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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Where Your Heart Belongs

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The Hallmark Channel movie Where Your Heart Belongs will debut on January 1 at 9 PM.

Mackenzie Sullivan (Jen Lilley) is a New York-based marketing executive struggling to keep her clients. When she returns home to a rural maple farm to help her best friend plan her wedding in just two weeks, Mackenzie learns the hard way that the love and support of family and true friends means more than she’d imagined.

Christopher Russell co-stars.

Here is a trailer for Where Your Heart Belongs.

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks

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On January 1, the New Year’s Day special Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks will air at 2 PM (check your local listings for airtime) on BBC America.

On New Year’s Eve, the appearance of an executioner Dalek means Sarah and Nick’s countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them?

Here is a trailer for Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks:

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TV Recommendations: Tuesday, December 28

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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

NOTE: There will be a marathon of episodes of Doctor Who on BBC America. Check your local listings.

6 PM:
Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
A Family Christmas Gift movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Shrek Forever After (animated) movie on Freeform

7 PM:
Pearl Harbor movie on AMC
The Proposal movie on E!

7:30 PM:
The Equalizer movie on Paramount Network

8 PM:
Yellowjackets on Showtime 2 (Encore)
Christmas She Wrote movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Christmas Under the Stars movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Mary Poppins Returns movie on Freeform
Star Trek Into Darkness movie on EPIX
Promising Young Woman movie on HBO 2
Pleasantville movie on TMC

8:25 PM:
The Darkest Minds movie on FXM

8:30 PM:
San Andreas movie on TNT

9 PM:
Yellowjackets on Showtime (Encore)

10 PM:
Christmas Sail movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Every Time a Bell Rings movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)

10:01 PM:
New Amsterdam on NBC (Reair)

10:15 PM:
Star Trek Beyond movie on EPIX

10:30 PM:
The Darkest Minds movie on FXM

Enjoy!

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2021 Year-End Round-Up: TV Ratings

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For many, many years, TV ratings have been the life’s blood of every series whether they are on the major or cable networks. How ratings are determined are being questioned, with potential upgrades to that system being put into place at some soon point.

Until that happens, I will continue to provide my ratings reports (daily, monthly and annually), making adjustments as needed based on how those upgrades pan out.

The very long lists that follow are for dramas – and only dramas – that have aired on the major and cable networks during the last half of the 2020-2021 TV season and the first half of the 2021-2022 TV season. The numbers provided below are the average of the overnight viewership for each drama.

Then at the bottom of this piece are all of the made-for-TV movies on the major and cable networks.

Let’s get started…

The first list is the major network dramas that aired from January through approximately May, covering the last half of the truncated 2020-2021 TV season:

NCIS (CBS) – 9.1 million viewers
FBI (CBS) – 7.7 million viewers
The Equalizer (CBS) – 7.2 million viewers
Chicago Med (NBC) – 7 million viewers
Chicago Fire (NBC) – 6.9 million viewers
9-1-1 (FOX) – 6.2 million viewers
Chicago P.D. (NBC) – 5.9 million viewers
Blue Bloods (CBS) – 5.8 million viewers
FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) – 5.8 million viewers
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – 5.6 million viewers
MacGyver (CBS) – 5.5 million viewers *
Magnum P.I. (CBS) – 5.4 million viewers
9-1-1: Lone Star (FOX) – 5.3 million viewers
Bull (CBS) – 5 million viewers
This Is Us (NBC) – 5 million viewers
Station 19 (ABC) – 4.9 million viewer
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) – 4.7 million viewers
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) – 4.7 million viewers *
Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) – 4.6 million viewers
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) – 4.4 million viewers
The Good Doctor (ABC) – 3.9 million viewers
All Rise (CBS) – 3.8 million viewers #
SEAL Team (CBS) – 3.7 million viewers
New Amsterdam (NBC) – 3.6 million viewers
The Rookie (ABC) – 3.6 million viewers
The Resident (FOX) – 3.4 million viewers
Big Sky (ABC) – 3.2 million viewers
S.W.A.T. (CBS) – 3.1 million viewers
The Blacklist (NBC) – 3.1 million viewers
Manifest (NBC) – 3 million viewers #
Rebel (ABC) – 3 million viewers *
Debris (NBC) – 2.9 million viewers *
Clarice (CBS) – 2.7 million viewers *
A Million Little Things (ABC) – 2.4 million viewers
Nurses (NBC) – 2.1 million viewers ^
Prodigal Son (FOX) – 2 million viewers *
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) – 1.8 million viewers #
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS) – 1.6 million viewers
For Life (ABC) – 1.5 million viewers *
Good Girls (NBC) – 1.5 million viewers *
L.A.’s Finest (FOX) – 1.4 million viewers *
Superman & Lois (The CW) – 1.3 million viewers
Walker (The CW) – 1.3 million viewers
All American (The CW) – 912,000 viewers
The Flash (The CW) – 843,000 viewers
Supergirl (The CW) – 628,000 viewers
Legacies (The CW) – 568,000 viewers
Riverdale (The CW) – 557,000 viewers
Bulletproof (The CW) – 530,000 viewers *
Batwoman (The CW) – 500,000 viewers
Nancy Drew (The CW) – 477,000 viewers
Charmed (The CW) – 442,000 viewers
Black Lightning (The CW) – 422,000 viewers *
Trickster (The CW) – 390,000 viewers *
The Outpost (The CW) – 302,000 viewers *

* denotes all those shows that have since been cancelled or came to a planned ending
# denotes those shows that were cancelled by their home network only to be picked up by another outlet
^ denotes those shows that have yet to be renewed

NOTE: All Rise will now be seen on OWN; Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist aired a holiday movie on December 1 on The Roku Channel (and if it performs well enough, there is a chance for more episodes at the streaming service) and Manifest will now be seen on Netflix.

The second list covers all of the cable network dramas from that same approximate time period: January through May:

When Calls the Heart (Hallmark Channel) – 2.4 million viewers
The Walking Dead (AMC) – 2.3 million viewers
Resident Alien (Syfy) – 1.1 million viewers
The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN) – 1.1 million viewers
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) – 1 million viewers
Mare of Easttown (HBO) – 1 million viewers ^
Genius: Aretha (National Geographic) – 991,000 viewers
Snowpiercer (TNT) – 904,000 viewers
The Oval (BET) – 847,000 viewers
Mayans, MC (FX) – 752,000 viewers
Queen of the South (USA Network) – 708,000 viewers *
Queen Sugar (OWN) – 642,000 viewers
Your Honor (Showtime) – 632,000 viewers
Power Book II: Ghost (Starz) – 617,000 viewers
The Nevers (HBO) – 532,000 viewers
Pose (FX) – 434,000 viewers *
The Astronauts (Nickelodeon) – 383,000 viewers ^
City on a Hill (Showtime) – 379,000 viewers
Delilah (OWN) – 321,000 viewers ^
The Salisbury Poisonings (AMC) – 290,000 viewers *
Wynonna Earp (Syfy) – 286,000 viewers *
Gangs of London (AMC) – 269,000 viewers
Cruel Summer (Freeform) – 267,000 viewers
The Watch (BBC America) – 182,000 viewers ^
Good Trouble (Freeform) – 172,000 viewers
American Gods (Starz) – 170,000 viewers *
The Secrets She Keeps (AMC) – 116,000 viewers *
The Luminaries (Starz) – 104,000 viewers *
C.B. Strike (HBO) – 89,000 viewers ^
The Gloaming (Starz) – 75,000 viewers *
Death & Nightingales (Starz) – 59,000 viewers *

* denotes all those shows that have since been cancelled or came to a planned ending
^ denotes those shows that have not been renewed yet

NOTE: The Euphoria special that aired on HBO during this time frame earned 109,000 viewers.

SECOND NOTE: No ratings for the following dramas that aired during January and May could be tracked down: 800 Words (UPtv); All Creatures Great and Small (PBS); Atlantic Crossing (PBS); Bridge and Tunnel (EPIX); Condor (EPIX); Elizabeth Is Missing (PBS); Godfather of Harlem (EPIX); Miss Scarlet and the Duke (PBS); Pennyworth (EPIX) and The Long Song (PBS).

The third list covers the dramas that aired on the major networks over the summer from April through approximately September/October:

Fantasy Island (FOX) – 1.6 million viewers
Kung Fu (The CW) – 874,000 viewers
Superman & Lois (The CW) – 813,000 viewers
Coroner (The CW) – 697,000 viewers ^
DC’s Stargirl (The CW) – 655,000 viewers
Roswell, New Mexico (The CW) – 592,000 viewers
Supergirl (The CW) – 523,000 viewers *
Burden of Truth (The CW) – 495,000 viewers *
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW) – 458,000 viewers
The Outpost (The CW) – 448,000 viewers *
Riverdale (The CW) – 420,000 viewers
Dynasty (The CW) – 409,000 viewers
In the Dark (The CW) – 366,000 viewers
The Republic of Sarah (The CW) – 328,000 viewers *

* denotes those shows that have since been cancelled or came to a planned ending
^ denotes those shows that not been renewed yet

The fourth list covers all of the cable network dramas that aired from April through September:

Good Witch (Hallmark Channel) – 1.6 million viewers *
Chesapeake Shores (Hallmark Channel) – 1.5 million viewers ^
The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN) – 941,000 viewers *
Animal Kingdom (TNT) – 896,000 viewers
The Oval (BET) – 861,000 viewers
The White Lotus (HBO) – 544,000 viewers
Vikings (The History Channel) – 527,000 viewers *
Titans (TNT) – 400,000 viewers
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz) – 388,000 viewers
SurrealEstate (Syfy) – 315,000 viewers *
The Chi (Showtime) – 298,000 viewers
Younger (TV Land) – 291,000 viewers *
Departure (Syfy) – 267,000 viewers
A Discovery of Witches (AMC) – 265,000 viewers
Van Helsing (Syfy) – 220,000 viewers *
Heartland (UPtv) – 214,000 viewers (approximately)
The Beast Must Die (AMC) – 196,000 viewers *
Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform) – 179,000 viewers
The Bold Type (Freeform) – 173,000 viewers *
Good Trouble (Freeform) – 163,000 viewers
In Treatment (HBO) – 134,000 viewers ^
Heels (Starz) – 91,000 viewers
Little Birds (Starz) – 60,000 viewers *

* denotes all those shows that have since been cancelled or came to a planned ending
^ denotes the shows that have yet to be renewed

NOTE: No ratings for the following dramas that aired during April to September could be tracked down: Chapelwaite (EPIX); Domina (EPIX); Godfather of Harlem (EPIX); Guilt on Masterpiece (PBS); Professor T (PBS); Unforgotten (PBS); Us On Masterpiece (PBS) and War of the Worlds (EPIX);

The fifth list covers all of the major network dramas that aired during the first half of the 2021-2022 TV season, covering September to approximately mid-December:

NCIS (CBS) – 7.5 million viewers
FBI (CBS) – 7 million viewers
Chicago Fire (NBC) – 6.9 million viewers
The Equalizer (CBS) – 6.8 million viewers
Chicago Med (NBC) – 6.5 million viewers
Blue Bloods (CBS) – 5.8 million viewers
Chicago P.D. (NBC) – 5.7 million viewers
FBI: International (CBS) – 5.7 million viewers
FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) – 5.6 million viewers
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – 5.5 million viewers
NCIS: Hawai’i (CBS) – 5.3 million viewers
9-1-1 (FOX) – 5.1 million viewers
Magnum P.I. (CBS) – 5.1 million viewers
La Brea (NBC) – 4.8 million viewers
S.W.A.T. (CBS) – 4.8 million viewers
Station 19 (ABC) – 4.4 million viewers
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) – 4.2 million viewers
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) – 4.1 million viewers
Bull (CBS) – 4 million viewers
The Good Doctor (ABC) – 4 million viewers
CSI: Vegas (CBS) – 3.6 million viewers
SEAL Team (CBS) – 3.6 million viewers
Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) – 3.5 million viewers
New Amsterdam (NBC) – 3.3 million viewers
The Resident (FOX) – 3 million viewers
The Blacklist (NBC) – 2.9 million viewers
Big Sky (ABC) – 2.7 million viewers
Ordinary Joe (NBC) – 2.7 million viewers
The Rookie (ABC) – 2.7 million viewers
A Million Little Things (ABC) – 1.9 million viewers
The Big Leap (FOX) – 1.4 million viewers
Queens (ABC) – 1.3 million viewers
Our Kind of People (FOX) – 1.2 million viewers
Walker (The CW) – 930,000 viewers
Armageddon (The Flash, Five-Night Crossover Special) – 723,000 viewers
All American (The CW) – 660,000 viewers
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW) – 542,000 viewers
4400 (The CW) – 464,000 viewers
Batwoman (The CW) – 449,000 viewers
Legacies (The CW) – 408,00 viewers
Nancy Drew (The CW) – 361,000 viewers
Dynasty (The CW) – 347,000 viewers
Riverdale (The CW) – 251,000 viewers

