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On October 14, the Apple TV+ 3-episode series Shantaram will debut online.

Based on the nationally best-selling novel by Gregory David Roberts, the series follows a fugitive named Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam from Sons of Anarchy) looking to get lost in vibrant and chaotic 1980s Bombay. Alone in an unfamiliar city, Lin struggles to avoid the trouble he’s running from in this new place. After falling for an enigmatic and intriguing woman named Karla, Lin must choose between freedom or love and the complications that come with it.

The cast includes Alexander Siddig and Luke Pasqualino.

Here is a trailer for Shantaram:

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

On October 10, the season premieres of All American and All American: Homecoming will air on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively.

The new show The Winchesters and the acquired series Professionals will both debut on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively on October 11. The Winchesters is told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), the series focuses on the epic, untold love story of how John Winchester (Drake Rodger from The In Between) met Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly from American Housewife) and put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world. Meanwhile, Professionals follows Vincent Corbo (Tom Welling from Smallville and Lucifer), a top-tier security operative who is paid to protect the interests of rich and powerful clients by any means necessary – legal or not. After a next-gen medical-data satellite explodes on launch, Corbo is hired by the rocket’s designer, billionaire futurist Peter Swann (Brendan Fraser), who suspects sabotage. Complicating Corbo’s new gig is his former paramour and now Swann’s fiancée, medical visionary Dr. Grace Davila (Elena Anaya from Wonder Woman), who is racing to help stave off a global catastrophe. As Corbo and his team of veteran security professionals investigate the rocket disaster, they expose a lethal conspiracy of Swann’s corporate rivals, corrupt government officials, and a shadowy crime syndicate – all working to destroy Swann and take control of his tech empire.

On October 12, the second season premiere of Big Shots will air online on Disney+.

The season finale of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law will air online on Disney+ on October 13.

On October 14, the season finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will air online on Amazon; and that same day, the series finale of See will air online on Apple TV+.

The Apple TV+ 3-episode series Shantaram will debut online on October 14. Based on the nationally best-selling novel by Gregory David Roberts, the series follows a fugitive named Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam from Sons of Anarchy) looking to get lost in vibrant and chaotic 1980s Bombay. Alone in an unfamiliar city, Lin struggles to avoid the trouble he’s running from in this new place. After falling for an enigmatic and intriguing woman named Karla, Lin must choose between freedom or love and the complications that come with it. The cast includes Alexander Siddig and Luke Pasqualino.

Also on October 14, the new drama High School will debut online on Freevee (formerly IMDbTV). Based on the best-selling memoir by recording artists Tegan and Sara Quin, the series will be told through the backdrop of 90’s grunge and rave culture, weaving between parallel and discordant memories of twin sisters growing up down the hall from one another. The series will star Railey and Seazynn Gilliland, Cobie Smulders and Kyle Bornheimer.

The Hallmark Channel movie Autumn in the City will debut on October 15 at 8 PM. Piper Grant (Aimee Teegarden) moves to New York for a fresh start and to find her career passion. As she bounces between different exciting temp jobs that take her all over the city, she meets Austin Edwards (Evan Roderick), an aspiring writer. While Piper’s sunny optimism is at odds with Austin’s jaded personality, the magic of the autumn season soon brings them closer together. When Piper realizes her true passion is illustration, they decide to team up on a children’s book project, and in the process, they discover the thing they’re really searching for might be each other.

On October 15, the UPtv movie My Boss’s Wedding will debut at 8 PM. Sparks fly when a personal assistant plans her boss’s wedding with the groom’s handsome nephew. The movie stars Holly Deveaux and Drew Seeley.

The second season premiere of Miss Scarlet & the Duke will air on PBS on October 16 at 8 PM followed by the debuts of both Magpie Murders and Annika at 9 and 10 PM respectively. Magpie Murders stars Lesley Manville stars as Susan Ryeland, a book editor, who attempts to attain the final chapters of an unfinished mystery manuscript, which plunges her into a shocking mystery case of her own – one which will change her life in ways she’d never expected. And, Annika stars Nicola Walker as DI Annika Strandhed, who juggles enigmatic cases while trying to raise her rebellious teenage daughter.

