ABC’s fall primetime lineup will include two nights of Bachelor in Paradise and new seasons of The Conners, The Goldbergs, Home Economics, and Abbott Elementary. The Good Doctor, Grey’s Anatomy, The Rookie, Big Sky, and Station 19 will also return for new seasons this fall.
Newcomers joining ABC’s lineup and hoping to win over viewers include the comedy series Not Dead Yet with Gina Rodriguez (arriving midseason); dramas Alaska starring Hilary Swank and The Rookie: Feds with Niecy Nash-Betts; and the game show Celebrity Jeopardy!.
“Our fall schedule is a testament to our strong, dynamic programming slate that we’re continuing to nurture with top talent, world-class, award-winning storytellers and marquee titles,” stated Craig Erwich, president, Hulu Originals & ABC Entertainment. “By capitalizing on the success of our strongest assets, we’re betting on stability while also introducing and investing in key projects that will allow us to build on our momentum as the No. 1 entertainment network for the third consecutive year.”
ABC will launch new seasons of The Wonder Years, A Million Little Things, American Idol, The Bachelor, and Judge Steve Harvey at midseason.
ABC FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00 p.m. “Bachelor in Paradise”
10:00 p.m. “The Good Doctor”
TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. “Bachelor in Paradise”
10:00 p.m. “The Rookie: Feds”
WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. “The Conners”
8:30 p.m. “The Goldbergs”
9:00 p.m. “Abbott Elementary” (new night)
9:30 p.m. “Home Economics”
10:00 p.m. “Big Sky” (new night)
SUNDAY
7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:00 p.m. “Celebrity Jeopardy!”
9:00 p.m. “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune”
10:00 p.m. “The Rookie”
Hilary Swank stars in ‘Alaska’ (ABC/Darko Sikman)
NEW FALL SERIES
ALASKA (Thursdays, 10:00 p.m. ET)
From the mind of Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), Alaska stars Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald, a recently disgraced reporter who leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption.
Alongside Swank, Alaska stars Jeff Perry as Stanley Cornik, Matt Malloy as Bob Young, Meredith Holzman as Claire Muncy, Grace Dove as Rosalind “Roz” Friendly, Pablo Castelblanco as Gabriel Martin, Ami Park as Jieun Park and Craig Frank as Austin Greene. Tom McCarthy is creator and executive producer. Hilary Swank, Melissa Wells, Bert Salke, Kyle Hopkins (Anchorage Daily News) and Ryan Binkley (Anchorage Daily News) are executive producers on the series.
CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! (Sundays, 8:00 p.m. ET) Celebrity Jeopardy!, produced by Sony Pictures Television, is an all-new game show airing this fall on ABC. This new series welcomes celebrity contestants to compete for a chance to win money for a charity of their choice.
THE ROOKIE: FEDS (Tuesdays, 10:00 p.m. ET)
From the executive producers of flagship series The Rookie comes The Rookie: Feds starring Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. The spinoff was introduced as a two-part event during the current fourth season of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack.
The Rookie: Feds stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, Frankie Faison as Christopher “Cutty” Clark and Felix Solis as Special Agent Matthew Garza. Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter are co-creators and executive producers. Mark Gordon, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nathan Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross and Corey Miller are executive producers.
NEW MIDSEASON SERIES
NOT DEAD YET
From creators David Windsor and Casey Johnson (This Is Us) and starring Gina Rodriguez, Not Dead Yet follows Nell Stevens (Rodriguez), a broke and newly single self-described disaster, working to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. When she lands the only job she can find – writing obituaries, Nell starts getting life advice from an unlikely source. The series is adapted from the book Confessions of a 40-something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter.
Not Dead Yet stars Gina Rodriguez as Nell, Joshua Banday as Dennis and Angela Gibbs as Cricket. Casey Johnson and David Windsor are creators and executive producers. Also executive producing is Gina Rodriguez and Wonderland Sound and Vision’s McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh.
William Shatner joins the New Shepard NS-18 crew for a trip to space (Photo Credit: Blue Origin)
At 91, William Shatner – best known for playing Capt. James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise – is still going strong.
Case in point: On Oct. 13, 2021, he became the oldest person at age 90 to fly to space aboard the RSS First Step. Sponsored by Washington-based Blue Origin, LLC, this was the privately funded aerospace manufacturer’s second crewed sub-orbital spaceflight. Minutes after he landed, Shatner experienced the overview effect, a cognitive shift in awareness while viewing Earth from outer space. Shatner stated after landing: “I hope that I can maintain what I feel now. I don’t want to lose it.”
“Indescribable”
More half a year later, it doesn’t seem like he has.
“Indescribable,” Shatner said over the weekend during his panel at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi, MI. “There’s no word for weightlessness until you feel it – it’s so weird and indescribable.”
Second-generation Trekkie Kyla Cleere, of Sterling Heights, MI, who cosplayed as a Vulcan, attended the panel with her father, Gordon. It was her father who made her a fan.
“My dad raised me on (Trek). He always had it playing all the time. Ever since I could remember, I’d watch (Trek) with my dad,” she said. “I enjoyed (Shatner’s) panel. I especially liked hearing about his space trip because I’m into space and astrophysics. I enjoyed his talking about the weightlessness of space – it was an interesting experience to hear about.”
Shatner joked with the audience, talking about how men’s applause sounds different from women’s applause, racecars, paintball, his latest CD called Bill, how he doesn’t like pissing people off yet does so all the time, and anything else – except Trek, oddly enough – as he went off on all sorts of tangents, entertaining the masses. At one point, he karate-chopped the table when talking about martial arts.
“Oh, shit!” Shatner exclaimed, wriggling the pain from his fingers. “That hurt!”
