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Highlights for July: POV: "A Story of Bones" (the UK's disturbing colonial past and present), July 3; "Liquor Store Dreams" (past and current struggles for equality for Korean Americans), Jul 10; "A House Made of Splinters" (children living in a Ukrainian shelter), July 17; "Eat Your Catfish" (family grappling with loved one with ALS), July 24 "A Capitol Fourth" (holiday concert), July 4 "Human Footprint, Season 1" (the many ways humans have transformed the planet), 6 episodes, premieres July 5 Frontline: "McConnell, the GOP & the Courts", Jul 11 "Iconic America" series resumes after a break of a few months on July 11 for its last 4 episodes of Season 1 "Southern Storytellers, Season 1" series (explores Southern identity through contemporary creatives), 3 episodes, premieres July 18 Scripted (from UK): "Masterpiece: Grantchester, Season 9", premieres July 9; "D.I. Ray, Season 1", 4 episodes, premieres July 9 with the finale on July 30 Continuing in July: "Great American Recipe, Season 2" As always, check your local listings

It’s possible we’ll get that next season with the reduced budget. 4 stories per episode is definitely too much

Sofia Mattsson (Sasha) announced she had her baby, a girl, on May 21 https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gh-star-welcomes-daughter/

I’ve watched the first 30 minutes so far and it’s interesting though not greatly so

They are pulling a Warner Discovery for a tax write off for 4 programs. I’m really hating this move of removing content from streaming platforms

Wow, Paramount+ is pulling a Warner Discovery move, canceling 4 shows and removing them from the platform to take advantage of a tax write off. The 4 shows are “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” after 1 season, animated “Star Trek: Prodigy after 1 season and reversing a 2nd season pickup, competition series “Queen of the Universe” after 2 seasons, and the revived “The Game” after 2 seasons. The article says the 4 shows will begin to be removed next week and other programs are expected to follow https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/paramount-plus-removes-grease-star-trek-prodigy-queen-of-the-universe-the-game-1235522633/

Luther went home last week

Ms. Wu continues to be a bad ass. She completely sorted out the Cody/Gladys thing with a solid plan in like 2 minutes flat (though not legally) and still kept Cody and Gladys on a string and continuing with the poker games

Trailer

Dan + Shay join next season as the first coaching duo http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/06/22/the-voice-announces-star-studded-coaching-lineup-for-season-25-133314/20230622nbc01/

Official press release http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/06/09/hbo-original-two-part-documentary-the-golden-boy-debuts-july-24-429314/20230609hbo01/ First look teaser

Full press release http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/06/20/max-original-four-part-docuseries-shaun-white-the-last-run-debuts-july-6-119312/20230620wbd01/ Trailer

I can't recall, has Queenie undercooked food before on the show?

Press release with episode descriptions: http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/06/21/hbo-original-docuseries-last-call-when-a-serial-killer-stalked-queer-new-york-debuts-july-9-766212/20230621hbo02/

Sounds like a great group of choices

No. I think he’s afraid of Miss Wu finding out and hurting him

Per Doctor Who Magazine, Davies indicated they were already working on scripts for Series 15 https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/russell-t-davies-3-word-teaser-doctor-who-season-15-newsupdate/

I’m not sure I liked the more violent turn the show took this episode with Lex on the scene. If he’s full on part of the next season, I fear the same I do wonder if Lex is that in control of the prison why he didn’t he just engineer getting freed? And why didn’t the authorities know he was in control?

Warner Bros Discovery is in talks to license several HBO original series to Netflix on a non-exclusive basis, meaning they would still remain on Max. The article didn’t say whether this is US-only https://deadline.com/2023/06/warner-bros-discovery-in-talks-to-license-hbo-original-series-to-netflix-1235421444/

I thought it was adorable when Steph and Cherry won the second round, they were so excited and one of them did a partial somersault

Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill reunite at a recent convention and there are cute pictures. Mandip was reported recently to say she hadn’t seen Jodie since December or something like that https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-mandip-gill-reunite-newsupdate/

Soap Opera Digest interview with Kate Mansi, the new Kristina https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/icymi-kate-mansi-interview-1726404/

Per TVZone UK, Series 14 set to have a 2-part finale, confirmed by the director for the final block https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/drwho-s14-2partfinale-rep1

They are using fi-core and non-member writers. If any of those are not the show’s regular writers, it could be interesting to see what we get

I was thinking the same thing after the episode