THE WEEKLY NEWS 188: HIDDEN GEM TV SEASON RENEWALS AND SEE A PRIME VIDEO BINGE
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THE WEEKLY NEWS aka POP CULTURE NEWS 188
According to their press release, CBC Television has renewed five dramas. One of these is the U.S. favorite Wild Cards. The dramedy will return for two more seasons (three and four) but no word is available (yet) about whether these will air in the U.S. Currently The CW is home for the stateside airing and its season two finale will air on May 7. According to the press release, this procedural is “set and filmed in Vancouver, [and is] a blue sky procedural with a comedic twist that follows the unlikely duo of a by-the-book, sardonic cop Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) and a spirited, clever con woman Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan). From Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan in association with The CW, the series is created by Michael Konyves…”
In the same release, CBC also announced renewals for more of their fan favorite (and highly praised new show!) shows, too. This includes Heartland the multi-generational drama about family where lead character Amy Flemming helps run their family business and has a passion for helping horses; and Murdoch Mysteries (both returning for season 19) is the period drama set in the 1900s. Also returning is the network’s new drama and “CBC’s most-watched new series Saint-Pierre” which will be back for a second season. Saint-Pierre doesn’t currently have U.S. distributers, but maybe it will be seen here at some point, especially since star and creator Allan Hawco was also in the funny dramedy Republic of Doyle (which you can stream on Prime Video).
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THE WEEKLY NEWS 188: HIDDEN GEM TV SEASON RENEWALS AND SEE A PRIME VIDEO BINGE ✨ Sharing the weekly #PopCulture news, including #TheGildedAge and #TheBetterSister trailers + more! #NorthOfNorth Share on XA couple of weeks ago we talked about the upcoming third season of Julian Fellowes lates period drama The Gilded Age. The show will land on Max June 22 (for season three) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max, and it also has a fresh-off-the-press trailer to boast, too! Will you be watching?
Amazon MGM Studios will be releasing the limited series The Better Sister (based on the novel) with Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks on May 29. Premiering on Prime Video, the streamer has also shared the official trailer for this limited eight episode story about two very different sisters who must reunite when Chloe (Biel) loses her husband to murder and the suspect “sends shockwaves through the family.”
Netflix is giving their comedy North of North a second season. The ½ hour comedy binge show was released quietly on the streaming service but seems to have garnered a bit of a following. The show follows Anna Lambe’s Siaja, a woman living way North in a small community where she does everything “right” only to find that her husband, the town’s golden boy, doesn’t truly seem to care about her. So, she makes a choice: she’s leaving him. This sets into motion a series of events that reveal secrets and show cracks in relationships Siaja never understood. Season one debuted on Netflix April 10 and is av available to watch now (it is pretty cute).
According to Netflix, the role of Laura Ingalls Wilder will be played by Alice Halsey in their upcoming adaptation of Little House on the Prairie. The character in Netflix’s adaptation is described as “bright, honest, authority-questioning young heroine of our story.” Further on, the streamer describes their adaptation as one that is “transformed” as it tells the tales of “Wilder’s semi-autobiographical books, the new Little House on the Prairie is part family drama, part epic survival tale, and part origin story of the American West. The series will offer a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier.” Halsey’s prior credits include Lessons in Chemistry. Also part of this cast is Luke Bracey (Elvis) as Laura’s “charming” father, Charles Ingalls. Crosby Fitzgerald as Laura’s mother, Caroline Ingalls. Skywalker Hughes as Mary Ingalls, Laura’s older sister. Will you be watching?
In other Netflix news, according to a press release, the streaming giant will “Launch Collection of Hitchcock Films Available in the US Beginning June 1.” In the same press release, Netflix will release a group of the famous filmmaker’s film which will include “Vertigo, Rear Window, Frenzy, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Family Plot, The Birds and more,” additionally, part of the collection will be a “narrative feature about the filmmaker himself, Hitchcock, directed by Sacha Gervasi.”
Will you be watching (or rewatching?) any of these new Netflix library additions?
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