• Selected programming for June 23-29, 2025

    From Robin Miller@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 29 15:49:40 2025
    RM: This is for the week ending today. I hope to get next week's list
    out tonight or tomorrow. My mom was formally diagnosed with Alzheimer's
    disease this week, and I have been working on arranging overnight
    coverage by health care aides, as she's had a number of falls recently
    and her doctor recommends 24/7 observation if possible.



    Previously released:


    None.


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    Monday, June 23


    Streaming:


    Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (documentary) (12:01 am, Hulu)

    From Taylor Swift, the Kardashians, and the Menendez brothers ­ to presidents, world leaders, the famous and the infamous ­ everybody
    talked to Barbara Walters! Now, experience the raw and deeply personal
    new documentary on her incredible life. 1h 35m.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u8UCNCDszM

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32751543/



    Giada in My Kitchen (special) (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502hxN5jzGk



    Head Over Heels [new] (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Seong-A is a student by day and a shaman by night. She's looked down
    upon by others for seeing and dealing with ghosts, but she smiles and perseveres. She's used to being different. Handsome Gyeon-U is like a
    candle in the wind, plagued by misfortune, and Seong-A vows to protect
    him the day he walks into her shrine upside-down. This is a story about
    first love and how love conquers all. Korean series; episodes released
    on Monday and Tuesday. 12 episodes?

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0FCKRP9W4/

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37146661/



    I'm Your Venus (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix)

    A moving and timely documentary following the unsolved 1988 murder of
    Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary film Paris Is Burning, as
    Venus' two families - biological and ballroom - come together to seek
    answers and celebrate her legacy. 1h 25m.

    https://www.netflix.com/title/82045298

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32150607/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Xtravaganza



    Broadcast and cable:


    POV (season 38 premiere) (10 pm, PBS)



    Relative Secrets (season 1 finale) (10 pm, BBC America)

    From serial-killer parents to the hidden lives of loved ones long
    thought dead, award-winning actress Jane Seymour and archaeologist
    Natasha Billson team up to explore the remarkable mysteries and dark
    legacies that haunt ordinary families.


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    Tuesday, June 24


    Streaming:


    Panchayat (complete season 4) (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Panchayat is a comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an
    engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins
    as secretary of a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh.
    Indian series; 8 episodes.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DK3MHG33/



    Steph Tolev: Filth Queen (comedy special) (3:01 am, Netflix)

    https://www.netflix.com/title/81764903



    Ironheart [new] (9 pm ET, Disney+)

    Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns home to Chicago to build her
    own armored suit and becomes entangled with Parker Robbins/The Hood
    (Anthony Ramos) after the events in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever".
    The six-episode series also stars Alden Ehrenreich and Lyric Ross, while
    guest stars include Sacha Baron Cohen and Jim Rash. Three episodes
    stream today and the remaining three stream next Tuesday, July 1.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpW36ldAqnM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6j-wSIqJJ0

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/ironheart/
    [score 57]




    Broadcast and cable:


    Enigma (documentary) (9 pm, HBO)

    Chronicling the divergent paths of iconic pioneers April Ashley, Amanda
    Lear, and others, acclaimed filmmaker Zackary Drucker explores questions
    of identity and survival, revealing the disparate but intertwined
    stories of women whose lives helped shape trans culture and history.
    Their experiences, varied and complex, highlight the costs associated
    with living their truths and explore what is gained and lost by defining
    their identities.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyV0pqwjJXk


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    Wednesday, June 25


    Streaming:


    Countdown [new] (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Amazon's latest action series stars Jensen Ackles as an LAPD detective recruited for a secretive, multi-agency task force after a Homeland
    Security officer is murdered in broad daylight. The conspiracy thriller
    also stars Eric Dane and Jessica Camacho. 13 episodes; three stream
    today, followed by single-episode weekly releases through Sept. 3.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t72R6wZ0zQ8

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/countdown-2025/
    [score 44; viewer rating 6.2]

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0F4R1QJMY/

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32559610/
    [rating 7.0]



    The Ultimatum: Queer Love (season 2 premiere) (3:01 am, Netflix)

    Six couples put their love to the test by moving in with other partners.
    Are they ready for marriage ­ or is "the one" actually someone else?

    https://www.netflix.com/title/81598495



    The Bear (complete season 4) (8 pm ET, Hulu)

    10 episodes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOyRo-Yjr2Q

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-bear/season-4/
    [score 73; viewer rating 5.2]




    Broadcast and cable:


    Human Footprint (season 2 premiere) (9 pm, PBS)

    Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our Human Footprint and to discover how the things we do reveal who we truly are.
    Six episodes running through July 30.



