Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Transmissions from Pluto - Everything coming to Pluto TV in August

 

Pluto TV is boldly going where no streamer has gone before, becoming the first service to offer the entire Star Trek film series for free! Pluto TV has long been home to a galaxy of science fiction entertainment and now all of the cinematic adventures of the Star Trek Prime universe (William Shatner and Patrick Stewart) and the Kelvin universe (Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto) are beaming up to your favorite device this August. 

And for those who think a lot of science fiction might be science fact, we also welcome the paranormal investigation series Alien Nation by Dust to the service. Also joining Pluto TV in August are three new channels from FOXThis Old House and more. 

For a closer look at all the sci-fi adventures and more entertainment coming to Pluto TV in August, check out the latest edition of Transmissions from Pluto.


STREAM DIRECTIVE
SCI-FI PICKS FROM THE PLUTO TV CREW

Clockwise: Pluto TV's Vibol Hou, Catherine Povinelli, Carl Garcia, Mario Tardón, Jeremy Hefter and Dina DeLong 

In honor of the launch of our Star Trek: The Motion Pictures channel, the loyal crew of the U.S.S. Pluto TV has charted a course to help audiences navigate the captivating worlds and dimensions of the streaming universe. Set your phasers to stream and prepare for an out-of-this-world experience with their hand-picked recommendations from across our Sci-Fi Category.

Sci-Fi Channels
“I could leave Star Trek, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine or Stargate on all day.” - Vibol Hou (Chief Product & Technology Officer)

Star Trek (2009)

“Kicking off the modern ‘Kelvin Timeline,’ this fast-paced popcorn film reboots the Star Trek film franchise with a charming new cast of the USS Enterprise with fun nods to the original series. Buckle up for a funny, thrilling, and lens-flare filled adventure.” - Dina DeLong (Senior Program Manager) 

The Twilight Zone

“I am pretty old school and love things that make me scratch my head and challenge the normality in this strange society that we live in today.” - Jeremy Hefter (Director of Product Management) 

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

“This movie has comedy, time travel, romance, and huge whales! I vividly remember watching it in the movie theatre in the north of Spain, where I grew up with my parents, and feeling that there’s life out there. Take your shoes off, grab a snack, and enjoy Spock in a karate outfit running through the eighties in San Francisco.” - Mario Tardón (Channel Coordinator)

Farscape & Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars 
“Let your freak flag fly with one of sci-fi's weirdest and most underrated TV shows. Inventive and strange with a cast of underseen Australian character actors and incredible alien puppetry by Jim Henson Studios.” - Carl Garcia (Associate Programming Manager)

Mork & Mindy
“One of my favorites from my childhood. Robin Williams is truly out of this world and this show always has me laughing.” - Catherine Povinelli (Executive Assistant)


SUMMER OF CINEMA

Pluto TV’s Free Movie Weekend tour has been traveling across the country, bringing audiences together to celebrate our shared love of iconic films enjoyed with tasty popcorn on warm summer nights. And we're not finished yet! Join us for good flicks and fun times at any of these theaters, and we’ll see you at the movies!

August 3-4: The Colonial Theatre - Phoenixville, PA
August 10-11: Stuart Cinema and Cafe - Brooklyn, NY
August 17-18: Capitol Theatre - Arlington, MA
August 24-25: Redford Theatre - Detroit, MI
August 31-September 1: Music Box Theatre - Chicago, IL

PREPPING FOR LAUNCH

Here are some of the new channels and movies launching throughout August on Pluto TV. 

Alien Nation by Dust
The ultimate destination for all things unexplained. Dive into the mysterious world of UFO hunting, alien abductions, and ghostly encounters with iconic hosts, mind-bending series, and shocking documentaries. Uncover the truth with us, 24/7.

Cheaters
How well do you know your special someone? The Cheaters Detective Agency is here to find out. All the dirty little secrets are going to come out on the long-running hit reality series airing 24/7 on Pluto TV.

