57 Channels and Only This Is On: March 9, 2025

 

The White Lotus:  Oh no did Boyd Crowder not remember wait happened to the snake preacher on Justified?  I guess that was some very strong weed.  But otherwise this was a fairly slow episode.  Hopefully things start to pick up on the yacht.  Unfortunately the blonde blog does not seem to be on it but still plenty of mischief for the douchebag to get in to.

 

Mayfair Witches:  I scoffed at the trigger warning about violence, but I guess I kind of needed one for children drinking demon blood.  But is Lasher dead-dead, or can Rowen give birth to him again?

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  So Birdie is so in deep with the cop he is willing to cover up a body?  Well, that relationship escalates quickly.  But my new suspect as to who killed the dog is Alice’s husband.

 

Paradise:  So last week, no moody cover of a cheesy 80's song to close out the episode and this week, they just recycled Another Day in Paradise. Meh. Let's be honest, the moody covers of cheesy 80's songs and the assassin who is weirdly obsessed with the Wii are the best (only good?) parts of the show.

 

Then nothing spoils a mystery quite like starting an episode with a bunch people we have never met (or at least thought we never met). Of course one of them turned out to be the killer.

 

Daredevil: Born Again: The really felt like an uncanny valley version of the Netflix show.  Sure, it kind of looks and feels like the old show, but something felt a little off.  And it may get worse with Foggy dead (though it seem like a lot of people think that is a misdirect; I guess he would not be the first comic book character to be resurrected) and Karen in San Francisco.  And I had to ask myself while watching these episode, just how old does Vincent D’Onofrio have to get before he is no longer physically imposing in the way Kingpin is supposed to be.  I feel like we are getting really close.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  Finally, Steve and Adam win; time to shake things up.  Sigh, but unfortunately they did not make any big moves and just threw in one of the weaker teams.   Though the switching up how vacant stars were interesting.  But I guess if they cannot be gifted a star, there is almost no chance Katie and Veronica are going to TJ’s final.

 

Survivor:  Sigh, we almost had two of the most annoying people go home the first two weeks.  We almost had one of the funnier moments in Survivor history.  If only that one guy had destroyed the Beware Advantage the other one suggested, that would have been great.  I really hope she does not end up getting it and then getting her wish of getting rid of the autistic hockey player.  She is one of the few interesting players this season.

 

School Spirits:  Um… so is Simon dead?  Is someone else in his body?  It would be funny if football player stole it so he could be with Maddie.  But it was completely absurd that Maddie risked her body to help a bunch of people who were already dead.

 

Ghosts:  Two new dead bodies in two years, at what point does that hurt Jay’s business.  But of all the people who could have died, the Australian stripper is kind of annoying.  Hopefully he gets sucked off soon… or just disappears and is forgotten like Pete’s wife usually is.  Though I have to admit, a It’s Raining Men stunt going horribly wrong is pretty funny.

Around the Tubes: March 8, 2025

  

I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post includes blurbs on Am I Being Unreasonable?, Kelsea Ballerini, Rick and Morty, Lyn Lapid, Erin Gibney, and Stefanie Michaela.

- Created by and starring Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli, the complete second season of Hulu Original series “Am I Being Unreasonable?” will premiere on March 12, 2025.   Season 2 will begin where season 1 left off, mid panic attack. Has Nic got away with murder? Quite possibly. Has she raised her son Ollie to follow in her murky footsteps? Kicked out of the family home for brotherly love – loving the wrong brother – Nic is reduced to sharing a caravan with not so trustworthy best friend Jen. Husband Dan has taken up roller-blading to channel his mid-life crisis. Shunned at the school gates and cast as the witch at the school re-enactment Nic is experiencing hallucinations. Or is the someone playing tricks on her?

- Five-time GRAMMY® Award nominated and multiple ACM and CMA Award winning multiplatinum songwriter, producer and author Kelsea Ballerini releases the highly anticipated deluxe edition of her 2024 album, PATTERNS. PATTERNS (DELUXE), available now via Black River, features five new songs—including the hooky and sleek “Future Tripping,” which she debuted live on Feb. 26 during a show in Fort Worth, Texas.  The wistful “Future Tripping” explores the anxiety and uncertainty that accompanies the passage of time: “I don’t want to impose / Some things we’re not supposed to know yet / But my head won’t stop,” Ballerini sings over snappy guitar licks and bright programmed drums. The 20-track edition also includes the fingerpicked ballad (and previously issued digital bonus track) “To The Men That Love Women After Heartbreak,” the punchy and atmospheric “Put It To Bed,” the soulful and sonically shifting “Cut Me Up,” and the earnestly strummed “Hindsight Is Happiness.”

