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RM: The programming list for last week (March 30-April 5) is still outstanding. And the news list is on hiatus until I decide if I have
time to do both lists.
Monday, April 6
Streaming:
Star Wars: Maul Shadow Lord [new] (3:01 am, Disney+)
The latest animated Star Wars series centers on The Phantom Menace's
Darth Maul. Sam Witwer, who voiced Maul in the previous animated shows
The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, heads a voice cast that also
includes Dennis Haysbert, Gideon Adlon, Richard Ayoade, Chris
Diamantopoulos, and recent Oscar nominee Wagner Moura. The story is set
about one year after the events of The Clone Wars and finds Maul
attempting to rebuild his criminal syndicate with the help of a new
apprentice on a planet outside of the Empire. Ten episodes; two episodes stream weekly through May 4, and a second season has already been ordered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkVepshZhGc
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36594331/
Girls Need Love (complete season 1) (3:01 am, Peacock)
A new story centered on a Black ensemble group navigating their 20s,
identity, friendship, sexuality, and love.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39314224/
Broadcast and cable:
Extracted (season 2 finale) (8 pm, Fox)
St. Denis Medical (season 2 finale; renewed for season 3)
(8 pm, NBC)
The Neighborhood: A Farewell Special (special)
(8:30-9:30 pm, CBS)
Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN (documentary) (8:30 pm,
ESPN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE8tL2vCiGU
Memory of a Killer (season 1 finale) (9 pm, Fox)
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Tuesday, April 7
Streaming:
Sheng Wang: Purple (comedy special) (3:01 am, Netflix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFBzA5JuFw
https://www.netflix.com/title/81778997
Untold: Chess Mates (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Magnus Carlsen, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all
time, is challenged by Hans Niemann, a rising star who capitalizes on
the meteoric growth of online chess. Niemann’s ascension culminates in
an epic, controversy-shrouded victory over Carlsen at the 2022
Sinquefield Cup, eventually leading to allegations and revelations of cheating. Determined to clear his name, Niemann fights his way back to
the top of the chess world, setting the stage for a high-stakes rematch
with Carlsen in 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7lkMdZorE
https://www.netflix.com/title/81582391
Broadcast and cable:
Best Medicine (season 1 finale; renewed for season 2) (8
pm, Fox)
High Potential (season 2 finale; renewed for season 3) (9
pm, ABC)
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution [new]
(9 pm, PBS)
On the eve of America's 250th anniversary, popular British historian
Lucy Worsley investigates the sabotage, espionage, and unrest that led
to the birth of a new nation. Two episodes; concludes next week at the
same time.
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Wednesday, April 8
Streaming:
The Testaments [new] (12:01 am, Hulu)
This sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" follows Agnes and Daisy, two teens
in Gilead who must navigate an elite preparatory school where obedience
is brutally enforced. Their bond becomes the catalyst that will
transform their lives. Only Ann Dowd (as Aunt Lydia) returns from the
prior show's cast. Instead, One Battle After Another breakout Chase
Infiniti takes the lead as Agnes opposite Lucy Halliday as Daisy. Ten episodes; the first three episodes stream today, followed by
single-episode weekly releases through May 27.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpWyxrPqkeA
https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-testaments/
[score 70]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10970762/
The Boys (final season 5 premiere) (3:01 am, Prime Video)
8 episodes; the first two stream today, followed by single-episode
weekly releases through May 20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNQbH1SDPRk
Trust Me: The False Prophet [new; complete limited series]
(3:01 am, Netflix)
In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to
justice. Four episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iPaXgUN0-U
https://www.netflix.com/title/81758532
Broadcast and cable:
The Floor (season 5 premiere) (8 and 9 pm, two
episodes, Fox)
Regular time is 9 pm only; already renewed for seasons 6 and 7.
