Netflix’s Bridgerton is spreading holiday cheer while also celebrating the series’ anniversary. The streaming service released a gorgeous season three teaser poster and photos from the much-anticipated season on Christmas Day, which also happens to be the anniversary of the show’s premiere in 2020.
The season three cast is led by Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington and Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, together affectionally known as #Polin. The third season also stars Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton, Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton, Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury, and Ruth Gemmell as Violet Bridgerton. Lorraine Ashbourne plays Mrs. Varley, Hannah Dodd is Francesca Bridgerton, Simone Ashley is Kate Sharma, Jonathan Bailey is Anthony Bridgerton, and Harriet Cains is Philipa Featherington.
Additional season three cast members include Bessie Carter as Prudence Featherington, Jessica Madsen as Cressida Cowper, Florence Hunt as Hyacinth Bridgerton, Martins Imhangbe as Will Mondrich, Will Tilston as Gregory Bridgerton, Polly Walker as Portia Featherington, and Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown. Hugh Sachs is Brimsley, Emma Naomi plays Alice Mondrich, Kathryn Drysdale is Genevieve Delacroix, and Sam Phillips is Lord Debling.
The eight-episode third season will be split into two parts, with part one (episodes 1-4) premiering on May 16, 2024. Part two (episodes 5-8) follow on June 13.
Jess Brownell is the showrunner and executive produces. Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Tom Verica, and Chris Van Dusen also executive produce.
Netflix released this description of season three:
“Bridgerton is back for its third season and finds Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) has finally given up on her long-held crush on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) after hearing his disparaging words about her last season. She has, however, decided it’s time to take a husband, preferably one who will provide her with enough independence to continue her double life as Lady Whistledown, far away from her mother and sisters. But lacking in confidence, Penelope’s attempts on the marriage mart fail spectacularly.
Meanwhile, Colin has returned from his summer travels with a new look and a serious sense of swagger. But he’s disheartened to realize that Penelope, the one person who always appreciated him as he was, is giving him the cold shoulder. Eager to win back her friendship, Colin offers to mentor Penelope in the ways of confidence to help her find a husband this season. But when his lessons start working a little too well, Colin must grapple with whether his feelings for Penelope are truly just friendly.
Complicating matters for Penelope is her rift with Eloise (Claudia Jessie), who has found a new friend in a very unlikely place, while Penelope’s growing presence in the ton makes it all the more difficult to keep her Lady Whistledown alter ego a secret.”
Netflix is welcoming in 2024 with a lineup of news series that includes The Brothers Sun starring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and reality series The Trust: A Game of Greed, along with the return of Queer Eye. The streaming service’s roster of January 2024 films includes J.A. Bayona’s Society of the Snow, based on the true story of the 1972 plane crash involving a Uruguayan rugby team, and Daniel Levy’s feature film directorial debut, Good Grief.
Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara stars in and executive produces the mob drama Griselda, premiering on January 25. And comedian Jacqueline Novak brings her hit standup act Get On Your Knees to Netflix on January 23.
SERIES & FILMS ARRIVING ON NETFLIX IN JANUARY 2024
January 1, 2024 Bitconned – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Ray Trapani had always wanted to be a criminal, even as a young boy. In 2017, amidst the economic frenzy of the Bitcoin boom, there was no better place for scammers than cryptocurrency. So when Ray’s friend approached him with the idea of creating a debit card for crypto, Trapani jumped at the chance.
There was only one problem: he had no idea how to do that. But thanks to fake LinkedIn profiles, paid celebrity endorsements, and the online community’s insatiable desire to “get rich quick,” Centra Tech was soon raking in millions of dollars a day. Was it real? No. But did it work? Maybe.
In this fast-paced, debaucherous documentary from director Bryan Storkel (producer of The Legend of Cocaine Island + Director of The Pez Outlaw), Ray himself guides viewers through the ups and downs of his dramatic journey, alongside his family, former friends, and the journalist who exposed Centra Tech as the first high-profile fraud case of the crypto era.
Fool Me Once – NETFLIX SERIES
When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Identical twins change their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks in a unique scientific experiment designed to explore how certain foods impact the body.
Annabelle
Annie (1982)
Antz
Aquaman
Beethoven
Bruce Almighty
The Croods
Dawn of the Dead
The First Purge
Gravity
How to Train Your Dragon
It’s Complicated
Jackie Brown
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Little Fockers
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Loudermilk: Seasons 1-3
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
ONE PIECE: Marineford
Peppa Pig: Seasons 3-6
The Purge: Election Year
School of Rock
Survivor: Season 33
Survivor: Season 7
This Is 40
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Training Day
The Wonder Years: Seasons 1-2 (2021)
January 4, 2024 Boy Swallows Universe – NETFLIX SERIES
A young boy growing up in the suburbs of 1980s Brisbane faces the harsh realities of life — and the looming dangers that threaten his family.
The Brothers Sun – NETFLIX SERIES
When a mysterious enemy targets his family, a Taipei triad member heads to Los Angeles to protect his strong-willed mother and oblivious younger brother.
Society of the Snow – NETFLIX FILM
In 1972, a Uruguayan flight crashed in the remote heart of the Andes, forcing survivors to become each other’s best hope. A film by J.A. Bayona.
January 5, 2024 Good Grief – NETFLIX FILM
Marc (Daniel Levy) was content living in the shadow of his larger-than-life husband, Oliver (Luke Evans). But when Oliver unexpectedly dies, Marc’s world shatters, sending him and his two best friends, Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel), on a soul-searching trip to Paris that reveals some hard truths they each needed to face.
Good Grief marks Levy’s debut as a feature-film writer and director. He also produced as part of Not a Real Production Company, alongside Sister Pictures.
Gyeongseong Creature Part 2 – NETFLIX SERIES
Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul’s grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.
