And Then There Were None: “A Creepy Game of Numbers”

And Then There Were None‘s debut in March of 2016 was perfectly timed. With Downton Abbey having left our TV for the (possibly) last time and with Game of Thrones still weeks away, there was a gaping hole left that The Walking Dead‘s lack of period costuming gave it no way to fill. Enter the US debut of the Christie classic, which aired the previous December on the BBC. It debuted as a two-parter on consecutive evenings on, to our surprise, Lifetime.

Now, before you look askance that there is anything on Lifetime, you should note the channel has attempted to step up its game recently. The channel which was once known as Terrible Fearmongering Movies Based Off The Worst Stereotypes of Our Patriarchal Society in recent years has been Terrible Fearmongering Movies Based Off The Worst Stereotypes of Our Patriarchal Society…and Project Runway. But Lifetime attempted to jump aboard the Golden Age of Basic Cable, realizing that said Age may in fact be nearly over. They scored big the previous year with the scathingly satirical UNReal. Now they’ve stepped up again, this time stealing the co-production credit for this miniseries with the BBC (who, in these uncertain charter days needs all the co-producers they can find to the financial burden .)