Facebook is pushing its way into scripted programming. The latest project is called Five Points set on the South Side of Chicago, taking a look at high school students from five unique points of view. When a life changing event occurs, all of these different perspectives will be necessary to understand the truth. One of the executive producers will be Scandal star Kerry Washington and cast currently includes Hayley Kiyoko (CSI: Cyber) and model Madison Pettis. It will air on Watch, Facebook’s new platform for original shows. The series has a 10-episode order. (Variety)
The CBS summer drama Salvation has been given a second season order. (Variety)
CASTING NEWS
Three new series regulars have been added to the latest season of Doctor Who that will boast the first female doctor in actress Jodie Whittaker. Those include Bradley Walsh (Law & Order: UK and Coronation Street), Tosin Cole (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Mandip Gill (Hollyoaks). Season 11 will also consist of ten 50-minute episodes with a “feature-length” premiere. (TV Line)
Actress Marsha Thomason (White Collar) will have a guest starring role on ABC’s new medical drama The Good Doctor, playing Isabel Barnes, the wife of Marcus Barnes (Hill Harper), the head of surgery at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. (Deadline)
Actor Ryan Potter (Big Hero 6) has been cast as a lead opposite Brenton Thwaites, Anna Diop and Teagan Croft in the new live-action series Titans, which is slated to premiere in 2018 as part of the slate of a new DC-branded direct-to-consumer digital service. Potter will play the series regular role of Garfield “Gar” Logan (aka Beast Boy). (Deadline)
Veteran actor Malcolm McDowell will guest star in an episode of Chicago Med as Dr. Jaffrey, a world-renowned heart surgeon who is the mentor of Dr. Rhodes’ new rival, Dr. Bekkar (Norma Kuhling). Chicago Med returns Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 10/9c on NBC. (TV Line and The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Peter Facinelli (Supergirl) will have a recurring role on the upcoming drama S.W.A.T., playing Michael Plank, a confident, powerful businessman who also volunteers as a civilian police commissioner and head of the police board. S.W.A.T. will debut on November 2 on CBS. (TV Line and Deadline)
Actress Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings franchise) has joined the Hulu streaming series Harlots for its upcoming second season. She will play Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam, the aristocratic social butterfly whose long-held secrets keep her in the thrall of Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville). (The Hollywood Reporter)
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: Zero Dark Thirty movie on FXM
5:30 PM: Jurassic World movie on FX
6 PM: A Harvest Wedding movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Unstoppable movie on IFC
6:30 PM: Outlander on Starz (Reair)
7 PM: A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back movie on EPIX
8 PM: Wisdom of the Crowd on CBS (NEW) Durrells in Corfu on PBS (NEW) Outlander on Starz (NEW – 74-Minute Extended Episode) Good Witch: Spellbound movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT) Taken 3 movie on FXX I Am Number Four movie on TM
9 PM: NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW) Berlin Station on EPIX (NEW) Poldark on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW) Darrow & Darrow movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
9:16 PM: Outlander on Starz (NEW – Encore – 74-Minute Extended Episode)
10 PM: Ten Days in the Valley on ABC (NEW)
10:30 PM: Taken 3 movie on FXX
10:32 PM: Outlander on Starz (NEW – Encore – 74-Minute Extended Episode)
It was a full night of programming on the major networks last night with all of the Friday night dramas airing new episodes.
Here is how all of those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows: MacGyver (CBS) [NEW] – 6.8 million viewers Once Upon a Time (ABC) [NEW] – 2.5 million viewers Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) [NEW] – 637,000 viewers
9 PM Shows: Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) [NEW] – 8.5 million Marvel’s Inhumans (ABC) [NEW] – 2 million viewers The Exorcist (FOX) [NEW] – 1.3 million Jane the Virgin (The CW) [NEW] – 607,000 viewers
10 PM Show: Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW] – 8.9 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
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: Sweet Home Alabama movie on Bravo
5:40 PM: Fences movie on EPIX
6:30 PM: Guardians of the Galaxy movie on FX
6:53 PM: National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie on Encore
7 PM: Love Struck Café movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) NCIS on USA Network
8 PM: The Watcher in the Woods movie on Lifetime (DEBUT) NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair) The Help movie on Bravo Hotel Transylvania (animated) movie on FXX The Avengers: Age of Ultron movie on TNT NCIS on USA Network
8:30 PM: Loving movie on HBO2
9 PM: A Harvest Wedding movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT) Jurassic World movie on FX The Day After Tomorrow movie on Spike NCIS on USA Network
10 PM: xXx: The Return of Xander Cage movie on EPIX NCIS on USA Network
So at the end of the first season of The Good Place, I made some speculative guesses for the second season of the hit NBC comedy, and I’m happy to report that I failed miserably with most of them.
