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Daily Binge: Your Daily Dose of TV News You Need to Know (Thursday October 19, 2017)

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Welcome to Your Daily Binge, the TV Addict’s daily guide to everything important going on in the world of television today.

What’s On Tonight:
SUPERNATURAL (8PM The CW)
“The Rising Son” introduces us to a new Prince of Hell. Needless to say, anyone has got to be an improvement over Donald Trump Jr. (Spoilers can be found here)

SCANDAL (9PM ABC)
As Mellie tackles her first 100 days in office, Fitz begins working on his presidential library. Hopefully it will go smoother then Selina Meyers!

WILL & GRACE (9PM NBC)
What’s the only thing more exciting then an episode that sees Jack discovering he’s a grandfather? Four words: Andrew Rannells guest stars. (Watch sneak peeks)

ALSO AIRING NEW EPISODES TONIGHT…
Superstore (8PM NBC)
The Good Place (8:30PM NBC)
Gotham (8PM FOX)
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (8PM ABC)
Arrow (9PM The CW)
Van Helsing (9PM Syfy)
Great News (9:30PM NBC)
How to Get Away with Murder (10PM ABC)
Better Things (10PM FX)
Chicago Fire (10PM NBC)

NEWS YOU CAN USE:
• Q&A: Ted Danson on The Good Place, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Why He Hopes Heaven Has Mashed Potatoes
• Second Season Alert! CBS Renews SALVATION for a Second Season
• Ouch: Chelsea Handler’s Netflix Show Is Ending After Two Seasons
• The Business of Show: Netflix’s ‘Ozark’ Was Most Popular Streaming Show This Summer, According to New Audience Metric
• Mayim-Culpa: Mayim Bialik Apologizes for Her Controversial Harvey Weinstein Op-Ed
• Netflix’s Mindhunter: unnerving, brilliant entertainment
• Critic’s Notebook: ‘Curb,’ Corden and Fallon — Do We Expect Too Much From Our Clowns?
• Amazon Studios’ Roy Price: Inside the Fall of a Top Executive (and What’s Next)
• ‘Roseanne’ Revival: ABC Shares First Photo Of Cast At Table Read
• WTF!? Casey Affleck To Star In Alfonso Cuarón Horror Drama TV Series



The CW Teasers: A Honeymoon on DYNASTY, a Desperate Plan on LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and More

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What’s coming to The CW the week of October 30? The Legends team up to save Ray’s life, Blake and Cristal head on their honeymoon on DYNASTY, the Winchesters deal with grief on SUPERNATURAL and more.

Monday, October 30

SUPERGIRL 3.04 “The Faithful”: Kara (Melissa Benoist) investigates a secretive new group whose leader, Thomas Coville (guest star Chad Lowe), has a mysterious connection to Supergirl. Meanwhile, Samantha (Odette Annable) feels like she’s letting Ruby (guest star Emma Tremblay) down, and J’onn (David Harewood) confesses an old secret. Jesse Warn directed the episode written by Paula Yoo & Katie Rose Rogers.

VALOR 1.04 “Zero Visibility”: While the Shadow Raiders prepare for the next step in their mission, Nora (Christina Ochoa) struggles to get her demons under control. CIA Officer Thea (Melissa Roxburgh) becomes increasingly more involved with the mission, creating even more tension in the group. Meanwhile, Gallo (Matt Barr) realizes that his relationship with Anna (guest star Heighlen Boyd, “The Big Short”) might be putting her in jeopardy. Corbin Reid, Nigel Thatch and W. Tre Davis also star. Josh Reims wrote the episode, directed by Steve Robin.

Tuesday, October 31

THE FLASH 4.04 “Elongated Journey Into Night”: Cisco (Carlos Valdes) is shocked when Gypsy’s (guest star Jessica Camacho) father, Breacher (guest star Danny Trejo), shows up on Earth-1. Breacher takes an immediate disliking to Cisco and decides to hunt him. Meanwhile, Barry (Grant Gustin) runs into his old nemesis, Ralph Dibny (guest star Hartley Sawyer). Tom Cavanagh directed the episode written by Sterling Gates & Thomas Pound.

DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW 3.04 “Phone Home”: The Legends learn that Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) will die because they broke time, causing them to race back to 1988 to try and save his life. When they arrive, they are surprised to learn that young Ray Palmer has befriended a time-displaced baby Dominator putting him in harm’s way with the government and the Dominator’s mother. New to the ship and missions, Zari (Tala Ashe) must find her place and learn to trust the team. Meanwhile, Stein (Victor Garber) begins working on a secret project on the ship which makes Rory (Dominic Purcell) and Jax (Franz Drameh) suspicious. Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Nick Zano also star. Kevin Mock directed the episode written by Matthew Maala.

Wednesday, November 1

DYNASTY 1.04 “Private as a Circus”: The Carringtons’ efforts to protect their secrets – from the world and from each other – lead them outside the protective cocoon of the Manor: Cristal (Nathalie Kelley) and Blake (Grant Show) to their belated honeymoon, Steven (James Mackay) to Sammy Jo’s (Rafael de la Fuente) rescue, and Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies) to confront old demons. They all face the same difficult choice: serve yourself, or save the family? Alan Dale, Sam Adegoke and Robert C. Riley also star. Jena Richman wrote the episode, directed by Kevin Sullivan.

Thursday, November 2

SUPERNATURAL 13.04 “The Big Empty”: When multiple patients of grief counselor Mia Vallens (guest star Rukiya Bernard) turn up dead, Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Jack (Alexander Calvert) investigate the mystery surrounding the murders and, each inadvertently, are forced to deal with unresolved grief of their own. John Badham directed the episode written by Meredith Glynn.

ARROW 6.04 “Reversal”: Just as Oliver (Stephen Amell) starts to get things in order, Black Siren (Katie Cassidy) launches another attack on the citizens of Star City. Gregory Smith directed the episode written by Sarah Tarkoff & Emilio Ortega Aldrich.

Friday, November 3

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 3.04 “Josh’s Ex-Girlfriend is Crazy”: Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) takes her quest for revenge to the next level as her friends unite to try and help her. Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell, David Hull, Scott Michael Foster and Gabrielle Ruiz also star. Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the episode, directed by Joseph Kahn.

JANE THE VIRGIN 4.04 “Chapter Sixty-Eight”: When Jane (Gina Rodriguez) learns that Rafael (Justin Baldoni) introduced Mateo to his new girlfriend, Katherine (guest star Alexis Meneses), without her consent she gets angry since she thinks Katherine has a negative influence on both Rafael and Mateo. Jane turns to Petra (Yael Grobglas) for help with the situation with Rafael, but Petra makes Jane an offer she can’t refuse. Now that the baby is born, Rogelio (Jaime Camil) and Darci (guest star Justina Machado) struggle to choose a name for the baby they both agree on. Meanwhile, Xo (Andrea Navedo) is focused on growing the dance studio and decides to go into business with an unlikely foe. Ivonne Coll also stars. Gina Lamar directed the episode written by Deirdre Shaw & Chantelle M. Wells.