He even razzed an audience member during the Q&A session for asking a silly question. It was more like a stand-up routine than anything, something typical for a Shatner panel.
Interestingly enough, he doesn’t like watching himself perform, which is quite the statement, given that he’s been acting since he was a child.
“That’s right. It’s very difficult. I don’t like to watch (myself),” he said. “Ever look at pictures of yourself at 20 and you’re like, ‘Oh, shit?’ Imagine me looking at all those moving pictures of me from all those years – you get the idea?”
Terry Bradshaw, William Shatner, Jeff Dye, Henry Winkler and George Foreman star in ‘Better Late Than Never’ (Photo by: NBCUniversal)
Lifetime Achievement Award
On June 2, Shatner – along with fellow Trek actor Whoopi Goldberg and current Trek overseer Alex Kurtzman – will be honored at the 18th annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards by the National Association of Television Program Executives in Los Angeles. There, Shatner will receive a Lifetime Achievement. His Better Late Than Never co-star Henry Winkler (best known as the Fonz on Happy Days) will present it to him.
“I thought, ‘I don’t deserve it,’” he said, turning serious and introspective. “I’ve done one thing that I think may be an achievement.”
Born in Montreal, Canada, Shatner – the middle of three children and only male in a Jewish household – started acting when he was six in a play. He noticed he made people in the audience cry.
“It was like, ‘Oh, wow. I did that. That’s incredible.’ That’s never been far from my mind, and I believe is the reason why I’m an actor today,” recalled Shatner, an alumnus of the Montreal Children’s Theater and McGill University (where he was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters in 2011).
He continued: “It was sort of an accident. I got positive feedback from family and friends. I thought, ‘That’s cool. I’ll try that again.’ And that’s what started me off.”
Shatner did radio dramas as a teenager and was in musicals at McGill. He also did summer stock. After graduating from McGill, he worked as an assistant manager and actor at both the Mountain Playhouse in Montreal and the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa before joining the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario for three years.
There, he understudied for future Oscar winner Christopher Plummer (1965’s The Sound of Music) in Henry V. When Plummer couldn’t perform one night, Shatner stepped up and did a different interpretation than Plummer had done. Plummer was impressed by Shatner’s initiative (the two would later play adversaries in 1991’s Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the final movie to feature the original Trek actors).
Later, Shatner went to Broadway, then L.A. His first major Hollywood film role was 1958’s The Brothers Kamarov, starring Yul Brynner (1960’s The Magnificent Seven). Besides his career-making role on Trek, Shatner won Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for his role as oddball lawyer Denny Crane on The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, both legal dramas created by David E. Kelly.
“Certainly, Boston Legal was a great deal of fun and extremely well-written,” said Shatner. “I’m grateful to have been able to play that part.”
Shatner had a notable role on The Twilight Zone, played the title character on T.J. Hooker, hosted Rescue 911 for seven seasons, served as the Priceline spokesman, and played Walter Bascom on TekWar (an adaptation of his series of science-fiction novels). Additionally, he co-starred with Oscar winner Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) in 2000’s Miss Congeniality and 2002’s Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. Many times, Shatner has played a fictionalized parody of himself where. He. Speaks. In. A. Staccato. Cadence. Further, he’s has also written books, screenplays, released albums, and directed various film and TV projects.
“That’s not a lifetime achievement,” he said. “What is a lifetime achievement? Here’s what I think is worthy of a lifetime achievement. In all of us, we carry with us that inner child… (who’s) angry and happy but mostly inquisitive, mostly questioning – ‘Why is the sky blue, Dad?’ … That inquisitiveness, that curiosity about life – ‘Why do the leaves turn? Look at the beauty of the flowers! Look at the ocean!’ – the curiosity about life around us, about our lives around us… about everything – that’s the child in us. That’s the person in us who inquires and is never dulled by experiences. You’ve got to rub the callouses off experience and make us soft and original like we were when we were that age. I’ve tried throughout my life to keep that inner child alive and curious – that may be an accomplishment and I encourage you all to think about that.”
When asked what’s it like to be an icon, Shatner sarcastically replied: “I feel warm and fuzzy all over, actually.” Turning serious: “Being an icon, that hasn’t any reality to me. You and I are talking and I’m answering questions as intelligently as I can, and it doesn’t seem out of the ordinary. Doesn’t everybody do this? I’ve been at it so long that being an actor, being part of this publicity campaign, and being asked questions is my work. I don’t think of it as being an icon.”
A lot of that comes from the celebrity associated with Trek, the 56-year-old franchise created by the late Gene Roddenberry. Initially, the 1965 episode called “The Cage” was the first Trek pilot, which starred the late Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Christopher Pike and the late Leonard Nimoy as Spock.
NBC executives called the pilot “too cerebral” and “too slow.” Rather than rejecting the series at the onset, NBC executives liked the concept and commissioned a second pilot – something unheard of – called “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” Since Hunter decided to focus on his film career, Pike was replaced with Shatner’s Kirk on 1966-69’s Star Trek: The Original Series.
“I was fairly popular prior to (Trek) – I was doing movies and Broadway,” said Shatner. “NBC didn’t want to buy that pilot. They wanted Roddenberry to redo it because they felt it was intriguing. I was asked to come in and look at the pilot with the idea of playing the captain. I thought it was terrific.”
TOS featured one of the first interracial kisses on primetime television between Kirk and Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) in the 1968 episode, “Plato’s Stepchildren.” Shatner never saw it as something controversial, then or now.
“I was asked to kiss a very beautiful woman. Without any reluctance, I did,” he said. “Then it was bandied about for a while that it was interracial. I think it’s hyped higher than I think it ought to be.”
