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Confirmed http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/04/12/cnn-sets-new-may-1-premiere-date-for-cnn-original-series-stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-and-nomad-with-carlton-mccoy-334512/20220412cnn01/

Summary from Cultbox on Radio Times interview with showrunner Chibnall https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-showrunner-almost-quit-in-2020 My summary of Chibnall’s interview with Radio Times

Trailer for Part 2, which premieres April 28 http://thefutoncritic.com/video/2022/04/12/video-the-way-down-part-2-official-trailer-hbo-max-635013/20220412warnermedia01/

Interviews with Chibnall and the cast for the Easter special https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/doctor-who-legend-of-the-sea-devils/#qampawithchrischibnall

Heh, I didn't actually notice the Muppets were part of this until I saw it in a TV promo. I think I glossed over it in the article I linked to. I love the Muppets so we'll see how this goes

Harmony has at least 2 people at this point who could likely kill her, Ryan and Neil’s brother, and Ryan could kill Esme as well. Things could get interesting this Summer or Fall in regards to what Ryan might do, assuming the writers don’t take forever on that storyline

I think given they and Disney+ are owned by Disney, they will continue with the Disney theme nights and probably do more synergy

That opening sketch was pretty good, as was the time travel sketch. The Dr. Haddassha sketch went an unexpected way. Overall not bad, though I still don’t care for the ongoing Armageddon sketch

I still don’t understand how Neil’s brother was allowed to have his patient notes. Shouldn’t those automatically be destroyed when a shrink dies or be held by an ethical shrink organization to determine what to do with them? That’s a major ethical breach and now the brother is blackmailing Harmony with the info. And he certainly did an ackward info dump on the hows and whys on Willow being Nina’s daughter

Renewed! (For the CBS network just to be clear lol)

It seems per interviews the show will continue with the apocalypse meta story. I think that’s too bad as it didn’t work for me in Season 2 and seemed to just go nowhere

Actually, I just looked on Hulu and 20/20 does stream there. If you don't have Hulu, you can access the show from abc.com (if your cable company allows it I think)

A real good news/bad news type situation here. I have Disney+ but I mostly stopped watching years ago because I got bored watching ballroom dancing. But it's one of those surprised yet not surprised situations given the ratings slide over the years. But apparently ABC is bringing back Monday Night Football so likely it's a big reason for the move, as I think ABC has been yearning for years to bring back football after ESPN took Monday Night Football. In an interesting move, it appears Dancing will be shown live on Disney+, a first for the streamer

CNN's ratings appear to be up with the heavy coverage of the Ukraine War. Ongoing news crisises are their bread and butter and with new owners, who apparently didn't like Zucker or his opinion-heavy format, I think more news coverage and less opinion stuff will be back in style.

Not sure if Hulu or another streaming service streams 20/20. Hulu is releasing a limited scripted series called The Girl from Plainville about the case starring Elle Fanning

It suggests the change was a late decision I noticed that too but I figured it was just my DVR listings being slow on updates

New audio series from BBC Sounds called Doctor Who: Redacted, a 10 part podcast series, basically an audio drama, will be made available following the broadcast of the Easter special on April 17, and episodes will be released weekly. Star Jodie Whittaker will be part of it as the Doctor, as will Ingrid Oliver who plays Osgood and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, though it focuses on 3 university students, one transgender, trying to find people who are disappearing. Juno Dawson, author of the Doctor Who novel The Good Doctor, is the lead writer https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=bbc-sounds-spinoff-podcast-doctor-who-redacted#_ You can listen via the BBC Sounds app (available in the Apple App Store for instance) even if you aren’t in the UK ETA: The following press release has more detail on the cast, including Anjili Mohindra as Rani, and some Q&As https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/doctor-who-redacted-bbc-sounds

I think Robin indicated in a previous interview and seemed to hint in the Hollywood Reporter interview just posted that they can barely manage to do 6 so I think it’s down to that

Per TVLine, second season premiere delayed to some unspecified date this Summer. Certainly raises a question or two https://tvline.com/2022/04/07/dynasty-melrose-place-reunion-daphne-zuniga-grant-show/

This Friday’s episode covers the case of Michelle Carter, whose text messages pushed her boyfriend to kill himself and she went on trial for it

Link to the article and the trailer https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/VIDEO-HBO-Max-Debuts-NOT-SO-PRETTY-Documentary-Trailer-20220407

Renewed! http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/04/07/hit-fox-drama-the-cleaning-lady-sweeps-up-season-two-renewal-940010/20220407fox02/

Season finale June 23 http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/04/07/dont-miss-the-cw-season-finales-531111/20220407cw01/