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Dirty schemes, arranged marriages and self-help scenarios take centre stage in and , two explosive new dramas streaming exclusively on 9Now
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PEARSON THE PREMISE: A new spin-off from top drama Suits (Hello Meghan!), it follows powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson as she gets caught up in several issues involving her cases in Chicago. With the help of Suits character Harvey Specter, she strikes a deal to resolve the problems by agreeing to work for the Windy City’s mayor.
LAYING DOWN THE LAW Jessica works through her to-do list Jessica
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1 Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres) Formerly a take-charge lawyer, Jessica nds herself getting down and dirty when she becomes the right-hand xer for Chicago’s Mayor. Immersed in the unfolding corruption, she doesn’t hesitate to make waves.
46 3 Nick D’Amato (Simon Kassianides) Proving to be an asset to Jessica’s safety, Nick’s rewarded when she employs him to be her personal driver. Let’s hit the road, Nick!
4 Derrick Mayes (Eli Goree) A power player in City Hall’s ranks, he’s responsible for perpetrating the council’s public image – while also ensuring the Mayor remains squeaky clean. 5 Angela Cook (Chantel Riley) Jessica’s cousin proves that family don’t always breed allies, as established by their fractured relationship.
6 Yoli Castillo (Isabel Arraiza) An employee at City Hall, Yoli clashes with Derrick when she makes a move that puts her future in jeopardy.
Bobby Novak (Morgan Spector) Chicago’s Mayor has ulterior motives for welcoming Jessica to the ranks. He sees her as a valuable tool in keeping his foes close, but underestimates her unorthodox approach to the role...
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• Bobby’s affair with Keri sends shockwaves through City Hall when the secret is exposed. • Jessica navigates a minefi eld of dark, gritty secrets as she investigates a murder. • Jessica summons Harvey (Gabriel Macht) to help the council get out of a very sticky situation indeed. • Yoli’s the victim of a scam, while Bobby becomes a target for blackmail. • The homeless descend on City Hall to unleash heated protests about the way they’re treated. • The FBI monitors Jessica’s moves.
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THE ARRANGEMENT
THE PREMISE: Auditioning to play the female lead role in a high-pro le movie changes actress Megan Morrison’s life forever when she’s in uenced by a self-help organisation to sign a contract she’s being offered to marry its action-hero star Kyle West .
SHOWMANCE? Kyle and Megan strut the red carpet
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1 Megan Morrison (Christine Evangelista) Plucked from obscurity to star in a Hollywood movie, the aspiring actress is also persuaded to enter into a marriage of convenience with her co-star.
2 Kyle West (Josh Henderson) One of Hollywood’s hottest young actors, he’s also the prominent public face of self-help organisation Institute of the Higher Mind, who determine to exploit him at all costs. Hmm... 3 Terence Anderson (Michael Vartan) Kyle’s producing partner is also the leader of the Institute of the Higher Mind, but doesn’t have Kyle’s best interests at heart.
4 DeAnn Anderson (Lexa Doig) Terence’s wife is also a very successful Hollywood producer and happens to be high up in the Institute’s ranks.
• Marrying Kyle , Megan gets an unpleasant insight into her new husband’s personality when he reveals his ugly true colours on their whirlwind trip to Venice. • Aspects of Megan ’s private life are leaked onto the internet, giving the studio concerns about her involvement in the fi lm. • Megan and Kyle take bold steps to try and reconnect with each other to bolster their public profi les. • The Institute has to deal with a messy scandal, prompting Terence to pressure Kyle into saving face for the organisation; it sparks the friends’ falling out! • A troubling secret re-emerges from Megan ’s past and it risks undoing her future with Kyle if it goes unchecked.
