May for Moms: Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Hallmark & Hallmark+)

Première Saturday May 16, 2026, 8|7c

More May info:
https://just-ask-steve.blogspot.com/2026/04/may-for-moms-hallmark-hallmark-movie.html

📺Paris Is Always a Good Idea (coming to Hallmark+)

Lacey Chabert is going to be in a new 6 episode limited series:
Paris Is Always a Good Idea

Based on the novel by Jen McKinlay
 It is coming to Hallmark+ later this year

 Scott Michael Foster will join Lacey on location in Paris
plus ~ Barbara Niven, Henry Czerny and Rebecca Hanssen

Lacey Chabert and Scott Michael Foster

Rebecca Hanssen, Henry Czerny and Barbara Niven

📺 Sullivans Crossing (The CW) cast update:

Key search word "Sullivan's Crossing" then "sort by date"

 
Expanding its Season 4 cast
 Fuad Ahmed 
 Jonathan Silverman 
 Colby Frost 
Emerson MacNeil 
as new series regulars

L-R: Fuad Ahmed, Jonathan Silverman, Colby Frost
and Emerson MacNeil

Ahmed plays Amir Malik
 The youngest chef ever to be awarded a Michelin star, the charming and charismatic Amir has left his fancy New York City bistro for the Crossing to see his friend Rob (Reid Price), but his arrival threatens to upend Rob and Sydney’s (Lindura) working relationship

Silverman portrays Quincy Carlson
 a prickly camper at the Crossing with a stressful job that’s wearing him thin, causing him to be prone to quick irritation and mistrust. But despite his testy exterior, Quincy and Maggie (Kohan) might find common ground, and could learn from one another’s experiences

 Frost plays Ben Nelson
 who takes a job at Lola’s (Amalia Williamson) youth group to help support his family while being there for his little sister, Tracy (MacNeil). Reminding Cal (Murray) a lot of himself, Ben finds an unexpected mentor who will send his life in a new direction

 MacNeil’s Tracy
 like most preteens, feels like the world around her is in a constant upheaval, but the member of Lola’s (Amalia Williamson) youth group finds stability in her two constants, her artwork and her protective big brother, Ben (Frost)

📺Merrily We Roll Along (Coming to Netflix)

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then "sort by date" tab

📺Ted Nichols dead at 97 ⚰️

Ted Nichols born Theodore Nicholas Sflotsos
legally changed his name at age 19
{October 2, 1928 – January 9, 2026}

He was an American composer, conductor, arranger, educator and minister of music

Nichols worked at Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1963-72, serving as the company’s musical director for the last eight years of his tenure,
where he composed scores for various shows produced by the studio such as:
 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 The Flintstones
 Space Ghost
 Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
 Josie and the Pussycats
 and Wacky Races among others

📺 Dexter: Resurrection (Paramount+ | Showtime) cast update

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The mystery from the hit Showtime series first season has been solved, and the key is Brian Cox
The Emmy winner has joined the Season 2 cast in the series regular role of The New York Ripper
 a serial killer who terrorized the City years ago

 Though no longer active as a killer, he’s found a new way to live into his infamy by continuing to taunt the survivors of his long-ago murder spree

The log line for Season 2 is under wraps ... stay tuned

📺Bridgerton (Netflix) season(s) 7 & 8

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 then "sort by date" tab

 Well dearest gentle readers,
there is certainly a great deal to take in, is there not?  

  

After season 6, Bridgerton will continue way into the 2030s
 The show will then have the final two Bridgerton siblings to take the lead: Hyacinth and Gregory

 Season 7: Hyacinth (Florence Hunt) —
Adapting It’s in His Kiss
 Hyacinth falls in love with Lady Danbury’s grandson, Gareth St. Clair

 Season 8: Gregory (Will Tilston) —
Adapting On the Way to the Wedding
 it follows the youngest sibling, Gregory, who finds true love with
  Lucy Abernathy, but she’s engaged to another


arrival into the 2030's

📺Beyond Paradise (PBS WTTW | BBC) renewed

  

Renewed for a fifth season on BBC

BBC series now Season 1 WTTW première
 Saturday, March 28, 2026, 8p 
Not currently on Passport  



Great detective investigative series set in Devon, UK ~ interesting characters & story development into their lives 

May for Moms: All's Fair In Love and Mahjong (Hallmark & Hallmark+)

Première Saturday May 9, 2026, 8|7c

More May info:
https://just-ask-steve.blogspot.com/2026/04/may-for-moms-hallmark-hallmark-movie.html

May for Moms: (Hallmark & Hallmark+) Movie schedule

 Key search word "May for Moms" then sort by date tab

  
 

Next day on:
 

Kentucky Roses
 Première Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026, 8|7c

Stars: 🔥Andrew Walker and 💜Odette Annable

 "A greenhouse worker (Annable) and the son of Churchill Downs' CEO (Walker) form an unlikely pair, coming together to save the Kentucky Derby rose blanket and uncovering a generational love story along the way."

