Posted in Ratings, Television on September 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Friday night’s primetime line-up on the major networks was filled with wrestling, reality, repeats, news and college bowl along with a new episode from one Friday night drama.
Here is how that lone Friday night drama fared in the overall ratings on Friday night:
9 PM Show:
Dynasty (The CW) [NEW] – 191,000 viewers
What did you watch on TV on Friday night. Please share.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Special, Television, Video on September 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On September 16, the small screen adaptation Heathers: The Musical will debut online on The Roku Channel.
Based on the 1989 cult classic film that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, the musical adaptation follows Westerberg High student Veronica Sawyer (Ailsa Davidson), the beautiful yet cruel Heathers, and mysterious rebel Jason “J.D.” Dean (Simon Gordon).
Here is a trailer for Heathers: The Musical:
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on September 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On September 12, the 74th Annual Emmy Awards will air on NBC at 8 PM; and that same night, the 3rd season of War of the Worlds will premiere on EPIX at 9 PM. War of the Worlds will then move to its regular Sunday night timeslot on September 18.
The 5th season premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale will air on Hulu online on September 14; and that same day, the finale of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series will air on Disney+ online.
On September 15, the 10-episode small screen adaptation of Vampire Academy will debut online on Peacock. From Julie Plec and Marguerie MacIntyre comes a story of friendship, romance and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart. That is, if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first. A bevy of new faces will star in the lead roles along with Angel alum J. August Richards.
The Sundance Now drama The Light in the Hall will debut online on September 15. This psychological thriller is about the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl, Ela Roberts, in 2002. Joe Pritchard (Iwan Rheon from Game of Thrones) was arrested after her DNA was found in his caravan and he confessed to her murder, though he has not disclosed where her body is. When the news breaks that Joe is about to be released from prison after 18 years – much to the horror of Ela’s mother (Joanna Scanlan), journalist Cat Donato (Alexandra Roach) decides to return to Llanemlyn to discover the truth about Ela’s final days for once and for all. But will Cat be warmly welcomed back in the town where she grew up? Sharon is also desperate for answers, and she’ll go to any lengths to get them.
On September 16, the Apple TV+ series Five Days at Memorial will air its finale online; while that same day, the second season premiere of Fate: The Winx Saga will air online on Netflix; and also on that day, the series finale of Dynasty will air at 9 PM on The CW.
The Netflix movie I Used To Be Famous will debut online on September 16. The movie follows Vince (Ed Skrein), a desperate former pop star who dreams of making a comeback. An impromptu jam session with autistic young drummer Stevie (Leo Long) sparks an unexpected friendship between the two misunderstood musicians. The cast includes Eoin Macken (The Night Shift).
Also on September 16, the small screen adaptation Heathers: The Musical will debut online on The Roku Channel. Based on the 1989 cult classic film that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, the musical adaptation follows Westerberg High student Veronica Sawyer (Ailsa Davidson), the beautiful yet cruel Heathers, and mysterious rebel Jason “J.D.” Dean (Simon Gordon).
The Netflix movie A Jazzman’s Blues will debut online on September 16. The movie follows an investigation into an unsolved murder unveiling a story full of forbidden love, deceit and a secret. The movie is directed and written by Tyler Perry. The film stars Joshua Boone, Amirah Vann and Ryan Eggold.
On September 17, the GAC Family movie This Little Love of Mine will make its network debut at 8 PM. A workaholic lawyer (Saskia Hampele) returns to her island home to convince an old friend (Liam McIntyre) to take over his family’s company – but rekindled feelings soon get in the way.
The new movie Wedding of a Lifetime will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM on September 17. Darby (Brooke D’Orsay) and Jake (Jonathan Bennett) are an engaged couple who have been together since their days as high school sweethearts in a close-knit mountain town. Over the years they have found themselves in a rut and drifting apart. When their entire community nominates them to compete for an all-expenses paid wedding in a nationally televised contest, this just may be what the couple needs to rekindle their romance.