On October 16, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Perfect Harmony will debut at 9 PM. When Jack Chandeller (James Denton) and Barrett Woodward’s (Sherri Saum) mutual friends Naomi (Julia Benson) and Simon (Peter Benson) are ready to tie the knot, they ask the pair to be Best Man and Maid of Honor. Barrett is a buttoned-up college professor and Jack is a laid-back former pop star who have always been like oil and water, but they agree to set aside their differences to support Naomi and Simon. At the engagement party, an impromptu duet between Barrett and Jack begins to thaw the frost between them, much to his son Teddy’s (James real life son Sheppard Denton) dismay as Barrett is his professor. Slowly, Best Man and Maid of Honor begin to change their perceptions of each other and find they may be more in tune than either of them would have imagined.

The UPtv movie Love in Wolf Creek will debut on October 16 at 7 PM. Sam sets out to save a pack of wild wolves and a conservation refuge with the help of the town’s handsome newcomer. Starring Tim Rozon and Nola Martin.

Lastly, also on October 16, the third season premiere of Step Up: High Water will air on Starz at 9:56 PM; and that same night, the series finale of Chesapeake Shores will air at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel.

Mark your calendars!

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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

5 PM:
The Batman (2022) movie on HBO 2

6 PM:
Winter Castle movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:35 PM:
The Greatest Showman movie on FXM

7 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
The Good Witch movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

8 PM:
9-1-1 on FOX (NEW)
House of the Dragon on HBO 2 (Encore)
Caribbean Summer movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard movie on A&E
Rain Man movie on Cinemax
A Good Day to Die Hard movie on FX
Ready Player One movie on TNT

8:15 PM:
War of the Worlds on EPIX (Encore)

9 PM:
NCIS on CBS (NEW)
The Cleaning Lady on FOX (NEW)
The Good Witch’s Garden movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

9:53 PM:
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie on Starz

10 PM:
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (NEW)
Quantum Leap on NBC (NEW)
A Good Day to Die Hard movie on FX
Stillwater movie on TMC

Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWAL

Amazon has renewed Outer Range for a second season. (TV Line)

COMING TO AN END

Netflix will bring Firefly Lane to a close after its upcoming second season. The first 9 episodes of season two will be released on December 2 while the final 7 episodes will air sometime in 2023. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Michael Rady (Timeless and Chicago Med) will recur on Magnum P.I.on its new home on NBC. He will play Detective Chris Childs of the Honolulu PD. (TV Line)

Star Trek: Discovery has added new cast members to its upcoming season. Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica, Due South and The Umbrella Academy) will play Rayner, a gruff, smart Starfleet Captain who holds a clear line between commander and crew and Eve Harlow (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will play Moll, a former courier-turned-outlaw equipped with an impressive strategic mind and a sharp wit. (TV Line)

Tom Welling (Smallville and Lucifer) has joined the cast of The Winchesters, recurring as family patriarch Samuel Campbell (originally played by Mitch Pileggi in Supernatural), Mary Campbell’s father, and Dean and Sam’s maternal grandfather. (TV Line)

Keanu Reeves will no longer star in the Hulu series adaptation of The Devil in the White City. (Variety)

Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone and Red Sparrow) will star opposite Kate Winslet in the upcoming HBO limited series The Palace that tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel. No character details have been released, though. (Variety)

Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why and Knives Out) will star in the upcoming Starz psychological thriller The Venery of Samantha Bird. The 8-episode series centers on the title character, who while visiting family in New England, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart and falls headlong into what seems like a storybook romance. Underneath their fever dream, however, lurks a more unsettling interpretation of this affair. (The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Jared Leto will star and produce a biopic about Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic fashion designer whose career spanned more than 50 years, who died in Feb. 2019. (Variety)

Sir Ben Kingsley will star in the film adaptation of Violent Cases, the first ever graphic novel from Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. The story journeys into the mind of Neil Gaiman, as a famous author recounts fragmented childhood memories and visits an osteopath, who once worked for Al Capone. It will weave a dark and twisting tale about stories, our memory, violence and the ways we can’t escape our past. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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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:

4:45 PM:
The Martian movie on FXM

5 PM:
Sister Act movie on BET
Avengers: Endgame movie on TNT

5:30 PM:
Crazy Rich Asians movie on TBS

5:45 PM:
Road House movie on Sundance TV

6 PM:
Pumpkin Everything movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Sixteen Candles movie on BBC America
The Proposal movie on E!