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Thursday, April 9
Streaming:
18th Rose (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)
A spirited teen dreaming of the perfect debut makes a deal with a lonely newcomer, but unexpected feelings and revelations may shatter their
plans. Filipino film; 2h 11m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ocRU1SGX7E
https://www.netflix.com/title/81930905
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39751309/
Bandi [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
After their mother's death, a group of orphaned siblings in Martinique struggles to get by, driving some of them toward crime as a way to stay together. French series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyhR3g0wAsM
https://www.netflix.com/title/81646407
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37024175/
Big Mistakes [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
"Big Mistakes" finds a pair of siblings (Dan Levy and Taylor Ortega)
staging a misguided theft of a necklace on behalf of their dying
grandmother, which leaves the in-over-their-heads duo entangled with
organized crime and blackmailed into committing further misdeeds. Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Perkins, Jack Innanen, Boran Kuzum, and Abby Quinn
also star. 8 episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTGeLuCs97Q
https://www.netflix.com/title/81734605
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36957934/
The Miniature Wife [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Peacock)
Matthew Macfadyen and Elizabeth Banks head the cast of an adaptation of
a Manuel Gonzales short story about a married couple in crisis after a technological accident. Zoe Lister-Jones, O-T Fagbenle, Ronny Chieng,
and Aasif Mandvi also star. All 10 episodes stream today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BnQ7WqkkmE
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31909098/
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean [new] (3:01 am,
Sundance Now/AMC+)
Actor Sean Bean takes viewers on a journey through history's most
notorious criminals to separate fact from the fiction. Fusing cinematic reenactment, expert interviews, first-person accounts and the latest technology to bring these infamous characters to life, discover what
made each one tick and why they are the original gangsters. Four
episodes released weekly.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38492526/
Hacks (final season 5 premiere) (9:01 pm, HBO Max)
The fifth and final season of HBO Max's Emmy-winning hit comedy returns
the action to Las Vegas, picking up the story shortly after last
season's finale (in which Jean Smart's Deborah Vance quit her network
talk show). Ten episodes released over eight weeks, through May 28.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OegsEuqMmo
Broadcast and cable:
None.
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Friday, April 10
Streaming:
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair [new; complete limited series] (12:01 am, Hulu)
Almost the entire cast of the long-running, multi-Emmy-nominated Fox
sitcom returns for this four-episode follow-up from original series
creator Linwood Boomer that's now a Hulu-branded original after
originally billed as a Disney+ series. Set in the present day, Life's
Still Unfair follows the now-expanded family as they gather for the 40th wedding anniversary of Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and Hal (Bryan Cranston).
Frankie Muniz reprises his role as middle child Malcolm, now a father
himself, while Christopher Masterson and Justin Berfield also return as
his older siblings (though Caleb Ellsworth-Clark replaces the retired
Erik Per Sullivan as Malcolm's younger brother Dewey, and Anthony
Timpano takes over as Jamie, who was just a toddler in the original
run). There's even a new sixth sibling for good measure. And if you
aren't caught up on all 151 previous episodes, well, those are streaming
on Hulu as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABol0H2n_rc
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35466672/
Outcome (movie) (12:01 am, Apple TV)
Jonah Hill directs and co-writes this darkly comedic Apple original
starring Keanu Reeves as a popular film actor who becomes the victim of
a mysterious extortion threat and attempts to make amends with everyone
he could have possibly wronged from throughout his life with the help of
his friends (Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer) and lawyer (Hill). David
Spade, Atsuko Okatsuka, Roy Wood Jr., Martin Scorsese, Laverne Cox, and
Susan Lucci also star. 1h 23m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQqInahTAM
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23724682/
Fist of the North Star: Hokuto No Ken [new] (3:01 am,
Prime Video)
In the year 199X, the world was engulfed in nuclear fire!!
