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Nov 08 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Nov. 8 – Nov. 14

Boy bands, an award for “The Beav” and a salute to soldiers

All times Eastern.

The Backstreet Boys—and other boy bands—are featured in the new doc ‘Larger Than Life.’

FRIDAY, Nov. 8
Gold Rush
The rush is on in the new season of the mining drama as soaring gold prices ignite greed, competition and family turmoil in the Klondike (8 p.m., Discovery).

Cold Case Files: The Grim Reaper
Regina Hall narrates the new crime series about an infamous serial killer who preyed on women in South Central California over a 25-year span (9 p.m., A&E).  

SATURDAY, Nov. 9
Family Film and TV Awards
Leave It to Beaver’s Jerry Mathers (above) will receive tonight’s Icon Award at this event honoring family-themed shows and films across the eras. Hosted by Kevin Frasier and Amanda Kloots (8 p.m., CBS).

SUNDAY, Nov. 10
Yellowstone
Fans of the hit modern-day Wild West series can rejoice with tonight’s return of the series as it prepares to wrap up its five-season run—but without founding star Kevin Costner aboard (Paramount).

Moonshiners
New season begins tonight of more backwoods booze-makers continuing the fight the obstacles to their “tradition” and way of livelihood (8 p.m., Discovery).

MONDAY, Nov. 11
The American Soldier
In honor of Veteran’s Day, this special (executive produced by Payton Manning) tells the story of America’s fighting men and women throughout history and into the modern era (8 p.m., History Channel).

Larger Than Life
Remember boy bands? This music doc looks at how male groups—from the Beatles to the Backstreet Boys—became woven into our pop culture, with interviews from Donnie Wahlberg, Donny Osmond, Hanson and more (Paramount+).

TUESDAY, Nov. 12
Operation Undercover
Docuseries takes viewers inside real-life down-low operations run by police to keep communities safe from drug dealers, arms suppliers, human traffickers and other criminal enterprises (10 p.m., ID.

St. Denis Medical
Tonight’s back-to-back episodes launch this mockumentary series about the medical staff at an Oregon hospital trying to maintain their own sanity. With Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier and Allison Tolman (8 p.m., NBC).

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13
Bad Sisters
Comedy series (above) blends more dark comedy and thrills for season two, starring creator Sharon Hogan, Ava-Marie Duff and Eve Hewson as part of a group of sisters after the “accidental death” of an abusive husband (AppleTV+).

Building Stuff
Learn all about engineering, how it works, who creates it and the many ways it enriches our lives in this cool new NOVA documentary (PBS, check local listings).

THURSDAY, Nov. 14
Cross
If you’re a fan of author James’ Patterson’s detective fiction, check out this new series starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross, Patterson’s gumshoe forensic psychologist digging into crimes through the minds of killers and victims (Prime).

Say Nothing
Based on the bestselling book by Patrick Raden Keefe, this nine-episode limited series presents a dramatic tale of murder and memory in Northern Ireland during the three decades of political unrest known as The Troubles (Hulu).

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In The Endless Refrain (Melville House), veteran music journalist David Rowell puts the spotlight on a music culture run amok, driven by conformity and subverted by the internet and social media, from streaming’s paltry revenues for musicians and songwriters to the rise of dead artists “touring” via high-tech holograms. It’s both a wake-up call and a requiem for music the way it used to be, just a few years ago.

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Director Oliver Stone’s classic Born on the Fourth of July gets a new shine for Veteran’s Day with this new two-disc 4K UHD edition from Shout! Factory. Tom Cruise plays a Vietnam vet (based on real-life Ron Kovac) who returns from war bitter—and paralyzed from the waist down. Extras include commentary and interview with the director and others who worked on the film.

What is folk horror? Well, it’s scary stuff that mixes elements of folklore into tales rich with fear and foreboding—like the 24 flicks in this roundup of folk-horror classics from around the world. All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror (Severin) is a horror lover’s feast, with loads of special features and a 252-page hardbound book of folk horror fiction. If you’ve never seen Psychomania (1973), Who Fears the Devil (1972) or The White Reindeer (1952), gird your loins up and dive in!

Nov 01 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Nov. 1 – Nov. 7

Classic Disney, movie remakes, box office flops, a Dunder Mifflin Christmas & oh, yeah…election night!

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Nov. 1
Freedom
Lucas Bravo from Emily in Paris stars as a French bandit in the 1970s who stole hearts as well as riches, masterminding dangerous heists without ever firing a shot (Prime).

30 Days of Disney
Kick off a week of programming celebrating Disney animation, kicking off today with The Great Mouse Detective, The Aristocats, Pinocchio (above), Finding Nemo, Finding Dory and Coco (10:30 a.m., Freeform).

SATURDAY, Nov. 2
Wine, Women & Dementia
An intimate look in the personal side of dementia through the lives of caregivers (check local listings, PBS).

United Way Benefit for Hurricane Relief
The stars—including the Backstreet Boys, Billy Bob Thornton, Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini and Stephen Colbert—come out for this hour-long TV special to raise fund for hurricane relief (8 p.m., CBS and CMT, plus Paramount+ with Showtime).

SUNDAY, Nov. 3
Like Water for Chocolate
New adaptation of the iconic novel—about a lovestruck woman who channels her deepest desires into recipes—stars Irene Azuela and Azul Guaita (above). It was previously made into an acclaimed film in 1992 (HBO).

Holiday Wars
Host Jeff Maura oversees the competition as chefs work to out-do each other with over-the-top holiday-themed confections (9 p.m., Food Network).

Motorcycle Mary
Find out about the woman who became a motorcycle racing legend, with a career spanning 30 years and shattering gender norms (2 p.m., ESPN).

MONDAY, Nov. 4
Holiday Baking Championship
‘Tis the season…for a new season of bakers showing their seasonal stuff to judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller, and hoping to bag the show’s $25,000 grand prize (8 p.m., Food Network).

