• Re: Selected programming for Dec. 28-Jan. 3, 2024

    From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to Robin Miller on Thu Jan 2 09:38:50 2025
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

            Previously released:


    Kill 'Em All 2      (movie)       (Netflix, Dec. 25)

    Now living off the grid, an ex-CIA agent races against time to protect
    his daughter from a violent, vengeful gang in this relentless action- thriller.  Not available on the ad tier. Stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jacqueline Fernandez, Peter Stormare, Andrei Lenart, Talia Asseraf, and
    Maria Conchita Alonso. American film released in September via VOD; 1hr
    28m.

    https://www.netflix.com/title/81941016

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6549510/   [rating 4.0]

    Hmmmm... Can anyone tell me if "Kill 'Em All 1" is worth watching?...

    Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire      (movie)       (Netflix, Dec. 23)

    Kong's search for his own kind in Hollow Earth leads to world-destroying rivalries, threatening the peace Godzilla keeps between monsters and
    humans. Stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee
    Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen. March 2024 film; 1hr 54m. Also
    streaming on Max.

    Netflix also added "Godzilla x Kong" from 2021.

    And both have been on Max forever...


            Saturday, Dec. 28


    The Last Thing She Said     (movie)        (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)

    A young woman working extra-long hours in a corporate office is
    befriended by the building’s elderly, nighttime cleaning-lady. But their late-night relationship turns uneasy, then dangerous, after the young
    woman rejects a date request from the cleaning lady’s awkward, middle-
    aged son. Stars Kylee Bush and Jill Teed.

    https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-last-thing-she-said

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33424153/

    Damn. I wanted to watch this too, as I really like Kylee Bush.

    I am going to end up missing a bunch of Lifetime movies between
    Christmas and early next week... :(


            Sunday, Dec. 29


    [snip]

    That was a lot of nothin'!!


            Monday, Dec. 30


    None.

    See!!


            Tuesday, Dec. 31


        Streaming:


    Avicii ­ I'm Tim        (documentary)         (3:01 am, Netflix)


    Avicii ­ My Last Show        (documentary)          (3:01 am, Netflix)

    This seems like way too much focus on Avicii!!


        Broadcast and cable:


    Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025      (live event)        (8-10 pm, 10:30 pm-12:30 am, ABC)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75n6Y0GtOZE

    Fun fact - the local Utah NBC affiliate didn't carry this. The Utah
    affiliates are well known for refusing to carry network programming!


            Wednesday, Jan. 1


        Streaming:


    Slingshot       (movie; streaming premiere)        (3:01 am, Paramount+)

    An astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan. 1h 48m. Stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12616480/    [rating 5.7]

    Hmmmm... I may try to get to this.


            Thursday, Jan. 2


        Streaming:


    The Rig          (complete season 2?)         (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Magnus MacMillan (Iain Glen) and his crew on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland are ready to return home when they suddenly find themselves enveloped by fog and find communication to the outside world cut off.
    Also stars Emily Hampshire, Rochenda Sandall, Abraham Popoola and Martin Compston.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLSp1yRk_sY

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14273790/    [rating 5.8]

    Could never get to season #1...

    Lockerbie: A Search for Truth           [new; complete limited series]
           (3:01 am, Peacock)

    One of two competing TV projects about the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am
    flight over Scotland (another is coming soon to Netflix), this Peacock
    and Sky coproduction stars Colin Firth as the spokesperson for families
    of the victims as he battles for three decades to find out the truth
    behind the tragic event. All five episodes stream today.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaImLdJSEw

    Another one I would probably watch, if I had unlimited time to watch TV,
    which I don't. :?


        Broadcast and cable:



    Only Murders in the Building         (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
    [score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/      [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!! ;p

    Animal Control       (season 3 premiere)         (9 pm, Fox)

    Cynical Animal Control officer Frank Shaw (Joel McHale) has a new rookie partner, the optimistic Fred "Shred" Taylor (Michael Rowland).