Yet...humanity somehow survived!! A lone man with seven scars on his
chest emerges. His name is Kenshiro, heir to Hokuto Shinken. In a world
where only the strong survive, Kenshiro forges a path with his iron
fists! Anime.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0GPKGDBTZ/
Temptation Island (complete season 2) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Four couples, at a pivotal point in their relationships, head to a
beautiful island far away from their everyday lives where they will test
their bonds by living apart, each with a group of singles of the
opposite sex. Isolated from one another, they will go on a journey full
of temptation and self-reflection to decide whether to return to their
lives together, chart a new path alone, or leave the island with someone
new. 9 episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdhShxCtEXk
https://www.netflix.com/title/81744518
Thrash (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)
When a Category 5 hurricane decimates a coastal town, the storm surge
brings devastation, chaos and something far more frightening: hungry
sharks. Originally conceived as a theatrical release from Sony under the
title "Shiver" (and, before that, "Beneath the Storm"). Stars Phoebe
Dynevor, Whitney Peak, Alyla Browne, and Djimon Hounsou. 1h 23m?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzyOsNyDkbM
https://www.netflix.com/title/82650122
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32362890/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_(film)
Turn of the Tide (complete final season 3) (3:01 am, Netflix)
In this final chapter of the Portuguese series that conquered the world, Eduardo (José Condessa) and his friends stop fighting only against drug trafficking to face the system itself. When the line between right and
wrong disappears, our rapexinhos take justice into their own hands, in
the best Turn of the Tide style. Portuguese series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PaEe0_TQg
https://www.netflix.com/title/81410976
Perfect Crown [new] (3:01 am, Disney+/Hulu)
In a modern Korea with a constitutional monarchy, a Chaebol heiress and
a powerless prince enter a contract marriage, discovering love and
courage as they confront social barriers and personal scars. Korean
limited series; 12 episodes (?) released weekly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBEdHxsimPY
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39333617/
Christy (movie; streaming premiere) (3:01 am, HBO Max)
The life and the incredible career of Christy Martin, the most
successful female boxer of the 1990s. 2h 15m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32323252/
[rating 6.4]
If I Can't Have You (movie) (3:01 am, Peacock)
The film follows a married man, played by Redaric Williams, whose life unravels after a passionate affair leads to a dangerously obsessed
mistress, convinced that if she can't have him, no one else can. Kaye Singleton, Dawn Halfkenny, and Ashani Roberts also star.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38105660/
Somnium (movie) (3:01 am, Shudder/AMC+)
At an experimental sleep clinic, Somnium, dreams are made real. Side
effects may include hallucinations, confusion, paranoia, sleep
paralysis, detachment from reality, lost sense of self and permanent nightmares. Starring Chloë Levine (The OA), Grace Van Dien (Stranger
Things) and Johnathan Schaech (Suitable Flesh). 2024 film that
apparently has been available on Prime Video but has not been
theatrically released in the US. 1h 32m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H-29I9eBF4
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4920098/
[rating 4.9]
At least it's more highly-rated than the 2018 film by the same name:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8484038/
The Plague (movie) (3:01 am, Sundance Now/AMC+)
A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo
camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.
Joel Edgerton stars; 1h 38m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32792934/
[rating 6.4]
The Caretaker (movie) (3:01 am, Tubi)
After a car accident leaves Miles paralyzed, his wife hires a live-in caretaker who will stop at nothing to become the man of the house. Stars
Don Snipes, Hakeem Sharif, Robyn Rose, Levi Jones, Helki Jackson, and
Mike T. Tremblay; 1h 23m. Apparently not on Tubi's website yet.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38090790/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X3cXW__Nq0
Broadcast and cable:
Home Makeover Nightmare (movie) (8 pm, LMN)
After the sudden passing of her mother, Dayna returns to Los Angeles to
sell the family home. She teams up with her old friend, Mike, now a
successful real estate agent. As sparks ignite, Mike's obsession with
her grows, manipulating every aspect of her life until the home makeover
he proposes becomes a nightmare. Jackée Harry, Chelsea Rose Cook, Tom Sandoval and Randy Jay Burrell star.
https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/home-makeover-nightmare
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38230791/
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Saturday, April 11
Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov (live event) (2 pm,
Netflix)
https://www.netflix.com/title/82699237
I Have to Kill My Neighbor (movie) (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)
Lauren's idyllic suburban life is shattered when her husband, Tom, is kidnapped. His anonymous captors give Lauren a strange ultimatum: she
must kill Madeline - the next-door neighbor that Lauren despises. Sarah
Luby and Lauren Cochrane star.
https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/i-have-to-kill-my-neighbor
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37677008/
A Little Park Music (movie) (8 pm, Hallmark Channel)
When a piano appears in the park gazebo, interfering with important
work, city manager Allie joins forces with rookie cop Ryan to remove it,
only to find both music and love are hard to resist. Stars Laci J Mailey
and Beau Mirchoff.