In 1968, TOS was canceled at the end of its second season. However, in a passionate letter-writing campaign, devoted fans convinced NBC to renew it for a third season. While it was canceled at the end of its third season, it found a new life in syndication in the early 1970s.
Shatner voiced Kirk on 1973-74’s Star Trek: The Animated Series. He reprised this role in seven movies, starting with 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture and ending with 1994’s Star Trek: Generations. In the latter, Kirk joins forces with Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) from 1987-94’s Star Trek: The Next Generation to fight Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange). They stop Soran, but not before Soran kills Kirk.
“I actually turned (the role of Soran) down a couple times,” said McDowell. “They eventually got the money up and they needed a good villain to match those two. Your movie’s only as good as your villain as you know.”
Generations marked Shatner’s last canonical appearance as Kirk. When asked how it feels to be the one who killed Kirk, McDowell casually replied with an indifferent shrug, “It’s only a part.”
Shatner has also done voiceovers as Kirk in various Trek video games. To date, his last appearance as Kirk was at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013, where he told host Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) not to perform his controversial song-and-dance number, “We Saw Your Boobs,” where MacFarlane names the movies in which several actresses appeared topless.
“Seth MacFarlane likes me and devised that opening scene,” said Shatner, laughing. “I thought it was very funny.”
EPIX beams ‘The Captains’ (PRNewsFoto/EPIX)
Captains Courageous
Shatner has high praise for Chris Pine – who succeeded him as Kirk in 2009’s Star Trek, 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness, and 2016’s Star Trek: Beyond – and writer/director J.J. Abrams. (NOTE: Paul Wesley of The Vampire Diaries fame will play Kirk in the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which is currently in its first season on Paramount+.)
“(Pine’s) wonderful. He’s good-looking, he’s talented, he’s athletic – he’s got all the equipment to be a leading man in movies for years to come,” said Shatner. “We did 6-7 movies with the original cast. I even directed (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). We reached around $100 million of box office gross. J.J. comes along and gives us this wonderful ride and he breaks box office records. He has found the key to enlarging the franchise from just people who like (Trek) to people who want to go see an exciting movie, so he’s done extraordinarily well.”
He also praised Stewart. While fans debate who would win if Kirk fought Picard (Kirk, according to Shatner), the two actors are friends in real life. In fact, Stewart appeared in 2011’s The Captains, a documentary Shatner wrote, produced, and directed.
“Patrick is a great actor and a wonderful man,” said Shatner. “I admire him tremendously.”
Shatner also penned a book in 1999 called Get A Life! It was later adapted into a 2012 documentary of the same name. In it, Shatner examines Trek’s cultural impact, its strong fanbase, and his own role within it.
“Through my due diligence, I discovered (fans) were coming to see each other (at cons). It was a novel thing – conversations with friends and old-time acquaintances. But then in the documentary, I made a further discovery. I think they’re coming as a result of the mythology. The mythology of science-fiction – and in particular (Trek) – tries to suggest some solutions to the mysteries of these things we don’t know and really can’t imagine out there in space. They come as part of that mythology and indulge in the conventions as a part of that ritual.”
All said and done, Shatner doesn’t mind being remembered as Kirk.
“I put myself as much as possible into the role of anything I’m doing,” said Shatner. “Every actor brings himself to his part and I emphasize some aspect of the character, but it’s always the human being because he knows no other reality, so he’s playing something that is him but only a part of him.”
“I remain impressed and envious of Shatner’s seemingly boundless energy and enthusiasm for life,” said best-selling author Greg Cox, who’s penned more than 20 Trek novels. “And he will always be THE Star Trek captain for me.”
Grab the tissues and prepare for a good cry as NBC’s This Is Us moves a step closer to the series finale with season six episode 17, the penultimate episode. Episode 16 found Kevin stepping up and confirming he’s become the man he always hoped he’d be but wasn’t completely sure existed within him. Episode 17 – “The Train” – finds the family gathering to say their last goodbyes to Rebecca. But…where is Kate? She’s not in the trailer or in the photos released by the network in advance of the airing although Toby and Philip are.
Episode 17 airs May 17, 2022.
The sixth and final season stars Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson, Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson, Sterling K. Brown as Randall, Chrissy Metz as Kate, Justin Hartley as Kevin, Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson, and Chris Sullivan as Toby.
“The Train” Plot: The Pearsons gather around Rebecca’s bedside.
The Plot, Courtesy of NBC:
Everyone has a family. And every family has a story. This Is Us chronicles the Pearson family across the decades: from Jack (Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their kids (the big three), Kevin (Hartley), Kate (Metz) and Randall (Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day along with Toby (Sullivan) and Beth (Kelechi Watson).
This grounded, life-affirming dramedy reveals how the tiniest events in our lives impact who we become, and how the connections we share with each other can transcend time, distance, and even death.
Justin Hartley as Kevin, Sterling K. Brown as Randall, and Mandy Moore as Rebecca in ‘This Is Us’ season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Alexandra Breckenridge as Sophie and Justin Hartley as Kevin in season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Justin Hartley as Kevin, Sterling K. Brown as Randall, Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth, and Alexandra Breckenridge as Sophie (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Sterling K. Brown as Randall and Mandy Moore as Rebecca in season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth and Sterling K. Brown as Randall in season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Justin Hartley as Kevin and Sterling K. Brown as Randall in season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Caitlin Thompson as Madison and Alexandra Breckenridge as Sophie in season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Justin Hartley as Kevin and Chris Sullivan as Toby in “The Train” episode (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Ron Cephas Jones as William and Mandy Moore as Rebecca in season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)Mandy Moore as Rebecca and Gerald McRaney as Dr. K in season 6 episode 17 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)
Prime Video’s just debuted a completely bonkers new trailer for the upcoming third season of The Boys which will apparently find Homelander going completely off the rails while claiming to be A-okay. The trailer was accompanied by a poster and a batch of new photos from season three.
