Month: August 2020

Jensen Ackles Joins The Boys

Amazon Prime Video has announced that Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) will be joining the cast of the hit series The Boys for Season 3.  The casting news was made on Ackles’ social media account. (Video can be found HERE)  Ackles will portray Soldier Boy  – the original Superhero.  After Soldier Boy fought in World War II, he became the first super …

FilmRise Announces National Broadcast of Original Production “Bloodline Detectives”

This October, FilmRise, known for uniting millions of true crime fans with iconic series such as “Unsolved Mysteries” and “Forensic Files” via streaming platforms, is set to launch its own original forensic investigations series, “Bloodline Detectives,” hosted by preeminent legal analyst and renowned former prosecutor Nancy Grace. Produced by New York-based TV and film company FilmRise and …

Topic Announces New Series

 Topic, the fast-growing streaming service from First Look Media, made its very first presentation to attendees at the semi-annual gathering of the Television Critics Association (TCA) today in a session led by Topic’s General Manager, Ryan Chanatry. During the virtual press conference, Chanatry led critics through the emerging streamer’s brand positioning, target audience and select programming …

Love It or List It Returns Tonight

HGTV’s fan-favorite series Love It or List It, starring designer Hilary Farr and real estate expert David Visentin, will return with fresh episodes premiering Monday, August 10, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Filled with Hilary and David’s sharp wit, funny banter and clever, competitive barbs, each episode will culminate with families answering the series’ highly anticipated question: are you going to …

Shark Week Lineup for Discovery Channel

 SHARK WEEK, television’s longest-running, and most anticipated summer event returns with bigger sharks and breathtaking breaches on Sunday, August 9 and continues through Sunday, August 16. With more than 20 hours of shark programming throughout the week, SHARK WEEK 2020’s fincredible lineup will deliver magnificent shark stories and celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘Air Jaws’. This year, the pop culture …

Josh Gates Tonight Covers Shark Adventures

Ardent explorer and adventurer, Josh Gates, has traversed the globe investigating history’s greatest legends and mysteries. For the past three months, Gates’ virtual talk-show JOSH GATES TONIGHT has brought viewers along for the journey as he’s been exploring the world (often without leaving the house). Now, he’s diving deeper than ever before and swimming across screens (while …

Surviving Jeffery Epstein Special Begins Tonight on Lifetime

On the anniversary of disgraced financier and alleged sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein’s death, Lifetime will debut the revealing investigative documentary Surviving Jeffrey Epstein as a two-night, four-hour event telling the stories of eight survivors with insights from those close to him from August 9-10.  Following the impact of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly and Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning, the …

Al Roker Brings Back Rokerthon

Tomorrow at 8:30am ET, tune in to TODAY All Day for the streaming channel’s first live event, where Al Roker will host Rokerthon: The Great American Sandwich Relay. TODAY All Day is the new digital streaming service, offering 24-hours of TODAY’s singular brand of lifestyle programming, available exclusively on Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service and …

The Swamp Premieres Tomorrow on HBO, HBO Max

  THE SWAMP, debuting TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 (9:00-10:55 p.m. ET/PT), provides a look behind the curtain of Washington politics by following three renegade Republican Congressmen as they bring libertarian and conservative zeal to champion the President’s call to “drain the swamp,” while facing demands to raise money for their re-election campaigns and the Republican national party. …

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later Debuts Tonight on History

Groundbreaking two-hour documentary “Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later,”co-produced by A+E Networks® International, HISTORY® U.S. and Hulu Japan, will premiere on Hulu Japan and on HISTORY in the United States on Sunday, August 2; and on HISTORY Japan on August 30, it was announced jointly today by Steve MacDonald, President, Global Content Sales and International, A+E Networks; and Kazufumi Nagasawa, …