CBS’s promo for Fire Country season two episode five shows Bode in trouble and warns that “everything will change.” Directed by Eagle Egilsson from a script by David Gould, episode five – “This Storm Will Pass” – will air on Friday, April 5, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Max Thieriot leads the cast as Bode, Billy Burke plays Vince, Kevin Alejandro is Manny, and Diane Farr is Sharon. Stephanie Arcila stars as Gabriela, Jordan Calloway is Jake, and Jules Latimer plays Eve.
“This Storm Will Pass” Plot: The station 42 crew must protect Edgewater and take cover when an extremely rare and dangerous fire tornado leaves lives in peril.
Fire Country stars Max Thieriot as Bode Donovan, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode is assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son until his troubles began.
Five years ago, Bode burned down everything in his life, leaving town with a big secret. Now he’s back, with the rap sheet of a criminal and the audacity to believe in a chance for redemption with Cal Fire.
Disney+ has unveiled the first trailer for Star Wars: The Acolyte, the latest entry in the ever-expanding Star Wars Universe. The new live-action series starring Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game) and Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) is set to premiere on June 4, 2024 with the release of the first two episodes.
New episodes will stream on Tuesdays.
“In Star Wars: The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Stenberg). As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems,” reads Lucasfilm’s synopsis.
The series, set 100 years before Phantom Menace, also stars Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (1917), Joonas Suotamo (Star Wars‘ Chewbacca), and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise).
Leslye Headland created the series and serves as executive producer, showrunner, and director of episodes one and two. Additional executive producers include Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King, and Jason Micallef. Rayne Roberts, Damian Anderson, Eileen Shim and Rob Bredow are the producers.
Kogonada directed episodes three and seven, with Alex Garcia Lopez directing episodes four and five. Hanelle Culpepper directed episodes six and eight.
Poster for ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ (Photo Credit: Disney+ and Lucasfilm)
AMC released a juicy three-minute extended look at season two of Interview with the Vampire. Teasing that “memory is the monster,” the video shows Louis declaring that pieces of his life are gone. It also provides a good look at the Theatre Des Vampires in Paris and shows the return of Lestat.
The season two cast is led by Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, and Assad Zaman as Armand. Sam Reid stars as Lestat de Lioncourt, Ben Daniels is Santiago, and Delainey Hayles takes over the role of Claudia.
“The interview continues in season two. In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Anderson) recounts his life story to journalist Daniel Molloy (Bogosian). Picking up from the bloody events in New Orleans in 1940 when Louis and teen fledgling Claudia (Hayles) conspired to kill the Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Reid), Louis tells of his adventures in Europe, a quest to discover Old World Vampires and the Theatre Des Vampires in Paris, with Claudia,” reads AMC’s synopsis. “It is in Paris that Louis first meets the Vampire Armand (Zaman). Their courtship and love affair will prove to have devastating consequences both in the past and in the future, and Molloy will probe to get to the truths buried within the memories.”
Rolin Jones created the series, based on Anne Rice’s bestselling novels, and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Additional executive producers include Mark Johnson, Mark Taylor, Christopher Rice, and the late Anne Rice.
Season two premieres on May 12, 2024 on AMC and AMC+.
Netflix is expanding its sports content with the new series Receiver featuring four outstanding wide receivers and one tight end. (No, not Travis Kelce.) The series continues the streaming service’s partnership with the NFL and is expected to premiere this summer.
“It’s been said that there’s no more difficult position in the NFL than the quarterback,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “But throwing the pass is only half the story. Receiver follows five of the NFL’s best pass catchers throughout the 2023 season on and off the field: Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders), Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), George Kittle (San Francisco 49ers), Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers), and Amon-Ra St. Brown (Detroit Lions).”
NFL Films, Omaha Productions, and 2PM Productions are producing the eight-episode season. Executive producers include 2PM Productions’ Patrick Mahomes and Jacquelyn Dahl and Omaha Productions’ Peyton Manning and Jamie Horowitz. NFL Films’ Ross Ketover, Pat Kelleher, and Keith Cossrow also serve as executive producers.