FOX SOUL
FOX SOUL is a live streaming service with authentic conversations about the totality of Black culture. The programs aim to entertain, educate, and inspire with conversations from the many diverse voices and people within the Black community.

FOX Weather
We’ve got you covered! Throughout all major hurricanes and severe weather events, no one keeps you prepared like FOX Weather - the perfect resource to keep you safe and secure from whatever Mother Nature throws your way.

LiveNOW from FOX
Raw & unfiltered. Watch a non-stop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. Limited commentary. No opinion. Experience LiveNOW from FOX.

Makers
Streaming 24/7 and on-demand, This Old House’s Makers Channel is the DIY movement, led by today’s best woodworkers, designers, engineers, farmers and metalworkers. Makers show you their coolest projects.

Star Trek: The Motion Pictures
The real final frontier was the cinema. For a limited time, watch all 13 theatrical STAR TREK movies for free, all on one channel. From the Original Series crew to the Next Generation to the Kelvin timeline, catch them all before they boldly go away.

 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CHANNEL ARTWORK

MOVIES

Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Generations
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Aeon Flux
All Eyez on Me
All the President's Men
All the Pretty Horses
Arrival
The Back-Up Plan
Baywatch
Black Hawk Down
Boyz n the Hood
Branded
Changing Lanes
Cliffhanger
Clue
Colombiana
Cop Land
The Core
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dance Flick
Days ff Thunder
Dead Presidents
Disturbia
Domino
Election
Empire Records
Equilibrium
Evolution
Failure to Launch
Fifty Shades of Black
The Fighter
The Fighting Temptations
Finding Forrester
Foxcatcher
Freddy Got Fingered
Frida
Gladiator
Good Burger
Grease
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers
Halloween VIII: Resurrection
Harlem Nights
Heist (2015)
Hellboy (2004)
Hustle & Flow
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

 


Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
The Island
John Wick
John Wick 2
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Joy Ride
Julie & Julia
Last Vegas
Layer Cake
The Lincoln Lawyer
Look Who's Talking
Magnolia
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Mummy (2017)
No Country for Old Men
Point Break
Pompeii
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Practical Magic
Primal Fear
Pulp Fiction
The Ring
The Ring Two
Road Trip
Rocketman
Rudy
Saturday Night Fever
The School of Rock
The Score
Shaft
Shall We Dance? (2004)
She's the Man
Shooter (2007)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Stand By Me
Stealth
Stomp the Yard
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
The One (2001)
Tombstone
Tommy Boy
Tootsie
Top Gun
Tropic Thunder
The Untouchables
Wayne's World
World War Z
Year One
Zodiac


Channel launch dates are subject to change

Sunday, July 28, 2024

57 Channels and Only This Is On: July 28, 2024

 

House of the Dragon:  Meh, another episode where no one died at the end.  Instead Seasmoke tried to hook up with a bastard even though supposedly supposed to be tied to a dragon until you die.  So is that just an old wives’ tale or is that guy whose name I forgot dead?  I am also getting tired of Daemon’s This Is Your Life every episode.  And really, after forking his mom, anything after that is going to be a letdown.

 

Snowpiercer:  I thought for sure when the bad guy pulled off his mask, was going to turn out to be Wilford.  I certainly was not expecting Phil Coulson.  I wonder if Coulson has run into Wilford at some point.  Though we are really going to need an explanation of where these dudes were hiding this whole time.  I guess there might be pockets, like that one scientist survive at her station before being rescued.

 

Orphan Black: Echoes:  I am confused after this episode how exactly they made a copy of an old chick that turned into a teenager.  Maybe I just do not care enough to pay attention.

 

The Ark: Why do I have a feeling about the talk about loyalist to the evil chick being everywhere will have repercussions later this season?

 

2024 Olympic Games:  I really liked the boats and the interspersing of the parade of athletes and the show.  Though I do not understand why there were so many non-French people who participated, especially those who carried the torch.  Feels like NBC said to the IOC, we pay the most for this, make sure you include some participants that the American audience knows.  It was also a bit disappointed that the Assassin’s Creed guy was never explained.   


Wednesday, July 24, 2024

View from the Peak - Everything coming to Paramount+ in August 2024

 

Nicolas Cantu (voice) in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, David Boreanaz in SEAL Team, Helena Bonham Carter in One Life and RuPaul in RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars

This August, Paramount+ proves teamwork makes the streams work with star-studded ensemble casts, superhero squads and action-packed soccer clubs. In the Paramount+ Original Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the heroes in the half-shell band together for brand-new adventures in New York City. In SEAL Team, the Navy’s most elite unit reunites for one last mission in the series finale and the stakes couldn’t be higher. With new English Football League and Serie A deals, CBS Sports brings even more thrills and drills to Paramount+. And to balance all that team spirit with cutthroat competition, renowned drag queens from 12 countries contend for the crown in RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars.

For a closer look at everything coming to Paramount+ in August, check out the latest edition of View from the Peak.


BEHIND
THE STREAMS

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Cowabunga! Next month, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo continue their pizza-fueled antics when Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres. The reimagined animated series—which picks up the foursome’s story after last year’s box-office hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem—will delight fans of all ages.

The 2023 film’s main voice cast returns, along with mutants voiced by Post Malone, Rose Byrne and Natasia Demetriou, while the series introduces a fresh batch of guest stars including Pete Davidson, Alanna Ubach, Jillian Bell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Timothy Olyphant and Danny Trejo.

“For everyone who loved Mutant Mayhem, it’s going to be all the action, all the comedy and all the pizza you’ve come to expect and more,” executive producer Chris Yost said. “We get to spend a little more time with the individual turtles, getting to know Leo, Raph, Mikey and Donnie on their own without their brothers by their side as they deal with normal teenage stuff.”

Grab a slice of pizza when Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres on August 9.

WATCH THE TRAILER

★  BACK TO TOP  ★


A MOUNTAIN
OF MOVIES

IF
Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming and Steve Carell (voice) in IF

Since launch, movies have been one of the biggest drivers for subscriptions and engagement. Last quarter alone, 83% of active subscriber households streamed at least one title from our film library. Our latest streaming debut, IF—an imaginative story with big, colorful characters voiced by Steve Carell and Phoebe Waller-Bridge to name a few—soared to #1 on Paramount+ since premiering on July 9 after becoming a box-office hit.

Week after week, Paramount offers up a Mountain of Movies to discover. With a never-ending library that spans old favorites and modern hits like Mean Girls and Mission: Impossible, we are the streaming destination for movies.




DID
YOU KNOW?

David Boreanaz, A.J. Buckley and Raffi Barsoumian in SEAL Team
  • Over seven seasons we’ve come to know and love each member of Bravo Team in the Paramount+ Original series SEAL Team. The squad is helmed by Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) who is fighting to reconcile his military duties with his role as a single father. For his final mission, Hayes must lead the team into Columbia where the cast and crew filmed on location earlier this year in collaboration with the Colombia Film Commission.
     
  • Fans of the beautiful game have reason to celebrate with more than 650 soccer matches from England and Italy coming to Paramount+ this year. CBS Sports announced a new deal with the English Football League (EFL) and a renewal with Italy’s Serie A to provide coverage of the exciting action exclusively to U.S. fans. CBS Sports’ coverage on Paramount+ will feature at least 250 EFL matches annually, starting August 9, and be the home to all 400 Italian soccer matches each season, beginning August 17.
     