January 6, 2024 The Florida Project
January 8, 2024 This is Us Seasons 1-6
January 10, 2024 Break Point: Season 2 – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
The world’s top tennis players return to the courts and set their sights on glory once again during another grueling Grand Slam season.
The Trust: A Game of Greed – NETFLIX SERIES
In this reality series, strangers living in a luxurious mansion compete for $250,000. Will they split it — or cut each other out to raise their share?
January 11, 2024 Champion – NETFLIX SERIES
Rapper Bosco is free from prison and ready for a comeback — until his sister Vita steps into the spotlight and puts their family bond to the test.
Sonic Prime Chapter 3 – NETFLIX FAMILY
After Nine steals the Paradox Prism to create a world all for himself, Sonic must team up with unlikely allies to protect the universe as he knows it.
January 12, 2024 Lift – NETFLIX FILM
An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker (Kevin Hart), races to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
Love is Blind: Sweden – NETFLIX SERIES
The unique dating experiment lands in Sweden as local singles seek true love and propose marriage — all before seeing each other in person.
January 15, 2024 CoComelon: Season 9
Holey Moley: Seasons 3-4
maboroshi – NETFLIX ANIME
A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving 14-year-old Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.
MTV Floribama Shore: Season 2
January 16, 2024 Cats (2019)
End of the Line – NETFLIX SERIES
Ivan, a clandestine van driver, navigates the end of his marriage and daily challenges with humor in this quirky comedy series featuring a live audience.
Freaks
January 18, 2024 Rachid Badouri: Les fleurs du tapis – NETFLIX COMEDY
The charismatic Quebecois comedian gets real on everything from meeting a racist fan to letting success go to his head in this candid stand-up special.
January 19, 2024 Love is Blind: Sweden – NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes)
The unique dating experiment lands in Sweden as local singles seek true love and propose marriage — all before seeing each other in person.
Love on the Spectrum U.S. Season 2 – NETFLIX SERIES
Single people with autism — including new romantic hopefuls and familiar faces — search for the perfect partner in this dating docuseries.
Mi soledad tiene alas – NETFLIX FILM
With his estranged father’s return, Dan’s inner demons resurface, triggering a downward spiral. Can love save him from a tragic destiny?
Sixty Minutes – NETFLIX FILM
Desperate not to lose custody, a mixed martial arts fighter makes dangerous enemies when he ditches a matchup to race to his daughter’s birthday party.
January 20, 2024 Captivating the King – NETFLIX SERIES Captivating the King draws the cruel love story between King Lee In, who is in danger of both royal and political power struggles, and Kang Hee Soo, who tries to seduce the King and get revenge, but gets seduced instead.
The Real World: Season 16
January 22, 2024 Not Quite Narwhal: Season 2 – NETFLIX FAMILY
From the ocean to the land, curious Kelp learns more about himself by going on fun-filled adventures with his unicorn friends and narwhal family.
January 23, 2024 Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees – NETFLIX COMEDY
Comedian Jacqueline Novak’s GET ON YOUR KNEES, her break-out hit stand-up show about the blowjob, is coming to Netflix. A word-of-mouth sensation Off-Broadway, directed for the stage by John Early, the show first took off in 2019, where audience members showed for repeat viewings across multiple sold-out runs. A Time’s Critic’s Pick, the show earned Jacqueline a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance.
Over the last few years, Novak has toured the show nationally and abroad, and enjoyed sell-out stints at Largo Los Angeles. This year, Novak teamed up with director Natasha Lyonne and cinematographer Sam Levy (Rothaniel, Lady Bird) to film the show’s final performance as a concert film-meets-comedy special at historic Town Hall in New York City. Ostensibly a 90-minute stand-up set about the blowjob, GET ON YOUR KNEES is both raunchy and poignant, an unexpectedly philosophical, coming-of-age tale of triumph that pushes the boundaries of stand-up. John Mulaney said: “Ladies and Gentlemen, I have seen the Muhammad Ali of comedy.”
Train to Busan
January 24, 2024 Six Nations: Full Contact – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Round by round, match by match, the best teams in Europe battle it out to take home the trophy in the 2023 Six Nations Championship.
American Girl: Corinne Tan
Queer Eye: Season 8 – NETFLIX SERIES
The Fab Five return to the city of New Orleans to jazz up the lives of their heroes — one emotional makeover at a time.
January 25, 2024 The UnXplained with William Shatner: Season 4
Griselda – NETFLIX SERIES GRISELDA is inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. In 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as “the Godmother.”
Masters of the Universe: Revolution – NETFLIX SERIES
The final installment of Kevin Smith’s animated adult version of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
January 26, 2024 Love is Blind: Sweden – NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes)
The unique dating experiment lands in Sweden as local singles seek true love and propose marriage — all before seeing each other in person.
January 27, 2024 Doctor Slump – NETFLIX SERIES
January 28, 2024 Love is Blind: Sweden – NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes)
The unique dating experiment lands in Sweden as local singles seek true love and propose marriage — all before seeing each other in person.
January 29, 2024 Mighty Bheem’s Playtime – NETFLIX FAMILY
When Mumma Bheem gets a new job as the palace Chef, it’s time for Bheem to start school.
January 30, 2024 Jack Whitehall: Settle Down – NETFLIX COMEDY
A new special from Jack Whitehall.
January 31, 2024 Alexander the Great – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Combining expert interviews with gripping reenactments, this docudrama explores the life of Alexander the Great through his conquest of the Persian Empire.
Baby Bandito – NETFLIX SERIES
After Kevin and his gang pull off Chile’s biggest heist, reckless love — and social media — threatens to ruin everyone’s fortunes. Inspired by real events.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse: Part 1 – NETFLIX ANIME
As a prophecy of doom unfolds upon the peaceful land of Britannia, a pure-hearted boy sets out on a journey of discovery — and revenge.
