On March 11, the Disney+ animated movie Turning Red will debut online.
Mei Lee (Rosalie Chiang) is a 13-year-old girl who is torn between being her mother’s obedient daughter and the chaos of her youth. As if that were not enough, when she gets too excited, she turns into a big red panda.
Other voices will be provided by Sandra Oh, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, James Hong and Sasha Roiz.
Here is a trailer for Turning Red:
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The Apple TV+ drama series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey will debut online on March 11.
Based on the novel by Walter Mosley, the series focuses on a lonely 93 year old man (Samuel L. Jackson) with dementia, who is temporarily able to remember his past and uses the time to investigate the death of his nephew.
The cast includes Dominique Fishback, Walton Goggins and Damon Gupton.
Here is a trailer for The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey:
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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On March 8, the new NBC drama The Thing About Pam will debut at 10 PM. The series will be focuses on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria (and the 2019 podcast) that resulted in her husband Russ’s conviction, although he insisted he didn’t kill her. His conviction was later overturned. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp (Renee Zellweger). The series will also star Josh Duhamel and Judy Greer.
The series finale of Pam & Tommy will air online on Hulu on March 9 while that same night The Flash will be back with its spring premiere at 8 PM on The CW followed by the second season premiere of Kung Fu at 9 PM; and also on March 9, the season premiere of Good Trouble will air on Freeform at 10 PM.
On March 10, the HBO Max original series Theodosia will debut online. Based on the critically acclaimed 4-book series best-selling author Robin L. LaFevers, the series is set in 1906, centering on Theodosia Throckmorton [aka Theo] (Eloise Little) as she gathers an eclectic team that includes her younger brother Henry (Frankie Minchella), along with friends Will (Nana Agyeman-Bediako) and Egyptian Princess, Safiya (Yasmina El-Abd), to fight a powerful secret society bent on destroying the world with ancient Egyptian dark magic.
The Apple TV+ drama series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey will debut online on March 11. Based on the novel by Walter Mosley, the series focuses on a lonely 93 year old man (Samuel L. Jackson) with dementia, who is temporarily able to remember his past and uses the time to investigate the death of his nephew. The cast includes Dominique Fishback, Walton Goggins and Damon Gupton.
On March 11, the fourth season finale of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel will air online on Amazon while that same day, the second season of Upload will air on Amazon online. Also that night, the 4th season premiere of Charmed will air on The CW at 8 PM followed by the 5th season premiere of Dynasty at 9 PM.
The Disney+ animated movie Turning Red will debut online on March 11. Mei Lee (Rosalie Chiang) is a 13-year-old girl who is torn between being her mother’s obedient daughter and the chaos of her youth. As if that were not enough, when she gets too excited, she turns into a big red panda. Other voices will be provided by Sandra Oh, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, James Hong and Sasha Roiz.
On March 11, the Netflix movie The Adam Project will debut online. The science fiction movie is about a time-traveling pilot (Ryan Reynolds), who teams up with his younger self (Walker Scobell) and his late father (Mark Ruffalo) to come to terms with his past while saving the future. Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, Alex Mallari Jr. and Zoe Saldana also star.
The Hallmark Channel movie Feeling Butterflies will debut on March 12 at 8 PM. Emily’s (Kayla Wallace) booming butterfly business delivers monarchs to a birthday party where she meets single dad, Garrett. With the help of Garrett (Kevin McGarry) and his daughter, Emily’s business begins to take flight.
On March 13, the UPtv movie A Honeymoon to Remember will debut at 7 PM. When a devastated Ava’s (Rebecca Dalton) fiancé leaves her at the altar, she’s determined to enjoy her honeymoon without him. Time away in a beautiful setting helps her figure out what she truly wants from a partner, but when her fiancé shows up unannounced, she’s more confused than ever… Can Ava forgive the man who broke her heart? Edward Ruttle also stars.
Lastly also on March 13, the original movie The Presence of Love will debut on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 9 PM. Adjunct professor Joss (Eloise Mumford) travels to England to visit the farm where her late mother grew up and bonds with single-father, Daniel (Julian Morris), whose family now runs it.