* denotes all those shows that have since been cancelled or came to a planned ending
^ denotes those shows that have not been renewed nor cancelled yet

The sixth and final list covers all of the cable dramas that aired from September through December:

Yellowstone (Paramount Network) – 7.7 million viewers **
1883 (Paramount Network) – 5 million viewers **
Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount Network) – 2.4 million viewers
The Walking Dead (AMC) – 1.9 million viewers
The Oval (BET) – 1 million viewers
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) – 906,000 viewers
American Horror Story (FX) – 652,000 viewers
Queen Sugar (OWN) – 638,000 viewers
American Crime Story: Impeachment (FX) – 632,000 viewers
The Walking Dead: World Beyond (AMC) – 584,000 viewers *
Dexter: New Blood (Showtime) – 569,000 viewers **
Succession (HBO) – 553,000 viewers
Power Book II: Ghost (Starz) – 479,000 viewers
The Sinner (USA Network) – 443,000 viewers *
Claws (USA Network) – 403,000 viewers **
Doctor Who (BBC America) – 332,000 viewers
Billions (Showtime) – 325,000 viewers
The Hot Zone: Anthrax (National Geographic) – 308,000 viewers
American Rust (Showtime) – 304,000 viewers
Yellowjackets (Showtime) – 227,000 viewers **
Hightown (Starz) – 203,000 viewers **
Intergalactic (Syfy) – 166,000 viewers
Scenes From a Marriage (HBO) – 164,000 viewers *
Landscapers (HBO) – 129,000 viewers **

* denotes all those shows that have since been cancelled or came to a planned ending
** denotes those shows that aired episodes after Christmas Day that could not be included in this post as numbers were not available in time for when this report had to be set to post

NOTE: No ratings for the following dramas that aired during September to December could be tracked down: 800 Words (UPtv); Baptiste (PBS); Call the Midwife (PBS); Frankie Drake Mysteries (Ovation) and Grantchester (PBS)

The final analyses of all these ratings for both the major and cable networks for the entire year are as follows:

1. NCIS has once again retained its dominance as not only the number one drama on CBS but also the overall number one drama out of all of the major networks. But, while the show still holds the top spot, it’s double digit numbers are a thing of the past. In a close second is The Equalizer, which was last year’s highest rated new drama. This year that placement goes to FBI: International. The lowest rated dramas on CBS are Clarice, which has been cancelled, and SEAL Team, which has moved over to Paramount+.

2. Just like last year, ABC can boast that Station 19 is its top rated drama with Grey’s Anatomy a very close second. As for the lowest rated on the network, For Life and Queens are the bottom two dramas with For Life being cancelled and Queens hanging by a thread.

3. FOX can state that 9-1-1 is still its highest rated drama with 9-1-1: Lone Star nipping at its heels (although the drama didn’t return this fall, but rather will be back early in January 2022). The drama that is a distant “tie” for second place would be The Resident. The two lowest rated dramas on FOX are Prodigal Son, which was cancelled after its second season while Our Kind of People is this fall’s lowest rated drama on the network.

4. Chicago Med and Chicago Fire continue to be the top two dramas on NBC with an extremely small margin between the two. The cancelled dramas Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and Good Girls as well as this fall’s Ordinary Joe are the lowest rated dramas, but it should be noted that Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist could potentially get a second life on The Roku Channel and Ordinary Joe actually scored over a million more weekly viewers than either drama.

5.  The once strong Arrowverse world of dramas on The CW used to hold viewers’ attention, but the majority of those shows have either come to an end or their numbers have diminished greatly.  That being said, the DC Universe series Superman & Lois tied evenly with Walker for the top spot at the network with All American holding third place.  The lowest rated dramas on The CW are the recently cancelled shows The Republic of Sarah and The Outpost and the recently returning Dynasty.

6. It’s no surprise that the Paramount Network drama Yellowstone has far surpassed any other cable network drama all year, earning over 6 million more viewers every single week. The Walking Dead over at AMC holds a very distant second with the recently ended Good Witch on the Hallmark Channel a close third.  The lowest rated cable network dramas include Death & Nightingales and Little Birds both on Starz; the cancelled HBO drama Scenes From a Marriage and the network airing of Intergalactic over on Syfy.

The final list – which is extremely long – covers all of the made-for-TV movies, mini-series, event series and specials that aired during 2021 on both the major and cable networks for which ratings could be tracked down.

Here is that extremely long list:

Annie Live! (NBC) – 5.5 million viewers
A Christmas Proposal (CBS) – 4.3 million viewers
Christmas at Castle Hart (Hallmark Channel) – 3.3 million viewers
Christmas Takes Flight (CBS) – 3.3 million viewers
My Christmas Family Tree (Hallmark Channel) – 3.3 million viewers
A Royal Queens Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 3.2 million viewers
Taking a Shot at Love (Hallmark Channel) – 3 million viewers
The Christmas Contest (Hallmark Channel) – 3 million viewers

A Kiss Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 2.9 million viewers
An Unexpected Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 2.9 million viewers
A Christmas Together With You (Hallmark Channel) – 2.8 million viewers
Next Stop, Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 2.8 million viewers
Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday (Hallmark Channel) – 2.7 million viewers
The Nine Kittens of Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 2.7 million viewers
Open by Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 2.5 million viewers
It Was Always You (Hallmark Channel) – 2.5 million viewers
Beverly Hills Wedding (Hallmark Channel) – 2.4 million viewers
Coyote Creek Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 2.4 million viewers
Sweet Carolina (Hallmark Channel) – 2.4 million viewers
‘Tis the Season to Be Merry (Hallmark Channel) – 2.4 million viewers
A Winter Getaway (Hallmark Channel) – 2.3 million viewers
Fit for 1 Prince (Hallmark Channel) – 2.3 million viewers
Snowkissed (Hallmark Channel) – 2.3 million viewers
As Luck Would Have It (Hallmark Channel) – 2.2 million viewers
Playing Cupid (Hallmark Channel) – 2.2 million viewers
The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls (Hallmark Channel) – 2.2 million viewers
You, Me & The Christmas Trees (Hallmark Channel) – 2.2 million viewers
Wendy Williams: The Movie (Lifetime) – 2.2 million viewers
A Dickens of a Holiday! (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
A New Year’s Resolution (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Chasing Waterfalls (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Christmas CEO (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Christmas in Tahoe (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Christmas Sail (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Hearts Down Under (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Making Spirits Bright (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Nantucket Noel (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Right in Front of Me (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Roadhouse Romance (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
The Santa Stakeout (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Two for the Win (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 2 million viewers
Boyfriends of Christmas Past (Hallmark Channel) – 2 million viewers
Crashing Through the Snow (Hallmark Channel) – 2 million viewers
Gingerbread Miracle (Hallmark Channel) – 2 million viewers

