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Disney/Hulu
Candice Carty-Williams' Champion arrived on Netflix in January with little marketing and has since been a sleeper hit thanks to the streaming service's algorithm and word-of-mouth. Now her second series, but her first hit from across the pond, Queenie, is heading to the small
FX
While FX and Hulu technically are considered different entities under the Disney umbrella of entertainment brands, FX’s lack of stand-alone streaming service means audiences tend to mentally mix the two together. Disney’s own choice to pair them at the Television Critics Association winter press tour probably doesn’
Netflix
Since becoming Netflix's first breakout star in Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown has been steering her own career to play the type of heroine she wants to see on the screen. While that is not as rare as one might think for women in the industry, especially for
Netflix
Patricia Highsmith published The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1955, almost 75 years ago, and ever since, the handsome grifter and his mark Dickie Greenleaf, and the woman trying to stop him, Marge Sherwood, has captured the imaginations of generations. The most famous adaptation, the 1999 film starring Matt Damon as
Netflix
Netflix is going back to the bookshelf for more Harlan Coben novels to adapt. The streaming service has been doing adaptations of the Coben novels since 2016, with a commitment to produce multiple adaptations since 2018. Though the author's novels are set in America, and the author himself
Netflix
Created and written by The Lazarus Project's Joe Barton, Black Doves was initially announced in April 2023 with Keira Knightley attached as lead. However, it wasn't until Netflix was getting ready to release the final episodes of The Crown in November 2023 that filming commenced and
Netflix
Netflix first announced it had secured the rights to make a television adaptation of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q mystery novel just under a year ago, in April 2023, along with a slew of other U.K.-based projects at the time. Unlike some other projects announced
BritBox
With the success of Why Didn't They Ask Evans and Murder Is Easy, the BBC and BritBox are wasting no time announcing their next co-production of an Agatha Christie miniseries. The next book to get the 21st century updated treatment will be the 1944 novel Towards Zero,
BritBox
It's been just over three years since Sarah Phelps ended her run as the BBC's appointed scribe for Agatha Christie adaptations with 2020's The Pale Horse, a series done in conjunction with Amazon's Prime Video. Since then, the BBC has moved to
Acorn TV
The Television Critics Association press Tour didn't have much from Acorn TV or AMC+ regarding British programming. The only panel that featured British talent was the series Monsieur Spade, the finale of which was days away. However, the press releases were full of announcements, some of which fans
PBS
The BBC Scotland series Guilt was initially scooped up by Masterpiece in the summer of 2020 out of an abundance of caution by the anthology series executive producer Suzanne Simpson. It was part of a group of shows Simpson picked up the rights for to make sure there was programming
Apple TV
The 2024 Winter Television Critics Association press tour kicked off on February 5, 2024, the first major TV presentation since the end of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes of 2023. Apple TV+ kicked off the event with a full slate of upcoming series and returning hits it had lined