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‘The Agency’ Changes Name Again, Announces Release Date
Paramount+ will most likely do more damage to 'The Agency' than its spy thriller villains with Season 2.
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'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' Closes the Crawley Era with Class
Downton Abbey and its fans have had a good run. Since the series debuted on PBS Masterpiece in 2011, there have been six seasons and two feature films' worth of Crawley family intrigues, affairs, deaths, and everyday existence to sate the most ardent of Anglophiles. However, the passing in
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The Final Hats of 'Downton Abbey'
Downton Abbey was the beginning of a new era on PBS when it debuted, even though no one knew it at the time. Meant as a truncated one-and-done miniseries when it premiered in the depths of winter in 2011, the series became a word-of-mouth sensation via burgeoning social media. By
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The Final 'Downton Abbey' Featurette Will Leave You Teary-Eyed
It is rare for a franchise to conclude in the 21st century, when the landscape is heavily marked by reboots, revivals, and reimaginings of older titles. It's not just shows like The Forsytes remaking The Forsyte Saga for a new century, or boyish comedy All Creatures Great &
HBO & HBO Max
HBO Teams with Sky to Create Law Series 'War' Starring Sienna Miller
After a decade of multiple new owners, an ill-advised merger, and now an eventual unmerger (if a different, larger, also ill-advised merger doesn't happen first), HBO is getting back to doing what it has always done best. When it was a premium cable channel, HBO defined itself by
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'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale's Posters Give a Last Look at Fan Favorites
One of our favorite traditions for Downton Abbey was the release of the yearly "Character Posters" that would arrive every season like clockwork, a few weeks before the new season premiered. (Longtime fans may recall the uproar that occurred one year when the image of Lord Grantham and
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The First Teaser for 'Downton Abbey's' "Grand Finale" Is a Delight
We've officially reached the 100-day mark until the release of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the third and, as the title desperately insists, final big-screen installment* of the beloved franchise that began 15 years ago on ITV and PBS. A series that consistently surprised both producers and critics
MGM+
'Rogue Heroes' Is The Best Steven Knight Show You're Not Watching
Rogue Heroes*, Stephen Knight’s latest series – at least until A Thousand Blows arrives next month – is back for a second season! In the US, Season 1 can be streamed via Prime Video, and Season 2 is on MGM+. While it’s a bummer to have such a solid, well-acted,
MGM+
'Rogue Heroes' Arrive on MGM+ for Season 2 in January
This is a PSA to all the Peaky Blinders fans out there who are sadly waiting for Netflix to bring them the movie sequel sometime in 2025. May I suggest turning your attention to MGM+? I know, you probably aren't sure which streaming service that is, if you&
Paramount+
In 'The Agency,' Spy Work Is Deadly... Deadly Dull
You have to hand it to The Agency. It must have taken a lot of effort to make a series starring Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Richard Gere, and executive produced by George Clooney this boring. Based on the French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, this ten-episode Showtime on
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'Rogue Heroes's Season 2 Trailer Reminds Us Why The Show Is So Good
As the casualties of the streaming wars fall, we are in the awkward stage where failing streaming services are picking up programming that no one watches. It is a pity when shows that land on Sundance Now or IFC don't get simultaneous releases on Acorn TV because no
Showtime
'The Agency' Trailer Romances The Spy
Paramount may not last too much longer under the current configuration as Skydance finishes the long process of merging the two companies. But until then, Paramount+ will continue randomly debuting series greenlit by those who have long since been fired or counting the days until they join those ranks. Most