Daily Binge: Your Daily Dose of TV News You Need to Know (Thursday October 12, 2017)

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Welcome to Your Daily Binge, the TV Addict’s daily guide to everything important going on in the world of television today.

What’s On Tonight:
GOTHAM (8PM FOX)
Star Ben McKenzie wrote tonight’s episode. Fingers crossed he’s better at crafting a story then catching the bad guys!

SUPERNATURAL (8PM The CW)
SUPERNATURAL kicks off its thirteenth season the day before FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH! Spoooooooooky!

GREAT NEWS (9:30PM NBC)
And speaking of spooky coincidences, tonight’s episode isn’t “great news” for special guest star Tina Fey whose character Diana gets caught up in a strangely times sexual harassment scandal!

ALSO AIRING NEW EPISODES TONIGHT…
I Love You, America (HULU)
Grey’s Anatomy (8PM ABC)
Arrow (9PM The CW)
Scandal (9PM ABC)
Will & Grace (9PM NBC)
Chicago Fire (10PM NBC)
The Rundown with Robin Thede (11PM BET)

NEWS YOU CAN USE:
• Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore Set for Encore, to Help Garcia With [Spoiler]
• YAAASSSS QUEEN: Sam Bee Obliterates Harvey Weinstein, Warns Remaining ‘Hollywood Creeps’
• Fox’s Live A Christmas Story Musical: Meet the New Ralphie
• Sons of Anarchy Spinoff: Michael Irby to Star in Reshot Mayans MC Pilot
• Scoop: Defiance’s Anna Hopkins Joins Syfy’s The Expanse in Recurring Season 3 Role
• Riverdale’s Premiere Ratings Are Stunning — and Netflix May Be the Reason Why
• Post-mortem: Our 10 Biggest Questions About the Mr. Robot Season-3 Premiere
• Q&ACE: The Flash’s Keiynan Lonsdale on What We Can Expect for Wally West This Season
• Nostalgia Alert: ‘Roswell’ Reboot in the Works at The CW
• Funny Business: Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers Challenge Trump’s Threat to NBC
• James Van Der Beek: ‘I’ve had my ass grabbed by older, powerful men’
• Sad But True: The owners of the Breaking Bad house put up a fence to stop people throwing pizzas onto their roof
• Tony Awards Sets 2018 Dates, Extends CBS Deal Through 2026



NCIS: NEW ORLEANS Sneak Peek: From Russia With Love

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It seems to be a CW-tribute week of sorts on CBS tonight. Not only is Travis Wester (GHOSTFACERS’s Harry Spangler from SUPERNATURAL) on NCIS, but Cassidy Freeman (Tess Mercer of SMALLVILLE) returns to NCIS: NEW ORLEANS.

Cassidy’s character, Eva Azarova, first appeared last year in a crossover event with NCIS as a “person of interest.”

A former Russian GRU sleeper agent, Eva was instrumental in stopping Abby’s brother from being killed and saving Torres from abductors.

Forced to join Russian Intelligence, Azarova made the best of her situation and developed some serious skills, like the ability to break out of maximum security prison and hack a terrorist playbook from the Department of Homeland Security.

Despite a looming prison stay, Eva chose to help NCIS rather than escape, making her a frenemy of the state. When Eva returns tonight, she partners with Gregorio (Vanessa Ferlito) to locate a missing operative whom Eva has known since childhood.

Dwayne (Scott Bakula) finally returns to the team under the watchful eye of the deputy director, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS joins forces with FBI Director Isler (returning guest star, Derek Webster).

Watch for some serious James Bond and/or Spider-Man action (your choice of comparisons) after a Russian operative, who is in the U.S. to provide intelligence on sleeper agents, disappears after his Navy escort is murdered.

Other guest stars in tonight’s episode, “The Asset,” are Pavel Kalachev, Tawny Cypress, Jamie Bernadette and Aaron Dominguez.

“The Asset” was written by Christopher Silber and directed by Tony Wharmby.

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS airs tonight (October 10) at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS (U.S.) and at 7pm on Global (Canada).

What’s Coming to Netflix Canada in October 2017?

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A new season of STRANGER THINGS is coming to Netflix Canada in October, more than a year after the first season debuted and fans are eagerly awaiting a return to the Hawkins, Indiana. In other TV news, new seasons/weekly episodes of both JANE THE VIRGIN and RIVERDALE will be coming to the streaming service, as will the final season of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, season 12 of SUPERNATURAL and season 6 of ONCE UPON A TIME. The new series DYNASTY will also be streaming weekly on Netflix Canada beginning in October.

Related: What’s coming to Netflix U.S. in October 2017?

Check out the full list below of what’s coming to (and leaving) Netflix Canada in October 2017.

October 1
Alienate
Cast: Jaclyn Hales, Blake Webb, Cuyle Carvin
Out of town on a business trip, a workaholic man struggles to return to whatever is left of his crumbling home and marriage after an alien invasion.

As You Are
Cast: Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg
The relationship dynamics among three teenage misfits are constructed through their conflicting memories that emerge during a police investigation.

Black Mass
Cast: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch
This drama recounts the real-life story of Whitey Bulger, the infamous gangster who made a deal with the Feds and eluded arrest for years.

Boys in the Trees
Cast: Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann
On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.

Dead Set
Cast: Jaime Winstone, Andy Nyman, Kevin Eldon
While the housemates in the Big Brother house remain oblivious, fast-moving hordes of the undead decimate the studio compound.

Equestria Girls: Tales of Canterlot High – Season 1
In an alternate universe Equestria, the ponies have become teenage girls who must learn what it means to be human while attending Canterlot High.

Generation Iron 2
From the director of Generation Iron, comes the anticipated sequel that will depict 5 of the top bodybuilding and fitness mega-stars on a quest of achieving the ultimate physique and taking it to the next extreme level. In the world of social media and internet, the rules have changed as to what makes an iconic bodybuilding mass-monster. Starring Kai Greene, Calum Von Moger, Rich Piana, among others, this film will explore an all new generation of bodybuilders and how this new world, and new people, carve their own path to physique perfection.

Ghost Patrol
Cast: Scott McNeil, Vincent Tong, Travis Turner
Two kids and their pet dog (aka the Ghost Patrol) get a call about an old manor and soon find they are investigating their first real haunted house.

Lockup: Disturbing the Peace: Collection 1
Go behind the walls of some of the most notorious prisons for a no-holds-barred look at what life is really like for guards and inmates.

