The team is on the case of a missing undocumented woman on NBC’s Found season one episode five. “Missing While Undocumented” will air on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 10pm ET/PT.
“Missing While Undocumented” Plot: The M&A team mobilizes to trace the last steps of 21-year-old Satcha Moncado before she disappeared, knowing her undocumented status makes her more vulnerable. Their search uncovers a greater threat that nearly claims the life of one of our own.
Found stars Shanola Hampton as Gabi, Kelli Williams as Margaret, Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent, Gabrielle Walsh as Lacey, Arlen Escarpeta as Zeke, Karan Oberoi as Dhan, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Sir.
Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely, Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana, and Kelli Williams as Margaret Reed in ‘Found’ season 1 episode 5 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)
The Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about.
Public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
Anisa Nyell Johnson as Detective Shaker and Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent in episode 5 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Sir in the “Missing While Undocumented” episode (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Kelli Williams as Margaret Reed in episode 5 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Gabrielle Elise Walsh as Lacey Quinn in episode 5 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)Karan Oberoi as Dahn Rana and Christopher Bencomo as Manny Hernandez in episode 5 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)FKaran Oberoi as Dahn Rana, Gabrielle Elise Walsh as Lacey Quinn, Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely, and Christopher Bencomo as Manny Hernandez in episode 5 (Photo by: Steve Swisher/NBC)
Josh Gates returns to explore historic sites and delve into new mysteries on season 12 of Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown. Season 12 kicks off on November 15, 2023 with a two-part premiere, with new episodes airing on Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT.
The new season begins with Gates assisting Project Recover in their quest to discover the locations of 40 downed planes and 200 American heroes who were lost during Operation Hailstone. Gates travels to Micronesia where he joins Project Recover on their mission and, with the assistance of cutting-edge technology, makes a “stunning and historic discovery.”
“Throughout the season, Josh will also set sail into the Bermuda Triangle to seek the richest stash of sunken gold in the Americas, journey across northern Europe in search of a Viking king’s tomb and treasure, use a long-forgotten map to locate a lost Maya city, and team up with a former FBI agent to chase stolen loot and priceless historical artifacts from America’s most notorious couple, Bonnie and Clyde,” reads Discovery Channel’s synopsis. “Driven to find the truth behind the world’s most captivating legends, Josh Gates is on a mission for answers. Expedition Unknown chronicles his global adventures as he investigates iconic unsolved events, and hunts for lost cities, buried treasures, and sacred artifacts.”
Sarah Lancashire and David Hyde Pierce in ‘Julia’ season 2 (Photograph by Sebastein Gonon/Max)
Max’s November 2023 schedule includes season two of Julia starring Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child and the return of Rap Sh!t with Aida Osman and Mia KaMillion. Bookie, a new comedy about sports gambling created by Chuck Lorre, makes its debut on November 30th with Sebastian Maniscalco starring as an LA bookie.
HBO documentaries Albert Brooks: Defending My Life and South to Black Power will stream on Max this November, along with CNN Films’ Little Richard: I Am Everything.
SERIES & FILMS ARRIVING ON MAX IN NOVEMBER 2023:
November 1
Act of Valor (2012)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Aliens (1986)
The Ant Bully (2006)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
The Avengers (1998)
The Bachelor (1999)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Black Beauty (1994)
Boys’ Night Out (1962)
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Brigadoon (1954)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Christmas Cookie Challenge, Seasons 1-5 (Food Network)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
A Christmas Story (1983)
A Cinderella Story (2004)
A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Diner (1982)
Down to Earth (2001)
Dune (1984)
Elf (2003)
The Fantastic Four (2015)
Fever Pitch (2005)
The Foot Fist Way (2008)
Four Christmases (2008)
Fred Claus (2007)
Free Fire (2017)
Funny Farm (1988)
Get Carter (1971)
Get Smart (2008)
The Golden Compass (2007)
Gran Torino (2008)
Great Expectations (1998)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Happy Feet (2006)
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Head of State (2003)
