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Winter TV Reminder: What’s on TV This Week

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on January 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Here is the long list of the new programming options to expect on TV this coming holiday week:

On January 8, the winter premiere of The Brave will air on NBC at 10 PM and the winter premiere of The Good Doctor will air on ABC at 10:01 PM.

The season finale of Marvel’s Runaways will air on Hulu on January 9 while the series finale of Major Crimes will air that same night on TNT at 9 PM. The mid-season of The Fosters will also air on January 9 at 8 PM on Freeform while that same night the winter premiere of This Is Us will air at 9 PM on NBC. Also, The Haves and the Have Nots will air its season premiere that same night on OWN at 9 PM.

On January 10, the third season premiere of The Magicians will air at 9 PM on Syfy while that same night the winter premiere of If Loving You Is Wrong will air on OWN at 10 PM.

The 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards will air on The CW on January 11 at 8 PM.

On January 12, the new Amazon streaming series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams will debut online, the myriad of cast members include Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Greg Kinnear (Heaven is For Real), Maura Tierney (The Affair), Janelle Monáe (Moonlight), Mireille Enos (The Catch), Anna Paquin (True Blood), Terrence Howard (Empire), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones), Richard Madden (Game of Thrones), Holliday Grainger (The Finest Hours) and Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel) [among many others.]

Also on January 12, the winter premiere of Blindspot will air at 8 PM on NBC followed by the second season premiere of Taken at 9 PM.

Frozen in Love is the latest new Hallmark Channel movie that will debut on January 13 at 9 PM, starring Rachael Leigh Cooke and Niall Matter.

On January 14, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery will debut at 9 PM, starring Courtney Thorne Smith and James Tupper.

Lastly, also on January 14, the second season of the PBS mini-series Victoria will premiere at 9 PM.

Mark your calendars!

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Ratings: Winter TV (Sunday, January 7)

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It was a fairly normal night of programming on the major networks with reality, sports, repeats and comedies airing throughout the primetime landscape. Oh and a little thing called The Golden Globes, and the regular CBS line-up.

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

8 PM Show:
Wisdom of the Crowd (CBS) [NEW] – 5.8 million viewers

9 PM Show:
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) [NEW] – 7.8 million viewers

10 PM Show:
Madam Secretary (CBS) [NEW] – 6.1 million viewers

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

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TV Recommendations: Monday, January 8

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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:

5:20 PM:
La La Land movie on HBO

7:01 PM:
Runaway Bride movie on Starz

8 PM:
Supergirl on The CW (Reair)

9 PM:
Arrow on The CW (Reair)
The Gifted on FOX (Reair)
Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

9:45 PM:
Pitch Black movie on HBO2

10 PM:
The Brave on NBC (RETURN)
S.W.A.T. on CBS (Reair)

10:01 PM
The Good Doctor on ABC (RETURN)

Enjoy!

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Entertainment Update for January 1 through January 7

Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on January 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

TV NEWS

The Fosters has been cancelled except there are several twists to the bad news. The rest of the show’s fifth season will begin on Freeform on January 9, including the show’s 100 episode. The show will return for a three-episode limited event series this summer at which time the show will come to an end. Except, Freeform has ordered an unnamed 13-episode spinoff that will star The Fosters stars Maia Mitchell (who plays Callie) and Cierra Ramirez (who plays Marianna). The spin-off is supposed to follow Callie and Mariana as they move on from their high school lives living with moms Stef and Lena. (Variety)

The final season of Game of Thrones will return to HBO sometime in 2019. (Variety)

FOX has announced that they are planning a “new iteration” of Prison Break similar to what they did with 24 last season. It is expected that both Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller will return should the show come back for another installment. (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Actor Stephen Dorff (the box office film Blade and the recent TV series Star) has joined the cast of the 3rd season of the HBO drama True Detective, playing Roland West, an Arkansas State Investigator who, along with his partner, has his life and career influenced over three decades by a baffling crime. (Variety)

U.K. actor Colin McFarlane (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) will appear in the 4th season of Outlander, playing Ulysses, the butler of the River Run plantation in North Carolina that is owned by Jocasta McKenzie Cameron (Jamie Fraser’s aunt and sister of the late Dougal and Colum McKenzie) [to be played by Maria Doyle Kennedy (Orphan Black).] (Entertainment Weekly)

Actress Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) has landed the lead role of Sabrina Spellman in the upcoming Netflix series based on the Archie Comics’ supernatural heroine Sabrina, an empowered young woman, half-human, half-witch, who is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as she tries to maintain a normal life as a sophomore at Baxter High. The series was originally in development at The CW before moving to Netflix. (Variety)

Actress-singer Sara Bareilles will play Mary Magdalene in the upcoming live NBC production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which will feature singer John Legend in the lead role. The event series will air on Easter Sunday. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Rosario Dawson (Daredevil) will be featured in multi-episodes of Jane the Virgin in an as yet announced role. (Deadline)

Actress Kate Beckinsale (the Underworld franchise) will star in the Amazon series The Widow, which is being compared to The Bourne Identity and The Legend of Tarzan. The 8-episode drama centers on a woman who left her previous life behind until the husband she thought was dead pops up in the news. Forced to face the world again, she embarks on a mission to uncover the truth about her past which leads her to the Congo where danger lurks in every corner. (Deadline and TV Guide)