On September 18, the finale of Tales of the Walking Dead will air on AMC at 9 PM; and that same day, the 6th season premiere of SEAL Team will air online on Paramount+ today
The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie The Secrets of Bella Vista will debut on September 18 at 9 PM. Tess Delaney (Rachelle Lefevre) gets the surprising news by estate executor Damhnaic McAuley (Niall Matter) that she has inherited half of an apple orchard from the father she never knew and has a half-sister she didn’t know about. When she visits the orchard and connects with her new-found family, she learns that the orchard is dep in debt. Using her knowledge as an antiques expert, Tess and her half-sister work to unravel the mystery of their grandmother’s “treasure” that could hold the key to saving the orchard. And, in the process, Tess ultimately finds a new understanding of herself.
Lastly, also on September 18, the new movie Love’s Sweet Recipe will debut on UPtv at 7 PM. After the passing of her father, Chef Courtney works to keep his restaurant from running into the ground. With the help of her childhood friend, Jake, and armed with a family heirloom her father left behind called the “Rule Book of Love,” Courtney also finds love in the place she least expects. The film stars Megan Hutchings and Damon Runyan.
Mark your calendars!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on September 12, 2022| 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:
White House Down movie on A&E
6 PM:
Paris, Wine and Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
6:15 PM:
X-Men: Days of Future Past movie on TNT
7 PM:
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
7:03 PM:
The American President movie on Encore
7:05 PM:
The Lost City (2021) movie on EPIX
7:25 PM:
X-Men: Apocalypse movie on FXM
Serendipity movie on MOVIES!
8 PM:
The 74th Annual Emmy Awards on NBC (Special)
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard movie on A&E
Despicable Me 3 (animated) movie on FX
8:30 PM:
Sweet Home Alabama movie on Freeform
9 PM:
War of the Worlds on EPIX (NEW – Season Premiere)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
The Perfect Catch movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Captain Marvel movie on TNT
9:02 PM:
Monarch on FOX (Encore of DEBUT)
10 PM:
War of the Worlds on EPIX (Encore)
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
Despicable Me 3 (animated) movie on FX
Enjoy!
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on September 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWAL/CANCELLATION
HBO Max has given a second season renewal to Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. (TV Line)
The Handmaid’s Tale has been renewed for its 6th and final season. (TV Line)
Amazon has pulled the plug on the sci-fi series Paper Girls after only one season. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Criminal Minds will be back for another rebooted season on Paramount+ this time under the name Criminal Minds: Evolution. There will be 10 episodes in this season and Friday Night Lights vet Zach Gilfrod will join the cast as the season-long villain Elias Voit, an operations analyst for a global cyber-security firm who has a dark side and obsession with death. Veteran cast members Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster will be back but Matthew Gray Gubler and Daniel Henney will not be back. (TV Line)
Claire Danes has joined hte cast of the upcoming limited series Full Circle coming to HBO Max The series follows an investigation into a botched kidnapping that uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City. The series will star Zazie Beetz Characters details are being kept under wraps, though. (Variety)
Lee Jung-Jae (from Squid Game) has been cast as the male lead in the upcoming Disney+ drama series The Acolyte that is set a century before the events of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. The series promises to depict the galaxy at the peak of the era of the High Republic, when the Jedi were at their strongest and the Sith were believed to have been eradicated from the galaxy. (Variety)
The Yellowstone offshoot series 1923 has added to its cast. Starring alongside Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, who will play Jacob and Cara Dutton, will be James Badge Dale, who will play John Dutton, Sr., the oldest nephew and right-hand man of Jacob; Marley Shelton, who will play Emma Dutton, the dutiful wife of John Dutton Sr.; Darren Mann, who will play Jack Dutton, son of John Sr. and Emma; Michelle Randolph, who will play Elizabeth Strafford, a feisty and capable young woman set to marry into the Dutton family; Brian Geraghty, who will play Zane, a fiercely loyal ranch foreman; relative newcomer Aminah Nieves, who will play Teonna Rainwater (believed to be an ancestor of Gil Birmingham’s Thomas Rainwater), a young woman at a government residential boarding school; and Julia Schlaepfer, who will play Alexandra, a British woman who meets one of the Duttons abroad. (TV Line)
