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.
Ovation
It wasn't a surprise when the production studio behind (what I will continue to hate calling) the "Para-verse" announced that it was doing a second spinoff of the hit series Death in Paradise. The first spinoff, Beyond Paradise (or Solving Crimes Within A Commutable Distance
PBS
Astrid fans who have persevered in quietly waiting for the English-language remake, Patience, to arrive on PBS will finally be rewarded for their fortitude. As expected, the series will be part of the PBS "Summer of Mysteries" lineup; however, those who thought the show might be a
Now Stream This
It's been a year since we first started seeing the streaming wars begin to take shape after a decade of upheaval, as the wheat started to separate from the chaff. Streaming's British offerings have been a microcosm of the larger overhaul of the business, and a
PBS
The last decade has not been easy for TV broadcast networks; however, some longstanding TV traditions have been affected more significantly than others. The Simpsons, for instance, had the fortunate break of being acquired by Disney in the merger with Fox, which gave it a whole new platform and fan
PBS
If you're currently streaming I, Jack Wright over on BritBox, you may have found yourself missing Unforgotten more than usual this week. Perhaps the good folks at PBS HQ and Masterpiece were, too, because the entire lineup for Summer 2025 had arrived, and the return of Unforgotten for
FX
FX has officially confirmed that Shōgun is returning for Season 2, along with the start date of production. The 2024 series, which took more than a decade to bring to fruition, was FX's crown jewel when it finally arrived — a series that fully embodied the network's
BritBox
Filming for Death in Paradise Season 15 is officially underway, with the BBC posting the first image from the set in Guadaloupe. The series, which underwent a revival of sorts in Season 14 with its fifth lead in just over a decade, has never been more popular, with viewership remaining
Disney/Hulu
No offense to Hulu, but if a series is debuting on the Disney-owned platform and it's not an FX series (or a Freeform one), it feels like no one bothers to promote it. We've been complaining about this on and off for the last few
Channel 4
The 1979 debut novel of British author Barbara Taylor Bradford, A Woman of Substance, was a massive hit. The first in what became the “Emma Harte Cycle,” a seven-novel saga tracing the fictional heroine’s rise from country housemaid to Wall Street mogul, sold 30 million copies and made
FX
There are very few reality shows that we cover here at Telly Visions; other than the breakout global smashes The Great British Baking Show and The Traitors, the format rarely produces quality viewing week to week. However, Welcome to Wrexham, a real-life take on the Ted Lasso premise of
ITV
It hasn't even been a month since we last heard about ITV's latest thriller series, Secret Service. The series, which had begun filming a few weeks prior after languishing in development hell for the better part of a year, has been touted in ITV's
PBS
The end of the spring is just around the corner, and the PBS Sunday series lineup, which premiered in early spring, is starting to wrap up. The Wolf Hall sequel, Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light, concludes in the final week of April, though viewers should expect local stations