Netflix
It is quickly becoming a truth universally acknowledged that Netflix has won the streaming wars in the U.S., at least in terms of subscription numbers*. However, the platform is being a spoilsport in victory, unwilling to admit it was wrong about binge-watching. Instead, it's turned to batch
AMC/AMC+
Police procedurals and "cozy crime" series have been a staple of television since its inception. Not just Law & Order type series like Dragnet, but Agatha Christie style mysteries based on novels, where small picturesque places find themselves involved in murder. One reason the genre has such enduring
HBO & HBO Max
As everyone has probably heard by now, the slow pivot by Warner Bros. Discovery back to where everything was before CEO David Zaslav started going full DOGE on it culminated in May 2025 with the announcement that the streaming service that was once called HBO Max before dropping "the
Apple TV
Fans of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, based on the Mick Herron thrillers The Slough House Series, prepare to ride out in the fall. The series, which has slowly built itself into one of Apple TV+'s most reliable and solid performers over four seasons, has set a
Netflix
Netflix subscribers who didn't pay close attention to the entertainment landscape were probably startled to be bombarded over the final weekend of May 2025 with ads for TUDUM. The horrendously named PR marketing event* primarily serves as a way to circumvent professional critics who cover television, hoping that
BritBox
It is rare for daytime soaps from other countries to find homes in the U.S., unless they are a specific kind of Mexican telenovela shown on U.S. Spanish-speaking networks. That's just one of the reasons the Northern Ireland-set series Hope Street has been such a surprise
Now Stream This
We've reached June, which is a moment of reset for the world of television. Despite awards shows like The Golden Globes and the TV BAFTAs moving to a calendar year eligibility (January to December) in recent years, as the advent of streaming upended the traditional TV season, the
Movies
We've officially reached the 100-day mark until the release of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the third and, as the title desperately insists, final big-screen installment* of the beloved franchise that began 15 years ago on ITV and PBS. A series that consistently surprised both producers and critics
Disney/Hulu
For Doctor Who fans, 2025 is proving to be a bittersweet one. In the U.S., the show's longest-running convention, Gallifrey One, announced it would be shutting down before the end of the decade. On TV, Disney seems to be on the fence about making the marriage official
Acorn TV
Acorn TV is still wild about Harry. The streamer has confirmed that its popular crime drama Harry Wild has been officially renewed for a fifth season. The show, which stars acting legend Jane Seymour (Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman) as the titular retired English professor turned amateur sleuth, is one of
Disney/Hulu
Russell T. Davies wraps up the second (and possibly final) season of Doctor Who on Disney+ with an hour that goes for broke in every respect. "The Reality War" is an epic spectacle of the sort that Davies has always loved as a showrunner — a finale that brings
Roku
Our decade-long deprivation nightmare is about to finally be over. The Great British Sewing Bee, the third in the original trio of "Great British" reality shows from Love Productions alongside The Great British Baking Show and The Great Pottery Throw Down, is finally coming to America. Long overlooked