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
High Life (2019)
Holiday Affair (1949)
Holiday Baking Championship, Seasons 1-9 (Food Network)
Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown, Seasons 1-2 (Food Network)
Holiday Wars, Seasons 1-4 (Food Network)
Inkheart (2009)
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Jack Frost (1998)
John Dies at the End (2013)
Kart Racer (2003)
Killing Me Softly (2003)
Kin (2018)
The King’s Speech (2010)
Legally Blonde (2001)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Legally Blondes (2009)
The Lovely Bones (2010)
Major League (1989)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Mean Girls 2 (2011)
Misery (1990)
Mistress America (2015)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
New Year’s Eve (2011)
Now You See Me (2013)
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Ordinary People (1980)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Paycheck (2003)
The Pirate (1948)
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
The Polar Express (2004)
Predators (2010)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Road House (1989)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990)
Room for One More (1952)
Running on Empty (1988)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
The Pioneer Woman: Hometown Stories, Season 1 (Food Network)
Traffik (2018)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Unfinished Business (2015)
Uptown Girls (2003)
Walking Tall (2004)
Wargames (1983)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Welcome To Marwen (2018)
Where the Boys Are (1960)
Winter’s Bone (2010)
Winter’s Tale (2014)
November 2
Caught in the Net, Season 2 (ID)
Christmas Cookie Challenge, Season 7 (Food Network)
Expedition Bigfoot, Season 4 (Discovery Channel)
November 3
Border Control: Spain, Seasons 1-3
Scent of Time (Max Original)
November 4
Rebuilding Black Wall Street, Season 1 (OWN)
November 5
Holiday Wars, Season 5 (Food Network)
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Nicole Avant, Season 1 (OWN)
The Lost Women of Highway 20, Season 1 (ID)
The Mountain Kitchen, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)
November 6
Holiday Baking Championship, Season 10 (Food Network)
The Family Chantel, Season 5 (TLC)
Gumbo Coalition (2022)
Gumbo Coalition follows two visionary civil rights leaders, Marc Morial and Janet Murguía, as they work to empower African American and Latino American communities through four turbulent years in America. Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple, Gumbo Coalition takes us on an intimate — and sometimes humorous — journey into their lives, homes, and the family histories that motivate their united mission to create a more just and equitable country. At a dramatic crossroads in American history, these leaders face some of their biggest challenges: the global pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, and the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath.
November 7
Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown, Season 2 (Food Network)
Building Roots, Season 1B (HGTV)
Fixer to Fabulous, Season 5 (HGTV)
Operation Undercover (ID)
Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School (2023) (HBO Original)
November 8
A Chestnut Family Christmas (2021) (OWN)
A Christmas For Mary (2019) (OWN)
A Christmas Fumble (2022) (OWN)
A Christmas Open House (HGTV)
A Christmas Stray (2021) (OWN)
A Gingerbread Christmas (Food Network)
The Great Holiday Bake War (2022) (OWN)
A Sisterly Christmas (2021) (OWN)
Artfully Designed, Season 2 (Magnolia Network)
Baking Christmas (2019) (OWN)
Buying Back the Block, 2 Specials(HGTV)
Candy Coated Christmas (Food Network)
Carole’s Christmas (2019) (OWN)
Cooking Up Christmas (2020) (OWN)
Designing Christmas (HGTV)
Feds, Season 1 (ID)
First Christmas (2020) (OWN)
Fixer to Fabulous: Holiday Surprise, Season 1 (HGTV)
Food Network: White House Thanksgiving (Food Network)
Help! I Wrecked My House, Season 4 (HGTV)
Holiday Crafters Gone Wild, Season 1 (HGTV)
Home Town: Ben’s Holiday Workshop, Season 1 (HGTV)
Home Town: Christmas in Laurel, Season 1 (HGTV)
House Hunters: Ho Ho Home (HGTV)
Macy’s Thanksgiving Cake Spectacular, Season 1 (Food Network)
My Lottery Dream Home: Holiday Extravaganza, Season 1 (HGTV)
One Fine Christmas (2019) (OWN)
Our OWN Christmas (OWN)
Santa’s Baking Blizzard, Season 1 (Food Network)
Surprising Santa Claus (HGTV)
The Big Holiday Food Fight, Season 1 (OWN)
Turkey Day Sunny’s Way, Season 1 (Food Network)
Ultimate Hanukkah Challenge, Season 1 (Food Network)
Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge, Seasons 1-2 (Food Network) You Were My First Boyfriend (2023) (HBO Original)
Fixer Upper: The Hotel (Magnolia Network)
Fixer Upper: The Hotel follows Chip and Joanna Gaines’ most ambitious renovation to date as they transform a 100-year-old historic building near Magnolia Market into a boutique hotel – Hotel 1928 – showcasing their love for hospitality, restoration and their home city of Waco, Texas.
