Sci-Fi
The era of prestige TV has been studded with big-budget adaptations of significant works. The trend started with Game of Thrones, but it's become almost a requirement for streaming services to have a marquee franchise title where episodes cost millions, from Netflix's Stranger Things and upcoming
Drama
Sprawling World War II drama World on Fire was a surprise hit for PBS Masterpiece when it first aired in the spring of 2020, boasting an impeccable cast and a welcome dedication to changing up the ways we tell stories about Europe's last great war, and focusing on
Comedy
Netflix's Sex Education is undergoing some growing pains. The successful series, which has launched multiple A-list careers in the last year, is losing cast members right and left ahead of filming for Season 4, which is scheduled to start later this summer. Some are due to the show&
Documentary
It's been six years since rock icon David Bowie passed away, leaving a huge hole in the fabric of the music industry with his death. (No matter whether you personally liked the man's music, it's impossible to argue the scope of the impact his
Drama
FX announced its team up with the BBC for a new adaptation of Great Expectations back at the start of the year, with filming getting underway in April 2022 with Olivia Colman (The Crown) headlining as the famous Miss Haversham, she of the white wedding dress she never takes off.
Comedy
Prime Video's misfit comedy The Outlaws is one of the more unexpected delights of the 2022 television season to date, a charming found family caper featuring a great cast and some fairly inventive subversion of standard comedy tropes. And although Season 1 only arrived on the streamer back
Drama
ITV's The Tower didn't make a big splash in the US when BritBox picked it up last December. But the three-part crime thriller drama was a critical darling, with the all-too-rare 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on Kate London's debut novel, Post
PBS
It's been almost two years since we were last enthralled, confused, and annoyed by Sky TV's COBRA, written by Ben Richards and directed by Mo Ali and Sallie Aprahamian. The term "COBRA" has the same relevance to herpetology as Monty Python's Flying
Mystery
It's been over a season since Will gave up his celibacy. However, the sight of Will getting rather Sidneyish with jazz and cute girls who don't give him their number as Grantchester Season 7 opens is still a surprise, as he abandons the now single Geordie.
PBS
Last week's episode of Hotel Portofino ended with Lucian and Anish attempting to flee from a police raid on a secret anti-fascist meeting. Amid the chaos, the friends get separated. Lucian finds a hiding spot and finds his way home when the coast is clear. Down by the
Actors and Actresses
With over one billion (yes, with a "B') viewing hours logged, Stranger Things has become the biggest English language series in Netflix history. Its fourth season is now the biggest show on streaming for 2022, and unless Marvel pulls some sort of superhero miracle, it will probably remain
Drama
Sad news for Gentleman Jack fans: HBO has announced the critically acclaimed drama will not return for a third season. The series, which premiered in 2019, starred Suranne Jones (Vigil) as Anne Lister, the 19th-century British landowner, intellectual, businesswoman, and prolific diarist who wrote extensive coded entries about her sexual