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Samantha Morton as Catherine de Medici
EVA MARIE SAINT TURNS 100!
TCM Honors The Screen Legend Every Thursday In July.
By Matt Roush
“The longer you live, I think really the smarter you get ... and hopefully as an actress, that makes you a better actress, because you can understand things better.” Words of wisdom from the fascinating and elegant Eva Marie Saint, as told to TCM’s late host Robert Osborne in an interview that first aired in 2014. This special, Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival: Eva Marie Saint, is being replayed on July 4 on TCM, marking her 100th birthday. It’s also the first of four Thursdays celebrating her as Star of the Month, a tribute that includes 1954’s On the Waterfront (July 4). Her first feature film role, as the sensitive Edie Doyle, won Saint an Oscar as supporting actress opposite her Actors Studio colleague Marlon Brando. “I felt that he could see right through me,” she marvels, recalling that Brando’s unpredictable line readings for each take “kept you on your toes.”
She was so pregnant at the Oscar ceremony that she blurted, “I may have the baby right here” during her acceptance speech. (She gave birth to her son Darrell two days later.) Another career highlight: being chosen by Alfred Hitchcock to play one of his most memorable blond heroines, the “sexy spy lady” Eve Kendall in 1959’s North by Northwest (also airing July 4) opposite Cary Grant. Saint remembers Hitchcock escorting her to Bergdorf Goodman to choose her stylish wardrobe (“I called him my sugar daddy”) and Grant welcoming her to the set by promising, “In this movie, Eva Marie, you don’t have to cry.” Saint honed her craft in roles on radio and in the early days of live TV, earning two Emmy nominations in the 1950s and winning in 1990 for a supporting role in the NBC miniseries People Like Us. “Characters have to be interesting, as they are in life,” Saint told Osborne a decade ago. You can see for yourself all month long how she lived up to that ideal.
RETURNING FAVORITES
All American: Homecoming
The CW (July 8)
Another Self Netflix (July 11)
Antiques Roadshow Recut PBS (July 26)
The Bachelorette ABC (July 8)
BBQ Brawl Food Network (July 8)
Big Brother CBS (July 17)
Celebrity Family Feud ABC (July 9)
Claim to Fame ABC (July 10)
Cobra Kai Netflix (July 18; final season)
COBRA: Rebellion PBS (July 25)
Futurama Hulu (July 29)
Hotel Portofino PBS (July 28)
Love & Marriage: Detroit OWN (July 27)
Marvel’s Hit-Monkey Hulu (July 15)
Press Your Luck ABC (July 18)
61st Street The CW (July 22)
Snowpiercer AMC (July 21; final season)
Unprisoned Hulu (July 17)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ABC (July 10)
YANKED!: Recently Canceled Shows
Jon Cryer’s sitcom Extended Family won’t get extended to Season 2 on NBC. ... It’s dead now: ABC laid comedy Not Dead Yet to rest after two seasons. ... The CW told Walker to take a hike after four seasons and sent The Spencer Sisters packing after one. ... FOX put down HouseBroken, the animated sitcom featuring the voice of Lisa Kudrow, after two seasons. ... Nasim Pedrad’s comedy Chad, which had Season 1 on TBS and Season 2 on Roku Channel, has
been left hanging. ... NFL Network sacked flagship series NFL Total Access after 21 years. ... Raven’s Home, starring Raven-Symoné, is nevermore after six seasons on Disney Channel. A spinoff called Alice in the Palace is in the works. ... Amazon Freevee’s coming-of-age comedy Primo has come and gone after one season. ... It just wasn’t in the stars: Constellation won’t get a second outing on Apple TV+. ... The Other Black Girl won’t have another season on Hulu.
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2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS PREVIEW
All eyes are on the City of Light Friday, July 26Sunday, Aug. 11 as the Summer Olympics return to Paris for the first time in 100 years. From its unique opening ceremony on the Seine to its displays of
sport. She can become the most decorated American Olympic gymnast with one medal of any color in Paris, and she can break the all-time record for most Olympic golds for an American gymnast if she can win two. Suni Lee, allaround gold medalist at the Tokyo Games, is hopeful for a repeat after battling kidney-related health issues. Jade Carey extended the USA’s streak of gold medals in the floor exercise to three with a win in Tokyo. Other likely competitors on the U.S. women’s team include uneven bars specialist Shilese Jones and Tokyo team silver medalist Jordan Chiles.
TALENT POOL
Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky is the fifth American female swimmer to ever qualify for four Games. She’s expected to compete in four individual events, including the 800-meter freestyle, where she’s three-time reigning Olympic champ. If Ledecky wins three medals in Paris, she would become the second-most decorated American Olympic swimmer, trailing only Michael Phelps. Abbey Weitzeil, Lilly King, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Simone Manuel and Regan Smith will likely be among the other top U.S. women’s swimmers to watch. On the men’s side, look for Bobby Finke, Tokyo Games gold medalist in the 800-meter and 1,500meter freestyle, to defend his titles in Paris. Ryan Murphy, the former world-record holder in the 100-meter backstroke, hopes to add to his tally of four Olympic golds. After taking time off, seven-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel returned to competition last year and is poised to make another splash in his third Games.
