It was a night filled with reality, comedy, game shows, animation and repeats on the major networks along with new episodes from two Monday night dramas.
Here is how that two Monday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Show:
Roswell, New Mexico (The CW) [NEW] – 640,000 viewers
9 PM Show:
The Republic of Sarah (The CW) [NEW] – 302,000 viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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On August 21, the Hallmark Channel movie A Little Daytime Drama will debut at 9 PM.
In order to save her daytime soap drama from cancellation, head writer Maggie (Jen Lilley) must convince Darin (Ryan Paevey), fan favorite actor and her real-life ex-boyfriend, to return to the show.
Soap legend Linda Dano also stars.
Here is a trailer for A Little Daytime Drama:
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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
5:30 PM:
Deepwater Horizon movie on FX
X-Men: Days of Future Past movie on FXM
The Legend of Tarzan movie on TNT
5:55 PM:
Speed movie on HBO 2
6 PM:
Valentine Ever After movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Pitch Black movie on Showtime
6:40 PM:
The White Lotus on HBO (Encore)
7 PM:
Matchmaker Mysteries: A Fatal Romance movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Mrs. Doubtfire movie on Freeform
7:30 PM:
The Cutting Edge movie on ThisTV
7:33 PM:
Cinderella (2015) movie on Starz
7:50 PM:
Judas and the Black Messiah movie on HBO
7:55 PM:
The White Lotus on HBO 2 (Encore)
8 PM:
DC’s Stargirl on The CW (NEW)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
Paris, Wine & Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Way Back movie on Cinemax
The Martian movie on FX
The Chronicles of Riddick movie on Showtime
8:35 PM:
X-Men: Days of Future Past movie on FXM
8:56 PM:
The White Lotus on HBO 2 (Encore)
9 PM:
Superman & Lois on The CW (NEW – Finale)
Fantasy Island on FOX (NEW)
Mystery 101: Deadly History movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Little Women (2019) movie on Encore
9:30 PM:
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold movie on This TV
10 PM:
FBI: Most Wanted on CBS (Reair)
Enjoy!
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Last night’s primetime line-up on the major networks was filled with news, repeats, reality and game shows 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:
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW) [NEW] – 375,000 viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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The new dramedy The Chair will debut online on Netflix on August 20.
Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass star in the new series that follows the chair of an English department at a major university.
The cast includes Bob Balaban, David Morse and Holland Taylor.
Here is a trailer for The Chair:
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The Amazon feature film Annette will debut online on August 20.
The film tells the story of a provocative stand-up comedian (Adam Driver) and his wife, a world-famous soprano (Marion Cotillard). Their glamorous life takes an unexpected turn when their daughter Annette is born, a girl with a unique gift.
The cast includes Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory).
Here is a trailer for Annette:
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On August 20, the Netflix feature film Sweet Girl will debut online.
A devastated husband (Jason Momoa) vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter (Isabela Merced).
The film also stars Raza Jaffrey, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, Amy Brenneman, Adria Arjona, Justin Bartha, Reggie Lee and Marisa Tomei.
Here is a trailer for Sweet Girl:
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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On August 17, the season finale of Superman & Lois will air on The CW at 9 PM.
The new Hulu drama Nine Perfect Strangers will debut online on August 18. Based on the bestselling book by author Liane Moriarty, the series takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort’s director, Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them. The cast includes Bobby Cannavale, Luke Evans, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving and Tiffany Boone (among others).
Also on August 18, the second season premiere of Diary of a Future President will air on Disney+ online.
The 11th season premiere of The Walking Dead will air on AMC+ online on August 19; meanwhile, that same night, the season finale of the spin-off series American Horror Stories will air online today on FX on Hulu. Also that night, the season premiere of Coroner will air on The CW at 8 PM.
On August 20, the new dramedy The Chair will debut online on Netflix. Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass star in the new series that follows the chair of an English department at a major university. The cast includes Bob Balaban, David Morse and Holland Taylor.
The Amazon feature film Annette will debut online on August 20. The film tells the story of a provocative stand-up comedian (Adam Driver) and his wife, a world-famous soprano (Marion Cotillard). Their glamorous life takes an unexpected turn when their daughter Annette is born, a girl with a unique gift. The cast includes Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory).