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ANNE WITH AN E SEASON 3 AVAILABLE Her milestone 16th birthday cues introspection for Anne (AmyBeth McNulty) as she searches for her origins and sorts out matters of the heart in order to set a course for her future. Despite Matthew (R.H. Thompson) and Marilla ’s (Geraldine James) objections, she returns to the orphanage and is forced to confront new realities. Eventually, Matthew comes to support Anne’s quest as she and her friends are plagued by fears about marriage and motherhood before they sit for their Queens Entrance Exams in order to embark on new lives.
THE RANCH SEASON 4 PART 2 AVAILABLE The return of Mary ’s (Megyn Price) bad-news ex Nick , puts her life in grave danger as Colt (Ashton Kutcher), Beau (Sam Elliott) and Luke (Dax Shepard) set out to protect her from his wicked ways. Gunshots ring out, leading to Nick’s death and sparking a murder mystery as Colt, Beau and Luke become prime suspects in the killing! Meanwhile, Colt comes under even more pressure as he strives to mend his fractured relationship with Abby (Elisha Cuthbert).
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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES COMPLETE SERIES AVAILABLE In Mystic Falls, Virginia, teenager Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) falls head over heels in love with Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), a 162-year-old vampire! However, her life becomes further complicated when Stefan’s brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder) arrives and steals her heart. As a result, a wicked love triangle develops as the brothers compete for her affections, while defending their home from countless villains and the threats they make against them.
MIRACLE WORKERS: DARK AGES SEASONS 2 AVAILABLE A group of medieval villagers are beset by problems as they battle extreme income inequality, poor healthcare, and widespread ignorance of their problems. Through it all, they cling tightly to the friendships and families they’ve forged –while also struggling to avoid being murdered! #occupationalhazard
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Avenue 5 season 1 available Space tourism is no longer the unreachable stuff of science fiction. Forty years into the future it’s a booming, multi-billion-dollar business, offering luxury amenities on board one of its many specialised space cruise ships. Avenue 5 , skippered by the suave and confident Ryan Clark (Hugh laurie), is one such vessel, offering gourmet buffets, spas, observation decks and yoga classes to intergalactic travellers! Boasting a capacity of 5000 passengers and crew, Avenue 5 plays host to herman Judd (Josh Gad), the mercurial billionaire who finances the ship’s voyages, as well as his right-hand woman Iris Kimura (Suzy nakamura); his head of customer relations Matt spencer (Zach woods); engineer Billie McEvoy (lenora Crichlow); and strong-willed passenger Karen Kelly (Rebecca Front). meanwhile, every spacecraft needs ground control and Judd mission Control’s leader is Rav Mulcair (nikki amuka-Bird), whose skills will come in handy when Avenue 5 ’s eight-week journey around Saturn is disrupted by technical difficulties, plunging Ryan and his crew into a crisis they may or may not be equipped to manage... foxtel now/ foxtel on demand
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The Ou Tsider SEaSon 1 availaBlE A mysterious force surrounds the investigation into the mutilation and murder of schoolboy Frankie Peterson, 11, whose corpse is unearthed in the Georgia woods. Detective Ralph a nderson (Ben Mendelsohn) wastes little time zeroing in on popular high school teacher terry m aitland (Jason Bateman) as the prime suspect. When contradictory evidence seems to exonerate Terry, Ralph brings Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo) to use her unorthodox and uncanny abilities as a private investigator to help him unravel the grisly truth. However, an evil supernatural force slowly edges its way into the case, clouding the cops’ efforts to resolve it.
Call thE MId WI fE SEriES 9 availaBlE Returning from their Christmas assignment in the Outer Hebrides, the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House are suddenly thrust into a bold and innovative new era, confronting unexpected challenges due to population shifts, changing rules, and the re-emergence of old diseases sent to haunt them. They work overtime to battle cases involving diphtheria, drug abuse, cancer, tuberculosis and fistula. Ugh! Privately, they all endure trials of love, loss and doubt at a time when the very future of Nonnatus House is jeopardised.
