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The Hallmark Channel movie The Wedding Veil Expectations will debut on January 7 at 8 PM.
Avery and Peter (Lacey Chabert and Kevin McGarry) try to keep the romance alive while renovating an old house and juggling work, but everything takes on a new perspective when Avery has a surprise for Peter.
Autumn Reeser and Alison Sweeney reprise their roles from the original trilogy.
Here is a trailer for The Wedding Veil Expectations:
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The new Lifetime movie Reba McEntire’s The Hammer will debut on January 7 at 8 PM.
The film follows Kim Wheeler (Reba McEntire), an outspoken, firecracker lawyer who is appointed Judge of the 5th District of Nevada and is one of the few traveling judges left in America. After the reigning judge passes away under suspicious circumstances, Kim finds herself covering a circuit that stretches between Las Vegas and Reno – a rugged, often desolate area where anything and everything can happen.
With gavel in hand, she lays down the law with a no-nonsense brand of justice that quickly earns her the nickname “The Hammer.” As the investigation of the former judge’s death heats up, Kim’s sister Kris (Melissa Peterman), who runs the local brothel, suddenly becomes the prime suspect, and Kim must work even harder to make certain the appropriate justice is served.
Here is a trailer for Reba McEntire’s The Hammer:
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On January 7, the Great American Family movie A Royal in Paradise will debut at 8 PM.
Olivia (Rhiannon Fish), struggling with writer’s block after a break-up, takes a tropical holiday in hope of some inspiration and meets Prince Alexander (Mitchell Bourke), who needs some distance from his duty to marry royalty.
Here is a trailer for A Royal in Paradise:
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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: The finale of Welcome to Chippendales will air online on Hulu today.
6 PM:
Royally Ever After movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Kingsman: The Secret Service movie on Syfy
7 PM:
Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
7:45 PM:
The Holiday movie on Showtime
8 PM:
The Rookie on ABC (NEW – New Night and Time – Crossover Event with The Rookie: Feds)
FBI on CBS (NEW – Winter Return)
The Resident on FOX (NEW – Winter Return)
Winter Castle movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Proposal movie on FX
8:15 PM:
Suicide Squad movie on TNT
9 PM:
The Rookie: Feds on ABC (NEW – New Night and Time – Crossover Event with The Rookie)
FBI: International on CBS (NEW – Winter Return)
Fantasy Island on FOX (Encore)
The Winchester on The CW (Reair)
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
9:30 PM:
Bloodshot (2020) movie on FXM
10 PM:
Will Trent on ABC (DEBUT)
FBI: Most Wanted on CBS (NEW – Winter Return)
New Amsterdam on NBC (NEW – Winter Return)
George & Tammy on Showtime (Encore)
10:30 PM:
The Proposal movie on FX
Justice League movie on TNT
Enjoy!
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The Rig is the new drama that will debut online on Amazon on January 6.
Rose (Emily Hampshire), Magnus (Iain Glen) and Fulmer (Martin Compston) are amongst many others working on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland. When the time comes for them to return back to land, the oil rig becomes engulfed by a supernatural mist. Will they make it back?
Here is a trailer for The Rig:
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The box office movie The Pale Blue Eye will debut online on Netflix on January 6.
A world-weary detective (Christian Bale) is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case – a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).
The cast includes Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Robert Duvall, Toby Jones, Timothy Spall and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Here is a trailer for The Pale Blue Eye:
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On January 6, the AMC+ movie Vesper will debut online.
Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the sci-fi thriller follows Vesper (Raffiella Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Richard Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (Rosy McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs live in comfort thanks to state-of-the-art biotechnology.
Here is a trailer for Vesper:
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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On January 2: The second season premiere of Fantasy Island will air on FOX on January 2 at 8 PM and the reboot of Quantum Leap will be back with new episodes starting on NBC at 10 PM.
On January 3: The season finale of Welcome to Chippendales will air online on Hulu; also FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted will all return to CBS tonight at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively; also The Resident will be back with new episodes starting tonight on FOX at 8 PM; and New Amsterdam will return with new episodes from its final season on NBC at 10 PM.
