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C.B. Strike is back for another installment, with the four-episode limited series The Ink Black Heart premiering Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9/8c on HBO (and streaming on Max).
Based on J.K. Rowling’s crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart is the sixth story in the BBC co-production, which stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger.
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In the new season, “Strike (Burke) and Robin (Grainger) are hired to investigate a murder involving a creator of a cult TV cartoon and an anonymous online troll known as ‘Anomie,'” reads the official synopsis. “With a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, our heroic pair find themselves in a case that stretches them to their limit with the threat of this mysterious killer around every corner.”
Watch a newly released trailer for C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart above.
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* Fox Sports will be the exclusive home to LIV Golf (previously on The CW) beginning in February, with more than half of the league’s schedule airing on FOX or FS1. Select rounds will also air on FS2, FOX Business Network and the FOX Sports App.
* Oscar host Conan O’Brien will be awarded the 26th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a ceremony on Sunday, March 23, The New York Times reports. It will then stream on Netflix at a later date.
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* Hulu has released a trailer for A Thousand Blows (premiering Friday, Feb. 21). Hailing from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the six-episode series is set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London.
* What Drives You With John Cena, a four-episode talk show akin to Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, premieres Tuesday, Jan. 21 on The Roku Channel. Watch a trailer:
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