Simone Biles
Katie Ledecky
SLAM DUNK
There is probably no safer bet in the world of sports than Team USA winning Olympic basketball gold. Steve Kerr coaches this men’s squad, which is an incredible collection of NBA talent: LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton. The women’s team has won gold in seven straight Olympic tournaments. Head coach Cheryl Reeve’s roster features Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Jewell Loyd and Sabrina Ionescu. Star WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, somewhat controversially, did not make the team.
Sha’Carri Richardson
LeBron James
PARIS & BEYOND
The opening ceremony will be held outside an Olympic stadium for the first time, as the Seine River banks and the Jardins du Trocadéro, a green space across the river from the Eiffel Tower, will attract roughly 500,000 spectators. Nearly 180 boats and barges will carry the 10,500 athletes down the Seine in the Parade of Nations. Other key locations are:
h Aquatics Centre is a new permanent facility that will host artistic swimming, diving and water polo.
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Bercy Arena, with its iconic pyramidal shape, will hold gymnastics events and the basketball playoff rounds.
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FLEET AFOOT
USA Track & Field boasts some elite athletes expected to haul in the medals in Paris. Noah Lyles, who took the bronze in the 200-meter sprint in Tokyo, won three golds at the 2023 World Championships. He’s expected to run in the 100- and 200-meter sprints, and the 4x100-meter relay (and possibly the 4x400 relay) in Paris. Other U.S. speedsters on the men’s team include Tokyo silver medalists Fred Kerley, Kenny Bednarek and Grant Holloway. On the women’s side, Sha’Carri Richardson missed the Tokyo Games due to a suspension, but she’ll aim to become the first American woman to win the marquee 100-meter dash since Gail Devers in 1996. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone looks to become the first ever repeat winner in the women’s 400-meter hurdles.
BREAKING?
Remember the early 1980s when breakdancing emerged from the burgeoning hip-hop culture of New York City to spend a couple of years in the mainstream? Well, it’s an Olympic sport now. Olympic breaking consists of 16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls competing in solo battles to impress the nine judges. American B-Boy Victor Montalvo, 2023 World Champion, is a gold-medal favorite in Paris. Lithuanian B-Girl Dominika “Nicka” Banevicˇ, age 17, is also a top contender for gold.
Parc des Princes, home of the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, is one of seven stadiums across France that will host soccer matches.
h Paris La Défense Arena will host aquatics for the first time, with a 50-meter, 660,000-gallon swimming pool installed in the floor.
K E Roland-Garros Stadium, site of the French Open, will hold tennis matches and boxing finals.
q Stade de France will hold track and field events, rugby matches, and the closing ceremony.
l Tahiti, the South Pacific island 9,800 miles away from Paris, will have surfing competitions.
Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, located east of Paris, is a new facility for rowing, kayaking and canoeing events.
WHERE TO WATCH
The TV and streaming networks of NBCUniversal present more than 5,000 hours of live coverage, including all 329 medal events. At least nine hours daily on NBC are dedicated to the Games’ most exciting events, including live finals in swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and more. NBC weaves together the best of the day’s action over three primetime hours every night. Peacock streams live coverage of every event, including all NBC programming, plus replays, clips, enhanced interactive features, multiview experiences and more. Additional Olympic programming airs on USA Network, E!, CNBC, Golf Channel, Telemundo and Universo.
FUTURE GAMES
The 2026 Winter Games will take place in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The Olympic flame will burn again in the States when Los Angeles hosts the Summer Games in 2028, and then head Down Under for the 2032 Summer Games in Brisbane, Australia (where it will be meteorological winter). Sites for the 2030 and 2034 Winter Games are expected to be announced this month, with potential hosts including Salt Lake City, the French Alps and Switzerland.
Victor Montalvo
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
The schedule below represents live event dates in Eastern Daylight Time, not necessarily TV air dates. (Paris time is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.)
= Event This Day ● = Medal Event
Opening/Closing Ceremonies
Archery
Artistic Swimming
Badminton
Basketball
Basketball 3x3
Boxing
Breaking
Canoeing
Cycling Beach Volleyball
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Field Hockey
Golf
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Skateboarding
Soccer
Sport Climbing
Surfing
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Track & Field
Trampoline
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
WHAT’S NEW
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A QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHAT TO WATCH THIS MONTH
1 SharkFest
Beginning June 30 on NAT GEO
Get ready to swim with the sharks this summer! National Geographic will be presenting a marathon of shark-related content for nature lovers, including Shark Beach With Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast (June 30), Supersized Sharks (July 1), Baby Sharks in the City (July 2), Shark Attack 360 (July 2), Attack of the Red Sea Sharks (July 7) and June 30th’s Shark vs. Ross Edgley, in which marathon swimmer and British athlete Ross Edgley will test the limits of the human body by pushing himself to swim at the speed of a mako shark, among other sharklike activities. We recently sat down with the record-breaking swimmer, who was the first person to swim around the mainland of Great Britain (1,780 miles in 157 days), in 2018.