- Are you ready for a brand-new adventure across the multi-verse? Rick and Morty: The Anime will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment on April 29, 2025. The Rick and Morty universe is expanded with the all-new Japanese adult anime sci-fi television series from visionary director Takashi Sano. The 10-episode series follows Rick, Morty and the rest of the Smith family in a new intergalactic adventure. Pre-order your copy today.  From the world of “Rick and Morty,” Rick relaxes in a pseudo-world between multiverses, Summer helps Space Beth fight the evil Galactic Federation, and Morty falls in love with a mysterious girl who happens to be an atemporal being.

- Following the announcement of her highly anticipated debut album BUZZKILL coming out on April 25th, rising singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Lyn Lapid reveals she will embark on the “BUZZKILL World Tour” this summer following the album’s release. Kicking off May 6th in Berlin, the tour will first see Lyn headline shows across Europe and the UK before heading back to North America, where she’ll perform in major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Vancouver, and more through the end of June. See the full list of tour dates below and at www.lynlapidtour.com.

- Country-pop singer-songwriter Erin Gibney just released her new single, "Leave the Pieces," this week via Rock Ridge Music. It is a cover of a song by The Wreckers.  Says Gibney about the song: "'Leave the Pieces' is an incredibly nostalgic song for me. I remember singing this in my room as a little kid and fantasizing about being a country singer one day. I included this song in my set on my very first tour opening for Sister Hazel and took it with me on my first headlining tour this summer. I have always wanted to cover this song because it is an ode to my past and is a reminder of how far I have come since singing it as an 11-year-old girl. I wanted to honor this song and The Wreckers by keeping some elements, like the guitar, similar in the track. I am so excited to finally have my own version of 'Leave the Pieces' in my catalog!"

- Soulful Pop R&B artist Stefanie Michaela unveils the highly anticipated music video for her emotional single, “Found in You.” Filmed at the iconic Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, the video captures the raw beauty and vulnerability behind the song’s heartfelt message of love and resilience. The video was expertly directed and filmed by the talented Melissa Core and Rick Caballo. WATCH HERE  In the music video, Stefanie shines in a stunning long blue dress, a visual representation of the song’s elegance and emotional depth. The striking imagery, paired with the breathtaking location, highlights the song's theme of love found in the strength and unwavering connection between two people.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: March 2, 2025

 

The White Lotus:  So are we just going to have a new pairing of the blonde blog every week trashing the missing one?  Granted there is only one pairing left.  I guess after that, somebody is going to have to fork someone outside the trio… unless they will start hooking up with each other.  At what point in the series are we going to learn that happened in college?  Is Leslie Bibb going to hook up with one of Parker Posey’s kids out of spite?  This does feel like a hornier season, so it seems like any iteration of these people could hook up at any point, even two of Posey’s kids.

 

Mayfair Witches:  Well, that was an… um, interesting wedding ritual.  But are they actually suggesting Lasher is a good demon?  Dude has literally killed multiple people.

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  That was fun in a shameless rip-off of Desperate Housewives kind of way.  It is weird how trashy, nighttime soaps have almost gone away since that show went off the air.  I guess trashy TV has morphed into reality shows.  But the dead body better be the dog killer, who I am not convinced is the student who the show is wanting us to believe did it.

 

The Hunting Party:  Oh wow, they killed the lady agent.  Kind of bold for episode four even if she was revived.  I am surprised none of the escapes have tied to kidnap her daughter yet.  Maybe they are saving that for the finale.

 

Paradise:  So Xavier has been holding a grudge with the president this whole time, but he just looks petty now.  The president literally told him to stop letting his wife go to Atlanta.  If you know something bad is coming, and the guy who knows more about it than anyone on the planet tells you to put your foot down with your wife, it is on you to make sure she stays close.

 

But I am confused with the nuclear football with the EMP code.  Umm, were they not on the plane when the president put in that code?  And how does the EMP not affect all the electronics in the bunker?  Those seem like massive plot holes.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  Oh joy, another week and another week where Adam and Steve are the house vote, and another week they send someone home.  Does no one want a star>  I get not going in early, but it is time for non-star holders to think about ways to get one. 

 

Survivor:  You know, maybe it is not the best idea to take a bunch of people we do not know and instantly covering them in mud, making it even harder to figure out who these people are.  But at least this is one of the rare season where one of the most annoying people went home first.

