The new Crackle series Snatch will debut online on March 16.
The series centers on a group of twenty-something, up and coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime. The boys must quickly learn to navigate the treacherous waters of London’s underworld as rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains descend.
The cast includes Dougray Scott, Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl), Rupert Grint (Harry Potter franchise), Luke Pasqualino (The Musketeers), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens) and Juliet Aubrey (The White Queen).
The new E! drama The Arrangement will debut on March 5 at 10 PM.
Show Synopsis: The 10-part drama shows what happens when actress Megan Morrison (Christine Evangelista from Chicago Fire and The Walking Dead) auditions for the role of a lifetime, she also lands a Cinderella-esque date with A-list movie star Kyle West (Josh Henderson from Dallas). But things get complicated when Megan is offered a 10 million dollar marriage contract and is introduced to Kyle’s secretive self-help organization, The Institute of the Higher Mind.
While Megan has a mysterious past she is trying to keep hidden, Kyle has secrets of his own. Terence (Michael Vartan from Alias) runs The Institute of the Higher Mind, a burgeoning self-help organization with a retreat-like campus in Malibu. Kyle credits both Terence and The Institute for his success. In addition to being Kyle’s best friend and closest confidante, Terence also helps manage his career, as his wife, DeAnn (Lexa Doig from Arrow and Continuum), is Kyle’s producing partner. Terence, whose motives are often unclear, created this contract to “protect” Kyle.
The show will also feature Autumn Reeser (The O.C.) and Katharine Isabelle (Being Human and Hannibal).
On March 5, the two-hour debut of the new series Time After Time will air on ABC at 9 PM.
The series chronicles the adventures of a young H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma from UnReal) as he travels through centuries, decades and days in the time machine he created. While in the pursuit of the charismatic (yet secretly psychopathic) Dr. John Stevenson (Josh Bowman from Revenge), better known as “Jack the Ripper,” Wells travels to modern day New York City in search of Stevenson following the doctor’s brazen escape from authorities in Wells’ London home. But instead of the Utopia he imagined, Wells finds a world more aligned with Stevenson’s temperament that leads him on a daring adventure full of mystery, romance and intrigue.
The cast includes Genesis Rodriguez (Big Hero 6), Nicole Ari Parker (Rosewood), Jennifer Ferrin (Hell On Wheels) and Will Chase (Nashville).
On March 1, the unprecedented four-series crossover event featuring Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med and the new series Chicago Justice will air on NBC between 8 and 11 PM.
Chicago Justice, of course, is just like itsbrethren in the Chicago P.D. The State’s Attorney’s dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigate heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice. As they take on the city’s high-stakes and often media-frenzied cases, they must balance public opinion, power struggles within the system and their unwavering passion for the law. At the center of the show is prosecutor Peter Stone (Philip Winchester from Strike Back), the ambitious Assistant State’s Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau. Relentless in his quest for justice, it’s more than a job for Stone, it’s a purpose. Son of renowned New York City District Attorney Ben Stone, Stone is shooting at a target that only he can see. This often puts him in direct conflict with Mark Jefferies (Carl Weathers from Colony and Rocky franchise), the Cook County State’s Attorney who sees the world through a political prism. While Jefferies believes that a good prosecutor gives the jury and the public a clear, clean and digestible narrative, Stone is convinced the law isn’t always best served in a sound bite. Together with their team, Stone and Jefferies strive to bring some much-needed justice to the city of Chicago. The team also includes Assistant State’s Attorney Anna Valdez (Monica Barbaro from UnReal), a passionate newcomer, who’s more flexible and willing to bend the rules to get the right result; Laura Nagel (Joelle Carter from Justified), a tough-as-nails State’s Attorney Investigator that sees each case through the eyes of the victim; and Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda, formerly on Chicago P.D.), a level-headed and by-the-book detective turned Chief Investigator.
Chicago Justice will then move to its regular night on March 5 at 9 PM.
The new Amazon series Patriot will debut online on February 24.
The show follows the complicated life of intelligence officer John Tavner (Michael Dorman from Wonderland) whose latest assignment is to prevent Iran from going nuclear, which requires him to forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous “non-official cover” – that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.
The cast includes Terry O’Quinn (Lost), Kurtwood Smith (That 70’s Show), Michael Chernus (Manhattan Project) and Kathleen Munroe (Call Me Fitz and Resurrection).
On February 23, the new CMT series Sun Records will debut at 10 PM.
Set in Memphis and inspired by true events, the series will focus on a chance meeting in December 4, 1956 by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins who stumbled into an impromptu jam session that turned out to be a seminal moment in modern music history.
The cast includes Kevin Fonteyne (Melissa & Joey) as Johnny Cash; newcomer Drake Milligan as Elvis Presley; Christian Lees (the British sitcom Parents) as Jerry Lee Lewis and Dustin Ingram (Lab Rats and True Blood) as Carl Perkins.
One Tree Hill alum Chad Michael Murray will star as the legendary Sam Phillips and Billy Gardell (Mike & Molly) as the one and only Colonel Tom Parker.
The spin-off series The Blacklist: Redemption will debut on NBC on February 23 at 10 PM.
The world’s most elusive criminals from Raymond “Red” Reddington’s infamous list come together to form an elite mercenary team as they try to regain their self-worth after a lifetime of inflicting damage on the world. Seeking redemption for their past transgressions, this new group solves problems governments don’t dare touch.
Blacklist undercover operative Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) joins the team’s brilliant and cunning chief, Susan “Scottie” Hargrave (Famke Janssen), as well as lethal assassin and Tom’s nemesis Matias Solomon (Edi Gathegi), as they aim to be a force for good and right dangerous wrongs. Along with highly skilled members Nez Rowan (Tawny Cypress) and hacker Dumont (Adrian Martinez), they will undertake seemingly impossible missions – all in the hopes of repairing their damaged souls.
On February 19, the new HBO limited series Big Little Lies will debut at 9 PM.
Based on Liane Moriarty’s best-selling book of the same name, the series is a subversive, darkly comedic drama that tells the tale of three mothers of first-graders whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
The cast includes film stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley as well as Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood), Laura Dern (Jurassic Park), Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Zoe Kravitz (the Divergent franchise), James Tupper (Revenge and Aftermath) and Jeffrey Nordling (Arrow and Body of Proof).
The new CBS All Access series The Good Fight will debut on February 19 at 8 PM.
An enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell (Rose Leslie from Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey), while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart’s (Christine Baranski from The Good Wife) savings. Forced out of Lockhart & Lee, they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago’s pre-eminent law firms.
The cast includes stage star Bernadette Peters, film star Delroy Lindo, Erica Tazel (Justified), Justin Bartha (The Hangover franchise) and Paul Guifoyle (CSI).
The new CBS drama Doubt will debut on February 15 at 10 PM.
Katherine Heigl stars as Sadie Ellis, a brilliant attorney at a boutique firm who starts to fall for her charismatic client, Billy Brennan (Steven Pasquale from The Good Wife and Bloodline), an altruistic pediatric surgeon recently accused of murdering his girlfriend 24 years ago.
The cast includes Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan), Dulé Hill (Psych), Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black), Dreama Walker (The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU) and Kobi Libii (Madam Secretary, Jessica Jones).
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