Inspector Ellis
Sharon D. Clark stars in this new detective drama series (above) from Great Britain about a Black female cop on a new station assignment, trying to win over her coworkers and crack open the case she came there to solve (Acorn TV).

TUESDAY, Nov. 5
Presidential Election Coverage
Pick a network, pick a channel. Chances are you’ll get a ringside seat to who’s winning, who’s losing, and what it all might mean (6 p.m., multiple platforms).

Game Changers
If you grew up, well, a couple of decades ago, you love this new series about iconic e-games, including Nintendo, Pac-Man, EA Sports, Call of Duty, Sonic the Hedgehog, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, plus a couple of grand ol’ board games, Scrabble and Monopoly (9 p.m., Discovery).

Nature—San Diego: America’s Wildest City
Find out all about the most biologically diverse municipality in America, located at the geographic intersection of the Mojave Desert, the Pacific Ocean, the Sierra Mountains and the Mexican border—a place where all kinds of wildlife thrives (8 p.m., PBS).

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6
Feuds Turned Fatal
Retaliation and revenge unfold as friendships take furious turns. Both sides share their versions of what went south, from mouthy disagreements to murder (10 p.m., ID).

THURSDAY, Nov. 7
Rebus
Outlander’s Richard Rankin leads the cast of this BBC crime thriller series as a younger version of the iconic detective John Rebus from the detective novels of Scottish writer Sir Ian Rankin, as he’s drawn in to a violent conflict that becomes personal (Viaplay US).

The Day of the Jackal
Eddie Redmayne (above) stars as an elusive lone assassin tracked by a tenacious British Intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) in a thrilling cat-and-mouse game across Europe (Sky, on Peacock Nov. 17).

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Everyone remembers the big hits, the box-office gold, the award winners. But now let’s hear it for the fabulous flops! In Box Office Poison (Harper Collins), author Tim Robey runs down 100 years of cinematic tankers; they might have been clunkers as popcorn fare but (some, at least) are now considered cult classics—like Freaks, Rollerball, Doctor Dolittle, The Hudsucker Proxy and Cats. Three cheers for these loveable losers!

Fans of TV’s The Office will love The Night Before Christmas at Dunder Mifflin (Mariner Hardcover), which re-imagines the classic Christmas tale as a children’s story with characters from the iconic show, including Michael Scott as Santa and Rainn Wilson as a beet-loving elf!

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Auntie Em! Auntie Em! The Wizard of Oz turns 85 this month, and this new commemorative 4K Ultra HD collection from Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment includes memorabilia reproduced from the classic film’s original posters, tickets and lobby cards. Plus a making-of doc, deleted scenes and much more. Like the tornado that took Dorthy to Oz, it’ll blow you away!

Director M. Night Shayamalan’s Trap is a twisty tale that stars Josh Harnett as a dad who takes his daughter to a pop concert (shades of Taylor Swift), then finds out he’s at the center of a deadly chain of events involving a serial killer on the loose. Former Disney child star Hayley Mills plays the FBI profiler trying to catch the killer, and the director’s daughter, Saleka, makes her movie debut as the pop star. Full of surprises, it comes with a making-of documentary and deleted scenes.

Strange things start to happen in Blink Twice (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) when a cocktail waitress (Naomi Ackie) meets a guy (Channing Tatum) and agrees to visit him on his private island for a party. With Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Kyle MacLachlan, Geena Davis and Haley Joel Osment.

Hey, weren’t the ‘80s awesome? In 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever (MVD) a host of Hollywood insiders (actors, directors, movie critics and more) run down the year’s top movies, music and pop culture with clips and commentary. It’s a gnarly hop down memory lane for anyone who lived it—or wished they did!

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Groove to the sounds of the King of Cool with Dean Martin’s Great Hits (Columbia), newly compiled and released on vinyl—just like they were originally! You’ll hear Dean-o crooning 13 of his classics, including “That’s Amore,” “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head,” “Volare” and “You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You.” Fire up the turntable, pour yourself a cocktail, and dig it!

And take another trip down memory lane with the new release of The Carpenters’ Christmas Once More (Universal), cherry-picked from the brother-sister duo’s original holiday album releases in 1978 and 1984. The 16 tracks include “Sleigh Ride,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Ava Maria.”

Oct 25 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

On tour with The Boss, Nicole Kidman declares war on terror & Dan Rather meets Alice Cooper!

Oct. 25 – Oct. 31

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Oct. 25
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
Fans of “the Boss” will feel like they’re “Born to Run” to the TV for this original doc, which takes viewers along for an inside look (above) at the iconic singer, songwriter and performer with his rock-solid band on tour (Hulu).

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Documentary about a young Norwegian man who died of a degenerative muscular disease but had a profound influence on a community of World of Warcraft gamers (Netflix).

SATURDAY, Oct. 26
Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking
The late-night host takes the stage for a new standup comedy special, with a focus on his personal life (10 p.m., Max).

Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story
Heather Locklear stars in this Lifetime original as a guidance counselor who advocates an abusive form of child rearing to a spiritual-guide mom (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, Oct. 27
Scooby Doo! Sunday Special
Two-hour special celebrates Halloween with multiple episodes of TV’s iconic crime-solving cartoon pooch (1 p.m., MeTV).

Lioness
The Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone) drama returns for season two with Nicole Kidman, above, Zoe Saldana, Michael Kelly and Morgan Freeman back for more war-waging on terrorists (Paramount+).

MONDAY, Oct. 28
Jake Makes It Easy
Chef and cookbook author Jake Cohen breaks down the myth that entertaining needs to be difficult and overwhelming in this new series as he guides viewers through the steps to make various holiday-themed dishes (FYI).

Our Texas, Our Vote
Just ahead of the 2024 presidential election, learn about the largest voter mobilization in Texas history, led by a new generation on the frontlines of one of the most crucial battleground states—and one that neither political party can ignore (10 p.m., PBS).

TUESDAY, Oct. 29
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
Comedy series continuation of Wizards of Waverly Place, about a former teen with magical powers now leading a normal life—or at least trying to! David Henrie reprises his role from the original (8 p.m., Disney Channel).

