My Mom Jayne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZM6m_GJhr8 Mariska Hargitay rediscovers her late mother, movie star Jayne Mansfield, in her directorial debut After 26 seasons and counting playing Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Mariska Hargitay has been a TV star for so long that it’s easy to forget she’s a Hollywood scion, daughter of movie starlet Jayne Mansfield…

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The Waterfront

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-oYo1hIEs Dysfunctional family dynamics are at the heart of new drama The Waterfront Meet the Buckleys, a family that has ruled the town of Havenport, North Carolina for generations, controlling everything from the local fishing industry to the restaurant scene. That dominance, however, threatens to slip when family patriarch Harlan Buckley (Holt McCallany) is felled…

Patience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmN8OkWQ-TA An autistic woman uses her uncanny ability to connect dots others miss to help a police detective solve tough cases in Patience Investigators solve crimes by putting together the jigsaw puzzle of a case one piece at a time. A fresh perspective can put new pieces in the pile that make the outcome appear…

Fountain of Youth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gB9h0ELEf0&t=5s John Krasinski & Natalie Portman star in ’80s-style action-adventure romp Fountain of Youth When starring in a Guy Ritchie movie, there is no mistaking the English director for any other filmmaker. “Guy comes dressed to set as if he’s a character in the movie,” says Fountain of Youth star Natalie Portman. “He wouldn’t wear…

America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9WjAL-xl4 The real-life adventures of the NFL’s most iconic cheerleading squad continue in a new season of America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders After a stellar first season — reaching the Top 10 TV list in 27 countries around the globe, lasting four weeks on Netflix’s weekly global Top 10 English TV list and causing its…

The 78th Annual Tony Awards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aomnXzYVJsw&list=PL6zkQ5E3hUvqwscg8suvsa7YbkxiG3h1N The year’s top Broadway hits are celebrated at the Tony Awards Whatever challenges might come its way, the New York theatre community manages to meet them and put on really big shows, as the continuation of the Tony Awards affirms. The 78th edition of Broadway’s annual event, presented by The Broadway League and The…

The Snake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGoKJYwnS9o Cutthroat scheming and manipulation is the name of the game in cunning new reality competition The Snake By Maxine Bass Since the debut of Survivor a quarter-century ago, TV reality competitions have rewarded players for mastering the art of chicanery; the popularity of Traitors, in fact, proves that viewers’ hunger for watching skilled liars…

The Better Sister

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4BGj6tCF6A&t=3s A twisty whodunit frames the story of two sisters in this domestic noir thriller Taking Alafair Burke’s twisty novel and turning it into a propulsive thriller for television was never going to be the challenge of The Better Sister. A book about two estranged sisters who experience the loss of a mutual loved one…

Echo Valley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQiZ5zMhliw Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney star as a mother and daughter caught up in crisis in Echo Valley Each relationship comes with its own particularities and complications, but few have been as elusively captured on screen as the complicated bond between a mother and her adult daughter. From jealousy to pride and protectiveness, a…

Summer Preview

The most anticipated new shows of the summer Art Detectives Acorn TVArt-loving DI Mick Palmer (Stephen Moyer) and straight-talking DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh) lead the Heritage Crime Unit, solving murders linked to art and antiques — from forged paintings to Viking gold — in this gripping new British crime series. June 9, Acorn TV …

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