It's the Autumn, sorry, Fall Season in the US with both Networks and Cable channels wheeling out their big guns as the weather turns and Americans are hunkered in front of the television. Below is a list of shows we're genuinely excited by or interested to see in the...
BBC Two have acquired US drama Snowfall from FX . Set in Los Angeles in 1983, the 10-part drama follows a cast of characters set on an intense collision course, Snowfall explores the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and the major impact it had on American society...
It's that time of year where pick the best shows of the year. A lot has been made of what generally awful year 2016 was but when the television was good it was bloomin' brilliant. Here are our picks! Walking The Himalayas (January 2016, Channel 4) We've always enjoyed...
As the US networks set out their new schedules some shows have bitten the dust. Below is a list of shows we know to have been axed or ended. A Agent Carter (FX in the UK) American Idol *Aired its final season this year.* (FiveUS/VIVA in the UK) Angel from Hell...
BBC Two have announced that they are to air the FX limited series American Crime Story beginning next month. American Crime Story takes audiences inside the OJ Simpson trial with a riveting look at the legal teams battling to convict or acquit the American football...
Fargo returns soon to Channel 4. The first installment of the FX show was a mega-hit wherever it played. The series returns soon, and the action moves to the 1970's. Below creator of the series and lead writer Noah Hawley teases what we can expect. Where did the idea...
Welcome back to our look at the Edinburgh TV Festival with this post focusing on three sessions involving chats with the heads of three of America's top cable networks. We'll cover the highlights of every session as the three men gave us insight into what they felt...
Films that have made the transition from the big screen to the small screen are becoming much less rare nowadays. With the recent announcement that Peter Weir’s glorious cult classic The Truman Show may make its way onto the idiot box it seems topical that Fargo, the...
Did we like it? If you loved The Kevin Bishop Show on Channel 4 – the one featuring short, sharp clips from lots of spoof TV channels and programmes – you may have liked this identical twin but, like us, would probably have felt it was a lot less successful. What was...
Did we like it? This Iraq war drama created by Ed Burns and David Simon (of Homicide, The Corner and The Wire fame) lived up to the hype, with a powerful, noisy, unsensational and memorable opening edpisode. What was good about it? • The chaotic miniseries about a...
Did we like it? This new Miami-set series about a spy who's been 'burned' (cut off with no resources) enjoyed an OK start. It was swish, glamorous, sexy, occasionally humorous but never quite compelling. What was good about it? • We weren't impressed with the start,...
Did we like it? With our weekly dose of Dexter on FX now finished, the channel seems to have picked up another beauty with Breaking Bad. This first episode was intriguing, original, funny and frightening all at once. We have high hopes. What was good about it? • For a...
Did we like it? Despite too much time spent with the necessary introductions of the grotesques competing for Australian of the Year, we saw the same glimpses of wit and imagination as in Summer Heights High that make star Chris Lilley an outstanding new comedy talent....
Did we like it? We do like Dexter very much. We would say that it's a 'slick US drama' • 'slick' being the word that must always prefix the words 'US drama' • but in this case, the usually reliable adjective isn't quite on the money. Dexter's theme is always red, but...
Did we like it? The buzz around this serial killer drama was pretty intense so we were expecting a classic to fill that Soprano-sized void, that West Wing-sized wilderness. Alas, Dexter's not that good. But it is good, perverse and thrilling. What was good about it? •...
Did we like it? You can stick your Will & Grace, your Friends, maybe even your Scrubs up your jacksie. A proper dirty sitcom about proper people with proper problems written by the genius that is Louis C.K. Highly recommended. What was good about it? • This is a...
What to say if you like it A dark tale of morality. Well told, well played, well worth watching. What to say if you dislike it Stuff Huff. It's duff fluff. What's good about it? • Hank Azaria shines as psychiatrist Huff – a sincere man in an insincere world, who is...