TV series

Emily in Paris which stars Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, an American pursuing a dream job in advertising in Paris, is a confection of an ideal. Critics have castigated it for not being dark, brooding and ‘serious.

Exactly three months ago we saluted Queen Elizabeth II on the 70th anniversary of her coronation. We looked at her, not from history but from the universe of imagination, fantasy, and stories.

On June 24, 2022, the radical majority on the Supreme Court brought about the end of Roe v. Wade in a ruling that the rightwing has been planning for decades.

Monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself are prohibited on Peacock’s series Brave New World,  based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley. Alden Ehrenreich plays John the Savage in a society where drugs and free love are normal.

The epic new HBO drama series, Lovecraft Country, is based on the 2016 Matt Ruff novel of the same name and was inspired by 1920s novelist H. P.

As summer TV looks sad, if not bleak amidst reruns and a lack of original programming due to the pandemic shutdown, there seems to be a clearer picture emerging as to what themes speak to audiences and may continue to thrive in the fall. The average number of new shows on network TV in the past three summers was roughly 50.

Stana Katic was struggling with phone reception when we caught up to talk about the long-awaited third season of her drama series, Absentia. The actress previously known for eight seasons as Detective Kate Beckett on the series Castle, says her technology issues are not surprising, as she’s been spending her Covid19 lockdown on a remote Californian property she describes as “off the grid”, with husband Kris Brkljac and their extended family, including parents, nieces, and nephews who are all helping tend the veggie garden and feed the chickens.

A television series about subjects like infertility and adoption wouldn’t generally inspire comedic material, however, Trying, starring Rafe Spall and Esther Smith shines a light on these so-called taboo topics, and does so with humor and sensitivity as it traces the lives of this very charming British couple.   Offscreen, Smith’s parents, both if them teachers, raised Esther and her sister Rachel in England’s West Midlands.

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HBO’s Chernobyl has become an international sensation of sorts, garnering accolades – and stirring controversy – worldwide. The fictionalized story of the worst nuclear disaster ever has ignited debate in the US, Europe and, perhaps not surprisingly, in the countries of the ex-Soviet Union, which were most affected and where the miniseries was set and shot.