Mix Up in the Mediterranean (Hallmark Channel) – 1.9 million viewers
Sweet Pecan Summer (Hallmark Channel) – 1.9 million viewers
Taking the Reins (Hallmark Channel) – 1.9 million viewers
The 27-Hour Day (Hallmark Channel) – 1.9 million viewers
You Had Me at Aloha (Hallmark Channel) – 1.9 million viewers
Journey of My Heart (Hallmark Channel) – 1.8 million viewers
Love Strikes Twice (Hallmark Channel) – 1.8 million viewers
One Perfect Wedding (Hallmark Channel) – 1.8 million viewers
Raise a Glass to Love (Hallmark Channel) – 1.8 million viewers
Sand Dollar Cove (Hallmark Channel) – 1.8 million viewers
The Baker’s Son (Hallmark Channel) – 1.8 million viewers
A Little Daytime Drama (Hallmark Channel) – 1.7 million viewers
Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6 (Hallmark Channel) – 1.7 million viewers
South Beach Love (Hallmark Channel) – 1.7 million viewers
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.6 million viewers
Baby, It’s Cold Inside (Hallmark Channel) – 1.6 million viewers
Christmas in Harmony (Hallmark Channel) – 1.6 million viewers
Eight Gifts of Hanukkah (Hallmark Channel) – 1.6 million viewers
Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime) – 1.6 million viewers
Sugar Plum Twist (Hallmark Channel) – 1.6 million viewers
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.6 million viewers
Aurora Teagarden Mystery: How to Con a Con (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.5 million viewers
Debbie Macomber’s A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (Hallmark Channel) – 1.5 million viewers
Mystery 101: Killer Timing (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.5 million viewers
Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.5 million viewers
Love, For Real (Hallmark Channel) – 1.4 million viewers
Mystery 101: Deadly History (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.4 million viewers
Reba McEntire’s Christmas in Tune (Lifetime) – 1.4 million viewers
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime) – 1.4 million viewers
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.4 million viewers
A Holiday in Harlem (Hallmark Channel) – 1.3 million viewers
Advice to Love By (Hallmark Channel) – 1.3 million viewers
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.3 million viewers
Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.3 million viewers
Five More Minutes (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.3 million viewers
Matchmaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.3 million viewers
Chronicles Mysteries: Helped to Death (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.2 million viewers
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Hallmark Channel) – 2.1 million viewers
Poisoned In Paradise: A Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.2 million viewers
Ships in the Night: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.2 million viewers
To Catch a Spy (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.2 million viewers
A Godwink Christmas: Miracle of Love (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1.1 million viewers
Mistletoe in Montana (Lifetime) – 1.1 million viewers
Finding Love in Mountain View (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1 million viewers
Christmas In My Heart (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1 million viewers
Merry Liddle Christmas Baby (Lifetime) – 1 million viewers
One Summer (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1 million viewers
Redemption in Cherry Springs (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1 million viewers
The Christmas Promise (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 1 million viewers

Rise & Shine: Benedict Stone (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 991,000 viewers
Highway to Heaven (Lifetime) – 983,000 viewers
Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace (Lifetime) – 970,000 viewers
One December Night (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 965,000 viewers
The Waltons’ Homecoming (The CW) – 957,000 viewers
Toying With the Holidays (Lifetime) – 947,000 viewers
Morning Show Mysteries: Murder Ever After (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 887,000 viewers
The Vows We Keep (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 871,000 viewers
The Holiday Fix Up (Lifetime) – 864,000 viewers
It Takes a Christmas Village (Lifetime) – 828,000 viewers
Kirk Franklin’s A Gospel Christmas (Lifetime) – 817,000 viewers
Our Christmas Journey (Hallmark Channel) – 812,000 viewers
The Enchanted Christmas Cake (Lifetime) – 806,000 viewers
Nash Bridges (USA Network) – 805,000 viewers
A Fiance for Christmas (Lifetime) – 802,000 viewers
Christmas for Keeps (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 783,000 viewers
The Christmas Ball (Lifetime) – 763,000 viewers
Christmas With a Crown (Lifetime) – 762,000 viewers
VC Andrews’ All That Glitters (Lifetime) – 742,000 viewers
Christmas by Chance (Lifetime) – 729,000 viewers
Holiday in Santa Fe (Lifetime) – 722,000 viewers
VC Andrews’ Ruby (Lifetime) – 712,000 viewers
Blending Christmas (Lifetime) – 694,000 viewers
Miracle in Motor City (Lifetime) – 660,000 viewers
VC Andrews’ Hidden Jewel (Lifetime) – 660,000 viewers
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks (BBC America) – 652,000 viewers
VC Andrews’ Pearl in the Mist (Lifetime) – 649,000 viewers
Ghosts of Christmas Past (Lifetime) – 600,000 viewers
Candy Cane Candidate (Lifetime) – 597,000 viewers
Color of Love (Lifetime) – 580,000 viewers
You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Lifetime) – 559,000 viewers
Match Made in Mistletoe (Lifetime) – 557,000 viewers
A Christmas Dance Reunion (Lifetime) – 556,000 viewers
Torn From Her Arms (Lifetime) – 554,000 viewers
Maps and Mistletoe (Lifetime) – 546,000 viewers
A Christmas Village Romance (Lifetime) – 537,000 viewers
Spin (Disney) – 536,000 viewers
A Picture Perfect Holiday (Lifetime) – 522,000 viewers
My Favorite Christmas Melody (Lifetime) – 508,000 viewers
When We Last Spoke (UPtv) – 482,000 viewers
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion (Lifetime) – 475,000 viewers
Under the Christmas Tree (Lifetime) – 470,000 viewers
Christmas Movie Magic (Lifetime) – 460,000 viewers
Soul Santa (BET) – 448,000 viewers
Dancing Through the Snow (Lifetime) – 439,000 viewers
Saying Yes to Christmas (Lifetime) – 428,000 viewers
Secretly Santa (Lifetime) – 415,000 viewers
Baking Spirits Bright (Lifetime) – 406,000 viewers
Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby (UPtv) – 381,000 viewers
An Ice Wine Christmas (Lifetime) – 376,000 viewers
The Jenkins Family Christmas (BET) – 368,000 viewers
Christmas Deja Vu (BET) – 360,000 viewers
Miracles Across 125th Street (VH1) – 333,000 viewers
A Rich Christmas (BET) – 282,000 viewers
A Hip Hop Family Christmas (VH1) – 265,000 viewers
Christmas…Again?! (Disney Channel) – 261,000 viewers
Just for Summer (UPtv) – 254,000 viewers
Merry Switchmas (BET) – 251,000 viewers
A Whirlwind Wedding (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 236,000 viewers
Designed with Love (UPtv) – 216,000 viewers
Starting Up Love (UPtv) – 205,000 viewers
Jingle Bell Princess (GAC Family) – 204,000 viewers
Love Stories in Sunflower Valley (UPtv) – 201,000 viewers
Blueprint to the Heart (UPtv) – 200,000 viewers
The Wedding Ring (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) – 196,000 viewers
Let’s Get Married (VH1) – 191,000 viewers
Romance Retreat (UPtv) – 190,000 viewers
The Perfect Wedding Match (UPtv) – 185,000 viewers
Adventures in Christmas-ing (VH1) – 178,000 viewers
Love Is a Piece of Cake (UPtv) – 174,000 viewers
The Charm of Love (UPtv) – 172,000 viewers
The Bay Proposal (UPtv) – 167,000 viewers
Cooking Up Love (UPtv) – 161,000 viewers
Love at Sunset Terrace (UPtv) – 156,000 viewers
Hint of Love (UPtv) – 142,000 viewers
A Kindhearted Christmas (GAC Family) – 129,000 viewers
The Dating List (UPtv) – 129,000 viewers
Much Ado About Christmas (GAC Family) – 103,000 viewers
Royally Wrapped for Christmas (GAC Family) – 99,000 viewers
Sincerely, Yours Truly (UPtv) – 46,000 viewers

