Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »
[Photo Credit: Hallmark Channel]
Grace (Jen Lilley) and her former high school crush, Ryan (Nick Bateman), work together to revive the beloved charity fundraiser and seem to constantly find themselves under strategically placed mistletoe.
Here is a trailer for Love Under the Mistletoe.
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
5:30 PM:
Back to the Future movie on AMC
5:45 PM:
The Hunt for Red October movie on Showtime
5:55 PM:
Shooter movie on Showtime 2
6 PM:
A Godwink Christmas movie movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Aurora Teagarden Mystery movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 movie on FX
My Cousin Vinny movie on Paramount Network
6:30 PM:
Spaceballs movie on BBC America
7:30 PM:
Red movie on Syfy
7:45 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO 2 (Encore)
8 PM:
R.J. Decker on ABC (Encore)
NCIS on CBS (Encore)
Christmas by Starlight movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reap What You Sow movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Deepwater Horizon movie on Showtime 2
8:30 PM:
Highlander (1986) movie on BBC America
9 PM:
Will Trent on ABC (Encore)
NCIS: Origins on CBS (Encore)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 movie on FX
9:50 PM:
Top Gun: Maverick movie on Showtime 2
10 PM:
Will Trent on ABC (Encore)
NCIS: Sydney on CBS (Encore)
Hudson & Rex on UPtv (Encore)
Red 2 movie on Syfy
10:30 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 20, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On July 20, the second season premiere of the Acorn TV drama The Crow Girl will air online.
The second season of Ransom Canyon will premiere online on Netflix on July 23; meanwhile, that same day, the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will premiere online on Paramount+.
On July 23, the Britbox drama Gone will debut online. Alana Polly (Emma Appleton), a married music teacher from Bristol, has vanished. Minutes have turned into hours; hours into days. And yet her family has heard nothing. Her car keys are still in the dish by the front door, her cell phone is still charging under the bed. It’s as if she’s simply walked out on her stable family home. Concerned, Alana’s husband Michael Polly (David Morrissey) goes to the police. He speaks to Detective Annie Cassidy (Eve Myles). He is determined, insistent, that she finds out what has happened to his wife. Cassidy promises him she will. But something in her gut tells her he is responsible. The cast includes Elliot Cowan and Rupert Evans.
The finale of Criminal Minds: Evolution will air online on Paramount+ on July 23.
On July 24, the series finale of The Chi will air online on Paramount+.
The Hallmark Channel holiday movie Love Under the Mistletoe will debut on July 25 at 8 PM. Grace (Jen Lilley) and her former high school crush, Ryan (Nick Bateman), work together to revive the beloved charity fundraiser and seem to constantly find themselves under strategically placed mistletoe.
Lastly on July 26, the third season premiere of The Walking Dead: Dead City will air online on AMC+ while it will also air at 9 PM on AMC; meanwhile, on that same day, the series finale of The Chi will air at 9 PM on Showtime.
Mark your calendars!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 20, 2026| 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 two premiere of The Crow Girl will air online on Acorn TV today.
4:30 PM:
Man on Fire movie on Syfy
6 PM:
Coyote Creek Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Aurora Teagarden Mystery movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Sixteen Candles movie on AMC
6:05 PM:
Cars 2 (animated) movie on Freeform
7 PM:
Ant-Man movie on FX
Field of Dreams movie on TruTV
7:55 PM:
The Hitman’s Bodyguard movie on Cinemax
8 PM:
All American on CW (NEW)
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
The Westies on MGM+ (Encore)
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland movie on Disney (Encore)
Caught By Love movie on Hallmark Mystery (Encore)
Christmas Island movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Back to the Future movie on AMC
I, Robot movie on Syfy
8:30 PM:
Cars 3 (animated) movie on Freeform
The School of Rock movie on Paramount Network
8:50 PM:
Billy the Kid on MGM+ (Encore)
9 PM:
FBI on CBS (Encore)
9:15 PM:
Field of Dreams movie on TruTV
9:30 PM:
Ant-Man and The Wasp movie on FX
The Wiz movie on TCM
9:45 PM:
Billy the Kid on MGM+ (Encore)
9:50 PM:
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard movie on Cinemax
10 PM:
The Rookie on ABC (Encore)
CIA on CBS (Encore)
Hudson & Rex on UPtv (Encore)
Hacksaw Ridge movie on Showtime
10:30 PM:
Back to the Future Part II movie on AMC
Enjoy!
