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This article contains spoilers for Teen Wolf: The Movie. It must be a full moon again, because Teen Wolf is back following a six year absence from our screens. The franchise is in a new phase of its life now though. Gone are the 45 minute(ish) episodes airing on MTV. In their place is a

The police procedural drama, Criminal Minds, which centers around a team of FBI profilers as they study the worst criminals the U.S. has to offer, dominated network television on CBS before it moved to the streaming service Paramount +, under its new name Criminal Minds: Evolution. Criminal Minds’ perfect mix of celebrity guest stars, (including

When you look at his body of work, it’s hard to believe Rory Kinnear is only 44: the man’s covered a hell of a lot of ground. He’s earned his place as a household name with roles like Tanner – M’s efficient Chief of Staff in several Bond films including Skyfall – and Detective Nock

Talk to anyone involved with Peacock detective series Poker Face long enough and they’ll eventually, invariably invoke the name of one of television’s most iconic characters: Columbo. Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo (first name unknown but probably Frank) first appeared in the 1968 pilot episode of what would become the beloved long-running

Continuity is the bane of shared universe stories. Comic creators and fans have long wrestled with the difficulties of maintaining a single ongoing story told by hundreds of different collaborators over a series of decades. DC Comics has used multiple crises to explain why Batman is sometimes a lone creature of the night and sometimes

Anime is a medium that lends itself to series that run for hundreds or even thousands of episodes, but none have been able to generate the same success and enthusiasm as Pokémon. Pokémon has produced more than 1200 episodes, nearly two-dozen feature films, and it hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. Pokémon has featured

This LAST OF US article contains spoilers. The Last of Us‘ exceptional second episode certainly wasn’t lacking in suspense, though it’s safe to say that no moment in the episode generated more buzz than Tess’ apparent death. Some viewers were even left wondering whether or not Tess is truly dead. Well, barring a truly wild twist,

The truth is, if Slow Horses aired on the BBC, it would be all anyone talked about. It’s that good. Frankly, it’s a higher calibre offering than many dramas on prime time TV, but, because it airs on Apple TV+, a streaming service currently with fewer than two million UK subscribers, it’s yet to get

Warning: this Happy Valley review contains spoilers. He’s out. For the want of a Plexiglass lid screwed onto that courtroom box, Tommy Lee Royce is free and cycling around Leeds dressed like an extra from Tron. That’s bad enough, but heaping insult onto injury is how chuffed he is with himself. The haircut. The escape. The

Netflix comedy drama Sex Education initially attracted many viewers because it was a Thing With Gillian Anderson In, but while she’s indeed a big part of what makes the show brilliant, it’s the rest of the (initially relatively unknown) cast that has really propelled the show to its stratospheric success. Its heartfelt, deeply funny forays

This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 6 Episode 16 “Just how many people are asking themselves once again what it means to be a hero?” My Hero Academia has shown plenty of painful childhoods when it comes to both its heroes and villains alike between Tomura, Shoto, and Himiko, but

Somehow, Rupert Mannion returned. If that was your initial thought upon seeing the first official image from Ted Lasso season 3, you’re not alone. The press photo for Apple TV+‘s sports comedy hit sees three major characters in very pop culturally provocative positions. A fatherly figure (Jason Sudeikis’s Ted Lasso) looks down upon his metaphorical

Doctor Who is once more in the loving embrace of Bad Wolf Productions, the only production company to ever send its brand name back in time to paradoxically ensure its own creation. With that, and the shiny new Disney+ revenue flowing in, the word on the street is that Doctor Who is about to try to build its

Creating a pilot episode of television that can convince a network that your show deserves their time and attention is incredibly difficult. Once you’ve done so, morphing those novel ideas into concepts, characters, and plotlines that will resonate with the audience for many episodes to come is even more challenging. Viewers want something to latch

As Kindred Spirits enters its seventh season, stars Amy Bruni, Adam Berry, and Chip Coffey are nowhere close to giving up the ghost on paranormal reality TV. But the trio has been considering what their legacy might be on the entertainment genre and the paranormal community at large. In an interview with Den of Geek’s

