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Upfronts 2019 Coverage: Trailers, Fall Schedules and Everything You Need to Know

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It’s Upfronts Week, which means the broadcast networks are presenting their 2019-2020 primetime schedules to advertisers and television fans are getting a glimpse at the new fall schedules trailers for the new upcoming shows. There’s a lot of information coming your way over the next week, so we have put together a central place for TVAddict readers to find all of the news and trailers coming from the networks.

Below we have included links to all of the Upfronts coverage you need to read. We’ll be updating this page throughout the week — with the latest information on top — so make sure to keep checking back!

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Renewals and Cancellations of Existing Network Shows: Which 2018-2019 Shows Will Return for Another Season and Which Shows Got Cancelled?

Which Network Shows Were Renewed and Cancelled in 2019?

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Several TV networks have already announced renewals for their 2019-2020 season, while others have pulled the plug on some shows (or announced upcoming final seasons). In addition, as Upfronts approaches, the status of some shows has become very clear.  To help keep you informed, we have a list of all 2018-2019 shows below (by network) and their status for next season.

ABC

  • A Millon Little Things: Renewed
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Renewed
  • American Housewife: Renewed
  • Black-ish: Renewed
  • The Connors: Renewed
  • The Fix: Cancelled
  • For the People: Cancelled
  • Fresh Off the Boat: Renewed
  • The Goldbergs: Renewed
  • The Good Doctor: Renewed
  • Grand Hotel: Status Unknown (first season to premiere in June)
  • Grey’s Anatomy: Renewed for Seasons 16 and 17
  • How to Get Away with Murder: Renewed
  • The Kids Are Alright: Cancelled
  • Modern Family: Renewed for Final Season
  • The Rookie: Renewed
  • Schooled: Renewed
  • Single Parents: Renewed
  • Speechless: Cancelled
  • Splitting Up Together: Cancelled
  • Station 19: Renewed
  • Whiskey Cavalier: Cancelled

CBS

  • The Big Bang Theory: Final Season Currently Airing
  • Blue Bloods: Renewed
  • Bull: Renewed
  • The Code: Status Unknown
  • Criminal Minds: Renewed for Final Season
  • Elementary: Final Season to Premiere Soon
  • Fam: Cancelled
  • FBI: Renewed
  • God Friended Me: Renewed
  • Happy Together: Cancelled
  • Hawaii Five-0: Renewed
  • Instinct: Status Unknown (second season premiering in June)
  • Life in Pieces: Cancelled
  • MacGyver: Renewed
  • Madam Secretary: Renewed for 10 Epsiode Final Season
  • Magnum P.I.: Renewed
  • Man With a Plan: Renewed
  • Mom: Renewed
  • Murphy Brown: Cancelled
  • NCIS: Renewed
  • NCIS: Los Angeles: Renewed
  • NCIS: New Orleans: Renewed
  • The Neighborhood: Renewed
  • SEAL Team: Renewed
  • SWAT: Renewed
  • Young Sheldon: Renewed

The CW

  • The 100: Renewed
  • All American: Renewed
  • Arrow: Renewed for Final Season
  • Black Lightning: Renewed
  • Charmed: Renewed
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Series Finale Already Aired
  • Dynasty: Renewed
  • The Flash: Renewed
  • In the Dark: Renewed
  • iZombie: Final Season Currently Airing
  • Jane the Virgin: Final Season Currently Airing
  • Legacies: Renewed
  • Legends of Tomorrow: Renewed
  • Riverdale: Renewed
  • Roswell, New Mexico: Renewed
  • Supergirl: Renewed
  • Supernatural: Renewed for Final Season

Fox

  • 9-1-1: Renewed
  • Bob’s Burgers: Renewed
  • The Cool Kids: Cancelled
  • Empire: Renewed for Final season
  • Family Guy: Renewed
  • The Gifted: Cancelled
  • Gotham: Series Finale Already Aired
  • Last Man Standing: Renewed
  • Lethal Weapon: Cancelled
  • The Orville: Renewed
  • The Passage: Cancelled
  • Proven Innocent: Cancelled
  • Rel: Cancelled
  • The Resident: Renewed
  • The Simpsons: Renewed for Seasons 31 and 32
  • Star: Cancelled

NBC

  • Abby’s: Cancelled
  • A.P. Bio: Cancelled
  • The Blacklist: Renewed
  • Blindspot: Renewed for Final Season
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Renewed
  • Chicago Fire: Renewed
  • Chicago Med: Renewed
  • Chicago PD: Renewed
  • The Enemy Within: Cancelled
  • Good Girls: Renewed
  • The Good Place: Renewed
  • I Feel Bad: Cancelled
  • Law & Order: SVU: Renewed
  • Manifest: Renewed
  • Marlon: Cancelled
  • Midnight, Texas: Cancelled
  • New Amsterdam: Renewed
  • Superstore: Renewed
  • This Is Us: Renewed for Seasons 4, 5 & 6
  • Trial & Error: Cancelled
  • The Village: Cancelled
  • Will & Grace: Renewed

The CW Orders BATWOMAN, KATY KEENE and NANCY DREW to Series

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In the week leading up to Upfronts, news comes fast about which pilots have officially been picked up to series. Today we learned that The CW has picked up three new shows for the 2019-2020 season: BATWOMAN, KATY KEENE and NANCY DREW,

BATMAN, starring Ruby Rose, was first introduced as the latest DC comics spin-off in the most recent Arrowverse crossover at the end of 2018. With ARROW ending next season, it will ensure that the universe continues. Meanwhile, KATY KEENE, starring Lucy Hale, is a spin-off of RIVERDALE set in New York City. Finally, NANCY DREW, starring Kennedy McMann and based on the novels of the same name, has also been ordered to series.

The CW recently renewed all of its existing shows. JANE THE VIRGIN and iZOMBIE are currently airing their final seasons, while CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND aired its season finale recently. In addition, ARROW and SUPERNATURAL are both coming to an end next season.

Hulu Upfront Announcements: New Series Orders, Renewal News and Trailers for THE HANDMAID’S TALE and VERONICA MARS

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Today during Hulu’s Upfront presentation, the streaming service made several announcements, including the pick up of new shows, two series renewals, and released trailers for the third season of THE HANDMAID’S TALE and the revival of VERONICA MARS.

First, Hulu and Marvel are expanding their partnership with two new live-action series: GHOST RIDER and HELSTROM. According to Hulu, GHOST RIDER, “also known as Robbie Reyes, is a quintessential antihero, consumed by hellfire and supernaturally bound to a demon. Reyes lives on the Texas/Mexico border and when he unleashes the Rider, Robbie brings vengeance for the innocents he encounters, but struggles to control the power he wields. Marvel’s Ghost Rider is executive produced by Ingrid Escajeda, who will serve as showrunner, Paul Zbyszewski and Marvel’s Jeph Loeb.”

Meanwhile, “Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer in Marvel’s HELSTROM. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills. Marvel’s Helstrom is executive produced by Paul Zbyszewski, who will serve as showrunner and Marvel’s Jeph Loeb.”

Both shows are set to debut in 2020.

In addition, Hulu is partnering with Vox Media Studios, David Chang’s Majordomo Media, and Chrissy Teigen’s Suit & Thai Productions to develop and produce a slate of premium food-centric programming for the platform. First up is a show starring Chang and Tiger and tentatively called FAMILY STYLE, which would “revolve around the ways in which people express their love for friends and family by cooking and eating together.”

In other new series news, Hulu has ordered a series called NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, which is based on the Liane Moriarty book of the same name. Produced by Nicole Kidman and Bruna Papandrea, and co-written by David E. Kelley and John Henry Butterworth, the series is expected to debut in Hulu in late 2020. It “takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (played by Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.”

Hulu also confirmed a limited series order for THE DROPOUT, starring Kate McKinnon as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. The show will chronicle Holmes’ rise and fall as her company was exposed for failing to achieve the medical testing miracle she had claimed.

In addition, Hulu announced that it had renewed two existing shows. First, PEN15 has been picked up for a second season consisting of 14 episodes. And comedy series RAMY has been renewed for a 10 episode second season.

Finally, Hulu has released trailers for two upcoming shows: the third season of THE HANDMAID’S TALE and the revival/continuation series VERONICA MARS.

What is Coming to Amazon Prime Video Canada in May 2019

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The list of new shows or movies coming to Amazon Prime Video Canada in May 2019 may be short, but there’s a lot of gems among them. First is GOOD OMENS, a mini-series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant, based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. You can also catch season 2 of FLEABAG and season 3 of SNEAKY PETE.

May 1

  • Death in Paradise, Seasons 1-7 – A British inspector is transferred to Saint-Marie’s police department, but he hates the sun, sea and sand. The series follow his investigations into murders on the island. Later series see another British DI head the investigative team.

May 10

  • Sneaky Pete, Season 3 – Sneaky Pete is a highly skilled con-man. But the chance to become more like a normal human being is enticing…it also scares him to death. In season three, all the members of the Sneaky Pete family explore their identities; their purpose; where they belong; where they’re going. It’s a dangerous journey. They could lose themselves, or worse – lose their lives.

May 17

  • Fleabag, Season 2 – Written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Joyful, bleak, poignant, and sucker-punch funny, the original cast is joined by a car-crash of new characters as we delve further into the world of Fleabag. With hope and faith at the core of Season Two, our heroine finds herself in the midst of a battle she is determined to win: Fleabag vs God.

