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PBS
It's a new year for the world and a new year of shows on PBS and PBS Passport. Since the debut of Downton Abbey Season 2 in 2012, January has been *the* place for Masterpiece's PBS premieres, from period piece dramas like Victoria and Sanditon making
Mystery
The first season of Annika wasn't the most sparkling of PBS' fall 2022 lineup, but it was a solid series, the kind of workhorse procedural that can run for years without losing the audience's interest. The combination of Nicola Walker (Unforgotten) as the titular Annika
Call the Midwife
It’s December 1967, and it wouldn’t be a Call The Midwife Christmas episode without a pageant or other festive community event planned by Fred Buckle. Life in Poplar is slowly returning to normal a few months after the terrible train crash from last season. Fred decides that the
PBS
The phrase "Peak TV" was first coined in 2014 during a Television Critics Association panel with FX head John Landgraff. He used the term to refer to the growing slate of high-end TV shows. However, since then, the proliferation of streaming services and the gaping maw of content
PBS
Fun fact: The 2014 period drama Jamaica Inn was one of former Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay's first major roles after leaving Highclere Castle behind (RIP, Lady Sybil), yet the three-part series has never actually aired in America. Sure, motivated viewers can track it down online: it&
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette is one of those rare historical figures that everyone has an opinion about—regardless of how much of the actual history surrounding her life you actually happen to know. Depending on who you ask, she's either a frivolous airhead, a spendthrift clotheshorse obsessed with shoes, or
Sanditon
All good things must come to an end. Masterpiece has announced that the third season of its popular period drama Sanditon will be the series' last, bringing an end to the show's dramatic reversals of fortune that have seen it canceled, revived for a surprise additional pair
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Season 2 of Miss Scarlet and the Duke just ended and Season 3 is still a few weeks away (unless you're a PBS Passport member who decided to take the opportunity to watch the new episodes early), but fans of the popular mystery series can rest easy in
PBS
The holidays are officially here, with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday all inundating our inboxes. With the significant holidays spread across the December landscape, it's the time of year when everyone gets into the Very Special Episode action. Marathons of Christmas-themed editions of
Call the Midwife
Call The Midwife has been a staple of the BBC and PBS since its debut a decade ago in 2012, as is the series' yearly Christmas special. The series' U.K. premiere, which traditionally occurs in January, comes close enough on the heels of the late December holiday
Mystery
Van der Valk is looking to change things up. The show, which is a reboot of the 1970s/1990s series, stuck somewhat close to the original series in its cast of characters, starting with Commissaris Piet van der Valk (Marc Warren). Hoofd-commissaris Halsbeek was gender-flipped to Inspecteur Lucienne Hassell (Maimie
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 has only just ended, so it feels a bit strange to already be diving straight into talk of Season 3. But such is our luck this year, since the series' third outing is set to arrive on Masterpiece in January, mere weeks