Ross Edgley
You’ve done some wild and impressive things in the past. What inspired you to do this show?
Ross Edgley: When I swam around Great Britain, somewhere around the top of Scotland, in the Outer Hebrides, we got caught in an arctic storm coming from Iceland. So, I’m swimming in these 6-foot waves, just getting smashed. This basking shark came over and was looking at me like, “Why are you making such hard work of swimming?” Because just one flick of its tail and it traveled eight of my strokes. Obviously, we’ve extensively studied all types of sharks, but no one’s ever eaten as much as a tiger shark or tried to propel themselves out of the water like a white shark. That’s where the idea was born.
What did you eat to do that? Pretty much everything. First, it was all about nutrient-dense foods. But then it just got to the point where I was like, where are the burgers? Where’s the ice cream? Tiger sharks can just go for miles and not eat, but when they can find something like a whale carcass, they can just chow down. We fed one this giant lollipop and it took a bite out of it and to know that it was doing 25,000 calories in a single bite compared to mine in an entire day, it just put things into perspective.
Are you going to be swimming with sharks at any point, or are you just copying what they do? Yeah, that was amazing. There was this huge 14-foot female white shark off the coast of the Neptune Islands in Australia, and she just came over. She just could sense my heartbeat and she was completely homing in on me, not the other divers, because she knew that I was the most nervous and I didn’t quite know what I was doing. That was my first experience diving with white sharks. It was amazing how she picked that up. Then we went and dove with the hammerhead queen. She was just massive. Hammerheads are so interesting. They scan you as they’re going over the seabed, but they go, “You are not quite on our menu.” I mean, they could mess you up if they wanted. — Zhanna Slor
WHAT’S NEW
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Tulsa King
Sundays beginning July 14 on CBS NEW SERIES!
Dwight Manfredi is the toughest man in any room. He’s also usually the smartest.
Sylvester Stallone easily swaggers into character as this stone-cold killer, who’s also a philosophizing mobster holding tight to his own code of ethics, in Tulsa King.
While at the top of his game, Dwight takes the fall for someone else and ends up serving a 25-year stretch in prison. Upon release, he looks to return to that familiar life but the mob exiles him to Oklahoma, where he embarks on establishing a new criminal enterprise.
It’s impossible to imagine any other actor in the role. Creator Taylor Sheridan is a veteran of putting movie stars at the center of his series (think Kevin Costner in Yellowstone, Harrison Ford in 1923), and when he wrote this, he had Stallone in mind. How could he not? Stallone, turning 78 this month, embodies old-school gangster. When Dwight (aka The General) strides into a room, in his exquisitely tailored suit, he commands respect.
CBS airs the first season of the Paramount+ series this summer, with the streaming network airing Season 2 later this fall. During a break from shooting the second season in Atlanta, Stallone chats from his trailer.
What excites you about having a larger audience for Tulsa King, with CBS now airing it?
Sylvester Stallone: Well, it was an experiment the first year, but the character, which is quite different than your usual gangster, seems to have caught on. At first, people were not
aware that this show was even in existence. Being on CBS would only benefit the second season.
Some may dismiss Dwight as a well-dressed brute, but he’s very intelligent. What do you think of his philosophical bent?
Yeah, in this season, he’s quoting Oscar Wilde. Why is he always quoting people? Because he spent 25 years in prison reading Marcus Aurelius and things like that. It’s interesting. He’s an evolved thinker, yet he can’t break out of this gangster mode.
Are you writing this season?
I don’t write for other actors. I wrote the scenes I’m in. Every word you see coming out of my mouth is pretty much my philosophy.
Your daughter Scarlet plays Spencer on Tulsa King. What’s it like working with her?
At first, I was nervous, trying to give her all the tricks that’s taken me decades to learn. But I found she’s got presence, something you can’t manufacture. I’d like to say it’s from me, but actually her mother has unbelievable presence. Oh my God, but she just pops! I didn’t want her to be an actress. But I think it’s sort of in our blood and she’s now written a screenplay, which is astounding. I will read it this weekend.
You’ve played the tough guy forever, but what scares you?
My wife. And my daughters; they’re fearless around me. They’re not intimidated.
What do you consider your biggest successes professionally and personally?
Well, Rocky, of course, because that was out of the blue. I thought I was just making a film for drive-ins, the second bill. So, it’s all been a bonus for me. First Blood was a great character, too; Rocky’s the ultimate optimist, and Rambo’s the ultimate pessimist. They’re pretty close to different aspects of my personality. It’s really wonderful to play something that just comes naturally to you. If someone said, “I want you to play Hamlet,” I don’t think so.
What props do you have from your movies that you cherish?
