Re: Selected programming for April 21-24, 2025

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 4/23/25 2:43 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
 

RM: Here is everything I have for this week so far (repeating Monday and
Tuesday). The listings for Friday-Sunday should be available later tonight.
 
 
 
        Wednesday, April 23
 
 
    Streaming:
 
 
Battle Camp       [new; complete season 1]          (3:01 am, Netflix)
 
In Battle Camp, the greatest stars from across Netflix’s broad slate of
reality and doc-series return to face the ultimate physical and mental
competition, where a giant spinning wheel randomly decides who stays and
who goes.

 
Oh, Geezus...  >:/
 

Bullet Train Explosion       (movie)        (3:01 am, Netflix)
 
'Shin Godzilla' director Shinji Higuchi returns with a remake of the
1975 Japanese action-thriller 'The Bullet Train.' Like that earlier
film, this new take is pretty much just 'Speed' on rails:

 
Holy F***! Does *no one* remember "Silver Streak"?!! That was one of my
favorite movies as a kid!  ;p

>
Saw it in the theater on a blind double date

 

A terrorist
plants a bomb on a high-speed Japanese train that will trigger if the
train's speed drops below 100 km/h, leaving passengers and crew racing
against time to avert catastrophe.
 
 
 
        Thursday, April 24
 
 
    Streaming:
 
 
Étoile         [new; complete season 1]          (12:01 am, Prime Video)
 
For her follow-up to her Emmy-winning Amazon series 'The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel,' Amy Sherman-Palladino returns to the world of dance—a subject
that was the center of her well-reviewed but short-lived 2012 series
'Bunheads.' But while the latter series focused mainly on young dance
students, 'Étoile' is sticking to professionals, centering on a pair of
esteemed professional ballet companies in New York and Paris as they
mount an exchange program in an attempt to avert financial ruin.
Returning Palladino players like Luke Kirby, Yanic Truesdale, and Gideon
Glick are joined by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Simon Callow, Lou de Laâge,
and David Alvarez. All eight episodes stream today, and a second season
has already been ordered.

 
I swear, if this wasn't from the Palladinos, I would be tempted to watch it!
 

You        (complete final season 5)         (3:01 am, Netflix)
 
10 episodes.

 
A show whose season #1 I thought was crap - How did it last 5 seasons?!
 

Black Snow        (season 2 premiere)        (3:01 am, AMC+/Sundance Now)
 
Detective James Cormack of the Queensland Police Service attempts to
balance his work on cold cases with a personal mission to find his
brother, who went missing when they were children. Australian anthology
series; season two tells a new story. Six episodes; two stream today,
with the rest following in single weekly releases through May 22.

 
Starring Travis Fimmel!
 

    Broadcast and cable:
 
 
The NFL Draft--Round One         (live event)       (8-11:30 pm, ABC/ESPN)

 
Zzzzzzzz....

Crime Nation: Love on the Run       (special)         (9-10 pm, CW)

 
Oh, just DIE already!!