Ratings for the following made-for-TV movies could not be tracked down or weren’t available in time for this post:

A Birthday Romance (UPtv)
A Chestnut Family Christmas (OWN)
A Christmas Miracle for Daisy (GAC Family)
A Christmas Star (GAC Family)
A Christmas Stray (OWN)
A Christmas Witness (ION)
A Furry Little Christmas (UPtv)
A Lot Like Christmas (GAC Family)
A New Lease on Christmas (ION)
A Picture Perfect Wedding (UPtv)
A Sisterly Christmas (OWN)
A Snowy Christmas (UPtv)
A Vineyard Romance (UPtv)
Angel Falls Christmas (GAC Family)
Blue Ridge (INSP)
Call the Midwife Holdiay Special (PBS)
Calling For Love (UPtv)
Christmas Beneath the Stars (UPtv)
Christmas Down Under (ION)
Christmas in the Rockies (UPtv)
Christmas Is You (GAC Family)
Christmas on 5th Avenue (UPtv)
Christmas Time Is Here (GAC Family)
Christmas Together (UPtv)
Don’t Waste Your Pretty (TV One)
Eat, Drink & Be Married (UPtv)
Every Time a Bell Rings (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Fixing Up Christmas (UPtv)
High Flying Romance (Hallmark Channel)
Hot Chocolate Holiday (Lifetime)
Joy for Christmas (GAC Family)
Love at Sky Gardens (UPtv)
Love in Translation (UPtv)
Love in Whitbrooke (UPtv)
Love Upstream (UPtv)
Love’s Match (UPtv)
Made for You, With Love (UPtv)
Mistletoe and Molly (UPtv)
Oslo (HBO)
Rebuilding a Dream Christmas (Lifetime)
Romance in the Wilds (UPtv)
Snowed In for Christmas (UPtv)
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (VH1)
The Christmas Thief (ION)
Under Wraps (Disney)
When Hope Calls: A Country Christmas (GAC Family)
Who Is Christmas Eve? (Bounce)
Writing Around the Christmas Tree (Lifetime)

What TV dramas, made-for-TV movies and/or limited series have you enjoyed the most (and the least) throughout the year? Please share.

TOMORROW: Faces of 2021

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Movie of the Week Reminder: The Lost Daughter

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

On December 31, the psychological drama film The Lost Daughter, written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal – in her feature directorial debut – will debut on Netflix online.

A woman (Olivia Colman), while on a summer holiday, finds herself becoming obsessed with another woman and her daughter, prompting memories of her own early motherhood to come back and unravel her.

The film will also star Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Ed Harris, Paul Mescal, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jack Farthing and Dagmara Domincyzk along with Jessie Buckley playing Coleman’s character as a younger woman.

Here is a trailer for The Lost Daughter:

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New Show Introduction: Stay Close

Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The new Netflix drama series Stay Close will debut online on December 31.

The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past in the British crime drama based on the 2012 Harlan Coben novel.

The cast includes Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage and Eddie Izzard.

Here is a trailer for Stay Close:

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Winter TV Reminder: What’s on TV This Week

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on December 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

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

On December 27, the season finale of the limited series Landscapers will air on HBO at 9 PM.

The debut of The Book of Boba Fett will air on Disney+ online on December 29. On the sands of Tatoonie, bounty hunter Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and mercenary Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) navigate the Galaxy’s underworld and fight for Jabba the Hutt’s old territory.

On December 31, the fourth season premiere of Cobra Kai will air on Netflix online.

The new Netflix drama series Stay Close will debut online on December 31. The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past in the British crime drama based on the 2012 Harlan Coben novel. The cast includes Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage and Eddie Izzard.

Also on December 31, the psychological drama film The Lost Daughter, written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal – in her feature directorial debut – will debut on Netflix online. A woman (Olivia Colman), while on a summer holiday, finds herself becoming obsessed with another woman and her daughter, prompting memories of her own early motherhood to come back and unravel her. The film will also star Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Ed Harris, Paul Mescal, Oliver Jackson-Cohoen, Jack Farthing and Dagmara Domincyzk along with Jessie Buckley playing Coleman’s character as a younger woman.

The HBO Max special Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts will air online on January 1. Twenty years after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, cast members are coming together for a new special that will include in-depth interviews and cast conversations from all of the films. Cast members featured will include Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as well as Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Alfred Enoch, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Ian Hart [among others].

On January 1, the Hallmark Channel movie Where Your Heart Belongs will debut at 9 PM. Mackenzie Sullivan (Jen Lilley) is a New York-based marketing executive struggling to keep her clients. When she returns home to a rural maple farm to help her best friend plan her wedding in just two weeks, Mackenzie learns the hard way that the love and support of family and true friends means more than she’d imagined. Christopher Russell co-stars.

