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With the launch of Max in France this summer, the streaming service has finally turned its attention to producing original French-language series. If those series cross the pond to become modest hits in America, then so much the better. After all, competitors like Netflix and Prime Video have found
HBO & HBO Max
Since the launch of Max (nee HBO Max) in the summer of 2020, its parent companies (first AT&T, now Warner Bros. Discovery) have imported and co-produced British comedies. Not that most people are aware of it; AT&T assumed if you stream it, they would magically
HBO & HBO Max
Regular readers of Telly Visions have most likely read at least one rant concerning AT&T (and then Warner Bros. Discovery) ’s failure to properly promote the plethora of British series that HBO and HBO Max premiered between 2019 and 2023. Both parent companies made the same error, believing
HBO & HBO Max
It’s no secret that The Gilded Age’s cast is....well, let’s just call it large. Sprawling. Expansive, even. Boasting a roster that included two dozen series regulars in its second season and even more recurring roles, the HBO period drama had the most extensive ensemble cast on
HBO & HBO Max
It’s been almost two years since the second season of HBO’s gripping coke-addled roller coaster about investment bankers in their cutthroat financial jungle, Industry debuted. Stylish and smart, Season 3 delivers fantastic plot twists and an ensemble of exquisitely talented actors and continues to confound its audience
HBO & HBO Max
During the 2010s, the Game of Thrones season finales were infamous among TV reporters as HBO's big moment to drop the first looks at the other major series heading to the network in the months to come. House of the Dragon may never reach the heights of the
HBO & HBO Max
The Max streaming debacle will one day be featured in classrooms as a case study of every misstep made in the entertainment world during the transition from linear cable television to digital streaming. However, few shows have suffered quite so severely during this era as Industry, the British series that,
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Of the 11 new shows the BBC's Director of Drama, Lindsay Salt, greenlit in February 2024, the least surprising was Lions, the pitch from Richard Gadd. If that name rings a bell, it should; Gadd became a household name in America thanks to Netflix early in 2024 after
HBO & HBO Max
The Gilded Age is staffing up again, but this time, it's being more selective about who it's bringing on board. Fans of the series are pretty aware of the show's sprawling (and we do mean sprawling) cast. Downton Abbey had a large ensemble for
HBO & HBO Max
Over the years, quite a few British shows on HBO have been produced in conjunction with the BBC, airing here on Sundays and in the U.K. on Mondays. The earliest, arguably most famous, was Rome, back in 2005, but Gentleman Jack was also one, as was His Dark Materials
HBO & HBO Max
It is not an exaggeration to say that Game of Thrones helped change the face of television. Before the HBO British-ish fantasy series became the dominant show in the media landscape for a decade, prestige TV was an American-focused phenomenon starring American actors about American stories, such as
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It’s difficult to appreciate the first season of The Tourist from the specific British telly context in which it first aired two years ago, a context that would help explain why it failed to make a stateside splash when it later came to streaming on Max (beyond the streaming