    Raid the Cage (season 2 finale) (9 pm, CBS)


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    Thursday, June 26


    Streaming:


    Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together [new; complete season 1]
    (3:01 am, Peacock)

    8 episodes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRzY7QykYhM




    Broadcast and cable:


    The Wrong Marriage (movie) (8 pm, LMN)

    Carrie escapes an abusive marriage, leaving behind her old life, her
    mother and her identity. With the help of her best friend and criminal
    defense attorney, Kim, she obtains new identification and leaves town,
    adopting a new name and working as a waitress. But when a mysterious
    stranger moves in next door, sparks fly, and Carrie begins to feel an unexpected connection. As their relationship intensifies, her dark past resurfaces, threatening to destroy the life she’s fought so hard to
    rebuild. Can she outrun her secrets, or will they finally catch up to
    her? Vivica A. Fox, Jackee Harry, Alicia S. Mason, and Hector David Jr.
    star.

    https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-wrong-marriage

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37071005/



    CMA Fest (music special) (8-11 pm, ABC)



    Police 24/7 (season 2 finale) (8 pm, CW)



    Welcome to Wrexham (season 4 finale; renewed for season 5)
    (9 pm, FX)



    Butchers of L.A. [new] (10 pm, Sundance TV)

    Three killers. Three different M.O.s, but similar targets. One city
    gripped by fear. In the early 1970s, gay men were being brutally
    murdered and dumped along Los Angeles freeways. At first, police
    suspected a hate-driven serial killer. But the truth was even darker:
    three murderers, each acting alone, yet all aware they weren't the only predator on the hunt. As the body count rose, so did the pressure on investigators to connect the dots and bring the truth to light.
    "Butchers of L.A." unravels a chilling true crime saga of overlapping
    paths, dark secrets, and shocking twists. Three episodes broadcast
    weekly through July 10; also released on AMC+ and Sundance Now.

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


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    Friday, June 27


    Streaming:


    Marry My Husband [new] (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Misa has been a supporting character all her life, blindly trusting her
    best friend and husband. When she discovers their affair, the betrayal
    results in her death. Waking up ten years in the past, Misa vows to
    become the main character of her own story. She plans to ruin her
    betrayers by making them marry each other, but after meeting her
    director at work, starts to consider who she truly is. Japanese series.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DTFTNSWY/

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26628595/
    [score 7.8]



    Smoke [new] (12:01 am, Apple TV+)

    This based-on-a-true-story crime drama—adapted from the podcast Firebug—follows an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a troubled
    police detective (Jurnee Smollett) as they attempt to track down a pair
    of serial arsonists. Rafe Spall, Anna Chlumsky, John Leguizamo, and Greg Kinnear also star. Nine episodes; two stream today, followed by weekly single-episode releases through August 15.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdX456spjeA

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/smoke/
    [score 61]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24163532/
    [rating 6.6]



    Squid Game (complete final season 3) (3:01 am, Netflix)

    Six episodes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgGTVaG2UiQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPwT05kYjw

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/squid-game/season-3/
    [score 66]



    Squid Game in Conversation (special) (3:01 am, Netflix)

    Take a seat with the director and cast of Squid Game. Discover key
    moments, hear untold stories and see what this entire journey meant to
    them. 32 min.

    https://www.netflix.com/title/82027101



    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (movie; streaming premiere) (3:01 am, Max)

    1h 31m.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15352542/
    [rating 6.9]



    Pati [new; complete season 1 plus season 2 premiere)
    (3:01 am, Max)

    Patrycja "Pati" Cichy is a young woman who must take care of her younger siblings as well as a mother caught up in crime and drugs. Season 1 has
    six episodes; the six season 2 episodes are being released weekly.
    Polish series.

    https://www.max.com/shows/pati/6bd4976d-d098-43b9-87ce-75a697a4c49e

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27562193/



    The Woman in the Yard (movie; streaming premiere) (3:01
    am, Peacock)

    A mysterious woman repeatedly appears in a family's front yard, often delivering chilling warnings and unsettling messages, leaving them to
    question her identity, motives and the potential danger she might pose.
    1h 28m.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31314296/
    [rating 5.0]



    Please Don't Feed the Children (movie) (3:01 am, Tubi)

    After a deadly viral outbreak, a group of orphans flees in search of a
    new life, only to be taken hostage by a woman hiding a sinister secret.
    Stars Michelle Dockery, Giancarlo Esposito, Zoe Coletti, Andrew Liner,
    Dean Scott Vazquez, Regan Aliyah, Emma Meisel, Joshuah Melnick, and
    Vernon Davis. 1 hr 34 min.