  • Since its launch in 2009, RuPaul’s Drag Race has become a worldwide phenomenon, launching 20 international spin-off series and making drag artists celebrities around the planet. This August, RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars will transcend borders as all-star queens from 12 countries compete for the crown. The show kicks off with two episodes on August 16. Meet the Queens in the official ru-veal video.
WATCH THE SEAL TEAM TRAILER

★  BACK TO TOP  ★


COMIC
CON

San Diego Comic-Con

This week, Paramount+ descends on San Diego Comic-Con to entertain fans with an array of must-attend panels and activations that bring their favorite titles to life. The panel lineup includes the new animated series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; the Star Trek universe, including Star Trek: Strange New WorldsStar Trek: Lower DecksStar Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek: Section 31; and the upcoming Paramount+ with SHOWTIME series Dexter: Original Sin

Paramount+’s The Lodge returns with the ultimate fan experience with themed activations featuring popular movies and shows like IFTulsa KingGhostsCriminal Minds: Evolution and more. 

Paramount+ and Nickelodeon are also commemorating 25 years of SpongeBob SquarePants with immersive activations including a Fountain of Positivity that pays homage to the tide pool that inspired Stephen Hillenburg to create the beloved characters and a takeover of the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego. The hotel’s exterior will be covered with SpongeBob memes while the lobby will feature the work of artists from around the world inspired by SpongeBob’s boundless optimism.

The SDCC celebrations run from Wednesday, July 24 through Sunday, July 28.

★  BACK TO TOP  ★


STREAMING
SOON

ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES & PREMIERES

8/5 One Life*
Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker, rescues over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in the months leading up to World War II. Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter star in the film.

8/6: PD True premiere
The crimes are real, and the stakes are high. The gripping half-hour series takes viewers into moments of crisis in some of the biggest cases of our time as told by the police officers who worked them. 

8/9: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiere
In the new Paramount+ original series, everyone's favorite pizza-loving heroes face new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. 

8/11: SEAL Team final season premiere
The most elite unit of Navy SEALs balance dangerous and high-stakes missions with challenges in their personal lives.

8/16: RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars premiere
Twelve fan favorites from around the world will represent their countries as they compete for the title of “Queen of the Mothertucking World,” a grand prize of $200,000, and a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame.

8/26: Sasquatch Sunset*
In the misty forests of North America, a Sasquatch family, led by Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, set off on an epic journey, learning how to fight for survival in an ever-changing world.

8/27: Breathe*
An East Flatbush mother and daughter, barely surviving in an oxygen-less world, must band together to protect each other when intruders arrive claiming to know their missing father.

LIBRARY SHOWS

August 7

Inside the Factory (Season 6)

August 14

Aerial Italy (Season 1)

August 16

Let's Make a Deal Primetime 

August 28

Extreme Airport Africa (Season 1)


LIBRARY MOVIES

August 1

A Time to Kill
Aeon Flux
Airplane II: The Sequel*
Airplane!*
Almost Famous
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
An Inconvenient Truth
B.A.P.S.
Bad News Bears (2005)
Barbarella*
Black Sunday*
Breakdown
Brooklyn's Finest*
Career Opportunities
Chaplin
City of God*
Coming to America
Cop Land
Cujo*
Daisy Miller*
Double Jeopardy
Election
Emma (1996)
Erin Brockovich
Face/Off
Fatal Attraction
Fresh*
Full Metal Jacket
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Garfield: The Movie
Hardcore Henry*
Hearts Beat Loud
Heist
Hotel for Dogs
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Irena's Vow*
It Could Happen to You
Jacob's Ladder
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Love & Basketball
Miss Congeniality
Monster Trucks
Mousehunt
Naked Gun (1956)
Narc
Once Upon A Time In The West
Orange County
Paid in Full
Paper Moon*
Pulp Fiction
Sabrina (1995)
Save the Last Dance
School Daze
Season of the Witch
Shaft (2000)
Shaft (2019)
Sleeping with the Enemy
Striptease
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
The Aviator
The Big Short
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Cave
The Color of Money
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Faculty
The Fighter
The Frozen Ground*
The Italian Job (1969)
The Kid*
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Little Rascals
The Negotiator*
The Net
The Perfect Storm
The Soloist*
The Time Machine
The Untouchables
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Warriors
Three Days of the Condor
Tombstone
Tommy Boy
Training Day
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Unforgettable
We Bought a Zoo
When Worlds Collide
Zodiac