Aida Osman and KaMillion in ‘Rap Sh!t’ season 2 (Photograph by Erin Simkin/Max)
November 9
My Sesame Street Friends, Season 4 (Max Original)
Sesame Street, Season 54 (Max Original)
Rap Sh!t, Season 2 (Max Original)
Season two of Rap Sh!t follows two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion), who reunite to form a rap group. In their rise to fame, Shawna and Mia find themselves at a pivotal moment in their rap career as they are forced to decide if they will stay true to themselves or conform to the demands of the music industry.
November 11
The Craftsman: Preserving the Last Higgins Boat (Magnolia Network)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023) (HBO Original)
Since the late 1960s, Albert Brooks has been a major force in American comedy with his smart, sometimes absurdist, and truly unique sense of humor. From stand-up, to acting, to writing and directing short films, to his seven, iconic, original motion pictures, including Modern Romance, Lost in America, Mother, and more, Brooks has paved the way for future generations and remains a comedic force in a league of his own. With testimonials from some of the brightest comedy talents and serious thinkers, as well as family and friends, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life chronicles Brooks’ very early work all the way to present day. In this deep and personal conversation, Reiner and Brooks explore the origins and evolution of Brooks’ career, the impetus for his creativity, and the impact he has had on the world of comedy.
November 12
American Monster, Season 9A (ID)
Kids Baking Championship: Sweets-giving (Food Network)
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Courtney B. Vance & Dr. Robin Smith (OWN)
November 13
Love Has Won (HBO Original)
November 14
Fear Thy Neighbor, Season 9A (ID)
How We Get Free (2023) (HBO Original)
Real Time Crime, Season 2 (ID)
Teen Titans Go!: WB 100th Anniversary Special & Intro Special (Cartoon Network)
November 15
Buddy vs. Christmas, Season 1 (Food Network)
Buddy vs. Duff Holiday, Season 1 (Food Network)
Expedition Unknown, Season 8B (Discovery Channel)
House Hunters International: Volume 8 (HGTV)
White House Christmas, 1998-2021 (HGTV)
White House Christmas Special, 2022 (HGTV)
November 16
The Dog House: UK, Christmas Special (Max Original) Julia, Season 2 (Max Original)
In season two of Julia, with her trailblazing cooking show up and running on the air, Julia (Sarah Lancashire) grapples with her rising celebrity and what that means for her, her colleagues and her show. In season two, Julia and her devoted husband Paul return from Simca’s home in France to find that her success has changed everything. Through her singular joie de vivre, she and her team must navigate WGBH, the White House and a threat from their past, while continuing to spearhead female-driven public television and confront social issues still prevalent today.
November 17
Killers of the Cosmos, Season 1 (Science Channel)
Tom & Jerry Snowman’s Land (2022)
November 19
Teen Titans Go!: Wishbone
The Elf on the Shelf: Sweet Showdown, Season 1 (Food Network)
November 20
Ice Age America, Season 1 (Science Channel)
November 21
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Exposed: Crimes Gone Naked, Season 1 (ID)
Road Rage, Season 1 (ID)
November 22
The Intern (2015)
November 23
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Elmo Saves Christmas
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023) (CNN Films/Max Original)
The Max Original Little Richard: I Am Everything from CNN Films tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard’s complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon’s life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions. In interviews with family, musicians, and cutting-edge Black and queer scholars, the film reveals how Richard created an art form for ultimate self-expression, yet what he gave to the world he was never able to give to himself. Throughout his life, Richard careened like a shiny cracked pinball between God, sex and rock n’ roll. The world tried to put him in a box, but Richard was an omni being who contained multitudes – he was unabashedly everything.
November 24
Let Us Prey, Season 1 (ID)
The Lives of Felix (Las vidas de Fèlix)
November 27
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Season 12 (Adult Swim)
Kids Baking Championship: Reindeer Games (Food Network)
The Garden: Commune or Cult, Season 1 (Discovery Channel)
November 28
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 1G
South to Black Power (2023) (HBO Original)
South to Black Power is inspired by New York Times columnist and bestselling author Charles Blow’s provocative book, which calls for a reverse “great migration” of African Americans from the North back to the South to reclaim the land, political representation, and culture that they left behind, and in so doing, forever transform the power structure in America.