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21376524/       [rating 6.7]

    I will have to check if Hulu (or Tubi?!) is offering any of the first
    two seasons. If they aren't, this is a pass.

    Going Dutch          [new]        (9:30 pm, Fox)

    Fox's new miltary comedy stars Denis Leary as an outspoken U.S. Army
    Colonel who, after one rant too many, is punished with a reassignment to
    the least important army base in the world—in the Netherlands. Danny
    Pudi, Catherine Tate, Laci Mosely, and Taylor Misiak also star.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNjOkIP8d5I

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32359602/

    I suspect I would like this. I also suspect I will never get around to
    watching it!


            Friday, Jan. 3


        Streaming:


    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl       (movie)          (3:01 am,
    Netflix)

    Nobody gets Netflix!! :p

    The Front Room       (movie; streaming premiere)        (3:01 am, Max)

    Tells the story of a newly pregnant couple who are forced to take in an ailing, estranged stepmother. 1h 34m.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21905744/    [rating 4.6]

    This is basically a Lifetime flick plot.

    Sugar Mama      (movie)          (3:01 am, Tubi)

    A college student finds himself at the center of a wealthy
    businesswoman's deadly scheme. Stars Latarsha Rose, Jibre Hordges, Liyah Chante Thompson, Thiree Pinnock, Joseph Curtis Callender, Karen Ceesay, Raquel Davies and Julie Kendall.
    1 hr 34 min.

    Pass.


        Broadcast and cable:


    Dressed to Kill       (movie)        (8 pm, LMN)

    Amy is the overworked assistant of fashion mogul Vanessa Silver. So it’s
    a shock when Vanessa tells Amy that she plans to name her as her
    successor, rather than her party-girl daughter Blair. Even more of a
    shock is when Vanessa turns up dead the next morning. Learning that
    Vanessa updated her will to give 90% of the company to Amy and only 10%
    to Blair, Amy’s boyfriend Kevin is apprehensive about this change, especially as Amy becomes the prime suspect in Vanessa’s mysterious
    death. As Blair begins to receive threats, Amy fluctuates between
    thinking the threats are fake and suspecting a disgruntled former
    employee as the culprit­-until Blair is attacked at work, leaving Amy as
    the culprit in yet another case. Will Amy figure out who she can trust
    before she’s punished for crimes she didn’t commit? Stars Brianna Cohen, Annie Sullivan, Suzanne R. Neff, and Mo Seghal.

    https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/dressed-to-kill

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30688996/

    Again, I would have watched this, but I likely won't get the chance
    until next week...

    The Way Home        (season 3 premiere)          (9 pm, Hallmark Channel)

    The drama's third season was originally announced as a Hallmark+
    streaming exclusive, but complaints from fans forced a rethink. Instead,
    the series will continue to air on cable's Hallmark Channel (with
    episodes also streaming on Hallmark+ the following day).

    I'm already two seasons behind! Adam will have to catch me up!!


    (end)

    This has been a *very* slow week for TV...

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  • From shawn@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 2 13:42:48 2025
    On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 09:38:50 -0800, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

            Previously released:


    Kill 'Em All 2      (movie)       (Netflix, Dec. 25)

    Now living off the grid, an ex-CIA agent races against time to protect
    his daughter from a violent, vengeful gang in this relentless action-
    thriller.  Not available on the ad tier. Stars Jean-Claude Van Damme,
    Jacqueline Fernandez, Peter Stormare, Andrei Lenart, Talia Asseraf, and
    Maria Conchita Alonso. American film released in September via VOD; 1hr
    28m.

    https://www.netflix.com/title/81941016

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6549510/   [rating 4.0]

    Hmmmm... Can anyone tell me if "Kill 'Em All 1" is worth watching?...