August 5

American Insurrection*

August 10

Together Together*

August 12

Cabin Fever*

August 16

Miss Potter*

August 24

Extra Ordinary*

August 26

Factory Girl*
The Ex*


SPORTS

8/2: NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup – NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. Chivas
8/2: NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup – Bay FC vs. América
8/3: PGA Tour Originals: Credentials - Travelers Championship 
8/3: 2024 World’s Strongest Man Final*
8/3: United Soccer League – Detroit City FC vs. Rhode Island FC*
8/4: Lexus US Open of Surfing Kick-Off*
8/4: PBR – Professional Bull Riders Camping World Team Series Ft. Lauderdale*
8/4: BIG3 Basketball*
8/6: NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup Semifinals
8/10: EFL Championship – Leeds United vs. Portsmouth
8/10: EFL League One – Wrexham vs. Wycombe Wanderers
8/10: The PGA of America REACH Foundation: So All Can Love This Game*
8/10: PGA Tour Originals: One Shot Away*
8/10-8/11: PGA Tour – Wyndham Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
8/11: PBR – Professional Bull Riders Camping World Team Series Brooklyn*
8/11: BIG3 Basketball*
8/12: EFL Championship – Luton Town vs. Burnley
8/13: Carabao Cup – Sheffield United vs. Wrexham
8/14: Carabao Cup – Leeds United vs. Middlesbrough
8/14: UEFA Super Cup – Real Madrid vs. Atalanta 
8/17: We Need to Talk*
8/17: WNBA – Minnesota Lynx @ Washington Mystics*
8/17: WNBA – New York Liberty @ Las Vegas Aces*
8/17: Start of Serie A season
8/18: PBR – Professional Bull Riders Camping World Team Series Nashville*
8/18: BIG3 Basketball*
8/24: NWSL – NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. Portland Thorns FC*
8/24: NWSL – San Diego Wave FC vs. Angel City FC*
8/24: Serie A – Parma vs. AC Milan
8/25: WNBA – Las Vegas Aces @ Chicago Sky*
8/25: PBR – Professional Bull Riders Camping World Team Series Austin*
8/25: NFL Preseason – Arizona Cardinals @ Denver Broncos*
8/29: UEFA Champions League – League Phase Draw
8/30: Serie A – Inter vs. Atalanta
8/31: Lazio vs. AC Milan
Throughout August: NWSL X LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup 
Throughout August: Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol competition 
Throughout August: Scottish Professional Football League competition 
Throughout August: English Football League competition 

* Title is available to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers.

**All Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.

Dates for library titles are subject to change. Paramount+ Premium subscribers will have access to CBS titles to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service as well as on-demand. Essential tier subscribers have access to these titles on-demand the day after they air.

Sunday, July 21, 2024

57 Channels and Only This Is On: July 21, 2024

 

House of the Dragon:  Meh, another episode where no one dies.  But hey, we did get a Daemon sex dream with his mother.  That was messed up.  When you are having sex dreams about your mom, maybe it is time to leave.

 

Orphan Black: Echoes:  Will people really be arguing Celine Dion vs. Mariah Carey in thirty years?  Is anyone arguing them today?  Are they really going to be the Beatles or the Stones for Gen Z? 

 

The Acolyte:  Well, we all knew Yoda was alive during this time period.  But will be see more of him on the show?  It was critically panned, met with a resounding “meh” by fans, and does not seem to be doing well by the streaming numbers.  This was supposed to revitalize the Star Wars franchised but ended up being a muddled mess, well, outside all the Jason Mendoza jokes.  Oh well, there is always Skeleton Crew supposedly coming later this year.

 

The Ark: Usually I need a lengthy YouTube recap to help me remember what is going on between shows, but after watching a lengthy YouTube recap of the first season and still came away remember none of that happening nor any of the characters.   This is one of the least memorable shows ever.