Kick Start
Soccer fans will dig this doc about how the sport became so big, following Florida’s first national championship for women’s soccer in just the fourth season of the Gators’ program (8 p.m., SEC).

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30
Buy It Now
Actor JB Smoove hosts this new business competition where entrepreneurs pitch their product to Amazon execs and celebrities, with the end goal of being featured in Amazon’s “Buy It Now” store (Amazon).

The Big Interview with Dan Rather: Alice Cooper
The TV guy sits down for a candid interview with the original shock rocker of “Welcome to My Nightmare” fame (11 a.m., AXS).

THURSDAY, Oct. 31
Mistletoe Murders
Grey’s Anatomy’s Saran Drew heads the cast of this cozy mystery series about murder in s a small town—and a dollop of romance with the local detective (Hallmark+)

FX Movie Marathon
Settle in for this scare-fest with some of your favorite monsters, spooks, space aliens and bogeymen from films including Poltergeist, Glass, The Happening, The Village, The Sixth Sense and the 2018 remake of Halloween (begins 8 a.m., FX).

Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Own Words
Meet the Houston woman—Megan Javon Ruth Peet—known professionally as the singing superstar Megan Thee Sallion in this doc that examines the highs and lows of her rise to fame (Prime Video). 

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What’s it like to be on the road with a punk rock band? In Hell on Wheels (University of Hell Press), former band manager Greg Jacobs recounts the nitty-gritty details and tour anecdotes about sex, drugs and rock and roll (naturally), plus recollections of members of Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, The Specials, The Ramones and others about scrapes with gangs, broken bones, TV appearances and that Spinal Tap-pish time someone dangled a promoter out a window by his ankles. 

Fashion rules in Yves Saint Laurent: Inside Out (Thames & Hudson), a photographic chronicle of the iconic fashion house in the late 20th century and memories of the most enigmatic couturiers of all time. The gorgeous coffee-table book is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of pics of models and fashion shows, the craft of clothes-making and other behind-the-scenes artistry. It’s a visual feast for all fashionistas!

Wow! Magnum America: The United States (Thames & Hudson) is an epic visual history—a multifaced portrait of nation with imagery from photographers who shot for the world-renowned photo agency over eight decades and show just how diverse, eclectic, diverse, united and sometimes divided America has been.

Do borders really stop migration? Are nations defined by their geographical boundaries? Is Russia destined to be forever hungry for expansion? In Myths of Geography (Hanover Square), author Paul Richardson examines these and other “myths” that where happen to be on a map determines who we are, and how humans shape their geography to justify themselves.

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Hear one of the most lauded voices in pop music in Live in Hollywood (Rhino.com), a newly remastered set featuring all 20 songs from Linda Ronstadt’s 1980 concert at the Television Center Studios in Hollywood, Calif. Tracks include “Blue Bayou,” “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” “You’re No Good” and “Hurt So Bad.”

Oct 04 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Oct. 4 – Oct. 10

Svengoulie’s monster mash, an Oprah Elvis special & kids tackle tough politics

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Oct. 4
Tia Mowery: My Next Act
Eight-episode docuseries shines the spotlight on the actress (from TV’s Sister, Sister and the movie Seventeen Again) as she breaks new ground after a divorce and learns to be newly single while entering a new phase of motherhood (9:30 p.m., WeTV).

V/H/S Beyond
Sixth installment of the horror/sci-fi anthology franchise stars Justin Long, Jordan Downey and Kate Siegel in more tales of terror and the supernatural (Shudder). 

SATURDAY, Oct. 5
The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead
Inspired by real events, it’s the tale of a girl who disappeared and was thought dead, only to reappear years later. Starring Lyndsy Forseca, Emma Tremblay and Kyle Clark (8 p.m., Lifetime).

Svengoolie’s Halloween Boo-Nanza
TV’s iconic ghoul kicks off the Halloween season today with a collection of spooky Loony Tunes cartoons before the evening’s double feature of Son of Frankenstein and Monster That Challenged the World—followed by more vintage schlock flicks into the wee hours! (10 a.m., MeTV).

SUNDAY, Oct. 6
The American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Tribute to a half century of the fan-voted awards ceremony from Dick Clark Productions, with live performances, artist interviews, special guests and archival footage of highlights (8 p.m., CBS).

Vinyl Obsession
Pro wrestler Eric Young takes viewers deep into his collection of some 2,000 albums he’s collected over two decades (10:30 p.m., AXS).

MONDAY, Oct. 7
What Would You Do?
Host John Quiñones returns for a new season that examines how people behave when confronting with a choice of “interfering” or just minding their own business (10 p.m., ABC).

TUESDAY, Oct. 8
Citizen Nation
Documentary series follows teens across America with diverse backgrounds as they come together to compete in the nation’s premier civics competition, “We the People,” and make sense of our troubled political climate (9 p.m., PBS).

An Oprah Special: The Presleys—Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley
Queen O sits down at fabled Graceland with Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis, for a wide-ranging conversation about her late mother Lisa Marie, the grandfather she never knew, her famous family and her mother’s unfinished memoirs—which Keough completed as a co-writer (8 p.m., CBS).

The Accused
Court is in session for season two of the hit series (above), with actors in flashback recreations of real-life crimes that ultimately land them in front of a jury. Cobie Smulders, Ken Jeong, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman are among the new cast members (8 p.m., Fox).

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9
Scamanda
New docuseries based on a hit podcast about a blogger with cancer…and a secret she’s dying to keep (10 p.m., ABC).

La Maquina
Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Elza Gonzalez star in this Spanish language series about a boxer staging a life-or-death rematch while struggling with personal demons in the dark side of the pugilism world (Hulu).

THURSDAY, Oct. 10
Citadel: Diana
Italian actress Matilda De Angelis as a undercover agent trapped behind enemy lines in this new addition to the Citadel franchise, a foreign-language spinoff from the 2023 series (Prime).

