TV News: FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates for 2019-20 Season

Fox 2019-20 Fall Season
Premiere Dates
June 24, 2019

Today, Fox announced its premiere dates for its 2019-20 Fall line-up. Joining the ranks of Fox’s returning shows are three Freshmen, the dramas Prodigal Son and  Almost Family, and the new animated series, Bless the Harts.

Read on after the jump for the full line-up …

Tom Payne and Michael Sheen in PRODIGAL SON. Cr: David Giesbrecht / FOX.

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TV Recap: The Passage – The End is Near, My Dear …

The Passage
“You Are Not That Girl Anymore” (Episode 108)
March 4, 2019

Last week on The Passage, Brad and Lila work together to get back to Project NOAH while we learn more about their history (and shared grief). At the compound, Amy, with Carter’s help, begins to embrace her power and realizes she may be able to do more than she ever thought possible. Read up on the entire episode with our deep dive recap and review here!

Now, on to tonight’s all new episode of The PassageBEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

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TV Recap: The Passage – How Did We Get Here?

The Passage
“You Are Like The Sun” (Episode 107)
February 25,2019

Last week on The Passage, a rift developed between Brad and Amy as her powers began to strengthen. Meanwhile, back at Project NOAH, Dr. Lear set in motion events which could have dire consequences for all of the Virals.  Catch up on all of the episode’s action with our deep dive recap and review here.

Now, on to tonight’s all new The PassageBEWARE OF SPOILERS!

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TV Recap: The Passage – Who Are The Monsters?

The Passage
“I Want to Know What You Taste Like” (Episode 106)
February 18, 2019

Last week’s The Passage ended with serial murderer, David Winston, breaking free from Dr. Pet’s Viral control experiment and Amy saving Brad’s life by harnessing a new found sonic scream that essentially immobilized Winston. It was an episode packed with a ton of action and information, catch up on the entire episode with recap here.

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Now, on to tonight’s all new The PassageBEWARE OF SPOILERS!!!

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TV Recap: The Passage – I Suggest You Run …

The Passage
“How You Gonna Outrun The
End of the World?” (Episode 105)
February 11, 2019

Last week of The Passage was an important episode. Among other things, we learned about Anthony Carter’s backstory and in the present, saw him make a choice to join Fanning’s Family; Shauna further ingrained herself in Clark’s mind; Brad learned a bit more about Fanning’s plan; and Amy learned a bit more about her emerging powers.

Catch up on all of the action from last week with our recap here. Now, on to our deep dive recap and review of this week’s all new The PassageBEWARE OF SPOILERS!

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TV Recap: The Passage – What’s It Gonna Be?

The Passage
“Whose Blood Is That?” (Episode 104)
February 4, 2019

Last week on The Passage, through flashbacks Shauna made Clark watch in his mind, we learned her tragic backstory that led her to death row while, in the present, Amy and Brad adjusted to life at Project NOAH. The episode ended with Brad meeting Fanning … in his dreams.

Catch up on all of the action from last week’s episode with our deep dive recap and review here. And now, on to tonight’s all new The PassageBEWARE OF SPOILERS!

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TV Recap: The Passage – Monsters Under the Bed …

The Passage
“That Never Should Have
Happened to You” (Episode 103)
January 28, 2019

After being on the run the entire episode, last weeks episode of The Passage ended with Brad and Amy being captured by Clark Richards and his goon squad. Tonight will pick up right where we left off.

For all of last week’s action, catch up with our deep dive recap and review here. Now, on to tonight’s all new episode of The Passage … BEWARE OF SPOILERS!

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TV Opinion Piece: RENT, Live on Fox – Why God, Why?

RENT: Live!
January 26, 2019

Tomorrow night, Fox is going to air a Live production of the seminal Broadway classic, RENT. This follows a now annual trend between NBC and Fox where the networks alternate taking classic musicals and air them Live on a Sunday night for the masses to ingest.  After years of taking on “edgy” picks like Sound of Music, The Wiz, Peter Pan, and Grease, the powers that be have now decided to do … RENT. I have some strong feelings about it.

RENT logo – © FOX 2019

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TV Recap: The Passage – You Pay With Yourself …

The Passage
“You Owe Me A Unicorn” (Episode 102)
January 21, 2019

Last week on The Passage, we learned a government-funded project, Project NOAH, was making “not vampires,” accidentally, in an attempt to find a super cure for a Chinese avian flu which will soon hit the United States. In order to further their research, Project NOAH tests their serums on human subjects, people that society will not miss when they go missing. Enter Amy Bellafonte, a ten-year old girl that was recently orphaned, and Brad Wolgast, the man tasked to kidnap Amy and bring her to Project NOAH’s lush Colorado compound. Brad has a change of heart and now, him and Amy are on the run from Project NOAH and the military capabilities of the United States.

Catch up on ALL of the action from last week’s pilot with our deep dive recap, here. Now, on to tonight’s deep dive recap and review of The Passage, episode 2, “You Owe Me A Unicorn” …. BEWARE OF SPOILERS!

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TV Recap: The Masked Singer – Love It Or Leave It?

The Masked Singer
Love It Or Leave It? Review

January 2, 2019

Readers of PopCultureReview know we don’t usually discuss reality shows, let alone cover or review them. However, we felt that the oddity that is Fox’s The Masked Singer deserved some attention.

THE MASKED SINGER Logo – Black © FOX 2018

A reality singing show with celebrities (“celebrities”?) dressed as animals? A panel of judges?, professional guessers?, which includes Jenny McCarthy and Ken Jeong among its number? Just typing that out, I am thinking, “what the fuck is this show?” Well, our newest PCR contributor drew the short straw, Sheila, volunteered to give The Masked Singer a watch and see what it is about and whether it’s worth the hype that it is receiving.

To give you some context, in its most recent week (Week 3), The Masked Singer was the most watched show the entire night in the key 18-49 demographic.  That is a night (Wednesday, January 16) which included brand new episodes of the NBC hits, Chicago’s Fire, PD and Med (these 3 shows did win the night for overall viewers).

This was the night that Peacock, Monster, Unicorn, Deer and Lion performed and Joel McHale joined as a guest panelist. There is a sentence I never thought I’d type.  Without further delay, let’s find out if Sheila wanted to Love It Or Leave It? BEWARE OF SPOILERS!

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