Kathryn Prescott (Finding Carter) will recur on New Amsterdam, playing Dr. Lauren Bloom’s estranged sister, Vanessa. (TV Line)
The role of Jonathan Kent on The CW’s Superman & Lois has been recast – after series regular Jordan Elsass decided not to return for the show’s upcoming third season. Australian actor Michael Bishop (Disney Channel’s Spin) will take over the role. (TV Line)
The upcoming Taylor Sheridan CIA drama Lioness that will debut on Paramount+ has added to its cast. The series is based on a real-life CIA program that will follow Cruz Manuelos (Laysla De Oliveira), a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Zoe Saldaña will play Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives. The new cast members are James Jordan, LaMonica Garrett, and Dave Annable, but details on the characters they will play are being kept under wraps. (Variety)
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES
The upcoming Beauty and the Beast live-action/animation production that is set to air ABC will star Grammy winner H.E.R. as Belle and now also includes among its cast actor-singer Josh Groban, who will play Beast; Joshua Henry who will play Gaston and legendary actress Rita Moreno who will serve as the show’s narrator, guiding viewers along the classically enchanting tale. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Shira Haas and actor Tim Blake Nelson have joined the cast of the upcoming box office movie Captain Ameria: New World Order that will star Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka Falcon. Haas will play Sabra and Nelson will play The Leader. Also, Carl Lumbly will reprise his role as Isaiah Bradley. (Variety)
The cast members for the upcoming team-up movie Marvel’s Thunderbolts will include Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Julie Louis-Dreyfus and Hannah John-Kamen. (TV Line)
Winona Ryder, Dan Levy and Hasan Minaj have joined the cast of the Disney remake of Haunted Mansion. The movie already includes Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, LaKeith Stanfield, Jared Leto, Tiffany Haddish, Jamie Lee Curis and Danny DeVito. The supernatural comedy will follow Gabbie (Dawson), a single mom with a nine-year-old son, who is looking to start a new life. She buys a strangely affordable mansion in New Orleann, which they soon discover is haunted. (Variety)
Ariana DeBose will provide her voice to the upcoming Disney film Wish that will blend the classic watercolor-esque Disney animation style with a newer, CGI look. DeBose will play Asha, the 17-year-old heroine and protagonist. Alan Tudyk will also provide his voice to an adorable goat named Valentino. (Variety)
Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Strong will star alongside Jodie Comer in the upcoming film The End We Start From. The film will focus on what happens when an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, causing a young family to be torn apart in the chaos. The cast will include Katherin Waterston, Joel Fry, Nina Sosanya and Gina McKee. (Variety)
The upcoming action thriller Land of Bad will star Liam Hemsworth, his brother Luke Hemsworth, Milo Ventimiglia, Ricky Whittle and Russell Crowe. The film will follow Reaper (Crowe), an Air Force drone pilot supporting a Delta Force special ops mission in the South Philippines. After the mission goes terribly wrong, Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. The Tier-One team, led by Cpt. Sugar (Ventimigila) and Sgt. Abel (Luke Hemsworth) is re-deployed to return and retrieve their captured man and the asset. They are joined by Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), a green Air Force JTAC officer, who is thrust into the middle of a high-stakes extraction. But the ground mission suddenly turns upside down and becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, Reaper becomes the young operator’s only ticket out. (Variety)
Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman will star in the upcoming psychological thriller Sympathy for the Devil, which will follow The Driver (Kinnaman), as he finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being forced to drive a mysterious man known as The Passenger (Cage). (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on September 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Sundance Now drama The Light in the Hall will debut online on September 15.
This psychological thriller is about the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl, Ela Roberts, in 2002. Joe Pritchard (Iwan Rheon from Game of Thrones) was arrested after her DNA was found in his caravan and he confessed to her murder, though he has not disclosed where her body is.
When the news breaks that Joe is about to be released from prison after 18 years – much to the horror of Ela’s mother (Joanna Scanlan), journalist Cat Donato (Alexandra Roach) decides to return to Llanemlyn to discover the truth about Ela’s final days for once and for all. But will Cat be warmly welcomed back in the town where she grew up? Sharon is also desperate for answers, and she’ll go to any lengths to get them.
Here is a trailer for The Light in the Hall:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on September 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On September 15, the 10-episode small screen adaptation of Vampire Academy will debut online on Peacock today
From The Vampire Diaries executive producer Julie Plec and The Vampire Diaries actress Marguerie MacIntyre comes a story of friendship, romance and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart. That is, if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first.
A bevy of new faces will star in the lead roles along with Angel alum J. August Richards.
Here is a trailer for Vampire Academy:
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on September 11, 2022| 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: A new episode of Blood & Treasure will air online on Paramount+ today.
5:30 PM:
Bumblebee movie on FX
6 PM:
Marry Go Round movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Star Trek Beyond movie on BBC America
6:05 PM:
Mulan (animated) movie on Freeform
Florence Foster Jenkins movie on TMC
6:57 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO 2 (Encore)
7 PM:
Finding Love in Big Sky movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
Unthinkably Good Things movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Up (animated) movie on Disney
Arrival movie on Showtime 2
The Mummy (1999) movie on Syfy
The Fugitive movie on VICE
7:30 PM:
The Greatest Showman movie on FXM
7:53 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
8 PM:
Chesapeake Shores on Hallmark Channel (NEW)
Ant-Man and The Wasp movie on FXX
Ant-Man movie on TNT
8:45 PM:
Edge of Tomorrow movie on BBC America
9 PM:
Monarch on FOX (DEBUT – Special Night)
House of the Dragon on HBO (NEW)
Guilt on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW)
To Her, With Love movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT)
The Equalizer on CBS (Reair)
Valentine Ever After movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Star Trek Into Darkness movie on EPIX
The Fugitive movie on VICE
10 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on September 10, 2022| 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
4:35 PM:
Bohemian Rhapsody movie on FXM
5:10 PM:
Up (animated) movie on Freeform
5:57 PM:
Stargate movie on Cinemax
6 PM:
The Story of Us movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Matrix movie on AMC
Shrek (animated) movie on Syfy
6:30 PM:
The Proposal movie on Bravo
6:47 PM:
Becoming Elizabeth on Starz (Encore)
7 PM:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Made on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
7:05 PM:
Thor: The Dark World movie on Encore
7:20 PM:
Wreck-It Ralph (animated) movie on Freeform
Atomic Blonde movie on FXM
7;30 PM:
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum movie on Paramount Network
8 PM:
Marry Go Round movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
Patriot Games movie on BBC America
Jumanji: The Next Level movie on FX
Shrek 2 (animated) movie on Syfy
8:10 PM:
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit movie on EPIX
9 PM:
Caribbean Summer movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
9:25 PM:
Ralph Breaks the Internet (animated) movie on FX
9:40 PM:
Atomic Blonde movie on FXM
10 PM:
Love in the Limelight movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Twister movie on Syfy
10:15 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
10:30 PM:
Jumanji: The Next Level movie on FX
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on September 9, 2022| 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: The season five premiere of Cobra Kai will air online on Netflix.
5:15 PM:
Star Trek Beyond movie on AMC
5:30 PM:
Avengers: Infinity War movie on FX
6 PM:
The Secret Ingredient movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
6:30 PM:
Hidden Figures movie on FXM
6:45 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
7 PM:
Follow Me to Daisy Hills movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Terminator movie on VICE
7:45 PM:
Road House movie on IFC
8 PM:
Open by Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Unstoppable movie on AMC
John Wick: Chapter 2 movie on Paramount Network
Walking Tall (2004) movie on TBS
9 PM:
Groundswell movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
The Proposal movie on Bravo
The Martian movie on FX
Dune (2021) movie on HBO 2
9:10 PM:
The Martian movie on FX
9:30 PM:
The Terminator movie on VICE
Shaft movie on TBS
9:33 PM:
The Day After Tomorrow movie on Cinemax
10:30 PM:
Purple Rain movie on IFC
Enjoy!
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