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
For a series that bills itself as a political drama and hails from former The West Wing and Homeland scribe Debora Cahn, The Diplomat sure loves to go for the most enormous cliffhanger swings imaginable. Season 1 ended with an assassination attempt that left multiple characters' fates uncertain right
Netflix
Steven Knight is preparing to return to Netflix in a major way in the next two years with the Peaky Blinders feature film, followed by the long-awaited Season 7 of the gritty period drama. However, before that arrives, 2025 has given him multiple opportunities to make a second first
Actors and Actresses
The BBC announced the passing of actor Terence Stamp on Sunday, August 17, 2025. The 87-year-old British star was immediately hailed across American media as "the late star of the 1980s Superman films," or, probably more accurately, "the late co-star of the 1980s Superman
BritBox
Silent Witness may be celebrating 28 years on the air, but the series is not the same show that debuted way back in the mid-1990s. The success of The X-Files led to a new "forensic psychology" subset of crime-of-the-week dramas, and this one
Channel 4
They say that comedy does better when economic situations get worse, which would explain why Channel 4 has chosen this particular moment in time to bring back the long-awaited revival of David Mitchell and Robert Webb's continuing sketch comedy franchise. The two British comedians have been bringing
AMC/AMC+
It's been over six months since we last heard anything about The Crow Girl, one of the few U.K. series commissioned for the British version of Paramount+ to make it through production without getting canceled, despite the company's near collapse and new ownership. It was
BritBox
Summer may be drawing to a close, but September will kick off three months of BritBox's Tuesday Night run of cozy crimes in a beach town programming, as Return to Paradise Season 1 and Beyond Paradise Season 3 will debut in back-to-back runs this fall. Fans
HBO & HBO Max
The marketing for the final Downton Abbey film is in full swing, with less than a month to The Grand Finale’s debut in the theaters. Peacock will stream all episodes of the series and the first two movies ahead of the film’s release, as well as a TV
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
There's been a spate of thriller shows recently that take an "expected" trope and attempt to turn it on its head for dramatic purposes. The Bodyguard comes to mind, a show where the hero refuses to believe a grieving woman is a terrorist just because she
Netflix
Regular readers of Telly Visions will have noted the past few weeks have been a bit light in posting; much like 2024, the summer has been filled with family emergencies, and rescission means less help. It's a dark time, not just for public broadcasting, but for the world
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
British period dramas often focus on specific eras more than others. There are numerous reasons for this, including the desire to remain within a recognizable level of societal structure that is familiar to modern audiences, or because a well-known character/author's works are set in a specific
Netflix
Irish actor Cillian Murphy, currently in the prime of his career, is charting a course followed by many before him who have achieved commercial blockbuster success, albeit with performances that are not particularly creatively fulfilling, even as they pay the bills. In the wake of his Academy Award win for