Posted in Ratings, Television on October 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Last night’s primetime line-up was overflowing with football, repeats, news, reality, game shows and some animation along with new episodes of three Sunday night dramas.
Here is how those three Sunday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Show:
The Equalizer (CBS) [NEW] – 7.5 million viewers
9 PM Show:
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) [NEW] – 5.6 million viewers
10 PM Show:
SEAL Team (CBS) [NEW] – 3.8 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on October 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Here is the long list of the programming options, including fall TV premieres, finales and debuts as well as movies, to expect on TV this coming week:
On October 25, the 4th season premiere of All American will air on The CW at 8 PM followed by the new drama 4400 (a reboot of the USA Network series The 4400), which will debut at 9 PM. Over the last century at least, 4400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. But then, inexplicably, they are all returned in an instant to Detroit, MI, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. The ensemble cast includes Joseph David-Jones, Ireon Roach, Brittany Adebumola, Cory Jeacoma, TL Thompson, Jaye Ladymore, Derrick A. King, Amarr Wooten and newcomers Khailah Johnson and Autumn Best.
The Netflix feature film Hypnotic will debut online on October 27. The thriller centers on a young woman seeking self-improvement, who enlists the help of a renowned hypnotist. But after a handful of intense sessions, she soon discovers unexpected and deadly consequences. The cast includes Kate Siegel, Jason O’Mara and Dulé Hill.
On October 28, Walker will return for the start of its 2nd season on The CW at 8 PM; meanwhile, that same day, the season finale of Kin will air online on AMC+.
The Passionflix movie Seduction & Snacks will debut online on October 28. Based on the best-selling novel by Tara Sivec, the story focuses on Claire (Mela Green) is a twenty-something, single mom who grudgingly helps her best friend sell adult toys while she attempts to make enough money to start her own business to give her foul-mouthed, but extremely loveable (when he’s asleep) toddler a better life. When Carter (Vince Hill-Bedford), the one-night-stand from her past that changed her life forever, shows up in her hometown bar without any recollection of her besides her unique chocolate scent, Claire will make it a point that he remembers her this time.
On October 29, the new drama Colin in Black & White will debut online on Netflix. The series focuses on the high school years of Colin Kaepernick (Jaden Michael) and the experiences that led him to become an activist. The cast includes Mary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman. Kaepernick provides his voice as the narrator.
Christmas in Harmony is the latest holiday movie to debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM on October 29. Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus — directed by an ex-boyfriend. By Christmas Eve, they could be harmonizing in the key of love. The cast includes Ashleigh Murray, Luke James, Loretta Devine, Michelle Williams and Basil Wallace.
On October 30, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie The Christmas Promise will debut at 10 PM. Nicole learns to deal with grief, with the help of her grandfather and a carpenter she hires to renovate the home that was once meant for her and her fiancé. The film stars Torrey DeVitto, Dylan Bruce, Patrick Duffy and Greyston Holt.
The holiday movie Coyote Creek Christmas will debut on October 30 at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel. A “Christmas Around the World” party helps two people (Janel Parrish and Ryan Paevey) find love at home.
On October 30, the GAC Family holiday movie Much Ado About Christmas will debut at 8 PM. Haley (Susie Abromeit) is beloved in her community of Winterstone for acts of kindness ranging from managing The Hope Chest to directing the children’s choir. Haley is also the daughter of one of Winterstone’s wealthiest residents Leona Lloyd. Despite Haley’s down-to-earth demeanor, she is financially set as Leona’s only heir – information she fails to share with new love interest Claud (Torrance Coombs), an artsy, hopeless romantic. Haley introduces herself to Claud as “Haley Logan,” raised by a single, struggling mom, a small fib that becomes a complication when Claud and his team present an ad pitch to Leona that includes a photo of Claud’s new girlfriend…Haley! Secrets are revealed and relationships ruffled, but Christmas is coming and miracles do happen.
On October 31, the season finale of Chapelwaite will air on EPIX at 9 PM; meanwhile that same night, the latest season of Doctor Who will premiere on BBC America at 8 PM.
The Hallmark Channel movie Christmas Sail will debut on October 31 at 8 PM. When Liz returns home to take care of her estranged father she is determined to give her daughter a perfect Christmas and reconnects with her best friend. The cast includes Katee Sackhoff, Patrick Sabongui and Terry O’Quinn.