Also on August 20, the second season premiere of Truth Be Told will air on Apple TV+ online.
The Netflix feature film Sweet Girl will debut online on August 20. A devastated husband (Jason Momoa) vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter (Isabela Merced). The film also stars Raza Jaffrey, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, Amy Brenneman, Adria Arjona, Justin Bartha, Regiie Lee and Marisa Tomei.
On August 21, the Hallmark Channel movie A Little Daytime Drama will debut at 9 PM. In order to save her daytime soap drama from cancellation, head writer Maggie (Jen Lilley) must convince Darin (Ryan Paevey), fan favorite actor and her real-life ex-boyfriend, to return to the show. Soap legend Linda Dano also stars.
The UPtv original telefilm Love Upstream will debut at 7 PM on August 22. Best selling author Charlotte Meyers (Kimberly-Sue Murray), the epitome of a sophisticated Chicago city girl, finds herself spending a month in the wilderness of Minnesota to research and write her new book “The City Girl’s Guide to Wilderness Survival.” Her personal wilderness guide is Rob (Steve Lund) – a handsome, down-to-earth, guy who doesn’t expect Charlotte to do very well in his neck of the woods. However, before long, they realize they have far more in common than not – and soon find themselves falling in love.
Also on August 22, The Walking Dead will air its 11th season premiere on AMC at 9 PM.
The new EPIX drama Chapelwaite will debut on August 22 at 10 PM. Based on the short story Jerusalem’s Lot by Stephen King, the series is set in the 1850s, following Captain Charles Boone (Adrien Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations. Emily Hampshire (12 Monkeys) also stars.
Lastly, also on August 22, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder will debut at 9 PM. While on a “pre-honeymoon” getaway, Aurora and Nick (Candace Cameron Bure and Niall Matter) discover a body, and as they get closer to finding out what really happened, danger knocks on their doorstep. Marilu Henner also stars.
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
5:40 PM:
Now You See Me movie on FXM
6 PM:
Summer Villa movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
6:45 PM:
Despicable Me (animated) movie on Freeform
7 PM:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Spider-Man: Homecoming movie on FX
Walking Tall (2014) movie on Paramount Network
7:15 PM:
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 movie on TNT
8 PM:
Godfather of Harlem on EPIX (Encore)
Very, Very Valentine movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Lost Boys movie on BBC America
The Magnificent Seven (2016) movie on Syfy
8:50 PM:
Despicable Me 2 (animated) movie on Freeform
9 PM:
The Republic of Sarah on The CW (NEW)
Mystery 101: Playing Dead movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Rock movie on AMC
Blackhat movie on HBO 2
9:55 PM
Godfather of Harlem on EPIX (Encore)
10 PM:
The Beast Must Die on AMC (NEW – Finale)
Titans on TNT (NEW)
The White Lotus on HBO (Encore)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
Spider-Man: Homecoming movie on FX
10:02 PM:
Heels on Starz (Encore)
Enjoy!
