Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

NBC’s hard-hitting detective series has been renewed for a 21st season, hailed in some quarters as making it the longest-running live-action series in TV history – though that’s a debatable accolade given Doctor Who ran for 26 seasons even before its 21st century continuation. Nevertheless, in US terms SVU has now overtaken the previous record-holders, these […]

Monday, April 8th, 2019

True crime channel Crime + Investigation is launching in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on June 29th. Replacing the firm’s entertainment channel A&E, and available on all major pay TV platforms in the region, it will initially be broadcasting to around four million households. “Crime + Investigation is already very popular in many countries,” said Dr […]

Monday, April 8th, 2019

In recent years, there’s been an increasingly heated debate about the degree to which the natural world is being changed by human activity. Now Nat Geo are joining in with their new series Hostile Planet. Hosted by Bear Grylls, and with cinematography from frequent Guillermo del Toro collaborator Guillermo Navarro, it looks at how animals […]

Monday, April 8th, 2019

New series Jesus: His Life premieres across the History Channel this month, and will air in South East Asia in time for Easter celebrations. Promising a new portrayal of Christianity’s Messiah, the eight-part series focuses on important individuals who shaped and influenced Jesus throughout his life and mission. Each episode is told from a unique […]

Monday, April 1st, 2019

“Build a wall!” has become a familiar refrain in American politics. This week, PBS America delves into the history of border walls and their impact on neighbouring communities with six-part documentary series The Wall. In part one, The Wall goes right to the heart of the border debate in America with a 2,000 mile journey […]

Monday, April 1st, 2019

Branching out into international scripted co-productions, A + E Networks International have announced Miss Scarlet and The Duke, a crime drama starring The Crown’s Kate Phillips. Created by Rachael New, whose credits include Grantchester, it follows Eliza Scarlet, left penniless by her father’s death but disdaining the obvious option of marriage. Instead she takes the […]

Monday, April 1st, 2019

With the cancellation of Netflix’s Marvel TV shows, speculation grew that all future Marvel TV would be aggregated within Disney’s own forthcoming streaming service. But the renewal of Hulu’s Runaways, which screens on SYFY in the UK, suggests otherwise. Referring to the team behind the cult comic on which the series is based, in which […]