The much-anticipated new season premieres on June 3, 2022 with the release of the first three episodes of the eight-episode season. Additional new episodes will be released on Fridays leading up to the July 8th finale.
The cast is led by Antony Starr as Homelander and Karl Urban as Billy Butcher. Jack Quaid plays Hughie, Erin Moriarty is Starlight, Chace Crawford is The Deep, and Jessie T. Usher is A-Train. Dominique McElligott plays Queen Maeve, Laz Alonso is Mother’s Milk, Tomer Capon is Frenchie, Karen Fukuhara is Kimiko, Nathan Mitchell is Black Noir, Colby Minifie is Ashley Barrett, Claudia Doumit plays Victoria Neuman, and Jensen Ackles joins the fun as Soldier Boy.
Based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys was developed for television by showrunner Eric Kripke. Executive producers include Ennis, Robertson, Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Phil Sgriccia, Craig Rosenberg, Ken F. Levin, Jason Netter, Paul Grellong, David Reed, Meredith Glynn, and Michaela Starr.
Prime Video offered the following description of The Boys:
“The Boys is a fun and irreverent take on what happens when superheroes – who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and as revered as gods – abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. Intent on stopping the corrupt superheroes, The Boys, a group of vigilantes, continue their heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven and Vought – the multibillion-dollar conglomerate that manages the superheroes and covers up their dirty secrets. It’s the seemingly powerless against the super-powerful.”
Antony Starr as Homelander in ‘The Boys’ season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Chace Crawford as The Deep in season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Jack Quaid (Hughie Campbell), Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Tomer Capone (Frenchie), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), and Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk) in season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy in season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), and Jack Quaid (Hughie Campbell) in season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Tomer Capone (Frenchie) and Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko) in season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Karl Urban (Billy Butcher) and Antony Starr (Homelander) in season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)Jessie T. Usher (A-Train) in season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video)
Caitlin Bassett as Addison and Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Seong in ‘Quantum Leap’ (Photo by: Serguei Bachlakov/NBC)
The revivals of Quantum Leap and Night Court have made the cut and are part of NBC’s 2022-2023 programming lineup. NBC also announced the fall 2022 primetime schedule will include news seasons of La Brea and all of the Chicago series – Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Fire. Plus, the Law & Order franchise will once again hold down the three Thursday primetime slots with Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and the reboot of the original Law & Order.
The Voice will return for season 22 with Camila Cabello making her judging debut alongside Gwen Stefani, John Legend, and Blake Shelton. NBC’s announcement also included confirmation the upcoming fifth season of New Amsterdam will be the series’ final season.
“While leaning into our strong, stable schedule in the fall, we’re also rethinking legacy launch timing to give our shows the best chance for success,” stated Frances Berwick, Chairman, Entertainment Networks, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “With the huge reach that our affiliate partner stations provide, coupled with exclusive next-day availability on Peacock, our NBC shows will truly be accessible to audiences in any way that they want to watch.”
SUNDAY
7-8:20 P.M. — Football Night in America (also live on Peacock)
8:20-11 P.M. — NBC Sunday Night Football (also live on Peacock)
NBC’s NEW SERIES:
LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ – A working-class family comedy about dysfunction, reconnection and all the pain and joy in between. The cast includes George Lopez, Mayan Lopez, Selenis Leyva, Brice Gonzalez and Matt Shively.
NIGHT COURT – Unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father’s footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding.
The cast includes Melissa Rauch, John Larroquette, India de Beaufort, Kapil Talwalkar and Lacretta.
QUANTUM LEAP – It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
The cast includes Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park, and Nanrisa Lee.
MILLION DOLLAR ISLAND – A high-stakes social experiment in which 100 contestants must forge friendships and build alliances as they plot to stay on a remote desert island for up to 50 days and compete to win their share of the ultimate $1 million prize. Upon arrival each contestant is given a bracelet worth $10,000. During their time on the island, contestants gain and lose bracelets through various challenges, but when a player leaves the island, they must choose who will receive their portion of the money. In this intense competition, the strength of your personal bonds are just as important as being the ultimate player.
Benji (George Sear), and Victor (Michael Cimino) in ‘Love, Victor’ season 3 (Photo by: Kelsey McNeal/Hulu)
Hulu’s 2022 summer schedule includes new seasons of Only Murders in the Building, Love, Victor, Reservation Dogs, Solar Opposites, The Orville, and American Horror Stories. The streaming service also confirmed premiere dates for the launch of original films including The Valet, The Princess, and the prequel to the Predator franchise, Prey.
2022 Summer Films Release Schedule:
The Valet – May 20, 2022
In The Valet, world-famous movie star, Olivia (Samara Weaving) faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent (Max Greenfield). The hard-working valet Antonio (Eugenio Derbez) accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover-up.
This ruse with Olivia thrusts Antonio into the spotlight and unexpected chaos. In this fish out of water romantic comedy, two worlds and cultures collide as both Olivia and Antonio start to see themselves more clearly than ever before.
Look At Me: XXXTENTACION – May 26, 2022 Look At Me: XXXTENTACION explores how Florida teenager Jahseh Onfroy became SoundCloud rapper XXXTENTACION, one of the most streamed artists on the planet. Through frank commentary from family, friends, and romantic partners as well as unseen archival footage, director Sabaah Folayan offers a sensitive portrayal of an artist whose acts of violence, raw musical talent, and open struggles with mental health left an indelible mark on his generation before his death at the age of 20.
