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Taking a show that was initially planned to be a one-and-done limited series and renewing it for Season 2 after it becomes a massive hit is not a pattern inherent to HBO, though it might sometimes feel that way. The BBC does it all the time; recent examples include Sherwood,
Acorn TV
Acorn TV's flagship hit series, Harry Wild, has set a return date for 2025. The series has become the hit series for Acorn TV and a "proof of concept" (alongside My Life Is Murder) that the current formula the streaming service has hit on to make
Acorn TV
Acorn TV has become the home of cozy crime series of all sorts. However, unlike the shows on BritBox, it tends to lean into shows that aren't set in the U.K. There are multiple shows where characters solve crimes in New Zealand and Australia, the Republic of
AMC/AMC+
David Attenborough’s masterly BBC series Planet Earth: Asia, which concluded its run on BBC America and AMC+ in early March 2025, ends tentatively optimistic for the future. After Attenborough's guidance through remote, seemingly inhospitable parts of the world, where rare species adapt to harsh environments, it turns
Sundance Now
Best selling author Liane Moriarty and A-List actor Nicole Kidman have found a lucrative franchise in each other as writer and producer, with Kidman's production company financing and creating multiple adaptations of Moriarty's stories including two seasons of Big Little Lies, one season of Nine Perfect
Acorn TV
Cozy crime series tend to fall under one of three primary tropes. There's the "Secretly a Romance" series, where the "will they or won't they" of the detectives is the key to liking it, think Silent Witness since Season 14; the "
Acorn TV
How far would you go for a friend? Lie for them? Keep a secret? Help them kill themselves if they asked you to? That's the ethical quandry at the heart of Truelove, a thriller with a uniquely emotional twist that's set to arrive on Acorn TV
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Filming is officially underway on the new Acorn TV and Channel 5 co-production, Murder Before Evensong. Based on the best-selling series of novels by British author and "celebrity vicar" the Reverend Richard Coles, the series is clearly meant to capitalize on the runaway success of similar mysteries featuring
Acorn TV
If you enjoyed The Brokenwood Mysteries or Top of the Lake, you're in luck, as Acorn TV's latest series, the New Zealand-set thriller A Remarkable Place To Die, is about to debut in the U.S. Created and written by Philly de Lacey (The Gulf) it
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Who and what determines someone’s quality of life? Is there a right time to stop fighting for your child? How do you know what is in their best interests? These are the questions the fabulous new series Best Interests considers with heartbreaking authenticity. Already a success in the U.
Acorn TV
The Madame Blanc Mysteries is gearing up to release Season 4, but here in the States, there's been a bit of a hiccup. The series, an Acorn TV co-production with Channel 5, was announced in the summer of 2024 as heading into production for the new season, complete
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There's been reporting on and off about how bad the local journalism crisis is, but most people don't realize that it's not limited to the U.S.; it's literally a global crisis, whether you live here in the U.S. or in