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Hi All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWAL
HBO has renewed The White Lotus for a second season that will feature both a new cast and a new locale. (TV Line)
TV PICK-UP ORDER
ABC has picked up the Latino project Promised Land to series. The drama will be an epic, generation-spanning series about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. The cast will include John Ortiz (Messiah and the box office movie Peppermint); Mexican actress Cecilia Suarez (The House of Flowers); Augusto Aguilera (Made for Love and the 2018 movie The Predator); and Christina Ochoa (Animal Kingdom and A Million Little Things) [among others]. (Variety)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
FX has given a development order for another installment of the American Crime Story franchise tentatively called Studio 54: American Crime Story along with two new limited anthology series called American Love Story and American Sport Story all from series creator Ryan Murphy. American Love Story will tell a scripted tale about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. Meanwhile the first installment of American Sports Story will focus on former NFL player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez. Studio 54: American Crime Story will follow Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager who, in 1977, turned their midtown Manhattan disco into an international mecca of nightlife. After three years of lavish parties, music, sex and drugs, Rubell and Schrager fell hard when they were convicted of tax fraud. (Variety)
NOT MOVING FORWARD
ABC is not moving forward with the new fairytale drama called Epic from Once Upon a Time co-creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis. (TV Line)
STREAMING SERVICE NEWS
Amazon Studios has landed the rights to the action film Coyote Blue that will star This Is Us alum Sterling K. Brown. The movie revolves around an everyman (Brown) who’s hunted by a ruthless criminal syndicate for his mysterious cargo, and must navigate the treacherous terrain of Route 66 while unleashing his lethal set of skills in a fight for survival. (Variety)
Rowan Blanchard (Snowpiercer and Girl Meets World) and Auli’i Cravalho (the voice of Moana and the box office movie All Together Now) will star in an upcoming as-yet-titled coming-of-age teen movie on Hulu. Blanchard will play Paige, an aspiring artist who’s thrust out of her comfort zone when forced to join the track team captained by her longtime crush, but she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate, ultimately discovering what real love feels like. Cravalho will play AJ, an elusive track star who has always lived in the shadow of her twin sister. (Variety)
Amazon Studios and Kaling International (Mindy Kaling’s production company) are developing the Uzma Jalaluddin novel “Hana Khan Carries On” into a movie that puts a modern Muslim spin on a premise first made famous by the classic “The Shop Around the Corner” from Ernst Lubitschwhich, which was later updated with Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail. The novel follows two competing Halal shops. Hana’s family owns a restaurant called Three Sisters in the Golden Crescent neighborhood of Toronto, and its business is threatened when a more commercial, fusion-based eatery moves in down the street. The catch is that Hana and the owner of the other restaurant, Aydin, have an instant romantic connection. (Variety)
TV NEWS
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago and The Mask of Zorro) has joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix series Wednesday Addams where she will guest star as Morticia Addams, the family matriarch. (Variety)
Due to a scheduling conflict Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD alum Chloe Bennet has departed from her role of Blossom on the live-action pilot Powerpuff, which is based on The Powerpuff Girls. The show was in contention for pilot season earlier this year, but the original pilot was scrapped and is set to be redeveloped. Recasting of the role will begin this fall. (Variety)
Australian actor Sam Reid (The Astronaut Wives Club and Lambs of God) has landed the lead role of Lestat in the upcoming AMC small screen adaptation of Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice that has been given an 8-episode order and which is expected to debut in 2022 on both AMC and AMC+. (Variety)
TV MOVIE NEWS
The upcoming NBC TV movie Annie Live! has added to its cast, which already includes Harry Connick Jr. and Taraji P. Henson. The new cast members are Nicole Scherzinger (The Masked Singer and former member of The Pussycat Dolls) and Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). Scherzinger will play Grace, Daddy Warbucks’ (Connick) chief of staff while Burgess will play Rooster, the underhanded brother of the ruthless Miss Hannigan (Henson). (The Futon Critic and The Hollywood Reporter)
LIMITED SERIES NEWS
Grey’s Anatomy alum Jesse Williams will lead the small screen adaptation of the Tony-winning play Take Me Out that is set as a limited TV series. Set in the early 2000s, the story follows Darren Lemming, a mixed-race star center fielder for the fictional Empires, whose decision to come out of the closet sparks controversy and soul searching for American’s favorite pastime, revealing long-held, unspoken prejudices both on and off the field. Facing some hostile teammates and fraught friendships. Williams will play Lemming. (Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Idris Elba will provide the voice of Knuckles in the animated movie Sonic the Hedgehog 2. (Variety)
Andre Braugher has joined the cast of the box office film She Said, which is the retelling of the investigation into sexual assault and harassment perpetrated by Harvey Weinstein. Braugher will play New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet, who oversaw groundbreaking reporting from journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. The cast includes Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as Twohey and Kantor and Patricia Clarkson. (Variety)
Emma Stone will reprise the lead role in the upcoming sequel Cruella 2. (Deadline and Variety)
BROADWAY NEWS
Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart and the upcoming Impeachment: American Crime Story) will play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. This will be the first time the musical has been revived on Broadway since it wrapped its run nearly six decades ago. Ironically, Feldstein played the lead role at her 3rd birthday party “in a head-to-toe leopard print outfit (her) mom made for (her)…(so it) is truly (her) lifelong dream come true. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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