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

    https://tubitv.com/movies/100040092/please-don-t-feed-the-children

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27208407/




    Broadcast and cable:


    My Boyfriend's Wife is Dead (movie) (8 pm, LMN)

    After a tough divorce, Helena enters into a throuple with glamorous
    couple Iris and Dean for some harmless fun. When Iris is brutally
    murdered, all eyes are on Helena. She fights to prove her innocence, but
    is the real killer closer to home than she thinks? Brianna Cohen, Donny
    Boaz, and Nicole Marie Johnson star.

    https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/my-boyfriends-wife-is-dead

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37041016/



    My Mom Jayne (documentary) (8 pm, HBO)

    Mariska Hargitay makes her feature directorial debut with a profile of
    her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield, who was killed in a car accident
    when Hargitay was just three years old. 1h 45m.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZM6m_GJhr8

    https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-mom-jayne/
    [score 73]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36464353/
    [rating 8.7]


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    Saturday, June 28


    Pretty Hurts (movie) (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)

    To win scholarship money for college, Lauren enters the same beauty
    pageant her mom once dominated in her youth. Lauren is thrust into a
    dark, toxic world of cutthroat competition and manipulation. Too
    preoccupied with the pageant, Lauren doesn’t realize that her best
    friend Rae is falling seriously ill with an uncommon and potentially
    deadly disease ­ meningitis B ­ prompting her to turn the pageant
    platform into a tool for awareness. Haylie Duff, Sarah Borne, Kaci
    Barker, Cyane Gan and Haley Gosserand star. GSK [GlaxoSmithKline] has
    provided both financial and content support for this program. Intended
    for US audiences only. Not on IMDb.

    https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/pretty-hurts

    https://www.tvinsider.com/1198997/haylie-duff-hilary-pretty-hurts-lifetime-meningitis/



    A Machu Picchu Proposal (movie) (8 pm, Hallmark Channel)

    Katie (Rhiannon Fish) agrees to join her brother Dan and his girlfriend
    Luciana on a trip to Peru. Dan plans to propose to Luciana in a grand
    way at Machu Picchu at the end of the week and needs Katie’s Spanish
    speaking skills to ask Luciana’s Peruvian father for his blessing.
    However, when Luciana’s friend, Chef Carlos (Alec Santos), arrives, he accidentally ruins each proposal attempt. Refusing to give up, Katie
    does everything in her power to make this proposal happen, until Dan
    calls it off. Katie must lean into Chef Carlos’ spontaneity to not only
    save the day and the proposal, and Carlos may just win Katie’s heart too!

    https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/a-machu-picchu-proposal

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36615154/


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    Sunday, June 29


    Technically Yours (movie) (7 pm, UPtv)

    After pretending to date "Brad" online, a tech whiz asks her work rival
    to be Brad at her sister's wedding. Real feelings emerge as the charade unfolds. Stars Kristi Murdock and Thomas Gipson.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32083760/

    https://uptv.com/movies/technically-yours/



    My Sister's Double Life (movie) (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)

    When Chelsea’s sister vanishes after a late night shift at a diner, she
    has to convince the police to believe someone’s taken her. As she races against the clock, she discovers not only her sister’s life in danger,
    but the captor is now after her … and they’ll stop at nothing until both women are dead. Stars Sarah Grey, Amalia Williamson, Cody Ray Thompson,
    Nathan Dales and Anna Hopkins.

    https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/my-sisters-double-life

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33350000/



    Nautilus [new] (9 and 10 pm, two episodes, AMC)

    Originally ordered by Disney+ but then dropped in a cost-cutting move,
    this 10-episode adventure series serves as a prequel to the Jules Verne
    novel 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas" and depicts the origin
    story of Captain Nemo (played here by Shazad Latif) and his pioneering submarine as he seeks revenge against the East India Mercantile Company,
    which has falsely imprisoned him. Regular time is 9 pm only until August
    17, when the last two episodes are shown.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AjVpIqK6U8

    https://www.metacritic.com/tv/nautilus/
    [score 64]

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15286302/
    [rating 6.6]


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  • From Robin Miller@21:1/5 to shawn on Sun Jun 29 16:56:38 2025
    shawn wrote:
    On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:49:40 -0400, Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:


    RM: This is for the week ending today. I hope to get next week's list
    out tonight or tomorrow. My mom was formally diagnosed with Alzheimer's
    disease this week, and I have been working on arranging overnight
    coverage by health care aides, as she's had a number of falls recently
    and her doctor recommends 24/7 observation if possible.



    Sorry to hear that Robin. I know how tough it can be when our parents
    end up needing full time care even if they fully understand why. In
    your mom's case I can imagine there are times where she won't
    understand why she has these strangers around her. :(



    Thanks, Shawn. She resisted bringing in aides a few months ago after a
    previous fall, but this time she acknowledges that she needs help. Let's
    hope she stays in that mindset.