I don’t hold on to too much; it’s like you’re stuck in the past
(front row) Martin Starr, Jay Will and Dashiell Connery
a little bit. As my wife goes, “Enough of this ego massage. You don’t need this anymore.” From Rocky, I keep the boxing gloves, the robe, the hat. Rambo, primarily the knife. The one thing from The Expendables are my pistols, which are very unique.
When were you starstruck?
I would say Paul Newman. I met him in an elevator in 1968. I just happened to be in a hotel, and I don’t know even know what I was doing at the Fontainebleau. He got in and I’m like, “Wow, that was interesting.” Muhammad Ali, I met him in person. But I’d never gone up to anyone, ever asked for an autograph. I was kind of shy about that. I’m always amazed at how some people, they’re just pretty bold and they go for it.
I also have to say, Telly Savalas. It was one of my first parts, on Kojak, and I had like a two-and-a-half-page monologue at the very end. We were shooting at probably 1 o’clock in the
morning, and Telly wanted to go home, no question about it. So, I started my monologue. And he goes, ‘Hey, you’re a bad cop — end of story.’ And he walked away. And that was the end of the show. Hey, what about my moment, my two-and-ahalf-page monologue? Wow, that’s star power.
What jobs did you have before making it in show business that influence you?
Where I really formed an outlook, believe it or not, was being an usher. Because when you’re an usher, you are literally not a human being. These people look at you and dismiss you, that’s incredibly rude. But there is no better film class in the world than watching the same film 30, 40, 50 times.
How many times have you watched Rocky (AMC is running a marathon of the films on July 4)?
Probably 50. — Jacqueline Cutler
Sylvester Stallone
WHAT’S
3 Snowpiercer
Sundays beginning July 21 on AMC SEASON PREMIERE!
“Season 4?” That was the succinct question filling Daveed Diggs’ DMs over the past year, the Snowpiercer star recalls. Fans wanted to know if and when the dystopian thriller would return after its cancellation by TNT in January 2023. Happily, the series was picked up by AMC this past March and the long-awaited fourth season premieres this month. “I didn’t give up hope,” the Tony winner (Hamilton) who plays the justice-seeking Andre Layton says. “I knew that there was a finished season of television that a lot of people liked, so at some point someone was going to show it. I am very happy it ended up at AMC, a place that understands this kind of show and its fans.”
In the third season’s finale, we saw the surviving remnants of the extinction-level global freeze make life-changing decisions after unceasingly circling the world in the 1,001-car-long titular train for nearly a decade. Their choice: Remain on Snowpiercer, fairly secure with engineer Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly) running “The Eternal Engine,” or split the train in two and follow Layton into the back end of the train (nicknamed Big Alice, after its engine) to look for what Layton believed was a life-sustaining warm spot, in the Horn of Africa.
He was right, and as passengers debarked at their possible new home dubbed New Eden, the scene switched to three months later, when Melanie watched a missile explode in the air in the distance. Could it be an updated attempt to end the current ice age?
That missile plays an important part in the final season, which opens with Melanie’s closest allies Ben (Iddo Goldberg) and Till (Mickey Sumner) searching through the
Daveed Diggs
Sean Bean Jennifer Connelly Clark Gregg
frozen wastes checking for metal pieces that fell from the sky. What happens when the pair try to flee as menacing figures in white come up a hill toward them will change the story’s trajectory. Who are those people, where did they come from and what they do want? “The stakes are super high,” promises Diggs. Look for two new characters in the mix, played by Clark Gregg (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Michael Aronov (The Americans).
Eight months later, New Eden isn’t exactly a tropical garden — think Alaska in the winter — but the inhabitants are working hard to make the settlement run democratically and sustainably. “It was the first time in three seasons that I got to shoot anything not on a train car,” Diggs notes. “We didn’t have to walk in a single-file line all the time! It was so beautiful.”
Layton is happier than ever at his new home: co-parenting his daughter with his baby mama Zarah (Sheila Vand) and his love Josie (Katie McGuinness). That is, until an enemy enters. “You can always count on danger at the end of the world,” the actor notes. Indeed. With menace at their doorstep, and unaware of what’s happening back on Snowpiercer, “the inhabitants will quickly discover that [New Eden] is not what was hoped for — or expected.”
Speaking of danger, AMC’s official trailer teases a quick image of Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean), Melanie’s longtime mentor and megalomaniacal villain. Last we saw the warped visionary who created and ran Snowpiercer like a fiefdom, he was inciting a coup on the train, and for everyone’s safety was placed in suspended animation in the same small railcar on the track that Melanie had barely survived. If he lives, how Wilford fits into the story of his beloved train is yet to be known. — Ileane Rudolph
4The Serpent Queen
Fridays beginning July 12 on STARZ SEASON PREMIERE!
Cunning survivor Catherine de Medici (Samantha Morton) rose rockily from an orphaned commoner in Italy to a wise and powerful queen of France in this 16th century historical drama’s royally good premiere run. Our palace spies reveal three second-season twists.
