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For January 2023: "Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus" (Israeli hacking tool used by governments to spy on citizens), 2 parts, Jan 3 & 10 "Putin and the Presidents" (how various US presidents misjudged Putin), Jan 31

For January 2023: "Children of Las Brisas" (Venezuelan youth orchestra), Jan 2 "The Big Payback" (debate about reparations to Black Americans in Illinois), Jan 16 "No Straight Lines" (queer comics artists), Jan 23 "The Picture Taker" (civil rights photographer Ernest Withers), Jan 30

Netflix documentary on actress Pamela Anderson. Premieres January 31, 2023

4-part Netflix doc series on the rise and fall of financier Bernie Madoff, who orchestrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in Wall Street History. Premieres January 4 2023

In Stuart’s case though, he had been off the show for quite awhile

HBO’s streaming service HBO Max. Maybe someday on DVD

Marcus comments on his exit via Instagram https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2022/12/marcus-coloma-general-hospital-exit-i-get-so-sad-when-i-think-about-it Very sad about Sonya's passing. RIP

Highlights/Premieres for January 2023: Independent Lens: "Children of Las Brisas" (Venezuelan youth orchestra), Jan 2; "The Big Payback" (debate about reparations to Black Americans in Illinois), Jan 16; "No Straight Lines" (queer comics artists), Jan 23; "The Picture Taker" (civil rights photographer Ernest Withers), Jan 30 American Experience: "The Lie Detector" (history of polygraph), Jan 3; "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" (about acclaimed author), Jan 17 Frontline: "Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus" (Israeli hacking tool used by governments to spy on citizens), 2 parts, Jan 3 & 10; "Putin and the Presidents" (how various US presidents misjudged Putin), Jan 31 "First Contact: An Alien Encounter" (scripted drama with faux-documentary elements), Jan 4 Masterpiece (scripted): "Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Season 3", premieres Jan 8; "All Creatures Great and Small, Season 3", premieres Jan 8 "Codeswitching: Race and Identity in the Suburban Schoolhouse", Jan 9 POV: "I Didn't See You There" (history of invisibility of disabled), Jan 9 "Water of Life" (Scotland's revived whiskey industry), Jan 14 Nature: "Wildheart" (Scotland's Scots Pine Tree), Jan 18; "Soul of the Ocean", Jan 25 American Masters: "Roberta Flack", Jan 24 Next at the Kennedy Center: "Episode 3: The Roots Residency" (about legendary hip hop group), Jan 27 "Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed America", 4 episode doc series, premieres Jan 31 Be sure to check your local listings

When you said you had to start watching pronto, I guess you really meant it lol

Too late...

Aw, that's too bad given he was in the role for 3 years. But refusing to film your final scenes is not really professional

28-day numbers from Ratings UK: 5.5 million viewers

As I recall, Hetty told Thor to run through the light or something similar to keep him in Sam's body, but I didn't understand what that meant. Can anyone explain what that means or refers to?

The guy playing Rory posted a goodbye on his social media https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/michael-blake-kruse-on-gh-exit/

In October, streamer Disney+ made a deal with the BBC to internationally distribute Doctor Who starting in 2023, taking it off linear networks like BBC America in the US. AMC Networks, who half owns the channel with the BBC, is struggling financially and has been canceling some programs that they've renewed like Moonhaven and are otherwise cutting staff and other expenses. Losing Doctor Who (for at least new episodes) and previously the completion of Killing Eve, and co-owner AMC Networks' financial issues suggests to me that the channel will possibly get killed or repurposed sometime in the next couple of years. BBC America isn't playing near enough British shows to justify its existence in my opinion, especially with it doing regular marathons of Bones, Law & Order (US edition), the various Star Trek shows and old movies and other US programs

Ryan called her out on trying to get revenge on Joc because it distracted her from his goal to separate Nic and Ava. It seems she was easily distracted by Joc hating her so she did the sex tape thing out of spite, among other things with the younger set

I thought Ryan had Esme purposely meet Spencer so she could worm her way into his life and mess with his dad’s relationship with Ava. Which means Esme knew about Ryan for some time. Am I misremembering that?

One of the entertainment articles mentioned HBO offered a 5th season but on a FAST service but the creators turned it down because it would have meant a major budget cut

Costume reveal And video of costume reveal TVZone article in case the Twitter pictures go bye-bye https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/drwho-costumereveal-171222

Given the really low ratings, cancelation will probably solve that problem

I thought Hetty couldn’t see or hear the other ghosts when she possessed Jay, so I expected the same with Sam and Thor; was Thor able to because Sam already had that power? The episodes didn’t go the way I expected especially with Thor possessing Sam but it was a lot of fun

Canceled 😒 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cnn-cancels-stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-1235282821/ Stanley could be involved if the show is shopped elsewhere Yes, it seems their direction is for cheaper programming because earlier articles indicated outside production companies' costs are rising and they are looking at doing as much in-house as possible to save on costs. Remember also that the Discovery-Warner merger is costing a lot of money and they are even pulling shows from HBO Max to save on residuals and to shop the shows elsewhere. So penny-pitching on costs seems to be the in thing right now for CNN's owners