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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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries was nearly canceled after its second season; it was a fan campaign on social media that earned it a reprieve. As we round into this last (and much shorter) season, it begins at Mackenzie's Cavalcade of Mysteries. But this is no cold
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Last month, the tectonic shift in the landscape came via HBO Max, which upended streaming in British TV with its deal to provide BBC America an official streaming home. This month brings the counterpunch, as Comcast and NBCUniversal debut their streaming service, Peacock. Peacock has been in soft launch mode
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This week's Grantchester begins with a family christening. It's bittersweet since last week ended with Will and his mother officially estranged. Once again, Vic at the boxing studio steps up with the advice. He suggests a date to the movies; he'll bring his wife
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The problem Australian TV has with doing Christmas specials is the holiday lands in midsummer where they are, whereas in most of the Western world to which they export, Christmas brings images of snow. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries solves that by having Aunt Prudence organize "Christmas In
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When AMC bought up a majority stake in BBC America back in 2014, the plan was for the two companies to join forces in an ever-consolidating entertainment world. BBC America, despite the name, did not have a first-run right of refusal with the U.K. version of the network. As
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Grantchester Season 5 continues with a theme, once again opening with Will on his motorbike. He's meeting Mum's boyfriend, St John Gurney-Clifford (Dominic Mafham). The good news is St John doesn't openly sneer at Will's chosen profession. Instead, he's faintly
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It's a rare Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries that doesn't start with a cold open, but this week, we begin with Hugh and Dot on a date. They're fishing and talking about honeymoon plans when Dot accidentally catches the body of a teenage
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Grantchester opens its new season with what seems like paradise, Will Davenport, the young squire of his family, in tie and tails, wining and dining the fresh-faced young ladies from Newnham at Linley College's Spring Ball. But outside, DI Geordie Keating is in the car with DC Larry
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This week's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries cold open begins at the 3JH Radio Station as a woman gets murdered in an office. Convenient that, since Fisher just got a wireless radio with channel 3JH. But there's something wrong with today's broadcast of
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When Grantchester Season 5 arrives on Masterpiece on Sunday, June 14, it will mark the end of a significant period of upheaval. After three seasons with leading man James Norton, Season 4 transitioned from Norton to Tom Brittney as the series' priest. Season 5 will be Brittney's
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This week's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries starts with a dying man locked inside a mysterious room as photographs burn before cutting to Phryne and Dot on the road to see about a new case at Voigt's Winery. It's the day of the
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There was a significant change in the TV landscape at the end of May, as HBO Max arrived on the scene. The third of four streaming services to debut nationwide since November of last year, HBO Max is notable for British TV lovers everywhere due to its deal with BBC