Family Fights: Catherine is the brains behind her son King Charles IX (Bill Milner), but he’s yearning to assert more power. Her decadent brood bickers and banters, and their brash moves bloody the castle (some scenes were shot at the real Catherine’s Loire chateau residence).
Clashing Queens: Queen Elizabeth I (Minnie Driver) enters magnificently in Episode 3 and soon proves a formidable match for Catherine, who’s eager to establish a political alliance with England by marrying off Charles to the Virgin Queen.
Religious Rivalry: The Catholic monarchy is threatened by a popular peasant Protestant preacher, Edith (Isobel Jesper-Jones), rumored to perform miracles. Despite Catherine’s attempts at peace, the season builds to a horrific massacre that took four days to film. — Kate Hahn
Samantha Morton and Minnie Driver
WHAT’S NEW
5
Sir David Attenborough
Mammals
Saturdays beginning July 13 on BBC AMERICA NEW SERIES!
Legendary naturalist and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough presents this six-part docuseries centering on mammals, the class of animals that thrived and spread across Earth following the extinction of the dinosaurs. These warmblooded, milk-producing vertebrates are found in all corners of the planet, and they’ve developed the ability to solve problems, socialize and raise their young. The premiere episode looks at nocturnal mammals and their heightened senses that allow them to be active at night. Other episodes look at aquatic species, creatures that live in frigid environments, desert dwellers and mammals that have made homes in the forest. Another episode looks at the challenges facing mammals in a rapidly changing world, and a bonus seventh episode goes behind the scenes to see how crews captured this incredible footage. — Ryan A. Berenz
6 Shark Week
Beginning July 7 on DISCOVERY CHANNEL
Shark Week, the granddaddy of all summertime shark stunts, returns for its 36th installment this year, with actor/wrestler John Cena serving as host.
Another notable personality involved with this year’s event is shark conservationist Paul de Gelder, who has brought his expertise to previous specials and returns for new programs this year.
One of those premieres is Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood (July 8), in which de Gelder and shark investigator Brandon McMillan work with locals in a Mexican fishing village to identify the great white shark behind three attacks in three years — two of them fatal — to figure out why this shark keeps coming back.
De Gelder is famously a survivor of a horrific shark attack himself. A diver with the Australian Navy, he was conducting an exercise in Sydney Harbor in 2009 when a bull shark grabbed him from underneath.
“[It] removed my hamstring and my right hand in the same bite,” de Gelder recalls of the terrifying incident, “and I was forced to swim back to my safety boat with one hand and one functioning leg through a pool of my own blood.”
If anyone would be justified in fearing or even hating sharks, it would be de Gelder, following this near-death experience. But it’s been the opposite.
“Before I was attacked,” he says, “I basically hated sharks. I didn’t understand their role. It was bred through ignorance of how important they were.
“As with all things, knowledge dispels fear. … I started to read and learn, and the more I learned about sharks, the more I realized how little we actually have to fear from them and how much they have to fear from us. So now I feel it’s my duty to speak up for this animal that doesn’t have a voice.” — Jeff Pfeiffer
Paul de Gelder
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Henry Simmons and Forest Whitaker
7
Emperor of Ocean Park
Sundays beginning July 14 on MGM+ NEW SERIES!
Based on Stephen L. Carter’s bestselling novel, this engrossing 10-episode drama series is set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. The series centers around an Ivy League law professor (Grantham Coleman) whose life is turned upside down when his father, Judge Oliver Garland (Forest Whitaker), dies of an apparent heart attack. His death raises questions and begins a dark journey into what really happened.
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Christmas in July
Saturdays on HALLMARK CHANNEL Plus Fan Favorite Marathon (June 28-July 8) ORIGINAL FILMS & PREMIERES!
Hallmark Channel’s 12th annual Christmas in July, which features new holiday movies every Saturday, returns along with the fan-voted movie marathon and a chance to win a trip to the network’s Hallmark Christmas Experience. But first things first, let’s talk movies. Hallmark originals making their debut include Falling Like Snowflakes, which stars Rebecca Dalton and Marcus Rosner (June 29), and A Very Vermont Christmas, starring Katie Leclerc and Ryan McPartlin (July 20). Other network premieres include Three Wise Men and a Baby: Extended Cut (July 6), Rescuing Christmas (July 13) and An Ice Palace Romance (July 27). As for the Fan Favorite Marathon, viewers voted for their favorites using the network’s app last month, and those holiday films will air in a massive marathon starting Friday, June 28 and running through late-night Sunday, July 7. You’ll need to go to Hallmark Channel’s website for all the details on the Christmas Experience happening in Kansas City, Missouri, weekends Nov. 29-Dec. 23. It’s a total holiday immersion!
9
Down in the Valley
Fridays beginning July 5 on STARZ NEW SERIES!
Inspired by the hit show P-Valley, a drama following the lives of strip club performers working in Mississippi, this new docuseries hosted by Nicco Annan (who plays Uncle Clifford on P-Valley) will take viewers on a tour of the Deep South, unveiling the people, music and culture that make up the complex and diverse region.