The New Year’s Day special Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks will air at 2 PM (check your local listings for airtime) on BBC America. On New Year’s Eve, the appearance of an executioner Dalek means Sarah and Nick’s countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them?

On January 2, the PBS 8-episode series Around the World in 80 Days, based on the legendary book by Jules Verne, will debut at 8 PM. David Tennant stars as literature’s greatest explorer Phileas Fogg in a new adaptation of the classic adventure novel. French actor Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch (Babylon Berlin and The Crown) co-star.

The two-hour season finale of Yellowstone will air on the Paramount Network on January 2 at 8 PM; while that same night The Rookie will be back from its winter hiatus on ABC at 10 PM. Also on January 2, both The Equalizer and NCIS: Los Angeles will return from their winter breaks on CBS at 8 and 9 PM respectively followed by the return of S.W.A.T. at 10 PM, its new night and time.

Mark your calendars!

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TV Recommendations: Monday, December 27

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on December 27, 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

NOTE: There will be a marathon of episodes of Doctor Who on BBC America. Check your local listings.

5:30 PM:
Baby Driver movie on FX
Captain Marvel movie on TNT

6 PM:
Christmas Under Wraps movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Catch a Christmas Star movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

7 PM:
Condor on EPIX (Encore)
Divergent movie on AMC

7:02 PM:
Red Dawn (original) movie on Encore

7:25 PM:
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol movie on FXM

8 PM:
Condor on EPIX (Encore)
Yellowjackets on Showtime 2 (Encore)
9-1-1 on FOX (Reair)
Christmas Town movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
I’m Not Ready for Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Coyote Ugly movie on POP
Rampage movie on TNT

9 PM:
Landscapers on HBO (NEW – Series Finale)
Britannia on EPIX (Encore)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
Shrek Forever After (animated) movie on Freeform

9:01 PM:
9-1-1: Lone Star on FOX (Reair)

9:55 PM:
Britannia on EPIX (Encore)

10 PM:
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
Christmas with the Darlings movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
A Christmas Duet on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Insurgent movie on AMC

Enjoy!

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2021 Year-End Round Up: In Remembrance

Posted in Condolences, Movies, Television, Year End Round Up on December 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The following industry personalities, athletes and politicians passed away in 2021 and heartfelt condolences are extended to their families, friends and fans.

Before we get to the list, however, we need to take a moment of silence to remember all those who have been lost this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The celebrities we have lost this year (in alphabetical order):

Hank Aaron (Pro Baseball Player)
Granville Adams (Actor, Oz)
Raymond Allen (Actor, Sanford and Son)
Michael Apted (British Director, Coal Miner’s Daughter, Gorillas in the Mist and Nell)
Ed Asner (Legendary Actor, Lou Grant and The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

Eve Babitz (Chronicler and Muse of the L.A. Scene)
F. Lee Bailey (Famed Lawyer to Patty Hearst and OJ Simpson)
Lisa Banes (Actress, Gone Girl and Young Guns)
Anne Beatts (Original Writer, Saturday Night Live and Creator of Square Pegs sitcom)
Ned Beatty (Veteran Actor, Deliverance and Network)
Jean-Paul Belmondo (Beloved French Actor)
Walter Bernstein (Blacklisted Writer and Oscar Nominee, The Front) [He was 101]
Biz Markie (Rapper)
Frank Bonner (Actor, WKRP in Cincinnati and Saved By the Bell)
Connie Bradley (Longtime ASCAP Nashville Head)
Harry Bring (TV Producer, Criminal Minds and The X-Files)
Eli Broad (Billionaire Philanthropist)
Allan Burns (Emmy-Winning Screenwriter and Co-Creator of The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

Jessica Campbell (Actress, Freak and Geeks and box office film Election)
Linda Carlson (Actress, Murder One and TV adaptation of Clueless)
Sonny Chiba (Martial Arts Legend and Japanese Actor, Kill Bill)
Roy Christopher (Famed Production Designer)
Beverly Cleary (Best-Selling Author, ‘Ramona the Pest’ and ‘Henry and Beezus’) [She was 104]
Michael Collins (Apollo 11 Astronaut)
Michael Constantine (Actor, My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Alex Cord (Actor, Airwolf)
Chick Corea (Jazz Fusion Pioneer)
Johnny Crawford (Former Child Star, The Rifleman and Original Mousketeer)
Dave Creek (Lead Character Designer, Bob’s Burgers)
Irv Cross (Former NFL Player and first black TV Analyst)
J.D. Crowe (Master Banjo Player and Grammy Winner)

Arlene Dahl (Veteran Actress, One Life to Live; Cosmetics Executive)
Stuart Damon (Veteran Soap Actor, General Hospital)
Sarah Dash (Labelle Co-Founder and “Lady Marmalade” Singer)
Nick Davatzes (Cable Pioneer who launched A&E Network and the History Channel)
Martha De Laurentiis (Film and TV Producer, Hannibal and Red Dragon and Wife of late Dino De Laurentiis)
David H. DePatie (Cartoon Co-Creator and Producer, The Pink Panther)
Dustin Diamond (Actor, Saved by the Bell) [He was 44]
Eric Jerome Dickey (Best-Selling Author) [He was 59]
Joan Didion (Beloved Author and Screenwriter)
DMX (Rapper)
Bob Dole (Former Senate Majority Leader and Republican Presidential Candidate) [He was 98]
Young Dolph (Rapper, killed in Memphis shooting) [He was only 36]
Richard Donner (Director, Superman, The Goonies and Lethal Weapon)
Anne Douglas (Producer and Widow of Kirk Douglas) [She was 102]
Jerry Douglas (Veteran Actor, The Young and the Restless)
Suzzanne Douglas (Actress, The Parent ‘Hood)
Robert Downey Sr. (Director and father of Robert Downey, Jr.)
Olympia Dukakis (Oscar-Winning Actress, Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias)
Dianne Durham (First African American Senior National Gymnastic Champion) [She was 52]

Graeme Edge (Drummer and Co-Founder of the Moody Blues)
Mark Elliott (Longtime Voice of Disney Trailers)
Don Everly (Half of the Everly Brothers, best known for song “Wake Up Little Susie”)