Lastly, also on October 31, the movie A Picture Perfect Wedding will debut on UPtv at 7 PM. Wedding photographer Lindsey (Emily Tennant) gets her big opportunity when a New York mogul’s son, Josh (Tyler Johnson), asks her to shoot his sister’s wedding. Sparks fly as Josh and Lindsey prepare for the ceremony, and the pair begin to fall for each other. But as the big day arrives and the project finishes, do they go back to their old, separate lives or will they follow their hearts?
Mark your calendar!
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on October 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
On October 29, Christmas in Harmony is the latest holiday movie to debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM
Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus — directed by an ex-boyfriend. By Christmas Eve, they could be harmonizing in the key of love.
The cast includes Ashleigh Murray, Luke James, Loretta Devine, Michelle Williams and Basil Wallace.
Here is a trailer for Christmas in Harmony:
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on October 25, 2021| 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
5:30 PM:
Ant-Man movie on USA Network
6 PM:
The Christmas House movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
A Christmas Love Story movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
7 PM:
Shrek 2 (animated) movie on Freeform
The Cutting Edge movie on ThisTV
8 PM:
Chapelwaite on EPIX (Encore)
Sweet Carolina movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Queen & Slim movie on Cinemax
Fried Green Tomatoes movie on POP
Ant-Man and The Wasp movie on TNT
9 PM:
4400 on The CW (DEBUT)
The Big Leap on FOX (NEW)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
On the 12th Date of Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
A Bride for Christmas on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Shrek Forever After (animated) movie on Freeform
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold movie on ThisTV
9:50 PM:
Condor on EPIX (Encore)
10 PM:
Ordinary Joe on NBC (NEW)
A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Marry Me at Christmas on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
The Rock movie on TMC
10:40 PM:
Condor on EPIX (Encore)
Enjoy!
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on October 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
NEW SERIES ORDER
A John Wick (the box office franchise) prequel series The Continental from Starz has cast Mel Gibson in the lead role. The series will explore the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Gibson will play a new character named Cormac, but no further details are available about his character. The series will be a three-night event series, but no premiere has been set yet. (Variety)
CANCELLATION
Syfy has cancelled the thriller SurrealEstate after only one season. (Twitter)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Disney is delaying several upcoming Marvel movies, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness from March 25 to May 6; Thor: Love and Thunder from May 6 to July 8 and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from July 8 to November 11. The Marvels has been postponed to early 2023 and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will be released on July 28, 2023. The 5th Indiana Jones movie will open on June 30, 2023. The scheduling overhaul is related to production and not box office returns. (Variety)
It looks like Ryan Gosling just might be starring alongside Margot Robbie in the upcoming Warner Bros. and Mattel film live action movie about Barbie and Ken with the two A-listers starring in the lead roles. (Variety)
TV CASTING NEWS
Brett Tucker, who was introduced in this week’s episode of The Big Leap, will join the cast in the heavily recurring role of Linus, the hunky boom operator who works on the set of the reality series within the drama. He will be a potential love interest for Julia (series regular Teri Polo). (Deadline)
Corbin Bernsen will reprise his original role in the ABC reboot of L.A. Law. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Netflix movie franchise To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before will be getting a TV show spin-off called Xo, Kitty, focusing on teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey (portrayed by Anna Cathcart in the movie franchise). The half-hour long series will consist of 10 episodes, finding Kitty moving halfway across the world and reuniting with her long-distance boyfriend only to realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it’s your own heart on the line. (Variety)
Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars), Azie Tesfai (Supergirl) and Mario Van Peebles will all recur on A Million Little Things. Hansen will play Camden, a handsome and charming professional hockey player while Tesfai will play Cassandra, a very good publicist helping Rome with his documentary. Van Peebles, who will play Regina’s father Ronald. (TV Line)
Uma Thurman will portray Arianna Huffington in the upcoming Showtime series Super Pumped that will chart the rise of Uber. Based on the Mike Isaac book, the series will focus on Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his sometimes tumultuous relationship with his mentor Bill Gurley (Kyle Chandler). (Variety)