 

Around the Tubes: March 1, 2025

 

I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post includes blurbs on Bosch: Legacy, Hulu's Oscars Collection, Lyn Lapid, Cynthia Erivo, Kelsea Ballerini, Smokey Robinson, Sean Paul, MaRynn Taylor, and Nelly Furtado.

- Prime Video released the trailer and key art for its hit series Bosch: Legacy, which will return for its third and final season on March 27, with ten episodes exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Four episodes will debut on Thursday, March 27, followed by two new episodes each week until the series finale on April 17. The series follows Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), a retired LAPD homicide detective turned private investigator; Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers), an attorney who struggles to maintain her faith in the justice system; and Maddie Bosch (Madison Lintz), as she wrestles with the challenges of being a patrol cop on the streets of Los Angeles.

- From the powerful storytelling of "A Real Pain" to the thrilling return of the "Alien" franchise with "Alien: Romulus," and the critically-acclaimed "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," these films have earned Oscar nominations and captivated audiences and critics alike as must-watch cinematic experiences — now streaming on Hulu.  And there's more to come! The buzzworthy coming-of-age story "Anora" arrives on Hulu on March 17, along with the highly anticipated "A Complete Unknown" also coming soon to Hulu. In the spirit of awards season, check out our Oscars Collection Hub on Hulu, featuring past favorite Oscar winners and nominees.

- Rising singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Lyn Lapid announces the release of her long-awaited debut album BUZZKILL, out April 25th via Mercury Records. Lapid celebrates the exciting announcement by gifting her fans with her second single off the upcoming record, “i’ll be happy when,” out now—listen HERE.  Lyn spent the past few years carefully crafting what would become BUZZKILL, inspired by the isolating experiences surrounding her move from her small suburban hometown in Maryland to the bustling city of Los Angeles, and all of the mixed emotions that came along with them. She shares, “Moving to the West Coast was a struggle. It was the first time I was in a new place by myself, and I didn’t know anyone outside of my roommates. I’d go to parties because I thought it was better than being alone. It was an attempt to find community, but it just became a cycle of meaningless interactions. Every time I went out with my friends, I felt like a ‘buzzkill’ because it seemed like I had always brought the mood down. However, it only seemed that way because I was with the wrong people. I needed to accept that I shouldn’t have to force myself to settle for surface-level friendships and relationships. It opened an opportunity to find new and truly meaningful connections and friendships.” BUZZKILL takes listeners on this all-too-relatable journey with Lyn, from experiencing loneliness and feelings of no

- GRAMMY®, Tony®, and EMMY® Award winner and three-time Academy® Award nominee Cynthia Erivo shares her powerful new solo single “Replay” out now via Verve Records/Republic Records. She notably co-wrote the song with Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga), and it marks her first solo release since 2021. Listen HERE and watch the visualizer HERE.  The track is built off of Cynthia’s peerless vocal harmonies, with multiple layers of her voice being combined into a sound that is as striking as it is singular.  Cynthia immediately transfixes the listener with a vulnerable, yet vital vocal performance, as she opens up with a confession, “I’m a constant work in progress, and I can’t keep fears at bay.” Processing emotional turbulence aloud, her chantable chorus takes hold in a sweet cycle of irresistible repetition, “My mind is like a record, setup on auto-replay.”

- Five-time GRAMMY® Award nominated and multiple ACM and CMA Award winning multiplatinum songwriter, producer and author Kelsea Ballerini has announced a highly anticipated deluxe edition of her 2024 album, PATTERNS, will be released on Friday March 7, 2025 via Black River Entertainment. PATTERNS (DELUXE), now available to pre-save and pre-order, features five new songs—including the hooky and sleek “Future Tripping,” which she debuted live on Feb. 26 during a show in Fort Worth, Texas.  The wistful song explores the anxiety and uncertainty that accompanies the passage of time: “I don’t want to impose / Some things we’re not supposed to know yet / But my head won’t stop,” Ballerini sings over snappy guitar licks and bright programmed drums. The 20-track edition also includes the fingerpicked ballad (and previously issued digital bonus track) “To The Men That Love Women After Heartbreak,” the punchy and atmospheric “Put It To Bed,” the soulful and sonically shifting “Cut Me Up,” and the earnestly strummed “Hindsight Is Happiness.”

- Gaither Music Group is thrilled to welcome music legend Smokey Robinson to its artist roster. Robinson’s upcoming album, What The World Needs Now, out April 25 on Gaither, is a soulful, musical journey blending timeless classics with original songs that offer inspiration and encouragement. Out today is the first multitrack single from the album with buttery renditions of “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got” and “Lean On Me.” Get a peek behind-the-scenes at the album-making process here. 

- Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has reached another historic milestone as his 2005 smash “Temperature” surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. The achievement makes it his second track to enter the streaming platform's prestigious Billions Club, following “No Lie” featuring Dua Lipa.   This milestone arrives as The Trinity—the album that birthed “Temperature”—celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Released by VP Records/Atlantic Records, the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum project featured hits like “We Be Burnin’” and “Give It Up to Me”, cementing Sean Paul’s dominance in the mid-2000s and becoming one of the best-selling dancehall albums of all time. 

- Black River's MaRynn Taylor is crisscrossing the country performing at some of the country's most iconic arenas as part of the all-female arena tour, KELSEA BALLERINI LIVE ON TOUR. Solidifying herself as an artist to watch, the fast-rising "female powerhouse" (Country Now) vocalist is giving fans what they want and is releasing new music with the highly anticipated fan-favorite, "same girl same," (2/21), available to stream HERE.

- GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum singer, songwriter, and producer Nelly Furtado will share new Remixes in celebration of Women’s History Month. The remix series officially kicks off today with the release of “Say It Right (Deborah DeLuca Remix)” and culminates on March 28 with “Maneater (Nala Remix),” with two more remixes of “Say It Right” released in between. Reinventing and recharging two of her iconic smash singles, she notably recruited an elite cohort of global producers, Deborah De Luca, Rinzen, Adana Twins, and Nala.  Each respective Remix adds another dimension and perspective to the original. Italian DJ, producer, and Solamente Records label head Deborah De Luca infuses the track with a jolt of European techno energy, tailoring it to the club. Los Angeles producer and DJ Rinzen amplifies the song’s energy and expands its scope with cinematic ambition. German producer and DJ duo Adana Twins stretch the soundscape of “Say It Right” with deep house textures and rhythms. Finally, Miami-born and Los Angeles-based artist, producer, DJ, and Mi Domina label owner Nala injects attitude and spirit into “Maneater.”  Check out the full tracklisting below.

 

Nelly Furtado Remix Release Timeline:

 

1. Nelly Furtado – “Say It Right” (Deborah de Luca Remix) – Available Now, February 28 HERE
2. Nelly Furtado – “Say It Right” (Rinzen Remix)– Available March 14 HERE
3. Nelly Furtado – “Say It Right” (Adana Twins Remix) – Available March 21 HERE
4. Nelly Furtado – “Maneater” (Nala Remix) – Available March 28 HERE

Everything Coming to Pluto TV in March 2025

 

Welcome to the March edition of Transmissions from Pluto! This month, we are celebrating Women’s History Month with powerhouse performances, legendary directors, and female-led stories in every genre. Whether you’re in the mood for high-octane action, laugh-out-loud comedy, or thought provoking drama, we’ve got you covered with special collections, movie marathons, and binge-worthy TV. Plus, we’re spotlighting on our On-Demand section where you can find sections specially curated by our programmers available any time you want to watch. So grab your popcorn and let Pluto TV bring the best free entertainment straight to your screen all month long!

ON-DEMAND

First Reformed

Pluto TV offers hundreds of free live channels, but there’s even more to love with our growing on-demand section. With an expanding selection of films and TV series, audiences can dive into their favorite content anytime, in addition to tuning in live. As we add more premium content, we’re seeing strong engagement, with audiences increasingly turning to our on-demand catalog to discover and binge their favorite movies and shows. This month, dive into new special collections: 🎥  A24 Spotlight – Stream acclaimed films like Red Rocket, Enemy, Obvious Child, The End of the Tour, and First Reformed. 💃 Female-Driven Films – From action-packed fun in Charlie’s Angels & Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle to the magic of Practical Magic, heartfelt stories like Catch and Release and Girl, Interrupted, and the thrilling The Final Girls, this collection celebrates strong female leads. 🎬 Directed by Women – Experience visionary films from incredible directors like Sofia Coppola, Kelly Rechardt, Kathryn Bigelow, Penelope Spheeris and Gillian Armstrong. 🍿 And, did you know? Many of the episodes and movies streaming on our live channels are also available on demand! Just click "Watch Now" on select titles in the channel guide to start watching instantly.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Thelma & Louise

This March, Pluto TV is honoring the incredible women who have shaped film and television with a month-long celebration of iconic storytellers and performers. Tune in for special movie marathons spotlighting powerhouse actresses like Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah. Plus, don’t miss weekly TV marathons featuring female-led comedy, drama and crime series like Rizzoli & Isles, The Closer, Moesha, Girlfriends and more.