LOve MY WAY CoMPlETE SEriES availaBlE Life proves to be a rollercoaster for an extended family unit living in Sydney. Divorced spouses Frankie Paige (Claudia Karvan) and Charlie Jackson (Dan Wyllie) are thirty-somethings struggling to navigate life as the parents of Lou (Alex Cook). Complicating matters is the fact Frankie lives with Charlie’s brother Tom (Brendan Cowell), while Charlie’s new wife Julia (Asher Keddie) is pregnant with their rst child. Naturally the unorthodox situation is ripe for scrutiny, instantly provided by Frankie’s mother Di (Gillian Jones) and Charlie’s parents Brenda (Lynette Curran) and Gerry (Max Cullen). Then Julia’s ex-lover Howard (Sam Worthington) in ames tensions when he begins a relationship with Frankie! 7Plus
MArveL’s runAWAYs season 3 available Still on the lam from their evil parents, the Runaways scramble to hunt down and rescue their captured friends Chase (Gregg Sulkin), Gert (Ariela Barer) and Karolina (Virginia Gardner), who’ve been kidnapped by enemy forces. However, Karolina’s mother, leslie (Annie Wersching) has problems of her own. Pregnant with another child, she’s targeted by an unstoppable enemy, led by Morgan le fay (Elizabeth Hurley), a powerful sorceress from the Dark Dimension. foxtel now/ foxtel on demand
thE tRIal of ChRIstInE KEElER SiX-ParT SEriES availaBlE FEBruary 16 In Britain in the 1960s, one scandalous, sensational storyline dominated the news headlines and consumed public interest. Known as The Profumo Affair, it centres on 19-year-old aspiring model Christine Keeler (Sophie Cookson), whose world is upended when her involvement with two boyfriends – Johnny Edgecombe (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) and Lucky Gordon (Anthony Welsh) – alerts the government and the world to her previous salacious affairs with J ohn Profumo (Ben Miles), Britain’s Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government, as well as Eugene Ivanov (Visar Vishka), a naval attaché for the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War! Thrust into the public eye, Christine is targeted by a powerful, male-dominated establishment which seeks to silence and exploit her. foxtel now/ foxtel on demand
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Beautiful But Broke SEaSon 1 availaBlE The Welsh beauty business comes under the microscope as a gaggle of vanity-obsessed individuals go to any lengths to look “good”. Beauty salons, tanning bars and tattoo parlours are rife in Wales – there’s more than anywhere else in the UK – prompting people like beauty pageant fanatic sophie to almost bankrupt her family with her bulging dress collection! Unemployed gym buddy sadie considers going into debt to fund breast augmentation surgery, while Marc and Corey lose their inhibitions during acting and modelling lessons, and Matthew goes full-on Lady Gaga on the mean streets of Port Tennant! Funny old world, eh?
SBS on demand 7Plus Tangle Complete series AvAilAble The intertwined lives of the Kovac and Williams clans, and their extended family and network of friends, are thrown into chaos when minor celebrity nat Manning (Kat s tewart) returns to Melbourne after 10 years in England. Nat’s sister ally (Justine Clarke) may be happy to have her home but politician tim (Joel Tobeck) quakes at the thought of reconnecting with Nat, the lover he impregnated 15 years earlier! His wife Christine (Catherine McClements) is disturbed, having repaired her broken marriage and assumed custody of Nat’s son. later on, Nat creates further dissension when she reunites with Michael Chubbievsky (Dan Wyllie), a sinister suspected drug dealer!
t he neW Po Pe SEaSon 1 availaBlE Rendered comatose at the end of parent series The Young Pope , lenny Belardo (Jude Law), known as Pope Pius XIII, hovers between life and death and becomes a saint as thousands of followers idolise him. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Voiello (Silvio Orlando) has sir John Brannox (John Malkovich), a charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat, placed on the Papal Throne as Pope John Paul III, in Lenny’s absence. John may seem ideal for the role but beneath his exterior, he conceals fragile, sensitive secrets that quickly place the church under attack from external threats and scandals that may well devastate the hierarchies of the Vatican.