Our Brand Is Crisis
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie
After dropping out of the D.C. rat race, a hotshot political strategist is hired to help revive a failing presidential campaign in Bolivia.

Patriots Day
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons
A tough cop on punishment duty at the Boston Marathon helps track down those responsible for the bombing that stunned the nation.

Sticky Notes
Cast: Ray Liotta, Carmen Tonry
A dancer on the brink of success must put her life on hold to return home and care for her cantankerous, eccentric father, who is battling cancer.

Valley of the Dolls
Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke
This adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s best-selling novel follows the rise and fall of three starlets who succumb to the lure of prescription pills.

October 2
Los 33
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche
When disaster strikes a Chilean mine, 33 men struggle to survive underground as rescuers work to save them and a breathless world watches and waits.

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
This biographical documentary examines the early life and career of musical icon James Brown, from abandoned, impoverished child to Godfather of Soul.

October 3
13 Demons
Cast: Michael Cunningham, Jackson Ezinga, Daniel Falicki
Gary, and his friends who are into gaming, renaissance fairs and various unsavory vices, stumble across a rare, medieval board game called “13 Demons.”

Cult of Chucky
Cast: Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, Jennifer Tilly
Following a string of murders in the asylum where she’s confined, Nica Pierce begins to wonder whether Chucky is real after all.

Rodney Carrington: Here Comes The Truth – Netflix Original
Raunchy country comic Rodney Carrington is back and quick to point out he’s gone through changes, poking fun at sex, relationships and gaining weight

October 5
Bonus Family (Bonusfamiljen) – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Vera Vitali, Erik Johansson, Fedrik Hallgren
A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt Pepper And Beyond
Featuring rare archival Beatles footage, this rockumentary explores the making of what would become one of the most iconic albums of all time.

October 6
Chelsea – Season 2 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Exciting guests, timely topics, global destinations. Chelsea returns with a fresh new format, bringing her bold perspective to a changed world.

ID-0 – Season 1 – Netflix Original
In the midst of a field exercise operating I-Machines, Alliance Academy student Maya Mikuri is thrown into an entirely different kind of adventure.

Kibaoh Klashers – Season 2
Cast: Ben Diskin, Cherami Leigh, Dakota Basseri
Young beetle Dylan and his friends Hailey and Ollie team up to compete against tough opponents in the exciting, high-octane sport of Battle Blading.

Once Upon a Time – Season 6
Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla
In this fantasy series, a young woman is drawn to a small Maine town and discovers that it’s filled with elements of the fairy tale world.

Scandal – Season 7
Cast: Kerry Washington, Columbus Short, Darby Stanchfield
A powerful team of Washington, D.C. lawyers makes scandals disappear while handling government crises and coping with problems of their own.

Skylanders Academy – Season 2 – Netflix Original
Cast: Justin Long, Ashley Tisdale, Jonathan Banks
In Season 2, Spyro tries to prove he has superpowers, a new cadet arrives at the Academy, Eruptor discovers a new skill and much more.

Suburra – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, Eduardo Valdarini
In a new series, a seaside town near Rome becomes a gambling paradise — and a battleground for a powerful family, the mafia and corrupt politicians.

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson – Netflix Original
The police ruled Marsha P. Johnson’s death a suicide. This documentary challenges their claim while honoring the LGBT activist’s life and legacy.

Word Party – Season 3 – Netflix Original
Bailey, Franny, Kip and Lulu help preschoolers learn new words while they have fun starting a band, playing games, learning about friendship and more.

October 7
Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life
Featuring interviews, concert footage and behind-the-scenes access, this documentary delivers fans an all-access look at the life of Chris Brown.

Wolves
Cast: Michael Shannon, Carla Gugino, Taylor John Smith
A promising high school basketball player has his eye on an Ivy League scholarship. But his father’s secret addictions could ruin everything.

October 10
Christina P: Mother Inferior – Netflix Original
Christina Pazsitzky hits Seattle with a biting dose of reality, telling truths about her childhood, getting older and the horrors of giving birth.

October 11
Goosebumps 
Cast: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush
A teen is glum about moving to a small town until he falls for his new neighbor. But her dad is a horror writer whose scary world soon turns real.

October 12
Ali G Indahouse
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Gambon, Charles Dance
Wannabe gangsta rapper Ali G takes a stand against the demolition of his beloved John Nike Leisure Centre and gets elected to Parliament.

Dynasty – Season 1 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Cast: Elizabeth Gillies, Nathalie Kelley, Grant Show
It’s lifestyles of the rich, famous and evil in Aaron Spelling’s classic 1980s primetime soap opera. In Season 1, oil baron Blake Carrington marries Krystle, and his daughter, Fallon, weds Jeff Colby to save the business from ruin.

Fe de etarras – Netflix Film
Cast: Javier Cámara, Gorka Otxoa, Miren Ibarruren, Julián López
In this comedy, a dysfunctional group of armed ETA separatists awaits an elusive phone call while the rest of Spain celebrates a World Cup victory.

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Cast: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans
When Nanny McPhee arrives at the Green farm, she uses magic and discipline to help frazzled Mrs. Green run things while her husband fights in the war.

Riverdale – Season 2 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Cast: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes
If Jason Blossom’s murder revealed the slimy underbelly beneath Riverdale’s surface, as we enter season two, the shooting of Fred Andrews threatens to plunge the entire town into utter darkness.

The Kite Runner
Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi, Shaun Toub
A privileged Afghan man living in the United States returns to his war-ravaged homeland to try to repay a debt to a loyal childhood friend.

October 13
Dragons’ Den – Season 14
Cast: Evan Davis, Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden
Would-be tycoons seek investment money by pitching products to a lineup of five wealthy business leaders in exchange for equity in their companies.

El Especial de Alex Fernández, el Especial – Netflix Original
From a Mexico City theme park, energetic stand-up Alex Fernández riffs on music, cheap toys, insecurity and other fun things about growing up.

Kingdom Of Us – Netflix Original
Seven siblings sift through home videos and diaries to piece together clues to their father’s traumatic death in this poignant documentary.

MINDHUNTER – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv
An agent in the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

Super Monsters – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Six preschool kids whose parents are the world’s most famous monsters try to master their special powers while preparing for kindergarten.

Supernatural – Season 12
Cast: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Mark Sheppard
Siblings Dean and Sam crisscross the country, investigating paranormal activity and picking fights with demons, ghosts and monsters.

The Babysitter – Netflix Film
Cast: Bella Thorne, Robbie Arnell, Andrew Bachelor, Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Hana Mae Lee
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a satanic cult — and they’ll stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) – Netflix Film
Cast: Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman
Gathering for an event commemorating their artist father, three adult siblings navigate their difficult relationships with him and each other.