WIL – NETFLIX FILM
Two young police officers find themselves torn between collaboration and resistance as they navigate the Nazi-occupied Antwerp during World War II
ANA CRUZ KAYNE, SHARON ROONEY, ALEXANDRA SHIPP, MARGOT ROBBIE, HARI NEF, and EMMA MACKEY in ‘Barbie’ (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) announced their 2023 EDA Awards nominees, with voting members showing their support of awards season favorites including Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Past Lives. The 95 voting members also showered The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, and The Zone of Interest with multiple nominations.
The year-end awards are divided into three main categories: Best Of, EDA Female Focus (for women only), and Special Mention.
“2023 has been a banner year for women working in film. We are particularly proud that this year’s member-determined roster of nominees included a goodly number of female contenders in non-gender specific categories, including Greta Gerwig, Justine Triet, and Celine Song, who are nominated in both the Best Director category and Best Screenplay categories,” stated Jennifer Merin, founder president of AWFJ.
AWFJ BEST OF 2023 AWARDS
Best Film
AMERICAN FICTION
ANATOMY OF A FALL
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER
PAST LIVES
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Best Director
Greta Gerwig – BARBIE
Jonathan Glazer – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Martin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Justine Triet – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Best Screenplay, Original
ANATOMY OF A FALL – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
BARBIE – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
THE HOLDOVERS – David Hemingson
MAY DECEMBER – Samy Burch
PAST LIVES – Celine Song
Best Screenplay, Adapted
AMERICAN FICTION – Cord Jefferson
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese
OPPENHEIMER – Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS – Tony McNamara
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Jonathan Glazer
Best Documentary
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
BEYOND UTOPIA
FOUR DAUGHTERS
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD
Best Animated Film
THE BOY AND THE HERON – Hayao Miyazaki
NIMONA – Troy Quane and Nick Bruno
ROBOT DREAMS – Pablo Berger
SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K Thompson
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears
Best Actress
Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sandra Huller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Greta Lee – PAST LIVES
Margot Robbie – BARBIE
Emma Stone – POOR THINGS
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Danielle Brooks – THE COLOR PURPLE
America Ferrera – BARBIE
Sandra Huller – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Rosamund Pike – SALTBURN
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper – MAESTRO
Paul Giamatti – THE HOLDOVERS
Cillian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER
Andrew Scott – ALL OF US STRANGERS
Jeffrey Wright – AMERICAN FICTION
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K Brown – AMERICAN FICTION
Robert Downey Jr – OPPENHEIMER
Ryan Gosling – BARBIE
Charles Melton – MAY DECEMBER
Mark Ruffalo – POOR THINGS
Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director
AMERICAN FICTION – Jennifer Euston
BARBIE – Lucy Brava and Allison Jones
THE HOLDOVERS – Susan Shopmaker
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Ellen Lewis
OPPENHEIMER – John Papsidera
Best Cinematography
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Rodrigo Prieto
MAESTRO – Matthew Labatique
OPPENHEIMER – Hoyte Van Hoytema
POOR THINGS – Robbie Ryan
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Lukasz Zal
Best Editing
ANATOMY OF A FALL – Laurent Senechal
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Thelma Schoonmaker
MAESTRO – Michelle Tesoro
OPPENHEIMER – Jennifer Lame
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Paul Watts
Best Non-English-Language Film
ANATOMY OF A FALL – France
FALLEN LEAVES – Finland
PAST LIVES – North Korea
THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE – Germany
THE ZONE OF INTEREST – UK and Poland
EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
Best Woman Director
Ava DuVernay – ORIGIN
Emerald Fennell – SALTBURN
Greta Gerwig – BARBIE
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Justine Triet – ANATONY OF A FALL
Best Woman Screenwriter
Samy Burch – MAY DECEMBER
Emerald Fennell – SALTBURN
Greta Gerwig (with Noah Baumbach) – BARBIE
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Justine Triet (with Arthur Harari) – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Best Animated Female
Ariana Debose – WISH – Asha
Ayo Edebiri – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM – April O’Neil
Leah Lewis – ELEMENTAL – Ember
Chloe Grace Moretz – NIMONA – Nimona
Hailee Steinfeld – SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Gwen Stacy
Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Greta Lee – PAST LIVES
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS
Cailee Spaeny – PRISCILLA
Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry
Fran Drescher – for leading SAG-AFTRA through the actors’ strike and standing strong for an equitable contract.
Ava DuVernay – For creating a new financing model, for consistently supporting women in film and for focusing her work on social justice.
Greta Gerwig – For all that is Barbie.
Lily Gladstone – For championing Native American stories, advocating for diversity and authenticity, and for starring in two exceptional films in 2023.
Margot Robbie – For producing and starring in Barbie, and for continued support for women in film via her LuckyChap production company.
EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS
Grand Dame Award for defying ageism:
Annette Bening – NYAD
Julia Louis Dreyfus – YOU HURT MY FEELINGS
Jodie Foster – NYAD
Helen Mirren – GOLDA and FAST X
Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY – Harrison Ford (81) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (38)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Leo DiCaprio (49) and Lily Gladstone (37)
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Tom Cruise (61) and Hayley Atwell (41)
OPPENHEIMER – Cillian Murphy (47) and Florence Pugh (27)
POOR THINGS – Mark Ruffalo (56) and Emma Stone (35)
She Deserves A New Agent Award (NOTE: This is not a put down. On the contrary, it suggests that the actor is better than the role she’s been given.)