The upcoming Apple anthology series Extrapolations will focus on climate change, and among its cast will be Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Kit Harington, Matthew Rhys, Daveed Diggs, Gemma Chan and David Schwimmer. The series will examine how impending changes to the planet will affect love, faith, work and family in people’s lives over eight interconnected episodes. Streep’s role has yet to be disclosed; Miller will play a marine biologist named Rebecca Shearer; Harington will play Nick Bilton, the CEO of an industrial giant. Meanwhile, Rhys will play a real estate developer named Junior; Diggs will play Marshall Zucker, a rabbi in South Florida; Chan will play Natasha Alper, a single mother and micro-finance banker; and Schwimmer will play Harris Goldblatt, a man with a teenage daughter. (Deadline)
Jonathan Tucker (Debris, Kingdom and Charlie’s Angels) will star opposite Michelle Monaghan in the upcoming Netflix psychological limited series thriller Echoes, which is about identical twins Leni and Gina (both portrayed by Monaghan), who share a dangerous secret. Since they were children, Leni and Gina secretly have swapped lives, culminating in a double life as adults: They share two homes, two husbands and a child, but everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing. Tucker will play Dylan James, a troubled and mysterious local townie and childhood associate of Leni and Gina’s. The cast includes Matt Bomer, Daniel Sunjata, Ali Stroker and Karen Robinson. (Deadline)
Kaley Ronayne (Gotham) will have a recurring role on The Resident, appearing as Cade, a badass emergency room doctor, who takes no prisoners, but also has her own brand of no-nonsense empathy for her patients. (TV Line)
SERIES PICK-UPS
The CW will be adding a new international drama to its upcoming line-up. The new Italian drama Leonardo, starring Aiden Turner (of The Hobbit and Poldark fame), will recount the extraordinary life through da Vinci’s works that made him famous, through the stories hidden within those works, revealing little by little the inner torment of a man obsessed with attaining perfection. The cast will include Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) and James D’Arcy (Dunkirk and Agent Carter). (Deadline)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on October 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »
On October 28, the Passionflix movie Seduction & Snacks will debut online.
Based on the best-selling novel by Tara Sivec, the story focuses on Claire (Mela Green) is a twenty-something, single mom who grudgingly helps her best friend sell adult toys while she attempts to make enough money to start her own business to give her foul-mouthed, but extremely loveable (when he’s asleep) toddler a better life. When Carter (Vince Hill-Bedford), the one-night-stand from her past that changed her life forever, shows up in her hometown bar without any recollection of her besides her unique chocolate scent, Claire will make it a point that he remembers her this time.
Here is a trailer for Seduction & Snacks:
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on October 24, 2021| 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
5:15 PM:
Avengers: Age of Ultron movie on TBS
5:36 PM:
Eat Pray Love movie on Encore
6 PM:
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (animated) movie on FX
6:15 PM:
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi movie on Showtime 2
6:55 PM:
Deadpool 2 movie on FXM
7 PM:
Eat, Drink and Be Married movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
The Proposal movie on E!
7:32 PM:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie on Syfy
8 PM:
The Equalizer on CBS (NEW)
Call the Midwife on PBS (NEW)
The Santa Stakeout movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (animated) movie on FX
9 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW)
Chapelwaite on EPIX (NEW)
Grantchester on PBS (NEW)
10 PM:
The Rookie on ABC (NEW)
Baptiste on PBS (NEW)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (animated) movie on FX
Enjoy!
Posted in Ratings, Television on October 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It was a night filled with wrestling, reality and news on the major networks as well as new episodes from four Friday night dramas.
Here is how those four Friday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Show:
S.W.A.T. (CBS) [NEW] – 4.5 million viewers
9 PM Shows:
Magnum P.I. (CBS) [NEW] – 4.8 million viewers
Nancy Drew (The CW) [NEW] – 403,000 viewers
10 PM Show:
Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW] – 5.8 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
Posted in Movies, Reminder, Television, Video on October 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
On October 27, the Netflix feature film Hypnotic will debut online.
The thriller centers on a young woman seeking self-improvement, who enlists the help of a renowned hypnotist. But after a handful of intense sessions, she soon discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.
The cast includes Kate Siegel, Jason O’Mara and Dulé Hill.
Here is a trailer for Hypnotic:
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on October 23, 2021| 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:
5:15 PM:
Erin Brockovich movie on TMC
5:30 PM:
Columbiana movie on Sundance TV
5:47 PM:
McFarland, USA movie on Starz
6:20 PM:
Monsters, Inc. (animated) movie on Disney
6:30 PM:
Forrest Gump movie on Showtime
7 PM:
Frankie Drake Mysteries on Ovation (NEW)
The Martian movie on FXM
Selena movie on VH1
8 PM:
Men in Black: International movie on FX
9 PM:
Batman to Wonder Woman: TV’s Favorite Superheroes on Reelz (Special)
Boyfriends of Christmas Past movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
10 PM:
Christmas in my Heart movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT)
The Notebook movie on VH1
Enjoy!
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