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The process of transferring a beloved TV show to a feature film is never easy, but there are two directions productions usually take. The first, like with Downton Abbey, is to bring everybody back—all for one, one for all, no replacements for Mrs. Patmore or Lord Merton. Everyone comes
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If the theme of this post feels familiar, that's because it's the second one like it we've run in the past week and a half. Second verse, same as the first: A streaming service has once again abruptly canceled a genre series with a
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Canada's longest-running, most-watched period mystery series, Murdoch Mysteries, is preparing to return to the Canadian airwaves in the fall of 2024 for its 18th season. One of the last bastions of linear September-May TV scheduling left that falls within our purview, the series still airs 22 episodes a
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On paper, Ridley looks like a winning formula: take actor Adrian Dunbar, already a beloved household name in the U.K. for playing the self-righteous Irish-Catholic head of the internal corruption unit in Line of Duty, and give him his own detective show to anchor. Dunbar comes ready-made with a
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Since 2016, it has felt like the U.S. is on the verge of a nervous breakdown every four years heading into November. But no matter how awful it is out in the world, there's been one safe place for everyone to go every autumn: The Tent on
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There wasn't much that went right in 2020. However, Masterpiece's decision to board the remake of All Creatures Great & Small (despite the fact the original never actually aired as part of their anthology) was one of the few decisions no one can argue with. After
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Political thriller The Diplomat was one of Netflix's most unexpected hits in 2023. It was a welcome throwback-style drama that mixed the fast-paced dialogue of The West Wing with the political twists and turns of something like Homeland. The series stars Emmy winner Keri Russell (The Americans) as
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Well, friends, it appears that Lana Washington (Vicky McClure) did not take my advice at the end of Trigger Point Season 1 and get a job working at Starbucks. In the six months that have passed since the first season finale, Lana has not been making lattes, catching up on
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Van der Valk continues to operate as one of Masterpiece’s under-the-radar series. The reboot of the Dutch mystery series that aired in the 1970s and was revived in the 1990s has been a solid player, holding down the September slots during the pandemic years. Since 2023, it’s morphed
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BBC Newsnight's 2019 interview with England's Prince Andrew is rightly remembered as one of modern media's greatest trainwrecks. An hour-long conversation in which the prince was grilled about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and questioned about his own relationship with a
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It once looked like Severance would become Apple TV+’s siren’s call to new subscribers, but by the time Season 2 premieres in January 2025, three years will have passed since its first season finale. By contrast, the streamer’s most reliable show, Slow Horses, has consistently delivered a
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Magpie Murders is the brainchild of Anthony Horowitz, the prolific writer known for television titles like Foyle’s War. This tale began as a novel (also penned by Horowitz) and is part of his Susan Ryeland Series. As much a meditation on why we love mystery stories as it is