What We're Watching on Pluto TV Icons March 1: Winona Ryder Mermaids, Little Women, Girl, Interrupted, Autumn in New York March 2: Diane Keaton Love and Death, Annie Hall, Interiors, Reds, Hannah and Her Sisters, Baby Boom, The First Wives Club, Love, Weddings & Other Disasters March 8: Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman, Heartburn, She-Devil, The Hours, Lions for Lambs, The Iron Lady, August: Osage County March 10: Sharon Stone King Solomon's Mines, Allen Quartermain & The Lost City of Gold, The Quick and The Dead, Sliver, Total Recall, Basic Instinct 2, Lovelace, Life on the Line March 16: Susan Sarandon Joe, Atlantic City, The January Man, Bull Durham, A Dry White Season, Thelma & Louise, Little Women, Dead Man Walking, Igby Goes Down, The Lovely Bones March 21: Queen Latifah Chicago, Barbershop 2, Beauty Shop, Hoodlum

TV & Comedy Marathons Weekdays on BET Her: Moesha, Sister, Sister, The Game, Half & Half, Girlfriends   Every Wednesday on More Crime Drama: Rizzoli & Isles, The Closer, Elementary   Every Saturday on Pluto TV Crime Drama: Female focused episodes of series like FBI and Numb3rs   Every Saturday on Stand-Up TV: Female Comedians including Nikki Glaser, Natsha Leggero, Tig Notaro, Wanda Sykes, Mo’Nique, Whitney Cummings, Joan Rivers and more!

PREPPING FOR LAUNCH

Here are some of the new channels and movies coming to Pluto TV this month.

NEW CHANNELS NBA Welcome to the NBA’s official FAST channel, now available 24/7 on Pluto TV. Catch up on the latest across the league, watch a few highlights, or simply lean back and enjoy a classic NBA game. QVC2 QVC2 is your 24/7 shopping destination, with a fun-filled mix of brand-new live shows and encore presentations of those you may have missed on QVC.

NEW MOVIES The Matrix The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions Practical Magic Gladiator Braveheart Insidious 1-3 Charlie's Angels Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle The Craft The Craft: Legacy Ferris Bueller's Day Off Coming To America Good Will Hunting Looper New Jack City The Fifth Element Zodiac Tommy Boy The Longest Yard (2005) Little Women (1994) Girl, Interrupted The First Wives Club Boys on the Side Chicago Den of Thieves Clerks II Clerks III

57 Channels and Only This Is On: February 23, 2025

 

The White Lotus:  C’mon, how are you going to fly Natalie all the way out to Thailand and not have anyone ask to borrow her jacket?  Or maybe they are saving that moment for the finale and she is the one that goes off.  Well, it is either her or the armed guards get in a shootout with the monkeys who somehow get their hands on a gun.  I am also wondering if those gunshots are a red herring because we do have Chekov’s poison fruit.   I have to guess that is going to factor into the season somehow.  Speaking of Natalie, she and Mike White were in a Tribe with Nick, who would go on to become a legislator in Kentucky who introduced legislation that would legalize sex between first cousins.  I cannot help but think the weird sexual tension between those siblings might be inspired by it.

 

Mayfair Witches:  This show going to Scotland made me think of the time Sons of Anarchy went to Ireland which made that show jump the shark.  Granted this show has always been bad.  Maybe it will somehow reverse jump the shark and manage to get better.

 

The Hunting Party:  You can almost hear the NBC execs saying, “The Blacklist was successful for about a decade, let’s just run that back.”  Except this show is severely missing a James Spader type to chew up the scenes.  The chick from Manifest certainly is not cutting it.  Then, this week, the writers seemed proud of the plot twist of the serial killer being the women when they wanted us to expect the dude to killer, expect the title of the episode was a women’s name.  So that just killed that twist.

 

Paradise:  In another obvious twist, Xavier’s wife is still alive.  It is also fairly obvious that she went to Atlanta to do something for Sinatra.  I wonder if there is another bunker there.  Though the Appalachia Mountains are on the western part of the state.  And the eastern seaboard seemed very flooded.  So that may hurt my theory.  But I am also sensing the show is going towards the same ending of Silo season one.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  Yawn, are we really just going to get Adam and Steve eliminating a new team every week?  Does no one else want to go to the finale?  They really need a rule that you cannot be nominated every week so stop this monotonous.  But it was sad that Steve was the only one smart enough to point his shield at the other team to get some extra water in their bin.