PBS Announces Lineup for Season 34 of ‘POV’ (TV News Roundup)

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Ethan Shanfeld Netflix announced it will host an inaugural Geeked Week from June 7 to 11 across social media channels.Geeked Week will feature such Netflix shows as “The Umbrella Academy,” “The Witcher,” “Lucifer,” “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” “The Sandman,” “The Cuphead Show!,” “Resident Evil,” “Sweet Tooth,” “Cowboy Bebop” and more.The specific people associated with each show that will take part in these virtual events will be announced in the coming days, as the five-day event

Timothy Spall has dropped out of PBS/BritBox crime series Magpie Murders due to a scheduling clash and has been replaced by Tim McMullan (The Serpent). White Lines and Code 404 actor Daniel Mays has also joined the cast.

Haley Bosselman editorTo celebrate National Streaming Day, Disney Plus released a first look at its upcoming original series, “The Mysterious Benedict Society.”Adapted from Trenton Lee Stewart’s best-selling books of the same name, the show follows the adventures of four gifted orphans who are recruited by the eccentric Mr. Benedict (Tony Hale) to save the world from his evil twin brother (also Hale).Mr.

Antonio Ferme editorNetflix announced that the second season of “Too Hot To Handle” will premiere on June 23 with the first four episodes.

NCIS has just one episode left in season 18 and it’s one that fans have been waiting for quite a while.

Antonio Ferme editorHulu announced “Nine Perfect Strangers” will premiere on August 18 and be released weekly, while “Only Murders in the Building” will premiere on August 31 and be released weekly.Based on the bestselling book by Liane Moriarty, “Nine Perfect Strangers” takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation.

Antonio Ferme editorParamount Plus announced that the fifth season of “The Good Fight” will premiere on June 24. Following the premiere, new episodes of the 10-episode season will be available to stream weekly on Thursdays.In the fifth season, Diane (Christine Baranski) is forced to question whether it’s appropriate for her to help run an African American law firm with Liz (Audra McDonald) after the firm loses two top lawyers.

Antonio Ferme editorThe “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” cast will perform Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” in the second season finale, and NBC just released a first look at that musical number.Created by showrunner Austin Winsberg, the musical comedy follows Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy) on her journey to understand why she can suddenly hear people’s innermost wants and desires through popular songs.

Summer is here and Big Brother is back. The long-running CBS reality competition series is set to return Wednesday, July 7, with the premiere of season 23.

Haley Bosselman editorStarz announced that Daveed Diggs and Rafel Casal’s new comedy series “Blindspotting” will premiere on June 13 at 9 p.m. across all its platforms.Based on the 2018 film of the same name that Diggs and Casal also wrote, produced and starred in, “Blindspotting” picks up six months after where the movie left off.

Elon Gold for the new series “It’s Not a Show with Elon Gold” for Crackle Plus.The show will feature guests including Tiffany Haddish, Bill Burr, Howie Mandel, Jeff Garlin, Jim Gaffigan, Nikki Glaser, Jay Leno, Amanda Peet, Bob Saget, Jeff Ross, Russell Peters and more.With a 10-episode season currently in development, “It’s Not a Show with Elon Gold” is executive produced by Gold, showrunner Bob Maurer, Scott Weinstock, Willie Mercer, David Ozer and Tim Rouhana.

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer” will premiere on National Geographic on June 18 at 9 p.m. The documentary will then be available to stream on Hulu the next day, just in time for Juneteenth.Debuting just after the 100-year anniversary of the two-day Tulsa Massacre, “Rise Again” centers on award-winning journalist DeNeen Brown and her search for a mass grave in her native state of Oklahoma.

Kristin Fisher, who has been White House correspondent for Fox News since 2019, announced that she is leaving the network.

Antonio Ferme editorEpix released a trailer for the second season of “War of the Worlds,” which premieres on June 6.Set in present-day France and the UK, the sci-fi series is a re-imagining of the classic novel written by H.G. Wells.After detecting a transmission from another galaxy, astronomers realize that they have received definitive proof of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Bungie has announced that the next season of Destiny 2, titled Season Of The Splicer, will arrive next Tuesday (May 11).Season Of The Splicer will see The Last City plunged into darkness by the Vex. The Last City is the only remaining human settlement after the collapse of civilisation at the hands of an alien civilisation.A mysterious spherical entity known as the Traveler protected The Last City until the Vex unleashed a never-ending night.

Antonio Ferme editorStarz announced that Rosie O’Donnell will guest star in the upcoming comedy “Run the World,” which premieres on May 16 at 8:30 p.m.O’Donnell is set to play Dr. Nancy Josephson, a “brash, foul-mouthed therapist” that all four best friends discover they are all seeing.

Antonio Ferme editorNetflix released a trailer for the upcoming limited series “Halston,” which stars Ewan McGregor as the titular American celebrity fashion designer and premieres on May 14.Set in New York during the 1970s and ’80s, the limited series will showcase Halston turned his invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame.

Haley Bosselman editorApple TV Plus announced that “Schmigadoon!,” the six-episode musical comedy series from Lorne Michaels, will premiere on July 16.A parody of Golden Age musicals, “Schmigadoon!” follows romantic partners on a backpacking trip designed to reignite their relationship, when they stumble across a magical town living in a 1940s musical.