You can see my previous article about featuring my speculations here.
Of the four that I suggested, really only one came true and it’s not hard to see why.
Supernatural did something great in their episode entitled “Mystery Spot” where it replayed a day again and again; and in the first few episodes of the new season on The Good Place, there were just a few changes as Michael kept trying to work on manipulating Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason into Hell.
Everything else I guessed was a fail, but it was nice to see a few more scenes with Eleanor’s first shirtless soulmate. Why did we have to see him go so soon?
Well, maybe not as much a fail on this point: Janet is still a key to watching the show develop and grow. Only I do worry about her glitching and hope there’s an answer to that soon.
If you were a fan of The Good Place, how are you liking the way the show has tackled the biggest reveal of last season?
Nearly all of the Thursday night dramas aired new episodes on the major networks last night except one that was pre-empted for Halloween specials and one that aired a repeat episode.
Here is how the dramas that aired new episodes fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows: Gotham (FOX) [NEW] – 2.7 million viewers Supernatural (The CW) [NEW] – 1.9 million viewers
9 PM Shows: Scandal (ABC) [NEW] – 4.7 million viewers Arrow (The CW) [NEW] – 1.5 million viewers
10 PM Shows: Chicago Fire (NBC) [NEW] – 6.3 million viewers How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) [NEW] – 3.6 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
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: Mean Girls movie on VH1
6 PM: I Married Who? movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
6:23 PM: The Firm movie on Encore
6:25 PM: Sully movie on HBO2
6:30 PM: Quantum of Solace movie on VICE
7 PM: Concrete Evidence: A Fixer Upper Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
8 PM: Once Upon a Time on ABC (NEW) Love Blossoms movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) We Are Marshall movie on Lifetime
8:05 PM: The Legend of Tarzan movie on Cinemax
8:35 PM: Hidden Figures movie on HBO2
9 PM: Jane the Virgin on The CW (NEW) Hailey Dean Mystery: Dating is Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore) Sweet Home Alabama movie on Bravo Crazy, Stupid, Love movie on VH1
It was another full night of shows on the major networks with all of the Wednesday night dramas airing new episodes.
Here is how all of those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows: Empire (FOX) [NEW] – 5.5 million viewers The Blacklist (NBC) [NEW] – 5.3 million viewers Riverdale (The CW) [NEW] – 1.8 million viewers
9 PM Shows: SEAL Team (CBS) [NEW] – 7 million viewers Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) [NEW] – 5.6 million viewers Star (FOX) [NEW] – 4.3 million Dynasty (The CW) [NEW] – 979,000 viewers
10 PM Shows: Criminal Minds (CBS) [NEW] – 5.9 million viewers Chicago P.D. (NBC) [NEW] – 5.7 million viewers Designated Survivor (ABC) [NEW] – 4.4 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
Tuesday night’s prime time line-up was very full with new episodes of the night’s dramas.
Here is how all of those dramas fared in the overall ratings on Tuesday night:
8 PM Shows: NCIS (CBS) [NEW] – 12.4 million viewers Lethal Weapon (FOX) [NEW] – 3.7 million viewers The Flash (The CW) [NEW] – 2.5 million viewers
9 PM Shows: This Is Us (NBC) [NEW] – 10.5 million viewers Bull (CBS) [NEW] – 10.3 million viewers DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW) [NEW] – 1.6 million viewers
10 PM Shows: NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) [NEW] – 9.3 million viewers Law & Order: True Crime – The Menendez Murders (NBC) [NEW] – 4.5 million viewers Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (ABC) [NEW] – 3.2 million viewers
What did you watch on TV Tuesday night? Please share.
The Good Place – Speculation Failed!
October 20, 2017 by rozofla
So at the end of the first season of The Good Place, I made some speculative guesses for the second season of the hit NBC comedy, and I’m happy to report that I failed miserably with most of them.
You can see my previous article about featuring my speculations here.
Of the four that I suggested, really only one came true and it’s not hard to see why.
Supernatural did something great in their episode entitled “Mystery Spot” where it replayed a day again and again; and in the first few episodes of the new season on The Good Place, there were just a few changes as Michael kept trying to work on manipulating Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason into Hell.
Everything else I guessed was a fail, but it was nice to see a few more scenes with Eleanor’s first shirtless soulmate. Why did we have to see him go so soon?
Well, maybe not as much a fail on this point: Janet is still a key to watching the show develop and grow. Only I do worry about her glitching and hope there’s an answer to that soon.
If you were a fan of The Good Place, how are you liking the way the show has tackled the biggest reveal of last season?
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