Ana de Armas – GHOSTED
Candace Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, and Mary Steenburgen – BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER
Toni Colette – MAFIA MAMMA
Nia Vardalos – MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3
Reese Witherspoon – YOUR PLACE OR MINE
Most Daring Performance
Annette Bening – NYAD
Sandra Huller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Sandra Huller THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
Emma Stone – POOR THINGS
Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award
THE EXORCIST BELIEVER
THE EXPENDABLES 4
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE
AWFJ Hall of Shame Award (Women and men are eligible)
The AMPTP and studio heads for their despicable behavior concerning the WGA and SAG-AFTRA negotiations and strikes.
Drew Barrymore for resuming her show during the WGA strike, resulting in three writers leaving the show.
Greta Gerwig for crossing WGA and SAG picket lines (she’s a member of both and although not an actor in Barbie, she co-wrote it) to promote Barbie, claiming she was just there as a non-striking director. Her co-writer, Noah Baumbach, respected the picket line. Media gave her a free pass while Black director Justin Simien (not a member of ANY striking guild) was given flack for attending the Disney premiere of his film The Haunted Mansion. Shame on Greta.
Jonathan Majors for domestic violence.
Danny Masterson, sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after having been found guilty of raping two women.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2022 Winners: Banshees, Everything, and Women Talking Tie with Most Wins
The 2023-2024 primetime television season looked nothing like previous years, with reruns, unscripted shows, and international imports populating broadcast networks’ lineups. The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, though undeniably justified, took quite a toll on all the networks. Fortunately, the strikes have been settled, production has begun on nearly every new and returning series, and the midseason January lineup hints that things are slowly returning to normal.
Here’s a look at the shows scheduled to launch their new season – or series – premieres in January 2024. NBC’s Chicago shows – Chicago Fire, Med, and P.D. – will kick off new seasons on January 17th, with the Law & Order franchises returning on January 18th. New highly anticipated series debuting in January include Echo, Expats, Masters of the Air, The Brothers Sun, and Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale.
January 2024 Premiere Dates
January 1
90 Day: The Single Life (TLC, season 4)
America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League (NBC, series premiere)
Celebrity IOU (HGTV, season 7)
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks (ID, docuseries premiere)
Fool Me Once (Netflix, series premiere)
January 2 Celebrity Name That Tune (Fox, winter premiere)
Extended Family (NBC, time slot premiere)
Finding Your Roots (PBS, season 10)
Good Trouble (Freeform, season 5)
The Floor (Fox, series premiere)
Moonshiners (Discovery Channel, season 13)
Night Court (NBC, time slot premiere)
January 3
I Can See Your Voice (Fox, season 3)
We Are Family (Fox, series premiere)
January 4
Boy Swallows Universe (Netflix, series premiere) The Brothers Sun (Netflix, series premiere)
Daughters of the Cult (Hulu, docuseries premiere) Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale (AMC+ and Sundance Now, series premiere)
Swamp People (History, season 15)
January 5
Ancient Aliens (History, season 20)
Gyeongseong Creature (Netflix, part two)
Friday Night Vibes (TBS, season 2)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV, season 16)
January 6
The Incredible Dr. Pol (Nat Geo WILD, season 24)
The Incredible Pol Farm (Nat Geo WILD, series premiere)
January 7
81st Golden Globe Awards (CBS, awards show)
All Creatures Great and Small (PBS, season 4)
Grimsburg (Fox, special preview)
The Great North (Fox, season 4)
Home Town (HGTV, season 8)
Miss Scarlet and The Duke (PBS, season 4)
January 8
90 Day Diaries (TLC, season 5) Antiques Roadshow (PBS, season 28)
Spidey and His Amazing Friends (Disney Channel, season 3)
January 9
Big Little Brawlers (Discovery Channel, docuseries premiere) La Brea (NBC, season 3)
January 10
Break Point (Netflix, season 2) Echo (Disney+, series premiere)
The Trust: A Game of Greed (Netflix, series premiere)
January 11
Champion (Netflix, series premiere)
Children Ruin Everything (The CW, season 3)
Criminal Record (Apple TV+, series premiere)
Skymed (Paramount+, season 2)
Ted (Peacock, series premiere)
January 12
Love is Blind: Sweden (Netflix, series premiere)
The Traitors (Peacock, season 2)
January 14
29th Critics Choice Awards (The CW, awards show)
Belgravia: The Next Chapter (MGM+, series premiere)
Monsieur Spade (AMC and Acorn TV, series premiere)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO, season 4)
January 15:
75th Primetime Emmy Awards (Fox, awards show)
January 16
Death and Other Details (Hulu, series premiere)
Moonshiners: Master Distiller (Discovery Channel, season 5)
January 17
Chicago Fire (NBC, season 12)
Chicago Med (NBC, season 9)
Chicago P.D. (NBC, season 11)
End of the Line (Netflix, series premiere)
Family Law (The CW, season 3)
Wild Cards (The CW, series premiere)
January 18
Law & Order (NBC, season 23)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, season 25)
Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC, season 4)
Real Time with Bill Mayer (HBO, season 22)
Sort Of (Max, season 3)
January 19
Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video, series premiere)
Hustlers Gamblers Crooks (Discovery Channel, new series)
Love on the Spectrum U.S. (Netflix, season 2)
The Woman in the Wall (Paramount+ with Showtime, series premiere)
January 20
Captivating the King (Netflix, series premiere)
January 21
Love & Translation (TLC, series premiere)
The Way Home (Hallmark Channel, season 2)
January 22
America’s Most Wanted (Fox, season 2)
The Bachelor (ABC, season 28)
Not Quite Narwhal (Netflix, season 2)
Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People (Hulu, docuseries premiere)
TMZ Investigates (Fox, season premiere)
Untitled 20/20 True-Crime Series (ABC, docuseries premiere)
January 24
A Real Bug’s Life (Disney+, docuseries premiere)
Chrissy & Dave Dine Out (Freeform, docuseries premiere)
Queer Eye (Netflix, season 8)
January 25
Griselda (Neflix, series premiere)
In the Know (Peacock, series premiere)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution (Netflix, series premiere) Sexy Beast (Paramount+, series premiere)
Son of a Critch (The CW, season 3)
January 26
EXPATS (Prime Video, limited series premiere)
Hightown (Starz, season 3)
Masters of the Air (Apple TV+, limited series premiere)
January 30
Vanderpump Rules (Bravo, season 11)
January 31
Baby Bandito (Netflix, series premiere)
Choir (Disney+, docuseries premiere) Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (FX, season 2)
Daryl McCormack as Colman and Ruth Wilson as Lorna in ‘The Woman in the Wall’ (Photo Credit: Chris Barr / BBC / SHOWTIME)
Paramount+’s January 2024 lineup includes the series premiere of Sexy Beast, a prequel to the critically acclaimed, award-winning drama released in 2000 and starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone. Paramount+ is also kicking off the new year with the debut of The Woman in the Wall, a six-episode series starring Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials) and Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters).
