Starring Tom Hollander (Rev), A Poet in New York follows the last days in the life of renowned poet Dylan Thomas, whose death in 1953 was ruled a result of pneumonia. Though Thomas was in New York to fulfill a commitment to the Manhattan Poetry Centre, the trip was merely was a way to fund his ultimate goal of going to Hollywood and writing an opera with Igor Stravinsky. It should have been the zenith of his career, a time when he could reflect on the progress he made while looking forward to a promising future, but his hard-partying lifestyle caused his life to spin out of control and ended up being one of the primary cause of his death. A Poet in New York will explore how his experiences made his life untenable and how his self-destructive personality played a part in ending a career that looked to only be beginning.

In addition to Hollander, A Poet in New York stars Essie Davis (The Slap), Ewen Bremner (Page Eight), and Phoebe Fox (New Tricks).

Will you be watching A Poet in New York? Would you like to see BBC America do more television films on figures like Dylan Thomas? What other figures in British history do you think would make interesting subjects for a film like this?

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Taking place in Jupiter, Florida, American Horror Story: Freak Show follows one of the last remaining traveling freak shows in the United States. Once the troupe of performers arrive in town, they soon realize that this is no ordinary stop on their tour, that a dark force threatening their lives has settled in Jupiter. Their task now is to band together with the citizens of Jupiter who are feeling the effects of the presence and find a way to remove the darkness from their lives before it consumes them whole.

American Horror Story: Freak Show stars Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Frances Conroy, Kathy Bates, Michael Chiklis, Emma Roberts, and Evan Peters.

The 90-minute premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show is set to premiere Wednesday, October 8th at 10:00 on FX. You can check out the opening credits for the season here, as well as an extended trailer here.

Will you be watching American Horror Story: Freak Show? Does the extended preview of the season look more promising than what Coven ended up being? How do you think the performers in the freak show will combat the darkness that threatens them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAW_NMqVcMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VizeOi_OwJI

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Executive produced by Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night Lights) and Eric Overmeyer (Treme), The Affair follows history teacher Noah (Dominic West) as he brings his family to Montauk for a summer of sun, sand, and relaxation. After a tough school year pounding the pavement in Brooklyn, he wants to spend time with his kids, get in a little writing on his second novel, and find a way to slow down for once in his life, but all that gets thrown for a look when he meets Alison (Ruth Wilson). Still grieving a loss in her life, Alison meets Noah at a quiet diner one morning and the two feel an instant attraction to each other, though since both of them are married, neither of them decide to pursue whatever it was that they felt between them.

Until, that is, they run into one another later that night. Still curious about their connection and the possibility that the other possesses something that their respective spouse doesn’t, Noah and Alison let things go further than they had intended, something that could threaten their marriages and the lives they had worked so hard to build.

In addition to West and Wilson, The Affair stars Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek) as Alison’s husband Cole and Maura Tierney (Rescue Me) as Noah’s wife Helen.

The series premiere of The Affair airs Sunday, October 12th at 10:00 on Showtime. You can check out the opening credits for the show here, as well as sneak peeks from the first episode here and a behind the scenes look at the series here.

Will you be watching The Affair? How far do you think things will go between Noah and Alison before their respective spouses find out about their connection? Are Noah and Alison going to regret taking their relationship as far as it goes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAGvBwCI1JI

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On tonight’s episode of Revenge, Emily confronts former friends and lifelong enemies in a search for Victoria, who managed to sneak out of the institution and show up at the doorstep of Grayson Manor after six months. No matter what Victoria Grayson may have been through, she’s still quite dangerous and with the vendetta she has against Emily, she has the motivation to use everything at her disposal in order to expose the Hamptons socialite’s true identity. Victoria might not be able to simply leak information to the press or give a press conference using only her word as bond, but she’s proven over the years to be rather resourceful; there are enough back channels and easily bought officials to do her dirty work for her, so while Emily may have gotten a taste of vengeance, she’s about to learn that revenge isn’t definite. Getting revenge against someone isn’t a cure all to one’s problems, nor does it guarantee that they won’t strike back against you and make things worse than they were before the obsession with payback began.

Elsewhere on Revenge, David confronts Victoria about her role in his framing.

Revenge airs tonight at 10:00 on ABC.

Do you think David will ever be able to forgive Victoria for the decision that put him behind bars? Could David turn out to be an ally for Victoria once the two work out their differences? Is Charlotte’s suicide attempt a genuine cry for help after an especially troubled time or a way to manipulate those around her into doing what she wants?

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On the season finale of The Strain, Eph and Fet stage an all-out assault against The Master in hopes of either driving him out of his lair and toward a trap or surprising him in his lair and taking him out there. While the group doesn’t have much in the way of resources and manpower, they have the advantages of daytime and critical thinking, as they can outsmart these creatures and use what advantages they do have to help them save the world. Yet heading into a situation like this is dangerous in and of itself, so even if Fet and Eph manage to get the jump on The Master and do some damage to his legion of strigoi, they still have to find a way to get out of the lair without incurring any injuries and further debilitating their already small band of warriors.

Elsewhere on The Strain, Gus aligns himself with a strange new force in a bid for survival in a dangerous world.

The season finale of The Strain airs tonight at 10:00 on FX.