Teacup have art
A desperate group in rural Georgia comes together to survive in this scary new series (above) inspired by the novel Stringer, adapted for the screen by horror maestro James Wan. With Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman and Chase Spencer. And as you might imply, a teacup takes on some significance (Peacock).

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To commemorate their induction into this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Foreigner has released Turning Back the Time (Rhino), a new career-spanning greatest hits collection. Turn back the time, indeed, and re-listen to the band’s radio-friendly ‘80s hits on two LPs or CDs, including “Cold as Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Urgent,” “Double Vision” and “Feels Like the First Time.” Plus, the all-new title track from original members Mick Jones and Lou Graham. 

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In Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks (Viking), scientist Dr. Caitlin Rivers looks at the oft-overlooked roles public-health initiatives play in our everyday lives, from the quality of air we breathe to the safety of food we consume, the bathrooms we use and the management of disease outbreaks. It’s a dirty world out there!

Is photography an art, a chronicle or a memento? In Looking at Photographs (Thames & Hudson) author Laurent Jullier examines what constitutes a “good” photo, how to interpret artistry in photography, how to take better pictures, and the many ways photos can intrigue, engage, inform, stimulate, stir our emotions—and instantly turn the present into the past. Now that almost everyone has a camera (on our smartphones), it’s essential reading on how we see the world.

Just in time for Halloween, find out about all kinds of movie monstrosities in The Cinematic Boogeyman (McFarland), a thorough look at the spectrum of characters that scare us in a larger context of psychology, history, cinematic study and folklore, tracing a thru-line from Bluebeard the pirate to Freddy Krueger in Nightmare on Elm Street. It’s a compelling read for anyone who wants to dig into why we’re frightened first by mythical creatures that morphed into fairy tales and finally, the silver screen.

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If you ever wondered what happened to the actors who played Otter (Tim Matheson) and Flounder (Stephen Furst) after classic college-comedy flick Animal House, well, they teamed up again in another movie—that wasn’t quite as successful as its predecessor. Still, Up The Creek, newly re-released by Kino Lorber (https://kinolorber.com/shop), is about a couple of college cutups trying to win an intercollegiate white-water raft race. And Cheap Trick sings the movie theme song!

Time to get in the Wayback Machine and get bougie! The Gilded Age: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) brings Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Taissa Farmiiga and the rest of the “uppercrust” cast back for more of the Gilded Age period drama. Plus, more than 20 bonus features!

Sep 27 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Sept. 27 – Oct. 3

Johnny Cash gives the finger to Nashville, Will Ferrell explores America in a new light and dinosaurs roar all day!

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, Sept. 27
Apartment 7A
A prequel to the events of Rosemary’s Baby, this horror film with Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess and Kevin McNally focuses on a young dancer in New York City who finds out there’s something disturbing going on in her apartment building (Paramount+).

Social Studies
What’s it like to be raised on social media? Documentary filmed over a school year follows a group of LA teens to explore how their phones have shaped—and reshaped—their childhoods (10 p.m., FX).

Will & Harper
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele (above), an SNL writer he met on his first day of the TV show three decades ago, trek across the country in this documentary full of fun and feels as they explore America exploring Harper’s new life after “coming out” as a trans woman (Netflix).

SATURDAY, Sept. 28
Jurassic Park Trilogy
Cue the dinos! Start the Jeep! And get ready to rip-roar with the original Jurassic Park, followed by its two movie sequels (12:15 p.m., TBS).

Saturday Night Live
Live, from New York…. It’s the iconic late-night comedy series kicking off its landmark 50th season, with host Jean (Hacks) Smart and musical guest Jelly Roll (11:30 p.m., NBC).

SUNDAY, Sept. 29
The Summit
Get a sneak peek tonight of the 90-minute premiere episode of new reality series as 16 strangers trek through the treacherous New Zealand Alps attempting to reach the peak of a distant mountain…and be rewarded by taking home $1 million (9 p.m., CBS).

Outrageous Pumpkins
Just in time for Halloween, tune into this annual competition series to watch America’s best carvers create jack-o-lantern masterpieces (10 p.m., Food Network).

MONDAY, Sept. 30
Patrice: The Movie
Documentary about a disabled couple navigating their relationship and planning for their future in an uncertain world. It’s sometimes funny, but always real (Hulu).

Rock Legends
Series returns tonight with a spotlight on Outlaw Country, when a handful of country trailblazers (like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash) started shaking up and breaking Nashville’s rules (8 p.m., AXS).

TUESDAY, Oct. 1
Accused
More stories in the new season dramatizing crime and punishment, told through the defendants’ points of view and showing how ordinary people can be caught up in extraordinary circumstances Watch for guest appearances by William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman and Michael Chiklis (8 p.m., Fox).

The American Vice President
With a current VP on the ticket to possibly become the next U.S. president, this timely doc examines the role of the vice president in American politics and how it was forever transformed one fateful day in the 1960s (8 p.m., PBS).

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2
Where’s Wanda?
German-language series (don’t worry, just turn on your subtitles) about a set of parents (above) who make surprising discoveries about their neighbors after their teenage daughter goes missing (Apple TV+).

Big Freedia Means Business
What does it take for a gay female entrepreneur and New Orleans-born rapper, to branch out into even more business ventures, plus record a gospel album and write a childrens’ book? Find out in season two of this unscripted docuseries about the colorful cat known as Big Freedia (Fuse). 

Joan
Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner stars in this new drama series (below) as the notorious British jewel thief Joan Harrington, who was well known in London’s criminal underbelly of the ‘80s (8 p.m., The CW).

THURSDAY, Oct. 3
Law and Order
Producer Dick Wolf’s police procedural—the second longest-running drama in the history of TV—returns with new episodes and more crime investigation and prosecution. Starring Reid Scott, Mehcad Brooks and Hugh Dancy (NBC).

House of Spoils
Ariana Debose stars in this suspense-horror thriller as an ambitious chef whose restaurant kitchen is overrun by pests of the supernatural kind (Prime).