“We are excited to be working again with Netflix and NFL Films to give fans unprecedented access to what it’s like to play receiver at the highest level,” said Peyton Manning. “As we did with Quarterback, we look forward to telling the stories of five incredible receivers, each with their unique personality, skillset, and motivation for what drives them to be the best.”
Netflix’s Vice President of Nonfiction Sports Gabe Spitzer said, “The natural progression is from a pass to a catch, so we’re excited to dive into the Receiver world after the success of our Quarterback series. NFL Films, Omaha Productions and 2PM Productions have delivered again in finding unique and dynamic athletes who will further highlight the drama of this sport on and off the field.”
Quarterback premiered in July 2023 and maintained a spot on the Netflix Global Top 10 list for three weeks. The streaming service is hoping for a similar success with Receiver.
“We were thrilled last summer to see audiences all over the world diving into the lives of NFL quarterbacks,” said Joe Zucco, NFL Films Supervising Producer. “We believe the extraordinary skills, dedication and passion of the NFL’s great wide receivers – and one tight end – will make a perfect follow-up.”
A murder investigation leads to the possibility a robot is responsible on CBS’s CSI: Vegas season three episode five. Directed by Ruben Garcia from a script by Dave Metzger, episode five – “It Was Automation” – will air on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Season three stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra is Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin plays Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“It Was Automation” Plot: When a mechanic is found murdered in a dark factory, the CSI team investigates whether the perpetrator was human or a humanoid robot with an AI operating system.
CSI: Vegas returns for its third season and continues the legacy of the global hit franchise. Amidst the neon lights and long shadows, dark threats lurk in Sin City. Maxine Roby (Newsome) leads her brilliant team of crime scene investigators – Catherine Willows (Helgenberger), Allie Rajan (Dhillon), Detective Serena Chavez (Guerra), Chris Park (Lee) and Beau Finado (Medlin) – as they use science to solve baffling mysteries. Chief among them: who framed their colleague, Joshua Folsom (Lauria), for a gruesome murder?
The most daunting and dangerous cases in the history of this storied franchise are coming, and the team will have to deploy the latest forensic techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
The team’s called in to search for a missing at-risk pregnant woman on Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit season two episode three. “Gemma & Isabel” will air on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Scott Caan stars as Jason Grant and Dania Ramirez is Nikki Batista. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed is Wayne Pascal.
“Gemma & Isabel” Plot: A young pregnant woman goes missing one day before her emergency c-section, and the adopting mother turns to the MPU to locate her before the baby’s life is risked. Meanwhile, Jason digs deeper into the car bombing case and meets a disapproving Braun.
Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (MPU). Each episode features a heart-pounding, life-or-death search for a missing person headed by detectives Jason Grant and Nikki Batista. Together with the MPU team, their job is to find the missing or abducted and reunite them with their loved ones. Jason and Nikki, once married, have a very personal connection to these cases as their own young son went missing and was never found. The emotional toll of their son’s disappearance blew up their marriage, but even though they’ve moved on, their bond remains.
Nikki now runs MPU, where she and the team do for others what she wasn’t able to do for herself: bring a loved one back home. At MPU, she leads a highly skilled team, including her fiancé Mike Sherman, whom Nikki met when he was assigned to oversee the search for her son; Kemi Adebayo, a spiritually savvy detective with an astonishing knowledge base; and forensic anthropologist C (recurring guest star and newcomer Petey Gibson), who is a master at reconstructing the faces of those who have disappeared.
As the second season begins, the MPU team step into their new office in headquarters, where Jason and Nikki meet their new boss Inspector Hollis Braun (guest star Gil Bellows), who wants to keep a close eye on the team, particularly the unpredictable Jason Grant. Jason brings his old friend in to help with the case: master hacker Wayne Pascal, who he worked with in Afghanistan. Jason conveniently never told Nikki that Wayne was a woman (and a hot one!), which raises issues even as Nikki and Mike plan their wedding. Together, the team works to find the missing or abducted and help reunite them with their loved ones before it’s too late.