Also on January 3, The Rookie and The Rookie: Feds will move to a new night on ABC, airing back-to-back at 8 and 9 PM respectively, starting with a crossover episode tonight followed by the debut of the new drama Will Trent at 10 PM. This new series, based on the Karin Slaughter best-selling book series, focuses on Special Agent Will Trent (Ramon Rodriguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI), who was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming of age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system; but now, determined to use his unique point of view to make sure no one feels as abandoned as he was, Trent has the highest clearance rate in the GBI. The cast includes Erika Christensen, Jake McLaughlin, Sonja Sohn and Iantha Richardson.
On January 4: The returns of Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. will air on NBC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively; Big Sky will be back with new episodes on ABC starting tonight at 10 PM; and AMC will air a sneak peek of the network’s new drama Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches [check your local listings for airtime].
On January 5: The winter finale of Doom Patrol will air online on HBO Max; also the second season premiere of Ginny & Georgia will air online on Netflix; and So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas will both be back with new episodes on CBS starting tonight at 9 and 10 PM respectively and the NBC dramas Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime will all be back with new episodes at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively.
The second season finale of The Mosquito Coast will air online on Apple TV+ on January 6; and that same night the CBS dramas S.W.A.T., Fire Country and Blue Bloods will all return with new episode starting tonight at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively.
Also on January 6:
* The Rig, a new drama on Amazon will debut. The show’s synopsis: Rose (Emily Hampshire), Magnus (Iain Glen) and Fulmer (Martin Compston) are amongst many others working on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland. When the time comes for them to return back to land, the oil rig becomes engulfed by a supernatural mist. Will they make it back?
* The AMC+ movie Vesper will debut online. Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the sci-fi thriller follows Vesper (Raffiella Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Richard Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (Rosy McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs live in comfort thanks to state-of-the-art biotechnology.
* The box office movie The Pale Blue Eye will debut online on Netflix. A world-weary detective (Christian Bale) is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case – a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). The cast includes Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Robert Duvall, Toby Jones, Timothy Spall and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
On January 7, the following movies will debut:
* A Royal in Paradise on Great American Family at 8 PM. Olivia (Rhiannon Fish), struggling with writer’s block after a break up, takes a tropical holiday in hope of some inspiration and meets Prince Alexander (Mitchell Bourke), who needs some distance from his duty to marry royalty.
* Reba McEntire’s The Hammer on Lifetime at 8 PM. The film follows Kim Wheeler (Reba McEntire), an outspoken, firecracker lawyer who is appointed Judge of the 5th District of Nevada and is one of the few traveling judges left in America. After the reigning judge passes away under suspicious circumstances, Kim finds herself covering a circuit that stretches between Las Vegas and Reno – a rugged, often desolate area where anything and everything can happen. With gavel in hand, she lays down the law with a no-nonsense brand of justice that quickly earns her the nickname “The Hammer.” As the investigation of the former judge’s death heats up, Kim’s sister Kris (Melissa Peterman), who runs the local brothel, suddenly becomes the prime suspect, and Kim must work even harder to make certain the appropriate justice is served.
* The Wedding Veil: Expectations on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM. Avery and Peter (Lacey Chabert and Kevin McGarry) try to keep the romance alive while renovating an old house and juggling work, but everything takes on a new perspective when Avery has a surprise for Peter. Autumn Reeser and Alison Sweeney reprise their roles from the original trilogy.
On January 8: The season finale of George & Tammy will air on Showtime at 9 PM; the PBS dramas Miss Scarlet and the Duke, All Creatures Great and Small and Vienna Blood will all return with new seasons at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively; and the CBS dramas East New York and NCIS: Los Angeles will return with new episodes at 9 and 10 PM respectively.
Also the following dramas will debut on January 8:
* Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches on AMC+ and also on AMC at 9 PM. Based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy, Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the 8-episode series focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon, Rowan (Alexandra Daddario), who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. The cast includes Annabeth Gish, Beth Grant, Erica Gimpel, Harry Hamlin and Jack Huston.
* Alert at 8 PM on FOX. This procedural drama is about the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Person’s Unit (MPU). Each episode will feature a heart-pounding, life-or-death search for a missing person that runs alongside police officers Jason Grant (Scott Caan) and his ex-wife Nikki Batista’s (Dania Ramirez) series-long quest to find out the truth about their long-lost son.
