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.
Press
Press opens this week with a bizarre moment of non-news that once again makes those at The Herald look a little off. A phone call comes in from one of their journalists overseas, Chris Cartwright (David Schofield), who is supposed to be chasing down a story of some rebels.
Culture
First Masterpiece brought back the 1970s-era period drama Poldark for the 21st century. Soon it will be reviving heartwarming family series All Creatures Great and Small for a modern audience. Now comes word that another classic series is returning to public television, albeit in a new form. PBS Masterpiece
Press
Press' opening episode last week introduced a tale of two papers, The Herald and The Post. The Herald, as run by Amina Chaudury, is an attempted bastion of decency, trying to do the right thing. But it struggles in the face of it not selling papers. The Post, as
Culture
As if "Dairy Week" wasn't nebulous enough this season as a theme week, The Great British Baking Show goes even more meta with the Top Six and forces them to think "Festivals." I might go so far as to say this sounds like the
Press
There is a phenomenon in Hollywood known as "twin films." This is when two movies (or TV series) with extraordinarily similar plots are released in the same year, by two different producers. It's not a new or surprising thing, as Hollywood is a small town. Either
Culture
The tent is finally down to a manageable amount of bakers on The Great British Baking Show, as the Top Seven pile in for Dessert Week. This theme week has been a standard since the second series (which Americans haven't seen), only getting dropped once during Series 8
Culture
American viewers may not know this, but The Great British Baking Show started partly as a history program. The initial first season (which never aired here in the U.S.) was one-part baking contest, one-part fundraising initiative, and one-part "history of baking." It wasn'
Poldark
Like most period shows on PBS, Poldark is a world viewers escape to on Sunday nights. There are the gorgeous vistas of Cornwall and the stunning cliffs overlooking the sea. It's a simpler time before technology, where candles and fires are the light and heat, and silk stockings
PBS
It may still be hotter than Hades here in the Nation's Capital, but technically, Fall is officially here. As the equinox passes, the days grow shorter and the nights colder. It's a perfect time to start settling in around the electronic hearth of the TV and
Downton Abbey
The story of Downton Abbey isn't about a family. It's about a house. The titular character isn't flesh and blood; it's stone and brick, a building that has stood for at least a century or two when fans first lay eyes on
Culture
There was a time, early on inThe Great British Baking Show history where the categories were straightforward. There were Pies, Puddings, Traybakes, and Desserts. But since Season 6 (Season 3 for us), they've been getting more experimental in the tent. Now there are more meta ideas like "
Culture
Early Downton Abbey movie reviews are rolling in, and critics and fans alike seem to love the Crawley family's big screen debut. Downton Abbey was a surprise hit when it first came out in 2010. The original seven episodes were originally conceived as a miniseries, where the events