Frances “Sissy” Farenthold (Liberal force in Texas politics, championed racial parity and women’s rights)
Siegfried Fischbacher (Magician, Siegfried & Roy)
Larry Flynt (Founder and Publisher, Hustler Magazine)
Jahmil French (Actor, Degrassi: The Next Generation) [He was 29]
Chuck Fries (Prolific TV and FIlm Producer) [He was 92]
Mira Furlan (Actress, Babylon 5 and Lost)

Willie Garson (Actor, White Collar and Sex in the City)
Richard Gilliland (Prolific Actor, Designing Women, Thirtysomething, Operation Petticoat and Heartland)
Arlene Golonka (Veteran Character Actress, Mayberry R.F.D.)
Pedro Gomez (Veteran ESPN Sports Center Reporter) [He was 58]
Saginaw Grant (Actor, Breaking Bad and The Lone Ranger)
Alison Greenspan (TV Series Producer, For Life and 2014 movie If I Stay) [She was 48]
Nanci Griffith (Grammy-winning singer-songwriter)
Charles Grodin (Veteran Actor, Midnight Run, Beethoven and Heaven Can Wait)

Tom T. Hall (Country Music Hall of Fame legend)
James Hampton (Writer and Director, F Troop, Longest Yard and Teen Wolf with Michael J. Fox)
Sarah Harding (Actress and Singer from British girl group Girls Aloud) [She was only 39]
Al Harrington (Actor, Hawaii Five-0, original series and reboot)
Billie Hayes (Actress, H.R. Pufnstuf) [She was 96]
Monte Hellman (Director, Two-Lane Blacktop, The Shooting and Road to Nowhere) [He was 91]
Tony Hendra (British Satirist and Comic)
Gloria Henry (Actress, Dennis the Menace)
Dusty Hill (Bassist, legendary band ZZ Top)
Patricia Hitchcock (Daughter of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock) [She was 93]
Hal Holbrook (Veteran Actor, Emmy- and Tony-Winner, All the President’s Men and Lincoln)
bell hooks (Renowned Author and Social Activist
Sally Ann Howes (Actress, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) [She was 91]
Joye Hummel (First woman to write Wonder Woman) [She was 97]
Halyna Hutchins (Cinematopher who was killed on set of western movie Rust)

Ravil Isyanov (Actor, The Americans and NCIS: Los Angeles)

Anthony “A.J.” Johnson (Actor, Friday and House Party)
Geoffrey Johnson (Tony Award winning casting director of Cats and Phantom of the Opera)
Vernon Jordan (American business executive and Civil Rights Activist)
Joey Jordison (Co-founder and original drummer of the band Slipknot) [He was 46]

Irma Kalish (Prolific and Pioneering TV Comedy Writer, Maude and Gilligan’s Island)
Larry King (Legendary Interviewer and Talk Show Host)
Tommy Kirk (Disney Actor, Old Yeller and Swiss Family Robinson)
Julie E. “Tawny” Kitaen (80’s Music Video Vixen)
Yaphet Kotto (Bond Villain and Actor, Alien and Live and Let Die)

Art LaFleur (Actor, Sandlot, Field of Dreams and Santa Clause)
John Langley (Creator, Cops, the long-running TV reality series)
Tommy Lasorda (Famed Baseball Coach and Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers) [He was 93]
Cloris Leachman (Veteran TV Actress)
Gregg Leakes (Real Housewives of Atlanta star and Husband to NeNe Leakes)
G. Gordon Liddy (Convicted Watergate Operative and Talk Show Host) [He was 90]
Rush Limbaugh (Right-Wing Radio Host)
Joanne Linville (Actress, Star Trek) [She was 93]
Ernie Lively (Actor, Father of actress Blake Lively)
Norman Lloyd (Actor, Producer and Director, Hitchcock flick Saboteur and TV’s St. Elsewhere) [He was 106]
Sean Lock (British Comedian)
William Lucking (Veteran Actor, Sons of Anarchy)

Norm Macdonald (Saturday Night Live Performer and Comedian)
Ray MacDonnell (Veteran Actor, All My Children)
John Madden (NFL Hall of Fame Coach and Broadcaster)
Bernie Madoff (Ponzi Scheme Mastermind)
Harriet Margulies (Producer’s Assistant, JAG and Audience Liaison NCIS)
Carlos Marin (Member of the British opera-pop crossover group Il Divo)
Gerry Marsden (Frontman of Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Jackie Mason (Veteran Comedian) [He was 93]
Gavin MacLeod (Actor, Love Boat) [He was 90]
Liz McCann (Pioneer Broadway Producer, 9-Time Tony Winner)
Helen McCrory (Actress, Harry Potter franchise and Peaky Blinders, wife of actor Damian Lewis) [She was 52]
Les McKeown (Singer, Bay City Rollers)
Larry McMurtry (Oscar Winner, Brokeback Mountain and Author ‘Lonesome Dove’)
Eddie Mekka (Actor, Laverne & Shirley)
Roger Michell (Director, Notting Hill, Venus and My Cousin Rachel)
Matthew Mindler (Child Actor, Our Idiot Brother) [He was only 19]
Walter Mondale (Former Vice President)
Paul Mooney (Comedian, Actor and Writer for Richard Pryor)
Jovita Moore (Atlanta News Anchor) [She was only 53]
Captain Sir Tom Moore (British World War II Veteran who raised millions of pounds to battle COVID) [He was 100]
Trevor Moore (Comedian and Co-Founder of The Whitest Kids U Know Sketch Comedy Group)
Mark Anthony Morales (aka Prince Markie Dee, Rap Group The Fat Boys) [He was 52]
Roger Mudd (Veteran CBS and NBC News Correspondent) [He was 93]
Dr. Barbara Murphy (Kidney Transplant Expert)

Michael Nader (Actor, Dynasty and All My Children)
Mike Nesmith (Singer-Songwriter, The Monkees and Multimedia Entrepreneur)

