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Predicting the future is a fool's errand, but when years with nice round numbers turn up, people do it anyway. It's hard to know what the next decade will bring in the world of television. If someone had told me in 2009 that the biggest shows
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So it’s been a few weeks since we said farewell to Louisa, Larry, Leslie, Margo and Gerry a.k.a. The Durrells in Corfu. And, yeah, we all miss this heartwarming family tale. For those of you who may be feeling at a loss, I’ve taken a spin
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It may still be hotter than Hades here in the Nation's Capital, but technically, Fall is officially here. As the equinox passes, the days grow shorter and the nights colder. It's a perfect time to start settling in around the electronic hearth of the TV and
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Previously on Jamestown: Jocelyn, Verity, Pedro and James Read all head off to search for the mariners who originally brought slaves to Jamestown. Along the way, Joss gets shot with an arrow in the gut, but doesn’t die thanks to James savvy medical skills, which involve digging around in
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Previously on Jamestown: Since Temperance is pregnant, Yeardley decides to write a will, in which he transfers ownership of Pedro and Maria to his unborn child. Everyone in town is suddenly real upset about this, which is somehow a step further than owning people generally, flogging them and forcing them
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The film adaptation of Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone, starring Downton Abbey alum Elizabeth McGovern, arrives on PBS Passport this August. When Masterpiece Theater started back in 1971, no one could guess it would still be one of PBS' major anchors nearly fifty years on. But after decades of
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Previously on Jamestown: Chacrow moves into Jamestown to work for Yeardley and kill Silas Sharrow, on the orders of the Pamunkey chief. Silas seems weirdly fine with this, but it all turns out fine anyway, since Chacrow can’t do it after he has some sort of religious experience while
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Mark your calendars, mystery fans: Season 2 of Frankie Drake Mysteries is officially coming to PBS Passport this summer. The second season of the frothy girl-power mystery series will be available to stream in full on PBS Passport beginning Monday, August 12. The series is basically a lighter, Canadian version
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Previously on Jamestown: This season continues to spiral into the absurd, as the entire colony becomes obsessed with a random palomino horse from…somewhere, and then spends the bulk of the episode chasing it through the woods. (I wish I was making this up.) But, thanks to Henry acquiring said
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Previously on Jamestown: Pedro and Maria attempt to run away from the colony, but their efforts are thwarted thanks to (who else?) Yeardley, despite the fact that the rest of the town conspires to help them get out. Silas tries to do us all a favor by killing the Governor
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Previously on Jamestown: Meredith and Verity take in a random child newly arrived on the boats from England after Rutter – who appears to be in some kind of mental decline – decides that young Tam is actually his son. Who is dead. Elsewhere, Henry Sharrow’s daughter sickens and dies thanks
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Previously, on Jamestown: Alice Sharrow departs Jamestown with her son when she realizes it’s unlikely Silas will ever return from his new life with the natives. Jocelyn’s secret partnership with Farlow is exposed, and the magistrate literally gets beheaded for his trouble, as Yeardley brands him a traitor