Voltron: Legendary Defender – Season 4 – Netflix Original
With Shiro back at the Castleship, Keith makes a choice that causes a rift between him and Team Voltron. As Allura and team focus on building the Voltron Coalition, Prince Lotor’s plans start to take shape.

October 14
Jane The Virgin – Season 4 – New Episodes Weekly
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, Yael Grobglas,
After vowing to remain chaste until marriage, Jane Villanueva learns she’s pregnant due to a medical slip-up and has to rethink her future.

This is Not What I Expected
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Dongyu Zhou, Yi-zhou Sun
An obsessive CEO of a company meets a ragged chef by chance. They are drawn closer together because of their love for delicacies, yet their personalities clash big time.

October 15
Learning to Drive
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Grace Gummer
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other’s company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

LEGO: City – Season 1
Minifigures. Maximum adventure. The world of LEGO: City comes to life with police chases, jungle adventures and more.

Money
Cast: Jesse Williams, Frederic Lehne, Kellan Lutz
Two corporate spies with a $5 million haul for selling secrets are held hostage by a thief, triggering a game of cat and mouse to gain the upper hand.

Slasher: Guilty Party
Cast: Katie McGrath, Brandon Jay McLaren, Steve Byers
Many years after the grisly slaying of her parents, a woman revisits her hometown, only to find that a new serial killer is re-creating past crimes.

West Coast Customs – Season 6
Cast: Ryan Friedlinghaus, Hunter Clancey
West Coast Customs, a mecca for well-heeled car lovers, stars as their team creates some of the most luxurious, outrageous vehicles on the planet.

What We Did on Our Holiday
Cast: Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly
Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents.

October 16
Deep Undercover Collection: Collection 1
Cast: Dave B. Mitchell, Damon O’Daniel, Michael Fleeman
Deep Undercover is a true crimes series from writer and producer Joe Pistone, the real “Donnie Brasco.” Each episode tells the story of a different undercover operation from the POV of the undercover officers involved.

October 17
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation – Netflix Original
Comedian Patton Oswalt takes the stage in Chicago to discuss the current political climate, social media angst and using humor to work through grief.

October 19
EDtv
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Geoffrey Blake
A video store clerk agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a television show.

War of the Worlds
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto
A divorced dockworker is forced to become the protezctive father he’s never been when spaceships invade Earth and the danger mounts by the hour.

October 20
1922 – Netflix Film
Cast: Molly Parker, Thomas Jane, Dylan Schmid
A farmer pens a confession admitting to his wife’s murder, but her death is just the beginning of a macabre tale of guilt-driven psychological terror.

Do the Right Thing
Cast: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
Director Spike Lee chronicles trivial events that bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a sweltering day in a Brooklyn neighborhood.

Haters Back Off – Season 2 – Netflix Original
Cast: Colleen Ballinger, Steve Little, Angela Kinsey, Erik Stocklin
Left all alone after a disastrous night, Miranda tries to win back her family, build on her viral momentum and take her magic to Broadway.

One of Us – Netflix Original
When three Hasidic Jews leave their ultra-Orthodox community to join the secular world, they experience ostracism, lost relationships and even danger.

The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story – Netflix Original
Mexican superstar actress Kate del Castillo reveals her untold story of the encounter with the most-wanted drug lord in the world, El Chapo.

Wheelman – Netflix Film
Cast: Frank Grillo, Garret Dillashunt, Caitlin Carmichael
The getaway driver in a botched robbery puts his skills and smarts to the test when he receives shocking orders from an unknown caller.

October 21
The Vampire Diaries – Season 8
Cast: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
Trapped in the adolescent bodies, feuding vampire brothers Stefan and Damon vie for the affection of captivating teenager Elena.

October 24
The Hunt – Season 1
Cast: David Attenborough, Damien Boisseau
The fascinating relationship between predators and their prey, and the strategies predators use to catch their food and prey use to escape death.

Wanted – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Todd Levi, Veronica Nwave, Geraldine Hakewil
Polar-opposite strangers Lola and Chelsea become partners on the run when they witness a murder involving dirty cops and are framed for the crime.

Wanted – Season 2 – Netflix Original
Cast: Geraldine Hakewill, Nicholas Bell, Anthony Phelan
Lola and Chelsea go to Thailand on a rescue mission that proves more dangerous than they expected, leading them to New Zealand in search of plan B.

October 25
Godzilla
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo
A team of experts — including a biologist and two scientists — must stop an oversized lizard from destroying all of Manhattan.

The Final Master
Cast: Fan Liao, Jia Song, Wenli Jiang
A Wing Chun master has to defeat 8 martial arts schools to open his own school, yet he has become a chess piece to the local power dynamics.

October 26
Friday the 13th: Part 4: The Final Chapter
Cast: Kimberly Beck, Peter Barton, Corey Feldman
Hockey-masked psychopath Jason is back in business at Camp Crystal Lake in the fourth (but far from final) chapter of the popular horror franchise.

Friday the 13th: Part 5: A New Beginning
Cast: Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis – who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees – wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives.

Friday the 13th: Part 6: Jason Lives
Cast: Thom Matthews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen
When Tommy — who killed Jason as a child — digs up the psychopath to make sure he’s dead, he finds a well-rested Jason ready to spill blood again.

Friday the 13th: Part 7: The New Blood
Cast: Jennifer Banko, John Otrin, Susan Blu
Jason is released from his watery grave at the bottom of Crystal Lake by a telekinetic teen who returned to the site where her dad supposedly drowned.

Iceman
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone
A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.

Strange Weather
Cast: Holly Hunter, Carrie Coon, Kim Coates
A grieving mother takes a road trip with her friend to confront the man who, she believes, stole her late son’s business idea to get rich.

October 27
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold – Netflix Original
Acclaimed filmmaker Griffin Dunne explores the extraordinary life of his aunt, Joan Didion, one of the most influential American writers alive today.

Life in Pieces – Season 2
Cast: Colin Hanks, Betsy Brandt, Thomas Sadoski
The experiences of three generations in one American family are recounted in short stories that reveal the lives and loves of their quirky clan.

Stranger Things 2 – Netflix Original
Cast: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard
It’s been nearly a year since Will’s strange disappearance and his dramatic return to Hawkins. But life’s hardly back to normal. Not even close.

October 30
Judah Friedlander: America Is The Greatest Country In The United States – Netflix Original 
Deadpan comic and self-proclaimed world champion Judah Friedlander performs over several nights in New York, explaining why America is No. 1.

October 31
Ben’s at Home
Cast: Dan Abramovici, Jim Annan, Rob Baker
Heartbroken and cynical after he’s dumped by his girlfriend, Ben makes the unusual decision never to leave his house again.

