The Odd Couple, on CBS
Everything old is new again as Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon reinvent Oscar Madison and Felix Unger in a remake of the classic. The series premiere attracted more than 13 million viewers, making it the season’s most-watched new comedy to date.
The big 5-0: The Academy of Country Music Awards celebrates its golden anniversary live on CBS
Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton host the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards
Country music’s "party of the year” is about to celebrate its golden anniversary.
Shipping Wars, on A&E
Independent truckers compete to move items that conventional movers can’t or won’t. After winning the bid to move oversized loads and bulky, bizarre items, the truckers then have to figure out how to live up to their end of the bargain.
Q: Have any of the Disney princesses been voiced by any big names?
That's a pretty big question, since there are so many Disney princesses, and the rules for getting into the surprisingly exclusive club are somewhat unclear.
To start with, you don't have to be royalty. Mulan, from the 1998 animated film of the same name, is not part of a royal family, but is officially a Disney princess. Her voice was performed by Ming-Na Wen, who is best known now as Agent May from the ABC series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Fresh Off the Boat, on ABC
First generation Asian-American Eddie (Hudson Yang) struggles to fit in when his family moves to Florida. Meanwhile, his dad, Louis (Randall Park), chases the American Dream by opening a Western-themed Cattleman’s Ranch Steakhouse.
Hour of the wolf: There's plenty of blood, action and witchcraft in store in the new season of 'Bitten'
Laura Vandervoort and Greyston Holt star in “Bitten”
I think it’s safe to say, at this point, that the supernatural trend in television, books and movies won’t be fizzling out any time soon. We love our vampires, our witches, our werewolves and our zombies. Heck, “True Blood” even managed to make fairies cool. Sort of.
Scorpion, on CBS
High-tech threats are no match for Walter O’Brien (Elyes Gabel) and his brilliant team of misfits, who work as Homeland Security’s new think tank. The drama, inspired by a true story, also stars Robert Patrick as federal agent Cabe Gallo.
Q: I would like to know if "Beauty and the Beast" will be back on.
It will be back on, and will remain on for quite a while.
CW pulled a pretty odd trick with this one. The first two seasons each had 22 episodes and premiered in the fall. But this past fall, when season 3 should have premiered, there was no sign of it, and no word from the network on when it would be back.
It was only in February, four months after the season should have premiered, that the network announced that it would return on May 21.
New Releases for the week of April 12 - 18
Big Eyes
It's the 1950s, and artist Walter Keane (Waltz) has become a national phenomenon in this biographical drama. His paintings of big-eyed people have become enormously popular, and his marketing savvy has practically invented the market for mass-produced, affordable prints that are sold in mass-market stores across the nation. However, as his fame lands him appearances in popular talk shows and bring him national recognition, his wife Margaret (Adams) comes forward with his dark secret: that she is the actual artist creating the famous paintings, and that her husband is simply signing his name on them once they're completed. Soon, the once-loving couple is engaged in a heated court battle to determine who is the true creator of the paintings -- and, ultimately, the future of their marriage.
Director: Tim Burton. Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston, Jason Schwartzman. 2014. 106 min. Biography.
The Babadook
Amelia (Davis), a single mother, struggles to raise her troubled son Samuel (Wiseman). Samuel fears that an imaginary monster stalks him and he is so troubled that he never sleeps through the night. Amelia is forced to remove him from school to deal with his problematic behavior. After his mother reads him a mysterious pop-up book about a supernatural creature called the "Babadook," Samuel becomes convinced that the creature is living in their house, and soon, strange occurrences begin to happen to both mother and son. At first she blames these happenings on Samuel, but as the bizarre events continue to torment them, Amelia comes to believe that this Babadook is very real, and that it is most definitely out to get them.
Director: Jennifer Kent. Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Tim Purcell. 2014. 93 min. Horror.
Echoes
A young writer (French) is haunted by horrifying visions that she encounters while trying to sleep. Desperate, she and her boyfriend (Brand) retreat to an isolated house in the desert where her visions nonetheless intensify. As she teeters on the brink of sanity, her mind may uncover a life-changing secret.
Director: Nils Timm. Stars: Kate French, Steven Brand, Billy Wirth, Steve Hanks. 2014. 93 min. Horror.
Third clone's the charm: Canada's hottest show sizzles back onto the screen
Tatiana Maslany stars in “Orphan Black”
Third clone's the charm: Perhaps the "O" in "O Canada" stands for "orphan." "Orphan Black," that is.
TV shows crossing the border from Canada into the United States are far from a new thing, but rarely has one been as critically acclaimed as "Orphan Black," the smart, tense sci-fi thriller that airs on BBC America.