FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news
ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/22/19)
REELZ: Jo Frost: Killer Kids (Premiere) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 3/23/19)
NICKELODEON: The 2019 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards at 8pm
DISNEY XD: Pokemon The Series: Sun & Moon: Ultra Legends (Premiere) at 9am
ID: The Atlanta Child Murders (Premiere) at 9pm
OXYGEN: Accident, Suicide or Murder (Premiere) at 7pm
BYU TV: Collar of Duty (Finale) at 11:30am
OWN: Iyanla: Fix My Life (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 3/24/19)
AMC: Into The Badlands (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Action (Premiere) at 8pm
TRAVEL: Mission Declassified (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Total Bellas (Finale) at 9pm
HGTV: Caribbean Life (Finale) at 9pm and 9:30pm
Good news, bad news for Schitt’s Creek. The series has been renewed for a sixth season by Pop in the U.S. and CBC in Canada, to air in 2020; however, it will be the show’s last go-round. The comedy’s co-creators Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy announced the news on social media. The final chapter is in pre-production and begins shooting in a few weeks.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Game Show Network heads into the 2019 Upfronts having greenlit two new strip series, Best Ever Trivia Show and a reboot of Catch 21. Common Knowledge, hosted by Joey Fatone, which launched in January 2019 to become the network’s most-watched show among Total Viewers, has been renewed. Caroline & Friends, hosted by Caroline Rhea, was also greenlit for a second season. Other returning series include America Says, hosted by John Michael Higgins, and Game Show Network Daily Draw, hosted by Trish Suhr.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Nielsen reached a long-term agreement for national and local TV ratings measurement with Univision Communications Inc. With the new pact, all Univision properties, including Univision Network, UniMas Network, Univision Deportes, Galavision Network, El Rey and 36 Univision and UniMas Local TV stations across 19 local markets and Puerto Rico, will have continued access to Nielsen’s measurement and analytics services. Also, for the first time, Univision will join as subscribers to Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings, Local Nielsen Media Impact and Nielsen National Out-of-Home Reporting Service.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Noticias Telemundo and The Poynter Institute’s fact checking news organization, PolitiFact, are partnering to fact check news for Spanish-speaking Americans ahead of the 2020 election. The two organizations will also collaborate to translate PolitiFact fact-checks into Spanish for use online and on TV, including Noticias Telemundo and the broader NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. “Hispanic issues are at the center of the political conversation, which is becoming increasingly polarized,” said Luis Fernandez, EVP, Noticias Telemundo. “Offering PolitiFact’s unique form of accountability journalism to our audience helps strengthen political discourse by centering on the facts and adding context for the decisions people make every day.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
E.W. Scripps Company won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism for its stations’ body of work covering controversial topics like gun control, immigration, jobs and health care. Central to Scripps’ coverage was The Race, a weekly show hosted by Chris Stewart.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Conners is inching closer to a second season pickup by ABC. The show’s three principal cast members, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, and Sara Gilbert (who also serves as an EP on the series), have come to terms on new deals to return next season. The sophomore season of the Roseanne spinoff is set to be 13 episodes, up from the first season’s 11.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Wil Arnett’s Electric Avenue and Rev and Friday Night Dinner producer Big Talk Productions partnered to produce an immigration comedy for Sky, reports Deadline. Detained, written by Zak Shaikh, is in the early stages of development.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BBC One and SundanceTV announced that production has begun in London on a second season of The Split from writer Abi Morgan (River, Suffragette, The Hour) and executive producer Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch, River, Humans).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Former Daredevil and The Defenders executive producer Drew Goddard inked a multi-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. Under the terms of the agreement, Goddard will write create, direct and develop new television projects for the studio for all platforms.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sam Strike (Nightflyers) has been cast as the lead, Roland Deschain, in Amazon’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower book series. The project, which co-stars Jasper Paakkonen (Vikings, BlacKkKlansman) and hails from EP/showrunner Glen Mazzara and MRC, is nearing a formal pilot offer from the streaming platform. It has been in development for almost a year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Nat Geo WILD tapped Mark Steines (Entertainment Tonight) to host Live PD. The four-week, live event series features veterinary experts Dr. Justin Lee and Dr. Will Draper offering commentary as cameras bounce from animal hospitals and mobile vet emergency units around the country.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A&E ’s The Untold Story, with Elizabeth Vargas , launches Thursday, April 11 at 9p. Drawing on Vargas’ background in investigative reporting, the collection of nonfiction episodes will explore the stories of people and events that have had a profound impact on our modern culture and society. First up: “Hunting JonBenet’s Killer.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season 2 of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner, bows Wednesday, June 19 at 10p. The show’s first season averaged 5.1 million Total Viewers per episode, making it 2018’s most watched new cable series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hostile Planet premieres Monday, April 1 at 9p on National Geographic. The six-part series, hosted by Bear Grylls, explores the world’s most extreme environments.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Smithsonian Channel delves into innovations that changed the world with Inside Mighty Machines. Hosted by ex-NASA jet engineer Chad Zdenek, series debuts Sunday, April 28 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
PBS takes viewers on a science-led journey through human history with Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World. Series debuts Wednesday, April 17 at 10p on PBS (check local listings).
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC unveiled Jimmy Kimmel’s guest list for Jimmy Kimmel Live’s first Las Vegas trip, featuring five original shows starting Monday, April 1. Slated to be on hand are Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen, Kim Kardashian West, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, The Killers, James Taylor, Marshmello featuring Chvrches, and more. The show is being taped in before a live audience from Caesars Entertainment’s Zappos Theater inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO Films set Friday, May 31 at 8p as the premiere date for Deadwood, the follow-up movie to the David Milch HBO series. The film reunites the show’s characters after a decade to celebrate South Dakota statehood.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC’s third annual Beverly Hills Dog Show Presented by Purina airs Easter Sunday, April 21 at 1pm. John O’Hurley and David Frei co-host the canine competition.
(Source: Cynopsis)
American Masters – Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable premieres Friday, April 19 at 9p on PBS (check local listings).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Drea Kelly (R. Kelly’s ex-wife), T-Boz, Waka Flocka and Tammy Rivera join the new season of WE tv’s Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta, returning this summer… John Charles (The Good Wife) landed a recurring role on upcoming Showtime limited series The Loudest Voice…British musician Stormzy joined the cast of BBC One drama Noughts + Crosses… Hulu’s upcoming limited series Looking For Alaska added Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton and Jordan Connor to its cast… Pepe Rapazote (Narcos) and Alimi Ballard (Numb3rs) will recur in the fourth season of USA Network’s Queen of the South.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Us – Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Time Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph
Hotel Mumbai (Limited Release) – Armie Hammer, Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs, Alex Pinder, Amandeep Singh
Out of Blue (Limited Release) – Patricia Clarkson, Jacki Weaver, James Caan, Toby Jones, Mamie Gummer, Yolonda Ross, Aaron Tveit, Jonathan Majors
Ramen Shop
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $50 million
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $625 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
Keely's Korner 