Last Call – Titles That Will be Rotating Off the Service in October 2017

October 1
Romeo+Juliet
The Dark Knight
Titantic

October 9
Mad Max: Fury Road

October 10
300

October 15
Happy Feet
P.S. I Love You
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

October 16
Entourage

WYNONNA EARP Teasers: The Earp Family, From WayHaught To The Next Generation

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The stars of SYFY series WYNONNA EARP met with reporters this past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con. Cast members Melanie Scrofano, Tim Rozon, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Shamier Anderson, Katherine Barrell, Tamara Duarte, and Varun Saranga joined showrunner Emily Andras and comic book creator Beau Smith to discuss the series’ family dynamic, Wyonna’s pregnancy, popular relationships like Wayhaught and Wyndolls, and more.

The Earp sisters.

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One of WYNONNA EARP’s many draws is the sibling dynamic between Wynonna and Waverly Earp. At Comic-Con, Emily Andras said that when she first saw the WYNONNA EARP comic book, the Earp sisterhood really stood out to her: “I was quite intrigued by the idea of sisters in the comic book…What I liked the best was the idea that Waverly really wants to be the chosen one, and Wynonna wants to be Waverly and be liked by everybody — and would rather die than be the chosen one. So, I think it’s interesting that they love each other; but they also have what the other wants, so to speak.”

As far as Andras is concerned, there’s also no limit to the rich storytelling available with this particular aspect of the source material. “It’s just so rich, right? I could tell that story for twenty years. I think sister stories don’t get enough play.”

Thank the television gods for Andras’ belief that sisterhood is just as important as any other relationship. It’s almost as if women are interesting characters, just like their male counterparts. Imagine.

The extended Earp family.

It’s worth noting that the series’ somewhat unlikely collection of characters forms its own family. “Genre is the home of building your own family. I think we’ve seen that time and time again, from BUFFY to BATTLESTAR: the idea that you can’t choose your family, but you can build a family of your own. And we certainly strive to do that on the show,” said Andras.

Whether this is the case for other genre shows or not, WYNONNA EARP’s familial bonds go beyond what’s on the screen.

Take, for example, the cast and crew’s reactions to star Melanie Scrofano’s pregnancy, which was written into the series’ second season. In many occupations, women run the risk of being met with negative backlash if they become pregnant at a time that might be inconvenient for others. But from the EARP family, Scrofano was met with plenty of support, showing just how close the team really is.

“When the family heard that, they were like a real family,” said Beau Smith, creator of the original WYNONNA EARP comics. Everyone pulled together and recognized Melanie’s news as what it was: a good thing, not something to stand in their way. As Scrofano herself discussed some of the ways her pregnancy affected those on set, she became visibly emotional. She described the experience as “incredible to see the way my life affects everybody on our cast — and the crew even…It just grounded this season in such a beautiful, emotional place for everyone.”

The warmth extended beyond the reactions to Melanie Scrofano’s pregnancy, too. When asked how it felt to join WYNONNA EARP in its second season, newcomer Varun Saranga said, “everyone was so kind to me, and loving, and generous.” The same could be said of Saranga’s character. “I think he enjoys being part of the family….He really cares about these people because they care about him. And that’s his motivation to stay.”

Oh, and don’t forget one of the most vital parts of the WYNONNA EARP family: The Earpers.

“We’re here because of that fandom,” said Tim Rozon, who plays Doc Holliday, “The fandom is the biggest part of our success…So, for me, I’m in debt to all Earpers, ever — forever.”

The praise for the fans didn’t end there. Dominique Provost-Chalkley was a bit nervous to play some of Waverly’s scenes in season two, but some of that pressure was eased by knowing she’d have the fandom rooting for her. “I knew that Earpers are so supportive in everything we do, and we really couldn’t have a more positive and loving fanbase. So, it was kind of the perfect platform to do [them].”

Showrunner Emily Andras informed reporters that the WYNONNA EARP team even surprised some fans at Comic-Con by crashing their viewing party and live tweeting the series’ latest episode with them.

When will your faves ever is, I believe, the proper response to that.

It may be a plot on a sci-fi series, but Wynonna Earp’s pregnancy will be more realistic than you think.

According to star Melanie Scrofano, Emily Andras’ first reaction to Scrofano’s news was, “you have hilarious timing.” After that, Andras got down to the business of turning something that most showrunners would consider a major inconvenience into an opportunity for even better storytelling. Quite a few series, in just about every genre, have had a major problem with finding a way to show what an expecting mother might experience; but Scrofano assured the press at Comic-Con that this would not be the case on WYNONNA EARP.

“Basically, every moment of what I was going through as Melanie, good and bad, [Andras said],  ‘just put it into the character.’ I think it’s really…I think it’s really honest, and you know what? Some people might look at it and be like, ‘I don’t think she would be able to do all that.’ And I say, ‘bullshit.’ Because I, Melanie, was working eighteen hour days. I’d get up. I’d learn my lines. I’d go to work. I’d cry, have a meltdown I’d yell at someone. I’d go apologize, and then I’d keep going. And Wynonna does the same thing. So, I think it really shows pregnancy in an honest light for what it was. For me. It’s not the same for everyone.”

The actress went on to describe instances where her back would hurt — a common problem for pregnant women — and her reaction, holding her back, while not written into the scenes, was kept in the final product because it was so natural. “It’s just those little moments that Wynonna would probably go through, too, and it was really fun to put those in.”

If it sounds like Melanie Scrofano, not Wynonna Earp, is the true superhero here, that’s probably about accurate.

That’s not to say that Wynonna won’t continue to be the hero of her own story, though. And now that she has someone new to protect, expect her to be more fierce.

In yet another dose of reality infused into this oftentimes impossible to describe Syfy channel gem, Wynonna will want to protect her child in that special way mothers do. “She’s had to protect people before — for sure,” teased Scrofano, “but once you become a mother, “you have this protective instinct that kicks in. And so, it just — she just — becomes stronger, in a way.”

Beware things that go bump in the night: If you thought Wynonna Earp was scary before, wait until she becomes a demon-hunting mama bear.

Emily Andras’ bravery in going forward with a pregnancy storyline, rather than covering up Scrofano’s real-life pregnancy, is very important, according to Beau Smith.

“I’ll be honest with you. Right now, there’s someone that’s fifteen to twenty years old that watches WYNONNA EARP, and they’re seeing this. In ten, fifteen, twenty years, they’re going to be a producer — or a writer — and someone at a [Comic-Con roundtable interview] like this is going to ask them, ‘well, what inspired you — what made you do something that’s so creative?’ At that point, they’re going to go, ‘well, there was this show called WYNONNA EARP. And in the second season, they made the lead…She was pregnant, and she did this.’ And that’s what’s going to happen.”

