London Spy BBC America
Drama

An unlikely romance collides with espionage in BBC America’s “London Spy”

On Thursday, Jan. 21, at 10pm ET/PT, BBC America premieres the new five-part mystery series London Spy, from author Tom Rob Smith. In this series, brilliant investment banker Alex (Edward Holcroft) has an unlikely romance with hard-partying, youthful bon vivant Danny (Ben Whishaw). Just as their relationship deepens, Alex is found dead under suspicious circumstances, and his real identity is uncovered to be that of a code-breaking spy working for MI6. With a desire to find out the truth about Alex’s identity and his death, Danny begins following the trail into the dark world of espionage. In over his head, Danny […]

FX Baskets
Comedy

#TCA16: Zach Galifianakis is a rodeo clown? We’re sold!

Zach Galifianakis is a rodeo clown. Need we go on? In the new FX new single-camera comedy Baskets (premieres Thursday, Jan. 21, at 10pm ET/PT), Galifianakis plays Chip Baskets, a man with a dream of becoming the world’s most celebrated circus clown. Inspired by the famous European circus performers of the 1800s, Chip attends a prestigious clowning school in Paris. But the Parisian clown scene proves too costly — the upscale French clown-nose boutiques are pricey — and Chip is forced to leave the school. He returns to Bakersfield, Calif., where he lives in an extended stay hotel while looking for […]

No Picture
Drama

#TCA16: FOX’s “Lucifer” should be cast down to … well, you know

FOX’s new supernatural crime drama Lucifer (premieres Monday, Jan. 25, at 9pm ET/PT) feels like Castle if Richard Castle were the Prince of Darkness. Tom Ellis stars as Lucifer Morningstar — yes, Satan himself — who has grown bored reigning over Hell and is on holiday in a much more exciting place: Los Angeles. Lucifer is a tall, dark and handsome Brit who owns a nightclub called Lux, drives around in a high-end convertible (license plate FALL1N1) and gets people to reveal their forbidden desires. It’s all fun and games for Lucifer until a faded pop star whose career he helped launch is […]

Angie Tribeca
Comedy

TBS launches Rashida Jones comedy “Angie Tribeca” with 25-hour Binge-A-Thon

Rashida Jones plays LAPD Detective Angie Tribeca in this darkly funny spoof of police procedurals from executive producers Steve and Nancy Carell. TBS is launching the series on Sunday, Jan. 17, beginning at 9pm ET/PT with a 25-hour, commercial-free marathon of the first 10 episodes. The series continues with Episodes 11-20 premiering Mondays beginning Jan. 25. TBS has put together a rather humorous press release that deserves to be shared with the world, so here it is: TBS TO LAUNCH ANGIE TRIBECA WITH 25-HOUR MARATHON OF COMMERCIAL-FREE EPISODES STARTING JAN. 17 RASHIDA JONES, HAYES MACARTHUR, JERE BURNS, DEON COLE AND ANDREE […]

Mercy Street
Drama

“Mercy Street” explores conflicts between nurses on opposite sides of the Civil War

Mercy Street, a six-part drama series is set in Alexandria, Va., in 1862 and follows two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War. New Englander Mary Phinney (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Confederate supporter Emma Green (Hannah James) have an ideological clash at the Union Army’s Mansion House Hospital, formerly the Green family’s luxury hotel. Inspired by real accounts from Mansion House doctors and nurses, Mercy Street also stars Josh Radnor, Gary Cole, Peter Gerety, Norbert Leo Butz, McKinley Belcher III and Shalita Grant. Mercy Street premieres on PBS Sunday, Jan. 17, at 10pm ET/PT following Downton Abbey (check […]

No Picture
Lifestyle

Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta features its first transgender bride Friday on TLC

Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta will feature the series’ first transgender bride-to-be this Friday at 9/8CT on TLC. Precious Davis, an award-winning diversity expert, social justice facilitator and performance artist who currently serves as the assistant director of diversity recruitment initiatives for Columbia College in Chicago — the first woman of color to hold the position — arrives at Bridals by Lori with a challenge for Robin, Lori and Monte. In the episode, the classically beautiful Precious seeks the perfect gown for her 1,000-guest, royalty-themed wedding at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel. With her “chosen family” members Kenneth and Chadwick in tow, Precious hopes […]

Glenn Hetrick
Interview

Face Off Judges tell us their Favorite Challenge from Season 10

In anticipation for Season 10, we asked the Face Off judges – Glenn Hetrick, Ve Neill and Neville Page, along with host McKenzie Westmore – two important questions. What is your favorite challenge from the first 5 episodes of Season 10? If you were a contestant, what kind of creature would you have created for this challenge? Here’s how each of them answered: Glenn Hetrick Favorite Face Off challenge: For me, I really love the “Foreign Bodies” challenge in episode 5. I love that type of stuff because I am huge into video games. What would you have done? For this […]

Comedy

Amazon Studios talks Mad Dogs, Bosch, Catastrophe, The New Yorker Presents at Television Critics Association Press Tour

Amazon Studios presented its upcoming slate of original series premieres and returns today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour. Amazon chief Roy Price started the session by touting the previous night’s Golden Globe successes for Mozart in the Jungle and its star Gael Garcia Bernal plus Transparent’s Globe nominations and Amazon’s 60 other award nominations and 20 wins. Noting that Hand of God, Red Oaks, Mozart in the Jungle, The Man in the High Castle (the service’s most successful launch yet) and Transparent all received new seasons, Price said the streaming service constantly seeks “visionary creators with voices that will stand out […]

Long Island Medium
Preview

Long Island Medium makes surprise visit, comforts grieving parents

Theresa Caputo shares some genuine tears with an Orlando couple in tonight’s new episode of Long Island Medium on TLC at 9pmET. Last week’s star–studded premiere of Long Island Medium was the highest rated and most-watched season premiere in four seasons (Jan. 3 marked the midseason premiere of the second half of Season 6). In tonight’s episode (Jan. 10), Theresa surprises a couple from Orlando who share their heartbreaking story. A British woman named Adele tells how her son Warren was in Orlando on a business trip when she got a call from one of his colleagues who expressed concern […]

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Drama

Outlander Season 2 photos, video — here’s your first look!

Outlander Season 2 is currently in production for an April debut on Starz. We’ll have more details on Season 2 from today’s Television Critics Association press tour. In the meantime, here’s your first look at the new season — and Caitriona Balfe’s Claire Randall and Sam Heughan’s Jamie Fraser.  CLAIRE FRASER (Caitriona Balfe) After the harrowing events of Season One, a pregnant Claire Fraser arrives in France with her husband Jamie.  Her new mission — infiltrate the Jacobite movement and prevent the infamous battle of Culloden. The strong-minded Claire is determined to alter the course of history and save not only […]