Posted in Daily/Weekly Updates on July 19, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
RENEWAL
Sullivan’s Crossing has been picked up for season 5 on the CW. The 10-episode season is expected to premiere on the network sometime in 2027. (Deadline)
TV CASTING NEWS
This Is Us alum Susan Kelechi Watson has joined the cast of the upcoming as yet untitled Dakota Fanning thriller over at Apple TV that will have Fanning starring as an undercover Treasury agent in a multi-billion-dollar international conglomerate with world-changing political and criminal tentacles, who becomes conflicted between her mission and a belief that her principal target, the heir apparent to all that corrupt power, is at his core a good man and worthy of her love. Watson will play the series regular role of Dawn, a handler for US governmental covert operations. The previously announced cast also includes Stellan Skarsgård, Daryl McCormack, Grace Gummer and Joely Richardson. (Deadline)
Lost alum Maggie Grace has joined the cast of the upcoming AMC drama series Thunder Road that already boasts cast members Dennis Quaid, Michael Rooker and Matt Barr. The series is the multi-generational saga of the fictional Whitlock family, whose legacy in stock car racing is as deep as the family’s ties to the Southern hill country roots that shaped them. Quaid will play racing legend Duane Whitlock, a towering figure who built a racing empire from a legacy of moonshine runs and dirt tracks and refuses to let it die. Grace will play Laney Whitlock, oldest and smartest of Duane’s children and the CEO of Whitlock Racing. (Deadline)
Amazon Prime Video will recast the lead role of its upcoming adaptation of God of War after lead actor Ryan Hurst, who to play Kratos, the titular god of war, was injured on set. (Deadline and Variety)
Gabriel Luna has joined the cast of the second season of Dexter: Resurrection, playing Ray Ballard, a serial killer operating under the name The Sleepy-Eyed Stranger. (Variety)
Jessica Alba has joined the cast of the Netflix reboot of the Jennifer Garner movie 13 Going on 30, but details about who she will be portraying nor the synopsis of the show have been released. (Deadline)
The second season of the MGM+ period piece drama Robin Hood has added James Purefoy (The Following), Colin O’Donoghue (Once Upon a Time) and Luke Roberts (Hudson & Rex) to its cast. Purefoy will play King Henry, O’Donoghue will play Prince Richard and Roberts will play Amaury D’Montfort. (Deadline)
It looks like Melissa Gilbert will not be back as Georgie McGill in season 14 of the Hallmark Channel drama When Calls the Heart. (Entertainment Now)
LINEAR TV MOVIE NEWS
It’s been four years since Angie Harmon appeared in the Lifetime movie Buried in Barstow alongside Hallmark hunk Kristoffer Polaha, but two sequel films are going to be happening with the working titles of Buried in Barstow: Blood for Blood and Buried in Barsto: The Reckoning. The franchise follows former assassin Hazel King (Harmon) as she tries to build a quiet life for herself and her daughter, but her dark past keeps coming back to haunt her. As new threats and unexpected connections emerge, Hazel must navigate loyalty, motherhood, and the possibility of redemption, while confronting who she used to be. Reprising her role of Hazel’s daughter Joy is Lauren Ashley Richards with Anne of Green Gables alum Megan Follows joining the cast as Zadie, the enigmatic matriarch of a powerful construction family whose interests in Barstow and Harmon’s own daughter Finley Sehorn who will play a young Hazel in flashbacks. (Deadline)
STREAMING MOVIE NEWS
Alan Ritchson is in negotiations to star in the upcoming Netflix movie Maelstrom, which will follow a Federal Marshal guarding the fiancée of an arms dealer seeking witness protection. Events unfold over the course of one evening as a hurricane rolls in, blocking outside communication and preventing reinforcements from arriving. Together they must fight to survive the onslaught of men working for the arms dealer, as well as the escalating elements of the natural disaster raging outside. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS
Carey Mulligan will appear in the upcoming film adaptation of The Bell Jar by famed author Slyvia Plath. Pop star Billie Eilish will make her film acting debut in this production too. Mulligan will play Mrs. Greenwood — mother to Eilish’s protagonist Esther Greenwood. (Variety)
An ensemble of actors have joined the upcoming Glenn Powell and Meghann Fahy box office movie called The Girlfriend. They include Rosario Dawson, Lamorne Morris, Stephen Root and Edi Patterson. The movie is about Eve (to be played by Dawson) who gives up her perfect New York City life and moves to Alabama for her husband Elliot’s dream job. Seeing her isolated, friendless, and unhappy, Elliot does what any loving husband would do: he secretly hires an escort (Fahy) to be her new best friend. (Deadline)
The upcoming animated movie Steps will reimagine Cinderella’s “evil” stepsisters (to be voiced by Ali Wong and Stephanie Hsu) as the protagonists. Other voices will be provided by Amanda Seyfried as Cinderella, Bette Midler as the Fairy Godmother, Daniel Radcliffe as the Prince and Peter Dinklage as Roderick, a murderous man-nanny. (What’s on Netflix)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 19, 2026| Leave a Comment »
[Photo Credit: ITV and Britbox]
Alana Polly (Emma Appleton), a married music teacher from Bristol, has vanished. Minutes have turned into hours; hours into days. And yet her family has heard nothing.
Her car keys are still in the dish by the front door, her cell phone is still charging under the bed. It’s as if she’s simply walked out on her stable family home. Concerned, Alana’s husband Michael Polly (David Morrissey) goes to the police. He speaks to Detective Annie Cassidy (Eve Myles).
