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RM: The second half of the week.


		Wednesday, March 20


	Streaming:


Palm Royale     [new]       (12:01 am, Apple TV+)

Apple's new 1969-set comedy about a woman (Kristen Wiig) striving to 
gain entrance into Palm Beach high society is based on the book Mr. and 
Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel. Along with Wiig, cast regulars 
include Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Ricky Martin, Leslie Bibb, and Josh 
Lucas, while guest stars include Carol Burnett and Bruce Dern. 10 
episodes; the first three are available today, while the rest follow 
once weekly through May 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mbE660duGQ

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8888540/



Homicide: New York      [new; complete season 1]        (3:01 am, Netflix)

Homicide: New York, a new Netflix documentary series from Wolf 
Entertainment: Real cops, real crimes. 5 episodes. 5 different crimes. 
The same group of detectives and prosecutors revisit their most 
challenging homicide cases in this chilling true-crime documentary 
series. A second installment, Homicide: Los Angeles, follows later in 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsL7lWz1Jbo

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31556143/

https://www.netflix.com/title/81562383



X-Men '97        [new]        (3:01 am, Disney+)

Disney's latest Marvel title offers comic book fans something a bit 
different than the streamer's somewhat lackluster recent MCU entries. In 
fact, it's not part of the MCU at all but instead a revival of Fox's 
1990s cartoon X-Men: The Animated Series, picking up right where that 
series ended in 1997—with the death of Professor X—and returning some of 
the original voice cast. Season 1 will run for 10 episodes, and a second 
season has already been ordered, though series creator Beau DeMayo was 
fired earlier this month after completing scripts for the second season. 
The original series is also streaming on Disney+.	Two episodes are 
released today, with the rest following once weekly through May 15.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3Ss8o9gGQ

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16026746/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103584/    [original series; rating 8.4]



Murdered in Paradise: Bludgeoned in Bali     (documentary)      (3:01 
am, Tubi)

A daughter and her boyfriend plot a gruesome murder against her mother, 
Shelia von Wiese-Mak, on a luxury vacation in Bali.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31456985/   [series]



Murdered in Paradise: Killing in the Caribbean    (documentary) 
(3:01 am, Tubi)

Three couples’ Caribbean getaway turns ugly when childhood friends, 
Casey MacPherson-Pomeroy and Caleb Guillroy, die under mysterious 
circumstances.



Murdered in Paradise: Mystery in Mexico    (documentary)      (3:01 am, 
Tubi)

A couple’s reconciliation trip to Cancún, Mexico, turns deadly when 
Monica Beresford-Redmond is found murdered, unraveling a complex 
investigation.



	Broadcast and cable:


Danger on Party Island     (movie)        (8 pm, LMN)

When an introverted lawyer travels to an infamous party island to 
collect her estranged sister’s body, she becomes suspicious of foul 
play. With reluctant help from a local bar owner, she begins to unravel 
the circumstances of her sister’s accident and starts to believe she 
could be next. Stars Lindsey Dresbach, Adam Harper, James Bobo, and Kate 
Dailey.

[A rare Wednesday night premiere on LMN. The LMN schedule lists several 
other premieres this week, but only this movie and "My Father's Murder 
in Greece" on Thursday night are true premieres; the others have 
appeared on the Lifetime Channel.]

https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/danger-on-party-island

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26455960/



Wild Cards       (season 1 finale)        (8 pm, CW)



Family law       (season 3 finale)        (9 pm, CW)


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		Thursday, March 21


	Streaming:


Road House        (movie)         (12:01 am, Prime Video)

Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity) directs a 
streaming-only remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze-starring cult classic. 
The new film, which deviates a bit from the first one, has been in 
development for over a decade. Jake Gyllenhaal essentially takes over 
the Swayze role and plays a former UFC fighter now working as a bouncer 
at a Florida Keys dive bar. Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Darren 
Barnet, Lukas Gage, Arturo Castro, and actual UFC champion Conor 
McGregor (in his film debut) also star.	2h 1m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLn0qFdvfM4

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/road-house-2024/    [score 60]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359350/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/    [1989 film; rating 6.7]



Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told         (documentary) 
(12:01 am, Hulu)

A "celebratory exploration of the boisterous times of Freaknik, the 
iconic Atlanta street party that drew hundreds of thousands of people in 
the 80s and 90s, helping put Atlanta on the map culturally." 1h 22m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48jmE2J05OY

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27447224/



3 Body Problem        [new; complete season 1]         (3:01 am, Netflix)

The new series from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. 
Weiss—here teaming with writer Alexander Woo (True Blood, The Terror)—is 
an adaptation of the wildly popular sci-fi book series Remembrance of 
Earth's Past by Chinese author Cixin Liu that traces events following 
mankind's first communications with extraterrestrial intelligence.  How 
will this English-language adaptation tackle a story that features 
mostly Chinese characters and eventually spans many centuries? The 
latter question remains to be seen—Season 1 looks like it is sticking 
with the Hugo Award-winning first book, which begins in the 1960s and 
doesn't head too far into the future. But casting appears to have an 
international emphasis, with stars including Rosalind Chao, Benedict 
Wong, John Bradley, Eiza González, Liam Cunningham, Jess Hong, Jovan 
Adepo, Saamer Usmani, and Jonathan Pryce. Eight episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mogSbMD6EcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvzhCL7vIA    ("final trailer")
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