It was a night filled with reality, Stanley Cup finals, repeats and a game show along with new episodes from two Monday night dramas.
Here is how those two Monday night dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Show:
All American (The CW) [NEW] – 635,000 viewers
9 PM Show:
The Republic of Sarah (The CW) [NEW] – 315,000 viewers
What did you watch on TV last night. Please share.
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On July 10, the Christmas in July made-for-TV movie Crashing Through the Snow will debut on Hallmark Channel at 9 PM.
Maggie (Amy Acker from Person of Interest and Angel) and her ex-husband, Jeff (Kristian Bruun from Orphan Black), have always been friends first. When Jeff’s new girlfriend, Kate (Brooke Nevin), spontaneously invites Maggie along to their Christmas getaway in Aspen, she jumps at the chance to spend a Yuletide holiday away with her two daughters.
Although Maggie feels like a third wheel crashing their Christmas, she’s not alone as Kate’s hapless brother, Sam (Warren Christie from Alphas and Batwoman), shows up unannounced with a plan. Always seeming to live in Kate’s shadow, Sam, for once, wants to come out ahead, and he convinces Maggie that, together, they can compete with Kate and make this Christmas the best one ever. Neither of them is adequately prepared for the blended family challenges that lie ahead or the feelings they develop for one another.
Here is a trailer for Crashing Through the Snow:
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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:
All of My Heart: Inn Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Looks Like Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
6:15 PM:
Blue Crush movie on Cinemax
7 PM:
Olympus Has Fallen movie on Syfy
7:10 PM:
Kingsman: The Secret Service movie on FXM
7:13 PM:
Peggy Sue Got Married movie on Encore
7:30 PM:
Back to the Future Part II movie on Freeform
8 PM:
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
Summer Villa movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Northern Lights of Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Forrest Gump movie on AMC
Skyfall movie on EPIX
Let Him Go movie on HBO
Riddick movie on IFC
9 PM:
FBI on CBS (Reair)
Superman & Lois on The CW (Reair)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood movie on Encore
10 PM:
FBI: Most Wanted on CBS (Reair)
Swept Up by Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
The Day After Tomorrow movie on Paramount Network
Enjoy!
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Hey All,
First of all, I hope all those who celebrate the Happy Fourth of July enjoyed the day!
And now, here are the news items for the past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATION
HBO has pulled the plug on Lovecraft Country after only one season. (TV Line)
IMDbTV is eyeing the cancelled ABC drama For Life for a third season, as the streamer is set to air the first (and only) two seasons. (Variety)
Amazon Prime has renewed Good Omens for a second season. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Apple has ordered an 8-episode series adaptation of the book City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage will be in charge of the production that focuses on what happens when an NYU student is shot in Central Park on the 4th of July in 2003. Samantha Cicciaro is alone; there are no witnesses and very little physical evidence. Her friends’ band is playing her favorite downtown club but she leaves to meet someone, promising to return. She never does. As the crime against Samantha is investigated, she’s revealed to be the crucial connection between a series of mysterious city-wide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown real estate family fraying under the strain of the many secrets they keep. (Variety)
The one and only Kelly Bishop (Gilmore Girls) will be joining the cast of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for the show’s upcoming 4th season. Details, of course, are being kept under wraps as to what role she will play in the series. (TV Line)
The Netflix crime thriller Ozark has added new recurring cast members to its upcoming 4th and final season. They are Veronica Falcon (Queen of the South) and Ali Stroker (Tony-winning Glee Project veteran). Falcon will play Camila, the sister of drug cartel leader Omar Navarro (Felix Solis) whose son Javi Elizonndro (Alfonso Herrera) is scheming to take over his uncle’s cartel. Meanwhile, Stroker will play Charles-Ann, an old friend of Ruth’s (Julia Garner) mother, who lends her a hand when she is in need of some assistance. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Starz Watergate drama Gaslit, which will star Julia Roberts and Sean Penn has added recurring cast members, including Allison Tolman (Fargo) J.C. MacKenzie (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Chris Bauer (True Blood), Hamish Linklater (Legion) and Chris Messina (Birds of Prey). The series is a modern take on Watergate, focusing on the untold stories and forgotten characters of the scandal – from Nixon’s bumbling, opportunistic subordinates to the deranged zealots aiding and abetting their crimes to the tragic whistleblowers who would eventually bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down. (Deadline)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Netflix has ordered a 10-episode series based on the young adult novel My Life With the Walter Boys by author Ali Novak. The show will follow 16-year old Manhattanite Jackie Howard who, after the loss of her family in a tragic accident, has to learn to adapt to a new life in rural Colorado with her guardian – and 12 very rowdy kids. (Variety)
STREAMING SERVICE MOVIE NEWS
Dwayne Johnson will star in the Amazon Studios film Red One, which is being described as a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, which imagines a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
The action thriller Havoc that will star Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker has added Timothy Olphant (Justified) and Justin Cornwell (The Umbrella Academy) to its cast. The film takes place after a drug deal gone wrong, centering on a bruised detective who must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city. (Variety)
Oscar-nominated Vanessa Kirby has joined the cast of the film The Son, the follow-up to the Oscar-winning feature film The Father. Kirby will star in the film opposite Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman. The film focuses on Peter (Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Emma (Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas. The young man is troubled, distant and angry, playing truant from school for months. Peter strives to be a better father, searching to help his son with those intimate and instinctive moments of family happiness. But the weight of Nicholas’ condition sets the family on a dangerous course. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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On July 9, the box office film The Water Man will debut on Netflix online.
Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy ventures into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality.
The film stars Lonnie Chavis, David Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, Maria Bello, Alfred Molina and Amiah Miller.
Here is a trailer for The Water Man:
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The return of Leverage – known now as Leverage: Redemption – will premiere on IMDb TV online on July 9.
Eight years after the original series, Sophie (Gina Bellman), Parker (Beth Riesgraf), Eliot (Christian Kane), and Hardison (Aldis Hodge) are going after the rich and powerful.
Now, they’re joined by Harry (Noah Wyle), a corporate lawyer looking for redemption after realizing he’s been on the wrong side of the table his entire career, and Hardison’s sister Breanna (Aleyse Shannon), who has a knack for computers, robotics, and getting into trouble.
The world might have changed, but the crew is still here to steal what the bad guys take back and provide…leverage.
Here is a trailer for Leverage: Redemption:
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Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On July 5, the new 6-part drama The Beast Must Die will debut on AMC+ online. After learning the police investigation into the fatal hit and run of her young son Martie has been dropped, Frances Cairnes (Cush Jumbo from The Good Fight) takes matters into her own hands. Posing as a novelist researching a new murder-mystery, Frances ingratiates herself with the family of George Rattery (Jared Harris from Chernobyl), the man she suspects is responsible, and sets a plan in action to kill him.
NOTE: This series will then debut on network TV on AMC at 10 PM.
The box office movie Black Widow will air a special presentation on Disney+ starting on July 7. Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johanasson) finds herself alone and forced to confront a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Romanoff must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. The cast includes David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle and Ray Winstone.
NOTE: The premier access to the movie will be available on July 9.
Also on July 7, the animated series Monsters at Work will debut online on Disney+. Set after the events of Monsters, Inc., the city of Monstropolis is making the transition to be fuelled by the sound of laughter. Tylor Tuskmon (Ben Feldman from Superstore and Drop Dead Diva), a recent Scare Major graduate from Monsters University, working as a mechanic in the Facilities Team, dreams of working alongside his idols, Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan (John Goodman). Other voices will be provided by John Ratzenberger, Jennifer Tilly, Mindy Kaling, Henry Winkler, Lucas Neff, Alanna Ubach, Aisha Tyler, Bonnie Hunt and Curtis Armstrong.
The reboot of Gossip Girl will debut online on HBO Max on July 8. Heading back to the Upper East Side, the series focuses on a new generation of New York private school teens being introduced to social surveillance nine years after the original blogger’s website went dark. Kristen Bell, once again, voices Gossip Girl with well-known actors Donna Murphy, Elizabeth Lail and Laura Benanti appearing in the show alongside mostly newcomers, including Jordan Alexander, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Tavi Gevinson, Emily Alyn Lind, Evan Mock, Zion Moreno, Whitney Peak and Savannah Lee Smith.
Also on July 8, season 14 of the long-running Canadian family drama Heartland will premiere on UPtv at 7 PM.
The third season of Virgin River will get underway starting on July 9 on Netflix.
On July 9, the box office film The Water Man will debut on Netflix online. Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy ventures into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. The film stars Lonnie Chavis, David Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, Maria Bello, Alfred Molina and Amiah Miller.
Also on July 9, the return of Leverage – known now as Leverage: Redemption – will premiere on IMDb TV online. Eight years after the original series, Sophie (Gina Bellman), Parker (Beth Riesgraf), Eliot (Christian Kane), and Hardison (Aldis Hodge) are going after the rich and powerful. Now, they’re joined by Harry (Noah Wyle), a corporate lawyer looking for redemption after realizing he’s been on the wrong side of the table his entire career, and Hardison’s sister Breanna (Aleyse Shannon), who has a knack for computers, robotics, and getting into trouble. The world might have changed, but the crew is still here to steal what the bad guys take back and provide…leverage.