    Ummm, not really. I just watched it after Arthur brought it up in one
    of his WDYW discussions. It's not something I would rush out to watch
    as even the fight scenes weren't that good.

    The Rig          (complete season 2?)         (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Magnus MacMillan (Iain Glen) and his crew on an oil rig off the coast of
    Scotland are ready to return home when they suddenly find themselves
    enveloped by fog and find communication to the outside world cut off.
    Also stars Emily Hampshire, Rochenda Sandall, Abraham Popoola and Martin
    Compston.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLSp1yRk_sY

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14273790/    [rating 5.8]

    Could never get to season #1...

    I liked Season 1 and will definitely be watching S2 to see how the
    story develops.

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Fri Jan 3 01:55:28 2025
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:




        Broadcast and cable:



    Only Murders in the Building         (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
    [score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/      [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!! ;p

    Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?


    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 3 07:49:47 2025
    On 1/3/2025 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:




        Broadcast and cable:



    Only Murders in the Building         (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
    [score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/      [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!! ;p

    Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?

    And what is a "linear premiere"?

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to Dimensional Traveler on Fri Jan 3 08:17:33 2025
    On 1/3/25 7:49 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

    On 1/3/2025 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:



         Broadcast and cable:



    Only Murders in the Building         (season 2 linear premiere) (9 >>>> pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
    [score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/      [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!!  ;p

    Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?

    And what is a "linear premiere"?

    "Linear" = broadcast (or cable) TV. As opposed to "streaming".

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  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 3 08:16:41 2025
    On 1/3/25 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:



        Broadcast and cable:



    Only Murders in the Building         (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
    [score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/      [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!! ;p

    Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?

    Yes, there was. I want to say it was last Spring or Summer, on ABC.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Fri Jan 3 18:27:59 2025
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 1/3/25 7:49 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 1/3/2025 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

    Broadcast and cable:

    Only Murders in the Building (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/ >>>>>[score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/ [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!!  ;p

    Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?

    And what is a "linear premiere"?

    "Linear" = broadcast (or cable) TV. As opposed to "streaming".

    "Linear" is meaningless industry jargon. D.T. is asking you not to use
    the term at all.

    It's a stupid term. I watch via an X1 box, which is addressable and
    doesn't work like old set-top boxes. It has some DVR-like functions,
    plus it's a dumb terminal for On Demand, pay per view, whatever I've got
    stored on line, and any streaming I've subscribed to through the box.

    Even if I tune in a channel, it's not live like broadcast but delayed. Normally, everything I watch has been recorded.

    How is any of that "linear" as I'm always time shifting?

    It's a stupid term that fails to suggest how viewership data is collected.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Fri Jan 3 18:19:19 2025
    On 1/3/2025 10:27 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 1/3/25 7:49 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 1/3/2025 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

    Broadcast and cable:

    Only Murders in the Building (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/ >>>>>> [score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/ [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!!  ;p

    Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?

    And what is a "linear premiere"?

    "Linear" = broadcast (or cable) TV. As opposed to "streaming".

    "Linear" is meaningless industry jargon. D.T. is asking you not to use
    the term at all.
    No, I wasn't. Because I didn't know what it meant. Personally I
    suspect a better division would be between interval release (1 episode a
    week like traditional TV) and batch release (all episodes released at
    once for immediate binging).

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Robin Miller@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Fri Jan 3 22:04:08 2025
    Ian J. Ball wrote:
    On 1/3/25 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:



         Broadcast and cable:



    Only Murders in the Building         (season 2 linear premiere) (9 >>>> pm, ABC)

    Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
    [score 79]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/      [rating 8.1]

    Anim can relive the magic!!  ;p

    Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?

    Yes, there was. I want to say it was last Spring or Summer, on ABC.




    Here are all the listings for "Only Murders":

    http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/only-murders-in-the-building/listings/

    Season one was broadcast on ABC in January 2024. They were running three episodes each Tuesday night.

    --Robin

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