Salem’s Lot
Remake of the 1970s flick, based on Stephen King’s 1975 New England vampire tale, gets a streaming re-do with Lewis Pullman, Alfre Woodward, Bill Camp and others (Max).

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Now you can own a new slate of classic films with the Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 5, a deluxe roundup of All the King’s Men, On the Waterfront, A Man for All Seasons, Tootsie, The Age of Innocence and Little Women. Packaged with 20 hours of special features and an 80-page book on the history and impact of the movies, it’s a film lover’s feast.

One of TV’s most acclaimed political dramas comes to Blu-ray with The West Wing: The Complete Series (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment). Timed to coincide with the show’s 25th anniversary, it includes all 156 episodes of the Emmy-winning series with an all-star cast including Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford, and which began on NBC in 1999. Hours of bonus features include commentary, gags and goofs, unused scenes and more. 

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Girl power flows off every page of How Women Made Music (Harper One), a spotlight on groundbreaking female artists including Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Joan Jett and Dolly Parton. It’s drawn from half a century of NPR’s music coverage, with contributions from female music critics, essays, photos, illustrations and lists. It’s not just about women making music, it’s about women making musical history. 

You may not be familiar with her name, but she’s regarded as one of the most influential visual pioneers of the 20th century, especially noted as one of the first to produce artistic and environmental portraits of Black Americans—along with her striking chronicle of the social issues of her time, including urban poverty, workers’ rights, segregation and inequality. Find out all about her—and see many of her remarkable images in Consuelo Kanaga: Catch the Spirit (Thames & Hudson).

Saddle up with The Paranormal Ranger (William Morrow), author Stanley’s Milford’s sometimes chilling memoir about his illustrious career of serving the Navajo Nation, patrolling and protecting the 27,000-square-mile reservation spanning portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. In the course of settling mundane disputes and other day-to-day routines, he also encountered all sorts of eerie supernatural activity—including UFOs, “skinwalkers,” livestock mutilations and hauntings—which altered his view of the world…and our place in it. 

Pet lovers will love Faithful Unto Death (Thames & Hudson), in which author Paul Koudaunaris presents a fascinating history of pet burial sites and memorials with remarkable stories of people whose bonds with their companion animals extend into the hereafter. Your heart will be warmed with tales of Elvis’ dog, the puppy who played Toto,  Hollywood’s favorite lion, heroic pets and much more!

Sep 06 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

Sept. 6 – Sept. 12

Inside TV’s most famous mob family, Mormon wife hotties & the new “Money Game” of college athetics

All times Eastern.

Go inside ‘The Sopranos’ and its creator, David Chase, Saturday on HBO.

FRIDAY, Sept. 6
The Boy and the Heron
The Oscar-winning animated film begins streaming tonight, about a young man who loses his mother in a hospital fire then meets a mysterious bird (Max).

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
Controversial reality show—about a swingin’ bunch of Mormon hottie wives (below) and social media “influencers”—was making waves long before it headed to the airwaves. See what all the fuss was about tonight! (Hulu)

SATURDAY, Sept. 7
Held Hostage in My House
Formerly known as Blunt, this psychological thriller—about a single mom entrapped in her vacation home—stars Amy Smart, Matt Davis, Billy Zane and Ne-Yo. Can she discover who’s holding her hostage, and why? (8 p.m., Lifetime).

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
How did David Chase come to create one of the most culturally impactful TV shows of all time? This two-part doc delves into the man behind the media-sensation mobsters and the real stories that inspired the show (8 p.m., HBO).

SUNDAY, Sept. 8
Universal Basic Guys
Mark and Hank try to reconnect with their primal roots by purchasing a heat-seeking crossbow to hunt deer, kicking off a new season of the adult animated comedy (on Fox following the NFL double-header).

The Wonderland Massacre & The Secret History of Hollywood
Four-part docuseries delves into the twisted tale one of Hollywood’s most famous murder cases—a sordid story of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll from 1981 that inspired the movie Boogie Nights (MGM+).

MONDAY, Sept. 9
Name Me Lawand
A young man deaf since birth seeks a fresh start with his new family in the U.K. after a year in a refugee camp in this touching documentary about the power of friendship and community (10 p.m., PBS).

Flip Side
Jaleel (“Urkle”) White hosts this new game show with teams trying to guess how different groups of people have answered the same questions (syndicated, CBS).

TUESDAY, Sept. 10
The Chicken Sisters
Cluck cluck! New family drama (above) on Hallmark’s new streaming service is dipped in Southern charm with a saucy side of romance! With Lea Thompson, Wendie Malick and Schuyler Fisk (Hallmark+).

The Money Game
How is the NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) ruling—which allows college athletes to be paid for endorsements and advertising—revolutionizing sports? This doc focuses on Louisiana State University and the big-bucks players there who’ve become young millionaires (Prime Video).

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11
John Legend: Live from the Artists Den
The award-winning R&B singer and songwriter performs at Manhattan’s historic Riverside Church, with powerful renditions of “All of Me,” “Glory” and more (10 p.m., AXIS).

THURSDAY, Sept. 12
The Taylor of Sin City
True-crime docuseries follows the tale of a gifted tailor who built a drug and fashion empire in Las Vegas with the help of the Mob and a South American cocaine kingpin (10 p.m., Sundance TV). 

The Old Man
Jeff Bridges returns to season two of the series about a former FBI agent, tonight setting off on an adventure to recover a kidnapped girl with a mysterious past. With John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman and Alia Shawkat (10 p.m., FX).

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Get ready for some outrageously funny stuff with this Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), a one-man show recorded live onstage at the Hollywood Palladium in the early 1980s, when he was hot stuff in Hollywood with movies including The Toy, Silver Streak and Stir Crazy.

What’s the highest-grossing animated film of all time? It’s Inside Out 2, and now you can own it on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD! This new home-entertainment release comes with multiple mini-features, including scenes that didn’t make the movie (which features voices by Amy Poelher, Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri and Tony Hale), and a making-of doc about creating the movie’s “new” emotions of Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui (Disney Home Entertainment).

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In the handsome Man Ray: Liberating Photography (Thames & Hudson), you’ll see the remarkable photos by the camera artist—including his groundbreaking, experimental and avant-garde work in the 1920s and ‘30s for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Vanity Fair—who introduced new ways of thinking about the visual world.

It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but in Robin George Andrews’ How to Kill an Asteroid (W.W. Norton), you’ll find out how real-life scientists have been working on real-world solutions—like “deflection campaigns”—to defend against what could very possibly turn out to the Earth’s greatest threat from the cosmos. It’s engaging, eye-opening reading…and a reason to keep your eyes on the skies!

Louis Stettner (Thames & Hudson) chronicles the wide-ranging work of the New York-born master photographer, acclaimed for his portraits, streetscapes and hustle and bustle of life in the Big Apple and Paris. Learn how Stettner, who began roaming the streets as a preteen with a camera, became one of the most influential lensmen of the 20th century, finding the beauty and sensuality of everyday things and people. 

Jun 28 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

June 28 – July 4

Nicole Kidman’s love triangle, ocean plunderers & Bluey, Beavis & Butthead

All times Eastern.

Nicole Kidman, Zoey King & Zac Efron star in ‘A Family Affair.’

FRIDAY, June 28
Fancy Dance
Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone leads the cast of this new original movie drama about the complexities of being Indigenous women in a colonized world—at the at the mercy of a failed judicial system (Apple TV+)

A Family Affair
Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King star in this new romcom about the comic consequences of a new romance for a young woman and her mom and her movie-star boss (Netflix). 

SATURDAY, June 29
Pirates: Behind the Legends
The series about the great plunderers of the ocean wraps up tonight with two episodes, about Blackbeard (above) and Bartholomew Roberts, a Welshman who became the greatest pirate of the so-called “golden age” in the early 1700s (9 p.m., National Geographic).

SUNDAY, June 30
The Great Food Truck Race: Games on the Beach
Food truck operators from all over America compete in a series of challenges in seaside locations on the Gulf Coast from Houston, Texas, to Miami (8 p.m., Food Network).

MONDAY, July 1
The Wall
Contestants in this new competition battle trivia questions and a 40-foot wall for a chance to win millions of dollars, spurred on by host Chris Hardwick (NBC).

No Scope: The Story of FaZe Clan
If you play e-sports, you probably know about the FaZe Clan. This doc looks at the organization and how it became one of the defining stories of entertainment…but not without its costs to its founders (7 p.m., ESPN).

TUESDAY, July 2
Sprint
On your mark, get set….go! Watch elite runners train and navigate intense media scrutiny in this reality series about what drives them to want to become the world’s fastest humans (Netflix).

WEDNESDAY, July 3
Bluey Minisodes
If you love the little cartoon doggie, you’ll gobble up these bite-size, one-to-three-minute morsels of funny and sweet moments with Bluey and Bingo and the world of the hit animated series (Disney Jr. and Disney+).

Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe
The 2022 animated comedy—about creator Mike Judge’s irreverently lowbrow duo that began in the ‘90s on MTV—makes its broadcast premiere tonight as Beavis and Butthead fall into a black hole that sucks them (heh-heh) into the future (10 p.m., Comedy Central).

THURSDAY, July 4
A Capitol Fourth
Watch all-star musical acts perform, plus awesome fireworks, at this year’s live red-white-and-blue show from the heart of Washington D.C. (8 p.m., PBS)

Space Cadet
Emma Roberts stars as a wannabe astronaut who scams her way into NASA’s space program—and becomes its only hope for a dire circumstance (Prime Video).

Jun 21 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

June 21 – June 27

The Bear roars back, Jessica Alba fights back & Tom Petty comes back (sorta) for a Florida homecoming

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, June 21
The Speedway Murders
True-crime series about the unsolved 1978 mystery of four teens who vanished while working the graveyard shift at a local Burger Chef in Speedway, Ind., and the later discovery of their bodies in the nearby woods (Apple TV and Prime Video).

Trigger Warning
Jessica Alba stars as a Special Forces commando who finds herself at violent odds with a hometown gang and a powerful senator (Anthony Michael Hall) in this tense drama (below), which has been knocking around in various stages for almost a decade. Now you can see if it was worth the wait! (Netflix).

SATURDAY, June 22
Tom Petty: Live from Gatorville
Concert special captures the late Florida-native rocker’s 2006 performance in his hometown with his Heartbreakers band, his first “homecoming” show in more than a decade (1 p.m., AXS).

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Bruce Springsteen’s longtime guitarist gets the spotlight in this doc featuring interviews from Paul McCartney, Eddie Veder, Bono, Joan Jett, Peter Gabriel and more…including his boss, The Boss! (8 p.m., HBO).

SUNDAY, June 23
Orphan Black: Echoes
Take a deep dive into the exploration of the scientific manipulation of human existence in this new sci-fi series following a group of women as they unravel the mystery of their identity. With Krysten Ritter, Keeley Hawes, Amanda Fix and Avan Jogia (10 p.m., AMC, plus AMC+ and BBC America).

MONDAY, June 24
Out of Darkness
A desperate band of Stone Age humans is hunted by a malevolent, mysterious being in this 2022 horror-thriller parable (below) about our enduring existential urge to destroy what we don’t understand (Paramount+).  

TUESDAY, June 25
I Am: Celine Dion
Documentary about the Canadian superstar singer, her music and how she deals with a rare neurological condition known as stiff person syndrome (Prime). 

Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
Learn all about the iconic designer and her 50-year career as a female pioneer in a male-dominated fashion field (Hulu).

WEDNESDAY, June 26
Land of Women
Six-episode drama (above) stars Eva Longoria (who also produced) as a New York empty nester whose life is turned upside down when her husband implicates the family in financial improprieties, and she’s forced to flee the city with her aging mother and teenage daughter (AppleTV+).

Fear Thy Neighbor
New season offers more real-life cases of conflicts between neighbors that escalate into all-out warfare and end in shocking violence. As Commodus asked the crowd in Gladiator: Are you not entertained? (9 p.m., ID).

