On April 27, the Hallmark Channel movie Branching Out will debut at 8 PM.
To help build a family tree, single mom Amelia (Sarah Drew) tracks down her daughter’s biological father. It becomes a journey of trust, love, and discovering the meaning of family.
Juan Pablo Di Pace co-stars.
Here is a trailer for Branching Out:
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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:
NOTE: The box office movie Anyone But You will make its small screen debut online on Netflix while the on-demand and digital debut of the box office movie The Moon and Back will debut today as well. Check your local listings for options to watch.
5:30 PM:
Twister movie on AM
7 PM:
Taking the Reins movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
7:30 PM:
Up (animated) movie on Freeform
8 PM:
Will Trent on ABC (NEW)
FBI on CBS (NEW)
A Gentleman in Moscow on Showtime (Encore)
The Day After Tomorrow movie on AMC
Deadpool movie on HBO
Spectre movie on MGM+
The Equalizer (2014) movie on Paramoung Network
9 PM:
The Rookie on ABC (NEW)
FBI: International on CBS (NEW)
Alert: Missing Persons Unit on FOX (Reair)
A Valentine’s Match movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi movie on Showtime
10 PM:
FBI: Most Wanted on CBS (NEW)
Shogun on FX (NEW – Finale)
Golda movie on Showtime 2
Enjoy!
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Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS
Apple TV+ has given For All Mankind a fifth season renewal. And, the streamer has also ordered a spin-off titled Star City that will take viewers back to a key moment in For All Mankind‘s retelling of the space race: when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon, exploring the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward. (TV Line)
Only 8 days after Fallout debuted online on Amazon Prime, the series has been given a season two order. (TV Line)
CBS has renewed Elsbeth for a second season, but the network has pulled the plug on So Help Me Todd after two seasons and on CSI: Vegas after four seasons. (TV Line)
A 5th and final season of The Witcher has been announced by Netflix. (TV Line)
ABC has given The Rookie a season 7 renewal order. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Tom Durant Pritchard (This Is Going to Hurt and Feel Good) has joined the now named Miss Scarlet (formerly Miss Scarlet and the Duke) as Alexander Blake, a handsome former soldier and respected detective inspector, who joins the force at Scotland Yard to replace William “The Duke” Wellington who has gone to America. (TV Line)
Veteran actor John Amos (Good Times and Roots), Victoria Justice (Victorious) and Kevin Weisman (Alias) will make guest appearances in the spin-off (of sorts) series Suits: L.A. that will center on Ted Black (Stephen Amell from Arrow), a former federal prosecutor from New York, who has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles after joining forces with his old buddy Stuart Lane (Josh McDermitt from The Walking Dead) to build Black Lane Law, which specializes in criminal and entertainment law. Amos will play himself while Justice will play Dylan Pryor, a young movie star and Weisman will play Lester Thompson, a smart and powerful man who has been charged with murder. (Deadline)
Robert Taylor (Longmire) will step into the shoes of Jackson Gibbs (played by the late Ralph Waite) in the upcoming prequel series NCIS: Origins. (TV Line)
Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of season 2 of Wednesday at Netflix, but exactly who he will be playing is being kept under wraps, but some sources believe he will play the new principal of Nevermore Academy. (Variety)
Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson are set to star in the Apple TV+ series adaptation of Down Cemetery Road based on the book series by Mick Herron. The official logline for the series is: When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Tucker (Wilson) becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson). Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead. (Variety)
Manifest alum Melissa Roxburgh will play Dory, the sister of Colter Shaw in the next CBS hit series Tracker. (TV Line)
Phillipa Soo (the original cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton) has joined the cast of the upcoming Ryan Murphy ABC series Dr. Odyssey that will star Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson. This series is anticipated to be a medical procedural set on a cruise ship, but details on who Soo, Jackson and Johnson will be portraying is being kept under wraps. (Variety)
Varada Sethu (Andor and Jurassic World Dominion) will be joining Doctor Who as a new companion. (BBC)
MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS
Hallmark alums Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha will star in the upcoming Hallmark holiday movie The Christmas Quest. (People)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Looks like CBS just might be rebooting the TV series Cold Case, which aired for seven seasons from 2003 to 2010. This new iteration would follow an entirely different group of detectives dedicated to investigating unsolved crimes. (Deadline and TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are expected to star in the upcoming murder mystery film The Thursday Murder Club, which will be directed by Harry Potter director Chris Columbus. The film will be based on the book by Richard Osman that follows a group of four elderly friends living in a retirement home in the United Kingdom. In their spare time, the group solves cold case mysteries for fun. However, they find themselves launched into a case that hits close to home when a local property manager is murdered, launching an effort to find the culprit. Mirren, Brosnan, and Kingsley would play three of the four elderly mystery solvers. (Collider)
Lily Rabe (American Horror Story), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim and The Last Ship) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) will star in the box office film A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which will star Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but is described as an imaginative tale of two strangers and the extraordinary emotional journey that connects them. (Deadline)
Pruitt Taylor Vince has joined the cast of the latest incarnation of Superman, playing the role of Jonathan Kent. (The Wrap)
Keanu Reeves will provide his voice to the character Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. (Variety)
It looks like Bridgerton alum Jonathan Bailey just might be joining Scarlett Johansson in Universal’s new take on Jurassic World. (The Hollywood Reporter)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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The Hallmark Mystery movie Curious Caterer Mysteries: Foiled Plans will debut on April 26 at 9 PM.
Goldy Berry’s (Nikki DeLoach) Medieval feast at Hyde Castle gets interrupted by a murder. She teams up with Detective Shultz (Andrew Walker) to solve the mystery before the murderer strikes again.
Here is a trailer for Curious Caterer Mysteries: Foiled Plans:
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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On April 23, the finale of Shogun will air on FX on Hulu online today as well as on FX at 9 PM.
The movie The Moon and Back will be available on-demand and digital (check your local viewing options for locations) on April 23. A year after her father’s death, Lydia Gilbert (Isabel May) feels completely lost – until she discovers something unexpected: a space opera script in need of a blockbuster budget, written by her father (Nat Faxon). The film also stars Missi Pyle and P.J. Byrne.
On April 23, the box office rom-com Anyone But You will make its streaming debut on Netflix. Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold – until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple. The film also stars Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths, Darren Barnet, Alexandra Shipp, Michelle Hurd and Bryan Brown.
The finale of American Horror Story: Delicate will air on April 24 at 10 PM on FX.
On April 25, the exclusive premiere of season 17 of Heartland will happen online on UP Faith & Family; while that same day, the finale of The Long Shadow will air online on Sundance Now and AMC+.
The Netflix YA genre series Dead Boy Detectives will debut online on April 25. Based on the comics by Neil Gaiman, the 8-episode series follows Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), “the brains” and “the brawn” behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.
On April 26, the Hallmark Mystery movie Curious Caterer Mysteries: Foiled Plans will debut at 9 PM. Goldy Berry’s (Nikki DeLoach) Medieval feast at Hyde Castle gets interrupted by a murder. She teams up with Detective Shultz (Andrew Walker) to solve the mystery before the murderer strikes again.
The limited series Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story will debut online on Hulu on April 26. This is a 4-part, all access docu-series chronicling the epic past and uncertain future of one of the most recognizable bands in the world and its front-man Jon Bon Jovi. A 40-year odyssey of rock and roll idolatry on the precipice as a vocal injury threatens to bring everything to a screeching halt.
On April 27, the Hallmark Channel movie Branching Out will debut at 8 PM. To help build a family tree, single mom Amelia (Sarah Drew) tracks down her daughter’s biological father. It becomes a journey of trust, love, and discovering the meaning of family. Juan Pablo Di Pace co-stars.
Lastly on April 28, the finale of Mr. Bates vs The Post Office will air on PBS at 9 PM followed by the third season premiere of Guilt at 10 PM.
Mark your calendars!