This That ’90s Show review contains no spoilers. Reboots of old shows are all the rage right now. Whether it’s a revival with the same cast members returning or a spinoff set in the same universe as a previous hit show, it seems the television industry is dead set on giving audiences a dose of

While MCU Phase Four was a decidedly mixed bag, one of the most important developments was the introduction of Contessa Valentina de Fontaine, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Valentina made her MCU debut at the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, providing the USAgent identity to failed Captain America replacement John Walker. Since then,

This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part I and Part II In the series premiere for HBO’s The Last of Us, we see a scene toward the end of the episode that plays out slightly different than it does in the game. As Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) try to

With so many series canceled and erased from HBO Max last year, it was hard not to be nervous about how HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us would fare on the streamer. Yes, the video game that the series is based on has a large and passionate fanbase and the show has a strong

Since 2015, there’s been no need to go on a minibreak to a cultural European destination. Richard Ayoade and Joe Lycett have gone for us. They’ve waited at airport security lines displaying their miniature toothpaste tube in a clear plastic bag. They’ve bought mystery crisps from railway vending machines. They’ve been to the museums, tried

Vera really likes to keep us waiting. Series 11 of this beloved British detective series began broadcasting back in summer 2021, and after four episodes were released between then and January 2022, there’s been a year-long unexplained wait for the last two feature-length episodes of the series, which finally began airing on ITV1 on Sunday

You could go outside. Breathe the winter air, watch a seagull peck at a bin in the park, do the awkward no-after-you dance with a fellow human being on a narrow pavement. But really, is it worth the bother? Inside is where it’s happening at this time of year. Inside is where the television lives.

This interview contains spoilers for Yellowstone season 5 and 1883. The Taylor Sheridan family, much like the television empire the Academy Award nominated writer is building, has grown extensively over the last couple of years. The creator has brought in some amazing talent to his shows, including icons such as Jeremy Renner (Mayor of Kingstown),

This article contains Alice in Borderland spoilers through season 2. In case the title doesn’t make it glaringly obvious, Netflix’s Alice in Borderland is the J-horror VR altverse answer to the Alice in Wonderland realm. The Wonderland that emerged from Lewis Carroll’s imagination was adapted into an animated Disney classic in 1951. The Netflix version

This article contains spoilers for Vikings: Valhalla season 2. The second season of Vikings: Valhalla serves a lot of masters, with a sprawling plot that includes a dozen major characters, half that many countries, huge action set pieces, and rich interpersonal dynamics. From Harald’s determination to prove that the throne of Norway is his destiny

Servant‘s final season is finally upon us – but as the fourth and last batch of episodes start to play out, they have a hell of a lot of ground to cover.  From the moment Leanne set foot in the Turner’s house, you could sense something was off (but then again, this is an M.

After a rocky start in the U.S., the American version of The Office has remained a cultural juggernaut. Not only did the series continue to improve the model for the mockumentary format that is still popular in series such as Abbott Elementary, but it also continues to find new fans, who catch up with the

The good ol’ internet. It’s been our friend and our enemy since the military’s ARPANET network switched on in the late ‘60s. Online communication has led to an enormous amount of acquired knowledge, and it’s given many people their livelihood (this writer raises his hand). Internet memes, however, have also taken some of the best

This article has spoilers for Vikings: Valhalla season 1 Netflix’s Vikings spinoff Vikings: Valhalla is returning for a second season, continuing the story of Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, and their allies and enemies across the North. Netflix’s synopsis for season 2 states that this season “finds our heroes shortly after the tragic fall of Kattegat;

This article contains spoilers for Criminal Minds. Criminal Minds had us hooked on the F.B.I.’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.) for 15 incredible seasons. The team had their wheels up for 324 episodes as they profiled some of the world’s worst serial killers, while also giving viewers a glimpse into the show’s main characters’ lives and