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New Show Introduction: Nurses

Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The 10-episode Canadian drama Nurses will debut on NBC at 10:01 PM on December 7.

The series follows five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy downtown hospital, dedicating their lives to helping others while struggling to help themselves.

The series stars Tiera Skovbye, Natasha Calis, Jordan Johnson-Hinds, Sandy Sidhu and Donald MacLean Jr.

NOTE: The show will air for two Mondays (December 7 and December 14 before moving to its regular time slot on January 5 at 10 PM.

Here is a trailer for Nurses:

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New Show Introduction: A Suitable Boy

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On December 7, the 6-part drama A Suitable Boy will debut on Acorn TV.

The series, set in post-Partition North India in 1951, tells the story of spirited 19-year-old university student Lata Mehra (newcomer Tanya Maniktala) as she comes of age at the same time as the country is carving out its identity as an independent nation and preparing to go to the polls for its first democratic general election. Caught between old traditions and new ideas, Lata must deal with her overbearing mother (Mahira Kakkar) who is hell-bent on finding her a suitable husband.

Meanwhile, connected to Lata through their siblings’ marriage, wayward Maan (Ishaan Khatter) falls head over heels for courtesan singer Saeeda Bai, played by Indian screen icon Tabu, and the results are catastrophic for an entire community.

The series was directed by Mira Nair.

Here is a trailer for A Suitable Boy:

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: The Santa Squad

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »

On December 7, the Lifetime holiday movie The Santa Squad will debut at 8 PM

Allie (Rebecca Dalton), an out of work art teacher, has to accept a job with the Santa Squad to help wealthy widower Gordon (Aaron Ashmore) and his two precious daughters rediscover the magic of Christmas.

As Allie is lifting the holiday spirits of the family with Christmas decorations, cookies and shopping, her kindness is rewarded with the most unexpected of gifts: love.

Here is a trailer for The Santa Squad:

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TV Recommendations: Thursday, December 3

Posted in Recommendations, Reminder, Television on December 3, 2020| 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:
Holiday Date movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Christmas Bells Are Ringing movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Jingle Belle movie on Lifetime

7:15 PM:
Hidden Figures movie on FXM

8 PM:
His Dark Materials on HBO 2 (Encore)
If I Only Had Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Christmas Tree Lane movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Between the World and Me movie on HBO (Encore)
Merry Liddle Christmas movie on Lifetime (Reair)
Tombstone movie on CMT
Men in Black 3 movie on Encore
The Terminator movie on ThisTV
Fast & Furious 6 movie on TNT

10 PM:
A Million Little Things on ABC (NEW)
Star Trek: Discovery on CBS (NEW)
Christmas Waltz movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding movie on Lifetime (Encore)
A Gift to Remember movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)

Enjoy!

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Mini-Movie of the Week Recommendation: Sexy Scrooge

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The Holiday Quickies Passionflix movie Sexy Scrooge, based on the story by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward, will debut online on December 4.

Rachele Schank (who has appeared in episodes of Lucifer, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and Legion) plays Meredith and Greg Perrow (from the movies Tomboy and The Warrant) plays Adam, a cocky lawyer who Meredith inadvertently shares an Uber ride with on her way to court.

They start to connect as they trudge their way through a storm, but with the ride about to end will Meredith ever see Adam again?

Here is a trailer for Sexy Scrooge:

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New Show Introduction: Your Honor

Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The new Showtime limited series Your Honor will debut on December 6 at 10 PM.

Bryan Cranston stars as a judge confronting his convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.

He faces impossible choices and discovers how far a father will go to save his son’s life.

The cast includes Carmen Ejogo, Hope Davis, Isaiah Whitlock, Jr., Lorraine Toussaint, Margo Martindale, Maura Tierney, Sofia Black-D’Elia and Tony Curran.

Here is a trailer for Your Honor:

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Christmas Together

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on December 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »

On December 6, the ION holiday movie Christmas Together will debut at 7 PM.

A brokenhearted New York painter, Ava (Anna Marie Dobbins), and a West Coast widower, Mason (Mark Herrmann), have their lives collide when Mason’s young daughter, Mia, rents out his guest house to Ava for Christmas, without her dad’s knowledge, in an attempt to convince her dad she is responsible enough to earn a dog for Christmas.

Vivica A. Fox also stars.

Here is a trailer for Christmas Together:

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Christmas Dilemma

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The TV One holiday movie Christmas Dilemma will debut on December 6 at 7 PM.

The film follows newlywed couple Jay (BJ Britt) and Monica (Britanny Hall) as they struggle to decide which set of in-laws they should join for their first Christmas. After each pleads their case and even attempts a little trickery, they decide to bypass the guaranteed disappointment of picking one family over the other.

Unbeknownst to them, the decision is made for them when their families show up at their home unexpectedly. Drama ensues as the in-laws clash, long-lost relatives decide to make an appearance, and Jay’s grandmother joins the holiday festivities accompanied by her caretaker who just happens to be Jay’s gorgeous ex-girlfriend.

The cast includes Carl Anthony Payne II and Christopher B. Duncan.

Here is a trailer for Christmas Dilemma:

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Christmas on the Range

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On December 6, the holiday movie Christmas on the Range will debut on UPtv at 7 PM.

Kendall Riley (Erin Cahill) has only one holiday wish: to keep the family ranch solvent. Her rival’s charming son (Nicolas Gonzalez) offers help, and maybe more, but can he be trusted?

The film also stars A Martinez and Lindsay Wagner.

Here is a trailer for Christmas on the Range:

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Time For Us to Come Home for Christmas

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On December 6, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie Time For Us to Come Home for Christmas will debut at 10 PM.

Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. With the help of the owner Ben (Stephen Huszar), Sarah (Lacey Chabert) discovers that an event from the past may connect them and change their lives forever.

Here is a trailer for Time For Us to Come Home for Christmas:

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