Thursday, January 12, 2012

This N That Thursday

Well, it's almost two weeks into the new year and still no word on whether they're going to bring us a season 5 of Sanctuary (aka The Life & Times of Helen Magnus). I really, really want to see more of the new Sanctuary that we caught a glimpse of at the end of season 4. Plus, how can there be anything worth watching on tv if Amanda Tapping isn't on? I heard the other day that Syfy was going to be adding more "unscripted" series to their lineup. Oh joy. There's more reason for me NOT to watch tv.

I just can't get into "reality" or "unscripted" junk on tv. I've only actually watched a few of them throughout the years - the "Police Women..." series on TLC and just recently "Alaska State Troopers" on NatGeo. I'm really waiting for the day that reality shows are out, and we get back to real, worthwhile programming.

Speaking of...

I just saw the press release for the upcoming schedule for original movies on Hallmark Movie Channel. It looks pretty decent.

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GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE: THE MEASURE OF A MAN, a Hallmark Movie Channel Original, Saturday, January 28 @ 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7c, starring Luke Perry and Stephanie Von Pfetten. The story of a fair and favorable Circuit Judge who is hellbent on justice as he travels to a Wyoming territory that is being terrorized by a gang of thieves, and runs into an old flame in the process. As he sets out to help the town find and prosecute the murderous bandits before they strike again, a series of long-kept secrets are revealed about their identities, making the case all too personal to the judge, and testing his limits of loyalty.

DUKE, a Hallmark Movie Channel Original, Saturday, April 28 @ 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7C, starring Steven Weber, Sarah Smyth and Allison Hossack. A disabled veteran abandons his wife and young daughter soon after returning home from war, feeling like nothing but a burden. For ten years, his relies on his faithful canine companion, a compassionate Border Collie, as his only family. But when the dog suddenly gets deathly ill, he anonymously drops him off at a vet clinic, never expecting a chain of events and a kindhearted doctor will soon bring him back in touch with his estranged daughter after so many years.

LAKE EFFECTS, a Hallmark Movie Channel Original, Saturday, May XX, 8 p.m. ET/PT/7C, starring Jane Seymour, Ben Savage, Sean Patrick Flanery, Casper Van Dien, Scottie Thomas, Jeff Fahey and Madeline Zima. A high powered attorney on her way to the top reluctantly returns to her childhood home on the enchanting Smith Mountain Lake to attend her father’s funeral and help her sister and mother settle the family estate. While there, Sara’s love for the lake and the townspeople is reignited, and with the help of her father’s ever present spirit, Sara looks inward, discovers the importance of love and family, and gives her all to save the family’s beloved home.

HANNAH’S LAW, a Hallmark Movie Channel Original, Saturday, June 9 @ 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7C, starring Sara Canning, Kimberly Elise, Danny Glover, Billy Zane and Greyston Holt. In the old West, a tough-as-nails bounty hunter hunts down the outlaw who brutally killed her family a decade earlier with his dangerous gang. With help from her friends, including the two men who are competing for her heart, she enters a dramatic showdown where a powerful secret is revealed about her family that will suddenly alter her lifelong course for revenge.

ALWAYS A BRIDE, a Hallmark Movie Channel Original, Saturday, July 21 @ 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7C, starring Kellie Martin and Ethan Erickson. Straight-laced Jordan Brady is all set for a low-key bachelorette weekend in Vegas until she wakes up after a late-night out and discovers she married celebrity Matt Swift by mistake. Jordan works as fast as she can to annul the marriage, keep her engagement intact, and fight off a barrage of unwanted press. But she finds herself more confused than ever when she starts falling in love with the movie star she’s married to instead of the fiancĂ© she thought was her perfect match.

Now those sound a lot better than all of the unscripted/reality nonsense, doesn't it?

ETA:
I just saw the promo pics for Season 2 of "King". Now I just need to find out when S2 begins.
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1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the new recs. Some I'll have to check out and see what it's like. A few has some fangirlness to it :)

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