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It may be the height of summer and a holiday weekend in the United States, but in the world of television, July is the beginning of the new year. Historically, the TV year ran from September to June, when broadcast programming started. But since television went year-round with the
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Hotel Portofino opens with a surprising reveal. Hotel proprietress Bella and her husband Cecil have engaged in some marital activity the night before. While Mr. Ainsworth seems quite pleased with their evening of passion and assumes all is forgiven, Bella is irritable and has misgivings about what, on her part,
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Welcome to the first recap of the new PBS period drama series Hotel Portofino. The series is advertised as a story of "personal awakening at a time of global upheaval in the traumatic aftermath of World War I and the liberating influence of Italy's enchanting culture, climate,
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June wasn't always a busy time for TV, historically. The Emmy submissions cut off ends with may, and the frenzy to get the best shows out in front of voters as close to the deadline (without going over) usually meant June was clean up, weekly episodes of stuff
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Though English novelist Daphne du Maurier is probably best known for Rebecca, a Gothic story of gaslighting and murder that remains so popular it has never once gone out of print since it first hit shelves in 1938, she was a prolific author who penned multiple other notable works of
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March has given way to the beginning of April. And while April showers should bring May flowers, they'll also bring a flood of new British TV shows and movies to a streaming service near you. That's not an April Fool's joke. This month is
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All Creatures Great and Small is the perfect cozy show to help get PBS fans through the doldrums of January and February. Between the rolling green dales, the endlessly adorable animals of all shapes and sizes, and the low stakes drama, it's the perfect visually calming series to
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When Nicola Walker left Unforgotten at the end of Season 4, fans were stunned and heartbroken. The series, a sleeper hit from 2018, had become one of the most popular female-led mystery shows in recent memory. Fans of the series will almost certainly keep tuning in; however, it left
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Season 2 of the deliciously bonkers political thriller COBRA won't make its way to PBS until a still-to-be-announced later date in 2022, but PBS Passport members can get an early look at the series' highly anticipated return right now. All eight episodes of the
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Vienna Blood Season 2 has solved its last case for 2022, and currently, there's no word on when there will be a Season 3. (This is not to say there won't be. Season 3 has been commissioned, it's just that there's no
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As part of our "Classics Revisited" series, we're taking a look back at some of our favorite series and movies from days gone by. Next up: The 2007 BBC adaptation Cranford, a whimsical, quirky series that follows the lives of the residents of the eponymous market
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For those with Apple TV+, it will be time to meet The Tragedy of Macbeth again, though in streaming, not thunder, lightning, or rain. But this new adaptation of one of William Shakespeare's most well-known tragedies is just another reminder that 400 years on, the Bard is