Fire Island – June 3, 2022
Set in the iconic Pines, Andrew Ahn’s Fire Island is an unapologetic, modern-day rom-com showcasing a diverse, multicultural examination of queerness and romance. Inspired by the timeless pursuits from Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice, the story centers on two best friends (Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang) who set out to have a legendary summer adventure with the help of cheap rosé and their cadre of eclectic friends.
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – June 17, 2022
In Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson embodies the candor and apprehension of retired teacher Nancy Stokes, and newcomer Daryl McCormack personifies the charisma and compassion of sex worker Leo Grande. As Nancy embarks on a post-marital sexual awakening and Leo draws on his skills and charm, together they find a surprising human connection.
The Princess – July 1, 2022
When a beautiful, strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father’s throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.
Not Okay – July 29, 2022 (DATE CHANGE) Not Okay follows Danni Sanders (Zoey Deutch), an aimless aspiring writer with no friends, no romantic prospects and — worst of all — no followers, who fakes an Instagram-friendly trip to Paris in the hopes of boosting her social media clout. When a terrifying incident strikes the City of Lights, Danni unwittingly falls into a lie bigger than she ever imagined.
She “returns” a hero, even striking up an unlikely friendship with Rowan (Mia Isaac), a school-shooting survivor dedicated to societal change, and scooping up the man of her dreams, Colin (Dylan O’Brien). As an influencer and advocate, Danni finally has the life and audience she always wanted. But it’s only a matter of time before the facade cracks, and she learns the hard way that the Internet loves a takedown.
Prey – August 5, 2022
Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, Prey is the story of a young woman, Naru (Amber Midthunder), a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks, and ultimately confronts, turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries.
2022 Hulu Summer Series Release Schedule:
Conversations with Friends – May 15, 2022 (all-at-once) Conversations with Friends follows Frances (Alison Oliver), a 21-year-old college student, as she navigates a series of relationships that force her to confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.
The series stars Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane and Jemima Kirke.
Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders – May 24, 2022 (all-at-once) Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders investigates the notorious murder of three young girls in 1977 during their first night at Camp Scott, a Girl Scout sleepaway camp in Oklahoma. The series explores the murders’ impact on those close to the tragedy, details the search for and trial of the alleged killer, and examines the mysteries still surrounding the case. It also documents how investigators recently reopened the case and used state-of-the-art technology to comb through mountains of evidence left behind.
Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth opens up about how a twist of fate prevented her from attending the camp the night of the murders and how the case still haunts her to this day.
Shoresy – May 27, 2022 (all-at-once)
The six-episode, half-hour Hulu Original comedy sees the foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving, fan-favorite Letterkenny character, Shoresy, join a senior AAA hockey team in Sudbury on a quest to never lose again.
FX’s Pistol – May 31, 2022 (all-at-once) Pistol is a six-episode limited series about a rock ‘n’ roll revolution. The furious, raging storm at the center of this revolution is the Sex Pistols – and at the center of this series is Sex Pistols’ founding member and guitarist, Steve Jones. Jones’ hilarious, emotional, and at times heartbreaking journey guides us through a kaleidoscopic telling of three of the most epic, chaotic and mucus-spattered years in the history of music.
Based on Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, this is the story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt “establishment” to its core, threatened to bring down the government, and changed music and culture forever.
The series stars Toby Wallace as Steve Jones, Anson Boon as John Lydon, Christian Lees as Glen Matlock, Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook, Sydney Chandler as Chrissie Hynde, Talulah Riley as Vivienne Westwood, Maisie Williams as punk icon Jordan, Emma Appleton as Nancy Spungen and Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Malcolm McLaren.
The Orville: New Horizons – June 2, 2022 (weekly)
Seth MacFarlane’s epic space adventure series, The Orville, returns exclusively as a Hulu original series. Set 400 years in the future, The Orville: New Horizons finds the crew of the U.S.S. Orville continuing their mission of exploration as they navigate both the mysteries of the universe and the complexities of their own interpersonal relationships.
FX’s Under the Banner of Heaven – Finale Date: June 2, 2022
FX’s Under the Banner of Heaven, the limited series inspired by the true-crime bestseller by Jon Krakauer, follows the events that led to the 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her baby daughter in a suburb in Salt Lake Valley, Utah. As Detective Jeb Pyre (Andrew Garfield) investigates events that transpired within the Lafferty family, he uncovers buried truths about the origins of the LDS religion and the violent consequences of unyielding faith. What Pyre, a devout Mormon, unearths leads him to question his own faith.
Love, Victor – June 15, 2022 (all-at-once, also streaming on Disney+)
This season finds Victor going on a journey of self-discovery – not only deciding who he wants to be with but, more broadly, who he wants to be. With their post-high school plans looming, Victor and his friends are faced with a new set of problems they must work through to make the best choices for their futures.
The Kardashians – Finale Date: June 16, 2022
The family you know and love is here with a brand-new series, giving an all-access pass into their lives. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie bring the cameras back to give truth to their stories. From the intense pressures of running billion-dollar businesses to the hilarious joys of playtime and school drop-offs, this series brings viewers into the fold with a rivetingly honest story of love and life in the spotlight.
FX’s The Bear – June 23, 2022 (all-at-once) The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a young chef from the fine-dining world, who comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop – The Original Beef of Chicagoland – after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he’s used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed and recalcitrant kitchen staff and his strained familial relationships, all while grappling with the impact of his brother’s suicide.
The Bear is about food, family, the insanity of the grind, the beauty of Sense of Urgency and the steep slippery downsides. As Carmy fights to transform both The Original Beef of Chicagoland and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.
