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.
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February is the Tuesday of the year, with the only benefit being that it's shorter than all the other months and slightly quicker. However, the amount of streaming series does not go down just because the month is missing a few days or is somewhat dreary. It tends
BritBox
BritBox has started getting into spinoffs of some of the BBC and ITV's most popular shows, creating original content that is new yet familiar. Father Brown has begat The Sister Boniface Mysteries, Death in Paradise is bringing Beyond Paradise. In both those cases, the spinoffs helped BritBox position
Eurovision
Despite Ukraine winning Eurovision 2022 in one of the most emotional finals in recent memory, the 2023 contest is happening in the U.K. due to the Ukrainian capital of Maripol not being secure enough for a global dance party. This has the side benefit of the cash-strapped country,
Bridgerton
It sometimes seems like Shonda Rhimes never quite realized how popular Bridgerton would be. The thoroughly American idealistic fantasy of Regency England was a massive smash in its first season, forcing the production to hastily announce the actor playing Season 1 leading man Simon Basset, Regé-Jean Page, was never
PBS
Vienna Blood's cold open chyron "China 1900" presents the Boxer Rebellion; in a lesser series, it might herald a yellow peril episode. However, the second chyron reminds us how far the series still has to go. "Vienna 1908" was Season 1's setting;
Acorn TV
Acorn TV initially commissioned Cannes Confidential in the summer of 2020 on the heels of greenlighting Ms. Fisher’s Modern Mysteries for a second season. With the Hollywood lockdowns in full swing that summer, the press release stated the show would not go into production for at least another year
HBO & HBO Max
WarnerMedia's expansion under its short-lived time with AT&T required it to build up tentpole franchises to compete with Disney's Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, etc. Ahead of the launch of HBO Max, those franchises seemed to be DC Films, Game of Thrones, and Harry
Sundance Now
It’s usually been European, and U.K. production studios who have benefitted from the sudden run on content brought on by the streaming wars. The gaping maw of content suction must be fed. The BBC, ITV, Canal+, RTE, Channel 4, and others have all happily stepped up to co-
PBS
As the shortest month on the calendar, February doesn't have much going for it other than being over faster. Besides Valentine's Day and the occasional Marvel movie, entertainment hits the doldrums during the calendar's metaphorical month of Tuesdays. Movie studios either put out cloying
HBO & HBO Max
The BBC originally announced it was commissioning a series from Cash Carraway, a graduate of its emerging writers' program to find a new generation of voices, back in May 2021. At the time, it had no working title other than "Cash Carraway," but with comedian Daisy May
Sundance Now
As noted in our end-of-year streaming service round-up, looking forward to 2023, AMC Networks is changing how it approaches the streaming business. Unlike some of its competitors, like FX, it does not have a massive monopoly company behind it. Also, it did not create a single monolith
BritBox
BritBox's deep dive into original programming in the U.S. has had its ups and downs. Some of its series, like Sherwood, are absolute corkers, while others are perhaps less. One of its most successful last year was The Sister Boniface Mysteries, based on the small-time recurring