After two seasons of solving murders in the building they live in, the third season situates the trio in the theatre. Oliver (Martin Short) is back in the director’s chair once more, and Charles (Steve Martin) is starring in the play. Where’s Mabel (Selena Gomez)? Well, she’s on the outside of things a little. With the pair so busy working on Oliver’s production, podcasting has taken a bit of a back seat. Also, there haven’t been any murders to investigate, […]

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Typically the latest Star Wars spin-off would, by default, be this August’s biggest name going. It’s the world’s most beloved non-Vulcan sci-fi franchise, with the deranged runaway clout of Disney backing it up. The only thing that could possibly dethrone it is an adaptation of honest-to-God anime royalty – and a proper adaptation too, one with the original creator’s input and stamp of approval, not something farmed out to people who initially think they’re doing the life story of a […]

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In true form of the long hot summer, July’s shows touch on people behaving very badly indeed – be this kidnapping, running cults, or even a cheeky bit of cannibalism. But curiously, for the most part, the people engaged in this misbehaviour aren’t the big hammy villains but rather our heroes, the people we’re meant to sympathise with. This isn’t some wacky new development, granted, but it strikes on a recurring theme of mine – that we’re frequently better able […]

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As if television itself is trying to quietly jet off for its summer holidays, June’s roster of shows encompass a real smorgasbord of far-flung, exotic destinations – such as Sheffield. Perhaps you, too, will find somewhere that looks like the holiday of a lifetime, although I must add the caveat up front, for one of them, they’re only pretending they’re on Mars. Here are the biggest new TV shows of June 2023.   New TV In June 2023 1. Deadloch […]

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How I Met Your Father will always suffer the burden of being compared to How I Met Your Mother, and as a result be judged as inferior. And with good reason – the writing’s not as sharp, and the characters aren’t as developed as they need to be. It’s not going to be scoring points for uniqueness, nor is it good enough to make one of those best TV show lists. What How I Met Your Father has going for […]

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Attack on Titan is one of the few anime that’s made a name for itself worldwide. Its hardcore action, devious plot twists, and cruel deaths will leave fans on the edge of their seats. Wit Studio and MAPPA also delivered quality animation that the work of Hajime Isayama deserved. However, you might need an Attack on Titan watch order to experience it in the best way possible. But what’s the story all about? Attack on Titan is set in a […]

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Up Here is a Broadway vehicle. The series has 21 songs written by Oscar-winning lyricists Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, it’s directed by Thomas Kail, who won the Tony for directing Hamilton, and co-written by Steven Levenson, who also has a Tony of his own for Dear Evan Hansen. With all these talented people on board, can the show really miss? Well, yes and no. The music’s enjoyable and does a competent job of complimenting the mood of the scene, […]

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Sequels of all kinds, part twos among them, are rarely a promising bet. A part two that comes forty years after the original, with limited involvement from the star-writer-director driving force of the first, is approaching Russian roulette territory. So, here it is: History Of The World, Part II, and what will probably be cited as the reason Part III failed to appear for another four decades. Mel Brooks has ended up best known for parodies of some established form […]

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In the slow crawl towards Christmas you expect TV to turn its eyes to your winter warmers, rather easily-paced productions that comfort without being overly taxing, full of the kind of plenty and tinsel which you will hopefully soon be enjoying too. This December does have that – but it also has ludicrous ultraviolence. So, you know, something for everyone, and it is the thought that counts after all. Here are the biggest new TV shows of December 2022.   […]

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As somebody who, like so many others, has experience working in the hospitality sector, I initially viewed the promo materials for Christopher Storer’s acclaimed culinary comedy-drama The Bear with a degree of scepticism. What I gleaned from the posters was that this was another instance in the media’s long history of glorifying the destructive, self-indulgent behaviour of professional chefs, most of whom are portrayed as struggling artists whose vision and talent excuse the more distasteful and unsavoury aspects of their […]

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Halloween’s in the rear-view mirror, but for all the relentless advance of the forces of Kris Kringle, the oversaturation of anything Christmassy at least hasn’t infected broadcast media yet, and the Christmas special or Santa movie is still just about self-contained in December. Instead, this month has lively bits of history, tragic bits of history, and one very unexpected appearance from Sylvester ‘Adrian!’ Stallone. Here are the biggest new TV shows of November 2022.   What’s New On TV In […]

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Apart from the grand-scale, big-budget adaptation you’re probably already well aware of, September sees television bringing us, among others a fictionalisation of a real person’s life and the story of a reboot of a fictional TV show. If it feels like it’s been a long time since it was just a matter of ‘here’s a story, you don’t need to already know anything’, don’t worry! There’s some of those in there too. Here are the biggest new TV shows of […]

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Weekends are precious. After the slog of the working week has taken its toll, aspirational magazines and inspirational influencers will tell you to don your hiking boots to trek up the side of a mountain or dig out a smelly wetsuit so that you can submerge yourself in the icy waves off the coast. All any of us really want to do when 5pm Friday rolls around (besides either gaming, getting drunk, or combining the two) is settle down with […]

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Horror has been part of the television/series landscape for a long time. However, while the first known depiction of a horror story within the medium can be traced back to roughly 1954, it would be a little while before true terror inhabited television on a regular basis. Shows like The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock were known for being a grab-bag of genres, but these shows proved in no uncertain terms that audiences were willing to be scared. Dark Shadows […]

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Wouldn’t you know it, Disney’s got a new Star Wars spinoff out this month. Amazing, huh? August 2022 also sees a number of days that end in ‘y’, living beings are set to keep on respiring, there’s the Pope’s ongoing Catholicism – well, you get the picture. Anyway, despite Big Mouse’s spirited attempts to devour all the world’s media there are still other TV shows out there. Here are the biggest new TV shows of August 2022.   What’s New […]

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