TNT/TBS
Despite the fact that its first season won't air in the U.S. until June, cable network TNT has already picked up its buzzy British action thriller The Lazarus Project for a second season. Despite its scheduling woes, the fact that TNT has already signed on for Season
Disney/Hulu
Since Disney first fired the opening salvo against Netflix in 2017, announcing plans to pull all its content and create its own streaming service, expansion has been the order of the day. More single-production network streaming services, more content (both old and new), and more apps for consumers to download
MGM+
Streamer MGM+ has acquired the Arthurian drama The Winter King, a ten-part adaptation based on Bernard Cromwell's bestselling Warlord Chronicles series of novels, and has set a premiere date for later this summer. The streamer, which Amazon rebranded from Epix after purchasing its parent studio, is best known
Disney/Hulu
In what may be the biggest sign the Bridgerton effect is changing the types of shows made for streaming, Disney+’s UK arm plunked down for a high-end adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s best-selling 1988 novel Rivals, the second in her Rutshire Chronicles series. Spanning ten books published between 1986
The CW
The CW isn't often the first network that comes to mind when you think of programming of particular interest to Anglophiles, but that may be changing quicker than many of us expected. The network is under new management, who appear eager to save money and reach a broader
Sundance Now
Sundance Now first announced it was picking up Clean Sweep, an Irish thriller starring Charlene McKenna (Peaky Blinders), as part of the 2023 slate in September 2022. It was part of a larger announcement of series coming to this side of the pond, including SisterS, Totally Completely Fine, and Black
IFC
Hailed as the Irish Fleabag, SisterS wants to be equal parts caustic, heartfelt, and subversive. But in stretching in so many directions, it flattens itself nearly one-dimensional. SisterS follows two half-sisters in their thirties on a road trip across Ireland in search of their absentee father. Younger sister Sare is
Exclusive
Great Performances celebrates 50 years on PBS in 2023, and as part of the anthology series' 50th anniversary, it's leading off with another anniversary special -- Shakespeare in the Park's Richard III. The Joseph Papp-conceived free-for-all production celebrated 60 years since opening its signature arena
Happy Valley
Season 2 of the celebrated Yorkshire police drama Happy Valley starts as it means to go on: with Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) absolutely worn out. Over a cuppa with her sister Clare (Siobhan Finneran), she recounts an escapade with a kidnapped sheep rampaging across town pursued by local dogs
BritBox
ITV/BritBox’s The Tower, and its second season, entitled The Tower: Death Message, is adapted by Patrick Harbinson from the first two books of Kate London’s Metropolitan Police Trilogy, Post Mortem and Death Message. Directed by Faye Gilbert, The Tower is a woman-led, densely plotted urban police procedural,
Disney/Hulu
As a society, we remain fascinated by the idea of cults. After all, a lot of the most famous groups — Heaven's Gate, the Ragneeshees, the People's Temple, the Children of God, even the Manson Family — are stories steeped in violence, misogyny, and outright weirdness, or even,
Doctor Who
“Why did this face come back?” Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) is asking the question on everyone’s minds in the latest trailer for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Specials. “This face,” of course, is David Tennant, the Doctor so nice they cast him twice. He is due back as the