Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The 10-episode dark comedy web series Dead To Me will debut on Netflix on May 3.
A powerful friendship blossoms between Jen (Christina Applegate), a tightly wound widow and Judy (Linda Cardellini), a free spirit with a shocking secret.
The streaming series also stars Max Jenkins, James Marsden and veteran actor Ed Asner.
Here is a trailer for Dead To Me:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The series premiere of Fosse/Verdon will debut on FX on April 9 at 10 PM.
Based on the biography written by Sam Wasson, the series tells the story of the singular romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) and Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams).
He was a visionary filmmaker and one of theater’s most influential choreographers and directors. She was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together, they changed the face of American entertainment – at a perilous cost.
The cast includes Evan Handler, Margaret Qualley and Nate Corddry [among others].
Here is a trailer for Fosse/Verdon:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On April 9, the new CBS drama The Code will debut at 9 PM.
The series follows the military’s brightest minds who take on our country’s toughest legal challenges. Go inside the courtroom and out, in the only law office in the world where every attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator – and a Marine. Operating out of Judge Advocate General Headquarters in Quantico, these active-duty Marines are attorneys who have chosen to serve their country in pursuit of military justice at home and abroad.
The cast includes Dana Delany, Luke Mitchell, Ato Essandoh, Anna Wood and Phillipa Soo.
Here is a trailer for The Code.
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On April 4, the new drama In the Dark will debut on The CW at 9 PM.
Murphy (Perry Mattfield) is a hard-living, hard-drinking, disaffected twentysomething with a penchant for cigarettes and casual sex. She’s also blind. Murphy lives with her understanding roommate, Jess (Brooke Markham), and more reluctantly also lives with her guide dog, Pretzel, whose presence she resents.
Her parents, Hank and Joy (Derek Webster and Kathleen York), own a guide dog school, a venture they opened hoping it would give Murphy a job with some purpose, but so far it’s just another place where she sleeps off her hangovers, much to the particular chagrin of Joy and Felix, the school administrator tasked with attempting to keep the unprofitable school going. Murphy’s closest friend is a sweet teenager named Tyson.
Here is a trailer for In the Dark:
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The Twilight Zone will air its series premiere on CBS All Access on April 1.
Jordan Peele will serve as host and narrator of the new series, a role made famous by creator Rod Serling, who used socially conscious storytelling to explore the human condition and culture of the times.
Here is a trailer for The Twilight Zone.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The small screen adaptation of the movie Hanna will debut on Amazon Prime on March 29.
The series follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl, Hanna (newcomer Esme Creed-Miles), as she evades the relentless pursuit of Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos) an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.
The cast includes Enos’s The Killing co-star Joel Kinnaman.
Here is a trailer for Hanna:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On March 20, the new Hulu drama The Act will debut online.
This seasonal anthology series tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King), a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother. Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.
The cast includes AnnaSophia Robb, Chloe Sevigny and Patricia Arquette.
Here is a trailer for The Act:
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The new Freeform drama Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists will debut on March 20 at 8 PM.
Everything about the town of Beacon Heights seems perfect, from its top-tier college to its overachieving residents – but nothing in Beacon Heights is as it appears to be. When the high-stakes environment pushes the residents to a breaking point, someone snaps and kills someone. As they work together to solve the murder mystery, it soon becomes clear that behind every Perfectionist is a secret, a lie – and a needed alibi.
PLL alums Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish have lead roles with Kelly Rutherford and Sofia Carson as part of the cast along with a number of newcomers.
Here is a trailer for Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The new NBC drama The Village will debut on March 19 at 10:01 PM.
Welcome to the Village, an apartment building in Brooklyn that appears like any other from the outside but is quite unique inside. The people who reside here have built a bonded family of friends and neighbors. Sarah (Michaela McManus) is a nurse and single mom raising a creative teen; Gabe (Daren Kagasoff) is a young law student who got a much older and unexpected roommate; Ava (Moran Atias) must secure the future of her young, U.S.-born son when ICE comes knocking; Nick (Warren Christie) is a veteran who’s returned from war; and the heart and soul of the building, Ron and Patricia (Frankie Faison and Lorraine Toussaint), have captivating tales all their own. These are the hopeful, heartwarming and challenging stories of life that prove family is everything – even if it’s the one you make with the people around you.
Here is a trailer for The Village:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On March 18, the new ABC drama The Fix will debut at 10 PM.
Attorney and author Marcia Clark co-writes and executive produces a new legal drama about Maya Travis (Robin Tunney), an L.A. district attorney who suffers a devastating defeat when prosecuting an A-list actor Sevvy Johnson (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) for double murder.
With her high-profile career derailed, she flees for a quieter life in Washington. Eight years later when this same celebrity is under suspicion for another murder, Maya is lured back to the DA’s office for another chance at justice.
The cast includes Breckin Meyer, Marc Blucas, Merrin Dungey, Adam Rayner, Scott Cohen, Alex Saxon and Mouzam Makkar.
Here is a trailer for The Fix:
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