November 29
Help! My House is Haunted, Season 4B
Her (2014)
Street Outlaws: Farmtruck and AZN: Down Under, Season 1 (Discovery Channel)
November 30
Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays (Food Network)
Bookie, Season 1 (Max Original)
From Emmy-nominated creator Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, this darkly funny comedy follows veteran Los Angeles bookie Danny (Sebastian Maniscalco) as the potential legalization of sports gambling in California threatens to upend his business for good. Alongside best friend and former NFL player Ray (Omar J. Dorsey), side-hustling sister Lorraine (Vanessa Ferlito), and reluctantly reformed drug dealer Hector (Jorge Garcia), Danny must contend with his increasingly unstable clients as he tries to settle their debts – all while making plenty of risky bets of his own. Full of relatable mishaps, Bookie chronicles one man’s journey to adapt to an ever-changing world as he attempts to charm and con his way to the top.
The History channel’s set a November 14, 2023 premiere date for season two of The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. New season two episodes will air on Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT.
Last season, the dive team discovered a lost 20-foot piece of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger. The same dive team returns for season two, including underwater explorer and marine biologist Mike Barnette and investigators Wayne Abbot and David O’Keefe. Aeronautical crash expert U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jason Harris and wreck diver Jimmy Gadomski also return for the new season which kicks off with the discovery of an A-3 Skywarrior jet.
Underwater explorer and marine biologist Mike Barnette and wreck diver Jimmy Gadomski exploring a twenty-foot segment of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger on ‘The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters’ (Photo Credit: The HISTORY Channel)
The History Channel offers this description of season two:
Each week is a detective hunt as the team follows the clues and dives mystery wrecks, hoping to identify them and close the case on why they disappeared. This season, they’ve now set their sights on a new set of wreck targets that they hope will solve some of the biggest, deepest, most perplexing mysteries of the missing in these dreaded waters.
In the season two premiere, the team discovers the lost remains of an A-3 Skywarrior jet that fatally crashed in July 1960 while trying to land on the USS Saratoga. A thorough investigation by both land and sea results in a positive identification of the exact jet and the pilot and crew who lost their lives. The team meets with the pilot’s sons to share some long-awaited answers to what happened in the moments leading up to that fateful crash over six decades ago.
The BBC and Disney Branded Television have set premiere dates for three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, and launched a one-minute teaser trailer starring fan-favorites David Tennant and Catherine Tate. The special anniversary celebration kicks off with “The Star Beast” streaming on Disney+ on November 25, 2023. “Wild Blue Yonder” follows on December 2nd, with “The Giggle” debuting on December 9th.
Disney+ offers this tantalizingly short description of the specials:
“‘The Star Beast,’ ‘Wild Blue Yonder,’ and ‘The Giggle’ will reunite the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker (played by Neil Patrick Harris in his Doctor Who debut).”
The specials also star Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep, and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham. Returning players include Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple, and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
The new season of Doctor Who starring Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) as the Fifteenth Doctor is targeting a 2024 premiere.
The Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) in Doctor Who “The Giggle” (Photo Courtesy of BBC and Disney Branded Television)
The Doctor Who Plot, Courtesy of BBC and Disney+:
Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction television series in the world. The very first episode “An Unearthly Child” aired back in 1963, and this much-beloved brand has been inspiring and entertaining audiences globally for an incredible 60 years.
The show follows the adventures of a Time Lord “The Doctor” who is able to regenerate, and the Doctor’s human friend (s). The Doctor and companion’s journey through time and space in the TARDIS – a time-traveling ship shaped like a police box – saving the universe with a combination of wit, bravery and kindness. Orbiting around them is the wider Whoniverse – infinite galaxies and countless civilizations filled with incredible friends and dangerous foes.
These are worlds ripe for exploration. Worlds full of surprising stories, characters, emotions, and entertainment.
David Tennant returns as The Doctor (Photo Courtesy of BBC and Disney Branded Television)A scene from “Star Beast” (Photo Courtesy of BBC and Disney Branded Television)Neil Patrick Harris in “The Giggle” (Photo Courtesy of BBC and Disney Branded Television)
Director Cecilia Aldarondo looks back on her adolescence and examines how experiences from high school continue to impact her life in the documentary You Were My First Boyfriend. HBO’s released the first trailer for what’s described as a hybrid documentary that features recreations of key events from Aldarondo’s past.
“What if you could rewrite your adolescence? In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Aldarondo embarks on a fantastical quest to reconcile her tortured teen years. She revisits some of her most formative – and at times cringeworthy – childhood experiences, tracking down old crushes and reenacting visceral memories of youthful humiliation and desire, at times playing the role of her younger self and casting teenagers to play the kids in her life who still haunt her,” reads HBO’s synopsis. “Oscillating between present and past, humor and heartbreak, You Were My First Boyfriend is a hybrid documentary that takes seriously the power of adolescence and the way time impacts memories, exploring what it means to grow up and make peace with the drama of our teenage trauma.”