June Carter Cash is the focus of June, a feature-length documentary directed by Emmy Award-winner Kristen Vaurio (Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief) arriving on January 16. January 2024 also sees the return of SkyMed, a medical drama set in the world of medics and pilots who fly air ambulances in Canada, for its second season.
Coming to Paramount+ on January 1
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5 Card Stud
A Promise*
A Single Man*
A.C.O.D.
Abandon
Adore
Adventureland
Aeon Flux
Alex Cross*
Almost Famous
American Beauty
Amistad
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
An Inconvenient Truth
Another 48 Hrs.
Approaching The Unknown
Atlantic City
Baby It’s You
Bad Lieutenant*
Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct Director’s Cut
Bebe’s Kids
Becoming Jane
Big Jake
Black Beauty
Black Sheep
Boomerang
Changemakers
Changing Lanes
Chasing Amy
Chocolat
Cinema Paradiso
Coach Carter
Cop Land
Days of Heaven
Death On the Nile
Deception
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Event Horizon
Face/Off
Failure to Launch
Falling in Love
Flags of Our Fathers
Flight Of The Intruder
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Get Rich or Die Tryin’*
Gone Baby Gone
Good Mourning*
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween VI: The Curse Of Michael Myers
Halloween VIII: Resurrection
Hateship Loveship*
Headhunters*
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Unrated
Jane Eyre*
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Last Vegas
Little Women*
Losing Isaiah
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Narc
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Only Lovers Left Alive*
Paid in Full
Pretty In Pink
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Scream
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Searching For Bobby Fischer
Shall We Dance?
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids*
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Surviving Christmas
Suspect Zero
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Switchback
Team America: World Police
Terms of Endearment
The Adventures of Tintin
The African Queen
The Bigfoot Trap*
The Chumscrubber*
The Core
The Crow
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*
The Drop
The Elephant Man
The First Wives Club
The Forgiven*
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Godfather (Remastered)
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (Remastered)
The Godfather Part II (Remastered)
The High and the Mighty
The Island
The Last Airbender
The Peacemaker
The People vs. Larry Flynt*
The Portrait of a Lady
The Queens of Comedy*
The Score
The Stepfather
The Thing Called Love
The Time Machine
The Untouchables
The Woman in Black
The Yards
Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead*
Total Recall
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True Grit
Voyagers
Warrior Strong*
What Lies Beneath
When Worlds Collide
Young Sherlock Holmes
January 2
America Decides (Season 2024)**
CBS News Mornings (Season 2024)**
CBS News Prime Time with John Dickerson (Season 2024)**
January 6
The Uplift (Season 2024)
January 7
The Golden Globe Awards**
Here Comes the Sun (Season 2024)
The Takeout (Season 8)
January 8
All About the Benjamins
Chloe
Eye on America (Season 2024)**
Insomnia
Lords of Dogtown
Love & Basketball
Maggie’s Plan
Menace II Society
Michael Clayton
The Exorcist
January 10
Help! I’m in a Secret Relationship (Seasons 1-2)
The Loud House (Season 6)
The Really Loud House (Season 1)
January 11
SkyMed Season 2 premiere
January 16
JUNE premiere
January 17
Aerial Argentina (Season 1)
The Stanford Prison Experiment*
January 19
The Woman in the Wall* premiere
January 24
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) (Season 3)
January 25
Sexy Beast premiere
January 26
Clerks II*
You Hurt My Feelings*
January 29
Begin Again*
January 31
Air Disasters (Seasons 1-7)
Combat Ships (Seasons 1,3,4)
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (Seasons 1-3)
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prequel to the 2000 feature film starring Sir Ben Kingsley and directed by Jonathan Glazer. The
Details on Paramount+’s Originals, Premieres, and Exclusives:
June June shines an important spotlight on the history of country music and the mark the Carter and Cash families made on the genre before diving into the complex life of the legendary June Carter Cash. The five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, comedian, musician, actor and author has opened for Elvis, appeared onscreen with Robert Duvall and Jane Seymour, and co-wrote one of the most recognizable country songs of all time, “Ring of Fire.”
Perhaps at times overshadowed by her iconic husband Johnny Cash, she now takes center stage.
Sexy Beast
The prequel series explores the origins of Gal (James McArdle) and Don’s (Emun Elliott) complicated relationship as they find themselves descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s, while Gal’s budding relationship with Deedee (Sarah Greene) threatens everything in their world.
SKYMED: SkyMed follows the triumphs and tribulations of young medics and pilots who fly air ambulances across Northern Canada. Weaving together intense personal journeys with jaw-dropping medical rescues in the most remote conditions, the new season thrusts the diverse group of medical responders into intense emergencies as they continue to rely on each other for survival 20,000 feet in the air.
As SkyMed expands, expect all new hookups, heartbreaks, and challenges on the job as the team wrestles with what it really means to grow up and discover whether they can grow together or grow apart.