Lastly also on January 8, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Family History Mysteries: Buried Past will debut at 7 PM. Genealogist Sophie McClaren (Janel Parrish) is an expert at bringing families together. When her close friend Jonathan (Niall Matter) urgently needs to find a bone marrow donor, the case becomes personal.
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
5:30 PM:
Sing (animated) movie on FX
6 PM:
The Dog Lover’s Guide to Dating movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
6:45 PM:
Titanic movie on Showtime 2
6:55 PM:
His Dark Materials on HBO (Encore)
6:56 PM:
The Equalizer 2 movie on Starz
7 PM:
Emma Fielding Mysteries: Past Malice movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
8 PM:
Fantasy Island on FOX (NEW)
George & Tammy on Showtime (Encore)
Groundswell movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Despicable Me 3 (animated) movie on FX
8:45 PM:
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) movie on TNT
9 PM:
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
Emma Fielding Mysteries: More Bitter Than Death movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
10 PM:
Quantum Leap on NBC (NEW – Winter Return)
George & Tammy on Showtime 2 (Encore)
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
Despicable Me 3 (animated) movie on FX
Enjoy!
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on January 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past two holiday weeks:
ORDERED TO SERIES
NBC has given a series order to the new drama The Irrational, which is based on the best-selling novel by Dan Arielsy. The series will star The Flash and Law & Order alum Jesse L. Martin as a world-famous behaviorist who helps corporations, governments, and law-enforcement using his unique understanding of human behavior. While that description sounds like fellow superhero alum Tim Roth’s Lie to Me, well, that show has been off the air for awhile, and Martin is one of the easiest actors to root for in Hollywood. (Deadline and Giant Freakin Robot)
TV CASTING NEWS
Jason Ritter will appear in one episode of the upcoming second season of the Showtime drama Yellowjackets, starring opposite his wife Melanie Lynskey. (Variety)
T.V. Carpio (The Rookie and Big Sky) will have a recurring role in Chicago Med, playing Dr. Grace Song, who is hired by Jack Dayton (Sasha Roiz), who bought a controlling interest in Gaffney Medical Group. (Deadline and TV Line)
Jake Weber (Medium and Star Trek: Discovery) has joined the cast of the second season of NCIS: Hawai’i, playing Jim Carter, a former NCIS agent who is now head of security for a university. (TV Line and Digital Spy)
Broadway star and Tony winner Patti LuPone has joined the cast of the upcoming Disney+ series Agatha: Coven of Chaos that will find Kathryn Hahn reprising her role of Agatha from WandaVision. LuPone’s role is being kept under wraps, but it is believed she will be playing a witch. (Deadline)
Lyndsy Fonseca will be back on 9-1-1: Lone Star, reprising her role of Iris Blake, the sister of former series alum Liv Tyler, who played Michelle Blake. (TV Line)
Joely Richardson will appear in the upcoming drama adaptation of the best-seller “One Day” by David Nicholls, which will focus around the on/off relationship between Emma and Dexter, told in annual installments on the same day each year after Emma and Dexter first meet at a university graduation. (Variety)
MOVIE NEWS
X-Men franchise alum Famke Janssen and Rose Williams (Sanditon) will star in the Netflix contemporary psychological thriller Locked In, which pits the unhappy newlywed Lina (Williams) against her brittle, damaged mother-in-law, Katherine (Janssen). An affair sets Lina onto a journey of secrecy, betrayal and murder — and a plot to seemingly destroy her. But who is the real victim, and who can she truly trust? Monarch and Pushing Daisies star Anna Friel is also part of the cast. (Deadline)
Bridget Regan (Jane the Virgin, The Last Ship and Legend of the Seeker) will star in the psychological drama Canvas that tells the story of two estranged sisters named Marissa Hale and Eve Hale (to be played respectively by Regan and Joanne Kelly of Warehouse 13 fame). (Deadline and Digital Spy)
Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami) will star alongside Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White (both from the Netflix thriller Wednesday) in the romantic drama Winter Spring Summer or Fall, which is being described as Before Sunrise meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The movie tells the story of two teens (Ortega and Hynes White) on the cusp of adulthood who meet and fall in love over four significant days of the year. Rodriguez will play Ortega’s father. (Deadline)
That’s it. Enjoy! Happy Holidays!!
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