From Executive Producers Lorne Michaels and Elizabeth Banks comes Shrill, a comedy series starring Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) as Annie, a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body.
Jan 29 2018
News: Travel Channel’s Mysteries At the Museum Presidents’ Day Marathon Begins Feb. 15.
his Presidents’ Day, popular Travel Channel Series “Mysteries at the Museum” will air back-to-back episodes overflowing with surprising new details and little-known facts about the nation’s most notable leaders. Hosted by Don Wildman, the 16-hour programming event, airing on Thursday, February 15 from 2-11 p.m. ET/PT and Sunday, February 18 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. ET/PT, will include stories ranging from the catastrophe that nearly befell Jaqueline Bouvier’s iconic wedding dress to President Reagan’s role in discovering Norma Jeane Dougherty, who later became Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, and President Carter’s 1969 UFO sighting.
Jan 29 2018
News: Sofia Carson Joins Cast of Freeform’s Upcoming Pilot Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists
Rising star Sofia Carson (“Descendants”) has joined the cast of the drama pilot “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.” Carson will play Ava, a beautiful trendsetting blogger and coder, who strives to be a fashion icon. She joins “Pretty Little Liars” stars Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish in the spinoff pilot. “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists,” is based on the popular book series “The Perfectionists,” written by Sara Shepard, who also penned the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book series “Pretty Little Liars.” Everything about the town of Beacon Heights seems perfect, from their top-tier college to their overachieving residents, but nothing in Beacon Heights is as it appears to be.
Jan 29 2018
News: Syfy Renews Happy! For Season 2.
SYFY announced a second season pickup of the network’s original series HAPPY!, starring Christopher Meloni and featuring the voice of Patton Oswalt. Based on the New York Times best-selling author Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s graphic novel of the same name, HAPPY! follows Nick Sax (Meloni) – an intoxicated, corrupt ex-cop turned hit man – who is adrift in a world of casual murder, soulless sex and betrayal. After a hit gone wrong, his inebriated life is forever changed by a tiny, relentlessly positive, imaginary blue winged horse named Happy (Oswalt).
Jan 26 2018
News/Video: Smithsonian Channel’s Special Escape to the Great Dismal Swamp Airs Monday, February 19
This film uncovers groundbreaking discoveries that are helping to rewrite history by shedding light on the resistance and resilience of enslaved people who found refuge in the Great Dismal Swamp. ESCAPE TO THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP premieres Monday, February 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel as a part of its Black History Month programming.
Jan 26 2018
News: XLrator Media Presents The Giant Killer Premiering Tuesday, February 20 on VOD
Yuzuk learns that this unassuming 69-year-old man was the smallest soldier to ever serve in the U.S. military. Flaherty’s military records reveal that he rose to the rank of a Special Forces Green Beret Captain and was awarded the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts for his actions in Vietnam.
Jan 26 2018
News: CBS News to Air President Trump’s First State of the Union Address on January 30
CBS News’ team coverage of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address and the Democratic response will be anchored by CBS THIS MORNING co-hosts Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson, and Gayle King from New York and CBS EVENING NEWS anchor Jeff Glor from the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 30 (9:00 PM-11:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network, CBSN and all CBS News platforms.
Jan 25 2018
News: Academy Award® Nominee Michael Shannon Joins The Little Drummer Girl
The Ink Factory, BBC ONE and AMC announced Academy Award® Nominated Michael Shannon will join BAFTA Award nominated Florence Pugh and Emmy® and Golden Globe Award-Winner Alexander Skarsgård in Park Chan-wook’s television debut “The Little Drummer Girl”, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by John le Carré. The six-part mini-series is set to debut in 2018. Set in the late 1970s, yet sharply contemporary, “The Little Drummer Girl” weaves a dynamic and exciting story of espionage and international intrigue; of love and betrayal.
Jan 24 2018
News: Discovery Channel’s New Series Twin Turbos Premieres Feb 28.
For father-son duo Doug and Brad DeBerti, custom car building isn’t just a hobby, it’s their life. From creating a truck modeled after a fighter jet to developing the first ever drift racing truck, the DeBerti’s have been building one-of-a-kind cars and trucks for more than two decades, winning over twenty awards, and turning the family business into a household name. Together, they push the boundaries on each custom build to create outrageous, state-of-the-art vehicles in the brand-new series TWIN TURBOS, premiering Wednesday, February 28 at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery. NASCAR driver Joey Logano will appear in the series as a mentor to Brad DeBerti who hopes to one day race the oval tracks
Jan 24 2018
Video/News: Oscar® Nominee John Malkovich Guest Stars on Showtime’s Billions
Oscar nominated actor John Malkovich will have a guest starring arc in season three of the hit SHOWTIME drama BILLIONS, playing Russian billionaire Grigor Andolov. Starring Oscar nominee and Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Paul Giamatti and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis, the third season of BILLIONS will premiere on Sunday, March 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. In addition, SHOWTIME has released the official poster art and a new teaser video for season three.
