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Early 21st century, 20th century

Australia, Canada, UK, USA

 Jane Campions highly acclaimed drama

starring Holly Hunter and Elisabeth Moss.

Top of the Lake, only on BBC Two.

Video        Trailer    BBC        27 June  2013

YouTube

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo

Shōgun    USA

The first time James Clavell's

best-selling 1975 novel Shōgun

was adapted for television,

the audience understood

about as little

as shipwrecked English navigator

John Blackthorne,

played by Richard Chamberlain,

about 17th century Japan

and the samurai warriors

who hold him captive there.

More than four decades later,

the FX miniseries remake

that wrapped this week

took a decidedly different turn

by banking on authenticity

— an effort that seems

to have paid off.

Its three-episode premiere set

a new streaming record

of nine million views

on Hulu and Disney+,

according to the Walt Disney

Company.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/
1246546133/how-authenticity-
has-made-shogun-one-of-the-most-successful-shows-of-2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Shōgun_(2024_miniseries)

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/
1246546133/how-authenticity-
has-made-shogun-one-of-the-most-successful-shows-of-2024

Baby Reindeer    UK

Scottish black comedy

drama-thriller miniseries

created by and starring

Richard Gadd.

An adaptation of Gadd's

autobiographical one-man show

of the same name,

the series is based

on Gadd's real life experience

of being stalked

and sexually assaulted

in his twenties.

The series consists

of seven episodes,

which all simultaneously

premiered on Netflix

on 11 April 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Baby_Reindeer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Baby_Reindeer

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/
1247130712/baby-reindeer-review-netflix

Sugar     USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sugar_(2024_TV_series)

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/
1244583199/colin-farrell-on-his-new-detective-series-sugar

Curb Your Enthusiasm    USA

Curb Your Enthusiasm

is an American television sitcom

created by Larry David

that aired on HBO

from October 15, 2000,

to April 7, 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Curb_Your_Enthusiasm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Curb_Your_Enthusiasm

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/08/
curb-your-enthusiasm-finale-review-an-absolutely-perfect-ending

The way    BBC    UK    2024

The power and ambition

of this Adam Curtis-directed,

James Graham-written series

about Welsh revolution

is utterly innovative.

It’s so fresh and different

you have to take notice

The BBC’s

new three-part drama The Way

is Michael Sheen’s

directorial debut.

It has been nearly

a decade in gestation,

this story of civil unrest

fermenting in Sheen’s

Welsh home town of Port Talbot

– cradle of militant unionism

and symbol of working-class

fury and pride.

It has been created

with writer James Graham

(Brexit: The Uncivil War,

Quiz, Sherwood)

and – slightly more unusually,

documentary auteur Adam Curtis.

The opening episode

is something

so different and fresh

that even if you can’t say

you’re actively enjoying it

(though I was),

the power and ambition of it all,

the unashamed idiosyncrasy

that permeates the direction,

the allusiveness of the narrative

and its slightly dreamlike

(or nightmarish) off-kilter quality

surely makes you sit up

and take notice.

It has a clear, accessibl

narrative at its heart, for sure,

but the sensibility is rare

and all its own.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/19/
adam-curtis-the-way-review-
michael-sheen-thrilling-new-drama-is-like-nothing-else-on-tv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Way_(TV_series)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/19/
adam-curtis-the-way-review-
michael-sheen-thrilling-new-drama-is-like-nothing-else-on-tv

Mr & Mrs Smith    USA

premiered on February 2, 2024,

on Amazon Prime Video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Mr._&_Mrs._Smith_(2024_TV_series)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/01/
mr-mrs-smith-review-
donald-glover-and-maya-erskine-romance-
feels-like-it-makes-the-universe-better

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/01/
1228129090/mr-mrs-smith-review-donald-glover-maya-erskine

Masters of the Air    USA

set to premiere on January 26, 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Masters_of_the_Air

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/28/
masters-of-the-air-
if-you-werent-scared-something-was-wrong-
the-real-heroes-of-spielbergs-new-war-drama

