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: Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation movie on FX NCIS on USA Network
8 PM: NCIS on CBS (Reair) The Flash on The CW (Reair) Red movie on TNT Psych on Hallmark Channel
8:30 PM: The Age of Adaline movie on Freeform
9 PM: Black Lightning on The CW (NEW) Counterpart on Starz (Encore) Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore) Psych on Hallmark Channel
10 PM: Kevin (Probably) Saves the World on ABC (RETURN) NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)
The Netflix 10-episode series Seven Seconds will debut online on February 23.
In an instant, life is forever changed for Brenton Butler and his family. After a white cop accidentally hits and critically injures a black teenager, a northeastern city explodes with racial tensions, an attempted cover up and its aftermath, and the trial of the century.
From creator and executive producer, Veena Sud (The Killing) comes Seven Seconds – a thrilling new anthological crime drama that explores the human stories behind the headlines.
The cast includes Regina King (American Crime) Clare-Hope Ashitey (Doctor Foster), Russell Hornsby (Grimm), Michael Mosley (Ozark and Castle) and David Lyons (Safe Haven and Revolution) [among others].
Here is the list of the new programming options to expect on TV this coming holiday week:
On February 19, the Ovation period piece drama X Company will debut at 10 PM. Inspired by the true story of Camp X, a top-secret Allied spy training facility in Lake Ontario, X Company follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits, torn from their ordinary lives and trained to conduct one risky mission after another to help Allied forces change the world. The cast includes Evelyne Brochu (Orphan Black), Hugh Dillon (Flashpoint), Warren Brown (Luther and Strike Back) and Dustin Milligan (90201 and Schitt’s Creek).
The Netflix original movie Mute will debut online on February 23. Berlin, the future, but close enough to feel familiar: In this loud, often brutal city, Leo (Alexander Skarsgård) – unable to speak from a childhood accident – searches for his missing girlfriend, the love of his life, his salvation, through dark streets, frenzied plazas, and the full spectrum of the cities shadow-dwellers. As he seeks answers, Leo finds himself mixed up with Cactus Bill (Paul Rudd) and Duck (Justin Theroux), a pair of irreverent US army surgeons on a mission all their own.
Also on February 23, the Netflix 10-episode series Seven Seconds will debut online. In an instant, life is forever changed for Brenton Butler and his family. After a white cop accidentally hits and critically injures a black teenager, a northeastern city explodes with racial tensions, an attempted cover up and its aftermath, and the trial of the century. From creator and executive producer, Veena Sud (The Killing) comes Seven Seconds – a thrilling new anthological crime drama that explores the human stories behind the headlines. The cast includes Regina King (American Crime) Clare-Hope Ashitey (Doctor Foster), Russell Hornsby (Grimm), Michael Mosley (Ozark and Castle) and David Lyons (Safe Haven and Revolution).
The Hallmark Channel movie Royal Hearts will debut on February 24 at 9 PM. Kelly, a hopeless romantic in Montana eager to finish her dissertation, and her father, Hank, a rancher, receive news that he has inherited an estate from a faraway land. When they travel there, they discover that Hank has not only inherited the estate, but the title that goes along with it – KING! The film stars Cindy Busby, Andrew Cooper and James Brolin.
Lastly on February 25, The Walking Dead will air its winter premiere on AMC at 9 PM.
On February 23, the Netflix original movie Mute will debut online.
Berlin, the future, but close enough to feel familiar: In this loud, often brutal city, Leo (Alexander Skarsgård) – unable to speak from a childhood accident – searches for his missing girlfriend, the love of his life, his salvation, through dark streets, frenzied plazas, and the full spectrum of the cities shadow-dwellers.
As he seeks answers, Leo finds himself mixed up with Cactus Bill (Paul Rudd) and Duck (Justin Theroux), a pair of irreverent US army surgeons on a mission all their own.