May 21

  • Preacher, Season 3 – After a supernatural event at his church, a preacher enlists the help of a vampire and his ex to find God.

May 30

  • Cold War – Cold War is a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, it’s the tale of a couple separated by politics, character flaws and unfortunate twists of fate – an impossible love story in impossible times.

May 31

  • Good Omens – The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel (Michael Sheen) and a loose-living Demon (David Tennant) who’ve become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon. But they have lost the Antichrist, an 11-year-old boy unaware he’s meant to bring upon the end of days, forcing them to embark on an adventure to find him and save the world before it’s too late.

What is Coming to Netflix in May 2019

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The new Christina Applegate series DEAD TO ME is debuting on Netflix in May 2019, as is the fourth season of LUCIFER, which is the first season of the show to be produced by Netflix after it was cancelled by Fox. You can also catch the most recent seasons of CW shows such as CHARMED and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW. And THE SOCIETY, a new series that’s like a modern spin on LORD OF THE FLIES, will also debut.

May 1

  • Knock Down The House (Netflix Film): This rousing documentary follows four extraordinary women—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin—who take on the congressional establishment by mounting grassroots campaigns and building a movement during a time of historic volatility in American politics.
  • Munafik 2 (Netflix Film): Haunted by terrifying visions, a Muslim healer finds his faith tested when he helps a woman locked in battle, body and soul, with a diabolical leader.
  • Angels & Demons
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  • Casper
  • Chasing Liberty
  • Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Part 1 & 2
  • Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
  • Dumb and Dumber
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Gosford Park
  • Gremlins
  • Hairspray (1988)
  • Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
  • Her Only Choice
  • Hoosiers
  • Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer: Season 2
  • John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
  • Just Friends
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Roswell, New Mexico: Season 1
  • Scarface
  • Scream
  • Snowpiercer (2013)
  • Taking Lives
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • The Dark Crystal (1982)
  • The Matrix
  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • The Matrix Revolutions
  • To Rome With Love
  • Wedding Crashers
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Zombieland

May 2

  • Colony: Season 3
  • Olympus Has Fallen

May 3

  • A Pesar De Todo (Netflix Film): After their mother’s death, four sisters learn a shocking family secret and embark on an adventure to discover the truth about their genealogy.
  • All In My Family (Netflix Original): From documentarian Hao Wu comes a heartfelt portrait of how he created a thoroughly modern family in America, only to face the dilemma of introducing his same-sex partner and their children to his deeply traditional parents and relatives in China.
  • Alles ist gut (Netflix Film): A woman sexually assaulted by her new boss’s brother-in-law tries to move on as if nothing happened, but the night weighs heavily on her mind and body.
  • Cupcake & Dino – General Services: Season 2 (Netflix Original): The brothers are back for more adventures in the limitless world of general services, where no job is too big, small or silly for this dynamic duo!
  • Dead to Me (Netflix Original): A dark single camera comedy about a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret.
  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Netflix Film): A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
  • Flinch (Netflix Original): Faced with various frightening and uncomfortable events, contestants in this game show had better not flinch — or they’ll suffer painful consequences.
  • Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage (Netflix Film): On the run from a dogged internal affairs agent, a corrupt cop reluctantly teams up with a defiant teen to unravel a conspiracy — before it’s too late.
  • The Last Summer (Netflix Film): Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.
  • Mr. Mom
  • Supernatural: Season 14
  • True and the Rainbow Kingdom: Mushroom Town (Netflix Original): Do-gooding True can solve any problem, from a runaway boaty-float to a sideways sleepover, and a sticky mess at her very own birthday party!
  • Tuca & Bertie (Netflix Original): Two bird women — a carefree toucan and anxious songbird — live in the same apartment building and share their lives in this animated comedy.
  • Undercover (Netflix Original): A major ecstasy producer living in luxury on the Dutch-Belgian border faces big changes with two undercover agents begin moving in on his operation.

May 4

  • Like Arrows

May 6

  • Abyss (Netflix Original): A prosecutor discovers that she’s been reincarnated into a different person after getting into an accident — and also learns she’s not the only one.

May 7

  • The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution
  • Queen of the South: Season 3

May 8

  • Lucifer: Season 4 (Netflix Original): As Chloe struggles to come to terms with Lucifer’s disturbing revelation, a rogue priest sets out to stop a long-rumored prophecy.

