Better Late Than Never
TV is overflowing with detective dramas. Since the 2025-2026 TV season started at the end of May 2025, there has been Dept. Q and Untamed on Netflix; Ballard and Countdown on Prime Video; Code of Silence on Britbox; Smoke on AppleTV+... and that’s just the ones I can remember
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It is a truth I hope to live long enough to see Netflix acknowledge, that weekly release series are far superior to binge drops. For one thing, it allows viewers to savor each episode as it arrives, rather than rushing to get to the finale at 1.5x speed or
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Nineties icon Alicia Silverstone is coming to Acorn TV this summer. The streamer has announced that its latest cozy crime thriller, Irish Blood, will officially premiere this August. Best known for her turn as a contemporary Emma Woodhouse in Clueless, Silverstone plays divorce lawyer Fiona Sharpe, whose father, Declan (Jason
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Christmas comes but once a year; however, when it comes to U.K. Christmas specials of fan-favorite series, it seems any time of year will do. For example, with the running exception of Call the Midwife, PBS has never aired any of the Christmas episodes from their imported and co-produced
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For those continuing to keep track of who will be part of the new TV adaptation of Harry Potter, Warner Bros. announced further casting today, following the debut of the three newcomers playing the central trio a couple of weeks back. American viewers will probably recognize most of the adult
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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
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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
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After six months of pondering what was up with The Madame Blanc Mysteries, AMC Networks and Acorn TV have finally announced a Season 4 premiere date. Fans will recall that Acorn TV, the leading producer of the series alongside the U.K.'s Channel 5, had traditionally treated the
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Acorn TV is known as an alternative streaming service to BritBox. The latter is British-centric, where Acorn TV tends to pick up English-language shows from everywhere but the U.K., including New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Ireland. However, the race to become the American home for Welsh series is
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It took a good six months, but Acorn TV and Channel 5 finally confirmed Inspector Ellis's return for Season 2. One of the brighter debuts for the niche streamer in 2024, the series (which, like Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis before her, is merely called Ellis in the
Ovation
It is a truth universally acknowledged that popular mystery series can pretty much run forever. Midsomer Murders is currently shooting its twenty-fifth season. Death in Paradise has been solving crimes in a tropical paradise for fourteen seasons, and Father Brown has been balancing investigative and spiritual duties for twelve. Heck,
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Acorn TV has released the first trailer for its upcoming cozy crime drama Art Detectives, and it seems apparent that no one is doing this particular subgenre like this streaming service. A destination for murder mysteries that boast both intriguingly offbeat premises and stars looking for a creative offramp into