Q: A friend told me that Hunter S. Thompson came up with the idea for "Nash Bridges." Is that true?
Your friend must be a Seth Meyers fan.
Thompson didn't get a producer credit, but if you listen to Don Johnson (who did get a producer credit, as well as, you know, the "starring" credit) then, yes, famed journalist and '70s icon Hunter S. Thompson did help conceive the '90s cop show "Nash Bridges."
Pooch Perfect, on ABC
Australian actor and comedian Rebel Wilson hosts another episode of this fun competition series in which dog stylists show their proverbial chops throughout a series of challenges in order to win the glory and the cash prize as champion of the show.
Q: We just discovered the Jesse Stone movies and we love them! Are any more going to come out?
There is another Jesse Stone movie in the works — it has a title, a pair of writers, a network and very little else at the moment.
The last two bits are somewhat old news. In 2015, a while after CBS decided to stop making Jesse Stone movies, Hallmark picked it up, announcing a deal to release at least two new ones on its Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel. That channel had already been rerunning the heck out of the CBS movies, so producing new ones seemed to make perfect sense.
America's Most Wanted, on Fox
Don't miss a new episode of this series revival, now hosted by Elizabeth Vargas. Using advanced technology developed since the series originally premiered in 1988, Vargas works with law enforcement experts and the public to hunt down dangerous fugitives.
Late Laughs for the week of April 11 - 17, 2021
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
March Madness has begun! The tournament is here just in time for you to gamble away your entire stimulus check.
According to U.S. intelligence, Russia and Iran tried to interfere with the 2020 election. This is pretty rough news for Trump. It's like losing in little league and then finding out your dad bribed the ump.
'Chopped: Martha Rules': Lifestyle maven calls the shots in new tournament
Martha Stewart stars in "Chopped: Martha Rules"
Fear the Walking Dead, on AMC
A reunion with a friend from days past gives John Dorie (Garret Dillahunt) some hope and helps him escape his darkest moment yet in this new episode. Meanwhile, back at Lawton, Virginia (Colby Minifie) will stop at nothing for answers to her questions.
Going the distance: CW brings Chinese 'Kung Fu' to America
Olivia Liang as seen in "Kung Fu"
Killing 'Killing Eve': AMC series to end after Season 4
Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer star in "Killing Eve"
Killing 'Killing Eve': It's official. BBC/AMC's award-winning cat-and-mouse thriller, "Killing Eve," will be returning for a fourth season, but alas, it will be the last one. The series is set to bow out in 2022.
New Releases for the week of April 11 - 17
Willy's Wonderland
After becoming stranded in a remote area of Nevada, a soft-spoken transient finds himself working off the debt of his car repair as a night janitor at an entertainment complex called Willy’s Wonderland. Beginning his cleaning duties for the evening, The Janitor (Cage) finds himself locked inside Willy’s Wonderland overnight with the frightening and dilapidated animatronic mascots, including Willy the Weasel (Stanek), Arty the Alligator (Bradley), Cammy the Chameleon (Towery), Ozzie the Ostrich (Guyer), Tito the Turtle (Schmitt Jr.), Gus the Gorilla (Bussey), Knighty Knight (Jackson) and Siren Sara (Davis). After being attacked by Ozzie the Ostrich while mopping, the janitor must survive the night with the help of a local teen named Liv (Tosta), who suspects the complex houses something dark and twisted.
Director: Kevin Lewis. Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Billy Bussey, Duke Jackson, Chris Schmitt Jr., B.J. Guyer, Taylor Towery, Chris Bradley, Jiri Stanek, Ric Reitz, Jessica Graves Davis, Beth Grant. 2021. 88 mins. Action.
Giants Being Lonely
In rural North Carolina, the stars of the local high school baseball team, Bobby (J. Irving) and Adam (B. Irving), must navigate their all-important senior year of high school as local celebrities. However, their stardom doesn't shield them from life's many hurdles, including substance abuse, finding a date to prom and seemingly normalized emotional abuse from the team's coach (Fazio).
Director: Grear Patterson. Stars: Jack Irving, Ben Irving, Alejandro Castro Arias, Tal Chatterjee, Amalia Culp, Lola Daehler, Gabe Fazio, Lily Gavin. 2019. 81 mins. Drama.
Son of the South
In early 1960s Alabama, Bob Zellner (Till), the grandson of a Ku Klux Klansman, sets out to research his college paper on race relations by attending a local church marking the fifth anniversary of the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott with Rev. Ralph Abernathy (Cedric the Entertainer) and Rosa Parks (Lanier). Thrust into the civil rights movement as a front-line activist, Zellner must choose between his family history and what is just and right. "Son of the South" is based on Bob Zellner's autobiography, "The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement."