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Today's premieres and other notes (Friday, June 15)

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Robin Miller

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Jun 15, 2018, 2:37:29 PM6/15/18
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Streaming:


Queer Eye (complete season 2) (3:01 am, Netflix)

An all-new “Fab Five” advise men on fashion, grooming, food, culture and
design in this modern reboot of the reality series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Gh0LRdKu4

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/queer-eye-2018/season-2 [Metacritic
score 76]

https://www.netflix.com/title/80160037



The Ranch (complete "part 5") (3:01 am, Netflix)

From white trash weddings to felony charges, the Bennetts are back. 10
episodes; The Futon Critic calls this part 1 of season 3. Each "part"
has 10 episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a39-o86Yl08

https://www.netflix.com/title/80077977



Lust Stories (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)

In the companion to 2013's "Bombay Talkies," four short films by four of
India's biggest directors explore love, sex and relationships in modern
India. Indian film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8439854/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH4mYC91omg&feature=em-uploademail

https://www.netflix.com/title/80991033



Maktub (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Two criminals are the sole survivors of a terrorist attack at a
restaurant in Jerusalem. They decide to change their ways and become
flesh and blood angels. They go on a journey of wish fulfillment for
people who write requests on paper and put between the sacred stones of
the Wailing Wall. Israeli film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7252000/

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/maktub

https://www.netflix.com/title/80244547



Set It Up (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Two New York assistants (Glen Powell, Zoey Deutsch) attempt to get their
high-powered bosses (Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs) to fall in love in this film
debut from TV director Claire Scanlon (The Office, Hello Ladies).

http://ew.com/movies/2018/06/14/lucy-liu-set-it-up-netflix/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5304992/

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/set-it-up [Metacritic score 67]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eRc9PF3TU

https://www.netflix.com/title/80184100



Sunday's Illness (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)

Anabel abandoned her daughter Chiara when she was barely eight years
old. Thirty-five years later Chiara returns with a strange request for
her mother; she asks to spend ten days together. Anabel sees this trip
as a chance to get her daughter back, but she doesn’t know that Chiara
has a hidden purpose and she’ll have to face the most important decision
of her life. Spanish film.

https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/sundays-illness-tribeca-netflix-review/

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/sundays-illness [Metacritic score 91]

https://www.netflix.com/title/80131280



True: Magical Friends [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am,
Netflix)

Animated children's series.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80243582



True: Wonderful Wishes [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am,
Netflix)

Animated children's series.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80243473



Voltron: Legendary Defender (complete season 6) (3:01 am,
Netflix)

Animated children's series.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80075595



Goliath (complete season 2) (3:01 am, Amazon)

David E. Kelley's legal drama returns for a second season that finds
attorney Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton) reluctantly drawn back into
the law when he decides to represent his friend's teenage son after he
is accused of murder. Mark Duplass, Morris Chestnut, and Ana De La
Reguer join the cast this season. Eight episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXXGD_EXsFc&feature=em-uploademail

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/goliath/season-2




Broadcast and cable:


12 Monkeys (final season 4) (8, 9 and 10 pm, three
episodes, Syfy)

According to The Futon Critic, there are 11 episodes, with 3, 3, 3 and 2
shown over four consecutive Friday nights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ZtYhaAdWU

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/12-monkeys-2015/season-4

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/12-monkeys/listings/



Breaking Big [new] (8:30 pm, PBS)

Why and how did some of the world's most influential artists,
innovators, athletes and leaders break big? Talented men and women
recount their most difficult, dramatic and serendipitous turning points,
while renowned social psychologists connect the dots. Half hour; 12
episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zZ0-T6ieGk

http://www.pbs.org/program/breaking-big/



Life Sentence (season 1 and series finale) (9 pm, CW)



What Would You Do? (new timeslot) (9 pm, ABC)

Moves from Thursday 10 pm.



Mama June: From Not to Hot (season 2 summer premiere) (9
pm, WE tv)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nztw7tIh-2A




Tomorrow's advance notes:


Love at First Dance (movie) (9 pm, Hallmark Channel)

Hope is tasked with teaching Manhattan's former "Most Eligible Bachelor"
how to dance for his extravagant, society wedding. But as the dance
lessons progress, complications ensue when feelings begin to develop
between student and instructor. Stars Becca Tobin and Niall Matter.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8430044/

http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/love-at-first-dance



Grease: Behind Closed Doors (documentary) (9-11 pm, Reelz)

https://www.reelz.com/grease-behind-closed-doors/



Ghost Adventures (season 15 premiere) (9 pm, Travel Channel)



Animals Doing Things with Howie Mandel [new] (9 pm, Nat
Geo Wild)

Howie Mandel is not only a comedy legend and TV superstar, he's also an
animal lover who has teamed up with the Instagram account
@AnimalsDoingThings to bring the internet's funniest animal videos to
TV. Boasting 1.6 million followers, Mandel takes the best submissions
from @AnimalsDoingThings and brings them exclusively to Nat Geo WILD.
Each episode of Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things is narrated with his
signature comedy, bringing the LOLs to never-before-seen videos of
animals doing amazing, adorable and hilarious things.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/weekend/entertainment/2018/06/14/howie-teamed-up-nat-geo-wild-and-popular-instagram-account-animalsdoingthings-bring-internets-funnie/645021002/



Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation (season 4 premiere) (10
pm, HGTV)



Note: The only premiere this weekend on the Lifetime channels is The
Wrong Son on Sunday at 8 pm on Lifetime.


--Robin

Dimensional Traveler

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Jun 15, 2018, 3:03:02 PM6/15/18
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On 6/15/2018 11:37 AM, Robin Miller wrote:
>
> 12 Monkeys        (final season 4)         (8, 9 and 10 pm, three
> episodes, Syfy)
>
> According to The Futon Critic, there are 11 episodes, with 3, 3, 3 and 2
> shown over four consecutive Friday nights.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ZtYhaAdWU
>
> http://www.metacritic.com/tv/12-monkeys-2015/season-4
>
> http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/12-monkeys/listings/
>
Somehow I feel the final season of 12 Monkeys should be 12 episodes.

>
> What Would You Do?      (new timeslot)         (9 pm, ABC)
>
> Moves from Thursday 10 pm.
>
Not watch this is what I would do.

>
> Note: The only premiere this weekend on the Lifetime channels is The
> Wrong Son on Sunday at 8 pm on Lifetime.
>
Is that a movie about Ian? :)


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Tony Calguire

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Jun 15, 2018, 6:37:22 PM6/15/18
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On 15 Jun 2018, Dimensional Traveler (dtr...@sonic.net) wrote in
rec.arts.tv:

> On 6/15/2018 11:37 AM, Robin Miller wrote:
>>
>> 12 Monkeys        (final season 4)         (8, 9 and 10
>> pm, three episodes, Syfy)
>>
>>
> Somehow I feel the final season of 12 Monkeys should be 12 episodes.
>

Knowing 12 Monkeys, it's probably going to be two episodes told from six
different perspectives and timelines. :-)

anim8rfsk

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Jun 15, 2018, 7:33:51 PM6/15/18
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In article <foifb5...@mid.individual.net>,
Robin Miller <robin....@invalid.invalid> wrote:

So TV this weekend is as barren as Chris Hardwick's career,> --Robin
?

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Micky DuPree

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Jun 28, 2018, 12:53:59 PM6/28/18
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LOL!

-Micky

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