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Subject: Selected programming for Jan. 11-13, 2025
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		Previously released:


Informa: Beasts of The Underworld      [new to US; complete season 1] 
     (Netflix, Jan. 9)

Stepping away from celebrity gossip, a reporter teams up with an 
informant to investigate a murder case, catching the attention of all 
the wrong people. 2023 Japanese series; 8 episodes.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81971184

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26594614/   [as "Informa"]


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		Saturday, Jan. 11


Sakamoto Days        [new]         (3:01 am, Netflix)

Anime. An ex-hitman turned shopkeeper, juggles dad duties while dodging 
bullets like a pro. Weekly episodes drop on Saturdays; 11 episodes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPopd3ZOGUY

https://www.netflix.com/title/81663325



Hope Street       [US linear premiere]          (7 pm, Ovation)

The arrival of DC Leila Hussain sets tongues wagging - what brings this 
big city girl to a sleepy Northern Irish seaside town? BBC show set in 
Northern Ireland. Four seasons have been released so far in 2020-2024. 
Available in the US on Britbox.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14354984/      [rating 6.7]



Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story        (8 pm, Lifetime 
Channel)

Marcela Borges and her growing family’s idyllic weekend quickly turn 
into every family’s worst nightmare when masked gunmen barge into their 
Florida suburban home. With gunshots piercing their walls, a newly 
pregnant Marcela, her husband, and their young son are left with no 
choice but to comply with their captors’ demands: surrender $200,000 or 
their lives. But with no means of accessing that sort of money, Marcela 
faces insurmountable odds to protect her family from their violent 
captors and must make the life and death decisions to keep her family 
safe. Stars Dascha Polanco, Johnathan Souza, Nisa Gunduz, Alessio 
Andrada, Ivan Lopez, Marito Lopez, and Mitchell Jaramillo.

https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/terror-comes-knocking-the-marcela-borges-story

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34601141/



Polar Opposites        (movie)         (8 pm, Hallmark Channel)

Emma needs to get to Antarctica to reach her father and travels to South 
America but can't get on a boat for the last leg. She sneaks onto a 
cruise ship and meets engineer Andy. Stars Rhiannon Fish and Markian 
Tarasiuk.

https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/polar-opposites

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34937026/



A Snapshot of Forever      (movie; US linear premiere)       (8 pm, 
Great American Family)

Wedding photographer Jessie Brooke’s happy small-town life is turned 
upside-down when a famous Hollywood actor shows up at her parents’ 
lakeside vineyard for his sister’s wedding. Stars Natalie Dreyfuss and 
Anthony Konechny. 2022 Canadian film that is available on several 
streaming services, including Freevee, Roku and Plex.

https://www.greatamericanfamily.com/movie/a-snapshot-of-forever/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14074586/


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		Sunday, Jan. 12


The Bear Lake Murders     (movie)        (8 pm, Lifetime Channel)

The local sheriff of a picturesque mountain lake resort town partners 
with a burnt-out big-city female detective to help uncover the sinister 
truth behind a series of annual “accidental” deaths, leading them to 
believe that a serial killer, hidden among the tourists and residents, 
may be preying on vacationers each year. Stars Mercedes de la Zerda and 
Tom Stevens.

https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-bear-lake-murders

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33338927/



Miss Scarlet      (season 5 premiere)     (8 pm, PBS)

There's no more "and the Duke" following the departure of series regular 
Stuart Martin, but the cozy Victorian-era mystery series continues for a 
5th season with Tom Durant Pritchard joining the cast as DI Alexander 
Blake, a new foil for Kate Phillips' Eliza Scarlet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-DHDeJ1G5c



All Creatures Great and Small     (season 5 premiere)     (9 pm, PBS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Mj-wqBauc



Rogue Heroes       (season 2 premiere)      (9 pm, MGM+)

During World War II in 1941, Lt. David Stirling (Connor Swindells), Lt. 
Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne (Jack O’Connell) and Lt. John ‘Jock’ Lewes 
(Alfie Allen) are some of the soldiers who formed the British Army's 
Special Air Service (SAS) in Steven Knight's adaptation of Ben 
McIntyre's book "SAS: Rogue Heroes." Six episodes running through Feb. 
23. Season one ran in Nov.-Dec. 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpsnuR9O_jE

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/rogue-heroes/season-2/    [score 80]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10405370/     [rating 8.1]


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		Monday, Jan. 13


None.


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