The new Netflix film The Outsider will debut online on March 9.
Set in post-WWII Japan, an imprisoned American soldier (Jared Leto) is released with the help of his Yakuza cellmate. Now free, he sets out to earn their respect and repay his debt while navigating the dangerous criminal underworld
Here is a trailer for The Outsider:
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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:
4:30 PM:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug movie on Syfy
5:40 PM:
Logan movie on HBO2
6 PM:
Arrival movie on EPIX
6:45 PM:
San Andreas movie on TNT
7 PM:
Pretty Woman movie on Lifetime
Psych on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
8 PM:
Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
Die Hard movie on HBO
Psych on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
9 PM:
The Resident on FOX (NEW)
The Alienist on TNT (NEW)
Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
Berlin Station on EPIX (Reair)
10 PM:
Scorpion on CBS (NEW)
Good Girls on NBC (NEW)
McMafia on AMC (NEW)
X Company on Ovation (NEW)
Shoot the Messenger on WGN America (NEW)
The Alienist on TNT (Encore)
10:01 PM
The Good Doctor on ABC (NEW or Reair – Check Local Listings)
Enjoy!
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Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
CASTING NEWS
Actor Denis Leary (Rescue Me) has landed a recurring role on Animal Kingdom where he will play Billy, Deran’s (Jake Weary) drifter dad whom Smurf (Ellen Barkin) kicked out years ago. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Legendary Patti LaBelle will recur on OWN’s Greenleaf as Maxine Patterson, a famous Christian motivational speaker and CEO of a global Christian self-help empire. She is an old friend of Mae (Lynn Whitfield) from college days. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)
New cast members have been added to the second season of the Netflix drama Marvel’s The Punisher. Actor Josh Stewart (Shooter) and actress Floriana Lima (Supergirl) will play – respectively – John Pilgrim, a man whose calm exterior belies a ruthless interior, and Krista Dumont, a smart, compassionate, and driven psychotherapist for military veterans. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Mercedes Mason (Fear the Walking Dead) has landed a series regular role in the straight to series crime drama The Rookie that will star Nathan Fillion (Castle). She will play Capt. Zoe Andersen, John Nolan’s (Fillion) confident and irreverent commanding officer. (Deadline)
Actress Dana Delany (Body of Proof and China Beach) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Bull, playing AUSA (Assistant United States Attorney) Banner, a federal prosecutor who is bound and determined to imprison a young mother/physician who illegally purchased thousands of vials of marijuana-derived CBD oil to treat her patients in Virginia, where the oil is illegal. (TV Line)
Breakout actress Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) has landed a role alongside Elizabeth Olson (the Avengers franchise) in the Facebook watch series Sorry for Your Loss, a dark comedy that will explore the life of young widow Leigh Gibbs (Olsen) as she deals with the grief of losing her husband while reconnecting with relationships of her past. Tran will star as Jules, Leigh’s younger sister. (Variety)
Actor Brett Tucker (Mistresses) has landed a multi-episode arc in the upcoming ABC Grey’s Anatomy spin-off Station 19 that will follow a group of heroic firefighters. Tucker will play a character named Ripley, but no other character details have been revealed. (Deadline)
Actress Elena Kampouris (Before I Fall and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2) and actors Kevin Carroll (The Leftovers) and Ryan Robbins (Sanctuary) have been cast in lead roles in the half-hour drama Sacred Lies (the working title), a 10-episode series based on the classic Grimm Brothers tale The Handless Maiden and Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly. The series is about a handless teen who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader. Kampouris will play Minnow Bly, the lead character. Carroll will portray Dr. Wilson, Minnow’s mental health coordinator. And, Robbins will play Samuel Bly, Minnow’s father. (Deadline)
RENEWAL NEWS
The Magicians have been renewed for a fourth season by Syfy. (Variety)
MOVIE CASTING NEWS
Actress Gemma Chan (Humans) will star alongside Brie Larson in the latest Marvel superhero movie Captain Marvel. Chan will play, Minn-Erva (aka Doctor Minerva) a Kree geneticist and spy. (Deadline)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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On March 8, the new Crackle streaming series The Oath will debut online.
The series explores a world of gangs made up of those sworn to protect and defend and sheds light on corrupt and secret societies that are nearly impossible to join – only a select few make the cut – but once inside, members will do what they must to protect each other from enemies on the outside and from within their own ranks.
The cast includes Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Cory Hardrict (American Sniper and Gran Torino), Arlen Escarpeta (The Magicians and American Dreams), Katrina Law (Arrow), J.J. Soria (The Fosters) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones).
