AMC/AMC+
Given how much of our popular media focuses on the reign of England's Queen Elizabeth I, it's nice to finally see a story about what happened next. After all, her chosen heir, James I, was the first monarch to rule over a united England, Ireland, and
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time is turning again at Amazon's Prime Video. The series, based on Robert Jordan's 14-tome epic fantasy series, is the *other* significant property acquired by Amazon's Jeff Bezos for Prime Video to adapt back in the mid-aughts, right around the same
Doctor Who
Although we’re still months away from Doctor Who’s sixtieth-anniversary celebration later this year and several more beyond that from the first full season with Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor (whatever number they end up calling him), the folks behind the scenes are not wasting any time getting fans excited
Apple TV
Hijack's first trailer is here, and it is demanding your attention. The first series from Apple TV+ to be told in a real-time format over seven one-hour episodes is anchored by action star Idris Elba in his first major role as a problem-solving badass since hanging up the
The Bay
ITV's The Bay didn't have the most promising start in 2019. Though the police procedural series, which began with Morven Christie (Grantchester) in the lead role as DS (later DC) Lisa Armstrong, did decent numbers in the U.K. when it debuted and was renewed quickly,
Disney/Hulu
The Clearing opens in isolation: A lone woman in a lake, disappearing below the water’s surface — a young girl walking home from school on a deserted country road. Even without reading the first episode’s summary, it is clear from the moment Sara (Lily LaTorre) engages with Amy (Julia
Acorn TV
The 76th Cannes Film Festival is on in France right now, with the Cannes market in full swing, as films get scooped up by studios for release, and movies in competition hope to set themselves up for award season come fall 2023. But while the A-listers are walking the seashore,
Happy Valley
By now, we’re all familiar with how Happy Valley likes to kick things off. An oddball, unusual crime (involving addicts, delinquents, and often an animal or appliance) unfolds somewhere across Yorkshire’s Calder Valley, and our beleaguered, no-nonsense, and quick-witted Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) must deescalate it, accompanied
BritBox
Mystery series are a staple of the British entertainment industry, so much so at you might be forgiven for wondering if every English citizen just happens to be a part-time crime solver on the side. Because if you go by what you see on the screen in these series, pretty
PBS
If one were to define PBS' Masterpiece anthology series by era, the current one began in 2011 with the arrival of Downton Abbey. However, it has been defined by a small coterie of long-running series, of which Endeavour is a significant tentpole. The prequel spinoff of Inspector Morse, Masterpiece&
Tom Jones
Tom Jones winds up with a happy ending — did we ever doubt it? Not really, although this episode plunges us briefly into the darkest moment of the series before wrapping up everything in a parcel of sweetness and light, along with a neat grace note that grants Tom fortune and
Netflix
Once upon a time (because the best posts about romances always start that way), when an American show was a hit with audiences, that meant it would run for years. M*A*S*H, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends; all ran for a decade or more. When Game of Thrones hit the