May 9

  • Bathtubs Over Broadway
  • Insidious

May 10

  • Dry Martina (Netflix Film): An odd encounter with a fan and a tryst with that fan’s ex-boyfriend leads a sexually adventurous singer on an escapade in Chile.
  • Easy: Season 3 (Netflix Original): Diverse characters fumble through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture in Chicago.
  • Gente que viene y bah (Netflix Film): After her partner cheats on her, an architect returns to her hometown to reassess her life with the help of her eccentric family. Based on the novel.
  • Harvey Girls Forever!: Season 2 (Netflix Original): The hardworking Harvey Girls are back, making new enemies in the form of older siblings, finally meeting their boy-band idols — and more!
  • Jailbirds (Netflix Original): At the Sacramento County Jail, incarcerated women fight the power and one another as they try to make the best of life — and love — on the inside.
  • Pose: Season 1
  • ReMastered: The Lion’s Share (Netflix Original): ReMastered: A long form documentary series of high profile, in-depth stories about music’s impact on society, as told by critically acclaimed directors, with each episode revealing surprising insight beyond the expected or commonly known. Lion’s Share tracks South African journalist Rian Malan’s journey to find the original writers of the legendary song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which earned over 15 million dollars in royalties for American groups like The Tokens, Pete Seeger and the Weavers. Malan discovers the original writer, a black South African named Solomon Linda, whose family currently lives in poverty in the slums of Sweto. Driven by his own guilt that his uncle was one of the architects of apartheid, Malan goes after fat cat businessmen in the US music industry to force them to pay their fair share to Linda’s family.
  • Shéhérazade (Netflix Film): Fresh out of prison and forced to fend for himself on the streets of Marseille, 17-year-old Zac falls in love with a young prostitute Shéhérazade.
  • The Society (Netflix Original): The Society follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town without any trace of their parents. Their newfound freedom will be fun… but it will also be very dangerous. As they struggle to figure out what has happened to them and how to get home, they must establish order and form alliances if they want to survive.
  • Wine Country (Netflix Film): During a vacation to Napa Valley, a group of long time friends reunite and revisit past choices in this hilarious and heartfelt comedy from director Amy Poehler.

May 12

  • Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Volume 3 (Netflix Original): Hasan Minhaj’s Peabody Award-winning series returns with new episodes, bringing his unexpected comedic perspective to current global events and pop culture.

May 13

  • Malibu Rescue (Netflix Original): When a long list of shenanigans lands Tyler in hot water, he’s forced to suit up and spend his summer training for an elite junior lifeguard program.

May 14

  • revisions (Netflix Anime): When Shibuya time-warps to 2388, high schooler Daisuke and his friends are conscripted by AHRV agent Milo to fight the hostile cyborg race, revisions.
  • Still LAUGH-IN: The Stars Celebrate (Netflix Original): The stars come out for this special tribute to “Laugh-in,” the revolutionary sketch comedy show of the 1960s and ’70s.
  • Weed the People

May 15

  • Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!

May 16

  • Good Sam (Netflix Film): When a mysterious good Samaritan, aka “Good Sam,” leaves $100,000 cash on seemingly random doorsteps, New York City TV news reporter Kate Bradley (Tiya Sircar) sets out to discover Good Sam’s true identity and motive, turning her personal life upside down.
  • Take Me Home Tonight

May 17

  • 1994: Limited Series (Netflix Original): 1994 is an hour-long 5 episode investigative documentary series that will tell the story of one of the most critical years in Mexico’s history.
  • Chip & Potato (Netflix Original): Chip is a little pug going through life’s firsts with the encouragement of her secret mouse-friend, Potato.
  • It’s Bruno (Netflix Original): A digital series that follows a man and his beloved dog Bruno strolling around his neighborhood.
  • Maria (Netflix Film): A woman whose parents were killed by a gang when she was a child grows up to be a hired assassin. Unfortunately, trying to leave that past behind is proving to be more difficult than it seems.
  • Morir para contar (Netflix Film): Seeking answers after a life-changing incident in 2012, filmmaker Hernán Zin interviews other war reporters about the personal toll of their work.
  • Nailed It!: Season 3 (Netflix Original): Nicole and Jacques are back to judge the chaos in the kitchen, from half-baked doll cakes to delightfully creepy edible clowns.
  • See You Yesterday (Netflix Film): Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, C.J. Walker and Sebastian Thomas, build makeshift time machines to save C.J.’s brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by a police officer.
  • The Rain: Season 2 (Netflix Original): Trapped in the Zone, Simone and her friends must find a cure for the virus Rasmus is carrying before it kills him — and the rest of humanity.
  • Well Intended Love (Netflix Original): A third-rate actress with leukemia becomes entangled with CEO Ling because she needs him for treatment. In order to receive bone marrow transplant sooner and to continue her career as an actress, Xia Lin enters into a secret marriage with Ling Yi Zhou, the CEO of a company. Despite the conspiracies and misunderstandings they encounter, the two find true love.
  • White Gold: Season 2 (Netflix Original): After forcing Walsh out, Vincent’s headaches include answering to a gangster boss and a new rival salesperson who’s swooping up all the best jobs.

