Roku
Mr. Rogers famously said that in times of uncertainty and fear, look for the helpers. Considering how much those two words can describe the state of the television industry, it feels like critics and viewers, at times, look for a service to right some of the terrible wrong decisions made
HBO & HBO Max
As noted for a year now, Discovery Networks' merger with Warner Brothers was a significant move in the streaming wars. HBO Max, the poorly named rush job of an inclusive streamer designed to compete with Disney+ and Netflix, was now under the eye of the company which launched Discovery+
Now Stream This
I was recently asked by someone why they could not just subscribe to one service in the U.S. and get all the British TV series and movies that cross the pond in one place. And while that may yet happen, as the BBC retreats and regroups for a new
The Great Pottery Throw Down
There are many ways to measure a show's success on TV. There are Neilsen ratings and streaming rankings, social media stats, and how many articles are written about it. In the U.K., there's one more measurement of success: The Holiday Special. From the Classic Doctor
HBO & HBO Max
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and on television, that holds true for virtually any format that can capture viewers in the overwhelming morass of endless entertainment options. However, there are few like The Great British Baking Show, which may be the leader in spawning would-be contenders
The Great Pottery Throw Down
Fans of British comfort reality TV competitions, Easter weekend has an extra surprise. It's been over a year since the last round of episodes, but a new season of The Great Pottery Throw Down is finally heading to American shores. The series, one of the two official non-baked
Drama
All Creatures Great and Small is the perfect cozy show to help get PBS fans through the doldrums of January and February. Between the rolling green dales, the endlessly adorable animals of all shapes and sizes, and the low stakes drama, it's the perfect visually calming series to
Culture
The past year in British entertainment has felt odd, especially for American viewers. The delayed lack of programming from 2020 hit over here in the first half of 2021, leaving us with nothing to watch, while the rush of content the second half of the year made it almost impossible
Reality
The Great British Bake Off debuted on BBC 2 in 2010 as a Kids In Need charity show enticing people to start fundraising bake-offs at home. No one realized at the time that the series, which featured BBC 2 regular Mary Berry, The Supersizers hosts Mel and Sue, and some
The Great Pottery Throw Down
After a decade on the air and several seasons on Netflix, The Great British Baking Show has become a fall staple for reality show fans. Now it looks like HBO Max is hoping to create the spring rejoinder with Love Productions' other hit reality series, The Great Pottery Throwdown.
The Great Pottery Throw Down
Fans of The Great British Baking Show, rejoice. There's a new reality series arriving stateside from Love Productions, a spinoff of GBBO. It's called The Great Pottery Throw Down, and it's arrived on HBO Max with three full seasons, just in time for fall.
Culture
The year 2020 was supposed to be a banner year for streaming and for British television. Between older services like Acorn TV and new arrivals like HBO Max, there are now eight different streaming services that, in some combination, bring fans content from overseas. But while the pandemic has been