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Season seven of Virgin River premieres March 12 on Netflix. The series is a romance story centered around nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe’s (Alexandra Breckenridge) move to the remote California town of Virgin River. Yearning for a fresh start, Monroe discovered that small-town living isn’t quite as simple as she expected and that she had to learn to heal herself before she could truly make Virgin River her home. It is based on the book series written by author Robyn Carr.
Colin Firth has joined the cast of Apple TV’s Berlin Noir. Firth joins Jack Lowden in the series based on the novels by Philip Kerr.
Callum Vinson has been cast as Atreus in Prime Video’s God of War. Atreus, the ten-year old son of Kratos, grew up in a remote forest cabin, isolated from the rest of the world and raised almost entirely by his mother Faye. He is an accomplished archer, has an affinity for animals and is intensely curious about what lies beyond the confines of his forest home. After his mother’s death, Atreus is left with a cold, distant father who he barely knows and who knows little about him in return. Nonetheless, Atreus yearns for his father’s approval and is desperate to prove he is strong enough to survive in a harsh and dangerous world. The series follows father and son Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human. Previously announced cast members include Ryan Hurst as Kratos, Max Parker as Heimdall, Teresa Palmer as Sif, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Thor, Mandy Patinkin as Odin, Alastair Duncan as Mimir, Jeff Gulka as Sindri, and Danny Woodburn as Brok.
Celebrity Jeopardy! All Stars is now set to premiere on ABC March 13. The new date pushes the series’ return by two weeks. Hosted by Ken Jennings, the series features the brightest stars putting their best brain forward for a chance to win $1 million for a charity of their choice. The series will highlight past Celebrity Jeopardy! champions and other strong players from prior seasons as they battle for victory in the most competitive Celebrity Jeopardy! yet.
P!nk has been announced as a guest host of The Kelly Clarkson Show. She will host a week’s worth of episodes starting March 2, focusing on Women’s History Month. Additional guests will host the show periodically as the series winds down its recently announced final season.
The next batch of Sesame Street episodes premiere March 9 on Netflix. In the new episodes, Miley Cyrus brings a new song and even more fun.
Season 19 of Heartland premieres March 19 on UPtv. The Bartlett-Fleming family must risk everything to keep Heartland and those they love out of harm’s way. Amy strikes a delicate balance between her commitment to a new relationship and always putting her daughter first. However, when her reputation as a horse trainer is called into question, she’s caught off guard, and Amy must fight to save her good name. Lou tries to refocus attention on her family – and not on work, but when a new adversary threatens the ranch, Lou is forced to make difficult choices. Jack is the steadfast rancher he’s always been, but his patience is tested after he hires an unlikely new ranch hand. And, when outside forces jeopardize Heartland, Amy, Jack, Lou and the rest of the family must come together to build a stronger foundation for the future. Each holding fast to their values in the face of it all. Heartland strong. The series is based on the books by Lauren Brooke.
CBS’s comedy pilot Eternally Yours has added more cast. Helen J Shen and Parker Young will join the previously announced Ed Weeks, Allegra Edwards and Jaren Lewison as series regulars. The potential series is an eternal love story about two vampires who have been married for five hundred years, and their struggles to accept the human who is dating their daughter.
Shea Whigham and Kelly Hu have been cast in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Untamed. In its second season, the series follows special agent Kyle Turner as he’s called to investigate a mysterious death in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, where local tensions and the volatile, living landscape become an unpredictable force.
CNN and Variety will present a special, one-of-a-kind town hall conversation featuring Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey. A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey will premiere February 21 on CNN. Filmed before a live audience of students at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication, the event brings together two of Hollywood’s most dynamic actors, Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey, for a candid discussion about their craft and creative process. In addition to reflecting on their approaches to performance and the roles that have most influenced their artistic journeys, Chalamet and McConaughey will also take questions from the student audience throughout the program. McConaughey has taught film courses at UT Austin since 2015.
Season two of A Plan to Kill premieres March 8 on Oxygen. It takes a certain type of person to commit murder. But to methodically devise a meticulous plan to take someone’s life – that type of killing takes on another level of savagery. A Plan to Kill is a true crime series that examines the stories of disturbed killers who spend weeks, months or even years viciously scheming and plotting the demise of their victims. From a San Diego teacher and coach gunned down on the street, leaving his students and fiancée shattered to a young mother and her newborn daughter vanishing from Austin and a Bay Area suburb crime scene with a slew of evidence of a lethal plan for revenge, A Plan to Kill delivers first-hand accounts from investigators who worked the cases and the loved ones of those slain. The series delves into the nefarious plans behind the murders to reveal just how far some people will go to take the life of someone they believe has wronged them. At the end of the day, no matter how complicated the ruse, homicide detectives are able to overcome dead ends, red herrings and misdirects to root out the guilty party and bring them to justice.