6:04 PM:
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard movie on HBO

6:37 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO 2 (Encore)

7 PM:
Infamously in Love movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
Big Sky River movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)

7:35 PM:
The Martian movie on FXM

7:45 PM:
Coyote Ugly movie on CMT

7:50 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)

8 PM:
The Equalizer on CBS (NEW)
Family Law on The CW (NEW)
Chesapeake Shores on Hallmark Channel (NEW)
Ant-Man and The Wasp movie on FX
Sweet Home Alabama movie on TBS

8:30 PM:
The Proposal movie on E!

9 PM:
East New York on CBS (NEW)
Coroner on The CW (NEW)
War of the Worlds on EPIX (NEW)
House of the Dragon on HBO (NEW)
Van der Valk on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW – Finale)
Mid-Love Crisis movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT)
Taking the Reins movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

10 PM:
The Rookie on ABC (NEW)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW – Season Premiere)
Sixteen Candles movie on BBC America

10:06 PM:
Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire on AMC (NEW)

10:10 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)

10:15 PM:
Ocean’s 8 movie on TBS

Enjoy!

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Last night’s primetime line-up on the major networks was filled with wrestling, reality, football, news and a special along with episodes from three Friday night dramas, one of which was the show’s debut and the other two show’s season premieres.

Here is how those three Friday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

8 PM Show:
S.W.A.T. (CBS) [NEW – Season Premiere] – 4.6 million viewers

9 PM Show:
Fire Country (CBS) [DEBUT] – 5.7 million viewers

10 PM Show:
Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW – Season Premiere] – 6.1 million viewers

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

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It was a big night of programming on the major networks last night with 10 Thursday night dramas airing new episodes, 4 of which were the show’s season premieres and two of which were the show’s debuts along with some comedies and reality programming.

Here is how those ten Thursday night dramas fared in the overall ratings on Thursday night:

8 PM Shows:
Station 19 (ABC) [NEW – Season Premiere] – 4.2 million viewers
Law & Order (NBC) [NEW] – 4.1 million viewers
Walker (The CW) [NEW – Season Premiere] – 760,000 viewers

9 PM Shows:
So Help Me Todd (CBS) [NEW] – 4.4 million viewers
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) [NEW] – 4.2 million viewers
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [NEW – Season Premiere] – 3.8 million viewers
Walker: Independence (The CW) [DEBUT] – 615,000 viewers

10 PM Shows:
Alaska Daily (ABC) [DEBUT] – 3.6 million viewers
CSI: Vegas (CBS) [NEW] – 3.2 million viewers
Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) [NEW] – 3 million viewers

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

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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 Signed, Sealed, Delivered episodes on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries today.

5:30 PM:
The Proposal movie on FX

6 PM:
A Royal Runaway Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)

6:01 PM:
Safe Haven movie on Starz

6:39 PM:
Backdraft movie on Encore

7:30 PM:
Footloose (original) movie on CMT
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum movie on Paramount Network

8 PM:
Home for Harvest movie on GAC Family (DEBUT)
Pumpkin Everything movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
The Bourne Identity movie on Cinemax
Sweet Home Alabama movie on FX
Avenges: Endgame movie on TNT

10 PM:
A Harvest Wedding movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Bourne Supremacy movie on Cinemax

10:20 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)

Enjoy!

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The acquired series Professionals will debut on The CW on October 11 at 9 PM.

The series follows Vincent Corbo (Tom Welling from Smallville and Lucifer), a top-tier security operative who is paid to protect the interests of rich and powerful clients by any means necessary – legal or not.

After a next-gen medical-data satellite explodes on launch, Corbo is hired by the rocket’s designer, billionaire futurist Peter Swann (Brendan Fraser), who suspects sabotage. Complicating Corbo’s new gig is his former paramour and now Swann’s fiancée, medical visionary Dr. Grace Davila (Elena Anaya from Wonder Woman), who is racing to help stave off a global catastrophe.

As Corbo and his team of veteran security professionals investigate the rocket disaster, they expose a lethal conspiracy of Swann’s corporate rivals, corrupt government officials, and a shadowy crime syndicate – all working to destroy Swann and take control of his tech empire.

Here is a trailer for Professionals:

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On October 11, the new prequel series The Winchesters will debut on The CW at 8 PM.

Told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), the series focuses on the epic, untold love story of how John Winchester (Drake Rodger from The In Between) met Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly from American Housewife) and put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world.

Here is a trailer for The Winchesters:

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