Manhunt, Apple TV+’s engrossing tale of the hunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, continues with episode three, “Let the Sheep Flee.” The sneak peek clip shows John Wilkes Booth, played by Anthony Boyle, anxious to get to Richmond.
“The hunt expands to Québec, where a nest of Confederate spies and expats reorganize. Booth is taken underground in Maryland,” reads Apple TV+’s episode three synopsis.
“Let the Sheep Flee” streams on March 22, 2024. New episodes arrive on Fridays through April 19th.
In addition to Boyle, the limited series’ cast includes Tobias Menzies (Outlander) as Lincoln’s right-hand man Edwin Stanton, Patton Oswalt (The Sandman) as Lafayette Baker, and Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass) as President Abraham Lincoln. Lovie Simone (Greenleaf), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six), Brandon Flynn (13 Reasons Why), Damian O’Hare (Hatfields & McCoys), Glenn Morshower (The Resident), and Matt Walsh (Veep) also star.
Emmy, PGA, and WGA-nominated writer/producer Monica Beletsky (Fargo, Leftovers) created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include author Swanson, Layne Eskridge, Kate Barry, Michael Rotenberg, Richard Abate, Frank Smith, Carl Franklin, and Naia Cucukov.
Anthony Boyle in ‘Manhunt’ episode 3 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)A scene from episode 3 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)Anne Dudek and Tobias Menzies in episode 3 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)Tobias Menzies in episode 3 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)Hamish Linklater in episode 3 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)Lovie Simone and Antonio Bell in episode 3 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Netflix released the official trailer for Scoop as social media is flooded with rumors about Kate Middleton’s disappearance from public life. Manipulated photos and ridiculous denials (a statement attributed to Catherine, Princess of Wales, said she was playing around with Photoshop) have done nothing to quell reports the Royal Family is in chaos. So now seems the perfect time to drop a trailer for a film about Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview with Emily Maitlis.
Rufus Sewell stars as Prince Andrew, Billie Piper plays Sam McAlister, and Gillian Anderson is Emily Maitlis. The cast also includes Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai.
Scoop is based on McAlister’s memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview and was adapted by Peter Moffatt and Geoff Bussetil. Philip Martin directs and The Lighthouse Film & TV’s Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville produced. McAlister executive produced along with Voltage TV’s Sanjay Singhal.
“Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earth-shattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, Scoop takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it.”
Jane Seymour in ‘Harry Wild’ season 3 (Photo Credit: Acorn TV)
Acorn TV unveiled the first season three photo from Harry Wild starring Emmy winner Jane Seymour and announced a premiere date. The popular mystery series will kick off the new six-episode season on Monday, May 13, 2024 on Acorn and BBC America.
Seymour returns as executive producer and leads the cast as the titular character. Season three also stars Rohan Nedd as Fergus Reid, Samantha Mumba as Paula, Kevin Ryan as Charlie Wild, Amy Huberman as Orla Wild, Paul Tylak as Glenn Talbot, and Rose O’Neill as Lola Wild.
“In season three, Harry (Seymour) and Fergus (Nedd) are hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera, work out how a mystery writer managed to shoot himself in a locked panic room without a gun, and more,” reads Acorn TV’s synopsis. “Meanwhile, with the agency still as busy as ever, Harry and Fergus have to find a way to balance work and life as Fergus plans to contest Paula’s (Mumba) custody claim to his sister.”
David Logan created the series and serves as writer along with Jo Spain. Executive producers include Daniel March, Klaus Zimmermann, James Gibb, Morgan O’Sullivan, James Flynn, Catherine Mackin and Bea Tammer. Robert Quinn and Emer Conroy are season three directors.
Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Simon Cowell, and Sofia Vergara on ‘America’s Got Talent’ (Photo by Trae Patton/NBC)
NBC’s 2024 summer lineup includes new episodes of Password, The Wall, and Weakest Link, along with the season 19 premiere of America’s Got Talent. The summer also serves up the season 16 premiere of American Ninja Warrior hosted by Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila.
