It’s been a long while since the USA Network last premiered an original drama. (Five years, to be precise, since the one-and-done “Briarpatch.”) A lot has happened since — so much that, in the time between being ordered to series and making it to air, an attempt to revive the channel’s heyday has been left marooned by circumstances beyond its control. “The …
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Netflix has set a November premiere date and released the first photos from its upcoming series The Beast in Me, starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys. The series is set to debut Nov. 13 and centers on Danes’ character, an author who has been unable to write since the death of her young son. “But she finds an unlikely subject …
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Reina Hardesty and Daniel Dae Kim, Butterfly Juhan Noh/Prime It’s less damning than it sounds at first to say that Butterfly never gets better than the action set piece that opens its first episode. It’s not that the rest of the series is bad, far from it. Co-created by Ken Woodruff (The Mentalist) and novelist Steph Cha, this adaptation of …
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Like other prolific showrunners, Robert and Michelle King are starting to build a King-verse, bringing actors from one series to another as new characters. Following the end of the Kings’ supernatural drama Evil, one of its leads, Mike Colter — who also recurred on the duo’s The Good Wife and offshoot The Good Fight — is set to star in …
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Paramount has unveiled the first trailer for Regretting You, its adaptation of the novel from bestselling author Colleen Hoover, starring Allison Williams and Mckenna Grace, which is slated for release in theaters on October 24. Regretting You centers on the complex relationship between Morgan Grant (Williams) and her daughter, Clara (Grace). Morgan became a mother at a young age, putting …
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How ironic. Red Sox announcer Will Middlebrooks criticized the Astros for being upset with Boston over sign-stealing drama during its 7-3 win on Saturday. “I had a feeling this was gonna happen,” Middlebrooks said. “Imagine the Astros being mad about stealing signs. But guess what, that’s part of the game, when you can see the grip in a glove.” Hector …
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In the grand tradition of shows with “wives” in the title, Netflix’s new drama “The Hunting Wives” is a salacious soap centered on women behaving badly. But something is noticeably different in this east Texas town, where the wives of a conservative gubernatorial candidate, county sheriff and local megachurch reverend carry guns in their handbags. And despite their supposed traditional …
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“My Oxford Year,” based on the novel by Julia Whelan, is about a woman who goes to Oxford for an entire year, so I guess there’s nothing to criticize about the title. It’s also a love story starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, two actors so conventionally attractive they must have been bitten by radioactive issues of “Us Weekly.” But …
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For decades, Hawaii has played host to millions of tourists who have flocked to its islands from around the world to bask in their lush, natural beauty. Countless films and shows have made use of its many exotic, picturesque locations, all while superficially touching on themes of ohana or the aloha spirit. But in Chief Of War, Kānaka Maoli (Native …
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