Marcus Rosner
Rebecca Dalton in FallingLikeSnowflakes
WHAT’S NEW
10
The Bachelorette
Mondays beginning July 8 on ABC SEASON PREMIERE!
Twenty-six-year-old Bachelor
fan favorite Jenn Tran will get another chance to find love as the newest bachelorette for this popular reality show’s 21st season. The Miami med student, University of Wisconsin alumna and avid traveler first appeared on the 28th season of The Bachelor but was eliminated in Week 7. She will be the first Vietnamese woman to lead this spinoff series, making TV history as well as potentially meeting her future husband.
11
Wayne Brady: The Family Remix
Wednesdays beginning July 24 on FREEFORM NEW SERIES!
TV host and actor Wayne Brady takes fans behind the scenes into his home life in this new unscripted series following his blended family, alongside ex-wife Mandie Taketa and their 21-year-old daughter Maile, as well as the 3-year-old son Taketa shares with her current partner, Jason Fordham. Brady, Taketa and Fordham all run a production company together, in addition to having a blended family. It’s an unusual setup to be sure, but they aim to show viewers how they make it work!
12
Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie
Saturday, July 20 on LIFETIME ORIGINAL FILM!
Power star Naturi Naughton headlines Lifetime’s newest original that puts a spotlight on the growing epidemic of missing Black women, particularly those who come from disadvantaged communities, in this troubling thriller. Naughton stars as a counselor at an HBCU (historically Black college/university) who becomes concerned when her student (Taynell Quian, Queen Sugar stops showing up for class. Relentless to understand why, what she uncovers is more terrifying than she imagined.
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Sasha Reid and the Midnight Order
Tuesdays beginning July 9 on FREEFORM NEW SERIES!
This original docuseries follows criminologist and developmental psychologist Dr. Sasha Reid (pictured in blue coat) and her all-female team as they use cutting-edge technology and forensic science to crack open cold cases and find justice for the defenseless.
Jenn Tran
Jason Fordham, Mandie Taketa, Maile Brady and Wayne Brady
Naturi Naughton
DISH And Netflix — A Perfect Match
DISH is Tuned in to You, and with the Hopper you had the ability to access your Netflix account. DISH decided to one-up what was available — now you can get Netflix included for no additional cost.
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Available July 3
Eddie Murphy returns to his iconic role of fast-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley, introduced in the classic 1984 action comedy Beverly Hills Cop and last seen on the screen in 1994’s Beverly Hills Cop III. Detective Foley is back on the beat in Beverly Hills; after his daughter Jane’s (Taylour Paige) life is threatened, she and her dad team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Axel’s old pals Billy Rosewood and John Taggart (Judge Reinhold and John Ashton also reprising their roles) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy. Back from the earlier films as well are Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman and Bronson Pinchot as Serge, while an additional newcomer to the franchise is Kevin Bacon as Capt. Cade Grant.
Find Me Falling
Available July 19
Harry Connick Jr. (pictured) leads this romantic comedy as aging rock star John Allman, who, coming off a flop album and his biggest hit’s dwindling popularity, decides to take a break from his career and reclaim his creative spark by moving to an isolated cliffside home on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Cyprus. But his dream of keeping a low profile is derailed when he is routinely confronted by desperate souls and then later faced with even more complicated surprises when an old flame reignites.
Blame the Game ORIGINAL FILM
Available July 12
Young love is tested in this romantic comedy. Pia (Janina Uhse) and Jan (Dennis Mojen) have just fallen in love and can hardly spend a minute without each other. At last, Jan is officially introduced to Pia’s friends during a game night. It soon becomes clear, however, that the tight-knit group of gamers is very particular, and when Pia’s ex (Stephan Luca) turns up, the evening escalates into a competition for her heart.
Skywalkers: A Love Story
Available July 19
Part romance, part thriller, this feature documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival follows a daredevil couple as they take their relationship to terrifying new heights in a wild scheme to climb the world’s second-highest skyscraper and perform a death-defying stunt on the spire.
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Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Available July 31
This film follows Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit and survive Mount Everest, who has devoted her life to inspiring and empowering girls. Now a single mother working at a Whole Foods in Connecticut, Sherpa embarks on a dramatic return to the mountain, determined to redeem her life’s purpose and inspire her own daughters.
from Paramount+ to Netflix with a 20-episode new season that follows a group of young aliens who join Admiral Kathryn Janeway (voice of Kate Mulgrew, reprising her character from the live-action Star Trek: Voyager series) on a mission to find the original crew of the USS Protostar
Barbecue Showdown
Season 3
Available July 4
ORIGINAL SERIES
The cooking competition is back as nine of the best barbecuers from across the country must master the flame in an open-fire playground to create mouthwatering barbecue for a $50,000 prize. Michelle Buteau returns to host, joined by world-class judges Melissa Cookston and Kevin Bludso.
