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.
BritBox
The 2020s will be remembered for many things. However, one small part of the entertainment landscape will probably end up overlooked: the sharp increase in murder mysteries and police procedural television in the Western world. From true crime to dramatic thrillers to cozy crime, these shows, referred to in the
PBS
As expected, Unforgotten's third episode opens with the team quickly starting to round up the names of the suspects we've already met. Ram's tip about the ex-employee who was not paid during the pandemic leads to the pub's manager, a lovely lady
Netflix
The Great British Baking Show is back for a record 16th season! The series returned to Channel 4 at the top of September, and has rolled right over to Netflix for the weekend, bringing the joys of the tent back to fans a few weeks earlier than usual. Outside the
Apple TV
In a landscape where multiple streaming services currently in existence are probably not going to be around much longer, Apple TV+ stands alone as a singular, yet improbable success story. As a content provider with zero experience making its own original series, its launch in 2019 was heavily overshadowed by
Acorn TV
Riding the current high of two record-breaking series premiering back-to-back in Art Detectives and Irish Blood, Acorn TV announced it will bring back one of the shows that hasn't yet found an audience, in hopes that the newcomers will start tuning in. Signora Volpe, the lush Italian-set odd-couple
BritBox
—BritBox has been on a roll since early 2024; the BBC never managed to launch its own standalone streaming service (sorry, BBC Select), but when given one that's already on a successful track, the British Broadcaster certainly knows how to program it effectively. The uptick in premium series
Movies
It is a generally accepted trope that the most effective horror movies are the ones that never show you the monster. It holds for classics like Alien and Rosemary's Baby, and is still used to great effect today in franchises like A Quiet Place. However, one of Netflix&
PBS
PBS first announced it would pick up the Mark Gatiss-penned series Bookish in February 2025, a few months ahead of the show's summer-slated premiere in the U.K. At the time, the show was declared as coming sometime in "the 2025-2026 TV season, and scuttlebutt suggested it
Movies
Downton Abbey was the beginning of a new era on PBS when it debuted, even though no one knew it at the time. Meant as a truncated one-and-done miniseries when it premiered in the depths of winter in 2011, the series became a word-of-mouth sensation via burgeoning social media. By
Netflix
Bridgerton creator Shonda Rhimes was recently in Edinburgh for the city's annual celebration of film and television as the opening salvo to Season 4's marketing rollout. Her talk mostly made news for topics other than her hit show; however, it was notable that she stated again
Movies
For all that Rian Johnson's Knives Out series of films is really just Agatha Christie stories reset for the 21st century, outside of lead Daniel Craig, who plays Detective Benoit Blanc (he of the Foghorn Leghorn style southern drawl), the cast has been almost entirely American. There are
Now Stream This
Ahhh, September. The windows are finally open, the breeze is cooling down, school's back in session, and summer holidays are a memory. Most importantly, television is ready for families to get back to their usual work schedules and, more to the point, their tired evenings on the couch.