On January 21, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Morning Show Murders: Mortal Mishaps will debut at 9 PM.
Billie Blessings has gone from beloved chef, restaurant owner, and morning show segment host to #1 suspect in a murder case when one of the executives at the network dies from poisoning. When the head chef at Billie’s restaurant is arrested and held as a suspect, Billie takes matters into her own hands by digging deeper into a mystery that could incriminate people close to her while risking her own life in the process.
The cast includes Holly Robinson Peete and Rick Fox.
The Lifetime movie Cocaine Godmother: The Griselda Blanco Story will debut on January 20 at 8 PM.
Film star Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as drug lord Griselda Blanco, a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine trade, who at the age of 17 made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport and her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, she became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia. With money rolling in, her sons abandoned school and entered the family business instead.
A move to Miami would further expand her empire, and lead to the death of her second husband Alberto (Juan Pablo Espinosa), giving the rise to her nickname, The Black Widow. Her willingness to use violence against her Miami competitors, led her rivals to make repeated unsuccessful attempts to kill her. In order to protect her youngest son with third husband Dario, she moved to California where she was later arrested by the DEA and sentenced to a decade in jail. The case against her collapsed and upon her release, she was deported to Colombia, where she was ultimately gunned down in 2012.
Here is a trailer for Cocaine Godmother: The Griselda Blanco Story:
On January 20, the Hallmark Channel movie One Winter Weekend will debut at 9 PM.
Cara, a women’s magazine writer who gets burned by her boyfriend on New Years’ Eve, decides to go on a dating detox. Challenged by her employer to write about it, she hopes a spontaneous ski getaway with her best friend will spark inspiration. Complicating matters, they discover they’ve double booked their chalet with two eligible men, including Ben, an entrepreneur. When the share-mates get snowed in, Cara and Ben are thrown together.
On January 17, the debut of American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace will air on FX at 10 PM
The show focuses on the final days and murder of the Italian fashion designer [to be played by Edgar Ramirez] and explores the sadistic mind of his killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss of Glee fame), a 27-year-old serial killer, who also murdered Chicago tycoon Lee Miglin (Mike Farrell) and at least three others before committing suicide.
The cast includes Penelope Cruz,Ricky Martin, Max Greenfield, Judith Light, Finn Wittrock and Nico Evers-Swindell.
Here is a trailer for American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace:
On January 16, the series premiere of the new superhero drama Black Lightning will debut on The CW at 9 PM.
Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams from Hart of Dixie) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred, Black Lightning returns – to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.
The cast includes Nafessa Williams (Code Black), China Anne McClain (A.N.T. Farm and House of Payne) and Christine Adams (Feed the Beast and Marvels’ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.).
The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery will debut on January 14 at 9 PM.
When archaeologist Professor Emma Fielding is recruited to aid in a groundbreaking discovery beneath the Chandler Castle, she is swept into another mystery when she finds her colleague murdered in the crypts below. Taking over the job– and making unsettling connections to an age-old curse– Emma, her students, and FBI Agent Jim Conner soon find themselves in danger of being buried along with the secrets that fill Chandler Castle.
The cast includes Courtney Thorne Smith and James Tupper.
Frozen in Love is the latest new Hallmark Channel movie to debut on January 13 at 9 PM.
When struggling bookstore owner Mary and the bad boy of professional hockey, Adam, are teamed together to help facilitate an image makeover for the other, they soon realize that opposites attract and they find themselves unexpectedly frozen in love.
The film stars Rachael Leigh Cooke and Niall Matter.
On January 12, the new Amazon streaming series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams will debut online today.
The ten stand-alone episodes will be set in a different and unique world – some which lay in the far reaches of the universe, and others which are much closer to home. While the stories may be worlds apart, central to each is the poignant and warm exploration of the importance and significance of humanity.
The myriad of cast members include Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Greg Kinnear (Heaven is For Real), Maura Tierney (The Affair), Janelle Monáe (Moonlight), Mireille Enos (The Catch), Anna Paquin (True Blood), Terrence Howard (Empire), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones), Richard Madden (Game of Thrones), Holliday Grainger (The Finest Hours) and Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel) [among many others.]
Here is a trailer for Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams:
The new Showtime series The Chi will debut on January 7 at 10 PM.
This coming-of-age story centers on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
The cast includes Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton), Jacob Latimore (Sleight), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Queen of Katwe), Alex Hibbert (Moonlight), Yolonda Ross (Treme and The Get Down), Armando Riesco (Bull) and Tiffany Boone (The Following).
January 7, the new UP TV movie Runaway Romance will debut at 7 PM.
A reality TV star Ann Stanway (Danielle Chuchran) leaves Hollywood and finds herself in Amish country, where she discovers friendship, new love and ultimately herself. In the end, Ann must decide between staying in her newfound reality or returning to her old one.
The cast includes Trevor Donovan and Tatum O’Neal.
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