Johnny Pacheco (Co-Founder, Salsa Label Fania Records)
Peter Palmer (Star of Li’l Abner on Broadway and the big screen)
Christopher Pennock (Actor, General Hospital and Dark Shadows)
Lee “Scratch” Perry (Jamaican Reggae Legend, Producer and Performer)
Prince Philip (Husband of Queen Elizabeth II) [He was 99, two months short of 100]
Jay Pickett (Veteran soap opera actor)
Ronald Pickup (Actor, The Crown and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
Marc Pilcher (Bridgerton Makeup Designer and Emmy Winner)
Christopher Plummer (Veteran Shakespearean Actor, The Sound of Music, Departure and Beginners)
Ron Popeil (Infomercial Icon)
Markie Post (Actress, Night Court)
Anthony Powell (Three-Time Oscar-Winning Costume Designer)
Colin Powell (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
Jane Powell (Legendary Actress, Royal Wedding and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)
Eddie Mekka (Actor, Laverne & Shirley)
Marion Ramsey (Broadway Actress, Film Actress, Police Academy)
John Reilly (Veteran Actor, General Hospital)
Anne Rice (Writer, ‘Interview with the Vampire’)
Jerry Remy (Former Baseball player and long-time Boston Red Sox Broadcaster)
Sonny Rhodes (Singer-Guitarist, Performed Theme Song to TV Show Firefly)
Peter Mark Richman (Stage Actor and TV Actor, Beverly Hills 90210 and Three’s Company)
Sam Riddle (Producer, Star Search and Original LA ‘Boss Radio’ DJ)
Paul Ritter (British Actor, Chernobyl and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) [He was 54]
Tanya Roberts (Actress, Charlie’s Angels and That ‘70s Show)
Charles Robinson (Actor, The Night Court)
Mick Rock (Legendary Photographer of David Bowie, Queen and Lou Reed)
Joanne Rogers (Widow of Fred Rogers aka Mister Rogers)
Max Rosenthal (Character Actor and father of series creator Phil Rosenthal) [He was 95]
Donald Rumsfeld (Former U.S. Secretary of Defense)
Richard Rush (Director, The Stunt Man) [He was 92]

Antonio Sabato Sr. (Actor, Grand Prix and Escape From the Bronx and father of actor Antonio Sabato Jr.)
Mort Sahl (Standup Comic) [He was 94]
Jay Sandrich (Emmy-winning Director, The Cosby Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Herbert Schlosser (NBC Executive)
Al Schmitt (Engineer-Mixer, Winner of 20 Grammys) [He was 91]
Peter Scolari (Actor, Newhart and Bosom Buddies)
Willard Scott (Legendary Today Show Weatherman)
Sabine Schmitz (Top Gear Presenter and Famed Racing Driver) [She was 51]
Fred Segal (Icon of Los Angeles Fashion and Retail)
George Segal (Veteran Actor, The Goldsbergs, Oscar Nominee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
Sidharth Shukla (Beloved Bollywood Actor) [He was only 40]
Gregory Sierra (Actor, Barney Miller and Sanford and Son)
Felix Silla (Actor, Cousin Itt on The Addams Family and Twiki on Buck Rogers)
Cliff Simon (Actor, Stargate: SG-1)
Joseph Siravo (Actor, The Sopranos, Jersey Boys and American Crime Story)
Sylvain Sylvain (Co-Founder and Rhythm Guitarist, New York Dolls)
Shock G. (Bay Area rapper-producer who fueled “The Humpty Dance” by Digital Underground)
William Smith (Action Star/Actor, Any Which Way You Can and Rich Man, Poor Man)
Stephen Sondheim (Legendary Composer and Dominant Voice in American Musical Theatre)
Phil Spector (Legendary Studio Producer)
Michael Stanley (Cleveland Rock Hero, Michael Stanley Band)
Jim Steinman (Composer, Lyricist and Record Producer – worked with Meat Loaf, Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler)
Dean Stockwell (Veteran Actor, Quantum Leap and countless movie since he was a child)
Una Stubbs (Veteran Actress, Sherlock)

Jamie Tarses (TV Executive, First Woman to Lead NBC Programming Division) [She was 56]
B.J. Thomas (Singer and Grammy-Winner)
Ruthie Tompson (Animation Pioneer and Disney Legend) [She was 111]
Houston Tumlin (Child Actor, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) [He was 28]
James Michael Tyler (Actor, Gunther on Friends)
Michael Tylo (Veteran Soap Actor, Guiding Light, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless)
Cicely Tyson (Emmy- and Tony-Winner, Veteran Actress

Bobby Unser (American Auto Race, 3 time Indy winner)

Melvin Van Peebles (Legendary Filmmaker and father of actor-director Mario Van Peebles)

Alma Wahlberg (Mother of Mark and Donnnie Wahlberg)
Bunny Wailer (Founding Member, Bob Marley’s Wailers and Reggae Singer)
Jeff Wald (Manager to Helen Reddy, Sylvester Stallone and Donna Summer)
Jessica Walter (Actress, Arrested Development)
Charlie Watts (Legendary Drummer, The Rolling Stones)
Jim Weatherly (Songwriter, “Midnight Train to Georgia”)
Howard Weitzman (Celebrity Attorney to Michael Jackson, Marlon Brando and Sean Combs)
Sunni Welles (Actress and Author; and one of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault accusers)
Lina Wertmüller (first woman to be nominated for Best Director Oscar) [She was 93]
Diane Weyermann (Producer, Inconvenient Truth)
Betty White (Legendary Actress)
Clarence Williams III (Actor, The Mod Squad and Purple Rain)
Michael K. Williams (Actor, The Wire and Boardwalk Empire)
Mary Wilson ( (Co-Founder of the Supremes)
Jane Withers (Former Child Star and Josephine the Plumber) [She was 95]
Samuel E. Wright (Voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid)

John Sacret Young (TV Series Co-Creator, China Beach)
Wanda Young (Original member of the Marvelettes, and later the group’s lead singer)

NOTE: This list, in no way, covers all the industry talent who passed away this year. Again, condolences are extended to one and all.

Out of respect, please take a moment of silence.

TOMORROW: TV Ratings

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Entertainment Update for December 20 to December 26

Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on December 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Hey All,

Here are the few news items for this past holiday week:

TV CASTING NEWS

Chris Noth will no longer appear on The Equalizer on CBS following multiple allegations of sexual assault. (TV Line)

Angel vets Julie Benz and Amy Acker will guest star in separate, upcoming episodes of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Benz will appear in the January 3 season premiere as Sadie, an artist and outdoors woman who lives in the cabin next to Rob Lowe’s Owen Strand. While Acker will play Catherine, the chief of staff to the governor of Texas, in a multi-episode arc, which begins on February 7.beginning with the Feb. 7 installment). (TV Insider and TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Awkwafina and Sandra Oh will play estranged sisters in an as-yet-titled 20th Century Studios movie (that was originally announced for Netflix last year), who are forced to reunite and earn money together to pay off their mother’s gambling debts. The two take off across the country in an attempt to win “Jeopardy” and take home the game show’s cash prize. (Deadline and Yahoo)

That’s it. Enjoy!

PS: Hope everyone, who celebrate it, had a wonderful Christmas weekend!

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