NOTE: The first 8 episodes will air now with the latter 8 episodes set to air later this year.
On July 10, the Christmas in July made-for-TV movie Crashing Through the Snow will debut on Hallmark Channel at 9 PM. Maggie (Amy Acker from Person of Interest and Angel) and her ex-husband, Jeff (Kristian Bruun from Orphan Black), have always been friends first. When Jeff’s new girlfriend, Kate (Brooke Nevin), spontaneously invites Maggie along to their Christmas getaway in Aspen, she jumps at the chance to spend a Yuletide holiday away with her two daughters. Although Maggie feels like a third wheel crashing their Christmas, she’s not alone as Kate’s hapless brother, Sam (Warren Christie from Alphas and Batwoman), shows up unannounced with a plan. Always seeming to live in Kate’s shadow, Sam, for once, wants to come out ahead, and he convinces Maggie that, together, they can compete with Kate and make this Christmas the best one ever. Neither of them is adequately prepared for the blended family challenges that lie ahead or the feelings they develop for one another.
The season finale of season two of Riviera will air at 7 PM on Ovation TV on July 10.
On July 11, the season premiere of the 4th season of Unforgotten will air on PBS at 9 PM; while that same night the season finale of Run the World will air on Starz at 8:30 PM followed by the season finale of Little Birds at 9:30 PM; and also on July 11, the 5th season premiere of Animal Kingdom will air on TNT at 9 PM.
Lastly also on July 11, the 6-episode limited series The White Lotus will debut on HBO at 9 PM. The series follows the vacations of various hotel guests over the span of a week as they relax and rejuvenate in paradise. But with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself. The ensemble cast includes Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Molly Shannon, Steve Zahn, Jon Gries, Jake Lacy, Brittany O’Grady, Alexandra Daddario and Jolene Purdy [among others].
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
5:30 PM:
National Treasure movie on Freeform
6 PM:
Surprised by Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Two Turtle Doves movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
7 PM:
Domina on EPIX (Encore)
Yellowstone on Paramount Network (Reair)
8 PM:
Belgravia on EPIX (Encore)
Yellowstone on Paramount Network (Reair)
A Summer Romance movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Angel Tree movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom movie on FX
X-Men: Apocalypse movie on FXM
Clueless movie on HBO
50 First Dates movie on Sundance TV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 movie on Syfy
8:30 PM:
National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie on Freeform
8:50 PM:
Belgravia on EPIX (Encore)
9 PM:
The Republic of Sarah on The CW (NEW)
NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)
Yellowstone on Paramount Network (Reair)
10 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
Project Christmas Wish movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Mean Girls movie on TruTV
Enjoy!
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The reboot of Gossip Girl will debut online on HBO Max on July 8.
Heading back to the Upper East Side, the series focuses on a new generation of New York private school teens being introduced to social surveillance nine years after the original blogger’s website went dark.
Kristen Bell, once again, voices Gossip Girl with well-known actors Donna Murphy, Elizabeth Lail and Laura Benanti appearing in the show alongside mostly newcomers, including Jordan Alexander, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Tavi Gevinson, Emily Alyn Lind, Evan Mock, Zion Moreno, Whitney Peak and Savannah Lee Smith.
Here is a trailer for Gossip Girl:
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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: Happy Fourth of July!
5:30 PM:
Independence Day movie on HBO
5:35 PM:
The Avengers movie on EPIX
5:50 PM:
Shooter movie on Showtime 2
6 PM:
A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
6:07 PM:
Top Gun movie on Starz
6:15 PM:
Toy Story 2 (animated) movie on Freeform
7 PM:
A Taste of Summer movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Thor: Ragnarok movie on TBS
Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie on VICE
7:10 PM:
Independence Day: Resurgence movie on FXM
8 PM:
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC (Special)
A Capitol Fourth 2021 on PBS (Special)
A Discovery of Witches on AMC (NEW)
The Equalizer on CBS (Reair)
War of the Worlds on EPIX (Reair)
Holly & Ivy movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie on FX
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie on Syfy
Saving Private Ryan movie on Showtime 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie on TNT
8:20 PM:
Toy Story 3 (animated) movie on Freeform
9 PM:
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
War of the Worlds on EPIX (Reair)
Love, Romance & Chocolate movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie on VICE
9:30 PM:
Mission: Impossible (original 1996) movie on FXM
10 PM:
NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)
War of the Worlds on EPIX (Reair)
The Christmas Ring movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
10:01 PM:
A Discovery of Witches on AMC (Encore)
10:15 PM:
Thor: Ragnarok movie on TBS
Enjoy!
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