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
6 PM:
Love on Harbor Island movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
6:30 PM:
Twister movie on AMC
Captain Marvel movie on TNT
6:50 PM:
Independence Day: Resurgence movie on FXM
Philadelphia movie on Showtime 2
7 PM:
Mystery Woman: Redemption movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Columbiana movie on Syfy
7:15 PM:
The Gilded Age on HBO 2 (Encore)
7:36 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Encore)
8 PM:
9-1-1: Lone Star on FOX (NEW)
Love Takes Flight movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Road House movie on BBC America
8:03 PM:
The Gilded Age on HBO 2 (Encore)
9 PM:
NCIS on CBS (NEW)
The Gilded Age on HBO (NEW)
Snowpiercer on TNT (NEW)
Britannia on EPIX (Encore)
Mystery Woman: In the Shadows movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Italian Job movie on HBO 2
9:01 PM:
The Cleaning Lady on FOX (NEW)
9:45 PM:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower movie on TMC
10 PM:
NCIS: Hawai’i on CBS (NEW)
The Endgame on NBC (NEW)
Snowpiercer on TNT (Encore)
Enjoy!
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Hi All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWAL/CANCELLATIONS
Starz has given a 3rd season renewal to Hightown. (Variety)
FOX has cancelled The Big Leap after only one season. (TV Line)
NBC has pulled the plug on Ordinary Joe after only one season. (TV Line)
SERIES ORDER
AppleTV+ has given a series order to Metropolis, inspired by the Fritz Lang 1927 German sci-fi film which was based on the 1925 novel by Thea von Harbou that takes place in 2026 when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic cidy of splendor. The new drama comes from SamEsmail, the creator of Mr. Robot. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Skylar Astin (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and the Pitch Perfect franchise) has joined the cast of Grey’s Anatomy in the recurring role of Todd Eames, a charming, gentel soul who holds a PhD in environmental sciences whose sister is a pregnant patient at Grey Sloan Memorial. Also, Richard Flood has left the series after three seasons. (Variety and TV Line)
Kal Penn has joined the cast of the Disney+ limited series Santa Clause that finds Tim Allen reprising his role of Santa alongside Elizabeth Mitchell who is back as Mrs. Claus. Penn will play Simon Choksi, an ambitious game inventor and product developer, who is a devoted single father. (Variety)
Spectrum Originals has ordered the 8-episode dramedy Panhandle that will star Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Tiana Okoye (The Good Place and Nancy Drew). The series will be set in the Florida panhandle, following agoraphobic arm-chair detective Bell Prescott (Kirby) and reluctant traffic cop Cammie Lorde (Okoye) as they wrestle with personal demons, shocking twists and a few Florida gators on their journey to heal themselves and their town. (Variety)
ABC has given a straight-to-series order to the drama Avalon that takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy heads up a small office. The show is slated to debut during the 2022-2023 broadcast season from David E. Kelley based on a short story by Michael Connelly. (Variety)
Peacock has given a series order to the series Twisted Metal that will star Anthony Mackie (who will also executive produce. The series is based on the video game franchise; the half-hour action comedy will feature Mackie as John Doe, a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. With no memory of his past, he gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make his wish of finding community come true, but only if he can survive an onslaught of savage vehicular combat. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck. (Variety)
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey and Brave New World) and Anthony Welsh (Master of None) will star in the 6-episode Paramount+ drama Flatshare that will tell the story of two twentysomethings trying to get by – by sharing not only an apartment but a bed. Brown Findlay will portray Tiffany, a minimum wage worker employed by a clickbait news site, while Welsh will portray Leon, who works night shifts in a hospice. To save money, they capitalize on their opposing timetables and time-share their apartment and their bed, with Tiffany sleeping through the night, while Leon is working, and Leon catching up on his sleep during the day, when Tiffany is at her desk in the office. They communicate entirely by Post-It note. Despite never meeting, however they soon start to develop feelings for each other. (Variety)
Veteran actor Michael Douglas will star as Benjamin Franklin in a new limited series for Apple that will explore the story of one of the greatest gambles of Franklin’s career. At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced France – an absolute monarchy – to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy. By virtue of his fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers and hostile colleagues, all while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the final peace with England of l783. The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin’s most vital service to his country, without which America would not have won the Revolution. (Variety)
FILM NEWS
Jordan Fisher (The Flash) and Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) will play the leads in the new Netflix teen rom-com entitled Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between that centers around Claire (Ryder) and Aidan (Fisher) who after making a pact that they would break up before college, find themselves retracing the steps of their relationship on their last evening as a couple. The epic date leads them to familiar landmarks, unexpected places, and causes them to question whether high school love is meant to last. (Variety)
SAG Award winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) has joined the cast of the upcoming superhero action-adventure movie Kraven the Hunter that will feature Aaron Taylor Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) as one of Spider-Man’s most deadly antagonists. DeBose will play Calypso, a voodoo priestess who is the on-and-off lover of Kraven. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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On March 10, the HBO Max original series Theodosia will debut online.