May 18

  • The Blackcoat’s Daughter

May 20

  • Prince of Peoria: Part 2 (Netflix Original): While Teddy works toward finishing his application for MIT’s summer robotics program, Emil tries to squeeze even more fun out of his time in Peoria.
  • Rosario Tijeras (Mexico Version): Season 2

May 21

  • Arrow: Season 7
  • Moonlight
  • Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (Netflix Original): Emmy Award-nominated actress and 30-year comedy veteran, Wanda Sykes, delivers a sharp-witted and hilarious critique on the state of the world in her first Netflix comedy special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal. The one-hour special addresses the comedian’s perspective on the current political and cultural climate, which she can only describe as, well … not normal!

May 22

  • A Tale of Two Kitchens (Netflix Original): Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara’s acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as beloved by diners as the menu featuring fresh, local seafood caught within 24 hours. The entire staff sees themselves as part of an extended family. Meanwhile at Cala in San Francisco, Cámara hires staff from different backgrounds and cultures, including ex-felons and ex-addicts, who view the work as an important opportunity to grow as individuals. A Tale of Two Kitchens explores the ways in which a restaurant can serve as a place of both dignity and community.
  • One Night in Spring (Netflix Original): When Lee Jeong-in and Yu Ji-ho meet, something unexpected happens. Or it just may be that spring is in the air — and anything is possible.
  • The Flash: Season 5

May 23

  • Riverdale: Season 3
  • Slasher: Solstice (Netflix Original): Rampaging serial killers leave carnage in their wake as their next victims fight to stay alive in this honor anthology series.

May 24

  • After Maria (Netflix Original): Short following families in Puerto Rico who are currently living in FEMA hotels around New York City. Their stories will unfold observationally over the course of the next month as they face the extreme situation of getting kicked out of the hotel or are forced to go back to Puerto Rico. Many people see these families as illegal immigrants and don’t want them here. We follow these families as they try to maintain their Puerto Rican identity, but assert their American citizenship.
  • Alta Mar (Netflix Original): Mysterious deaths aboard a luxurious ship traveling from Spain to Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s reveal secrets surrounding two sisters traveling together.
  • Joy (Netflix Film): Joy is a young Nigerian woman, caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking. She works in this merciless system of exploitation to pay off debts to her exploiter Madame and supporting her family in Nigeria.
  • Rim of the World (Netflix Film): Four misfit campers must band together and conquer their fears in order to save the world during an alien invasion.
  • She’s Gotta Have It: Season 2 (Netflix Original):
    Romantic turmoil, artistic challenges and an eye-opening trip to Puerto Rico set Nola Darling on a new course.
  • The Perfection (Netflix Film): A troubled musical prodigy (Allison Williams) seeks out the new star pupil (Logan Browning) of her former school with shocking consequences in this elegant and terrifying suspense ride, the most buzzed-about movie at last year’s Fantastic Fest.
  • WHAT / IF (Netflix Original): A raw, voyeuristic examination of acceptable people doing unacceptable things. A conflict driven series of high stakes morality plays with a first season narrative focusing on two struggling newlyweds who accept a powerful woman’s ethically perilous proposition to secure a badly needed financial windfall.

May 27

  • Historical Roasts (Netflix Original): Renowned “Roastmaster General” Jeff Ross’s new half-hour comedy series Historical Roasts brings together A-list comedians in period-appropriate garb to celebrate prominent historical figures of the past, from Presidents (Abe Lincoln) to Rockstars (Freddie Mercury) and everything in between. Based on the Los Angeles live show of the same name, the six-episode series is “teaching history a lesson” and honoring some of the most important voices of our time the only way they know how — with a searing roast. Launching globally on Netflix Monday, May 27, Historical Roasts features a stellar lineup of comedian guest stars including Bob Saget, John Stamos, Natasha Leggero, Jaleel White, Fred Willard, Nikki Glaser, Rachel Feinstein, Ryan Phillippe, Ken Marino, Gilbert Gottfried, Seth Green, Yamaneika Saunders, and Neal Brennan to name a few. The series is produced by OBB Pictures.
  • Outlander: Seasons 1-2

May 28

  • Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

May 30

  • Chopsticks (Netflix Film): An under-confident but talented girl, who is sidestepped at every stage of her life, seeks out an enigmatic con to help recover her stolen car from a goat-loving crazy Mumbai gangster and in the process finds her confidence and place in the sun.
  • My Week with Marilyn
  • Svaha: The Sixth Finger (Netflix Film): A minister who researches religious cults turns to his Buddhist monk friend for help investigating a new group with mysterious origins.
  • The One I Love

