#mastersofillusion

Friday, January 30th:

(exclusive): Yo Gabba GabbaLand! (appleTV, season 2 available, all 10 eps), "Miracle: The Boys of '80" (netflix, Olympics hockey team documentary), Gangnam Project (netflix, Canadian teen K-pop dramedy, first 10 eps)

(movies): "Tin Soldier" (hulu, action thriller biopic, ~85mins), "Terri Joe: Missionary in Miami" (TUBI, comedy, ~85mins), "Muzzle: City of Wolves" (AMC+, crime revenge thriller, ~95mins)

(streaming weekly): Coldwater (Para+), Tehran (appleTV), Heaven (hboMAX, season 1 finale), No Tail to Tell (netflix), The Pete Davidson Show (netflix, video podcast premiere), LOL - Netherlands (APrime, next 3 eps, season 4 finale)

(primetime specials): "Inside the Grammy Awards" (CBS|Para+, for 68th annual event)

(broadcast movies): "The Woman Before Me" (LMN, 2hrs), Friday Night Vibes (TBS, "Godzilla x Kong" / "Jurassic Park")

(hour 1): The Nowhere Man (Starz), Happy's Place (NBC) / . / Stumble (NBC), RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV, ~90mins)

(hour 2): Spartacus: "House of Ashur" (Starz, penultimate), RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV, contd) / . / Untucked (MTV), The UnXplained with William Shatner (HIST), Masters of Illusion (theCW, season 11B finale)

Friday, January 9th:

(exclusive): Paparazzi King (netflix, Fabrizio Corona docuseries, all 5 eps), Alpha Males (netflix, Spanish comedy, season 4 available, all 6 eps), A Thousand Blows (hulu, 1880s London gang drama, season 2 available, all 6 eps)

(movies): "People We Meet on Vacation" (netflix, rom-com), "Death Name" (TUBI, Korean horror, ~85mins), "Chain Reactions" (AMC+|Shudder, 100mins, panel discussion of Tobe Hooper classic)

(shows streaming weekly): Heaven (hboMAX), Jasmine (hboMAX), Tehran (appleTV, political thriller, season 3 opener), Coldwater (Para+, UK psychological thriller series, stateside premiere)

(broadcast movies): "The Pastor Who Preys" (LMN, 2hrs), The Last Drive-in (Shudder, w/ Joe Bob Briggs), Friday Night Vibes (TBS, "Rampage" from 2018 | "The Flash" from 2023)

(hour 1): Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC, season 6 resumes), RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV, 92mins), TMZ Investigates: "The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened" (FOX, special)

(hour 2): Spartacus: "House of Ashur" (Starz), Masters of Illusion (theCW, season resumes), 20/20 (ABC, season resumes, 2hrs), RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV, contd) / . / Untucked (MTV), The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd (HIST, season 3 finale)

Friday, October 10th:

(exclusive): Frankie Quiñones: "Damn That's Crazy" (hulu, stand-up special), Homes with a View (DSC+|hboMAX, reality premiere, all 11 eps), Old Money (netflix, Turkish romantic rivalry drama series, all 8 eps), Kurukshetra: The War of Mahabharata (netflix, Hindi animated drama, part 1, first 9 eps)

(movies): "Vicious" (Para+, original horror feature premiere, ~100mins), "The Woman in Cabin 10" (netflix, horror-thriller premiere), "Swim to Me" (netflix, Chilean drama), "My Father, the BTK Killer" (netflix, documentary), "John Candy: I Like Me" (APrime, profile documentary), "Lurker" (MUBI, suspense thriller, 100mins), "Adopted 2" (TUBI, psychologial thriller, ~100mins), "Noroi: The Curse" (Shudder, part of "Found Frights Watch Party"), "V/H/S/Halloween" (Shudder, horror anthology), "Aliens Expanded" (AMC+|Shudder, documentary on James Cameron epic franchise, ~5hrs)

(streaming shows): Invasion (apple+), The Reluctant Traveler (apple+, "Korea" with Eugene Levy), The Last Frontier (apple+, Alaska prison transport thriller premiere, first 2 eps), "Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars" (apple+, docuseries premiere, first 2 eps), The Graft (hboMAX), Cat's Eye (hulu), The Murky Stream (dsn+|hulu, next 2 eps), The Great British Baking Show (netflix), Tougen Anki (netflix), The Graham Norton Show (AMC+/AcornTV, latenight)

(broadcast movies): "The Alabama Solution" (HBO|hboMAX, prison documentary, ~2hrs), "The Paradise Murders" (LMN, original movie, 2hrs), The Jane Mysteries: "Too Much to Lose" (HMM, 2hrs, reair), "King of Them All: The Story of King Records" (PBS, legendary label documentary)

(earlier - hour 0): Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (disney, 60mins)

(hour 1): Vampirina: Teenage Vampire (disney, 60mins), Outlander: Blood of My Blood (Starz, 90mins), Penn & Teller: Fool Us (theCW, season 11B opener), On Brand with Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC, preempted)

