Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
CSI: Cyber is the latest incarnation on CBS to debut on March 4 at 10 PM.
The FBI’s team of cyber-crime investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette from Medium), works to solve cases involving the dark-net.
The series will also star James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek), Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal and Numb3rs), Shad Moss (formerly rapper Lil Bow Wow), Hayley Kiyoko (The Fosters) and Charley Koontz (Community).
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
On March 1, the new CBS drama Battle Creek will debut at 10 PM.
Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas) and Dean Winters (Oz) star as two mismatched law enforcement officers whose polar opposite views of the world and crime-solving breed frustration, disdain, humor and possibly a grudging respect as they clean up the hardscrabble streets of Battle Creek, Michigan.
The cast includes Janet McTeer (The White Queen), Kal Penn (House), Aubrey Dollar (Women’s Murder Club), Damon Herriman (Justified) and Liza Lapira (NCIS).
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new ABC drama Secrets and Lies will air its two-hour debut on March 1 at 9 PM.
This is the American version of the Australian series that follows Ben Garner (film star Ryan Phillippe), a family man who discovers the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime suspect in his death. Ben then goes in search of the real killer in order to clear his name.
The cast includes Juliette Lewis (The Firm), Kadee Strickland (The Practice), Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome), Dan Fogler (Fan Boys) and Indiana Evans (Home and Away).
The show will move to 9 PM, its regular timeslot, next Sunday.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The two-hour series premiere of Good Witch will air on February 28 at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel.
The series will take viewers on a new magical journey with Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) and her bright, young-teenage daughter Grace (Bailee Madison from Once Upon a Time and Northpole), who shares her mom’s special intuitive charm. When Sam, a doctor (James Denton from Desperate Housewives), and his teenage son Nick (newcomer Rhys Matthew Bond) move in next door to Grey House, they are immediately charmed by the ‘magical’ mother-daughter duo.
Reprising their roles from the movies include Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale, Peter MacNeill as George O’Hanrahan, Hannah Endicott-Douglas as Lori Russell and Noah Cappe as Derek Sanders.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new NBC series The Slap, based on the Australian series of the same name, will debut on February 12 at 8 PM.
As Hector (Peter Sarsgaard from An Education) tries to navigate family politics, awkward friendships and the young woman he is dangerously captivated by, the built-up tension explodes when Hector’s hot-headed cousin slaps another couple’s misbehaving child. Everyone is understandably stunned, and the party abruptly ends with the child’s parents vowing legal action. But what the hosts and guests don’t know is that this moment will ignite a chain of events that will uncover long-buried secrets within this group of friends and family.
The cast includes Peter Sarsgaard (An Education) Thandie Newton (Rogue), Melissa George (Alias and the original The Slap), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek and Heroes), Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill), Brian Cox (The Game), Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl) and Marin Ireland (The Divide).
You can see the trailer for The Slap at the show’s official page.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new NBC drama Allegiance will debut on February 5 at 10 PM.
Relative newcomer Gavin Stenhouse plays Alex O’Connor, a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs, who learns a shocking secret about his close-knit, affluent family when it is revealed that his parents, Mark (Scott Cohen, from Necessary Roughness and Gilmore Girls) and Katya (Hope Davis from The Newsroom) are covert Russian spies deactivated decades ago. But today the Kremlin has re-enlisted them into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside the U.S. border that will bring America to its knees. Years ago, Russian-born Katya was tasked by the KGB to recruit American businessman Mark O’Connor as a spy – and the two fell in love.
A deal was struck: As long as Katya remained an asset for Russia, and it was agreed that her services could be called on in the future, she would be allowed to marry Mark and move to America. After years in America building a happy life and without word from Moscow, they thought they had escaped. Now it seems that the new Mother Russia has one more mission – turning Alex into a spy.
Here is a trailer for Allegiance.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new Pivot mystery drama Fortitude will debut with a two-hour episode on January 29 at 10 PM.
The story explores what happens when a town in the Arctic Circle, dubbed one of the safest places on the planet to live, copes with a brutal murder and the suspicions that generates.
The cast includes Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon and Christopher Eccleston.
The trailer for Fortitude can be seen further down the page at this link.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new Teen Nick drama Open Heart will debut on January 20 at 9 PM.
This thrilling drama tells the story of Dylan Blake (newcomer Karis Cameron), a rebellious daughter in a family of doctors who has to solve one giant family mystery. When a run-in with the law lands Dylan community service at Open Heart Memorial Hospital, she uses her volunteer position to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. And even though she’s surrounded by a family of doctors and good friends, Dylan is determined to unravel the secrets of Open Heart Memorial Hospital all while trying to find her place in the world.
The cast includes Cristine Prosperi and Justin Kelly (both from Degrassi) and Demore Barnes (The Unit and Supernatural).
Here is a trailer for Open Heart.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new FOX drama Backstrom will debut on January 22 at 9 PM.
The series follows Detective Everett Backstrom (Rainn Wilson from The Office), an unhealthy, offensive, irascible – albeit brilliant – detective who sees the worst in everyone, and he’s usually right.
The cast includes Dennis Haysbert (24), Kristoffer Polaha (Ringer) and Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles).
Here is the trailer for Backstrom:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new Syfy drama 12 Monkeys will debut at 9 PM on January 16.
Based on the 1995 box office film, the series follows the journey of a time traveler, James Cole (Aaron Stanford from Nikita), from the post-apocalyptic future. Using a dangerous and untested method of time travel, Cole arrives in the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate 93.6% of the human race.
The cast includes Amanda Schull (Suits), Noah Bean (Nikita), Kirk Acevedo (Fringe) and Emily Hampshire (Rookie Blue).
Here is a trailer for 12 Monkeys:
