I am sure we all have different ways of celebrating Mother’s Day. Some families probably go out for dinner; some probably have a big party and maybe others treat their mom to a day of pampering. The hard part for many of us, though, is not being able to celebrate Mother’s Day with your mom because she has passed away. …

The new movie Raising the Bar, available on digital HD/VOD as of May 1 from Mar Vista Entertainment, focuses on 16-year-old Kelly Johnson (Kelli Berglund, one of the stars of the Disney XD series Lab Rats), a champion gymnast in Atlanta, Georgia, who moves from the United States to Australia with her surgeon mother Sarah (Peta Shannon) in the hopes …

The characters on the Hallmark Channel fan favorite series Good Witch were surprised in last night’s new episode by visitors from their past, present and future. Okay, perhaps that is a little far-fetched, but it does make sense not only given the episode title but also by the events that took place in the episode. As we know, Cassie was …

Claire and Jamie have obviously settled into their ongoing undercover world trying to stop the Jacobite Rebellion on Outlander; and perhaps they are settling in just a little too comfortably. As the episode opened, Claire joined Jamie and the Minister of Finance, Joseph Duverney, at their regular chess game where the Minister inquired of the couple if they had chosen …

The following list provides the dates of the returning cable and major network dramas as well as new cable and major network dramas, made-for-TV movies and mini-series that will air during May: May 1 – The finale of the PBS mini-series Grantchester will air at 9 PM May 1 – Season 3 of Penny Dreadful will begin on Showtime at …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on playwright, screenwriter and TV writer Jessica Goldberg. Jessica grew up in Woodstock, New York in the 1970s and 1980s (which actually had an effect on her latest project, but more on that shortly). She graduated from the Dramatic Writing Program at New York University and is also a graduate of The …

Last week the unexpected news that not only lead actress Stana Katic but also supporting cast member Tamala Jones on the long-running and one-time fan favorite series Castle were basically fired – should the show return for a 9th season this fall – because of ABC’s presumed efforts to “help cut costs on the aging procedural.” This news, of course, …

What do you think the small town of Middleton as depicted on the Hallmark Channel’s popular TV series Good Witch would be like if Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale (lead star Catherine Bell) had never arrived there? Thankfully, unless there is an upcoming story of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ planned for the one-hour drama, we’ll never know the answer to that question. …

Each move on the chessboard is a calculated one whether you’re actually playing the game on the board itself or playing an undercover game of chess like that of Jamie and Claire on last night’s latest episode of Outlander. As the episode opened, Claire was awakened by Jamie who was, once again, coming home from a late night spent with …

The 2015-2016 TV season on the major networks is nearly at an end with a few season finales already airing in April, but with the bulk of them set to air in May. There are also a few returning dramas coming next month along with a made-for-TV movie and mini-series to look out for. Here is what I am looking …