The Boyfriend
Available July 9
Japan’s first same-sex romance reality series celebrates love in all its forms. Located by the sea, the Green Room beach house sets the stage for nine men to find love. For a month, they live together and take turns working at a coffee truck, forging deep friendships and learning about themselves along the way. The series features 10 episodes that will be available in four weekly installments on Tuesdays.
ORIGINAL SERIES
Cobra Kai
Season 6 (Final Season), Part 1
Available July 18
This martial arts comedy/drama based on the original Karate Kid feature films will conclude with a 15-episode season, with five-episode installments released in three parts beginning this month. (Part 2 will drop in November, and the final episodes will arrive in 2025.) Picking up with Cobra Kai eliminated from the Valley tournament, the senseis and students must decide if and how they will compete in the Sekai Taikai — the world championships of karate. And while Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) may have been defeated at the end of last season, Cobra Kai founder John Kreese (Martin Kove) is back in play after faking his death and escaping from prison. What could he have planned with his newly found freedom? Original film stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka lead the cast.
ORIGINAL SERIES
Master of the House
Available July 18
From Thailand comes this soapy and spicy dramatic thriller that follows what happens after a diamond tycoon dies mysteriously, which results in a cutthroat battle over his estate between his ruthless heirs and the housemaid whom their father had recently married.
LALIGA: All Access
Available July 19
ORIGINAL SERIES
This docuseries follows Spain’s LALIGA soccer league, one of the most popular sports leagues in the world. It focuses on the 2023-24 LALIGA Competition, chronicling action on the field and in the locker room, as well as among passionate fans.
ORIGINAL SERIES
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Available Now
Stevie Van Zandt, known as New Jersey’s most famous consigliere to Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano, takes center stage in this feature documentary. Featuring a wealth of neverbefore-seen footage, the film traces Van Zandt’s career as a producer, musician, songwriter, activist, actor and more, from the clubs of Asbury Park, New Jersey, to arenas and stadiums, to the Bada Bing! club and the Underground Garage.
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Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go Available Now
Actress, comedian and star of Hacks, Hannah Einbinder takes the stage for real at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles for her first stand-up special. Holding a rapt audience in the palm of her hand, Einbinder debuts a variety of characters including the sun, moon, and Earth, and shares hilariously formative stories from throughout her life.
COMEDY SPECIAL
Here to Climb Available Now This documentary follows professional climber Sasha DiGiulian rising from child prodigy to a champion sport climber, as she ultimately makes her mark by taking her talents to the biggest walls on the planet with a series of bold, first female ascents. Confronting both physical and mental obstacles head on, Sasha charts her own course in a sport where a path didn’t exist, enabling her passion to become a viable profession.
Breaking New Ground
ORIGINAL SERIES
Available June 27
Robert Hartwell takes on the challenge of transforming a 200-year-old house with a complicated history into a home filled with love. It’s a renovation story that celebrates the resilience of Robert’s journey, as well as those who came before him.
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PRIME VIDEO
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Available July 11
Subscription Cost: Amazon Prime is $14.99/month, $139/year. Prime Video is $8.99/month with ads, or an additional $2.99/month to be ad-free; 30-day free trial.
Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera and Edward Norton return to voice the existentially distraught supermarket products from Shopwell’s Grocery Store in the sequel to the 2016 animated feature Sausage Party. Following the events of the original, Frank, Brenda, Barry and Sammy try to build their own food society.
Betty la Fea, the Story Continues
Available July 19
This comedy/drama is based on the highly popular telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea and will feature the original onscreen duo of Ana María Orozco and Jorge Enrique Abello returning to their roles two decades after the show’s conclusion. Betty tackles the challenges of reconnecting with her rebellious teen daughter as her marriage to Armando is in crisis.
Space Cadet
Available July 4
A Florida party girl (Emma Roberts) turns out to be the only hope for the NASA space program after a fluke puts her in the same training with other candidates who may have better resumés, but don’t have her heart and nerve.
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MOVIES ON DEMAND
Challengers
(Drama) Tashi is at the top of her game in the tennis world when an injury sidelines her career as a competitor, but she shifts gears and devotes herself to coaching her husband in an effort to become a champion. As a competitor, Tashi had relationships with her husband and his best friend, and now the two friends will face off on the court. Can the three get along and put feelings aside? Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist (R, 2:11) Premieres July 2
Make It A Movie Night! Serve up a winner with this match of tennis and Zendaya.
Tarot
(Horror) The cards tell the story, and the fate is not always good. When a group of friends take part in a reading, death arrives around every corner. Can anyone avoid the fate that was foretold in their readings?
Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika (PG-13, 1:32)
Premieres July 2
I Saw the TV Glow
(Drama) It’s a battle to get through life as a teenager, and Owen is just trying to get by. When a classmate introduces the youngster to a late-night television show, Owen gets a view of a supernatural world that challenges the reality he knows. Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman (PG-13, 1:40) Premieres July 30
Make It A Movie Night! The glow of the television, the smell of the popcorn and the frights — we are in!