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/
arts/television/masters-of-the-air-spielberg-hanks.html

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/24/
masters-of-the-air-review-
spielberg-and-hankss-band-of-brothers-follow-up-is-absolutely-classic-tv

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/23/
nazis-spielberg-hanks-masters-of-the-air-
band-of-brothers-the-pacific-east-anglia-bombing-raids

Expats    USA

American drama television miniseries

created by Lulu Wang

based on the 2016 novel The Expatriates

by Janice Y. K. Lee

- premiered on Amazon Prime Video

on January 26, 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Expats_(miniseries)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Expats_(miniseries)

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/
1226666037/expats-review-nicole-kidman

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/
1227247579/how-lulu-wangs-own-experience-as-an-immigrant-
influenced-her-new-show-expats

Special Ops: Lioness    USA

premiered on July 23, 2023

on Paramount+

Lioness is inspired

by a real-life CIA programme

that used female military personnel,

first simply to search local women

during operations

in Iraq and Afghanistan,

and then to distribute

information among them

and gather information.

Creator Taylor Sheridan

(Mayor of Kingstown,

Yellowstone and its prequels,

Tulsa King, among much else)

takes that premise,

adds a starry cast

led by Zoe Saldana,

including Nicole Kidman

and Morgan Freeman,

and runs with it.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/23/
special-ops-lioness-review-like-a-female-mission-impossible

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/23/
special-ops-lioness-review-like-a-female-mission-impossible

The Bear    USA

premiered on Hulu on June 23, 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/19/
the-bear-season-two-review-
somehow-even-more-delicious-than-before

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/
1184000989/the-bear-season-2-review

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/
1182423425/the-bear-has-beef-and-heart

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/
1162363587/joseph-zucchero-obit-
italian-beef-mr-beef-the-bear-season-2-chicago-allen-white

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/25/
1113450332/jeremy-allen-white-the-bear-hulu-chefs

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/20/
1112483713/the-bear-dishes-up-a-sneaky-smart-show-
thats-just-as-manic-as-restaurant-life

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/
1105979840/review-fx-the-bear

The Idol    USA

The Idol's first two episodes

premiered on May 22, 2023

at 76th Cannes Film Festival

where it was panned by critics

for its graphic sexual content

and themes.

It is scheduled to begin airing

on HBO on June 4, 2023.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/
arts/television/the-idol-the-weeknd-sam-levinson-lily-rose-depp.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/
arts/television/the-idol-the-weeknd-sam-levinson-lily-rose-depp.html

White House Plumbers    USA

premiere on HBO on May 1, 2023

HBO's new five-part miniseries,

White House Plumbers,

revisits the infamous

Watergate burglary

that brought down

President Richard Nixon

from the perspective of the men

who orchestrated it:

G. Gordon Liddy

and E. Howard Hunt,

played by Justin Theroux

and Woody Harrelson.

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/
1172978160/a-tragedy-that-makes-you-laugh-
hbos-white-house-plumbers-revisits-watergate

Saint X    USA

Saint X is an American

psychological drama

television series

developed by Leila Gerstein

that premiered on Hulu

on April 26, 2023.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_X

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Saint_X

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/
1171757311/saint-x-review

'Extrapolations'    Apple TV+

- premiered on March 17, 2023

The Apple TV+ series

depicts a planet on the brink

of environmental crisis,

where ordinary human beings

battle increasingly hostile elements,

and a villainous tech tycoon seeks

to take over the world.

Yet in contrast to apocalyptic

climate change dramas,

like The Day After Tomorrow

and Snowpiercer,

Extrapolations doesn't dwell

on the End of Days.

"We wanted to focus

on what we call the 'messy middle,' "

series creator Scott Burns

told NPR in an interview.

"Because before we get to the end,

there's a lot of life

that we're all gonna have

to go through."

Despite the barrage

of daily news headlines

devoted to climate change,

there still aren't

many fictional TV shows

and movies that deal

with the topic.