Aldarondo wrote, produced, and directed the documentary, with Sarah Enid Hagey co-directing, writing, and editing. Ines Hofman Kanna produced, and HBO’s Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Sara Rodriguez serve as executive producers.
Joining Aldarondo in front of the camera are Melissa Baker, Sarah Baker Butterfield, Laura Gallegos, Gabriel Kristal, Joel Pickering, and Jo Anne Taylor (as themselves). The cast also includes Trinity Soos, Hannah Whipple, Xander Black, Maya Karp, Ella Marie Fraley, Delanie Nicole Gill, Erica Kaylee Gouldthorpe, Isabella Rivera Gandulla, and Cole Donaldson.
You Were My First Boyfriend will premiere on November 8, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT.
‘You Were My First Boyfriend’ poster (Photo Credit: HBO)
Chris Pine isn’t a singer but he tries his best to handle a Disney tune with “This Is The Thanks I Get?!” from Wish. The studio released a minute-long clip of Pine’s animated character, King Magnifico, performing the song. As an added bonus, Disney also released a behind-the-scenes video of Pine singing alongside clips of King Magnifico.
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Julia Michaels and Grammy-winning producer/songwriter/musician Benjamin Rice wrote “This Is The Thanks I Get?!” as well as six additional original songs for the family-friendly animated film.
“We just had a blast with it,” said Wish director Chris Buck, commenting on Pine’s new villain song. “The visuals are terrific — he’s the King and he feels like nobody respects him. It’s been a while since we’ve had a good villain song, so Julia and Ben just went for it.”
Added director Fawn Veerasunthorn, “We’d provide a rough version of the script [to Julia and Ben] and they’d go away for a while and come back with a song. Their songs inspired us. For ‘This Is The Thanks I Get?!’ we knew we wanted Magnifico to be charming and, of course, evil. He’s also funny! In the song, he cracks jokes — he’s narcissistic. But it’s all tongue-in-cheek, and he’s still somehow completely likable, which is great for a villain.”
In addition to Chris Pine as Magnifico, the voice cast includes Oscar winner Ariana DeBose as Asha and Alan Tudyk as Asha’s favorite goat, Valentino. Angelique Cabral is Queen Amaya, Victor Garber voices Sabino, Natasha Rothwell is Sakina, Jennifer Kumiyama is Dahlia, and Evan Peters voices Simon.
Harvey Guillén lends his voice to Gabo, Ramy Youseff is Safi, Niko Vargas is Hal, Della Saba is Bazeema, and Jon Rudnitsky voices Dario.
Chris Pine’s Wish Song (Photo Courtesy of Walt Disney Animation Studios)
The Plot, Courtesy of Walt Disney Animation Studios:
With a nod to Walt Disney’s musical legacy as the company marks 100 years, Walt Disney Animation Studios Wish welcomes audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force — a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe — the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico — to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Wish is set to open in theaters on November 22, 2023. The soundtrack will drop on November 17th.
FX’s official trailer for the long-awaited fifth season of Fargo reveals Ted Lasso‘s Juno Temple is front and center as a woman who isn’t who she claims to be. The new season will involve lies, betrayals, kidnappings and, of course, murder – everything fans have come to expect from the critically acclaimed drama.
Inspired by Joel and Ethan Coen’s film, the first season of the anthology series debuted in April 2014 and starred Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, and Keith Carradine. Season two arrived in October 2015 with Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, and Jean Smart in starring roles. Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Thewlis, and Michael Stuhlbarg led the cast of season three which launched in April 2017.
Season four with Chris Rock, Jessie Buckley, Jason Schwartzman, and Ben Whishaw aired in September 2020. Season five has set a November 21, 2023 premiere date for the first two episodes, with new episodes arriving on Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT.
The new season stars Juno Temple as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon, Jon Hamm as Sheriff Roy Tillman, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lorraine Lyon, and Joe Keery as Gator. Sam Spruell plays Ole Munch, David Rysdahl is Wayne Lyon, Richa Moorjani is Deputy Indira Olmstead, Lamorne Morris plays Deputy Witt Farr, and Dave Foley is Danish Graves.
