Ani Bundel has been blogging professionally since 2010. This is her second major independent site launch. A DC native and Keyboard Khaleesi, she spends all her non-writing time photographing her cats. Regular bylines also found on MSNOW.
BritBox
It's been a while since American viewers heard anything about ITVX's Passenger (not to be confused with the Channel 4 series Passengers, which ended in the mid-aughts), confirmed in August 2023 to be debuting stateside on BritBox. ITVX included it in the end-of-year
BBC
There's good news for BBC comedy fans, as renewals and new series have been greenlit for the British Broadcaster for 2024. While American networks were trotting out their best series for Spring at the Television Critics Association Winter press tour, the BBC Director of Comedy, Jon Petrie, announced
The CW
The final day at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour 2024 was focused on The CW, which has rebranded to simply CW, in some weird attempt to ape ABC, NBC, and CBS, but you know, with one less letter, so far more awkward. While many of the questions in
Paramount+
It was March 2022 when Paramount+ announced its first round of U.K. originals ahead of launching across the pond that coming summer. The streaming service promised this was just the tip of a very ambitious slate, aiming to greenlight 50 international titles by year's end to add
PBS
Masterpiece gave a rundown of the 2024 schedule of British shows coming to PBS on Sunday nights at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, starting with March 2024's Nolly, and mentioning several anticipated titles, including Moonflower Murders. However, when it came to two of the most significant
Sundance Now
Sundance Now first announced its forthcoming original series Far North back in September 2022, the same time AMC+ announced it was putting VV James’ Sanctuary into preproduction. At the time, both were slated for 2023 and perhaps, unsurprisingly, that was a little ambitious. Sanctuary debuted the first week of January
PBS
Since November 2023, when Hotel Portofino, World on Fire, and Annika concluded their second seasons, fans have been writing to us at Telly Visions, asking where the third season renewals are for the latter two shows. Hotel Portofino was renewed for Season 3 long before Season 2 aired in the
PBS
The incredible true story behind Masterpiece's Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office is one that Americans won't be familiar with, but PBS viewers shouldn't feel too bad, as it's one that British viewers weren't that familiar with either until the
Paramount+
Last week's episode of The Woman in the Wall ended with the genuinely shocking discovery that Lorna's putting Aoife Cassidy in the wall of her flat at the end of the premiere never happened, or if it did, someone removed the body. Either way, the woman
FX
Head of FX John Landgraf, known as "The Mayor of Television," declared 2024 to be the conclusion of "Peak TV," with the first official downturn in the number of shows produced a year since 2013 when the streaming revolution began. However, the number of shows may
Disney/Hulu
Disney+ announced it was boarding the forthcoming adaptation of C.J. Sansom's Shardlake novels from All3Media's The Forge in January 2023. Set during the reign of Henry VIII in the 16th century, these historical mystery novels star a hunchbacked lawyer, Matthew Shardlake, whose first case is
Movies
All of Us Strangers was one of the best British films to be released in 2023, at least according to our film reviewer Rory Doherty here at Telly Visions. A romantic fantasy ghost story, the film stars Andrew Scott (Ripley) and Paul Mescal (Normal People) as a couple that meets