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Summer TV Reminder: What’s on TV This Week

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »

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

On July 28, The CW will premiere the two-season run of the CBS All Access series Tell Me a Story at 9 PM.

The second season of The Umbrella Academy will debut on Netflix on July 31; that same day, the sequel to the Passionflix film Gabriel’s Inferno – Gabriel’s Inferno, Part II -will debut online.

On August 1, he Australian series The Code [not to be confused with the US series of the same night that aired on CBS] will make its US debut on Ovation at 7 PM. The first six-part series, set in both outback and metropolitan areas of Australia, interweaves several plot lines. The first follows brothers Ned (Dan Spielman) and Jesse Banks (Ashley Zukerman), who publish a video of a mysterious outback accident, and Hani Parande (Adele Perovic), who becomes involved with them. The second follows the accident, which sees teacher Alex Wisham (Lucy Lawless) and policeman Tim Simons (Aaron Pedersen) becoming involved in the personal affairs of accused teenager Clarence Boyd (Aaron L. McGrath). The third covers Ned’s journalism office, managed by Perry Benson (Adam Garcia). The fourth chronicles the intrigues of Deputy Prime Minister Ian Bradley (David Wenham), and political staffers Randall Keats (Aden Young) and Sophie Walsh (Chelsie Preston Crayford) while the after-effects of the accident unfold.

The Hallmark Channel movie Romance in the Air will also debut on August 1 at 9 PM. After learning her job is on the line, Eden (Cindy Busby) returns to Lake Tahoe where she used to spend her summers growing up. There she’s reunited with her childhood friend Riley (Torrance Coombs) and finds that the draw of her past might direct her future to a happiness she’s been missing in her life.

On August 2, the new movie Love By Accident will debut at 7 PM on UPtv. While on a road trip to spread her godfather’s ashes, Daphne (Getenesh Berhe) and her ill godmother Fran (Lanette Ware) get into an accident forcing them to make an unexpected stop. Wanting to keep Fran off the road, Daphne enlists Matthew (Henderson Wade), their mechanic, to be her fake boyfriend. But soon their fake relationship isn’t so fake after all. The movie also stars Conrad Coates and Yanic Truesdale.

Mark your calendars!

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Gabriel’s Inferno, Part II

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The Passionflix film Gabriel’s Inferno, Part II will debut online on July 31.

Gabriel Emerson (Giulio Berruti) is a brilliant and enigmatic professor of Dante studies at the University of Toronto. His cold, aloof exterior masks dark secrets he successfully hides, though he has never overcome them. A lovely, intelligent graduate student in his seminar triggers a dim memory – one he cannot place, but which is key to the happiness he long thought was impossible.

Julianne Mitchell (Melanie Zanetti) is a compassionate, kind young woman still struggling to overcome a childhood of neglect and abuse. When she enrolls at the University of Toronto, she knows she will see someone from her past – a man she met once, in an encounter she has never forgotten. Gabriel cannot recall what Julia knows: that they have a shared history rooted in an important moment of their lives.

In this conclusion, their story continues to unfold around the electrifying connection between the two and their increasingly passionate affair. Gabriel sees her unconditional love as his path to salvation even as he acknowledges his selfishness in doing so. Julia struggles with her own self-worth as she grows to trust Gabriel’s feelings for her. Determined to capture the happiness that eluded them when they parted years ago, they must defy their own painful pasts as well as obstacles which now conspire to keep them apart.

Here is the trailer for Gabriel’s Inferno, Part II:

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TV Recommendations: Monday, July 27

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 27, 2020| 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:
The Fugitive movie on AMC
Solo: A Star Wars Story movie on TNT

6 PM:
A Country Wedding on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:56 PM:
Hellboy (2004) movie on Starz

7 PM:
My Gal Sunday movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

8 PM:
9-1-1 on FOX (Reair)
A Summer Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit movie on AMC
Young Guns movie on BBC America
Wreck-It Ralph (animated) movie on Disney
Sing (animated) movie on FX
Top Gun movie on Paramount Network
Ready Player One movie on TNT

9 PM:
Deep State on EPIX (Encore)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Bundle of Trouble movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
All Rise on CBS (Reair)
9-1-1: Lone Star on FOX (Reair)
Forrest Gump movie on Encore
The Terminator movie on ThisTV

9:50 PM:
Deep State on EPIX (Encore)

10:30 PM:
Sing (animated) movie on FX
Top Gun movie on Paramount Network

Enjoy!

