July 16 – July 22: Crave Weekly Programming Overview

Crave continues to deliver weekly alerts highlighting new and noteworthy programming and scheduling changes for the week ahead. Highlights This Week  

• Following its World Premiere at TIFF 2019 and after taking home five Canadian Screen Awards earlier this year including Achievement in Music – Original Score and Best Original Song, the Crave Original film THE SONG OF NAMES begins streaming on Friday, July 17. A bold journey through friendship, betrayal and reconciliation, The Song Of Names is an emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century, culminating in the titular song. The film shows that within the darkest of mysteries sometimes music has the power to illuminate the truth, heal and redeem. The Serendipity Point Films feature is produced in association with Bell Media Studios and executive produced by Robert Lantos and Randy Lennox.

 

• An all-new episode of CANADA’S DRAG RACE debuts on Thursday, July 16 at 9 p.m. ET. Setting their trademark Canadian niceness aside, in this week’s episode, the Queens battle it out in a song-and-dance diss track showdown. Joining judges Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, and Stacey McKenzie is special guest host, Canadian singer-songwriter, Deborah Cox.

 

• The dramatic feature film MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN drops on Friday, July 17. Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN follows Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette’s Syndrome, as he ventures to solve his friend’s murder. Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unearths the closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance.

What Critics Are Saying about Crave’s P-VALLEY: “Starz’s Heroic, Hilarious, and Heartbreaking Tale of a Strip Club Is One of the Year’s Best” “…P-Valley blends the profane, the sacred, and the politics of the almighty dollar to tell sharp, wildly engrossing stories about Black women on the margins who use their bodies to keep families and whole communities afloat. It’s also one of the year’s best new shows.” – Malcolm Venable, TV Guide “Starz’s P-Valley is a spectacular display of Black womanhood in all its hues and nuances” “Helmed by an all-female directing lineup, P-Valley is a compelling character-driven story that shines a spotlight on the beauty and scars of women, Black women, in particular. It is an unapologetically Southern and Black story that puts women who are often shamed and pushed toward society’s edges right back where they belong—center stage.” – Aramide Tinubu, The AV Club “One of the year’s best.” “Created by Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall (The Mountaintop, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), P-Valley is the kind of series so variously accomplished you don’t know what to praise first.” – Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter Crave Audience Metrics Crave continues to have Canadians covered, delivering the best movies, TV series, and original hits all in one place. CANADA’S DRAG RACE holds the #1 spot for the second week in a row, with RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS following at #2. SOUTH PARK climbs to #3 and EXPECTING AMY joins the list at #9.  Here are the Top 10 programs being watched on Crave for the week of July 8 – 14:  

1. CANADA’S DRAG RACE
2. RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS
3. SOUTH PARK
4. FORD V FERRARI
5. PERRY MASON
6. I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
7. SEINFELD
8. THE ADDAMS FAMILY
9. EXPECTING AMY
10. GAME OF THRONES

What to Watch for the Week of July 16 – July 22 *All Programming Subject to Change  

• The season finale of SHOWTIME’s dark comedy BLACK MONDAY premieres on Sunday, July 19 at 8 p.m. ET. The series follows a group of outsiders in 1987 that took on Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system.

 

• The first season of IF WE BUILT IT TODAY begins streaming on July 17. This documentary series looks at the world’s most inspiring architectural feats including the Pyramids, the Brooklyn Bridge and The Great Wall of China. Through discussions with architects, historians, engineers, and builders, IF WE BUILT IT TODAY seeks to find out if we could use modern day innovations to recreate these iconic masterpieces, or if fundamental techniques have been lost to time.

 

• The fourth episode of HBO’s six-part true crime series I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK premieres July 19 at 10 p.m. ET. In this week’s episode, Michelle and her editors agree to push her book deadline after being granted access to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker room.

 

• HBO’s detective series PERRY MASON continues with a new episode on Sunday, July 19 at 9 p.m. ET. In this week’s episode, Mason and Della run a solemn errand up north while Strickland tracks down the sergeant originally assigned to the Dodson case. Before returning to L.A., Mason drops in on his ex-wife Linda and son Teddy hoping to make amends for his recent shortcomings. Disturbed by Emily’s blind faith in Sister Alice and her new lawyer, Frank Dillon, Della sets out to find Mrs. Dodson more capable legal representation.

 

• SHOWTIME’s drama series THE CHI continues with an all-new episode on Sunday, July 19 at 9 p.m. ET. This week, Ronnie’s memories threaten his progress. An unexpected visit puts Trig’s battle for custody of Jake in peril. Kevin and his friend’s adventure tests the limits of their fight-or-flight instincts and Emmett capitalizes on a predicament.

 

• HBO’s drama series I MAY DESTROY YOU continues with a new episode Monday, July 20 at 9 p.m. ET. In this week’s episode, Arabella takes a job working alongside Theo at a vegan delivery start-up. Terry takes covert measures to ensure Simon won’t make an appearance at her birthday party.

 

• All-new episodes this week include; CANADA’S DRAG RACE (Thursday, July 16 at 9 p.m. ET); CROSSING SWORDS (Thursday, July 16 at 10 p.m. ET); DOOM PATROL (Thursday, July 16 at 9 p.m. ET); DESUS & MERO (Thursday, July 16 at 11 p.m. ET); RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: ALL STARS (Friday, July 17 at 9:30 p.m. ET); BLACK MONDAY (Sunday,  July 19 at 8 p.m. ET); P-Valley (Sunday, July 19); PERRY MASON (Sunday, July 19 at 9 p.m. ET); LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER (Sunday, July 19, live at 11:00 p.m. ET, on-demand the following morning); THE CHI (Sunday, July 19 at 9 p.m. ET); I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK (Sunday, July 19 at 10 p.m. ET); DESUS & MERO (Sunday, July 19 at 11 p.m. ET); and I MAY DESTROY YOU (Monday, July 20 at 9 p.m. ET).

Complete listings for the week of July 16 – July 22 *All Programming Subject to Change HBO PERRY MASON, Season 1, Episode 5 (July 19 at 9 p.m. ET) I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, Season 1, Episode 4 (July 19 at 10 p.m. ET) LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 7, Episode 18 (July 19, live at 11:00 p.m. ET, on-demand the following morning) I MAY DESTROY YOU, Season 1, Episode 7 (July 20 at 9 p.m. ET) Movies THE SONG OF NAMES (July 17) MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN (July 17) SHOWTIME BLACK MONDAY, Season 2, Episode 10 *Season Finale* (July 19 at 8 p.m. ET) THE CHI, Season 3, Episode 5 (July 19 at 9 p.m. ET) DESUS & MERO, Season 2, Episode 33 (July  16 at 11 p.m. ET) DESUS & MERO, Season 2, Episode 34 (July  19 at 11 p.m. ET) STARZ ROBOTS (July 17) TRUE LIES  (July 17) TWINS (July 17) DUPLICITY (July 17) WANTED (July 17) NATURAL BORN KILLERS (July 17) P-VALLEY, Season 1, Episode 2 (July 19) More Riveting TV to Watch CANADA’S DRAG RACE, Season 1, Episode 3 (July 16 at 9 p.m. ET) DOOM PATROL, Season 2, Episode 6 (July 16 at 9 p.m. ET) CROSSING SWORDS, Season 1, Episode 5 (July 16 at 10 p.m. ET) PLAYLIST WITH JAK KNIGHT (July 17) IF WE BUILT IT TODAY, Season 1 (July 17) OM NOM STORIES, Season 4 (July 17) RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: ALL STARS, Season 5, Episode 7 (July 17 at 9:30 p.m. ET)