On January 28, the Lifetime original movie Love by the 10th Date will debut at 8 PM.
The telefilm follows Gabby (Meagan Good from Code Black), Nell (Kelle Stewart from The Soul Man), Billie (Keri Hilson from Think Like a Man) and Margot (Destiny’s Child singer Kelli Rowland) who balance their dating adventures alongside their career ambitions at an upscale digital magazine in Los Angeles, under the watchful eye of their editor, Maureen (Cat Deeley from So You Think You Can Dance).
The new series Riverdale will debut on January 26 on The CW at 9 PM.
As a new school year begins, the town of Riverdale is reeling from the recent, tragic death of high school golden boy Jason Blossom – and nothing feels the same.
Archie Andrews (KJ Apa) is still the all-American teen, but the summer’s events made him realize that he wants to pursue a career in music – not follow in his dad’s footsteps – despite the sudden end of his forbidden relationship with Riverdale’s young music teacher, Ms. Grundy (Sarah Habel). Which means Archie doesn’t have anyone who will mentor him – certainly not singer Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray), who is only focused on her band, the soon-to-be-world-famous Pussycats. It’s all weighing heavily on Archie’s mind – as is his fractured friendship with budding writer and fellow classmate Jughead Jones (Disney star Cole Sprouse).
Meanwhile, girl-next-door Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) is anxious to see her crush Archie after being away all summer, but she’s not quite ready to reveal her true feelings to him. And Betty’s nerves – which are hardly soothed by her overbearing mother Alice (Mädchen Amick from Twin Peaks) aren’t the only thing holding her back. When a new student, Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), arrives in town from New York with her mother Hermione (Marisol Nichols from Teen Wolf), there’s an undeniable spark between her and Archie, even though Veronica doesn’t want to risk her new friendship with Betty by making a play for Archie. And then there’s Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch)… Riverdale’s Queen Bee is happy to stir up trouble amongst Archie, Betty, and Veronica, but Cheryl is keeping secrets of her own. What, exactly, is she hiding about the mysterious death of her twin brother, Jason?
The new Hallmark Channel movie The Birthday Wish will debut on January 21 at 9 PM.
With her thirtieth birthday approaching, Gwen Turner (Jessy Schram from Falling Skies), a young TV commercial director who plans every detail of her life, hopes her boyfriend, Alex Stone, will finally propose and fulfill her goal of being engaged by the time she’s thirty. Gwen meets Dave McKinley (Luke Macfarlane from Killjoys), a charming commercial director with a spontaneous approach to life, when an upscale ad agency pairs them to work together.
When Alex does not propose, a disappointed Gwen makes a birthday wish: to see what her life will look like in ten years. The next morning, her wish miraculously comes true when she sees a vision of her future in which she is a happily married mom. But to her surprise, the man she’s married to in her vision is Dave, not Alex.
On January 21, the small screen adaptation of the box office film Beaches will air on Lifetime at 8 PM.
This version of the film follows the serendipitous meeting of two young girls on the Venice Boardwalk, who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC (Broadway star Idina Menzel) is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles until she is discovered by a director who gives her her first big shot. Hillary (Nia Long from House of Lies) is the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer who struggles to find her own destiny. Their friendship – even with its ups and downs – sustains them for decades.
The 6-episode streaming series Frontier will debut online on January 20 at Netflix.
This is an action-packed adventure drama that follows the chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in the late 18th century.
The cast includes Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones and The Red Road), Landon Liboiron (Hemlock Grove), Zoe Boyle (Downton Abbey) and Greg Bryk (Bitten).
On January 18, the new History Channel series Six will debut at 10 PM.
The eight episode series follows members of Navy SEAL Team Six, modern American warriors, whose covert mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working with terrorists.
The cast includes Walton Goggins (Justified), Barry Sloane (Revenge), Kyle Schmid (Copper), Juan Pablo Raba (Narcos and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), Edwin Hodge (Chicago Fire), Dominic Adams (Devious Maids) and Nadine Velasquez (Major Crimes).
The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery will debut on January 15 at 9 PM.
In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes (singer-actress Jewel), owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house’s secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries.
The cast includes Colin Ferguson (Eureka and Cedar Cove) and Laura Soltis (A Cookie Cutter Christmas).
The Young Pope is the new HBO 10-episode series that will debut on January 15 at 9 PM.
Young and charming, Lenny Belardo, aka Pius XIII (Jude Law), is the first American Pope in history. His election seems to be the result of a simple yet effective media strategy on the part of the College of Cardinals. But appearances can be deceiving – above all, in the Vatican, where the leaders of the Church have chosen the great mystery of God as the compass guiding their existence. And Pius XIII proves to be the most mysterious and contradictory of them all.
The cast includes Diane Keaton, Sebastian Roche and James Cromwell.
On January 15, the eight-episode PBS mini-series Victoria will debut at 9 PM for two hours.
The dramas follows Victoria (Jenna Coleman from Doctor Who) from the time she becomes Queen in 1837 at the age of 18 through her relationship with her first prime minister and intimate friend, Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell from The Man in the High Castle) and her courtship with and marriage to Prince Albert (Tom Hughes).
The Hallmark Channel movie A Royal Winter will debut on January 14 at 9 PM.
While on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to something more. However, things get complicated when she learns that the “local” is actually a prince who is about to be crowned King, and whose mother is dead-set against her royal son’s romance with the tourist.
The cast includes Merritt Patterson (The Royals) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis).
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