Representation matters.

Even with all of the realistic drama, Earpers can still look forward to plenty of the series’ supernatural storytelling.

As of this season’s seventh episode, there’s already the possibility that the father of Wynonna’s baby is a revenant. What would that even mean for the baby? The demon-Earp hybrid possibilities are endless.

And there’s always plenty of evil for the series’ lead to dispose of. It’s not like Purgatory is going to shut down for maternal leave, after all.

ratsmoothieSo, if you’re not here for a “real” story and want to be swept up in the sci-fi of it all, there’s nothingto fear (except maybe goo possession, revenants, and who knows what else). Let’s just hope there isn’t another rat smoothie. I don’t care how delighted Melanie Scrofano was to describe the film magic behind that. I still don’t think I’ll ever be able to look at a blender the same way again after that scene.

Up next: WayHaught, bromance, Wyndolls, and more.

What’s Coming to Netflix Canada in August 2017?

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Marvel’s THE DEFENDERS is coming to Netflix Canada in August 27 as the streaming service’s four heroes team up to save New York City. Several other Netflix originals are also coming, including ATYPICAL and a new installment of WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER.

Check out the full list below of what’s coming to (and leaving) Netflix Canada in August 2017.

August 1
Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock
Capturing global attention, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe leads a peaceful protest against an oil pipeline threatening the drinking water of millions.

Boychoir
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard
A angel-voiced boy in agony faces a new kind of challenge. Opportunity is fleeting, and talent is just the beginning.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Cast: Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis
A decade after their escape, Caesar and his fellow super-intelligent apes strike a tenuous peace with human survivors of the simian virus.

Ex Machina
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.

It Follows
Cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

Jackie
Cast: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.

Land Girls – Series 1 – 3
Cast: Becky Gemmell, Susan Cookson, Mark Benton, Mykola Allen, Sophie Ward
Follow the lives, loves, highs and lows of four members of the Women’s Land Army who are working at the Hoxley Estate during WWII.

Maz Jobrani: Immigrant – Netflix Original
Iranian American comic Maz Jobrani takes the stage in Washington, D.C. to discuss immigration, protests, political donations, the Olympics and more.

Opening Night
Cast: Lauren Lapkus, Lesli Margherita, Topher Grace, Anne Heche
Once a rising star on Broadway, Nick is now the perennially pestered production manager for a new musical dedicated to rock music’s one-hit wonders.

Planet of the Apes
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth
An Air Force astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.

Ripper Street – Season 5
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg
It’s been six months since the last Jack the Ripper killing, and East London is hopeful that his reign of terror might have run its course.

Rules Don’t Apply
Cast: Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Warren Beatty, Matthew Broderick, Martin Sheen
The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her determined driver, and their boss, eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.

Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments – Season 2 Part B – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Cast: Matthew Daddario, Katherine McNamara, Alberto Rosende
Despite a stunning betrayal, Clary and the Shadowhunters go to war against Valentine’s new army to determine the ultimate fate of the Shadow World.

Still Alice
Cast: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Surviving Escobar: Alias JJ – Season 1 – Netflix Original
After the death of Pablo Escobar, a former Medellin Cartel leader who willingly turned himself in fights his way to the top of the prison underworld.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander
In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

The Royal House of Windsor – Season 1
Drawing on newly available info, this show traces how the British royal family has survived the last 100 years of power struggles, politics and more.

Walking with the Enemy
Cast: Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Hannah Tointon
A young man, separated from his family in WWII, disguises himself as a Nazi SS Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.

Woman in Gold
Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bru?hl
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Words and Pictures
Cast: Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison
A picture is worth a thousand words — or is it? That’s the question prep school students must answer as their art and English teachers egg them on.

August 2
Hook
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts
When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.

The Founder
Cast: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch
After a fateful encounter with the McDonald brothers, struggling salesman Ray Kroc becomes driven to change the way hamburgers are made and sold.

August 3
The Truman Show
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Truman Burbank is the star of “The Truman Show,” a 24-hour-a-day TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge.

August 4
Alan Saldaña: Mi vida de pobre – Netflix Original
Mexican comedian Alan Saldaña finds humour in his struggles to achieve financial success in this original stand-up comedy special.

Chelsea – Season 2 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Exciting guests, timely topics, global destinations. Chelsea returns with a fresh new format, bringing her bold perspective to a changed world.

Icarus – Netflix Original
Cast: Bryan Fogel, Grigory Rodchenkov
An American filmmaker and cyclist unwittingly wades into a global scandal when a Russian scientist leaks shocking details of a vast doping conspiracy.

Insidious: Chapter 3
Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson
A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

Voltron: Legendary Defender – Season 3 – Netflix Original
Cast: Jeremy Shada, Tyler Labine, Bex Taylor-Klaus
In an all-new series, five unlikely heroes and their flying robot lions unite to form the megapowerful Voltron and defend the universe from evil.

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Amy Poehler, Chris Pine
Ten years after the original film, fans can finally find out what happened to their favorite campers and counselors in this eight-episode series.

August 8
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Season 7
Cast: Ashleigh Ball, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong
Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.

August 10
Psycho
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore
In this remake of the 1960s classic, Marion Crane stops at the Bates Motel, only to encounter Norman Bates, a man with a lot of secrets to hide.

Ricki and the Flash
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sebastien Stan, Mamie Gummer
When her daughter’s marriage unravels, errant Rocker Ricki wants to help. But her estranged kids might not welcome her back.

August 11
Allied
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Atypical – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Rapaport
Sam, an 18-year old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful journey of self-discovery for love and independence.

Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh – Season 3 – Netflix Original
Cast: Rachel Crow, Mark Whitten
A misfit alien named Oh moves in with Tip and her family, in a series that picks up the dynamic duo’s adventures where the hit film left off.

Naked – Netflix Original Film
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall
Rob’s madly in love and about to be married. Unfortunately, he’s also naked, stuck in an elevator and caught in a time loop.

White Gold – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Ed Westwick, Linzey Cocker, James Buckley
In 1980s Essex, cocky salesman Vincent Swan and his unscrupulous team will do anything to get the sale — including throwing honesty out the window.

August 14
Pan
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara
As a kind of prequel to the Peter Pan story, this fantasy relates how Peter first met and initially befriended Captain Hook and fought alongside him.

August 15
All These Sleepless Nights
Cast: Krzysztof Baginski, Michal Huszcza, Eva Lebuef
A new era is coming, and Warsaw stands uncomfortably at its edge. Art school classmates Christopher and Michal, on the precipice of their own coming of age, restlessly roam their city’s streets in search of living forever inside the beautiful moment.

Barbecue
A blend of cultural nuance and mesmerizing techniques adds flavor to this globe-hopping celebration of cooking, tradition and community.

Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo – Netflix Original
Country music star Brad Paisley hosts a night of music and laughs with comics Nate Bargatze, John Heffron, Sarah Tiana, Mike E. Winfield and Jon Reep.

The Sweet Life
Cast: Chris Messina, Abigail Spencer, Brian Shortall
The Sweet Life, an edgy and unconventional dramedy, is the love story of Kenny Parker and Lolita Nowicki, each struggling with their own brand of demons, who first meet by chance in Chicago and form a pact to travel across country to the Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide… together.

August 16
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack
The life of a White House butler who served under eight presidents unfolds against a backdrop of unparalleled change in American history.

RV
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth
Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they ultimately have to contend with a bizarre community of campers.

August 17
Minority Report
Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
In the late 21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they’re committed, a top “Precrime” cop is targeted for a murder charge.

August 18
Dinotrux – Season 5 – Netflix Original
Cast: Andrew Francis, Richard Ian Cox, Ashleigh Bell
Half dinosaur, half construction truck, full-on fun! Wtach giant Ty Rux, his little buddy Revvit and the crew come fact-to-face with evil D-Structs.

Glitter Force Doki Doki – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Stephanie Sheh, Melissa Fahn, Debi Derryberry
A new squad of Glitter Force warriors unite to defend Earth and the magical kingdom of Splendorious from the evil King Mercenare and his minions.

Marvel’s The Defenders – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Charlie Cox, Mike Colter, Finn Jones
It will take an epic team of heroes to save New York City. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage come together in The Defenders.

The Bye Bye Man
Cast: Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas
Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.

August 21
Unacknowledged
“Unacknowledged” focuses on the historic files of the Disclosure Project and how UFO secrecy has been ruthlessly enforced-and why. The best evidence for extraterrestrial contact, dating back decades, is presented with direct top-secret witness testimony, documents and UFO footage, 80% of which has never been revealed anywhere else. The behind-the-scenes research and high-level meetings convened by Dr. Steven Greer will expose the degree of illegal, covert operations at the core of UFO secrecy.

August 22
How to Get Away with Murder – Season 3
Cast: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Alfred Enoch
A tough criminal law professor challenges her students to solve thorny cases, but five scholars soon learn the high-price of impressing her.

Lynne Koplitz: Hormonal Beast – Netflix Original
Unbashed New Yorker Lynne Koplitz offers a woman’s take on being crazy, the benefits of childlessness and the three things all men really want.

The Blacklist – Season 4
Cast: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff
After turning himself in, a brilliant fugitive offers to help the FBI bag other criminals, but only if rookie profiler Elizabeth Keen is his partner.

The Intern
Cast: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

August 23
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Cast: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young
Barely competent pet private eye Ace Ventura is put on the case when kidnappers with an ax to grind abduct Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins’ mascot.

August 24
Fences
Cast: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

School of Rock
Cast: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
Musician Dewey Finn gets a job as a fourth-grade substitute teacher, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock ‘n’ roll.

Sixteen Candles
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Anthony Michael Hall
Samantha’s family has forgotten her sixteenth birthday, a day that could be perfect if only Jake Ryan would look her way.

August 25
Death Note – Netflix Original Film
Cast: Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield
Intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook, a young man begins killing those he deems unworthy of life. Based on the famous Japanese manga.

Disjointed – Part 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Kathy Bates
She’s living her dream as the owner of a cannabis dispensary. She and the budtenders — her son and a guard — are pretty much constantly high.

DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge – Season 5 – Netflix Original
From the creator of “How to Train Your Dragon” comes an all-new Netflix original series that takes Hiccup and Toothless to the edge of adventure!

Love & Mercy
Cast: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks
In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.

The Mist – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Morgan Spector, Frances Conroy, Alyssa Sutherland
A town is engulfed by a mysterious fog that conceals terrifying visions and deadly creatures in this new horror series based on Stephen King’s story.

August 26
Personal Shopper
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Sigrid Bouaziz, Lars Eidinger
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

August 29
Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack
Cast: Vivica A. Fox, Cristine Prosperi, Jordan Rodrigues
When Destiny (Prosperi), captain of three-time national champions “The Rebels,” is challenged to a global cheer showdown by an edgy new team called “The Truth,” the Cheer Goddess organizes a virtual battle for squads from all around the world.

Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face – Netflix Original
Small-town native Ryan Hamilton talks about adjusting to life as a clean-living comedian in New York City in this new stand-up special.

August 30
The Perfect Guy
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut
After lobbyist Leah ends her longtime romance with marriage-phobic Dave, she falls for Carter, a charming security expert with a hidden, dark agenda.

War Room
Cast: Karen Abercrombie, Priscilla C. Shirer, T.C. Stallings
Fed up with her marriage to a selfish workaholic, Realtor Elizabeth seeks guidance from an older woman, who counsels her in the power of prayer.

Last Call – Titles that Will be Rotating Off the Service in August 2017

August 1
Fantastic Four

August 2
Run All Night

August 4
Ultimate Spider-Man – Season 1

August 10
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Notting Hill

August 11
Sleeping Beauty

August 28
Goodbye to All That

August 31
The Hotwives of Orlando

RIVERDALE: The Cast and Producers Tease Season 2

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Fred Andrews was shot at the end of RIVERDALE’s first season but the identity shooter is a mystery to Archie and the fans. In fact, that’s going to be a big mystery in the second season, much like Jason Blossom’s death was in the first season.

The cast and producers of RIVERDALE came to San Diego Comic-Con to tease what’s to come for this sleepy — and murderous — little town.

An Extended Season. Season 2 of RIVERDALE has been extended to 22 episodes, giving the show a full season next year. Because the show has a huge cast and couldn’t focus in on several characters in season 1, executive producer Robert Aguirre-Sacasa says that we’re going to see more of Kevin and Josie and the Pussycats in season 2.

Fred’s Fate. We’re going to find out Fred’s ultimate fate by the end of the season 2 premiere. The first episode is Archie and the gang sitting and waiting to see what happens to Fred. Archie will also be dealing with his father being shot and “there’s almost a switch that goes off”, leading us to see a different side of Archie, according to K.J. Apa. In the midst of all this uncertainty, however, expect to see what the producers call the show’s “sexiest scene” between Veronica and Archie.

Jughead’s New School. In season 2 Jughead is put in the middle of two worlds that are going to “collide and erupt”. But as the season goes on he’ll be forced to pick a side, which will make things difficult for him as he’s a morally grey character according to Cole Sprouse. With Jughead always a bit of an outsider, we’ll see that continue even more in season 2 when he’s physically away from the rest of his friends by going to another school. We’ll also start seeing him stand out at Southside High, which could actually lead to some trouble for him. Aguirre-Sacasa also hinted that they’re trying to cast actors to play Jughead’s mother and sister for the second half of the season and hope they can introduce those characters later in season 2.