He is determined, insistent, that she finds out what has happened to his wife. Cassidy promises him she will. But something in her gut tells her he is responsible.
The cast includes Elliot Cowan and Rupert Evans.
Here is a trailer for Gone:
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 19, 2026| 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 Hudson & Rex on UPtv. Check your local listings for episodes and airtimes for both marathons.
5:30 PM:
Willow movie on Syfy
5:45 PM:
The Martian movie on AMC
6 PM:
Snowbound for the Holidays movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Mystery 101 movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (animated) movie on E!
Avengers: Endgame movie on FX
Apollo 13 movie on Sundance TV
6:10 PM:
National Treasure movie on Freeform
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning movie on MGM+
6:55 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
7 PM:
Frozen (animated) movie on Disney
Independence Day: Resurgence movie on FXM
7:20 PM:
Kingsman: The Golden Circle movie on Cinemax
7:50 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
8 PM:
Patience on PBS (NEW)
A Very Merry Mix-Up movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Mystery 101: Killer Timing movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
8:30 PM:
The Mask movie on Syfy
9 PM:
House of the Dragon on HBO (NEW)
The Westies on MGM+ (NEW)
Grantchester on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW)
Tracker on CBS (Encore)
A Few Good Men movie on Sundance TV
9:20 PM:
National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie on Freeform
65 movie on FXM
9:30 PM:
Red Sparrow movie on Cinemax
10 PM:
The Westies on MGM+ (Encore)
Marshals on CBS (Encore)
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
Downton Abbey on PBS (Reair)
Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Jason Bourne movie on FX
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 18, 2026| 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:
6 PM:
We Met in December movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Hannah Swensen Mysteries movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
6:20 PM:
Legally Blonde movie on HBO
7 PM:
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland movie on Disney (Encore)
The Beekeeper movie on BBC America
Deepwater Horizon movie on Showtime
7:30 PM:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade movie on Freeform
The Princess Bride movie on IFC
8 PM:
Snowboard for the Holidays movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
My Cousin Vinny movie on VH1
9:30 PM:
Fast X movie on E!
Project Hail Mary movie on MGM+
9:45 PM:
Spaceballs movie on IFC
10 PM:
Christmas Under Construction movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
San Andreas movie on TBS
10:30 PM:
The Ark on Syfy (Encore)
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 17, 2026| 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 Hulu movie They Fight will debut online today.
5:30 PM:
Molly’s Game movie on Showtime 2
5:40 PM:
Raiders of the Lost Ark movie on Freeform
5:45 PM:
Road House (1989) movie on IFC
6 PM:
A Royal Montana Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Gourmet Detective Mysteries movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Risky Business movie on Sundance TV
6:35 PM:
Avengers: Age of Ultron movie on Starz
7 PM:
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie on Bravo
Ocean’s Eight movie on HBO
For the Love of the Game movie on TruTV
7:15 PM:
Man on Fire on FXM
7:20 PM:
Unstoppable movie on Encore
8 PM:
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland movie on Disney (Encore)
One Royal Holiday movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Gourmet Detective Mysteries: Roux the Day movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Saving Private Ryan movie on AMC
8:15 PM:
Young Guns movie on Sundance TV
8:20 PM:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie on Freeform
8:30 PM:
Point Break (1991) movie on IFC
9 PM:
Fire Country on CBS (Encore)
Just Wright movie on BET
Shelter (2026) movie on Encore
10 PM:
Boston Blue on CBS (Encore)
House of the Dragon on HBO (Encore)
A Royal Queens Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie on Bravo
For the Love of the Game movie on TruTV
Enjoy!
Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on July 16, 2026| 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 Hudson & Rex on UPtv. Check your local listings for episodes and airtimes.
5:30 PM:
The Accountant movie on TNT
6 PM:
Sweetest Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Hailey Dean Mystery movie on Hallmark Mysetry (Reair)
6:30 PM:
Die Hard 2 movie on AMC
The Proposal movie on FX
7 PM:
Pretty Woman movie on E!
Rudy movie on TruTV
7:30 PM:
Incredibles 2 (animated) movie on Freeform
Hacksaw Ridge movie on Showtime
8 PM:
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland movie on Disney (DEBUT)
A Royal Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Shakespeare in Love movie on TMC
Kingsman: The Secret Service movie on TNT
9 PM:
Patience on PBS (Encore)
Best Medicine on FOX (Encore)
9:30 PM:
27 Dresses movie on E!
Mrs. Doubtfire movie on FX
Friday Night Lights movie on MGM+
Rudy movie on TruTV
9:45 PM:
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland movie on Disney (Encore)
10 PM:
Elsbeth on CBS (Encore)
Grantchester on Masterpiece on PBS (Encore)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC (Encore)
Steel Magnolias movie on TMC
Enjoy!
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