Somebody Somewhere on Foxtel renewed for season three
3 June 2023
Somebody Somewhere on Foxtel – critically acclaimed comedy series SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE has been renewed for a third season.
April on Foxtel
31 March 2023
April on Foxtel – Foxtel highlights for the month of April include Barry, Somebody Somewhere, Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Road Trip, Conjuring Kesha, The Diplomat, Dreamland, Dave, Love & Death and Mrs. Davis. The headliners Barry (s4) Hitman Barry Berkman is staring down the barrel of some serious jail time after his beloved acting coach and mentor Gene Cousineau betrayed him in the most unexpected and heartbreaking way. Carted off in cuffs by SWAT, only time will tell what that means for our now-incarcerated protagonist in what’s been confirmed as the show’s final season. Duration: 30 mins x 8 | Premiering Express Monday April 17 at 9.30pm | Fox Showcase Somebody Somewhere (s2) After struggling to find her place in her small Kansas hometown while grieving sister Holly’s death, Sam made a breakthrough at the end of season one, buoyed by her growing friendship with former high-school classmate Joel. Having quit her job and rediscovered her love of performing, will a revitalised Sam start living life to the fullest? Duration: 30 mins x 7 | Premiering Express Tuesday April 25 at 9.30pm | Fox Showcase The ones you can’t miss Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Road Trip Veteran miner and Outback Opal Hunters star Rod Manning teams up with greenhorn James ‘JC’ Caruana for this spin-off series. With 12 weeks before Caruana is due to become a dad for the first time, the pair sets off on an epic Aussie adventure. Can Manning teach him the tricks of the opal trade in order to provide for his growing family? Duration: 60 mins x 6 | Premiering Thursday April 13 at 8.30pm | Discovery Channel Conjuring Kesha Grammy-nominated singer Kesha has long had a predilection for the unexplainable and, in a bid to connect with the spiritual world, she sets off with a bevy of famous friends to investigate some of America’s most haunted buildings, including an abandoned theatre, an old prison and the terrifying Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Duration: 60 mins x 6 | Premiering Friday April 28 at 9.30pm | Fox Arena The Diplomat When a young British man loses his life in a drunken jet-ski accident in Barcelona, it seems to be a straightforward case. However, nothing is quite what it seems in this new high-stakes drama from the makers of Line of Duty, starring Sophie Rundle as a British Consulate staffer assisting the grieving father. Duration: 60 mins x 6 | Premiering Friday April 14 at 8.30pm | BBC First Dreamland Lily Allen stars in this British comedy as Mel, a woman long estranged from her three sisters, mum and nan who returns home to Margate just in time for sister Trish’s baby celebration. But her arrival comes with surprising baggage, sparking a series of events that threatens to destabilise her family’s ‘dreamland’. Duration: 30 mins x 6 | Premiering Express Thursday April 6 at 8pm | Fox Showcase Must-watch entertainment Dave (s3) Dave Burd, aka Lil Dicky, is back for more shenanigans as he attempts to convince the world he’s the greatest rapper of all time. Now headlining his own tour, Dave learns the hard way the pressures actual fame puts on his various relationships. Expect plenty more A-list cameos as he hits the road. Duration: 30 mins x 10 | Premiering Express Friday April 7 at 7.30pm | Fox Showcase Love & Death Just what caused God-fearing Texas wife and mum Candy Montgomery to brutally attack and kill her friend Betty Gore – whose husband Allan she was having an extramarital affair with – with an axe one day in 1980 is at the centre of this gripping drama, starring Elizabeth Olsen. Duration: 60 mins x 7 | Premiering Express Thursday April 27 from 8.30pm | Fox Showcase Mrs. Davis Betty Gilpin stars in this drama as Simone, a nun on a mission to take down an all-powerful artificial intelligence called Mrs Davis, which has taken over the world with its ability to be everything to everyone. Duration: 60 mins x 8 | Premiering Sunday April 23 from 8.30pm | Fox Showcase Coming to Foxtel in April 2023 April 1 Fox Docos – Live At The Hordern Pavilion – Bloc Party (60 Minute Special) 7.30pm The British indie mavericks delivered a thrilling show at Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion in March 2013. The UK four-piece delighted fans with a stellar set of surging new songs and favourites ‘Banquet’, ‘Like Eating Glass’, ‘Helicopter’. Investigation Discovery – The Price Of Glee (Season 1) 9.30pm Glee’s cast and crew reveal surprising truths behind making the series and recount the meteoric rise of a Hollywood hit as well as the tragedies of some of its stars. Discovery Turbo – Life Size (90 Minute Special) 7.30pm Professional driver Nicole Lyons gets to do something most people only dream of. She takes life-size Hot Wheels cars from The Garage of Legends and hits the road. It’s a “behind the velvet rope” experience few get to see, let alone pilot. Animal Planet – Puppy Bowl XIX (180 Minute Special) 6.30pm Puppy Bowl XIX is the most historic matchup yet featuring over 120 rescue pups. The guys from Inside the NBA kick-off the epic rivalry with their game-day predictions and special guests cheer on Teams Ruff and Fluff in the cutest competition of the year! April 2 Fox8 – Taskmaster (Season 15) 8.30pm  As the sun sets on the latest series of the international hit show, Taskmaster reveals a brand-new line-up of contestants who are set to compete in the 15th series of the critically-acclaimed task tournament. The infallible Greg Davies will resume his role as the formidable Taskmaster, accompanied by his faithful sidekick Little Alex Horne who is poised and ready to provide stats, data and occasional comfort in the most bizarre yet cut-throat show on television. Fox Docos – The Costa Concordia: Why She Shank (Season 1) 8.30pm The true story behind one of the biggest maritime disasters since the Titanic. Ten years on from one of the worst maritime disasters in living
April on Binge
30 March 2023