THURSDAY, June 27
The Bear
Roll up your sleeves and get back in the kitchen for season three of The Bear, the hit workplace drama about frazzled workers at a Chicago restaurant starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bacharach (Hulu).

Presidential Debate
President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump face off in their first of two planned debates ahead of the 2025 election. Are you ready to rumble? (9 p.m., CNN).

BRING IT HOME

The new Collector’s Edition 4K restoration of director Joe Dante’s gleefully gizmo-ed 1990s classic Matinee—about a master movie showman (John Goodman) who truly believes in giving audiences of his schlocky ‘60s sci-fi flicks their money’s worth—arrives with a bunch of fun bonus features, including commentary, interviews with the cast, and behind-the-scenes docs.

Director George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat is a feel-good true story about how in the 1930s an underdog team from the University of Washington went on row, row, row their boat at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. Starring Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner and James Wolk.

I once wrote a magazine’s cover story on film noir, what it is, how it began and why it’s still a thing. Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema (Kino Lorber) is an excellent tour of the dark alleys, lonely streets and troubled souls that populated the genre in post-WWII America, with three newly restored classics: Dark City (featuring the movie debut of Charlton Heston!), No Man of Her Own (with Barbara Stanwyck), and Beware, My Lovely (starring Ida Lupino). The collection also features trailers and commentary.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of its theatrical, the new Blu-ray release of Purple Rain (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) reminds us of Prince’s smashing acting debut, and it includes commentary and music videos for the flick’s hit songs, including “Jungle Love,” “The Bird,” “Sex Shooter,” “When Doves Cry,” “Take Me with U,” “I Would Die for You” and, of course, “Purple Rain.”

The new Blu-ray edition of director Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro and a young Jodie Foster, gets spiffed with hi-def remastering and bonus features including commentary from Scorsese, a Q&A with the cast and more new featurettes. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Groove like it was yesteryear with Revival 69: The Concert That Rocked the World (Kino Lorber), a rock doc about the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. The all-star concert featured Alice Cooper, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Geddy Lee…and John Lennon with wife Yoko Ono, making his first public appearance with the Plastic Ono Band, and sealing his decision to leave the Beatles. 

Is it getting cold in here, or is that just Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)? Now on DVD, the latest in the franchise features a threat that could turn the Big Apple into a giant icebox. Can Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Patton Oswalt and the original GB OGs (Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson and Dan Aykroyd) warm up this chilly ghost fest?

Jun 14 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

June 14 – June 20

Get to know Poison’s Bret Michaels, go house-hunting with Reese Witherspoon, & hold on to your car when you visit Las Vegas!

Find all about Bret Michaels of the band Poison in this week’s episode of ‘Biography.’

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, June 14
The Boys
The “boys” are back for season four of the satirical superhero series, dishing out more wallops of vigilante justice to so-called do-gooders doing bad things (Prime Video).

Mama June: Family Crisis
Who would have thought Honey Boo Boo would have such a lasting cultural impact? New episodes of the spinoff, about Boo Boo’s mother, spin around issues of declining health, college and legal woes, below (9 p.m., WE tv).

SATURDAY, June 15
Find My Country House
Leave the city life behind in this new series from Reese Witherspoon’s production company, in which couples search for their dreams of rural paradise, from high-tech farmhouses to seclued ranches and cute hideaway cottages (12 p.m., A&E).

Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong Story
A love triangle turns deadly and leads to a manhunt in this real-life drama starring Caity Lotz, Kyle Schmid and Larissa Dias (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, June 16
Biography
Get a backstage pass into the lives and music of some of rock’s biggest superstars in this new series of specials kicked off tonight by Bret Michaels, and followed in coming weeks by Dee Snider, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar and more (9 p.m., A&E).

House of the Dragon
Season two begins of the Game of Thrones spinoff series (below), a prequel taking place 200 years earlier, starring Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy and Rhys Ifans (9 p.m., HBO).

Sin City Tow
If you park your car while you party in Las Vegas but lose track of time, Sin City Tow may take it away. This new reality series looks at the often hot-tempered towing scene in a city where people go to win big, but usually end up losing their shirts…or their cars! (9 p.m., Discovery).

MONDAY, June 17
My Life is Murder
Lucy Lawless returns for season four as the fearless Aussie investigator Alexa Crowe as she digs into eight new mysteries and a fresh batch of diabolical killers (Acorn TV).

The Great American Recipe
Home cooks from across the country showcase their culinary talents as they compete in this taste-tempting celebration of multiculturism (9 p.m., PBS).

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
How did the idealistic religious organization led by the infamous Jim Jones go horribly wrong, leaving almost a thousand followers dead in Guyana? This new doc looks at the story behind some of the most horrendous headlines of the 1970s (Hulu).

TUESDAY, June 18
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Three-part docuseries puts the spotlight on disco music, its groovy beginnings and its top artists and icons—like Donna Summer, below— and how it became a major musical liberation movement in the 1970s representing female empowerment and LGBTQ+ identity (9 p.m., PBS).

Here to Climb
Follow pro climber Sasha DiGiulian (below) on her rise from child prodigy to champion sport climber, scaling the biggest, scariest walls on the planet—charting her own vertical course where pathways don’t exist (9 p.m., HBO).

Hope in the Water
Travel the globe in this documentary featuring Shailene Woodley and Martha Stewart as they explore creative solutions and breakthroughs that might be our future of sustainable “blue food” from the oceans (9 p.m., PBS).

WEDNESDAY, June 19
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
Two-hour documentary showcases Owens’ historic triumph over Nazi Germany during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. LeBron James is one of the producers (8 p.m., History).

Dynamic Planet
Four-part series filmed over three years explores the effects of climate change on all seven continents and their inhabitants, and how science, nature, and Indigenous knowledge can prepare us for the future (8 p.m., PBS)

THURSDAY, June 20
Rear Window
Director Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic—about an apartment resident with a broken leg who helplessly witnesses what he thinks is a murder out his window—stars Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly…and Raymond Burr as a very bad guy (9 p.m., TCM).