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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:
5:25 PM:
Olympus Has Fallen movie on Syfy
6 PM:
Divergent movie on AMC
6:30 PM:
Finding Nemo (animated) movie on Freeform
7 PM:
Sun, Sand & Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Fixer Upper Mysteries: Concrete Evidence movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
San Andreas movie on HBO
8 PM:
All American on CW (NEW)
Beacon 23 on MGM+ (Encore)
The Sympathizer on HBO (Encore)
A Gentleman in Moscow on Showtime 2 (Encore)
Star Trek: Discovery on Showtime (Reair)
Twister movie on AMC
The Bourne Ultimatum movie on Cinemax
Avatar movie on FX
The Italian Job movie on Paramount Network
London Has Fallen movie on Syfy
8:50 PM:
A Spy Among Friends on MGM+ (Reair)
9 PM:
NCIS on CBS (NEW)
Sight Unseen on CW (Encore)
Two Tickets to Paradise movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Fixer Upper Mysteries: Deadly Deed movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Finding Dory (animated) movie on Freeform
Everything Everywhere All at Once movie on Showtime
9:45 PM:
A Spy Among Friends on MGM+ (Reair)
10 PM:
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Encore)
The Sympathizer on HBO (Encore)
Source Code movie on Cinemax
Enjoy!
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On April 25, the Netflix YA genre series Dead Boy Detectives will debut online.
Based on the comics by Neil Gaiman, the 8-episode series follows Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), “the brains” and “the brawn” behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts who solve mysteries.
They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.
Here is a trailer for Dead Boy Detectives:
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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:
5:55 PM:
Shooter movie on Showtime
6:30 PM:
The Day After Tomorrow movie on AMC
6:45 PM:
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom movie on HBO
Top Gun: Maverick movie on MGM+
7 PM:
A Gentleman in Moscow on Showtime 2 (Encore)
Falling in Love in Niagara movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
7:30 PM:
Coco (animated) movie on Freeform
Fast & Furious 6 movie on Syfy
8 PM:
The Equalizer on CBS (NEW)
When Calls the Heart on Hallmark Channel (NEW)
Call the Midwife on PBS (NEW)
A Gentleman in Moscow on Showtime (NEW)
The Sympathizer on HBO 2 (Encore)
Spider-Man: No Way Home movie on FX
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot movie on Showtime 2
9 PM:
Tracker on CBS (NEW)
Parish on AMC (NEW)
The Sympathizer on HBO (NEW)
Beacon 23 on MGM+ (NEW)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Made movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Men in Black 3 movie on BBC America
The Devil Wears Prada movie on HBO 2
10 PM:
Alice & Jack on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW – Finale)
Parish on AMC (Encore)
Beacon 23 on MGM+ (Encore)
A Gentleman in Moscow on Showtime 2 (Encore)
Captain Marvel movie on TBS
10:25 PM:
Passengers movie on Encore
10:30 PM:
Fast & Furious 6 movie on Syfy
Enjoy!
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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:
5 PM:
Steel Magnolias movie on CMT
5:30 PM:
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie on FX
The Accountant movie on TNT
6 PM:
Sweeter Than Chocolate movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
6:50 PM:
Frozen (animated) movie on Freeform
7 PM:
A Gentleman in Moscow on Showtime (Encore)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
7:30 PM:
Spectre movie on FXM
7:45 PM:
Fast & Furious movie on Syfy
8 PM:
Falling in Love in Niagara movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Encore)
A Gentleman in Moscow on Showtime (Encore)
The Shawshank Redemption movie on AMC
Dirty Dancing movie on CMT
Jumanji: The Next Level movie on FX
The Beekeeper (2024) movie on MGM+
9 PM:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
S.W.A.T. on CBS (Encore)
Titanic movie on Showtime
Shooter movie on Showtime 2
9:20 PM:
Frozen II (animated) movie on Freeform
9:45 PM:
The Sympathizer on HBO (Encore)
9:50 PM:
Top Gun: Maverick movie on MGM+
10 PM:
Blind Date Book Club movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Fast Five movie on Syfy
Enjoy!
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On April 23, the movie The Moon and Back will be available on-demand and digital today.
Please check your local viewing options for viewing locations.
A year after her father’s death, Lydia Gilbert (Isabel May from 1883) feels completely lost – until she discovers something unexpected: a space opera script in need of a blockbuster budget, written by her father (Nat Faxon).
The film also stars Missi Pyle and P.J. Byrne.
Here is a trailer for The Moon and Back:
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