Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Selected programming for May 11-17, 2024 Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 11:06:41 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 105 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 20:06:41 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="067270e7295be43a28097216520d389f"; logging-data="2288871"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/4G+IkO8HoL7IAFbYq9Zo1" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:MX/v9TRTP/ACD0wduKiZJP2maqU= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 5484 On 5/11/24 10:53 AM, Robin Miller wrote: > Ian J. Ball wrote: >> On 5/11/24 10:27 AM, Robin Miller wrote: >>> Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>> On 5/11/24 9:52 AM, Robin Miller wrote: >>>>> Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>>>> On 5/11/24 8:16 AM, Robin Miller wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>          Saturday, May 11 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>      Streaming: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Deadbolt     (movie)     (3:01 am, Tubi) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Seeking a fresh start, a young woman finds her sanity on the >>>>>>> brink due to unexplained disappearances and chilling nocturnal >>>>>>> echoes in her new home. Stars Rebecca Liddiard, Jamie Spilchuk, >>>>>>> Camille Stopps, Joey Belfiore and Bill MacDonald. 1h 23m. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_zkBGvifsQ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31170199/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://tubitv.com/movies/100020360/deadbolt >>>>>> >>>>>> This actually came out last night - I know because I used the >>>>>> early release to fix the cast listing order on IMDb last night... >>>>>> >>>>>> I will probably try to get to this at some point... >>>>> >>>>> Yes, I noticed the same thing with "Invasive," which was scheduled >>>>> for release on Friday at 3 am but was available late Thursday >>>>> night. I remember when I first started listing Tubi movies that >>>>> there was a question as to whether they were released on the stated >>>>> date or the day before. It looks like it's the latter. >>>> >>>> I have a theory that Tubi is actually releasing movies at midnight >>>> *Greenwich Mean Time*. That's about 8 hours ahead of Pacific Time. >>>> It would explain why movies released show up "the night before" in >>>> the U.S.! >>>> >>>>> [snip] >>>>> >>>>>>>      Broadcast and cable: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home      (movie; linear TV >>>>>>> premiere)        (9 pm, Hallmark Mystery) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A former Army surgeon moves back to her hometown and joins a >>>>>>> practice of family doctors, but when she's drawn into solving the >>>>>>> mysterious death of a patient, her quiet life becomes upended. >>>>>>> Stars Amanda Schull and Brendan Penny. Premiered on May 2 on the >>>>>>> Hallmark Movies Now streaming service. [The next premiere on >>>>>>> Hallmark Mystery appears to be "Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for >>>>>>> Murder" on Friday, June 7.] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32150887/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.hallmarkmystery.com/family-practice-mysteries-coming-home >>>>>> >>>>>> Amanda Schull deserves better than this. >>>>> >>>>> BTW, Friday at 9 pm seems to be their time for showing their >>>>> occasional (at least right now) premieres. >>>> >>>> For Hallmark Mystery? Yeah. >>>> >>>> On my end, I am somewhat disappointed that LMN/Lifetime have seem to >>>> abandoned releasing "new" films on Friday nights (opting for >>>> Wednesday nights instead, in the case of LMN)... >>> >>> Yes, the Friday night premieres on Lifetime have disappeared. But >>> those appeared for a pretty short period of time. >>> >>> Does LMN have premieres on Wednesday? I don't check for that. This >>> week they list a "new" movie, "My Acting Coach Nightmare," but it has >>> previously appeared on Lifetime Channel. >> >> Yes, LMN's "Wednesday premieres" are actually just movies that have >> premiered earlier on Lifetime proper, and are now coming to LMN for >> the first time. >> >> Only LMN's Thursday "premiere movies" are truly "new" movies. >> >> Lifetime sort of does something similar - the Saturday night movie >> premieres are their "big movies"; the Sunday night movies are actually >> still "new" (to Lifetime) in most cases, but they are "lesser" movie >> acquisitions, lately often from Tubi. > > I think it's deceptive that Lifetime/LMN frequently describes the > acquired movies as "2024" when they were actually released a year or two > earlier. > > BTW, I Googled "what time are Tubi movies released/added" and found a > Reddit post stating that Tubi's server is updated at 8 pm ET, although > there's no source listed for the info. > > --Robin If so, that's only one hour off Greenwich Mean Time, so I was close!!