Series creator Noah Hawley serves as writer, director, and showrunner. Hawley’s 26 Keys production company executive produces along with Steve Stark, Kim Todd, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and The Littlefield Company’s Warren Littlefield. Fargo is produced by MGM Television and FX Productions.
Juno Temple as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon in ‘Fargo’ season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX)
FX offers this description of season five:
The latest installment of Fargo is set in Minnesota and North Dakota, 2019. After an unexpected series of events lands Dorothy “Dot” Lyon (Temple) in hot water with the authorities, this seemingly typical Midwestern housewife is suddenly plunged back into a life she thought she had left behind.
North Dakota Sheriff Roy Tillman (Hamm) has been searching for Dot for a long time. A rancher, preacher, and a constitutional lawman, Roy believes that he is the law and therefore is above the law. At his side is his loyal but feckless son, Gator (Keery), who is desperate to prove himself to his larger-than-life father. Too bad he’s hopeless. So when it comes to hunting Dot, Roy enlists Ole Munch (Spruell), a shadowy drifter of mysterious origin.
With her deepest secrets beginning to unravel, Dot attempts to shield her family from her past, but her doting, well-meaning husband Wayne (Rysdahl) keeps running to his mother, Lorraine Lyon (Jason Leigh), for help. CEO of the largest Debt Collection Agency in the country, the “Queen of Debt” is unimpressed with her son’s choice in a wife and spares no opportunity to voice her disapproval. However, when Dot’s unusual behavior catches the attention of Minnesota Police Deputy Indira Olmstead (Moorjani) and North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr (Morris), Lorraine appoints her in-house counsel and primary advisor, Danish Graves (Foley), to aid her daughter-in-law.
Afterall, family is family. But Dot has an uncanny knack for survival. And with her back to the wall, she’s about to show why one should never provoke a mother Lyon.
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lorraine Lyon in season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX)Joe Keery as Gator Tillman in season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX)David Rysdahl as Wayne Lyon in season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX)Richa Moorjani as Indira Olmstead in season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX)Lamorne Morris as Witt Farr in season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX)Jon Hamm as Roy Tillman in season 5 (CR: Michelle Faye/FX
Max’s official trailer for the second season of the critically acclaimed drama Julia finds the brilliant chef discovering she’s now a star thanks to the popularity of The French Chef. The trailer also confirms the new season will kick off on November 16, 2023 with the premiere of the first three episodes.
Additional episodes of the eight-episode season will stream once a week, with the season finale set for December 21.
Sarah Lancashire returns to lead the cast as Julia Child, and David Hyde Pierce is back as Julia’s supportive husband, Paul. The cast also includes Bebe Neuwirth, Brittany Bradford, Fran Kranz, Fiona Glascott, and Robert Joy.
Poster for ‘Julia’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Max)
“With her trailblazing cooking show up and running on the air, Julia grapples with her rising celebrity and what that means for her, her colleagues, and her show. In season two, Julia and her devoted husband Paul return from Simca’s home in France to find that her success has changed everything,” reads Max’s official synopsis. “Through her singular joie de vivre, she and her team must navigate WGBH, the White House, and a threat from their past, while continuing to spearhead female-driven public television and confront social issues still prevalent today.”
Daniel Goldfarb created the series and serves as an executive producer. Chris Keyser guides the critically acclaimed drama as showrunner and executive produces along with Kimberly Carver, Charles McDougall, Donna Bloom, Erica Lipez, and 3 Arts Entertainment’s Erwin Stoff. The series is produced by Lionsgate and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Producer Jason Blum believes what sets Five Nights at Freddy’s apart from other adaptations is “the care that was taken with the story to create something based on a beloved game.” Universal Pictures’ new featurette is dedicated to the game’s fans, and director/co-writer Emma Tammi says that every creative decision they made was with the goal of doing justice to the game and its massive fan base.
Josh Hutcherson (Ultraman, The Hunger Games franchise) and Elizabeth Lail (You, Mack & Rita) lead the cast of the horror film. Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy, Unstable), Kat Conner Sterling (We Have a Ghost), Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot), and Matthew Lillard (Good Girls, Scream) also star.
Scott Cawthon created the Five Night at Freddy’s game and is involved as a writer and producer. Seth Cuddeback also co-wrote the screenplay, with Bea Sequeira, Russell Binder, Marc Mostman, and Christopher H. Warner executive producing. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop created the film’s animatronic characters.
Five Nights at Freddy’s opens in theaters and streams on Peacock on October 27, 2023.
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse — the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man — brings Five Nights at Freddy’s to the big screen.
The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