The Woman in the Wall The Woman in the Wall is a new six-episode thriller that centers on Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson), a woman from the small, fictional Irish town of Kilkinure, who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house. Chillingly, Lorna has no idea who the dead woman is or if she, herself, might be responsible for the apparent murder. That’s because Lorna has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking ever since she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in The Kilkinure Convent, a (fictional) home to one of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene Laundries for women.
There, Lorna gave birth to her daughter Agnes, who cruelly was taken from her and whose fate Lorna never has known. Detective Colman Akande (Daryl McCormack) is now also on Lorna’s tail for a crime seemingly unrelated to the body she has discovered in her house. His scathing wit hides a quiet sadness, and when he meets Lorna, he finds himself forced to confront his own haunting secrets.
As Colman searches for a murderer and Lorna searches for her daughter, their paths collide in ways they never could have anticipated.
Adam Driver stars in ‘Ferrari’ (Photo Credit Eros Hoagland / NEON)
For the better part of 20 years, director Michael Mann (Collateral, Thief) has wanted to tell the Enzo Ferrari story. He was even briefly attached to direct the 2019 movie Ford v Ferrari that was eventually helmed by James Mangold (although Mann still retained an Executive Producer credit). Now, he’s finally getting to tell his Ferrari story with the simply titled Ferrari.
Ferrari stars Adam Driver (The Last Duel, Annette) as ex-racecar driver and automobile industry mogul Enzo Ferrari. Enzo’s company is on the verge of collapse, so he decides the best way to save it is to win the ill-fated 1957 Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1000-mile race across the roads of Italy.
Along with attempting to salvage his crumbling empire, Enzo also has to balance a wife who is grieving from the loss of their son (Penélope Cruz from Parallel Mothers) and a mistress with whom he has had another son (Divergent’s Shailene Woodley). Enzo’s life gets more complicated when all these facets converge on him.
It’s easy to see why Michael Mann wanted to make this movie. It’s got just the right combination of dramatic intrigue and adrenaline-fueled action to seem like an ideal passion project for the filmmaker. Mann really is the perfect director for the high-octane story.
Adam Driver is the anchor of the movie. Enzo is a ruthless businessman but is also very passionate about what he does. At one point, when speaking of his chief rival in the Italian auto industry, he says “Maserati races to sell cars, I sell cars to race.” Driver plays Enzo with the emotional disconnect that comes with being a commercial tyrant. Even when confronted with death and destruction, he remains stoic and puts up a strong front, only breaking down privately.
Enzo is a scoundrel, but a sympathetic one. He outwardly will do anything to keep his company afloat, but inwardly, he mourns his dead son while caring for his live one. Driver walks this line well and gives the type of performance where he seems to become Enzo. There is no Kylo Ren here. The only weak spot is his distracting Italian accent, but that could be said for most of the cast.
While Adam Driver owns the first two acts, Mann takes the wheel (get it?) for the third. This is where the grueling race happens, and Ferrari becomes a real Michael Mann movie. Those familiar with the outcome of the 1957 Mille Miglia will be impressed with how historically accurate the film gets. Those unfamiliar…well, let’s just say, it’s a shocking ride.
Michael Mann chose the right project, as Ferrari is an upgrade from Ford v Ferrari. There’s still a rumored Untitled Formula One Racing Movie coming from another filmmaker who was slated to direct Ford v Ferrari at one point, Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. Details are sketchy about that, but the chances are it won’t be as good as Ferrari. Michael Mann has set the bar.
GRADE: B
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, language, graphic images, and some violent content
Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Release Date: December 25, 2023
Studio: NEON
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector in ‘The Gilded Age’ season 2 (Photograph by Barbara Nitke/HBO)
HBO officially renewed The Gilded Age for a third season just days after the season two finale aired. Season two, which premiered on October 29, 2023, earned a 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The second season’s finale drew in the largest audience in the show’s history.
“We’re so proud of what Julian Fellowes and The Gilded Age family have achieved. From the costumes to the production design and performances, the show has captivated so many week after week. Along with our partners at Universal Television, we are thrilled to continue this grand tale for a third season,” stated Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films.
Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, and Cynthia Nixon lead a cast that includes Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Ben Ahlers, and Michael Cerveris. The ensemble also includes Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, Jack Gilpin, Simon Jones, Sullivan Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Debra Monk, and Donna Murphy.
Season two also featured Kristine Nielsen, Kelli O’Hara, Patrick Page, Harry Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Blake Ritson, Douglas Sills, Erin Wilhelmi, and Nathan Lane. Audra McDonald, John Douglas Thompson, Ashlie Atkinson, Laura Benanti, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Christopher Denham, David Furr, Ward Horton, Matilda Lawler, and Robert Sean Leonard also starred.
“There is much more story to tell with The Gilded Age. We’re delighted that HBO is giving fans another season of Julian Fellowes’ incredible storytelling. The cast and crew put so much of their heart and soul into the last two seasons, and we’re so proud that all this hard work is paying off with another season… you won’t want to miss what’s next!” said Erin Underhill, President, Universal Television.
Julian Fellowes created the series and serves as writer and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Gareth Neame, David Crockett, Bob Greenblatt, and Salli Richardson-Whitfield. Michael Engler directs and executive produces, and Sonja Warfield writes and executive produces.
“The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand-new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost. Season two of The Gilded Age begins on Easter morning 1883, with the news that Bertha Russell’s bid for a box at the Academy of Music has been rejected,” reads HBO’s official synopsis. “Through the eight episodes of the season, we watch as Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor and the old system and works to not only gain a foothold in Society, but to potentially take a leading role in it.
George Russell takes on his own battle with a growing union at his steel plant in Pittsburgh. In the Brook House, Marian continues her journey to find her way in the world secretly teaching at a girls school while much to everyone’s surprise Ada begins a new courtship. Of course, Agnes approves of none of it. In Brooklyn, the Scott family begins to heal from a shocking discovery, and Peggy taps into her activist spirit through her work with T. Thomas Fortune at the NY Globe.”
Poster for ‘Prosecuting Evil With Kelly Siegler’ (Photo by: Oxygen)
Season one of Oxygen True Crime’s Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler continues with episode six, airing on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 8pm ET/PT. Episode six, “The Mask of God,” focuses on the death of a grieving mother. The exclusive clip embedded below reveals the circumstances surrounding the discovery of her body, as well as the items police found near the body – all of which appear to confirm the initial belief that she took her own life.
However, appearances can be deceiving.
“A grieving mother takes her own life, or so it seems,” reads Oxygen True Crime’s synopsis. “Her parents start an investigation, and secrets emerge about the Baptist minister and husband that leaves friends and family wondering if there’s more to the story.”
Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler takes an in-depth look at harrowing homicides that took place in Texas. Siegler provides special insight into the investigations, sharing the knowledge she’s acquired from spending more than two decades as a prosecutor.
The true-crime series is executive produced by Siegler, Dick Wolf, Casey Kriley, Jo Sharon, Adam Kassen, Andrew Nock, and Tom Thayer.
(The clip must be viewed on YouTube due to the sensitive subject matter.)
Anna Sawai and Ren Watabe in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ episode 7 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Apple TV+’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters episode seven opens with a creature emerging from the dirt. Check that…it’s not a creature, it’s Tim (Joe Tippett). He survived the helicopter crash without any major noticeable injuries.
Tindouf, Algeria: Cate (Anna Sawai) is trying to work through why her dad was out there. Kentaro (Ren Watabe) is done worrying about his dad, certain Hiroshi just ran away and left them to die at the feet/claws/jaws of Godzilla.
Meanwhile, May (Kiersey Clemons) waits in the airport bathroom to be kidnapped. Yes, kidnapped. By the time Cate checks on her, she’s gone. Her passport and phone have been left behind.
So, where is May? On board a private jet. A flashback to three years prior in Seattle fills in a few of the May blanks. She’s having a nice business dinner and discussing how much she loves writing code. Brenda Holland (Dominique Tipper), her dinner companion, believes she’s wasting her talent and can work anywhere she chooses. “But I think the future looks better if you created with me,” says Brenda, promising tons of money if she signs on with AET.
Cate and Kentaro are frantically searching for May when Tim walks into the airport. Cate attacks him, but Tim, for once, isn’t responsible for May’s disappearance. Tim was only in the area trying to track down Shaw and had no idea Cate, Kentaro, and May didn’t go home like they were supposed to.
Tim provides a history lesson on Monarch and how Hiroshi personally opened his eyes to the world of Titans. And now it’s Tim’s turn for a lesson. Cate and Kentaro reveal that their dad was there using some sort of machine right before Godzilla woke up. Tim’s certain Hiroshi’s trying to prevent the next G-Day.
Cate grudgingly admits she thinks they need Tim’s help.
Joe Tippett in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ episode 7 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Tim checks in with Verdugo and confirms everyone on the helicopter died except him. Verdugo and the team at Monarch are shocked to learn Godzilla put in an appearance. Tim refuses to follow orders and instead is going to stick with Cate and Kentaro, a choice which earns him a suspension from Monarch.
Tim knows the truth about May. Her name is actually Corah.
Another flashback, this time to 30 months ago at the AET Headquarters, puts more pieces of the May puzzle together. May/Corah wonders why Brenda hired her because after being there for six months, she hasn’t accomplished anything. Her coding work was sent to the company’s Cybernetic Neuro-Interface Unit, but May has no idea why it’s there or what it’s being used for.
Brenda reminds her it’s no longer her code; she signed an exclusive contract, which means all her work belongs to AET.
Monarch Outpost 88 in Fairbanks, Alaska: Gamma-ray signatures have been wonky over the Alaskan rift, and Dr. Barnes (Jess Salgueiro) has been called into the outpost to dig into why. Just as Barnes takes a bathroom break, the outpost’s electricity shuts down. It comes back on in less than a minute as Lee Shaw (Kurt Russell) walks in, backed by Duvall (Elisa Lasowski) and her Monarch team. Shaw announces he’s now in control of the base, but everyone’s free to leave after they hear him out.
Lee delivers a speech, asking if they’re ready to stand with him on the right side of history.
Barnes peers through a door, sees what’s going down, and runs off while calling Monarch to alert them to the situation. Duvall chases her but Barnes makes it outside the facility before it’s put on lockdown.
Barnes makes it to a gas station and tells Deputy Director of Monarch Natalia Verdugo she doesn’t know who took over Outpost 88, but they had guns.
Lee has Duvall’s team load up the outpost’s huge explosives stockpile.
Tacoma, Washington: Cate, Kentaro, and Tim arrive at May’s last known address. Tim suggests they keep what they know to themselves since they have no idea how much her family knows about May’s current situation.
While chatting with May’s mom and sister, Cate lies and says they met Corah in Japan through an online manga group. Corah’s mom admits she didn’t really know what her daughter was up to recently, but Corah’s sister’s not buying the threesome’s cover story.
It’s been two years since Corah was home.
As they’re leaving, they notice the sister drive off. They decide to follow her, certain she knows more than she claims. They’re absolutely horrible at tracking, and the sister gets the jump on them inside a parking garage. She demands to know the truth and warns them to leave her family alone.
Kentaro comes through in the clutch, disclosing details about Corah that only a friend would know. The sister admits Corah’s in trouble with Applied Experimental Technologies.