May 31

  • Always Be My Maybe (Netflix Film): Everyone assumed Sasha and Marcus would wind up together except for Sasha and Marcus. Reconnecting after 15 years, the two start to wonder… maybe?
  • Bad Blood: Season 2 (Netflix Original): Five years after the death of mob boss, there’s a new king of the Montreal drug trade — until a new breed of mafiosos arrive from Italy to wrestle the city from his grasp.
  • Black Spot: Season 2 (Netflix Original): Major Weiss’s recovery prompts residents to question the odd circumstances she was found in, and how she survived injuries that would kill anyone else.
  • How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (Netflix Original): What if a teenager built up a drugs empire from his bedroom in Leipzig? Inspired by real events.
  • Killer Ratings (Netflix Original): The true-life story of a Brazilian TV host who literally killed for ratings — and used his crime TV show to cover up the grizzly truth.
  • When They See Us (Netflix Original): A four part limited series from director Ava DuVernay that continues themes from her documentary 13th, her exploration of the criminal justice system through the true case of the Central Park Five – 5 young teenagers who were wrongfully accused and convicted of rape.

Coming in May

  • Charmed (2018): Season 1
  • DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 4
  • The Mechanism: Season 2 (Netflix Original): Despite changes at home and work, Ruffo resumes his fight, following a corrupt new target and a trail of kickbacks into the upper reaches of politics.
  • Supergirl: Season 4

Last Call – Titles Rotating Off the Service in May 2019

May 1

  • 8 Mile
  • Chocolat
  • Cold Justice: Collection 3
  • Dances with Wolves
  • Disney High School Musical 3: Senior Year
  • Dr. No
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • For Your Eyes Only
  • From Dusk Till Dawn
  • From Russia with Love
  • Godzilla
  • GoldenEye
  • Hostel
  • Jaws
  • Jaws 2
  • Jaws 3
  • Jaws: The Revenge
  • Licence to Kill
  • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Sliding Doors
  • Somm
  • Somm: Into the Bottle
  • The Birdcage
  • The Dirty Dozen
  • The English Patient
  • The Lovely Bones
  • The Notebook
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Tomorrow Never Dies
  • Watchmen

May 11

  • Switched at Birth: Seasons 1-5

May 15

  • Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Collection 1

May 19

  • Disney’s Bridge to Terabithia

May 22

  • The Boss Baby

May 24

  • Southpaw

May 31

  • I Know What You Did Last Summer
  • West Side Story (1961)

The CW Renews THE 100, ROSWELL and More

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Back in January, The CW gave early renewals to 10 of its shows, including ARROW and SUPERNATURAL for a final season each, THE FLASH, SUPERGIRL, and more. Today the network has announced it renewed four additional shows: ALL AMERICAN, IN THE DARK, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO will each receive a second season, while THE 100 will return for season 7.

“As we begin to plan for the 2019-2020 season, we’re thrilled to have this roster of 14 exceptionally creative and distinctive series, including all five first year shows, as the foundation on which to continue to build the multiplatform future of The CW,” said Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. “One of our key long-term goals has been to continually add more original programming all year round, especially in midseason and summer, and with these returning shows and the new series we’ll order as we get closer to the May upfront, next season on The CW is shaping up to be our most robust year round schedule yet.”

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS Sneak Peek: Tammy Tell Me True

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Relationships…often, the most generous explanation of a relationship is “complicated.” Sometimes, they are deadly. Relationships can be the thing that people desperately want to escape and hold to tightest…all within the same breath.

On tonight’s NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, relationships are put through their paces, suffering the rubber-band effect of push, pull and snap. In many relationships, the “snap” breaks the bond permanently. So, permanently, in fact, that a death, either figuratively or literally, occurs.

One of those snaps happens tonight on NCIS: NEW ORLEANS when a Navy doctor is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Gregorio (Vanessa Ferlito) is convinced that a con man is responsible, even though the evidence shows otherwise. Despite the lack of proof, Tammy is positive that her suspect is guilty and manipulating the circumstances to frame his wife. Sounds like the bond, if it ever existed, has snapped.

Another relationship teeters at the point of dissolution. Hannah’s husband, Ryan (Hal Ozsan) shows up at Pride’s (Scott Bakula) office with classified information that the professor has obtained from a contact from his former days in intelligence. Ryan keeps this new information a secret from Hannah (Necar Zadegan), complicating their marriage even further, possibly to a place of destruction. Ryan’s information is about Apollyon, which could drag Dwayne back to the fate he has been trying to escape.

I have been asked several times about the blonde “angel” who resurfaces in Dwayne’s life and what it has to do with the story, so here is a bit of background. “Apollyon” has several meanings. It is the Greek name for the Bible’s Abaddon, the “Angel of the Abyss.” SUPERNATURAL fans would describe her as a woman who works for the king of Hell, which is as good an explanation as any.

Apollyon is not only known as an angel, but also a bottomless pit and a force of destruction, which aptly describes the organization on which Ryan has information and is responsible for the death of Dwayne’s father. Wikipedia describes Apollyon in the Bible (aka “Abaddon” to SUPERNATURAL fans) as “both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss.”

