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Posted Saturday 2/26/22 at 4:55AM EST
From The Dropout to Inventing Anna to Pam & Tommy, too many recent limited series should've been made as two-hour movies
Thanks to the limited series, TV networks and streamers are taking advantage of the flexibility of having plenty of time,...
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Posted Saturday 2/26/22 at 4:55AM EST
Why breaking up with your favorite show is a good thing
The return of The Walking Dead this week reminded Justin Kirkland that he broke up with the AMC series five...
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Posted Friday 2/25/22 at 3:06AM EST
Are streaming episodes too long?
Inventing Anna's episodes run anywhere from an hour to 82 minutes, while The Book of Boba Fett featured episodes that...
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Posted Friday 1/14/22 at 6:31PM EST
There were 559 original scripted shows in primetime in 2021, a new all-time record
FX's annual tally reveals the number of scripted shows -- which fell from 532 in 2019 to 493 amid the...
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Posted Saturday 11/20/21 at 5:52AM EST
Peak TV has turned into Peak Redundancy: Television has become littered with knockoff shows
Nearly three years ago, Netflix and Hulu raised eyebrows with dueling documentaries about the Fyre Festival released four days apart.
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Posted Saturday 10/09/21 at 3:32AM EDT
Presenting the 25 biggest TV pet peeves and tired tropes
"We love TV, but even the best lovers have terribly bad habits," says TVLine's Matt Webb Mitovich, who has rounded...
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Posted Wednesday 10/06/21 at 1:25PM EDT
Robert Carlyle will reprise his Trainspotting role in sequel series The Blade Artist
Carlyle will return to his role as the notorious Francis Begbie role in the six-part series based on The Blade...
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Posted Monday 10/04/21 at 6:15PM EDT
Hollywood TV and film crews vote overwhelmingly to go on strike
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said 52,706 members, or nearly 99% of those who cast ballots, voted in...
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Posted Saturday 10/02/21 at 4:37AM EDT
Presenting the "Magical Episode 4 Theory": Viewers should wait four episodes before giving up on a show
"The fourth episode is usually when a show 'clicks' behind the scenes, according to the experts," explains Shirley Li.
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Posted Saturday 9/11/21 at 2:39AM EDT
If the age of blockbuster TV is over, the coming season has not been informed
Game of Thrones' series finale in 2019 was supposed to signal the end of water-cooler shows that appealed to a...
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Posted Thursday 9/02/21 at 7:35PM EDT
Are there too many good sitcoms on Thursday nights?
Tonight is "overwhelmingly full of good new sitcoms" thanks to Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Other Two and the return of What...
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Posted Saturday 8/07/21 at 2:56AM EDT
TV's future is heavily franchised blockbuster intellectual property
From Marvel to Star Wars to Game of Thrones, franchises have become all the rage.
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The universal TV hit appears to be dead in the streaming era
"On one level, Mare of Easttown was a smashing success," says The Washington Post's Steven Zeitchik.
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Why women are the stars of TV's best dramedies
Shows like Good Girls, Insecure, Fleabag, Dead to Me and Russian Doll each tackle serious issues with comedy.
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Posted Friday 6/04/21 at 11:57PM EDT
Giancarlo Esposito: The pandemic changed the relationship viewers have with TV, making it more personal
"Television has become much more personal because we finally learned how to use our remotes the last year," Esposito tells...