All's Fair in Love and Mahjong
 Première Date: Saturday, May 9,2026, 8|7c

Stars: Fiona Gubelmann, 🔥Paul Campbell, 
💜Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, 💜Tamera Mowry-Housley
 and Melissa Peterman

 "A school nurse (Gubelmann) finds unexpected hope through teaching Mahjong, the centuries‑old Chinese game that helps her build community and open her heart again."

Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
 Première Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 8 |7c

Stars: 💜Alison Sweeney, 🔥Victor Webster and 💜Barbara Niven

"When a suspect in a forgery case is murdered and the prosecutor goes missing, Hannah (Sweeney) and Chad (Webster) must uncover how the two cases are connected and solve them in time for the trial

True Justice: Eye for An Eye
 Première Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026, 8|7c

Stars: 💜Katherine McNamara, 🔥Markian Tarasiuk,
 💜Nikki DeLoach and 🔥Benjamin Ayres

"Our Warriors a.k.a. amateur sleuths work to exonerate a mother wrongly accused of murdering another mother in the Parent School Coalition."

Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Key to the Castle
 Première Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026, 8|7c

Stars: 💜Tamera Mowry-Housley, Risteárd Cooper 
 and 🔥Marco Grazzini

"When a ghost hunter show comes to town, it's up to Gethsemane (Mowry-Housley) and Eamon (Cooper) to solve the unexpected murder of the host, allowing the brand-new spirit to cross-over."

📺 78th Annual Tony Awards (CBS, live awards special)

Tony Award Productions announced today that music superstar and global icon P!NK will host the

 79th Annual Tony Awards

 The triple threat and lifelong theater fan will bring her unparalleled performance skills and magnetic stage presence to Radio City Music Hall

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards return
 Sunday, June 7, 2026
 The 79th Annual Tony Awards® will broadcast LIVE to both coasts on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+
8|7c – 11|10c | 5:00 – 8:00 PM PT

📺The Puzzle Lady aka Murder Most Puzzling (PBS WTTW)

  

~ fun & quirky mystery series ~

Watched all six episodes of the contemporary British mystery,
 with WTTW Passport

Broadcast Première Friday April 10, 2026, 8p  

In this new series based on the best-selling novels by Parnell Hall
 we meet Bakerbury’s newest and most famous resident –
 Cora Felton, AKA “The Puzzle Lady”

 Though she harbors a secret that could upend her life, Cora has a remarkable knack for solving murders. Her eccentric, no-nonsense approach proves the perfect way to outwit the murderers, con men, and corrupt officials that stand in her way. And as it turns out
 Bakerbury is far from as sleepy as it seems ... 

📺 The Count of Monte Crisco {PBS / Passport Masterpiece}

 More Masterpiece info:

 Key search word "Masterpiece"
 and/or "The Count of Monte Crisco"
then "sort by date" tab

 


Finished the series via PBS Passport
~ Great amazing series, storyline & characters ~

Now fully transformed into The Count of Monte Cristo

 Edmond begins his quest for vengeance... 

 Sundays at 10|9c on MASTERPIECE PBS for a new episode

 or stream the series now on the PBS app

 or PBS MASTERPIECE on Prime Video

📺 9-1-1 Nashville (ABC) cast update:

Ryan Phillippe joins Season 2 As 'Bad Boy' detective with a past

Officially described as a "brilliant, iconoclastic detective" from New York City who relocates to Nashville, where he leads "an investigation into a mysterious criminal tormenting Nashville on a biblical scale

 
Currently on hiatus returns on Thursday, April 30, 2026, 9|8c
 with the final episodes of its first season

📺Patrick Muldoon dead at 57 ⚰️

William Patrick Muldoon III
{September 27, 1968 – April 19, 2026}

An American actor, film producer, and musician

Originated the role of Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives,
  from 1992-95 and again from 2011-12

Also recurred on Melrose Place
 as the villainous Richard Hart from Season 3-5

Starred in a slew of TV movies in the late 1990s and 2000s

 Died suddenly Sunday morning, April 19, following a heart attack

📺 The Burbs (Peacock) renewed

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For Season 2 

📺 SKY+ MED: cast update (Paramount+) season 4

 Key search word "SKY+MED" & "sort by date"

  
Season 4 of the Canadian medical drama première streaming
airdate: May 21, 2026

🎥SkyMed| Season 4 Official Trailer |Paramount+:

https://youtu.be/KBHSz65B3eM

Filmed in North Bay, Ontario and Manitoba, the eight-part season finds the crew disrupted like never before, as the arrival of new rookie pilots and medics unsettles the dynamic and its leaders begin losing control, rookies push limits, and emotions override protocol