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 by
Apple TV
Fire is one of the most destructive forces found in nature, capable of quickly destroying everything humans have built; the last two years have seen some demonstrations of just how deadly fire can be, between the complete razing from the 2023 Maui wildfires in Hawai'i to the sudden
Roku
Mr. Rogers famously said that in times of uncertainty and fear, look for the helpers. Considering how much those two words can describe the state of the television industry, it feels like critics and viewers, at times, look for a service to right some of the terrible wrong decisions made
Movies
Medieval-set horror films are generally few and far between, despite it being a historical era that's ripe for this sort of storytelling. The ones that do exist seem to gravitate toward certain types of stories, most often involving witches. Given the widespread witch panic that began in
Roku
The Great British Baking Show comes but once a year on Netflix, partly due to the streaming service's hesitation to delve into the variations that PBS initially deemed "too British" and the older seasons the BBC didn't think were worth offering. However, for fans
AMC/AMC+
The adventure series Nautilus has had a long and torturous path to the screen. The series began its life as a Disney+ project, but it was shelved back in 2023 as part of a series of cost-cutting measures. (Its budget was said to have run into the hundreds of
Netflix
Mysteries and crime-solving stories are a source of comfort, a combination of seeing someone competent in charge of righting wrongs, bringing order out of chaos by revealing the murderer hidden amongst our ranks. It's not surprising that the chaos of the last decade has led to the
Netflix
Technically, summer doesn't start as a season until the solstice in mid-June. However, in the world of entertainment, the summer theatrical movie season begins at the top of May, having been pushed back by Disney from Memorial Day Weekend, and runs until the Toronto International Film Festival
FX
The stunning success of Welcome to Wrexham cannot be overstated. It's a rare reality series that can stand shoulder to shoulder with prestige TV, and even when one does, it's tough to maintain for an extended run over several years. But Wrexham discovered it had a
BBC
Vampire fiction has always been popular, whether on the printed page, the big screen, or streaming services. From more overtly prestige properties like Interview with the Vampire and True Blood to soapy romances like The Vampire Diaries and Twilight, we’ve always been fascinated by this particular idea of the