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Van der Valk continues to operate as one of Masterpiece’s under-the-radar series. The reboot of the Dutch mystery series that aired in the 1970s and was revived in the 1990s has been a solid player, holding down the September slots during the pandemic years. Since 2023, it’s morphed
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Magpie Murders is the brainchild of Anthony Horowitz, the prolific writer known for television titles like Foyle’s War. This tale began as a novel (also penned by Horowitz) and is part of his Susan Ryeland Series. As much a meditation on why we love mystery stories as it is
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When Hotel Portofino premiered on PBS in the summer of 2022, the series had already been greenlit for a second season; by the time Season 2 arrived stateside in the fall of 2023, a third season was not only greenlit, filming had already been completed for some time. Since production
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Given all that has transpired this season, I’m sure none of us thought the third season finale of Hotel Portofino would end on a happy note. But this finale episode, “Masquerades,” was still a tragic punch to the gut. Everything is leading up to the party Bella is having
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After five episodes of heartbreaking plot twists, star-crossed romances, devastating betrayals, and some genuinely fabulous vistas, Hotel Portofino will end its third season on the day before Labor Day, Sunday, September 1, 2024. As the hotel’s proprietor, Natascha McElhone’s Bella Ainsworth has spent the season starting her own
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Whether or not school started for kids in your area on the last Monday of August 2024 or if they wait until after Labor Day, there's no denying autumn is right around the corner. The summer shows are ending; people are heading home from their vacations; Masterpiece is
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For a show that on the surface seems so idyllic (The sun! The Italian coast! The fashion!), this third season of Hotel Portofino has been extraordinarily stressful. The season’s penultimate episode, entitled “Revelations,” took no prisoners. Are you sitting down? I think you should sit down. Let’s start
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The high heat may stick around for a while, but the calendar insists that summer is a'rollin' out as school parking lots refill with cars and TV networks start rolling out the first looks at their fall and winter programs. As always, Masterpiece plans to kick off
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Once again, Hotel Portofino Season 3 opens on Wall Street as what feels like the endless collapse of the stock market rolls into it's second week. (The market finally hit its nadir on November 13, 1929.) Cecil is making a trunk call (British for long distance) to his
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COBRA: Rebellion hit the halfway point of the series last week with a violent demonstration outside the International Defense Expo in which Polly Wright, a leading member of Planet Resistance and a close friend of Ellie Sutherland, was severely injured and died soon after. Ellie and the leader of Planet
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Though D.I. Ray won the right to air as part of the 2024 Summer of Mysteries, getting a double punch lead in of Professor T Season 3 and Grantchester Season 9, its main rival, Ridley, also gets to return to PBS for Season 2. Once again, the Adrian Dunbar-led
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In a twist for a series set in the beautiful Italian seacoast, “Realizations” kicks off in New York. Cecil’s stockbroker (and future father-in-law) is admonishing his frantic staff that everyone needs to calm down. (Foreshadowing Take 1). Meanwhile, back from India, Lucian looks like he just got off an