HBO & HBO Max
Since the launch of Max (nee HBO Max) in the summer of 2020, its parent companies (first AT&T, now Warner Bros. Discovery) have imported and co-produced British comedies. Not that most people are aware of it; AT&T assumed if you stream it, they would magically find
Starz
Period drama The Serpent Queen wrapped up its second season with an uber-dramatic and exceptionally bloody final installment that featured everything from a surprise pregnancy and a forced wedding to literal mass murder. "All Saints Day" is the sort of audacious, over-the-top storytelling that this show does best,
Movies
We Live in Time has been on the awards buzz radar since it was first announced in 2023. The film stars Florence Pugh (Little Women) and Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven) as the main couple in a dramatic romance. She's a chef with big dreams; he
BBC
Every actor cites two rules as they break them: Never work with children or animals. The theory behind this statement is that working with either requires working with someone who cannot yet fully understand they are acting. But what if the adaptation you're undertaking is a child-centric series?
Netflix
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
Feature
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
Acorn TV
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
PBS
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
Netflix
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
PBS
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
Netflix
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
BritBox
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