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When I was a child growing up, my parents didn't have a TV. Since leaving home, I've never not had screens of some sort surrounding me, and in my 20s, the TV was always on as I fell asleep. My favorite thing to put on? The
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Streaming has significantly altered the TV season, but PBS remains a linear network at heart, and most of its shows follow the traditional September-May TV schedule. Usually, that means the dog days of August arrive with little in the way of new shows for public television stations; however, with 2025
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Jean and Dom are excited to have an all-expenses-paid getaway to Malta as this week’s episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries opens. It’s their first time away as a couple, and although it’s a working holiday for Jean — she’s been hired to examine what may be
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After the melodrama of last week’s episode of Atlantic Crossing, the arrest of the eight saboteurs is all over the news. We’d expect tightened security, but no. So when Märtha goes to visit Roosevelt at Springwood, NJ, she sends Ragni to see her good friend Eliza (who we
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Cece's Boutique's grand Saturday opening is three days away as Grantchester's penultimate episode of Season 10 kicks off. There are tons of things to do, from painting to lighting to curtains, not to mention cleaning and dusting, as well as signs on the doors,
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The delaying of parenthood until one is in one's 30s (or 40s) is a trend that has been decried since it began in the latter half of the 20th century. However, it's usually focused on the age of women -- men can go around becoming first-time
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Jean White is the last patron at the Sainte-Vincent library as this week’s episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries opens, chatting with the guard, Thomas (Henry Zammit Cordina), as she’s packing up. An exhibit of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of intoxication, is closing this week, as the priceless
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The sixth episode of Atlantic Crossing opens with two American soldiers going off shift at the Opana Radar Site in Hawaii; one is anxious to get away, but the other wants to stay and improve his skills. He sees something unusual on the equipment, but when they contact their superiors,
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Everyone needs that jerk of a friend to force you to celebrate your birthday when you'd rather be wallowing in the misery of the current state of the universe. I've got one (waves at the previous byline), you probably have one, and every vicar in Grantchester
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The sixth installment of Patience, which is the show's Season 1 finale, “Pandora’s Box,” is a story of eco-terrorism and double agents where Metcalf nearly dies. This has been a fun season of television, and I’ll admit my perspective softened after interviewing writer Matt Baker and
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This week’s episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries begins as Charlie Brodeur (Sanchia McCormack), co-owner of antique store Brodeur & White, is shutting up shop for the day, looking forward to an evening out with her partner, Simone (Djinda Kane). Her Aunt Fifi (Marcella Teuma) is now alone in
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Watching a sleeper hit become one of the most popular British shows that airs on PBS always feels a bit miraculous, like seeing a full double rainbow or a meteor shooting across the sky. That goes double if the first season of the show wasn't all that great,