Only Murders in the Building – June 28, 2022 (Weekly)
Following the shocking death of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger, Charles, Oliver & Mabel race to unmask her killer. However, three (unfortunate) complications ensue – the trio is publicly implicated in Bunny’s homicide, they are now the subjects of a competing podcast, and they have to deal with a bunch of New York neighbors who all think they committed murder.
Maggie – July 6, 2022 (all-at-once)
Dating is hard enough – it’s even harder when you also happen to be a psychic. Maggie’s gift allows her to see into the future of her friends, parents, clients, and random people on the street. But when she begins to see glimpses of her own destiny after meeting an unexpected stranger, her romantic life suddenly gets a lot more complicated. Can you let yourself fall in love when you think you know how it ends? She probably should have seen this coming …
Solar Opposites – July 13, 2022 (all-at-once)
Co-created by Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan, Solar Opposites centers on a team of four aliens who are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome. Korvo (Justin Roiland) and Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) only see the pollution, crass consumerism and human frailty, while Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse (Mary Mack) love TV, junk food and fun stuff. In season three, this alien team strives to be less of a team and more of a family.
Victoria’s Secret: Angels And Demons – July 14, 2022 (all-at-once)
Investigated with journalistic rigor, Matt Tyrnauer directs this searing and provocative exposé of the Victoria’s Secret brand as well as their then CEO, the larger-than-life, enigmatic billionaire, Les Wexner. Truth is not what it seems, as the underworld of fashion, the billionaire class and Jeffrey Epstein are revealed to all be inextricably intertwined with the fall of this legendary brand.
FX’s American Horror Stories – July 21, 2022 (weekly) American Horror Stories is a spinoff of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s award-winning hit anthology series American Horror Story. American Horror Stories is a weekly anthology series that will feature a different horror story each episode.
Since 2011, the creators of AHS have redefined the horror genre with various installments featuring a creepy asylum, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself. The television series sprouted a legion of dedicated fans who anticipate what terrors the next chapter will hold.
FX’s Reservation Dogs– August 3, 2022 (two-episode premiere, then weekly)
From co-creators and executive producers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, Reservation Dogs is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Bear Smallhill (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) and Cheese (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. After the death of the fifth member of the Reservation Dogs, the crew took to stealing, scheming and saving in order to vicariously fulfill his dream of reaching the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California. But after a promising start to their criminal endeavors, including the legendary heist of a Flaming Flamers chips truck, swiping some old lady’s weed edibles and some low-grade grand theft auto, the plan went bust.
The gang disbanded, with everyone trying to forge their own paths. Elora ghosted Bear and took off for California with the Rez Dogs’ mortal enemy, Jackie (Elva Guerra), the leader of a rival gang. Abandoned by his closest friend, Bear seeks a male parental figure to teach him how to “be a man” – but his choice of uncles to emulate leaves a lot to be desired. Meanwhile, Willie Jack thinks everything in their town is falling apart because of the curse she cast on Jackie and she’s determined to put that genie back in the bottle.
Cheese who, like Willie Jack, decided that Cali wasn’t for him, reunites with his grandmother who isn’t his grandmother. Lucky for the kids, they have the support of their loving and eccentric community of aunties and uncles to see them through, including Bear’s mother Rita (Sarah Podemski), local law enforcement Big (Zahn McClarnon), Elora’s Uncle Brownie (Gary Farmer), Willie Jack’s parents – Dana (Jennifer Podemski) and Leon (Jon Proudstar) – and Spirit aka William Knifeman (Dallas Goldtooth).
This Fool – August 12, 2022 (all-at-once)
Inspired by the life and stand-up of star and co-creator Chris Estrada, This Fool is an irreverent, cinematic half-hour comedy set in working-class South Central Los Angeles. The show centers on Julio Lopez, a 30-year-old who still lives at home who has been dating his girlfriend on and off since high school and finds any excuse to avoid dealing with his own problems.
Julio works at Hugs Not Thugs, a gang rehabilitation nonprofit, where he butts heads with his older cousin Luis, an ex-gang member who just got out of prison and moved in with Julio and his family.
FX’s The Patient – August 30, 2022 (three episode premiere, then weekly) The Patient is a psychological thriller from the minds of Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg about a therapist, Alan Strauss (Steve Carell), who’s held prisoner by a patient, Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson), who reveals himself to be a serial killer. Sam has an unusual therapeutic demand for Alan: curb his homicidal urges. In order to survive, Alan must unwind Sam’s disturbed mind and stop him from killing again … but Sam refuses to address critical topics, like his mother Candace (Linda Emond).
Alone in captivity, Alan excavates his own past through memories of his old therapist, Charlie (David Alan Grier), and grapples with waves of his own repressed troubles – the recent death of his wife, Beth (Laura Niemi), and the painful estrangement from his religious son, Ezra (Andrew Leeds). Over the course of his imprisonment, Alan uncovers not only how deep Sam’s compulsion runs but also how much work he has to do to repair the rift in his own family. With time running out, Alan fights desperately to stop Sam before Alan becomes complicit in Sam’s murders or worse – becomes a target himself.
2022Summer Kids & Family Release Schedule:
The Croods: Family Tree – June 2, 2022 (all-at-once)
Jealous of the Thunder Sisters, the men on the farm undergo a difficult initiation to join the exclusive tribe of women while Eep and Dawn prepare for the ultimate skate-off with the Punch Monkeys to reclaim their skate spot. As Phil sets out on a mission to prove he’s a fun guy, the girls adopt a stranded egg that may not be as innocent as it seems. Prehistory’s favorite families return with new shenanigans, hilarious adventures and a whole lot of heart!
