMING
Syfy is looking to reboot the movie Tremors with actor Kevin Bacon reprising his original role. The pilot would pick up 25 years after the original film left off. The killer Graboid worms that nearly destroyed the small town of Perfection, Nevada 25 years are back and the town’s only hope for survival is Valentine McKee (Bacon) who beat them once, but to do it again, he’ll have to overcome age, alcohol and a delusional hero complex. (Variety)
RENEWALS
AMC has renewed Better Call Saul for a fourth season. (Variety)
Netflix has given a second season renewal to the streaming series Dear White People. (Variety)
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: Twister movie on AMC
5:40 PM: X-Men: Wolverine movie on FXM
6 PM: The Patriot movie on BBC America
6:51 PM: Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)
7 PM: The Perfect Catch movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Love’s Abiding Joy movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries White Collar on ION
7:25 PM: Despicable Me (animated) movie on Freeform
7:47 PM: Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)
7:55 PM: X-Men: Wolverine movie on FXM
8 PM: Heartland on UP Channel (NEW – Check Your Local Listings) Eddie the Eagle movie on Cinemax Despicable Me 2 (animated) movie on FX White Collar on ION
8:30 PM: X-Men: Apocalypse movie on HBO
8:41 PM: Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)
9 PM: Good Witch on Hallmark Channel (NEW – Finale) Grantchester mini-series on PBS (NEW) Love’s Unending Legacy movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries White Collar on ION
9:32 PM: Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)
9:50 PM: Race movie on Cinemax
10 PM: NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair) Despicable Me 2 (animated) movie on FX White Collar on ION
10:05 PM: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi movie on EPIX
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:
5:45 PM: Erin Brockovich movie on HBO
6 PM: Tombstone movie on AMC The Notebook movie on E!
6:20 PM: Doctor Who on BBC America (Reair)
6:30 PM Bridge of Spies movie on Showtime
6:38 PM: Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)
7 PM: My Favorite Wedding movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Titanic movie on Bravo NCIS on USA Network
7:25 PM: Doctor Who on BBC America (Reair)
7:37 PM: Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)
8 PM: Doctor Who on BBC America (Reair) Berlin Station on EPIX (Reair) Real Steel movie on FX Loving movie on HBO NCIS on USA Network
8:30 PM: Doctor Who on BBC America (NEW 90-Minute Finale)
8:34 PM: Game of Thrones on HBO 2 (Reair)
9 PM: TURN: Washington’s Spies on AMC (NEW) Moonlight in Vermont movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Berlin Station on EPIX (Reair) The Notebook movie on E! A Knight’s Tale movie on Vice NCIS on USA Network
10 PM: Orphan Black on BBC America (NEW) TURN: Washington’s Spies on AMC (Encore) NCIS on USA Network
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