Do you think Eph and Fet will do any damage to The Master during their latest mission? Where will the group settle now that the pawn shop has been overrun by the strigoi? Is Gus safe in aligning himself with the vampire hunters?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNTp4OKNgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOUqOuX5znk

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Created by playwright Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi (In Treatment), The Affair follows history teacher Noah (Dominic West) and grieving waitress Alison (Ruth Wilson) as they have a chance encounter in a diner that turns into something more than either of them could have predicted. In the other, they find something that they’re missing in their own lives, yet pursuing that missing link is something that could cause everything around them to crumble. In addition to West and Wilson, The Affair stars Maura Tierney (ER) as Noah’s wife Helen, the mother of his four children, and Joshua Jackson (Fringe) as Alison’s rancher husband Cole.

The series premiere of The Affair is set to air Sunday, October 12th at 10:00 on Showtime. You can check out sneak peeks from the series premiere here.

Will you be watching The Affair? How do you think the show’s opening credits compare to the sequences of other Showtime scripted series? What kind of mood does the song that Fiona Apple contributed put you in and do you think that mood will match the mood of the show?

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On the second season finale of Witches of East End, Killian lingers between the world of the living and the world of the dead, a lonely area of existence where he finds Freya, who tells him that she’s alive and that when he wakes up, he is to contact Ingrid. Now that he knows that Freya is alive, Killian must find a way to counteract the poison so that he and his lover can try to make things work in this lifetime rather than waiting for the next. Not only will Ingrid be the best bet for assisting him in reversing the effects of the poison, given that she’s arguably the strongest witch in the Beauchamp family bar Joanna, reaching out to her based on a visit from Freya could clue her in on the dangers facing her sister, her mother, and her aunt. As a result, Ingrid might end up having to save Freya, Wendy, and Joanna from the dangers of the past while protecting the futures of Killian and Killian’s relationship with Freya. But what happens if there’s nothing she can do to reverse the poison Killian ingested?

Elsewhere on Witches of East End, Tarkoff tracks down Joanna in the past and tries to prevent her from leaving, while Frederick becomes suspicious of Ingrid’s sincerity in wanting to go to Asgard and Dash’s dark secret begins coming to light.

The two-hour second season finale of Witches of East End airs Sunday at 9:00 on Lifetime. You can check out an additional preview of the finale here.

Which member of the Beauchamp family do you think is in most danger? Will Ingrid be able to find a way to reverse the spell that Killian enacted by drinking the poison? How will Dash protect himself once word of his wrongdoing becomes public knowledge?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuVT2W0BS3k

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Presented during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Private Violence spotlights the aftermath of Deanna’s attack, the circumstances that trap domestic violence victims in abusive relationships, and the legal roadblocks that keep victims from pressing charges against their abusers. In Deanna’s case, the attack occurred across state lines and where she didn’t have broken bones or internal injuries, the most her husband could be charged with was misdemeanor assault against a female, punishable by 150 days in jail. The documentary shows Gruelle trying to find a way to get Deanna the legal justice that she deserves, as well as working with other women in similar situations, including a woman in jail for killing the man who blinded her in one eye,

In addition to its initial run, Private Violence will air October 20th (4:40 a.m.), October 23rd (11:00 a.m., 5:45 p.m.), October 26th (2:00 p.m.), October 29th (12:30 p.m., 12:40 a.m.), and November 1st (12:45 p.m.) on HBO, as well as October 28th (6:00 p.m.), October 30th (10:00 p.m.), November 10th (12:45 a.m.), and November 22nd (11:10 a.m.) on HBO 2.

You can check out a preview of Private Violence below.

Will you be watching Private Violence? What do you think can be done to fix the domestic violence problem in this country? Would you like to see a domestic violence documentary that focuses on other subsets of victims, e.g. LGBT victims, male victims, etc.?

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From Philip Levens (Smallville), Ascension takes place on a self-sustaining generation ship that was launched in a Cold War panic. Initially populated by 600 men, women, and children, the Ascension’s journey is to last for 100 years, with the goal being populating a new world, thereby assuring the survival of the human race. However, halfway into the covert mission, the murder of a young woman causes those aboard to doubt the validity of what their lives have been dedicated to and question the real reason they’re on board the ship in the first place. Could there be an ulterior motive to the Ascension mission that goes beyond population salvation?

Ascension stars Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town) as William Denninger, Captain of the Ascension; Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) as Viondra Denninger, William’s dangerous power broker wife who uses her position as leverage in matters on the ship; Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) as Dr. Juliet Bryce, the head doctor on the Ascension and someone whose relationship with their daughter worsens after word of the murder breaks; Brandon P. Bell (Hollywood Heights) as First Officer Oren Gault, tasked with investigating the murder; and Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption) as Harris Enzman, son of the founder of the Ascension mission.

Ascension is set to premiere Monday, November 24th at 9:00 on Syfy.

Will you be watching Ascension? Is this the type of programming that you’d like to see more of from Syfy? Could this miniseries feasibly be transitioned into a weekly series?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbikcyKO7Eg

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Set in the 1950s, American Horror Story: Freak Show focuses on one of the last remaining freak shows in America, as it travels to sleepy Jupiter, Florida. However, once the performers get their bearings in this decidedly different environment, they realize that a dark presence, something or someone who means to do them all harm, has followed them to town. The performers must band together and, along with the Jupiter townsfolk, find a way to defeat this looming darkness or else lose their livelihood, and their lives themselves, in the process.

The fourth season of American Horror Story is set to star Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Angela Basset, Kathy Bates, Frances Conroy, Michael Chiklis, Evan Peters, and Emma Roberts.

American Horror Story: Freak Show premieres Wednesday, October 8th at 10:00 with a 90-minute episode.

Will you be watching American Horror Story: Freak Show? How do you like the change to the main theme song? Can you pick out any elements that could be important later?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UZnYOvv1v4

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