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.
Netflix
From Black Mirror's humble beginnings on Channel 4 (which canceled it, only to see Netflix swoop in and turn it into one of the most famous shows of the decade) to its biggest budget streaming seasons, the series has managed to predict some of the darkest moments of
Netflix
Period costume escapist television has undergone a renaissance in the 2020s. Thanks to shows like Bridgerton and Sanditon, there's been a real movement in the last five years to be more honest about the past, with productions choosing to both write about Black history along with the typical
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
A few weeks ago, as we were busy gasping over Amazon Studios having to pay twice for the Bond franchise, it was noted how much Barabra Broccoli hated Amazon from the jump. She hated their ethos, their marketing plans, and perhaps most of all, their franchising of "IP"
Peacock
The first Eurovision Song Contest since the American and U.K. elections were held is only a few weeks away, and it feels like the contest is trying to treble down on the dream of a unified Europe. Technically, "peace through the universal language of music" is the
PBS
Because of the vagaries of the spring schedule, April is a funny time at PBS Masterpiece, programing-wise. It's either jam-packed with premieres and finales because everything is three or four episodes long, or it gets skipped altogether because the March premieres fell on the late side of the
Paramount+
No matter what TV critics tell you, we really don't know anything about why a show hits. We can guess and extrapolate data; if we're reporters for certain newspapers, we can go find a diner in the middle of nowhere and ask folks what they watch
Movies
Downton Abbey is revving up for one more round of storytelling on the big screen, but after this, the story is done. Thus proclaims the third movie's new title, Downton Abbey: The Grande Finale, revealed by Focus Features along with the poster key art for the film. The
BritBox
The 2024-2025 TV season is quickly wrapping up, as the next few weeks will be the debuts of all sorts of shows looking for a little awards love, at least here in the States. The Emmy Awards, the U.S.' official national television honors, are one of the few
Paramount+
The rush to get MobLand out by the end of March so that the finale would air before the 2024-2025 Emmy nominations eligibility period ended on June 1 has been edging on desperate. No one wants to admit defeat in the streaming wars, nor do they want to be swept
AMC/AMC+
Most people know a pair of best friends who might as well be siblings, even if they've never been lucky enough to be in that sort of friendship in their lives. However, it's a rare duo who can take that friendship and turn it into an
Netflix
Not that round numbers are more meaningful milestones than prime numbers, but it speaks to how many projects have been delayed (and for how long) that in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Five, two docudramas are reviving the story of Pan Am 103, based on the famous
Acorn TV
This week's big annual event in Europe for the television crowd is called "Series Mania." Initially held in Paris, the yearly event has been held in Lille since 2016. Like most events of this type, the goal is to get the most promising pilots from around