Dwayne’s apparition, whether real or perceived, has led him to the brink of death more than once. Whether her appearances are the cause or result of the murderous group that shares the name, remains to be seen. Will Ryan be caught in the web and pulled into the abyss as he gets closer to Apollyon? Will Tammy’s “gut,” get her man, or just get her into trouble? Will Dwayne’s “angel”/vision return to pull him back into the vortex? In a city like New Orleans where death is celebrated with a parade, anything is possible.

Tonight’s episode of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, “Trust Me,” was written by Austin Badgett & Ron McGee and directed by Jen Derwingson.

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS airs tonight (April 23) at 10:00 p.m. on CBS in the U.S. and at 8pm on Global TV in Canada.

Photos: Sam Lothridge/CBS 

The CW Announces Summer 2019 Premiere Dates

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The CW’s summer slate is full of scripted shows such as BURDEN OF TRUTH and THE OUTPOST, as well as returning reality series, like MASTERS OF ILLUSION and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY. In addition, the final season of iZOMBIE will run into the summer. Today the network announced the premiere dates for its summer line-up.

Sunday, June 2

  • 8:00-9:00 p.m. BURDEN OF TRUTH (Season Premiere)
  • 9:00-10:00 p.m. SUPERNATURAL (Encore Episode)

Friday, June 7

  • 8:00-8:30 p.m. MASTERS OF ILLUSION (Season Premiere)
  • 8:30-9:00 p.m. MASTERS OF ILLUSION (New Episode)
  • 9:00-9:30 p.m. THE BIG STAGE (Series Premiere)
  • 9:30-10:00 p.m. THE BIG STAGE (New Episode)

Monday, June 17

  • 8:00-9:00 p.m. PENN & TELLER: FOOL US (Season Premiere)
  • 9:00-9:30 p.m. WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Cycle Premiere)
  • 9:30-10:00 p.m. WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Encore Episode)

Thursday, July 11

  • 8:00-9:00 p.m. iZOMBIE (New Episode)
  • 9:00-10:00 p.m. THE OUTPOST (Season Premiere)

In addition to the dates listed above, The CW will announce premiere dates for other summer shows at a later time, including BULLETPROOF (drama series), HYPNOTIZE ME (comedy game show), MYSTERIES DECODED (investigative documentary series), PANDORA (sci-fi action series) and RED BULL PEAKING (documentary series focusing on athletes).

Coming to Hulu in Spring & Summer: VERONICA MARS, CATCH-22 and More

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Hulu’s spring/summer schedule is full of a lot of new shows, including CATCH-22 and RAMY, as well as the return of VERONICA MARS and THE HANDMAID’S TALE. Premiere dates and details for each original Hulu show is below.

RAMY (Season 1, 10 Episodes) – Premiere Date: April 19 (all episodes)

  • Cast: Ramy Youssef, Mohammed Amer, Hiam Abbass, Amr Waked, May Calamawy, Dave Merheje, Laith Nakli and Steve Way.
  • Synopsis: Ramy Hassan is a first generation Egyptian-American who is on a spiritual journey in his politically-divided New Jersey neighborhood. RAMY will bring a new perspective to the screen as it explores the challenges of what it’s like being caught between a Muslim community that thinks life is a moral test and a millennial generation that thinks life has no consequences.

ASK DR.RUTH (Documentary) – Premiere Date: Friday, May 3 (theatrical), Saturday, June 1 (Hulu)

  • Synopsis: Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist. With her diminutive frame, thick German accent, and uninhibited approach to sex therapy and education, Dr. Ruth transformed the conversation around sexuality. As she approaches her 90th birthday and shows no signs of slowing down, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and unlikely path to a career at the forefront of the sexual revolution.

INTO THE DARK: ALL THAT WE DESTROY (Mother’s Day) – Premiere Date: Friday, May 3

  • Cast: Israel Broussard, Aurora Perrineau, Dora Madison, with Frank Whaley and Samantha Mathis.
    Crew: Directed by Chelsea Stardust and Written by Sean Keller & Jim Agnew
  • Synopsis: A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer, creates a group of clones in an attempt to cure him of his psychopathic tendencies by allowing him to relive the murder of his first victim.

INTO THE DARK: THEY COME KNOCKING (Father’s Day) – Premiere Date: Friday, June 7

  • Cast: Clayne Crawford, Josephine Langford, Lia Mchugh and Robyn Lively.
    Crew: Directed by Adam Mason and written by Shane & Carey Van Dyke
  • Synopsis: After losing his wife to cancer, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip where he finds his family in the crosshairs of terrifying supernatural entities.