April on Binge – Binge highlights for the month of April include Love Me, Succession, Love & Death, WWE WrestleMania 39, Mrs. Davis, The War: Australia’s Bikie Killings, Dreamland, The Diplomat, Somebody Somewhere, Barry, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Dave, Ticket to Paradise and Vengeance. Love Me (Season 2) The first season of this AACTA- and Logie-nominated Aussie drama centred around the Mathieson family (Hugo Weaving, Bojana Novakovic and William Lodder), who were fractured by grief, as each unexpectedly found love at the worst time. Picking up nine months later, the second outing of the BINGE Original series explores how to nurture and hold on to love amid life’s many challenges. Complete season drops Thursday April 6 TV Central interview with William Lodder (Aaron) from Love Me HERE Succession (Final Season) The fourth and final instalment of this critically acclaimed award-winning drama continues this month, and all eyes will be laser focused on Logan Roy (Brian Cox) to see just what the fate of his media conglomerate Waystar Royco will be. Can his three youngest children – Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) – rally enough of Logan’s enemies to stage a coup? New episodes drop Mondays Love & Death (Season 1) From the outside, Candy Montgomery was just your typical 1970s churchgoing suburban housewife, doting spouse and mother. But little did anyone know that Candy was having an illicit affair with her friend Betty’s (Lily Rabe) husband, Allan (Jesse Plemons), and, when Betty allegedly confronted her, she shockingly hacked her love rival to death with an axe and her world came crashing down around her, as this gripping true-crime drama starring Elizabeth Olsen details. Premieres Thursday April 27 WWE WrestleMania 39 The stars are set to come out for WrestleMania 39, aka WrestleMania Goes Hollywood, hosted by The Miz. Among the confirmed headline events, Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns will duke it out in the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match, John Cena and Austin Theory will do battle for the WWE United States Championship and Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair will vie for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Streaming live on Sunday April 2 and Monday April 3 from 10am AEST and On Demand Mrs. Davis (Season 1) When an all-powerful, charismatic artificial intelligence known as Mrs Davis takes over the world, an epic battle of biblical proportions ensues between technology and a nun named Simone (Betty Gilpin) in this sci-fi drama co-created by Lost’s Damon Lindelof. Premieres Friday April 21 The War: Australia’s Bikie Killings Over the course of 18 months, Sydney’s streets were besieged by the worst gang wars in a generation, resulting in 13 deaths. This gripping documentary, produced by The Daily Telegraph, takes viewers behind the headlines to reveal what caused the bloodshed. Premieres Wednesday April 26 Dreamland (Season 1) Trish (Freema Agyeman), Clare (Gabby Best) and Leila (Aimee-Ffion Edwards), their mum (Frances Barber) and nan (Sheila Reid) are happily living in Margate, England and eagerly anticipating the birth of Trish’s baby girl. But when estranged sister Mel (Lily Allen) unexpectedly arrives with news of her own, she threatens to disrupt their ‘dreamland’ in this comedy from Sharon Horgan. Complete season drops Thursday April 6 The Diplomat (Season 1) The death of a young bartender in an apparent drunken jet-ski accident in Barcelona may appear to be cut and dried to local police, but when his grieving father (Danny Sapani) insists something more sinister happened and pushes for further investigation, British Consulate staffer Laura Simmonds (Sophie Rundle) is tasked with assisting him in this high-stakes thriller. Premieres Friday April 14 Somebody Somewhere Season 2 | Premieres Monday April 24 Barry (Final Season) Season 4 | Premieres Monday April 17 Dave Season 3 | Premieres Thursday April 6 A Black Lady Sketch Show Season 4 | Premieres Saturday April 15 Ticket to Paradise Premieres Friday April 7 Vengeance Premieres Friday April 14 KEY HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 6: LOVE ME – BINGE ORIGINAL SEASON 2 PREMIERE Season 2 of award-winning Australian original drama series, picks up the story of The Mathieson family nine months after we left off and sees the family navigate the complexities of relationships when new love becomes a long-term proposition, with Hugo Weaving returning as Glenn, the father experiencing new love in his 60s; Bojana Novakovic, the highly successful, yet complicated Clara; and William Lodder, as Aaron, facing the complexities of love, and new responsibility. Trailer NEW EPISODES: SUCCESSION SEASON 4 Created by Jesse Armstrong, the Emmy®-winning drama series Succession returns for its fourth season 27 March on BINGE, new episodes drop every Monday. Succession explores themes of power and family dynamics through the eyes of patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his four grown children, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck). Trailer APRIL 27: LOVE & DEATH SEASON 1 PREMIERE Starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons, the seven-episode limited series, written by David E. Kelley and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, tells the true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their smalltown Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe. Trailer APRIL 2 & 3: WWE WRESTLEMANIA 39 TWO-DAY PREMIUM LIVE & ON DEMAND EVENT – LIVE FROM 10AM AEST WWE’s biggest annual event returns to Hollywood for WrestleMania 39. A marquee match between undisputed WWE universal champion Roman Reigns and Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes is expected to headline SoFi Stadium for a two-day event in Inglewood, California. APRIL 21: MRS. DAVIS SEASON 1 PREMIERE New highly anticipated drama series Mrs. Davis, starring three-time Emmy Award-nominee Betty Gilpin (GLOW, The Hunt) and from executive producers Tara Hernandez (Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory) and Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, The Leftovers, Lost), is an exploration of faith versus technology and an epic battle of biblical and binary proportions. It has a dark satirical edge and focuses on a world where almost all decisions are made via algorithm. Trailer