https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/a-little-park-music
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40336496/
Bee My Love (movie) (8 pm, Great American Family)
A private chef (Ann Pirvu) competing for her dream job with a celebrity restaurateur finds inspiration in her mother’s recipes, the sweetness of honey, and a struggling beekeeper (Robin Dunne) who teaches her to
bee-lieve that life, and love, are sweetest when shared. Also stars
Emily Alatalo.
https://www.greatamericanfamily.com/movie/bee-my-love/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39377308/
Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever [new] (9 pm, CNN)
The six-episode limited series follows legendary journalist Kara Swisher
as she embarks on a deeply personal and sharply reported journey into
the rapidly expanding world of longevity science and humanity's enduring
quest to cheat death. Weekly through May 16.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2pE0702tvk
UFC 327: Procházka vs Ulberg (live event) (9 pm, CBS)
The UFC 327 main card will start at 9:00 pm ET, with CBS simulcasting
the first hour of the main card live from 9:00-10:00 pm ET/6:00-7:00 pm
PT, while the remainder of the evening's bouts will be available
exclusively on Paramount+.
https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/ufc-327-prochazka-vs-ulberg/about/
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Sunday, April 12
Mission: Yozakura Family (season 2 premiere) (12:01 am, Hulu)
Anime.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31131310/
[rating 6.8]
At Home With the Furys (complete season 2) (3:01 am,
Netflix)
Undefeated heavyweight champion Tyson Fury retires from boxing to
embrace the eccentricities of family life in this hilarious and
heartfelt docusoap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzs8T12cSVs
https://www.netflix.com/title/81615144
Ten Thousand Reasons for Revenge (movie) (8 pm, Lifetime
Channel)
In a moment of desperation, a teenager takes money from a dead bank
robber's haul in order to pay her looming tuition costs. But soon she
finds that gaining the money might mean losing everything. Meredith
Riley Stewart and Addisyn Grace Cain star.
https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/ten-thousand-reasons-for-revenge
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38598337/
DTF St. Louis (limited series finale; special time) (8 pm,
HBO)
Universal Basic Guys (season 2 finale; renewed for season 3)
(8:30 pm, Fox)
The Audacity [new] (9 pm, AMC)
The debut series from former Succession and Better Call Saul
writer/producer Jonathan Glatzer, like Silicon Valley before it, dives
inside California's tech industry, though The Audacity is a bit more
drama than comedy. Billy Magnussen heads the cast as the self-important
CEO of a data-mining company mired in a scandal, while Sarah Goldberg,
Zach Galifianakis, Rob Corddry, Lucy Punch, Simon Helberg, Meaghan Rath,
Paul Adelstein, and Randall Park fill out the strong ensemble. The eight episodes will air weekly through May 31, and a second season has been
ordered. [The season ends on May 24 on AMC+ because the streaming
service releases the first two episodes today.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryijrW6nKgA
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30923123/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_audacity/s01
Euphoria (season 3 premiere) (9 pm, HBO)
HBO's one-time buzzy hit teen drama returns for its third (and likely
final) season more than four years since it last aired—the extended
delay caused by a mix of the writers' strike, the increasingly busy film careers of stars Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney, the death of fellow star
Angus Cloud, and disagreements between HBO and creator Sam Levinson over planned storylines. New cast members this season include Sharon Stone, Danielle Deadwyler, Natasha Lyonne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Trisha Paytas,
Asante Blackk, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Toby Wallace, Kadeem Hardison, Darrell Britt-Gibson, singer Rosalía, and former NFL player Marshawn
Lynch. The story picks up about five years after the conclusion of the
season 2 finale, with Sweeney's Cassie engaged to Jacob Elordi's Nate
while Zendaya's Rue is in Mexico and in debt. The eight episodes
air/stream weekly through May 31.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Z4tGN0i2I
American Classic (season 1 finale) (9 pm, MGM+)
Eva Longoria: Searching for France [new] (9 and 10 pm, two episodes, CNN)
This eight-episode series follows the award-winning actress, producer, director, and activist on a flavorful journey through France to uncover
the roots of the country’s culinary supremacy and explore how it became
the global standard for fine dining. Two episodes are shown weekly
through May 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgMgNiv-TQ
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