Previewing Wayward
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Reform school stories have been a stalwart of movies and TV for generations, and this week, Netflix wanders into the literal woods with Wayward from Canadian series creator, showrunner, and star Mae Martin. Filmed around Toronto but set in 2003 in the fictional Tall Pines, Vermont...
Previewing The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Ripped from the headlines things are generally not my jam, but I do make exceptions when my people star in the films. Cases in point, our Luke Macfarlane and Warren Christie have both played actual killers and if I didn’t cover them explicitly, I did ask...
Countdown to Christmas 2025 Announces Its Lineup
Hang on to your PSL, kids. Hallmark Channel just announced its Countdown to Christmas 2025 lineup, which will unspool nearly 80 hours of scripted movies and unscripted and scripted series across Hallmark Channel and Hallmark+ beginning Friday, October 17. On top of that, you can join the festivities in person...
Previewing The Chicken Sisters Season 2
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.[ The Chicken Sisters is back Sunday night for Season 2, this time around moving into its new permanent home on Hallmark Channel and streaming the next day on Hallmark+. The large ensemble cast of Schuyler Fisk, Genevieve Angelson, Lea Thompson, Wendie Malick, Rukiya Bernard, Cassandra Sawtell,...
Previewing Platonic Season 2
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] After a two-year hiatus, Platonic returns to Apple TV+ on Wednesday for its sophomore season, which finds the BFFs and their crew in a series of voluntary and involuntary personal and professional resets. We begin with Sylvia (Rose Byrne) in full party planner mode for the...
Previewing Providence Falls on Hallmark Channel
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] As the calendar turns to August, Hallmark Channel is packing away the Christmas decorations until October and resumes regular programming this Saturday with the beginning of a three-week film event. Providence Falls is a triple movie feature based on the titular book series by Jude Deveraux and...
Previewing Prime Video’s Ballard
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] It’s been 15 years since Maggie Q sauntered into frame kicking ass, taking names, and stealing hearts in The CW’s Nikita. I’ll give you a minute to process that little nugget of intel. Since it ended a short three-and-change seasons later, she’s recurred on shows as...
Previewing Prime Video’s Countdown
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] While the current news cycle might make the threat of a nuclear attack on US soil a bit tricky as a major plot point, two things can be true at the same time and Prime Video’s new action series, Countdown, is still a fun popcorn summer...
Victor Webster Talks Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Hannah Swensen is back on the case Sunday night on Hallmark Channel (note the network — a one-off programming change to align Alison Sweeney’s three June premieres) in Pie to Die For. The new mystery, written by series star and producer Sweeney (based on Joanna Fluke’s...
Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams Talk To Barcelona, Forever
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Hallmark Channel continues its Passport to Love programming with To Barcelona, Forever following last weekend’s To Barcelona, With Love. Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams star in a continuation of that film, once again written by Julie Sherman Wolfe and directed by Ron Oliver. In the film,...
Let’s Talk About Will Trent
[Spoilers for “The Blank Expanse of Nothing”] It’s been a minute since I’ve had a good, old-fashioned rant about a TV series, so I’m overdue. If you’ve followed me on IG the last few years (hi!), you know that I yell often and loud about my love for Will Trent....
Tim Rozon Looks Back on SurrealEstate
[Warning: All the spoilers ahead.] To close out our SurrealEstate coverage (for now), I chatted with Tim Rozon about Season 3 and getting the band back together. For the third season, production moved from Newfoundland to Ottawa, and Rozon was ready to dive back in. “We were in a...
George R. Olson Unpacks SurrealEstate Season 3
[Warning: ALL the spoilers ahead.] In case you missed the news last week, SurrealEstate has concluded with its third season, which aired last summer. On Friday, I spoke with series creator George R. Olson and series star Tim Rozon about saying goodbye to the show. You can read that piece...
George R. Olson and Tim Rozon Share Their Gratitude for SurrealEstate’s Run
Since SurrealEstate wrapped its third season six months ago, I’ve checked about once a week to see whether there was any news on cancelled or renewed. As long as there was no decision, there was still hope for a fourth season. This week, series creator George R. Olson let the...
Hulu’s Paradise S1 Weaves Past and Present to Unravel a Murder
One of the nice things about the symbiosis of the entertainment conglomerates is that sometimes streaming shows make their way over to linear outlets. Case in point: ABC has given Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building a primetime slot (after of course tweaking the language for FCC regs) during its...
Scott McCord Talks About Victor’s Expanding World in From Season 3
Closing out our From Season 3 coverage (which you can find here), in the second part of my conversation with Scott McCord, we talk about Victor’s new friendship with Sara, reconnecting with Tabitha, and what might be next for Victor when Season 4 returns in 2026. As we’ve talked about...
Dennis Heaton Talks Murder in a Small Town
Murder in a Small Town wraps its first season Tuesday night on FOX in the US and Wednesday night on Global TV in Canada. For US viewers, it’s been a neat addition to the usual FOX fare to have a slower-paced, small-town murder mystery with a parade of CdnTV peeps...
Harold Perrineau Talks From Season 3
[Warning: Includes spoilers for the Season 3 finale.] How are you doing, FROMily? That finale was A LOT. Thankfully we know we’re going to get more of this story, and you have a year and change to work on your Venn diagram deciphering the OMG WTFery of it all. Last...
Scott McCord Talks From Season 3
From the jump (pun intended), I’ve been a staunch advocate of Victor (and Scott McCord, who plays him), and this season, he’s been put through it. On the heels of sending Tabitha off into the unknown and having her return with his father, he unearths the long-suppressed memory that as...
Corteon Moore Talks From Season 3
From has always been really good about delighting us with mix-and-match character pairings, and this season, we’ve seen Jade and Tabitha, Sara and Victor, Henry and Victor, and Kenny and Acosta team up. As Ellis, Corteon Moore has spent a chunk of time this season paired up with Pegah Ghafoori...
What They Said: Three Revealing Conversations from Survivor’s Remorse “Closure”
WARNING: Spoilers for Survivor’s Remorse “Closure” The latest episode of Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse featured conversations that showed characters really digging deep into their thoughts, emotions and motivations.
Two Takes: The Catch “The Knock-Off”
Who can you trust? If this episode of The Catch was any indication, the answer is just about nobody. Betrayal was running rampant as Felicity (Shivani Ghai) arose from the dead to seduce-con Margot, Gretchen (Maria Thayer, Gotham, The Mindy Project) played gold-hearted Alice 2.0 before swindling Ethan, Tessa jumped...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supergirl “Worlds Finest”
Oh, Supergirl. That ending was cold. But I can’t hate on you because the latest episode has quickly become one of my favorites.
What Lucifer Said: Favorite quotes from Supernatural “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Supernatural episodes are almost always funny but thanks to the dialogue and a certain man speaking said dialogue, I laughed a lot during “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” You know, when I wasn’t busy fearing for Sam’s life or wondering what in the world was going on with Dean and...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supernatural “Angel Heart”
Okay, that was my favorite of all the Claire episodes. In the beginning I think this arc was a bit shaky, to be honest. But I think it ended strong and that’s thanks to the chemistry between the actors as well as the strength of the writing, courtesy of Robbie...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from The Vampire Diaries “I’ll Remember”
Season 5 Episode 1: “I’ll Remember” Writer: Caroline Dries This is odd. It’s an episode of The Vampire Diaries and there’s only one favorite quote from Damon. Of course, he was only in one scene. There are a few Hallucination!Damon quotes included though. What were some of your favorite quotes...
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