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.
The Bay
ITV's The Bay didn't have the most promising start in 2019. Though the police procedural series, which began with Morven Christie (Grantchester) in the lead role as DS (later DC) Lisa Armstrong, did decent numbers in the U.K. when it debuted and was renewed quickly,
Acorn TV
The 76th Cannes Film Festival is on in France right now, with the Cannes market in full swing, as films get scooped up by studios for release, and movies in competition hope to set themselves up for award season come fall 2023. But while the A-listers are walking the
PBS
If one were to define PBS' Masterpiece anthology series by era, the current one began in 2011 with the arrival of Downton Abbey. However, it has been defined by a small coterie of long-running series, of which Endeavour is a significant tentpole. The prequel spinoff of Inspector Morse,
Netflix
Once upon a time (because the best posts about romances always start that way), when an American show was a hit with audiences, that meant it would run for years. M*A*S*H, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends; all ran for a decade or more. When Game of Thrones hit the
Disney/Hulu
Since Disney first fired the opening salvo against Netflix in 2017, announcing plans to pull all its content and create its own streaming service, expansion has been the order of the day. More single-production network streaming services, more content (both old and new), and more apps for consumers to
Disney/Hulu
In what may be the biggest sign the Bridgerton effect is changing the types of shows made for streaming, Disney+’s UK arm plunked down for a high-end adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s best-selling 1988 novel Rivals, the second in her Rutshire Chronicles series. Spanning ten books published
Sundance Now
Sundance Now first announced it was picking up Clean Sweep, an Irish thriller starring Charlene McKenna (Peaky Blinders), as part of the 2023 slate in September 2022. It was part of a larger announcement of series coming to this side of the pond, including SisterS, Totally Completely Fine, and Black
Exclusive
Great Performances celebrates 50 years on PBS in 2023, and as part of the anthology series' 50th anniversary, it's leading off with another anniversary special -- Shakespeare in the Park's Richard III. The Joseph Papp-conceived free-for-all production celebrated 60 years since opening its
FX
It's been 25 years since five unemployed steelworkers let their buddy convince them to strip off live on stage to make a quick buck. That doesn't sound like a promising premise, but in The Full Monty, it worked. The 1997 film was a British comedy about
Rogue Heroes
Perhaps it should have been a no-brainer that when Steven Knight finished Peaky Blinders as a TV series, his next period drama would also be a massive hit. Maybe, had it not been about World War II or been named for the British Special Air Service, streaming services in
Sherwood
Sherwood Season 1 was one of the BBC’s biggest surprise hits of 2022. James Graham’s story, based on the real-life 2004 double manhunt in Sherwood forest, was a star-studded affair with a who’s who of British A-listers in the cast. Despite being billed as
Eurovision
Eurovision is upon us this May 2023, and the contestant lineup has finally been set. Artists from around Europe (plus Israel and Australia) are chosen by various processes depending on the country, some by hand-selected juries of musicians from the competing nations, others by a national contest that most