Re: Selected programming for June 15-18, 2024

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

On 6/16/24 2:41 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

Professor T        (season 3 premiere)         (8 pm, PBS)

The much-loved crime drama starring Ben Miller, Frances de la Tour and
Juliet Stevenson is back for a third season. The professor is in jail
and must find a way to get his old life and job back. The police need
his expertise to help crack some tricky and intriguing crimes. Six
episodes; already renewed for season 4.

 

https://www.pbs.org/show/professor-t-uk/

Wasn't this originally titled "Professor T *AND* [some woman]"?!!

Bad Ian. Bad bad bad very bad Ian.

Hotel Cocaine         [new]            (10 pm, MGM+)

Roman Compte (Danny Pino), GM of the Miami hotspot Mutiny Hotel juggles
the desires of owner Burton Greenberg (Mark Feuerstein) and DEA Agent
Zulio (Michael Chiklis), who wants information on Roman's drug-dealing
brother Nestor Cabal (Yul Vázquez) in the drama series set in the late
1970s. Eight episodes running through August 4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUtaORBMijA

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17676706/

Nobody gets MGM+! Not even Adam!!  :p

I subscribe. I'm just not going to watch this. I didn't watch the Forest
Whitaker series either on a similar theme.

 

My Life Is Murder        (season 4 premiere)         (9 and 10 pm, two
episodes, BBC America)

Lucy Lawless stars in this contemporary Australian detective drama as
retired cop Alexa Crowe. With her old boss (Bernard Curry, Once Upon a
Time) regularly asking for her insight on cold cases and a young police
data-analyst (Ebony Vagulans) eager to be mentored--whether Alexa wants
to or not--Alexa can't seem to stop solving crime. The fourth season of
the Acorn TV original crime drama (co-produced by TVNZ and Australia's
Network 10) will also air on cable's BBC America. Eight episodes; two
air/stream today and on July 22, while single episodes air at 9 pm on
the four intervening Mondays. This is the first season to be shown on
BBC America (or any cable channel).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTOpMHyOzys

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10584446/    [rating 7.5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_Is_Murder

Forgot this show existed...

Ah, well being an "Acorn Original" will do that!!...

They're lying. It was produced for broadcast tv in Australia and New
Zealand, so they just bought foreign distribution rights. Looking it up,
it was produced in Australia for season 1, then production shifted to
New Zealand for season 2. The setting was changed to Auckland.