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Entertainment Update for July 20 to July 26

Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on July 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

Grantchester has been given a sixth season renewal by PBS. (Deadline and @masterpiecepbs)

Burden of Truth has been renewed for a 4th season. (Facebook)

Perry Mason has been renewed for a 2nd season. (Variety)

The Boys has been renewed for a 3rd season. (Variety)

Netflix has given a second season order to Sweet Magnolias. (TV Line)

Netflix has also given a second season order to Outer Banks. (The Hollywood Reporter)

CASTING NEWS

Actress Mario Bello is leaving NCIS in the upcoming 18th season. She’ll leave the series eight episodes into the coming season, which is penciled in to premiere sometime this fall. (TV Line)

Veteran actor Terrence Stamp (General Zod in the Superman films) will appear in season 2 of His Dark Materials as Giacomo Paradisi, who lives in the Tower of Angels in Cittagazze where much of the season’s action unfolds. And, actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) will provide the voice of the daemon of Andrew Scott’s Colonel John Parry. (TV Line, The Futon Critic and Deadline)

Actress Sherri Saum (The Fosters) has joined the cast of the spin-off Power Book II: Ghost that picks up shortly after the earth-shattering events of Power as Tariq St. Patrick grapples with a new world order: his father dead and his mother, Tasha (Naturi Naughton), facing charges for the murder her son committed. Saum will play Paula Matarazzo, the top investigator and right-hand man of the arrogant defense lawyer Davis MacLean. (TV Line and Deadline)

Actress Tiffany Boone (Hunters and The Chi) has joined the cast of the upcoming Hulu drama Nine Perfect Strangers, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty. The series stars Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy; takes place at a swanky health and wellness resort called Tranquillium where nine frazzled city dwellers go to unwind. Kidman will play the resort’s director, Masha, who may not be exactly what she seems. Boone will portray Delilah, one of Masha’s employees. The cast also includes Samara Weaving (Hollywood and the box office film Ready or Not), Luke Evans (The Alienist). (TV Line)

Actress Margot Bingham (New Amsterdam and Boardwalk Empire) will appear in The Walking Dead as Stephanie, an enigmatic survivor of the zombie outbreak in Charleston, West Virginia, who connects via radio with Josh McDermitt’s Eugene Porter. This role has already appeared in voice during two episodes this past season. (Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Comic Con @Home 2020: Final Day

Posted in Comic Con, Convention/Event, Geekdom, Movies, Pictures, Television, Video on July 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Today is the final day of panels for Comic Con @Home, which will include panels for the Freeform fantasy series Motherland: Fort Salem, the upcoming FOX drama nExt and the final season of The CW’s post-apocalyptic series The 100 as well as a panels focusing on Who’s the Best Doctor Who, the Psychology of Pop Culture and Christmas and A Conversation with (the one and only) Nathan Fillion [among many other panels].

You can see the full, daily schedule below:

Sunday, July 26 Comic Con @Home

The first panels start at 10 AM and the final panels start at 4 PM.

For many years now, Supernatural has been a part of the Sunday line-up in Hall H, and it only feels right to include pictures – taken by our own Dominick Dusseault – from last year, which was the show’s final appearance at Comic Con since it is coming to an end after 15 seasons on The CW.

Supernatural:

It also seemed like the right time to include pictures – also from Dominick Dusseault – from last year’s panels for The Witcher and Game of Thrones:

The Witcher:

Game of Thrones:

Here’s to next year’s event (that will hopefully be held in person).

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TV Recommendations: Sunday, July 26

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 26, 2020| 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:

6 PM:
A Christmas Love Story movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Mummy (1999) movie on CMT
Hotel Transylvania 2 (animated) movie on FX
Tombstone movie on Paramount Network
Shrek 2 (animated) movie on TBS
Solo: A Star Wars Story movie on TNT

6:01 PM:
Charlie’s Angels (2019) movie on Starz

6:20 PM:
Sweet Home Alabama movie on Freeform

7 PM:
Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)

7:03 PM:
Perry Mason on HBO 2 (Encore)

7:15 PM:
Kingsmen: The Secret Service movie on FXM

7:30 PM:
The Day After Tomorrow movie on AMC

7:35 PM:
The Avengers movie on EPIX

8 PM:
Stargirl on The CW (Reair)
Switched for Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Shawshank Redemption movie on Encore
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation movie on FX

8:03 PM:
Perry Mason on HBO 2 (Encore)

9 PM:
Perry Mason on HBO (NEW)
Yellowstone on Paramount Network (NEW)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Skulls (2000) movie on HBO2

10 PM:
Wynonna Earp on Syfy (NEW – Season Premiere)
NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)
Christmas in Evergreen movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Mummy Returns movie on CMT
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation movie on FX
Tombstone movie on Paramount Network
My Best Friend’s Wedding movie on Showtime 2

10:01 PM:
The Equalizer 2 movie on Starz

Enjoy!

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Comic Con @Home 2020: Day Four

Posted in Comic Con, Convention/Event, Geekdom, Movies, Pictures, Television, Video on July 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Today is the third full day of panels for Comic Con @Home, which will feature panels for TV shows For All Mankind, the new Peacock series Brave New World, Netflix’s The Order, the new HBO thriller Lovecraft Country, ABC’s Stumptown, the fan favorite Wynonna Earp, the AMC thriller NOS4A2 and a salute to the popular sci-fi series Farscape as well as a reunion/salute to the original box office movie Constantine – that is expected to include Keanu Reeves, who is also expected to show up for the panel focusing on the new Bill & Ted movie and An Evening with Kevin Smith [among many other panels].

You can see the full, daily schedule below:

Saturday, July 25 Comic Con @Home

The first panels start at 10 AM and the final panels start at 6 PM.

Since there are a few panels dedicated to the world of Marvel – included a scientific salute to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – it felt only right to take a look back, courtesy of photos taken by our very own Dominick Dusseault, – to the plethora of Marvel cast members who appeared at a huge Marvel event last year:

Black Widow:

Blade:

Mahershala Ali

Doctor Strange:

Benedict Cumberbatch

The Eternals:

Falcon and Winter Soldier:

Hawkeye:

Jeremy Renner

Loki:

Tom Hiddleston

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:

Simu Liu

Thor: Love and Thunder:

WandaVision:

What If:

Jeffrey Wright

And, since this year’s event features a panel dedicated to Kevin Smith, it only seemed fitting to include pictures – courtesy of Dominick Dusseault – from last year’s panel that featured Kevin along with a few of his co-stars from the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot movie:

More coming soon…

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TV Recommendations: Saturday, July 25

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 25, 2020| 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: There will be a marathon of Cedar Cove episodes on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries throughout the day.  Check your local listings for airtimes.

5:20 PM:
Ford v Ferrari movie on HBO

5:30 PM:
Fast & Furious movie on IFC

6 PM:
The Christmas Cottage movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Bourne Ultimatum movie on Syfy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie on TNT

6:15 PM:
I Am Number Four movie on AMC

7 PM:
Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime on Ovation (NEW – Finale)
50 First Dates movie on Comedy Central

7:30 PM:
Legally Blonde movie on Bravo

8 PM:
Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

8:30 PM:
Doctor Strange movie on Syfy

9 PM:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie on TNT

9:30 PM:
Legally Blonde movie on Bravo

10 PM:
Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

10:05 PM:
Waves movie on Showtime

10:25 PM:
Perry Mason on HBO (Encore)

Enjoy!

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Ratings: Summer TV (Thursday, July 23)

Posted in Ratings, Television on July 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Last night’s primetime line-up was extremely top-heavy with repeats, a little bit of reality and one Thursday night drama airing a new episode, which was in fact it’s 100th episode AND its series finale.

Here is how that lone Thursday night drama fared in the overnight ratings:

9 PM Show:
Blindspot (NBC) [NEW] – 1.7 million viewers

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

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Comic Con @Home 2020: Day Three

Posted in Comic Con, Convention/Event, Geekdom, Movies, Pictures, Television, Video on July 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Today is the second full day of panels for Comic Con @Home, which will feature panels for TV shows such as Vikings, Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead, the new spin-off series The Walking Dead: World Beyond, the new drama The Capture from Peacock, The CW’s Pandora and the upcoming Quibi thriller Don’t Look Deeper as well as the annual Brave Warriors panel sponsored by Entertainment Weekly, the annual Fan Favorites panel hosted by TV Guide Magazine, a salute to the work of actress Charlize Theron and A Zoom with Joss Whedon [among lots of other panels].

You can see the full, daily schedule below:

Friday, July 24 Comic Con @Home

The first panels start at 10 AM and the final panels start at 6 PM with the 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards getting underway at 7 PM, which rounds out the night.

Since there are three panels dedicated to the world of The Walking Dead included among the panels for this events at-home event, let’s take a visit back to last year’s Comic Con – courtesy of photos taken by our very own Dominick Dusseault – when actors from Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead appeared at the 2019 event:

Fear the Walking Dead:

The Walking Dead:

Last year also found some of the cast of The CW sci-fi series Pandora taking to the stage, and this year’s event will find some of the panel participating in a video panel. Let’s take a look at some of the pictures that Dominick Dusseault took from last year’s Pandora in-person panel:

And, as a way to honor both of this year’s TV Guide Magazine and Entertainment Weekly annual events, let’s look back at the ladies who participated in the Women Who Kick Ass panel as well as the cast of Westworld; all taken by Dominick Dusseault:

Women Who Kick Ass:

Westworld:

More coming soon…

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