Mystery
When Vienna Blood debuted back in January of 2020, it was an exciting addition to the PBS mystery line-up. Set in 1910s Vienna, in the years before the Great War tore the Austria-Hungarian empire apart, this series explores a time and place in the grip of rising nationalism, and blindness
Drama
The truth about John Beecham’s past comes to light in a ridiculously over the top episode of Beecham House that is simultaneously eye-rollingly predictable and also much more entertaining than anything that’s come before. Is that an improvement? Technically speaking, yes, but it’s not like the bar
Mystery
This week's Grantchester begins with a young man running naked in the middle of the street. He passes Geordie and Will on their way to the pub for some backgammon, and Geordie nearly gives chase. But Will assumes it's "high spirits" among the college
Drama
AMC Networks' streaming service AMC Premiere will be the American home for Downton Abbey alum Laura Carmichael's new series, an adaptation of the literary thriller The Secrets She Keeps. The noir-ish thriller is based on a book of the same name by Michael Robotham, which tells the
Mystery
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries was nearly canceled after its second season; it was a fan campaign on social media that earned it a reprieve. As we round into this last (and much shorter) season, it begins at Mackenzie's Cavalcade of Mysteries. But this is no cold
Drama
The full trailer for Netflix's upcoming female-led Arthurian retelling, Cursed, is here, and it's pretty much everything we wanted it to be. There's a group of red-robed monks busy hunting down the magical Fey folk, talking of a war against magic. A young woman
Drama
Huzzah! The Great, Hulu's frothy, mostly inaccurate, and utterly delightful take on the life of a young Catherine the Great, will officially return for a second season. Elle Fanning stars as Catherine in this self-styled "occasionally true story" opposite Nicholas Hoult as her husband Peter III.
Culture
Last month, the tectonic shift in the landscape came via HBO Max, which upended streaming in British TV with its deal to provide BBC America an official streaming home. This month brings the counterpunch, as Comcast and NBCUniversal debut their streaming service, Peacock. Peacock has been in soft launch mode
Drama
Here’s a fact that may surprise you: With this episode, we’re now officially halfway through Beecham House Doesn’t it...feel like we should be further along in this story? Or, at least, really even know what the story the show’s trying to tell is? Sigh. Look,
Mystery
This week's Grantchester begins with a family christening. It's bittersweet since last week ended with Will and his mother officially estranged. Once again, Vic at the boxing studio steps up with the advice. He suggests a date to the movies; he'll bring his wife
Mystery
The problem Australian TV has with doing Christmas specials is the holiday lands in midsummer where they are, whereas in most of the Western world to which they export, Christmas brings images of snow. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries solves that by having Aunt Prudence organize "Christmas In
Movies
Outlander star Sam Heughan has joined Crazy Rich Asians' Constance Wu and an all-star cast for the upcoming period romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm's List. The Jane Austen-inspired comedy of manners centers on Mr. Jeremy Malcom, one of nineteenth-century London's most eligible bachelors. He is, as