RENEWAL/PICK-UP NEWS

Netflix has ordered a sequel to the Will Smith and Joel Edgerton film Bright. (Variety)

The Gifted has been renewed for a second season at FOX. (Variety)

Syfy has given a series order to Nightflyers, which is based on the George R.R. Martin novella that will follow eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard The Nightflyer – a ship with a small tightknit crew and a reclusive captain — in the hope of making contact with alien life. But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place they start to question each other. The cast will include Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire), Eoin Macken (The Night Shift), David Ajala (Falling Water) and Brian F. O’Bryne (The Magicians) [among others].  (The Futon Critic)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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TV Recommendations: Sunday, January 7

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on January 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

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: New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery will air on CBS All Access.

6:20 PM:
Everything, Everything movie on HBO

7 PM:
Runaway Romance movie on UP TV (DEBUT)
Love on the Slopes movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)

8 PM:
Golden Globe Awards on NBC (Special)
Victoria on Masterpiece on PBS (Reair)
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage movie on EPIX
The Lion King (animated) movie on Freeform
The Proposal movie on FX
San Andreas movie on TNT

9 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (RETURN)
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT)
Victoria on Masterpiece on PBS (Reair)
Love on the Sidelines movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

10 PM:
Victoria on Masterpiece on PBS (Reair)
Hope Floats movie on CMT

10:30 PM:
Bridge of Spies movie on TMC
Real Steel movie on TNT

Enjoy!

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Ratings: Winter TV (Friday, January 5)

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The programming options on the major networks last night included the return of a handful of Friday night dramas.

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

8 PM Shows:
MacGyver (CBS) [NEW] – 7.9 million viewers
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) [NEW] – 703,000 viewers

9 PM Shows:
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) [NEW] – 9.9 million viewers
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) [NEW] – 2.5 million viewers

10 PM Show:
Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW] – 9.9 million viewers

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

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TV Recommendations: Saturday, January 6

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on January 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »

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:
Fantastic Beast and Where To Find Them movie on HBO

5:55 PM:
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (animated) movie on FXM

6:49 PM:
Gunpowder mini-series on HBO2

7 PM:
A Royal Winter movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Hailey Dean Mystery: Dating is Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Kingsman: The Secret Service movie on FXX
The Matrix movie on VICE

8 PM:
Figure Skating on NBC (Special)
The Good Doctor on ABC (Reair)
The Dark Knight movie on Cinemax
Everything, Everything movie on HBO
Back to the Future movie on HBO2

9 PM:
Love on the Slopes movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
Darrow & Darrow on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
The Lion King (animated) movie on Freeform
Fast Five movie on Spike TV

9:40 PM:
Hidden Figures movie on HBO

10 PM:
Falling Water on USA Network (Season Premiere)
Kingsman: The Secret Service movie on FXX
Back to the Future, Part II movie on HBO2

10:30 PM:
Speed movie on TNT

Enjoy!

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Outlander News: Season Four Casting Announcement

Posted in Breaking News, Casting, Television on January 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Outlander Fans!

Another important role has been cast for season 4 of the popular Starz drama Outlander.

U.K. actor Colin McFarlane has been cast in the role of Ulysses, the butler of the River Run plantation in North Carolina. Ulysses is a well-educated and musically inclined man who was sold into slavery when he was young. He was acquired by Hector Cameron, husband of Jocasta McKenzie Cameron (Jamie Fraser’s aunt and sister of the late Dougal and Colum McKenzie), and becomes the trusted servant of Jocasta, who will be played by Maria Doyle Kennedy (Orphan Black).

McFarlane’s extensive film and TV credits include Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and Torchwood. Faithful viewers of the Hallmark Channel holiday movies will also recognize him from the Danica McKeller-led made-for-TV movie A Crown for Christmas.

Production on the fourth season, based on the fourth book “Drums of Autumn” in the Outlander franchise, began in October in Scotland.

An official air date has yet to be announced by Starz, but it is anticipated that Outlander will return later in 2018.

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Ratings: Winter TV (Thursday, January 4)

Posted in Ratings, Television on January 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Last night on the major networks was filled with repeats, reality, news and comedies with only two of the Thursday night dramas airing new episodes.

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

10 PM Shows:
Chicago Fire (NBC) [NEW] – 6.2 million viewers
S.W.A.T. (CBS) [NEW] – 5.9 million viewers

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

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TV Recommendations: Friday, January 5

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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:

5 PM:
The Matrix movie on VICE

5:30 PM:
The Prince & Me movie on Freeform

6 PM:
Love on Ice movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)

6:05 PM:
Whisky Tango Foxtrot movie on EPIX

8 PM:
Figure Skating on NBC (Special)
Love Struck Café movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
The Chronicles of Riddick movie on BBC America
Jurassic World movie on FX
What a Girl Wants movie on POP

9 PM:
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC (RETURN)
9-1-1 on FOX (Encore of DEBUT)
Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Ghostbusters (original) movie on VH1

9:45 PM:
Gunpowder mini-series on HBO (Encore)

9:54 PM:
Legally Blonde movie on Starz

Enjoy!

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