A flashback shows Corah receiving texts from her coworkers frantically trying to reach her because the system’s crashing. Her boss sends a text saying she knows Corah’s responsible. Corah hurriedly packs her belongings and asks her sister to get her cash and allow her to take her passport. Corah tells her she loves her, but she has to disappear.
Back to current events, the sister reveals she’s been in contact by phone with Corah. She also describes Corah as telling her she made a deal and might be able to come back soon.
Kiersey Clemons in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ episode 7 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
The kidnapped Corah meets with Brenda, and yet another flashback confirms that she did take the system down after hacking into the Cybernetic Neuro-Interface Unit. She discovered they were secretly experimenting on animals, and that’s definitely not what she signed up for.
Corah wiped out years of research and millions of dollars of investments before disappearing.
Meanwhile, Tim calls in a favor and learns May’s whereabouts. Since she’s in the secure AET building, Tim activates a “massive organism approaching” text alert to clear the building. Tim confesses this is the first time he’s tried the alert in the U.S., although Japan already has a successful system.
Given the mass exodus from nearby buildings, it’s safe to say the system works.
Brenda asks what Corah knows about monsters and refuses to believe it when she says nothing. Brenda thinks they can learn how to make the paralyzed individuals walk from creatures like Godzilla’s nervous systems. That’s the work Corah destroyed.
Brenda’s one smart cookie and knows the alert is just a cover to free Corah. Brenda offers a deal: she’ll let Corah go if she spies on Monarch’s work and tells her everything she learns. That would mean Corah still lives a lie, but at least she won’t be in jail.
Corah refuses the deal.
Corah briefly reunites with Cate, Kentaro, and Tim, catching Cate up in a big hug. She confesses her name isn’t May and that she used to work at AET as a programmer. She apologizes and admits she was using them to save herself, believing she could use Hiroshi’s files to get AET off her back.
She sends them away, insisting they need to leave her alone and forget about her.
Ren Watabe and Anna Sawai in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ episode 7 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Natalia Verdugo and her men snatch the threesome as they exit AET. Verdugo orders Cate and Kentaro to return home and stop hunting for Hiroshi or meddling in Monarch’s business. Cate reminds Verdugo that they found Hiroshi’s map, found Shaw, and ultimately found Godzilla without any help from Monarch. She proposes that if Verdugo helps get May back, they’ll help find Shaw.
Verdugo apparently agrees, as her next stop is Brenda’s office.
Later that day, Corah returns home, and her family’s overjoyed to see her safe and sound.
Tim and Verdugo are now back on the same page, and their next step is to head to Washington to get the DoD’s help containing Shaw. Tim believes they need to alert the public to Monarch’s existence rather than continue to work from the shadows.
May is all-in on getting the gang back together now that she can contact her family whenever she wants. She also insists they continue to call her May instead of Corah.
Verdugo does as Tim suggested and makes a public statement, describing Monarch as a global collaboration that studies massive unidentified terrestrial organisms, including Godzilla. She says the early warning signal triggered in Seattle was a mistake, but at least it showed that the system works.
Verdugo and Monarch believe that together we can survive in this world in which monsters are a real and present danger.
Brenda’s on the phone, delighted with their deal with Monarch. The cybernetic unit’s new name and logo flashes on the screen – Apex Cybernetics. (Apex first appeared in Godzilla vs. Kong.)
The Alaska Rift: Lee oversees all the explosives being set up around the rift. He orders the roof to be brought down on the Titans once and for all, and the massive explosion causes the Frost Vark Titan to appear. The explosions continue and cause a whirlwind to form and swirl over the rift. Suddenly, a white ball of energy is formed and explodes.
The result is a gigantic burned-out hole in the ground. Episode seven ends with Lee raising his fists in the air and screaming, “Yes!”
NBC’s Magnum PI season five episode 20, both the season and series finale, finds Magnum working on a murder case. Episode 20, “The Big Squeeze,” will air on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT, immediately following episode 19.
Jay Hernandez leads the cast as Thomas Magnum, Perdita Weeks is Juliet Higgins, Zachary Knighton stars as Orville ‘Rick’ Wright, Stephen Hill is Theodore ‘TC’ Calvin, Amy Hill is Kumu, and Tim Kang plays Det. Gordon Katsumoto.
“The Big Squeeze” Plot: After a high-stakes homicide case falls apart at trial, Katsumoto asks Magnum to help him stop a killer from walking free. Higgins helps Jin Jeong with a mystery of his own.
Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum and Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins in ‘Magnum PI’ season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)
The Season 5 Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
Magnum P.I. is a modern take on the classic series centering on Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. A charming rogue, an American hero and a die-hard Detroit Tigers fan, Magnum lives in a guest cottage on Robin’s Nest, the luxurious estate where he works as a security consultant to supplement his P.I. business.
The “majordomo” of the property is Juliet Higgins, a beautiful and commanding disavowed MI:6 agent whose second job is to keep Magnum in line, with the help of her two Dobermans. When Magnum needs backup on a job, he turns to his trusted buddies and fellow POW survivors Theodore ‘TC’ Calvin, a former Marine chopper pilot who runs Island Hoppers, a helicopter tour business, and Orville “Rick” Wright, a former Marine door-gunner-turned-impresario of Oahu’s coolest nightclub and the most connected man on the island.
With keys to a vintage Ferrari in one hand, aviator sunglasses in the other, and an Old Düsseldorf longneck chilling in the fridge, Thomas Magnum is back on the case!
Emily Alabi as Mahina, Stephen Hill as Theodore “TC” Calvin, Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum, Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins, and Amy Hill as Teuila “Kumu” Tuileta in season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)Amy Hill as Teuila “Kumu” Tuileta and Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins in season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins, Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum, and Patrick Fabian as Sam Bedrosian in season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)Zachary Knighton as Orville “Rick” Wright in season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)Tim Kang as Detective Gordon Katsumoto in season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum in season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)
