{"id":21608,"date":"2021-05-25T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=21608"},"modified":"2021-05-25T14:14:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T19:14:14","slug":"ovation-tv-sets-a-summer-of-secrets-crimes-with-monday-night-drama-series-street-legal-the-brokenwood-mysteries-and-mystery-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/25\/ovation-tv-sets-a-summer-of-secrets-crimes-with-monday-night-drama-series-street-legal-the-brokenwood-mysteries-and-mystery-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovation TV Sets a Summer of &#8220;Secrets &#038; Crimes&#8221; with Monday Night Drama Series &#8220;Street Legal,&#8221; &#8220;The Brokenwood Mysteries,&#8221; and &#8220;Mystery Road&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_BodyA\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ovationtv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21609\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mystery-road-feat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mystery-road-feat.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mystery-road-feat-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>Ovation TV<\/a><span class=\"x_None\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_None\">America\u2019s only arts network, is planning a summer of \u2018Secrets &amp; Crimes\u2019 with film and drama series pairings every Monday night.\u00a0<\/span>Episodes of\u00a0<b><i>Street Legal<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0<b><i>The Brokenwood Mysteries<\/i><\/b>, and\u00a0<b><i>Mystery Road<\/i><\/b> will air as part of the network\u2019s \u2018Secrets and Crimes\u2019 programming block with back-to-back films starting @ 7PM ET \/ 4PM PT. The summer fun starts on <u>Monday, June 7<\/u>\u00a0with back-to-back episodes of\u00a0<b><i>Street Legal<\/i><\/b>, followed by episodes of\u00a0<b><i>The Brokenwood Mysteries<\/i><\/b>\u00a0on\u00a0<u>Monday, June 28<\/u>\u00a0(season one) and\u00a0<u>Monday, July 26<\/u>\u00a0(season two), and the first season of\u00a0<b><i>Mystery Road<\/i><\/b>\u00a0starting on\u00a0<u>Monday, August 23<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_BodyA\">Episodes will air \u201cafter dark\u201d immediately following two Secrets &amp; Crimes-themed films as the lead-in. Movie titles include: <i>The Usual Suspects, The Bank Job, Clear and Present Danger, Murder at 1600, Smokin\u2019 Aces, Tango &amp; Cash, The Thomas Crown Affair, American Outlaws, Pulp Fiction, Bram Stoker\u2019s Dracula, Fargo, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, The Quick and the Dead,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The Untouchables.<\/i><\/p><div id=\"morty-1626352691\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_BodyA\"><span class=\"x_MsoHyperlink\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_MsoHyperlink\"><i>Street Legal<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_MsoHyperlink\">\u00a0premieres on Tuesday, June 8 at 12:30am ET (Monday, June 7 at 9:30pm PT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_BodyA\">Olivia Novak (<b>Cynthia Dale<\/b>) returns with a new generation of lawyers in\u00a0<i>Street Legal<\/i>, a character-driven legal drama that follows the professional and private lives of a group of ambitious law partners at a startup firm in Toronto. Together, they vigorously fight for their clients while testing the limits of their relationships inside and outside of the courts. The series also stars\u00a0<b>Cara Ricketts<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Steve Lund<\/b>, and\u00a0<b>Yvonne Chapman<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_BodyA\"><i>The Brokenwood Mysteries<\/i>\u00a0premieres on Tuesday, June 29 at 12:30am ET (Monday, June 28 at 9:30pm PT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_BodyA\">Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd (<b>Neill Rea<\/b>) and partner DC Kristin Sims (<b>Fern Sutherland<\/b>) watch over the New Zealand town of Brokenwood, investigating the mystifying, inventive and macabre crimes that befall it. Look beneath the peaceful veneer, and viewers will see that murder is curiously at home in Brokenwood. The series also stars\u00a0<b>Nic Sampson<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Cristina Serban Ionda<\/b>.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1473029133\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_BodyA\"><span class=\"x_None\"><i>Mystery Road<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_None\">\u00a0season one premieres on Tuesday, August 24 at 12:30am ET (Monday, August 23 at 9:30pm PT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_BodyA\"><span class=\"x_None\">Detective Jay Swan (<b>Aaron Pederson<\/b>) is called to the remote Australian town of Patterson by local cop Emma James (<b>Judy Davis<\/b>) to help investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. 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