Posted in Ratings, Television on February 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Last night’s programming options on the major networks was full with the remaining Monday night dramas airing new episodes.
8 PM Shows:
Lucifer (FOX) [NEW] – 3.7 million viewers
Supergirl (The CW) [NEW – Winter Finale] – 2.1 million viewers
9 PM Show:
The Resident (FOX) [NEW] – 4.8 million viewers
10 PM Shows:
The Good Doctor (ABC) [NEW] – 9.5 million viewers
Scorpion (CBS) [NEW] – 5.5 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on February 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:
4 PM:
The Green Mile movie on AMC
X-Men: Days of Future Past movie on FX
5:30 PM:
Taken 3 movie on FXX
5:50 PM:
Everything, Everything movie on HBO
7 PM:
Psych on Hallmark Channel
NCIS on USA Network
7:30 PM:
Terminator: Genisys movie on FX
8 PM:
NCIS on CBS (NEW)
The Flash on The CW (NEW)
The Fosters on Freeform (NEW)
Psych on Hallmark Channel
10 Things I Hate About You movie on E!
9 PM:
Black Lightning on The CW (NEW)
This Is Us on NBC (NEW)
Hailey Dean Murder: The Deadly Estate movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Chronicles of Riddick movie on Syfy
9:25 PM:
Gifted movie on HBO2
10 PM:
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World on ABC (Return)
NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (NEW)
The Quad on BET (NEW)
Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on February 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Here is the list of the new programming options to expect on TV this coming holiday week:
The winter finale of Supergirl will air on The CW on February 5 at 8 PM.
On February 7, both the season finale of The Librarians will air on TNT at 8 PM and the season finale of Knightfall will air on the History Channel at 10 PM.
Also on February 7, the third season of the Syfy anthology series Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block will premiere at 10 PM. The cast includes Holland Roden from Teen Wolf.
The Crackle original movie In the Cloud will air online on February 8, starring Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects), Justin Chatwin (Shameless), Tomiwa Edun (Merlin), Nora Arnezeder (Zoo) and Laura Fraser (A Knight’s Tale).
On February 10, the Hallmark Channel movie Very, Very Valentine will debut at 9 PM, starring Danica McKellar, Cameron Mathison and Damon Runyan.
The TV One original movie Behind the Movement will debut on February 11 at 7 PM, starring Meta Golding, Loretta Devine and Isaiah Washington.
Also on February 11, the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery will air its season finale on CBS All Access at 8:30 PM. That same night the 7th season premiere of Homeland will air on Showtime at 9 PM.
Cooking with Love is the new Hallmark Channel movie that will debut on February 11 at 9 PM, starring Ali Liebert and Brett Dalton.
Also on February 11, the new HBO drama Here and Now will debut at 9 PM. The cast includes Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter as well as Necar Zadegan (24 and Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce), Jerrika Hinton (Grey’s Anatomy) and Sosie Bacon (13 Reasons Why).
The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled will debut at 7 PM, featuring the regular cast of Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe and Geoff Gustafson
Lastly, also on February 11, the new series Private Eyes will debut on ION at 9 PM, starring Jason Priestley (of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame) and Cindy Sampson.
Mark your calendars!
Posted in Ratings, Television on February 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »
It was the big game last night so the rest of the major networks aired repeats or movies. That being said, the big hit of the season – This Is Us – aired a new episode after the game, scoring BIG with the American audience who stayed up to watch it.
10 PM Show [Approximately]:
This Is Us (NBC) [NEW – Special Airing] – 43 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on February 5, 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 PM:
X-Men: First Class movie on FX
6:10 PM:
The Mummy movie on Cinemax
6:30 PM:
Ant-Man movie on TNT
7 PM:
Psych on Hallmark Channel
8 PM:
Supergirl on The CW (NEW – Winter Finale)
Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar movie on Lifetime (Encore)
Psych on Hallmark Channel
The Green Mile movie on AMC
Mean Girls movie on E!