Cabrini
(Biography) Francesca Cabrini arrived in New York City as an Italian immigrant. She sees so many issues in her new home city that she sets out to help. An orphanage and healthcare for some of the most vulnerable children around her are just a small part of her mission. But she quickly finds out that the people in power are not easily swayed, and changing their views may be harder than she imagined. Cristiana Dell’Anna, John Lithgow, David Morse (PG-13, 2:22)
Premieres July 19
Unsung Hero
(Drama) A man’s music company collapses and he makes the decision to move his entire family from Down Under to the States. With six children and a life to rebuild, it will take the entire family to come together to begin to realize their abilities. Daisy Betts, Joel Smallbone, Kirrilee Berger (PG, 1:53) Premieres July 2
Make It A Movie Night! We all need a bit of positive motivation in our lives, and this tale based on the real life of David and Helen Smallbone delivers.
Summer Camp
(Comedy) As kids, Nora, Ginny and Mary became friends after being thrust together in a cabin at summer camp. But in adulthood, the three have gone their separate ways; that is, until the great summer camp reunion Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard (PG-13, 1:35) Premieres July 19
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The First Omen
(Horror) Strange things start occurring around a young orphan, which leads a nun to try to help her. Although the nun is told the young girl has a touch of the “madness,” the reality just may be more sinister. Can the nun fight the evil that is upon them? Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Bill Nighy (R, 1:59) Premieres July 30
PREMIUM PACKAGES
Hard Knocks:
Offseason With the New York Giants
This five-part docuseries follows New York Giants personnel and players from the NFL Scouting Combine to free agency, the NFL Draft and team minicamps. (TV-MA) Premieres on HBO July 2
Fantasmas
This series about the search for a missing golden oyster earring and the eerie comedic stories surrounding it wraps up Season 1. Julio Torres, Martine Gutierrez, Tomas Matos (TV-MA) Premieres on HBO July 12
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam march toward Mount Doom to destroy the ring, while Gandalf and warriors prepare for a final confrontation with Sauron and his allies. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen (PG-13) Premieres on HBO July 9
Knox Goes Away
A contract killer is met with a diagnosis of rapidly evolving dementia. As he can see the finish line in his future, he is faced with an opportunity to help his estranged adult son. Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, James Marsden (R) Premieres on HBO July 27
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Zero Dark Thirty
Director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal join forces to tell the controversial story of the decadelong hunt for Osama bin Laden. Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt (R)
Premieres on Showtime July 1
Memory
Alex is a contract killer who has finally found a line he will not cross. But as his memory is failing, he must try to fight back against those who want him eliminated. Liam Neeson, Monica Bellucci, Guy Pearce (R)
Premieres on Showtime July 13
Live Free or Die Hard
Detective John McClane and a computer hacker must thwart a mysterious criminal’s plan to attack the United States’ vulnerable infrastructure. Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long (PG-13)
Premieres on Showtime July 17
Miss Sloane
A cutthroat Washington, D.C., lobbyist makes powerful new enemies by supporting a bill that imposes regulations on the sale of firearms. Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (R)
Premieres on Showtime July 19
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MIDSEASON FINALE
Power Book II: Ghost
Part 1 of the crime drama’s fourth and final season concludes, setting up the saga of Tariq St. Patrick for a stunning finale. Part 2 premieres Sept. 6. Michael Rainey Jr., Gianni Paolo, Mary J. Blige (TV-MA)
Premieres on Starz July 5
She Said
This is the story of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor as they uncover the layers of proof that can be used to break the story of a generation. Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson (R) Premieres on Starz July 6
Down in the Valley
Nicco Annan hosts this six-episode docuseries that pulls back the curtain on the intriguing people and places that make the Deep South a place where anything can happen and usually does. (TV-MA)
Premieres on Starz July 5
SEASON
The Serpent Queen
Season 2 of the delightfully wicked historical drama finds French monarch Catherine de Medici in a courtly rivalry with England’s Queen Elizabeth I. Samantha Morton, Minnie Driver, Danny Kirrane (TV-MA)
Premieres on Starz July 12
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Snack Shack
In Nebraska City during 1991, A.J. and Moose are two best friends who are about to get an amazing opportunity as they get the chance to run the local swimming pool’s snack shack. Conor Sherry, Gabriel LaBelle, Mika Abdalla (R)
Premieres on Cinemax July 5
This family film explores what happens when a young girl begins to see all the imaginary friends who were left behind as children grew up. Ryan Reynolds, voices of John Krasinski, Steve Carell (PG) Premieres on Cinemax July 12
Necessary Roughness
When the Texas Southern University football team loses their NCAA standing, they find hope in a 34-year-old farmer who wants to capture some gridiron glory as a quarterback. Scott Bakula, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak (PG-13)
Premieres on Cinemax July 11
NEW SERIES
Emperor of Ocean Park
A law professor goes on a dark journey to uncover the truth when his father, an esteemed judge with many political enemies, dies of an apparent heart attack. Forest Whitaker, Grantham Coleman, Tiffany Mack (TV-MA) Premieres on Cinemax July 14
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