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.
PBS
Long-time public television fans will probably have picked up by now that, no matter what happens in a given year, there is always one guaranteed Shakespeare production that airs on Great Performances in May as the TV season draws close. Most years, it comes via a broadcast of whatever show
HBO & HBO Max
It took three seasons and the addition of a well-known HBO star, but the undermarketed, critically adored series Industry finally broke out in the U.S. after existing for two seasons as a smash hit in the U.K. Set in the world of high finance, the series exists in
BBC
The BBC has officially set a premiere date for the high-profile awards-bait series This City Is Ours, one of the primary titles the British Broadcaster commissioned in early 2024 along with such other ambitious projects like a filmed version of the hit West End stage production Dear England and an
PBS
Since the series' debut in 2012, Call the Midwife has been the gold standard of ensemble period pieces. It ushered in a new era of cooperation between the BBC and PBS, where a BBC show was allowed to premiere the same day on PBS as it did in the
Disney/Hulu
From the outside, Big Boys looks like another laddish comedy about odd couple roommates (one's straight, one's gay) becoming BFFs at uni, and their three-year journey through the rights of passage the collegiate years entail. Set in the mid-2010s, it's also a love letter
PBS
Coverage of the Channel 5 rebrand rollout on March 12, 2025, focused heavily on the U.K. network's original offerings like The Madame Blanc Mysteries and the mass import of Paramount+ series that the streaming service is picking up along with the merging of linear Channel 5 and
BritBox
The BBC has finally announced the return date for Beyond Paradise, the successful spinoff series of Death in Paradise, where former St. Marie detective DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) solves crimes much closer to home in Shipton Abbott in Devon, where his partner-in-life Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) hails from. After
Channel 5
One of the most challenging parts of the rise of streaming for already established broadcast channels was ensuring viewers could identify the streaming service from the linear network — or in the case of most U.K. channels, the multiple networks already fighting for cohesion under a single moniker. Not everyone
BritBox
As a show rolling into its 62nd year, Doctor Who has a few singular issues due to its long run. The most obvious is the number of seasons, as the program has started over with Season 1 twice since its original 1963 debut; slightly less well known is the "
Disney/Hulu
American fantasy series have long leaned into U.K. actors and those from around the Commonwealth to portray various forms of non-Earth-based characters, from Xena: Warrior Princess to the original Star Wars trilogy. The most recent spate stems from Game of Thrones, which seemed to populate the entirety of Westeros
ITV
The current TV season is awash in medical dramas. The "don't call it an ER revival" The Pitt is a hit on HBO, Doc is far less so on American broadcast; Pulse, a Grey's Anatomy knock off, is coming to Netflix, and over on
BBC
When a series that's been running for over a decade finally wraps up, it's always interesting to see where the stars go next. For example, as Outlander concludes, Caitríona Balfe is doing voice over work in fantasy shows and supporting roles in big budget films; Sam