INTO THE DARK: CULTURE SHOCK (Independence Day) – Premiere Date: Thursday, July 4

  • Cast: Martha Higareda, Richard Cabral, Shawn Ashmore, Barbara Crampton and Creed Bratton.
    Crew: Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero and written by James Benson, Efren Hernandez and Gigi Saul Guerrero.
  • Synopsis: This thriller follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare.

CATCH-22 (Limited Series, 6 Episodes) – Premiere Date: May 17 (all episodes)

  • Cast: Christopher Abbott (Yossarian), Kyle Chandler (Colonel Cathcart), George Clooney (Scheisskopf), Hugh Laurie (Major de Coverley), Giancarlo Giannini (Marcello), Tessa Ferrer (Nurse Duckett), Jay Paulson (Chaplain), Daniel David Stewart (Milo), Austin Stowell (Nately), Rafi Gavron (Aarfy), Graham Patrick Martin (Orr), Pico Alexander (Clevinger), Jon Rudnitsky (McWatt), Gerran Howell (Kid Sampson), Lewis Pullman (Major Major), Harrison Osterfield (Snowden), Julie Ann Emery (Marion) and Grant Heslov (Doc Daneeka).
  • Synopsis: Based on Joseph Heller’s seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty.

THE WEEKLY (Season 1, 30 Episodes) – Premiere Date: June 2 on FX, June 3 on Hulu (weekly)

  • Synopsis: The Weekly brings the unparalleled journalism of The New York Times to the screen for the first time. Each half-hour episode features a Times journalist investigating one of the most pressing issues of the day. With more than 1,550 journalists scattered across 160 countries, the Times produces 2,500 stories a week – investigative reports, political scoops, cultural dispatches. And each week, The Weekly chooses to tell one of these stories in a visual and unforgettable way. FX has the first-run North American rights to The Weekly, in partnership with Hulu, which will be the exclusive SVOD streaming home to new episodes of the series the day after air.

THE HANDMAID’S TALE (Season 3, 13 Episodes) – Premiere Date: Wednesday, June 5 (weekly)

  • Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley and Bradley Whitford
  • Synopsis: Season Three of THE HANDMAID’S TALE is driven by June’s resistance to the dystopian regime of Gilead and her struggle to strike back against overwhelming odds. Startling reunions, betrayals, and a journey to the terrifying heart of Gilead force all characters to take a stand, guided by one defiant prayer: “Blessed be the fight.”

HARLOTS (Season 3, 8 Episodes) – Premiere Date: Wednesday, July 10 (weekly)

  • Cast: The series stars Academy Award nominees Samantha Morton and Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown-Findlay and Liv Tyler.
  • Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of 18th century Georgian London, Harlots continues to follow the fortunes of the Wells family. Margaret (Samantha Morton) has been sent to America in chains and Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville) is vanquished and in Bedlam. It seems that the Wells girls can finally free themselves of their mother’s feud, helped by allies such as Lady Fitz (Liv Tyler). But Charlotte Wells (Jessica Brown-Findlay) soon learns that running a lucrative brothel brings enemies as well as friends, including new pimp in town Isaac Pincher (Alfie Allen). Meanwhile Lydia still finds a way to bite, even in her darkest hour. Inspired by the stories of real women, Harlots is a powerful family drama as explored from the female perspective.

VERONICA MARS (Season 4, 8 Episodes) – Premiere Date: July 26 (all episodes)

  • Cast: The series stars Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars, Jason Dohring as Logan Echolls and Enrico Colantoni as Keith Mars. Guest cast includes J.K. Simmons as Clyde Prickett, Patton Oswalt as Penn Epner, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Nicole, Ryan Hansen as Dick Casablancas, Clifton Collins Jr. as Alonzo, Max Greenfield as Leo, Percy Daggs III as Wallace, David Starzyk as Big Dick, Francis Capra as Weevil, and Izabela Vidovic as Matty Ross.
  • Synopsis: Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the family of one of the victims to find their son’s killer, Veronica is drawn into an epic eight-episode mystery that pits the enclave’s wealthy elites, who would rather put an end to the month-long bacchanalia, against a working class that relies on the cash influx that comes with being the West Coast’s answer to Daytona Beach.

FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (Season 1, 10 Episodes) – Premiere Date: Wednesday, July 31 (weekly)

  • Cast: The series stars Zoe Boyle, Nathalie Emmanuel, Guz Khan, Sophia La Porta, Harish Patel, Nikesh Patel, John Reynolds, Rebecca Rittenhouse and Brandon Mychal Smith.
  • Synopsis: Four American friends reunite for a fabulous London wedding. But after a bombshell at the altar throws their lives into turmoil, they must weather a tumultuous year of romance and heartbreak. Relationships are forged and broken, political scandals exposed, London social life lampooned, love affairs ignited and doused, and of course, there are four weddings… and a funeral.
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