(hour 2): Masters of Illusion (theCW, season 11B opener), Outlander: Blood of My Blood (Starz, contd, season 1 finale) / . / The Couple Next Door (Starz, special time), Deb's House (WEtv|AllBlk, season 2 finale), The UnXplained (HIST)

(hour 3): The Rainmaker (USA, penultimate), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, preempted), The Proof is Out There (HIST, season 5 resumed)

Friday, January 24th:

(exclusive): Shared Custody (dsn+, Spanish family drama series, all 8 eps), The Best Heart Attack of My Life (hulu, limited dramedy, all 6 eps), Shafted (netflix, French rom-com series, all 6 eps), The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (netflix, Korean medical drama, all 8 eps)

(movies): "Grafted" (Shudder, horror), "Your Monster" (MAX, streaming premiere), "The Wild Robot" (Peacock, streaming premiere), "Star Trek: Section 31" (Para+, Philippa Georgiou spinoff premiere), "This Is the Tom Green Documentary" (APrime), "Carrie Underwood: Reflection" (hulu, music documentary), "City of Dreams" (hulu, Hindi political drama), "Don't Mess with Grandma" (TUBI, comedy thriller, ~80mins), "The Sand Castle" (netflix, Lebanese survival drama), "The Girl with the Needle" (MUBI, crime drama, ~2hrs)

(streaming weekly): Severance (apple+), The Agency (Para+, season 1 finale), Dexter: Original Sin (Para+), Übel Blatt (APrime)

(original made-for-TV movies): "My Family's Killer Affairs" (LMN, 2hrs)

(hour 1): Penn & Teller: Fool Us (theCW, season 11 opener), Shark Tank (ABC), RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV, 90mins), Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (disney, 60mins)

(hour 2): Masters of Illusion (theCW, season 11 opener, new night), The Way Home (HALL), The Couple Next Door (Starz), RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV, contd) / . / Untucked (MTV), The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd (HIST)

(hour 3): NFL Icons (MGM+), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO), Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo (HIST)

(hour 4 - latenight): The Graham Norton Show (BBCAm|AcornTV|AMC+), Bel-Air (USA, ~66mins), They Call It Late Night (ESPN)

Monday, November 6th:

(exclusive & streaming): Harry Wild (AcornTV, season 2 finale), "Gumbo Coalition" (MAX, civil rights documentary)

(hour 1): Kitchen Nightmares (FOX), The Voice (NBC, 2hrs), Holiday Baking Championship (FOOD, season 10 opener, 2hrs)

(hour 2): Special Forces: "World's Toughest Test" (FOX), Masters of Illusion (theCW, season 10 opener, new night) / . / World's Funniest Animals (theCW, season 4 opener, new night), The Voice (NBC, contd), Holiday Baking Championship (FOOD, contd)

(hour 3): The Irrational (NBC), "30 Coins" (HBO), American Dad! (TBS), Independent Lens (PBS, "Three Chaplains")

(hour 4 - latenight): The Big Bake (FOOD), The Daily Show (COM, Sarah Silverman guest hosts), Recipes for Love and Murder (BBCAm)

Saturday, February 11th:

(streaming weekly): Crash Course in Romance (netflix), Tokyo Revengers (hulu)

(original made-for-TV movies): "A Paris Proposal" (HALL, 2hrs), "A Charming Valentine" (GACFam, aka "The Love Subscription", 2hrs), "The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story" (LIFE, 2hrs++), + Beyond the Headlines: "Escaping Captivity" (LIFE, "Kara Robinson" special)

(other highlights): Murdoch Mysteries (OVAtion, season 16 opener, part one), "The Perfect 10" (FOX, football documentary, 90mins), Masters of Illusion (theCW, season 9 opener, new time), Frozen Planet II (BBCAm, ~80mins), Byron Allen presents: "The Comedy and Music Superfest" (NBC, 2hrs), World's Funniest Animals (theCW), Marc Maron: "From Bleak to Dark" (HBO|HMax, comedy special, 65mins), Austin City Limits (PBS, "Maren Morris"), Saturday Night Live (NBC, repeat)

Saturday, August 13th:

(streaming twice weekly): Alchemy of Souls (netflix)

(early - hour 0): Red Election (OVAtion), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (NICK, season 3 finale)

(original made-for-TV movies): "Sneakerella" (disney, musical, cable premiere, 2hrs), "In Love With My Partner's Wife" (LIFE, 2hrs+), "Romance in Style" (HALL, 2hrs)

(other highlights): Africa's Wild Year (BBCAm), "The Princess" (HBO, yet-another Princess Diana documentary), Masters of Illusion (theCW, season resumes), South Park: "The 25th Anniversary Concert" (COM, special, 2hrs)

(latenight "Toonami" [adultswim]): Primal (#2.05 reair), Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Lupin the 3rd Part 6, One Piece (#15.57), One Piece (#15.58, "Fishman Island" arc ends), Naruto Shippuden (#19.13), Blade Runner: Black Lotus (series reair begins), Made In Abyss (season 1 reair begins)