Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robin Miller Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Selected programming for April 9-12, 2024 Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 12:53:50 -0400 Lines: 519 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net PGxdljPvk26wUsiy1M+VxQ4BxtDGIyExjt5VxM+YvYsavORa2O Cancel-Lock: sha1:2ILs+4d9L02t0VXbQftaUG0UOlM= sha256:QvUclb45hOvQPkz2Rg/zyCGy3C/D3649Ct0GFsVlOBY= X-Mozilla-News-Host: news://news.individual.net:119 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 Bytes: 17725 Tuesday, April 9 Streaming: Neal Brennan: Crazy Good (comedy special) (3:01 am, Netflix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsJaoILz98Y https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Broadcast and cable: Stupid Pet Tricks (season 1 finale) (12 am, TBS) Finding Your Roots (season 10 finale) (8 pm, PBS) Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion (documentary) (9 pm, HBO) "Uncovers the toxic origins and culture of the teen brand and the global ramifications of mass-produced clothing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1pONvsrBEo ***************************************************************************************** Wednesday, April 10 Streaming: Blood Free [new] (12:01 am, Hulu) It is year 2025. Instead of slaughtering animals for their meat, BF, a biotechnology company, uses their technology to provide the world with cultured meat. Yun Jayu is a businesswoman who has successfully transformed BF into a global company. However, those who are after her and her company continue to grow in number, and she is repeatedly subjected to death threats and terrorism. As a result, BF hires Woo Chaewoon, a former commissioned officer, to protect her. Suspiciously enough, Chaewoon does everything Jayu needs with perfect timing. Could he truly be just a bodyguard? Secrets and suspicions grow within BF and among those involved. What kinds of secrets do they have, and what are their motives? Korean series; ten episodes, the first two of which are released today. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31390504/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Free_(TV_series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BLv7WMJ8As Curtain Call [new to US; complete season 1] (12:01 am, Hulu) Ja Geum Soon (Go Doo Shim) was born in 1930 in what is now North Korea. When the Korean War broke out in the 1950s, she escaped to what is now South Korea - and was torn away from her husband and young child. She dreamed of being reunited with them, so she founded a hotel that she hoped would become a metaphorical lighthouse - and bring her lost family back to her. This hotel became the successful Nakwon hotel chain. Now, Ja Geum Soon is approaching the end of her life, and she dreams of being reunited with the grandson she has never met: Im Moon Sung. Her ever-faithful assistant Jung Sang Cheol (Sung Dong Il) hatches a plan to help bring peace to the old woman before she dies - he will hire an actor to pose as Im Moon Sung. He seeks out Yoo Jae Heon (Kang Ha Neul), a struggling stage actor who has been playing a North Korean soldier in a theater performance. Yoo Jae Heon agrees. He is told to pose as a defector who has come to visit the old woman for a while before attempting to return to the North. However, it soon appears that he has bitten off more than he can chew. He also crosses paths with Park Se Yeon (Ha Ji Won), Ja Geum Soon's granddaughter - the woman who is running Nakwon...and has vowed not to allow it to fall into anyone else's hands! 2022 Korean series; 16 episodes. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23150904/ [as "Keoteunkol"] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain_Call_(South_Korean_TV_series) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8e5e42 Anthracite [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix) In 1994, the mass suicide of a cult based in a small village in the Alps hits the headlines. Thirty years later, the murder of a woman who was killed following the rituals of this strange community wreaks havoc on the delicate balance restored by the residents. The perfect scapegoat, Jaro Gatsi, a young offender who has arrived in the mountains to get his life back on track, soon finds himself accused of the murder. Determined to prove his innocence, he receives some unexpected help from Ida, an eccentric and hyperconnected geek who is looking for her missing father. They will soon realize that their involvement in this case owes nothing to chance, and that the answers they are looking for are rooted in the secrets of their own past. French series; 6 episodes. https://www.netflix.com/title/81520697 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31609000/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=590Hmwj5_TI The Hijacking of Flight 601 [Secuestro al vuelo 601] [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix) Two armed revolutionaries hijack and threaten to blow up Flight 601 unless the Colombian government releases 50 political prisoners and pays them a hefty ransom in cash. When the political leaders refuse to negotiate, the hijackers start shooting one passenger per hour and force the plane to fly across Latin America. Meanwhile, the captain and two courageous flight attendants try to outwit the hijackers while negotiating with their local officials. Amid the imminent horror, the crew must fight back to return the hostages back home safely. This is a breathtaking political thriller based on actual events on May 30th, 1973. Colombian series; 6 episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQlTunK8Lw https://www.netflix.com/title/81580682 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28240840/ Unlocked: A Jail Experiment [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix) At an Arkansas detention facility, a sheriff implements a radical social experiment to grant men who are incarcerated more agency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxOdrBoYzKg https://www.netflix.com/title/81476420 What Jennifer Did (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix) It was a violent crime that shook a quiet Canadian town: Mysterious intruders break into the home of Vietnamese immigrants, terrorize the family, and leave a traumatized daughter as the only witness. Neighbors and friends describe the family as hospitable, generous, and hard-working – how could they be targets? This feature-length documentary uses police interrogation footage and testimony from those involved to unravel a web of complexities that no one saw coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSm5Nki93Bw https://www.netflix.com/title/81586385 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31747163/ Hapless [new to the US?] (3:01 am, Peacock) The misadventures of Paul Green, an investigative journalist working for a small Jewish publication in the UK, The Jewish Enquirer. Season 1 (6 episodes) was released in 2020 [under the name "The Jewish Enquirer"] and season 2 (8 episodes) in 2023 on Prime Video, but apparently only in the UK. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10147894/ [rating 6.6] ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========