More importantly, NBC’s the broadcast host of the 2024 Olympic Games taking place in Paris from July 26th through August 11th. The network plans to air at least nine hours of Olympic coverage each day. NBC’s 19th Olympic Games will mark the first in which Peacock will stream every sport and event, including the 329 medal events.
NBC’s Summer Schedule
WEAKEST LINK (10 – 11 P.M. ET/PT) *NEW EPISODES* – Moves to Mondays beginning May 20th
Hosted by Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch, the iconic British import and international game show phenomenon returns with a new batch of episodes, including a special veteran-themed show saluting the troops. In each episode of the lightning-fast quick-witted series, eight contestants enter the studio as total strangers but must work together to bank the maximum amount of prize money available in each round. The contestants take turns answering general knowledge questions to build chains of correct answers. Consecutive correct answers greatly increase the value of the chain while incorrect answers break the chain and force the contestants to start over from the bottom of the money ladder.
The top prize increases with each round but contestants must first vote to eliminate the fellow competitor they consider to be the “Weakest Link” in the chain. The contestant who receives the highest number of votes leaves the game as the host declares the iconic phrase, “You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.”
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (8-10 P.M. ET/PT) *SEASON PREMIERE* – May 28th
The 19th season of America’s Got Talent returns with a new set of aspiring performers looking to compete for the ultimate $1 million prize. Executive producer Simon Cowell returns to the star-studded judging panel with global fashion icon Heidi Klum, fan-favorite comedian Howie Mandel, and acclaimed actress and international superstar Sofia Vergara. The dynamic Terry Crews returns as host. This season promises to deliver some of the wildest acts to ever grace the AGT stage.
America’s Got Talent will kick off the live shows at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium beginning Tuesday, Aug. 13 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) on NBC. Results shows will air Wednesday nights (8-9 p.m. ET/PT).
PASSWORD (10 – 11 P.M. ET/PT) *NEW EPISODES* – Follows AGT on May 28th
New episodes of the iconic game show Password will continue throughout the summer with Emmy Award-winning host Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon. The hour-long episodes will include two back-to-back games with recurring player Fallon paired with a contestant competing against a celebrity guest/contestant duo for cash prizes by guessing a secret password using only one-word clues. Celebrity guests include Lauren Graham, Howie Mandel, Wiz Khalifa, Johnny Knoxville, Joel McHale, Meghan Trainor, Lindsey Vonn and Roy Wood Jr.
Palmer, who made Emmy history this year by becoming the first Black woman to win for Outstanding Host for a Game Show, commands the podium while contestants from all walks of life partner with Fallon and other celebrities to face off in the ultimate game of words.
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR (8-10 P.M. ET/PT) *SEASON PREMIERE* – Monday, June 3rd
Season 16 of American Ninja Warrior returns with the most elite athletes in the country competing on the world’s most difficult obstacle courses. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, along with co-host Zuri Hall, are back to call the action as the ninjas make their way through the qualifying and semifinal rounds in Los Angeles before moving to the national finals in Las Vegas. Continuing with the major changes from last season, the semis will challenge the ninjas to race side-by-side and head-to-head across a high-stakes course with a spot in the national finals on the line. All four stages in Vegas return, including the Stage 4 rope climb for $1 Million.
THE WALL (10 – 11 P.M. ET/PT) *NEW EPISODES* – July 1st
Hosted by Emmy Award winner Chris Hardwick, The Wall is an action-packed game with more than $12 million on the line each night and up to $3 million on a single heart-stopping drop, as teammates work together to answer questions to build a huge cash prize. The rules are simple: Get a question correct and a green ball will fall down the four-story wall and add the value of the slot to the players’ winning total. Miss a question and an ominous red ball will fall and deduct the value from the team’s total. Contestants compete in pairs and must blindly trust their loved ones to make the right decisions during the game to accumulate their earnings. The Wall continues to change lives through its cash prizes, giving away over $25 million to date.
In the new episodes debuting this summer, the remarkable people competing for a life-changing prize include a heroic baseball coach who saved the life of his player by donating his kidney and a community hero who was exonerated from a wrongfully convicted crime and now runs a nonprofit helping those impacted by incarceration.
