The futuristic movie I Am Mortal will debut online on AMC+ on June 17.
Set 200 years in the future, a small band of rebels face off against the status quo where humans have achieved immortality through genetic engineering.
The leads include relative newcomers Abraham Lewis (the mini-series Guerrilla) and Eloise Smyth (Harlots) along with Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and John Harlan Kim (9-1-1 and The Librarians).
Here is a trailer for I Am Mortal:
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Last night’s primetime line-up on the major networks was filled with news, reality, the Tony Awards, repeats, one comedy, game shows and animation with only one Sunday night drama airing a new episode.
Here is how that lone Sunday night drama fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM: Show:
Riverdale (The CW) [NEW] – 260,000 viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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On June 17, the Netflix original film Spiderhead will debut online.
In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings of love begins questioning the reality of his emotions.
The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett.
Here is a trailer for Spiderhead:
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The new drama The Summer I Turned Pretty will also debut online on Amazon on June 17.
Based on the book by Jenna Han, this is a multi-generational drama that hinges on a love triangle between one girl Belly Conklin (newcomer Lola Tung) and two brothers (Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, played by newcomer Christopher Briney and Walker alum Gavin Casalegno respectively).
The cast includes Colin Ferguson (Eureka), Rachel Blanchard (You Me Her) and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do).
Here is a trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty:
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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On June 13, the season finale of Gentleman Jack will air at 10 PM on HBO.
The season finale of Mayans M.C. will air on FX at 10 PM on June 14.
On June 15, the third and final season of Love, Victor will premiere on Hulu and Disney+ online; and that same night, Kung Fu will air its season finale on The CW at 9 PM.
The new FX drama The Old Man will debut on June 16 at 10 PM. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, the series stars Jeff Bridges as Dan Chase, who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past. The cast includes John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy) and Alia Shawkat (Search Party).
On June 16, the season finale of The Offer will air online on Paramount+; and that same night the series finale of Legacies will air on The CW at 9 PM.
The latest adaptation of Father of the Bride will debut online on HBO Max on June 16. This version stars Andy Garcia as a father who has to come to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding seen through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American clan. The cast includes Adria Arjona (Good Omens and the Netflix movie 6 Underground), Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Diego Boneta (Pretty Little Liars and Scream Queens), Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace), Laura Harring (NCIS: Los Angeles) and singer Gloria Estefan.
On June 17, the new drama The Summer I Turned Pretty will also debut online on Amazon. Based on the book by Jenna Han, this is a multi-generational drama that hinges on a love triangle between one girl Belly Conklin (newcomer Lola Tung) and two brothers (Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, played by newcomer Christopher Briney and Walker alum Gavin Casalegno respectively). The cast includes Colin Ferguson (Eureka), Rachel Blanchard (You Me Her) and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do).
The Netflix original film Spiderhead will debut online on June 17. In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings of love begins questioning the reality of his emotions. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett.
On June 17, the 4-part limited series You Don’t Know Me will debut online on Netflix. When all the evidence points towards his guilt, a man named Hero (Samuel Adewunmi) on trial for murder uses his closing argument to recount his love affair with a mysterious woman (newcomer Sophie Wilde).
The futuristic movie I Am Mortal will debut online on AMC+ on June 17. Set 200 years in the future, a small band of rebels face off against the status quo where humans have achieved immortality through genetic engineering. The leads include relative newcomers Abraham Lewis (the mini-series Guerrilla) and Eloise Smyth (Harlots) along with Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and John Harlan Kim (9-1-1 and The Librarians).
On June 18, the Hallmark Channel original movie Moriah’s Lighthouse will debut at 8 PM. Moriah (Rachelle Lefevre from Under the Dome) is a woodworking artisan living in a French seaside town, who dreams of restoring the local lighthouse. When Ben (Luke Macfarlane), an American architect, comes to town it seems as though her dreams will never become reality after she learns he’s there to give the lighthouse a makeover, but for another buyer.
The new PBS series Hotel Portofino will debut on June 19 at 8 PM followed by the season premiere of Endeavor at 9 PM. Hotel Portofino is set in the breathtakingly beautiful resort town of Portofino, this series is about personal awakening at a time of global upheaval in the traumatic aftermath of World War I. The series is led by Natascha McElhone (Designated Survivor); and Anna Chancellor (What a Girl Wants and Pennyworth).
On June 19, the UPtv movie A Romance Wedding will air at 7 PM. Zoe Davis (Morgan Kohan from When Hope Calls), a successful and driven wedding planner in the big city, returns home to Romance, Oregon to help at her father’s café. Upon arrival, Zoe discovers that her mom has also hired Will (Drew Nelson from The Girlfriend Experience), her childhood sweetheart. As tensions (and chemistry) rise, will Zoe and Will settle their differences and find true love?
The season finales of the following will air on June 19:
* Transplant is expected to air on NBC at 10 PM.
* Billy the Kid at 9 PM on EPIX.
* The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO at 9 PM.
* The First Lady on Showtime at 9 PM.
Lastly, also on June 19, the two-hour season premiere of the final season of Animal Kingdom will air on TNT at 9 PM; and that same day, the second season of the Canadian drama Hudson & Rex will premiere on the streaming service UP Faith & Family online.
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
5:05 PM:
Avengers: Endgame movie on TNT
6 PM:
A Country Wedding movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Proposal movie on Freeform
6:25 PM:
The Matrix Resurrection movie on HBO
7 PM:
Irma Vep on HBO (Encore)
Cut, Color, Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
The Green Mile movie on AMC
Frozen (animated) movie on Disney
8 PM:
Billy the Kid on EPIX (Encore)
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime (Encore)
Becoming Elizabeth on Starz (Encore)
Love on the Sidelines movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Birdcage movie on Cinemax
Ghostbusters (original) movie on Paramount Network
8:30 PM:
Sweet Home Alabama movie on Freeform
9 PM:
Irma Vep on HBO (NEW)
The First Lady on Showtime (Encore)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
10 PM:
Gentleman Jack on HBO (NEW – Finale)
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime 2 (Encore)
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (Reair)
10:09 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)
10:30 PM:
Ocean’s Eleven movie on Bravo
Enjoy!
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Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS
The Amazon drama The Summer I Turned Pretty has been renewed for a second season before the show’s first season has even debuted. (Variety)
Netflix has given the Korean hit Squid Game a second season renewal. (TV Line)
Spectrum Originals has pulled the plug on the drama series Long Slow Exhale after only one season. (Deadline)
Despite getting cancelled by Showtime, the drama series American Rust is getting a second chance via Amazon’s Freevee (formerly known as IMDbTV. (TV Line)
HBO Max has given the drama series Tokyo Vice a second season renewal. (Variety)
Apple TV+ has given the dramedy Schmigadoon a second season renewal. (TV Line) [NOTE: See TV Casting News for more details.]
Only a week into season three and The Boys has already been renewed for a 4th season. (TV Line)
Despite being handed a series order FOUR years ago by HBo, the J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama Demimonde has been scrapped. (Variety)
TV CASTING NEWS
Schmigadoon will be back from a second season, and this time around it will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The will be joined by new series regulars Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Patrick Page (The Gilded Age) with original cast members Ariana DeBose, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski, Martin Short and Aaron Tveit returning. (TV Line)
Hulu has ordered a series adaptation of Tiny Beautiful Things based on the Cheryl Strayed best-seller. The series will star Kathryn Hahn as a woman who reluctantly becomes Dear Sugar — an anonymous, revered advice columnist — when her own life is falling apart. (Variety)
The new Damon Lindelof drama series Mrs. Davis will stream on Peacock, and it will star Ben Chaplin, Margo Martindale, Betty Gilpin and Jake McDorman. The series is an exploration of faith vs technolog. Gilpin will play the lead character, a nun who takes on an all-powerful artificial intelligence, while McDorman will play her rebellious ex, who also has a vendetta against the algorithm. Details about who Chaplin and Martindale are playing are being kept quiet, though. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Jesse James Keitel (the new Queer as Folk reboot and ABC’s Big Sky) will have a guest starring role in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, as the nonbinary character Dr. Aspen, who once worked as a Starfleet counselor, but whose experiences on the Federation border prompted them to shift careers and work as a humanitarian aid worker. (Variety)
Jon Hamm, Juno Temple and Jennifer Jason Leigh are set in the lead roles of season 5 of the FX anthology series Fargo that will be set in 2019, asking the questions when is a kidnapping not a kidnapping, and what if your wife isn’t yours? (Variety)
SMALL SCREEN MOVIE NEWS
The Netflix sequel movie The Old Guard 2 has added Uma Thurman and Crazy Rich Asian hunk Henry Golding to its cast with returning member Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor reprising their roles. No word on who Thurman and Golding will be playing, though. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
David Oyelowo will star opposite Kaley Cuoco in the high-concept thriller box office flick Role Play, which centers around a married couple whose life turns upside down when secrets come out about each other’s pasts. Oyelowo will play Cuoco’s husband in the film. (Deadline)
Maria Bakalova (who was the only good thing in the Borat film) has joined the cast of the box office franchise Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. No details have been released on what character she will play, however. (Variety)
Julia Garner (Inventing Anna) has been offered to play the lead role in the forthcoming biopic about pop icon Madonna (who will direct the movie). (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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The latest adaptation of Father of the Bride will debut online on HBO Max on June 16.
This version stars Andy Garcia as a father who has to come to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding seen through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American clan.
The cast includes Adria Arjona (Good Omens and the Netflix movie 6 Underground), Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Diego Boneta (Pretty Little Liars and Scream Queens), Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace), Laura Harring (NCIS: Los Angeles) and singer Gloria Estefan.
Here is a trailer for Father of the Bride:
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On June 16, the new FX drama The Old Man will debut at 10 PM.
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, the series stars Jeff Bridges as Dan Chase, who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
The cast includes John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy) and Alia Shawkat (Search Party).
Here is a trailer for The Old Man:
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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 third season premiere of Evil will air on Paramount+ today.
5:30 PM:
13 Going on 30 movie on E!
Independence Day movie on Syfy
6 PM:
Caribbean Summer movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Die Hard With a Vengeance movie on AMC
6:35 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO 2 (Encore)
6:35 PM:
Hitman: Agent 47 movie on FXM
6:43 PM:
Spider-Man: Homecoming movie on Encore
7 PM:
The Engagement Back-Up movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
Gaslit on Starz (Encore)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie on FX
Avengers: Infinity War movie on TNT
7:20 PM:
Toy Story 2 (animated) movie on Freeform
7:23 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO 2 (Encore)
8 PM:
Gaslit on Starz (NEW – Finale)
The Tony Awards on CBS (Special)
A Taste of Summer movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
8:10 PM:
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO 2 (Encore)
9 PM:
Dark Winds on AMC (DEBUT)
Billy the Kid on EPIX (NEW)
The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO (NEW)
The First Lady on Showtime (NEW)
Color My World With Love movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT)
9:04 PM:
Becoming Elizabeth on Starz (DEBUT)
9:25 PM:
Zootopia (animated) movie on Freeform
10 PM:
The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime (NEW)
Billy the Kid on EPIX (Encore)
Die Hard movie on AMC
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie on FX
Avengers: Endgame movie on TNT
Enjoy!
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