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First look: Joe Cole and Charly Clive in Channel 4’s Pure
December 19, 2018 | David FarnorChannel 4 is exploring a lesser-known form of OCD in its new drama, Pure, this January, and new pictures give us our first look at the show.
The honest, funny series about getting to know your mind and your mates … Read More
How YouTube’s Rewind 2018 became the site’s most disliked video
December 18, 2018 | David FarnorYouTube’s Rewind video is something of an annual tradition, much like the way that other people look back at the end of a year and rank the site’s best and worst videos. This year, those two rituals have almost perfectly … Read More
The Crimson Rivers: Walter Presents wishes viewers a creepy New Year
December 18, 2018 | David FarnorWalter Presents is wishing viewers a creepy New year this January, with the premiere of new French series The Crimson Rivers. The brutal crime thriller is set in the realms of sadistic killers, rituals and mysterious incidents.
Based on … Read More
Making a Murderer detective sues makers of Netflix series
December 18, 2018 | David FarnorAndrew Colborn, a detective featured in Netflix’s Making a Murderer, is suing the makers of the hit documentary series.
According to Variety, the retired detective alleges that the show suggested he planted evidence to frame the murder suspect, Steven Avery, … Read More
Netflix lines up 14 fake countdowns for New Year’s Eve
December 18, 2018 | David FarnorThere are certain traditions you follow on New Year‘s Eve. Fireworks, singing Auld Lang Syne and – in recent years – lying to the kids that it’s midnight already, and using Netflix to do it. For the last five years, … Read More
Channing Dungey joins Netflix in newly created role
December 18, 2018 | David FarnorChanning Dungey is joining Netflix as Vice President of Original Content, reporting to Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content.
Currently, Holland’s original series team manages a rapidly growing amount of programming, but as Netflix continues to step up … Read More
Apple inks overall deal with Justin Lin
December 18, 2018 | David FarnorJustin Lin has inked an overall TV deal with Apple.
Lin, whose CV includes Star Trek: Beyond, Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6, has directed some of the biggest grossing blockbusters of recent years. With his reboot of the … Read More
BBC Three’s Junior Doctors starts filming Season 5 at Salford
December 17, 2018 | David FarnorJunior Doctors will return next year for a fifth season, with seven new Junior Doctors scrubbing up for the award-winning BBC Three show.
Filming has started at Salford Royal Hospital, the first time the series has filmed over the winter … Read More
Trailer: Niko and the Sword of Light returns for Season 2 this December
December 17, 2018 | David FarnorAmazon Prime Video’s Niko and the Sword of Light returns this Christmas with a surprise gift: a second season of epic animation.
The Emmy award-winning series, which is based on the motion graphic comic by Imaginism Studios, Inc., was one … Read More
Netflix renews Magic for Humans for Season 2
December 17, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix has renewed Magic for Humans for a second season.
The series, which stars magician Justin Willman, premiered earlier this year, with the Tonight Show guest and YouTube sensation bringing his brand of magic to he streaming service. From baffling … Read More