Madagascar: A Little Wild – June 30, 2022 (all-at-once)
Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria continue to explore the world outside of the habitat. Marty hoofs it all the way out to a trash-littered beach desperately waiting for his Junior Ranger magic touch! Gloria and Lala reunite after Lala’s hibernation, but Gloria doesn’t know how to fit in with her new frog crew. Alex learns on the job directing his first Broadway show. And Melman searches for his own giraffe herd at another habitat across town, only to discover that you don’t have to be the same species to be a family!
Trolls: TrollsTopia – August 11, 2022 (all-at-once)
In TrollsTopia anything is possible with a little teamwork, glitter and a lot of FUN! When Val’s vacation doesn’t go to plan and R&B’s pancake breakfast falls flat, Poppy and the Trolls get creative. And when Cloud Guy is accepted to Cloud College he embarks on a hunt to find a replacement to annoy Branch in his absence. But does one even exist?!
Dragons: The Nine Realms – August 18, 2022 (all-at-once)
The discovery of the Fire Realm poses a challenge as the Dragon Riders struggle to traverse it safely. Meanwhile, the unhinged Buzzsaw is on the lookout for a mysterious “Lightning Bird” making it harder to keep dragons a secret. Tom, Jun, D’Angelo and Alex face off against the most powerful dragon they’ve ever encountered in a high-stakes mission to save the Crystal Realm. And much to everyone’s chagrin, Jun’s pesky, nosey brother is coming uncomfortably close to learning what actually happens in Dragon Club.
I feel like the official trailer for Paramount+’s Jerry & Margo Go Large should have come with a “don’t try this at home” warning label. Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening star as a couple of lottery players who figure out how to game the system in this comedy based on true events.
The cast also includes Larry Wilmore, Rainn Wilson, Anna Camp, Ann Harada, Jake McDorman, Michael McKean, and Uly Schlesinger.
Oscar winner David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) directs from a screenplay by Emmy nominee Brad Copeland (Arrested Development), based on an article published in The Huffington Post by Jason Fagone. Oscar nominee Gil Netter, Levantine Films, and MRC Film’s Landline Pictures’s Amy Baer produced, with Kevin Halloran executive producing.
The film is a Paramount Pictures’ Players label and MRC Film’s Landline Pictures production.
The film will premiere on June 17, 2022 exclusively on Paramount+.
Annette Bening as Marge Selbee and Bryan Cranston as Jerry Selbee in ‘Jerry and Marge Go Large’ (Photo credit: Jake Giles Netter/Paramount+)
Paramount+ released the following synopsis:
“Jerry & Marge Go Large is inspired by the remarkable true story of retiree Jerry Selbee (Cranston), who discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge (Bening), wins millions and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.”
Kevin Costner stars in ‘Yellowstone’ season 4 episode 4 (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Production has begun on the much-anticipated fifth season of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone. Season four drew in an average of 11 million viewers and picked up Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild award nominations, marking the first time major awards groups have recognized what fans have known since season one – Yellowstone is one of the best dramas on television.
The cast is led by Oscar winner Kevin Costner as John Dutton. Returning cast members also include Luke Grimes as Kayce, Kelly Reilly as Beth, Wes Bentley as Jamie, and Cole Hauser as Rip. Kelsey Asbille stars as Monica, Brecken Merrill is Tate, Jefferson White plays Jimmy, Forrie Smith is Lloyd, Denim Richards is Colby, Ian Bohen is Ryan, Finn Little is Carter, Ryan Bingham is Walker, and Gil Birmingham is Thomas Rainwater.
Fan favorite Jen Landon (“Teeter”) has been upped to series regular for the fifth season. Kathryn Kelly (“Emily”) has also been promoted to series regular.
Yellowstone was created by Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water) and John Linson. Kevin Costner, Taylor Sheridan, John Linson, Art Linson, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, and Stephen Kay executive produce.
Paramount Network’s official Yellowstone synopsis: “Yellowstone chronicles the Dutton family, led by John Dutton (Costner), who controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect – the ranch is in constant conflict with those it borders – an expanding town, an Indian reservation, and vicious business rivalries.”
Sheridan’s Yellowstone universe has expanded to include 1883 starring Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as well as the recently greenlit series 1932 which follows a new generation of Duttons.
Top Chef’s Gail Simmons, Padma Lakshmi, and Tom Colicchio (Photo by: Emily Shur/Bravo)
Bravo’s Top Chef is the top vote-getter, stirring up five Critics Choice Real TV Awards nominations. The critically acclaimed series was nominated in the Best Competition Series, Best Culinary Show, Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, Best Show Host (Padma Lakshmi), and Female Star of the Year (also Lakshmi) categories.
The 2022 Critics Choice Real TV Awards will return to an in-person ceremony. Winners will be announced on June 12th in Los Angeles during a ceremony hosted by actors/comedians Randy and Jason Sklar.
Now in its fourth year, the annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards honor the best in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming.
“Given its ongoing popularity across broadcast and cable networks, streaming services and other platforms, it’s clear that unscripted programming is deserving of special recognition by the Critics Choice Association,” stated Ed Martin, President of the Critics Choice Association’s TV Branch. “The exciting programs and diverse personalities selected by our five nominating committees represent the best that this multi-faceted genre has to offer. The fourth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards ceremony promises to be our most exciting yet.”
The Critics Choice Association partners with NPACT, the trade association for nonfiction production companies, in honoring the reality genre. “The amazing depth and quality of unscripted programming is evident in this year’s nominees, and we’re especially excited to be able to pay tribute to them and the entire unscripted community at an in-person gala, after two virtual years. It’s truly an honor to collaborate with the Critics Choice Association to celebrate the excellence and innovation of nonfiction content” said NPACT General Manager Michelle Van Kempen.