    --Robin



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    Monday, June 23


    Streaming:


    So far nothing calls out to me.




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    Tuesday, June 24


    Streaming:



    Ironheart [new] (9 pm ET, Disney+)

    Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns home to Chicago to build her
    own armored suit and becomes entangled with Parker Robbins/The Hood
    (Anthony Ramos) after the events in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever".
    The six-episode series also stars Alden Ehrenreich and Lyric Ross, while
    guest stars include Sacha Baron Cohen and Jim Rash. Three episodes
    stream today and the remaining three stream next Tuesday, July 1.


    I suppose I'll get around to watching this at some point, but none of
    the comments in this newsgroup are making me rush to do so.


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    Wednesday, June 25


    Streaming:


    Countdown [new] (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Amazon's latest action series stars Jensen Ackles as an LAPD detective
    recruited for a secretive, multi-agency task force after a Homeland
    Security officer is murdered in broad daylight. The conspiracy thriller
    also stars Eric Dane and Jessica Camacho. 13 episodes; three stream
    today, followed by single-episode weekly releases through Sept. 3.


    I have watched the first two episodes already. It's not bad but I
    wouldn't rush to watch it as while there are some good moments there's
    also time when it drags (especially the flashback moments.)





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    Friday, June 27


    Streaming:





    Smoke [new] (12:01 am, Apple TV+)

    This based-on-a-true-story crime drama—adapted from the podcast
    Firebug—follows an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a troubled
    police detective (Jurnee Smollett) as they attempt to track down a pair
    of serial arsonists. Rafe Spall, Anna Chlumsky, John Leguizamo, and Greg
    Kinnear also star. Nine episodes; two stream today, followed by weekly
    single-episode releases through August 15.


    I have this recorded to at least sample.


    Squid Game (complete final season 3) (3:01 am, Netflix)

    Six episodes.


    Will get to this.




    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (movie; streaming
    premiere) (3:01 am, Max)

    1h 31m.


    Maybe.








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  • From shawn@21:1/5 to robin.miller@invalid.invalid on Sun Jun 29 16:38:54 2025
    On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:49:40 -0400, Robin Miller
    <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:


    RM: This is for the week ending today. I hope to get next week's list
    out tonight or tomorrow. My mom was formally diagnosed with Alzheimer's >disease this week, and I have been working on arranging overnight
    coverage by health care aides, as she's had a number of falls recently
    and her doctor recommends 24/7 observation if possible.



    Sorry to hear that Robin. I know how tough it can be when our parents
    end up needing full time care even if they fully understand why. In
    your mom's case I can imagine there are times where she won't
    understand why she has these strangers around her. :(


    *****************************************************************************************


    Monday, June 23


    Streaming:


    So far nothing calls out to me.




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    Tuesday, June 24


    Streaming:



    Ironheart [new] (9 pm ET, Disney+)

    Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns home to Chicago to build her
    own armored suit and becomes entangled with Parker Robbins/The Hood
    (Anthony Ramos) after the events in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever".
    The six-episode series also stars Alden Ehrenreich and Lyric Ross, while >guest stars include Sacha Baron Cohen and Jim Rash. Three episodes
    stream today and the remaining three stream next Tuesday, July 1.


    I suppose I'll get around to watching this at some point, but none of
    the comments in this newsgroup are making me rush to do so.


    *****************************************************************************************


    Wednesday, June 25


    Streaming:


    Countdown [new] (12:01 am, Prime Video)

    Amazon's latest action series stars Jensen Ackles as an LAPD detective >recruited for a secretive, multi-agency task force after a Homeland
    Security officer is murdered in broad daylight. The conspiracy thriller
    also stars Eric Dane and Jessica Camacho. 13 episodes; three stream
    today, followed by single-episode weekly releases through Sept. 3.


    I have watched the first two episodes already. It's not bad but I
    wouldn't rush to watch it as while there are some good moments there's
    also time when it drags (especially the flashback moments.)





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    Friday, June 27


    Streaming:





    Smoke [new] (12:01 am, Apple TV+)

    This based-on-a-true-story crime drama—adapted from the podcast >Firebug—follows an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a troubled
    police detective (Jurnee Smollett) as they attempt to track down a pair
    of serial arsonists. Rafe Spall, Anna Chlumsky, John Leguizamo, and Greg >Kinnear also star. Nine episodes; two stream today, followed by weekly >single-episode releases through August 15.


    I have this recorded to at least sample.


    Squid Game (complete final season 3) (3:01 am, Netflix)

    Six episodes.


    Will get to this.




    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (movie; streaming >premiere) (3:01 am, Max)

    1h 31m.


    Maybe.

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