X-Men: Days of Future Past movie on FX
9 PM:
The Resident on FOX (NEW)
The Alienist on TNT (NEW)
Along Came a Nanny movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
9:05 PM:
Berlin Station on EPIX (Reair)
10 PM:
Scorpion on CBS (NEW)
The Alienist on TNT (Encore)
10 Things I Hate About You movie on E!
10:01 PM
The Good Doctor on ABC (NEW)
10:42 PM:
Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
Enjoy!
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on February 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
RENEWAL/CANCELLATION NEWS
Syfy has given the new series Happy a second season renewal. (The Futon Critic)
The Chi has been given a second season renewal by Showtime. (Variety)
Hulu has canceled the drama series “Shut Eye” after two seasons. (Variety)
While the Netflix streaming series A Series of Unfortunate Events will airs its second season online on March 30, the third season – which has yet to be given a return date – will be the final season. (The Hollywood Reporter)
CASTING NEWS
Suits will be back for an 8th season, but without actress Megan Markle, who – as everyone on the planet knows – is marrying Prince Harry in May and without actor Patrick J. Adams. Series creator Aaron Korsh will be back along with stars Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman and new series regular Dulé Hill. It was also announced that Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) will be joining the show for its 8th season as Samantha Wheeler, a talented new partner at Pearson Specter Litt who challenges the status quo and will either become the firm’s greatest ally or most powerful enemy. (Variety)
Actress Tembi Locke (Eureka) has landed a recurring role on NCIS: Los Angeles, playing Leigha Winters, a powerful executive at an investment bank who assumes control after the death of the firm’s head. (Deadline)
Actor Jeff Pierre (Freeform’s Beyond) will play Prince Naveen opposite actress Mekia Cox, who has been playing Princess Tiana aka Sabine in Once Upon a Time. (Deadline)
Actress Shalita Grant will be exiting her series regular role of Sonja Percy on NCIS: New Orleans as of the April 3 episode. (Variety and The Futon Critic)
MOVIE CASTING NEWS
Actor Brandon Routh (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) will so-star in the live-action remake of Anastasia. Set in 1917, the family film follows Anastasia Romanov, who escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin and finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl. Emily Carey (she played young Diana in the box office film Wonder Woman) will play the title character and Amiah Miller (War for the Planet of the Apes) plays Megan. Routh will portray Czar Nicholas, the Czar of Russia and the father of Princess Anastasia. (Deadline)
Actor Robbie Jones (One Tree Hill and Necessary Roughness) will star in the Shaft sequel, which will also star past Shaft actors Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Roundtree. The film will also include Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Cliff “Method Man” Smith and Matt Lauria. The film will follow John Shaft Jr. (a.k.a. JJ), a cyber security expert and FBI analyst who reluctantly enlists his estranged father to help to find out who killed his best friend Karim and bring down a drug-trafficking/money-laundering operation in NYC. (Deadline)
Tom Hanks will star in a biopic based on iconic Mister Rogers Neighborhood creator Fred Rogers, playing the lead role. (Deadline)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On February 8, the Crackle original movie In the Cloud will air online today.
This is a high-octane, international, sci-fi thriller that takes place in the near future after dozens of people are killed in attacks by a serial terrorist bomber.
The cast includes Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects), Justin Chatwin (Shameless), Tomiwa Edun (Merlin), Nora Arnezeder (Zoo) and Laura Fraser (A Knight’s Tale).
Here is a trailer for In the Cloud.
Posted in Ratings, Television on February 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Before the 2018 Winter Olympics get started and many shows go on yet another mid-season break, it was a full night of programming on the major networks last night with all of the Friday dramas airing new episodes.
Here is how all of those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows:
MacGyver (CBS) [NEW] – 7.2 million viewers
Blindspot (NBC) [NEW] – 3.3 million viewers
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) [NEW] – 656,000 viewers
9 PM Shows:
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) [NEW] – 8.5 million viewers
Taken (NBC) [NEW] – 2.5 million viewers
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) [NEW] – 2.2 million viewers
Jane the Virgin (The CW) [NEW] – 674,000 viewers
10 PM Show:
Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW] – 9.2 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
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