FOURTH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE REAL TV AWARDS NOMINEES:
BEST COMPETITION SERIES
Chopped (Food Network)
Making It (NBC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
BEST COMPETITION SERIES: TALENT/VARIETY
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Finding Magic Mike (HBO Max)
Legendary (HBO Max)
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)
Next Level Chef (Fox)
The Voice (NBC)
BEST UNSTRUCTURED SERIES
Couples Therapy (Showtime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (VH1)
The Kardashians (Hulu)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+)
We’re Here (HBO)
BEST STRUCTURED SERIES
Catfish: The TV Show (MTV)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC)
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic)
How To with John Wilson (HBO)
Sketchbook (Disney+)
BEST CULINARY SHOW
Cooking with Paris (Netflix)
Crime Scene Kitchen (Fox)
Is It Cake? (Netflix)
Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Magnolia)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
BEST GAME SHOW
Family Game Fight! (NBC)
Holey Moley (ABC)
Jeopardy! (Syndicated)
Supermarket Sweep (ABC)
The Price Is Right (CBS)
Weakest Link (NBC)
BEST TRAVEL/ADVENTURE SHOW Alone (History)
Family Dinner (Magnolia)
Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix) The Amazing Race (CBS)
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)
The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals (Netflix)
BEST BUSINESS SHOW
American Greed (CNBC)
Bar Rescue (Paramount+)
Million Dollar Wheels (Discovery+)
Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Undercover Boss (CBS)
BEST ANIMAL/NATURE SHOW
Crikey! It’s the Irwins (Discovery)
Critter Fixers: Country Vets (National Geographic)
Eden: Untamed Planet (BBC America)
Growing Up Animal (Disney+)
Penguin Town (Netflix)
The Wizard of Paws (BYUtv)
BEST CRIME/JUSTICE SHOW
911 Crisis Center (Oxygen)
Cold Justice (Oxygen)
Heist (Netflix)
Rich & Shameless (TNT)
Secrets of Playboy (A&E)
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)
BEST SPORTS SHOW
30 for 30 (ESPN)
Bad Sport (Netflix)
Cheer (Netflix)
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (CMT)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (Prime Video)
BEST RELATIONSHIP SHOW
90 Day Fiancé (TLC)
La Máscara del Amor (Estrella TV)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)
My Mom, Your Dad (HBO Max)
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (Netflix)
BEST LIFESTYLE: HOME/GARDEN SHOW
Celebrity IOU (HGTV)
Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia)
Houses with History (HGTV)
Married to Real Estate (HGTV)
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (Bravo)
Rock the Block (HGTV)
BEST LIFESTYLE: FASHION/BEAUTY SHOW
Glow Up (Netflix)
Love, Kam (SurvivorNetTV)
Making the Cut (Prime Video)
My Unorthodox Life (Netflix)
Project Runway (Bravo)
The Hype (HBO Max)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Abraham Lincoln (History)
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (Netflix)
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (Netflix)
Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo (Netflix)
Theodore Roosevelt (History)
We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN AN UNSCRIPTED SERIES
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+)
The Voice (NBC)
Top Chef (Bravo)
BEST SHOW HOST
Mayim Bialik – Jeopardy! (Syndicated)
Daniel “Desus Nice” Baker and Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez – Desus & Mero (Showtime)
Padma Lakshmi – Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu); Top Chef (Bravo)
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
John Oliver – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
MALE STAR OF THE YEAR
Jeff Goldblum – The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)
Robert Irvine – Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Phil Rosenthal – Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Stanley Tucci – Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN)
FEMALE STAR OF THE YEAR
Samantha Bee – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Kelly Clarkson – The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndicated); The Voice (NBC); American Song Contest (NBC)
Joanna Gaines – Fixer Upper: Welcome Home (Magnolia); Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Magnolia)
Selena Gomez – Selena + Chef (HBO Max)
Padma Lakshmi – Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu); Top Chef (Bravo)
Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION PROGRAMMING BY A NETWORK OR STREAMING PLATFORM
Discovery+
HBO Max
Hulu
Netflix
TLC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION PRODUCTION
Bunim/Murray Productions
The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC)
Kinetic Content
Raw TV
Sharp Entertainment
World of Wonder
The upcoming addition to the Predator film franchise, Prey, takes viewers back in time, with the action set in the 1700s. The first teaser trailer introduces Roswell, New Mexico‘s Amber Midthunder as a young Comanche warrior who attempts to track an alien predator.
In addition to Amber Midthunder, Prey features newcomer Dakota Beavers, Stormee Kipp (Sooyii), Michelle Thrush (The Journey Home), and Julian Black Antelope (Tribal). Dan Trachtenberg (The Boys, 10 Cloverfield Lane) directed from a screenplay by Patrick Aison (Jack Ryan). John Davis and Jhane Myers produce, and Lawrence Gordon, Marty Ewing, James E. Thomas, John C. Thomas, and Marc Toberoff executive produce.
20th Century Studios has set an August 5, 2022 premiere exclusively on Hulu.
Amber Midthunder in ‘Prey,’ from 20th Century Studios
Fox and Hulu released the following description of Prey along with details on their commitment to hiring Indigenous peoples for the prequel:
Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, Prey is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks, and ultimately confronts, turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries.
The filmmakers were committed to creating a film that provides an accurate portrayal of the Comanche and brings a level of authenticity that rings true to its Indigenous peoples. Myers, an acclaimed filmmaker, Sundance Fellow, and member of the Comanche nation herself, is known for her attention and dedication to films surrounding the Comanche and Blackfeet nations and her passion for honoring the legacies of the Native communities. As a result, the film features a cast comprised almost entirely of Native and First Nation’s talent.