Jan 24 2018
News: Documentary Atomic Homefront Debuts on HBO February 12
In 1942, the U.S. government chose downtown St. Louis as a processing center of uranium for the first atomic bombs. Over the next 25 years, the radioactive waste from this processing center was moved to sites throughout the city’s northern and western suburbs, and eventually dumped into the West Lake Landfill in North St. Louis County. But until recently, many residents living near the landfill were unaware the waste had become a ticking time bomb. Directed by Rebecca Cammisa (the Oscar®-nominated HBO documentaries “God Is the Bigger Elvis” and “Which Way Home”), the devastating documentary ATOMIC HOMEFRONT exposes the lasting toxic effects nuclear waste can have on communities when it debuts MONDAY, FEB. 12 (8:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO.
Jan 23 2018
News: Season Two of Lifetime’s Drama Mary Kills People Premieres March 12
Lifetime’s compelling and provocative drama series Mary Kills People about an ER doctor who serves as an angel of death helping people die with dignity, returns March 12, at 9pm ET/PT, joining UnREAL as part of Lifetime’s premium scripted block. Picking up eight months after Mary (Dhavernas) and Des (Short) framed Grady (Greg Bryk) for the deaths of their patients, Des is happy to reteam with Mary following his stint in prison, but Mary questions whether she was better off fighting the good fight without him.
Jan 23 2018
News: Travel Channel New Adventure Series Hunting Evidence Premieres June 2018
Travel Channel is expanding its slate of successful adventure programming with the pick-up of “Hunting Evidence,” featuring explorer and biologist Pat Spain. When Spain is not in the lab, he journeys far and wide to uncover answers to fascinating unsolved riddles, historic conundrums and mythic events. Six one-hour episodes will begin airing in June 2018.
Jan 22 2018
News/Photo: AMC New Drama McMafia Premieres February 26
McMafia charts Alex’s journey through a terrifying labyrinth of international criminals, money launderers, corrupt politicians, and ruthless intelligence agencies. He soon finds himself embroiled in an underworld that stretches from London to Moscow, Dubai to Mumbai, Africa to the Americas, a battleground where Mexican cocaine cartels compete with Pakistani drug lords, Balkan smugglers and the Russian Mafia itself. What starts out as a story of survival and revenge becomes an epic tale of a man’s struggle against the lures of corruption in the modern world and in himself.
Jan 21 2018
Video/News: Discovery Announces New Documentary Taken By the Tiger (wt) and 2018 Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellows
Academy® Award-winners Fisher Stevens (“The Cove”) and Ross Kauffman (“Born into Brothels”) as the creative duo behind the network’s upcoming documentary TAKEN BY THE TIGER (w/t). In addition, Sundance Institute and Discovery are proud to present the 3rd annual Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellowship to Kahlil Hudson and Alex Jablonski .
Jan 19 2018
News: Discovery’s New Series Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings Premieres March 7
The nation’s most thrilling and dangerous races are speeding into Discovery’s Motor Wednesday lineup in the all-new series STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS. Each week, Outlaws veteran “Chuck” will serve as race master in a new city and on a new “no prep” track, where 32 of the biggest names in no prep racing – including STREET OUTLAWS favorites, as well as newcomers – will duke it out to become the ultimate “no prep winner” and receive a $40,000 first place purse. A sneak peak of STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS airs Tuesday, February 27 at 10pm ET/PT and all-new episodes continue on Wednesday, March 7 at 9pm ET/PT.
Jan 19 2018
Video: IFC Films’ The Female Brain In Select Theaters and VOD February 9
The Female Brain stars Whitney Cummings, Sofia Vergara, James Marsden, Cecily Strong, Blake Griffin, Beanie Feldstein, Lucy Punch, Toby Kebbell, Deon Cole. What makes a woman swipe right for Mr. Wrong and left for Mr. Right? This simultaneously entertaining and enlightening comedy is a fresh, witty, and all-too-relatable look at the real-life science behind our (often regrettable) romantic impulses.