Slave Play. Not a Movie
Provocative documentary takes viewers inside the buzzy Broadway play about race, sex and interracial relationships (9 p.m., HBO).

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When I was a kid, I was fascinated with volcanos—mountains that spewed rocks and fire. My interest was generated primarily by seeing them in the background of illustrations of dinosaurs. Adventures in Volcanoland (Hanover Square Press) is a deeper, far much more fascinating and fact-filled look at these monstrously magnificent mountains, with acclaimed geochemist Dr. Tasmin Mather as your guide to volcanos in history, the science of eruptions, and how volcanos drive our planet’s “constant cycles of ebb and flow, destruction and renewal.”

So you think you know Paris? Not the international Euro destination city, but the Hilton Hotel heiress who became a pop-culture marquee name? Find out all about the life and times of Paris Hilton in Paris: The Memoir (William Morrow), her autobio now in paperback. From rebellious teen to wilderness camps and sexual abuse, and becoming a queen of celebrity culture, I’m betting there’s a lot you didn’t know about Paris.

Sci-fi lovers will love The First Geeks (McFarland) and its spotlight on the lives and careers of writer Ray Bradbury, monster-mag man Forrest J. Ackerman and effects genius Ray Harryhausen, back from when they were comic-book nerds and buddies in the 1930s…and long before they were household names in filmdom. Ackerman became the editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland; Bradbury was an author highly sought by Hollywood for his novels and screenplays; and Harryhausen went on to become a pioneer of stop-motion animation.

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Jeffrey Wright was nominated for multiple awards, including an Oscar, for his starring role in American Fiction as an erudite Black man who confronts racist stereotypes head-on, with a pen instead of a sword. With Tracee Ellis Ross, Leslie Uggams, Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown. Highly recommended!

Up your nose with a rubber hose! Relive all the heartwarming humor and hijinks of the beloved 1970s sitcom series Welcome Back, Kotter, starring Gabe Kaplan as a grownup graduate of a tough Brooklyn high school now returning to teach there and tame an unruly class of troublemakers, including a young John Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino. The handsome boxed set of DVDs includes all 95 episodes.

Jun 07 2024
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The Entertainment Forecast

June 7 – June 13

Kelly Clarkson’s a contender, Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Presumed Innocent,’ & the Brat Pack is back!

Will Kelly Clarkson reign for daytime show queen at this year’s Daytime Emmys?

All times Eastern.

FRIDAY, June 7
Queenie
Dionne Brown stars in this new drama series as a young Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and not feeling like she belongs in either. Based on a best-selling novel by Candice Carty-Williams (Hulu).

The Daytime Emmy Awards
It’ll be more than soap suds at tonight’s 51st annual awarding of honors to all kinds of programming—daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary and legal/courtroom programs—that air during daylight hours. But the show’s at night. Go figure (8 p.m., CBS). 

Hit Man
Confusion and comedy ensue when a straight-laced professor pretends to be a professional assassin (above). Starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona, and directed by Richard Linklater (Netflix).

SATURDAY, June 8
Snowpiercer
The final season of the post-apocalyptic thriller series begins tonight, with Jennifer Connelly, Sean Bean and others returning to the remnants of humanity on a perpetually moving train across a frozen wasteland (9 p.m., AMC).  

SUNDAY, June 9
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Based on a true story, this lurid tale stars Jana Kramer and Austin Nichols as former childhood sweethearts whose marriage goes on the rocks when his circumstances take a suspicious turn (9 p.m., Lifetime).

MONDAY, June 10
Six Schizophrenic Brothers
An all-American family in Colorado is torn apart in this new docuseries when six of 12 siblings develop schizophrenia. It’s a heart-wrenching true story that made medical history (8 p.m., Discovery).

TUESDAY, June 11
How Music Got Free
Remember how you used to have to buy music? This docuseries shows how tech-driven disruption and file sharing created the means and the motive for a new generation of young people to participate in outright theft…and be celebrated for it (Paramount+).

Love Island
TV personality Ariana Madix from Vanderpump Rules hosts the new season of this hedonistic competition with sexy singles giving off pheromones on a tropical island oasis (Peacock).

Deadliest Catch
It ain’t exactly Spongebob stuff as the new season of the docuseries about risk-taking crab fisherman on the Bering Sea begins tonight (8 p.m., Discovery).

WEDNESDAY, June 12
Presumed Innocent
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this eight-episode sexy thriller (above), a remake of the 1990 movie starring Harrison Ford about a legal-eagle attorney accused of killing his mistress. Remember, he’s presumed innocent… With Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Peter Sarsgaard and Elizabeth Marvel (Apple TV+).

Can’t Cancel Pride
Ben Platt, Billy Porter, Melissa Etheridge and others join forces to recognize the impact of music and the contributions of LGBTQ+ organizations and artists in the entertainment community (Hulu).

THURSDAY, June 13
Alone
In tonight’s beginning of its new season, this high-stakes competition puts ten seasoned survivalists in the freezing northlands of Canada, equipped with only basic tools to face bone-chilling cold, ice all around and an assortment of predators, including bears, wolves and moose. At the end: A half a million dollars to the last person standing (9:30 p.m., History).

Brats
New documentary feature about the iconic, generation-defining “brat pack” movies of the 1980s was directed by Andrew McCarthy, who should know—he starred in many of them, including St. Elmo’s Fire, Pretty in Pink, Less Than Zero and Weekend at Bernies (Hulu).

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How does Darth Vader keep his Death Star warm? With a space heater! Why do Wookies have so much hair? Fur protection! These and many, many more galactically funny ha-has can be found in Stars Wars Dad Jokes (Chronicle Books), a perfect Father’s Day gift for the pop who has everything…except a ready arsenal of so-bad-they’re good Stars Wars jokes! 

BRING IT HOME

Its a classic combo in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) as the two former foes unite against a formidable threat to monsters as well as men. Starring Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Dan Stevens.

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