NBC has given Midnight, Texas a second season renewal. But, two cast members will not be returning. They are Sarah Ramos and Yul Vazquez. The hope is for them to appear as guest stars, reprising their characters. (Variety and Deadline)
NETWORK SCHEDULE
The CW is planning on launching a two-hour Sunday night primetime block of programming starting next fall season. (Variety)
CASTING NEWS
Actresses Michelle Gomez (Doctor Who) and Lucy Davis (Steve’s secretary Etta in Wonder Woman) have both been cast in the Netflix upcoming Sabrina the Teenage Witch series. Gomez will play Mary Wardell, Sabrina’s favorite teacher and mentor at Baxter High. Davis will play Hilda Spellman, one of Sabrina’s two witch aunts. (Variety and Deadline)
Actor Guy Pearce has joined the upcoming Netflix British supernatural teen series called The Innocents that will explore what happens when teenagers Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell) run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They’re quickly thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Pearce will play Halvorson. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Damon Dayoub (Stitchers) has landed a multi-episode arc on Chicago Fire, playing Jake Cordova, a confident, rugged man’s man firefighter. (The Futon Critic and Deadline)
Actors Sullivan Stapleton (Blindspot) and Philip Winchester (Chicago Justice) will reprise their roles of Damien Scott and Michael Stonebridge in the new version of Strike Back. They will appear in the final two episodes this season. (The Futon Critic and Deadline)
Actors Richard T. Jones (Wisdom of the Crowd) and Titus Makin (Glee) have landed roles in the ABC drama The Rookie that stars Nathan Fillion in the lead role. Jones will play Sergeant Wade Grey, the station’s Watch Commander, who becomes a nemesis to Fillion’s 40 year-old rookie. Makin will play Officer Jackson West, an eager rookie whose father is a high-level commander in the LAPD. (The Futon Critic and Deadline)
Actress Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl) has joined the cast of The Orville for its second season. (The Futon Critic and Twitter)
Veteran actress Betty Buckley (Eight Is Enough and Cats on Broadway) and actor Colin Cunningham (Falling Skies) have joined the cast of Preacher. Buckley will play Gran’ma, a spiritist with true powers, who can cast spells and even bring back the dead (for a price) while Cunningham will play TC, a man born of the bayou and the loyal caretaker and soldier for Gran’ma. (The Futon Critic and Deadline)
Actor Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) has landed a major recurring role on the 2nd season of Hulu’s The Handmaids’s Tale, playing Commander Joseph Lawrence, the architect of Gilead’s economy, who is gruff and intimidating, with a disheveled mad genius vibe. (Deadline)
Actor Bruno Bichir (Absentia) will star opposite Brenton Thwaites and Anna Diop in the new live-action series Titans, which is slated to premiere in 2018 as part of the inaugural slate of a new DC-branded direct-to-consumer digital service. Bichir will play Dr. Niles (The Chief) Caulder, a pioneer in medical science, searching the world over for those on the edge of death in need of a miracle. (Deadline)
Actress Alfre Woodard will recur on the FOX drama Empire, playing Renee, the estranged (and extremely formidable) mother of Cookie (Taraji P. Henson). (TV Line)
Actress Bella Heathcote (The Man in the High Castle) will star opposite Jack Reynor in the CBS All Access series Strange Angel, based on the George Pendle book of the same name. The series focuses on the real-life story of Jack Parsons (Reynor), exploring the dramatic intersection between genius and madness, science and science fiction. Heathcote will play Susan Parsons, Jack’s devoted and fiercely intelligent wife. (Deadline)
Actors Ray Fisher (Justice League) has joined the cast of the third season of the HBO crime series True Detective. Fisher will play Freddy Burns, Wayne’s (series lead Mahershala Ali) son. (Deadline)
MOVIE CASTING NEWS
Actress Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs) will star opposite Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman in the third installment of the Olympus Has Fallen movie franchise: Angel Has Fallen, which follows Mike Banning (Butler) as he continues to be a target of terrorists, this time while mid-flight on Air Force One. (Deadline)
BROADWAY STAGE CASTING NEWS
Actress Katharine McPhee (Scorpion) will make her Broadway debut in April, taking over the lead role of Jenna in Waitress, the Tony-nominated musical based on the movie from Adrienne Shelley that is playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. (Deadline)
TRAILER
First-Ever Footage of Cobra Kai – The Karate Kid saga continues
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: Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie on FX
7 PM: Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Murder She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair) NCIS: Los Angeles on ION
7:02 PM: Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
8 PM: Counterpart on Starz (NEW) Victoria on Masterpiece on PBS (Reair) NCIS: Los Angeles on ION Guardians of the Galaxy movie on FX
9 PM: Victoria on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW) When Calls the Heart movie on Hallmark Channel (Season Premiere) Private Eyes on ION (NEW) Counterpart on Starz (Encore) Captain America: The First Avenger movie on Freeform NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
10 PM: Private Eyes on ION (Encore)
10:30 PM: The Alienist on TNT (Encore) Guardians of the Galaxy movie on FX
The primetime landscape last night was filled reality, repeats, the Olympics and a movie, but one Friday night drama aired a new episode; in fact, it was the show’s season finale.
Here is how that lone drama fared in the overall ratings last night:
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:
4:30 PM: Iron Man 3 movie on FX
5:15 PM: Up (animated) movie on Freeform
5:44 PM: Spider-Man: Homecoming movie on Starz
5:53 PM: Hidden Figures movie on HBO2
7 PM: Cooking with Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Psych on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries NCIS on USA Network
7:10 PM: Strike Back on Cinemax (Encore)
8 PM: Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie on FX Psych on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries NCIS on USA Network
9 PM: Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT) NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair) Psych on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries NCIS on USA Network
9:42 PM: Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
10 PM: Falling Water on USA Network (NEW) Psych on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
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