The BBC has picked up Vienna Blood from Sherlock scribe Steve Thompson.  The Austrian-based crime thriller is based on the best-selling Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis. It follows Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) who is “a brilliant young English doctor, studying under psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. He meets Oskar Rheinhardt (Juergen Maurer), an Austrian detective...
Apparently, The Simpsons has just banked its nest guest appearance ever.  Academy Award-winner and star of Netflix’s acclaimed drama The Crown, Olivia Colman, has joined season 31’s stellar guest roster.  The news was first announced by executive producer James L. Brooks who tweeted Friday: “Just this second came from recording one...
Elvis Presley’s dream of being a superhero is coming true.  Netflix has ordered a brand new series starring The King himself. The series hails from co-creators Priscilla Presley and John Eddie.  The streaming giant announced the big news on the 42nd anniversary of Presley’s death. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1O02u5AbgA/ In the forthcoming adult animated action-comedy series...
HBO Max and BBC Three have partnered to bring us Rose Matafeo’s comedy series. The six-part series was created and written by and stars the New Zealand-born comedian who is also the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner.   https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EXXTrHc9o/ Starstruck follows twenty-something Rose (Matafeo), “a millennial in London, juggling two dead-end jobs...
The first look at Apple’s upcoming drama, The Morning Show, is here.  The series, “a fictional look at the goings-on of early morning television,” stars Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, and Reese Witherspoon. The series also stars Billy Crudup and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. “Through the prism of those under-slept, over-adrenalized people in front...
I vaguely recall being eight-years-old and heading to the off-license with my dad. I picked out a Freddo chocolate frog and he picked out a pack of smokes and the Christmas TV guide. When we got home, we sat down and flicked through. Both of us had a glint...
The third season of the acclaimed Netflix series will be back November 17.  News that the new season’s premiere of the royal drama was announced by the streaming giant on Monday.  The upcoming season will see Olivia Colman star as Queen Elizabeth II, Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, and Helena Bonham...
Leslie Jones is joining a stellar lineup of comedians who have teamed up with Netflix for comedy specials.  The Saturday Night Live star announced that she will headline an hour-long stand-up comedy special Thursday on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! "I am doing a Netflix special," she excitedly announced to Kimmel. "So...
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are going host-less.  That’s right — continuing in this year’s Academy Awards, Fox confirms that this year’s Emmy Award Show will not have a host.  Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier announced the news Wednesday during the network’s Television Critics Association press tour. “We’ve had a lot of...
Season 31 of The Simpsons has just tapped one of Hollywood’s power couples to guest star.  The forthcoming season of everyone’s favorite yellow family has just added husband and wife John Legend and Chrissy Teigen to its 31st season guest roster.  Fox announced the news Wednesday.  According to Entertainment Weekly, the couple...