Here is a trailer for The Oath:
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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:
Fast & Furious 6 movie on FX
5:25 PM:
The Dark Knight movie on Cinemax
6 PM:
Jack Reacher movie on EPIX
6:05 PM:
Captain America: The First Avenger movie on Freeform
6:45 PM:
A Knight’s Tale movie on Encore
7 PM:
Winter’s Dream movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
NCIS: Los Angeles on ION
7:04 PM:
Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
7:30 PM:
Victoria on Masterpiece on PBS (Encore)
8 PM:
The 90th Annual Academy Awards on ABC (Special)
Counterpart on Starz (NEW)
Furious 7 movie on NBC
xXx: Return of Xander Cage movie on EPIX
Minions (animated) movie on FXX
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug movie on Syfy
NCIS: Los Angeles on ION
8:45 PM:
X-Men: First Class movie on Freeform
9 PM:
When Calls the Heart movie on Hallmark Channel (NEW)
Private Eyes on ION (NEW)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
Mystery Woman: Game Time movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
9:30 PM:
Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
9:50 PM:
Arrival movie on EPIX
10 PM:
The Alienist on TNT (Encore)
Minions (animated) movie on FXX
NCIS: Los Angeles on ION
Enjoy!
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The programming options on the major networks last night was plentiful with all of the Friday night dramas airing new episodes.
Here is how all of the Friday dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows:
MacGyver (CBS) [NEW] – 7 million viewers
Blindspot (NBC) [NEW] – 3.1 million viewers
Once Upon a Time (ABC) [NEW – Return] – 2.2 million viewers
9 PM Shows:
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) [NEW] – 8 million viewers
Taken (NBC) [NEW] – 2.4 million viewers
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) [NEW] – 1.9 million viewers
Jane the Virgin (The CW) [NEW] – 588,000 viewers
10 PM Show:
Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW] – 8.9 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
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Life Sentence is the new drama set to debut on The CW on March 7 at 9 PM.
When Stella Abbott (Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars) finds out her terminal cancer is cured, she’s going to have to learn to live with all the choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying”.
The cast includes Elliot Knight (Sinbad and Once Upon a Time), Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck), Brooke Lyons (2 Broke Girls), Gillian Vigman (New Girl), Jayson Blair (The New Normal and Young & Hungry), Carlos PenaVega (Big Time Rush) and Riley Smith (Nashville and Frequency).
Here is a trailer for Life Sentence:
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On March 7, the Hulu streaming series Hard Sun will debut online.
This pre-apocalyptic crime drama is set in contemporary London, focusing on two mismatched police officers, Charlie Hicks (Jim Sturgess) and Elaine Renko (Agyness Deyn) who, whilst investigating what appears to be the routine death of a hacker in London, stumble upon proof that due to a mysterious cosmic event, the world is facing certain destruction in five years, a fact the powers-that-be would very much like to keep under wraps.
Here is a trailer for Hard Sun:
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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:
The Italian Job movie on Freeform
5:30 PM:
The 5th Wave movie on FXX
Juno movie on MTV
5:44 PM:
Spider-Man: Homecoming movie on Starz
6 PM:
Shrek (animated) movie on TNT
7 PM:
My Favorite Wedding movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
The Blind Side movie on E!
NCIS on USA Network
7:08 PM:
Saving Private Ryan movie on Encore
7:10 PM:
Strike Back on Cinemax (Encore)
8 PM:
Fast & Furious 6 movie on FX
The Notebook movie on MTV
NCIS on USA Network
8:05 PM:
Captain America: The First Avenger movie on Freefrom
9 PM:
Frozen in Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
10 PM:
Falling Water on USA Network (NEW)
The Blind Side movie on E!
Cinderella movie on TNT
10:40 PM:
Counterpart on Starz (Encore)
Enjoy!
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It was a busy night of programming last night on the major networks with all of the Thursday night dramas back with new episodes, including the return of a FOX underdog and a much-anticipated crossover on ABC.
Here is how all of the Thursday dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows:
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [NEW] – 7.5 million viewers
Gotham (FOX) [NEW – Return] – 2.6 million viewers
Supernatural (The CW) [NEW] – 1.6 million viewers
9 PM Shows:
Scandal (ABC) [NEW – Crossover with How To Get Away With Murder] – 5 million viewers
Arrow (The CW) [NEW] – 1.1 million viewers
10 PM Shows:
Chicago Fire (NBC) [NEW] – 5.7 million viewers
S.W.A.T. (CBS) [NEW] – 5.3 million viewers
How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) [NEW – Crossover with Scandal] – 4.1 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
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