Beauty's where you find it: Ball culture goes mainstream in 'Pose'
Mj Rodriguez stars in "Pose"
A lot of television series offer viewers typical slice-of-life stories, but TV also has the power to uplift, inspire and educate. One new drama is doing all three by exploring the history of the LGBTQ house ball subculture.
Take Two, on ABC
Following an epic public breakdown, actress Sam Swift (Rachel Bilson) is ready to start over by shadowing private investigator Eddie Valetik (Eddie Cibrian) in this premiere. Although Eddie initially resents her, Sam soon proves to be a valuable partner.
Q: I'm old-fashioned and still buy DVDs, but I can't find the fourth season of "Turn: Washington's Spies." Why are the first three seasons available but not the last one?
It would appear that, in defiance of "old-fashioned" people like yourself, AMC is delaying the disc release while it chases new-fashioned streaming revenue.
Season 4 was available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes and elsewhere starting in late 2017, but it's still not available on DVD (nor mid-fashioned Blu-Ray).
Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell & Back, on Fox
Acclaimed chef Gordon Ramsay pulls up to a struggling Cajun restaurant. He spends 24 hours setting it on the path to success, and quickly discovers that the most glaring problem is that the staff lack accountability for their actions.
World of Dance, on NBC
Extraordinary dancers from all across America compete for the chance to win a life-altering $1 million prize in this new episode. Jenna Dewan serves as mentor and host, while superstars Jennifer Lopez, Derek Hough and Ne-Yo serve as judges.
Q: I haven't been able to find out anything online about whether there will be another "Sing-Off" a capella competition on TV anytime in the future. It was so incredibly entertaining the several times it aired, I think on NBC. I wondered if you knew more.
The only thing I know is you can never say never with "The Sing-Off."
NBC has seemed to have canceled the series twice, only to revive it and then cancel it again. That said, the most recent cancellation, which wasn't all that recent at all, seems to have stuck.
Elementary, on CBS
A modern-day Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) team up to solve another mystery in this new episode. This season, Holmes struggles with a health issue as he tries to salvage his career and his friendship with Watson.
Great escape: The Bowmans rebuild their lives outside the 'Colony'
Sarah Wayne Callies stars in "Colony"
Hollywood's obsession with post-apocalyptic dystopias is at a fever pitch, with countless dramas such as "Z Nation," "The Handmaid's Tale," "12 Monkeys," and "The Walking Dead" dominating the airwaves. In order to break from the pack and stand out, a show's take on the apocalypse must be fresh and original.
Late Laughs for the week of June 17 - 23, 2018
Conan
The U.S. postal service announced that they will release their first "scratch and sniff" stamps. That explains why they've canceled their "Salute to Kid Rock."
Froot Loops cereal has added a new flavor, Wild Berry. People who tried the new flavor say it tastes like "wild berries, plus sugar, minus wild berries."
New Releases for the week of June 17 - 23
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Ten years after the breach between worlds at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean was closed and the invasion by titanic monsters stopped, the world finds itself once again threatened by the creatures, known as Kaiju. When Jake (Boyega), the son of a hero from the war against the Kaiju, finds himself in trouble with the law, he's given a choice by his adoptive sister Mako Mori (Kikuchi): either join the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps or face time in prison. Not long after he makes his choice, however, new breaches in reality open up around the world and new monsters emerge, leaving Jake as one of humanity's last defenders, and one of the few able to face the new threat to all life on Earth.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight. Stars: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Rinko Kikuchi, Cailee Spaeny, Burn Gorman, Charlie Day, Tian Jing. 2018. 111 min. Action.
Midnight Sun
Born with a rare genetic disorder, teenager Katie (Thorne) has a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight and is completely housebound during the day. While out after dark one night, she's asked out by her handsome crush Charlie (Schwarzenegger), who is unaware of her condition. As the two begin a romance, they find themselves drawing ever closer, but Katie finds herself unable to tell Charlie the truth, despite her well-meaning father (Riggle) warning her that keeping him in the dark is the wrong thing to do.
Director: Scott Speer. Stars: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard. 2018. 91 min. Drama.
Unsane
Sawyer (Foy) has been terrorized by a stalker (Leonard) for two years, and visits a hospital hoping to join a support group for harassment victims. After her initial consultation, though, she signs documents without realizing that she's committing herself to spend time in the psychiatric ward, and when she discovers that one of the orderlies is her stalker, she begins to question her own sanity even as she tries to convince the staff that she doesn't belong there.