Based on the critically acclaimed 4-book series best-selling author Robin L. LaFevers, the series is set in 1906, centering on Theodosia Throckmorton [aka Theo] (Eloise Little) as she gathers an eclectic team that includes her younger brother Henry (Frankie Minchella), along with friends Will (Nana Agyeman-Bediako) and Egyptian Princess, Safiya (Yasmina El-Abd), to fight a powerful secret society bent on destroying the world with ancient Egyptian dark magic.
Here is a trailer for Theodosia:
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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:
4:53 PM:
Live Free and Die Hard movie on AMC
4:55 PM:
National Treasure movie on Freeform
5 PM:
Tombstone movie on Grit
The Hunt for Red October movie on Sundance TV
5:30 PM:
Bad Boys for Life movie on FX
6 PM:
It Was Always You movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Spider-Man (2002) movie on Cartoon Network
6:26 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Reair)
6:27 PM:
F9 The Fast Saga movie on HBO
6:35 PM:
The Hunger Games movie on EPIX
6:58 PM:
The King’s Speech movie on Encore
7 PM:
A Bridesmaid in Love movie on UPtv (DEBUT)
Sanditon on PBS (Reair)
Love Locks movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Independence Day movie on VH1
Shakespeare in Love movie on TCM
8 PM:
The Equalizer on CBS (Check Your Local Lisings for NEW or Reair)
When Calls the Heart on Hallmark Channel (NEW – Season Premiere)
Charlie’s Angels (2019) movie on FX
Legally Blonde movie on Vice
8:05 PM:
National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie on Freeform
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie on FXM
9 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW)
Transplant on NBC (NEW – Season Premiere)
From on EPIX (NEW)
Outlander on Starz (NEW – Season Premiere, 80-Minutes)
Butlers in Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Cut, Color, Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
La Bamba movie on Encore
Columbiana movie on Syfy
9:30 PM:
Jerry Maguire movie on TCM
10 PM:
The Rookie on ABC (NEW)
S.W.A.T. on CBS (NEW)
Britannia on EPIX (NEW – Finale)
Men in Black movie on VH1
Enjoy!
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It was a night filled with wrestling, reality, news, and some repeats on the major networks last night along with new episodes from three Friday night dramas.
Here is how those three Friday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Show:
The Blacklist (NBC) [NEW] – 2.6 million viewers
9 PM Show:
Magnum P.I. (CBS) [NEW] – 4.7 million viewers
10 PM Show:
Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW] – 5.6 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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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:
John Wick: Chapter 2 movie on A&E
X-Men: Apocalypse movie on FX
Open Range movie on Grit
5:44 PM:
Fast & Furious 6 movie on HBO
6 PM:
Snowkissed movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
7 PM:
Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Underworld: Blood Wars movie on Syfy
7:10 PM:
Britannia on EPIX (Encore)
7:15 PM:
Rain Man movie on TCM
7:20 PM:
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation movie on Freeform
7:30 PM:
Walking Tall (2004) movie on TMC
Minions (animated) movie on TNT
7:45 PM:
A Dog’s Journey movie on FXM
8 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
A Summer Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum movie on A&E
Star Trek Into Darkness movie on EPIX
Bad Boys for Life movie on FX
Top Gun movie on Grit
F9 The Fast Saga movie on HBO
50 First Dates movie on Vice
8:45 PM:
Philadelphia movie on Showtime 2
9 PM:
Hannah Swensen Mysteries: Sweet Revenge movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit movie on IFC
9:30 PM:
Ant-Man and The Wasp movie on TNT
10 PM:
Winter Castle movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Love, Simon movie on FXM
The Equalizer movie on VH1
50 First Dates movie on Vice
10:15 PM:
Star Trek Beyond movie on EPIX
Enjoy!
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The primetime line-up for the major networks last night was filled with comedies and one reality show along with new episodes from nine Thursday night dramas, one of which was the drama’s delayed return from its winter break.
Here is how those nine Thursday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows:
Law & Order (NBC) [NEW] – 4.3 million viewers
Station 19 (ABC) [NEW] – 4.3 million viewers
Walker (The CW) [NEW – Delayed Return] – 905,000 viewers
9 PM Shows:
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) [NEW] – 4.4 million viewers
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [NEW] – 3.8 million viewers
Legacies (The CW) [NEW] – 359,000 viewers
10 PM Shows:
Bull (CBS) [NEW] – 3.9 million viewers
Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) [NEW] – 3.1 million viewers
Big Sky (ABC) [NEW] – 2.3 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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