Jughead and Betty. Lili Reinhart says that Jughead’s new school and gang activities will scare Betty a lot, leading to a bit of a Romeo and Juliet situation for the pair. Their relationship will be tested according to Sprouse and Jughead in particular will be tested the “most by the world around him”. Betty will be put in a position whether she will have to decide whether to be with Jughead or “call it quits for the betterment of herself”.

Dark Betty. Reinhart said that season 1 featured “dark Betty” but season 2 is more of a “tortured soul Betty”. We’ll be exploring a lot more of her darkness and watching her come to terms more with it instead of just “covering it with a black wig”. But who will she lean on through this journey? She’ll find a lot of comfort in Archie, Betty and Jughead, but we’ll see more of Archie and Betty’s friendship in particular in season 2. Aguirre-Sacasa also hinted that we’ll see Betty “loosen her ponytail a bit more this [coming] season”.

The Lodge Family. Camila Mendes said that Mark Conseulos really slid into the role of Hiram Lodge for season 2. He’s been a very smooth businessman, but Mendes says that Veronica doesn’t really trust her father. He apparently is trying to be a better person, bit Hiram and Hermione are definitely keeping secrets from Veronica and she’s desperate to be let in. We’ll also see Archie and Hiram interacting in season 2. But a really big problem for Veronica is the fact that we’re going to see another man coming into her life — her ex-boyfriend from New York City will be coming and he really brings out Veronica’s dark side.

Girl Power. Episode 2.05 is a big episode of “girls sticking together”. Veronica’s ex-boyfriend will be causing a lot of trouble for both Veronica and Cheryl and it sounds like the girls band together to combat his brand of trouble.

A Chilly Cheryl. “Cheryl gets colder and meaner in season 2, but she takes the reins back from her parent and starts taking control of her life a lot more,” according to Madelaine Petsch.

A New Face. We’ll be seeing a new character – Toni Topaz — from the Archie comics. She’s a student at Southside High and is a Southside Serpent. She’ll be Jughead’s guide into the Serpent world and Aguirre-Sacasa jokes that she’s “like a female Jughead”. But she’ll also be trouble in terms of getting Jughead deeper into this gang. Will she be bisexual like in the comics? Yes, according to the producers.

New Relationships. Kevin will be dealing with the heartbreak of his boyfriend leaving at the end of season 1, but Casey Cott hints that Kevin will get another boyfriend in season 2. Ashleigh Murray also hinted that Josie might be “batting her eyes” at Reggie Mantle.

A Taste of the Supernatural. Apparently the producers have been discussing a “prominent supernatural character from the comics” and it was hinted that they might be making an appearance next season.

RIVERDALE will be returning on Wednesday, October 11 on The CW.

Netflix Releases New Trailers for BRIGHT and DEATH NOTE at Comic-Con

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Two Netflix original films — BRIGHT and DEATH NOTE — held panels today at San Diego Comic-Con and the streaming service has released two new trailers for the films.

BRIGHT, which stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, takes place in alternate present-day universe where humans, orcs, fairies and elves have always co-existed. Ward (Smith) is a human cop, while Jakoby (Edgerton) is an orc police officer. The two go on a routine nightly patrol which comes to alter the future of their world. The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Olivieri, and Kenneth Choi. BRIGHT will premiere on Netflix on December 22.

DEATH NOTE is based based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, in which a high school student comes across a supernatural notebook. He realizes that it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone’s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life. DEATH NOTE comes to Netflix on August 25.

20th Century Fox TV at Comic-Con: THE GIFTED, GHOSTED, THE ORVILLE and More

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20th Century Fox is bringing 8 shows to San Diego Comic-Con in July, including new series THE GIFTED, GHOSTED, THE ORVILLE, as well as returning shows like THE EXORCIST.

Here’s the full list of panels.

Thursday, July 20

4:45 – 5:45 p.m. GHOSTED, Room 6BCF – Robinson and Scott, respectively play a cynical skeptic and true believer in the paranormal. They’re hired to investigate unexplained phenomena in Los Angeles while uncovering a larger mystery about the human race. Robinson, Scott, Ally Walker (“Sons of Anarchy”) and EPs Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten will be on hand. Series debuts this Fall.

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. THE EXORIST, Room 6BCF – Father Tomas (Alfonso Herrera, “Sense8”), Father Marcus (Ben Daniels, “House of Cards”), Father Bennett (Kurt Egyiawan, “Skyfall”), and EPs Jeremy Slater (“Fantastic Four”) and Sean Crouch (“Numb3rs”) will discuss season 2.

Friday, July 21

3:45 – 4:45 p.m. THE GIFTED, Ballroom 20 – 20th Century Fox/Marvel’s X-Men series follows a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the discovery that their children are mutants. The government is after their kids, and the family links up with an underground network of supernatural-powered people for their survival. Cast and EPs will be on hand for a first look of this series debuting in September. Written by Matt Nix directed by Bryan Singer, and executive-produced by Nix, Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory, The Gifted stars Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Coby Bell, Emma Dumont , Blair Redford , Natalie Alyn Lind and Percy Hynes White.

4:15 – 5:00 p.m. BOB’S BURGERS, Indigo Ballroom – The Belcher family returns to San Diego for another panel with creator and EP Loren Bouchard, EP Jim Dauterive and cast H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal and Larry Murphy.

Saturday, July 22

12:00 – 12:45 p.m. THE SIMPSONS, Ballroom 20 – A peek at the 29th season with creator Matt Groening, EPs Al Jean and Matt Selman, Supervising Director Mike Anderson and Director of The Simpsons Movie David Silverman.

1:00 – 2:15 p.m. FAMILY GUY & AMERICAN DAD!, Ballroom 20 – A special preview of Family Guy with cast Alex Borstein, Mike Henry and Jon Viener as well as EPs Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin. There will be surprise guests and a look at upcoming 300th Episode.

It’s a Smith-family Funday with “Francine” (Wendy Schaal), “Steve” (Scott Grimes), “Hayley” (Rachael MacFarlane), and “Klaus” (Dee Bradley Baker), plus EPs Matt Weitzman who will treat American Dad! fans to a first look at the all new season airing July 24 on TBS.

4:15 – 5:15 p.m. THE ORVILLE, Room 6A – Come meet the whole crew of the mid-level exploratory vessel U.S.S. Orville – Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Peter Macon, Halston Sage, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Chad Coleman – as well as producers David A. Goodman and Brannon Braga – for an exclusive look at this sci-fi comedy series, which is a take-off of 1960s sci-fi shows like Star Trek. Jon Favreau directed the pilot

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