And those

that do tend towards disaster,

picturing the end of life on Earth

as we know it.

But Extrapolations attempts

to walk the line

between fiction and scientific fact

to tell the story of what's at stake

for our planet

over the next few decades.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/
1166078098/extrapolations-apple-tv-climate-change

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/
1166078098/extrapolations-apple-tv-climate-change

Heartstopper    UK

released on 22 April 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/03/
heartstopper-season-two-review-
this-lgbtq-teen-drama-is-even-sweeter-and-lovelier-than-before

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/
arts/television/they-put-the-heart-in-heartstopper.html

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/22/
heartstoppers-kit-connor-
i-wasnt-used-
to-the-idea-of-millions-of-people-being-interested-in-my-private-life

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/02/
heartstopper-tv-younger-self-sexuality

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/22/
heartstopper-review-alice-oseman-netflix-tv-drama

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/18/
no-drugs-booze-sex-or-swearing-
will-heartstopper-rewrite-the-young-love-rulebook

Reacher    USA

REACHER - Official Trailer | Prime Video

Video    Trailer    Prime Video    2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSycMV-_Csw

Reacher

is an American action crime

streaming television series

developed by Nick Santora

for Amazon Prime Video.

Based on

the Jack Reacher book series

by Lee Child,

it stars Alan Ritchson

as the title character,

a self-proclaimed hobo

and former military policeman

with formidable abilities.

Reacher always encounters

and is forced

to battle dangerous criminals

throughout his travels.

The first season,

based on Killing Floor,

Child's 1997 debut novel,

was released

on February 4, 2022.

The second season,

based on Bad Luck and Trouble,

was released

on December 14, 2023.

Ahead of the second premiere,

the series was renewed

for a third season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reacher_(TV_series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Reacher_(TV_series)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/
arts/television/reacher-women-dad-tv.html

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/15/
reacher-season-two-review-addictively-watchable-f-bomb-packed-fun

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/
1219423256/reacher-review-season-2-amazon-prime-dad-tv

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/02/
1077288802/reacher-review-amazon-series

Abbott Elementary

premiered as a midseason entry

in the 2021–22 television season

on December 7, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/07/
1156532261/philadelphia-teachers-abbott-elementary-school

Tales From the Loop    2020

Tales From the Loop

Video    Official Trailer    Prime video    2020

Inspired by the wondrous paintings of Simon Stålenhag,

Tales from the Loop explores the mind-bending adventures

of the people who live above the Loop,

a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe

– making things previously relegated to science fiction, possible.

Music by Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1htuNZp82Ck

American science fiction

drama television series

developed and written

by Nathaniel Halpern

based on the art book of the same name

by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag.

The eight-episode first season

was released in its entirety

on Amazon Prime Video on April 3, 2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tales_from_the_Loop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tales_from_the_Loop

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/28/
tales-from-the-loop-a-beautiful-nostalgic-series-in-which-nothing-happens

https://www.npr.org/2015/11/25/
456821778/tales-from-the-loop-doesnt-forget-the-robots-or-the-dinosaurs

Succession    USA

premiered on June 3, 2018, on HBO

https://www.npr.org/tags/1063563742/
succession

https://www.npr.org/series/1045640636/
succession-recaps

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
succession

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Succession_(TV_series)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/19/
the-50-best-tv-shows-of-2023-no-2-succession

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/
1179595456/jesse-armstrong-succession-interview

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/28/
absurdity-meets-gravitas-how-nicholas-britell-scored-succession

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/29/
1178715007/succession-recap-finale-shiv-roy-kendall-roman-greg-tom

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/
1178008172/nicholas-britell-succession

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/
arts/television/brian-cox-succession.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/25/
1166097286/encore-
hbos-hit-dark-comedy-succession-returns-for-its-final-season

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/
1165824579/fresh-air-marks-the-final-season-of-succession-
with-cox-culkin-and-macfadyen

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/06/
1061232763/succession-actor-kieran-culkin

Euphoria    USA    2019-2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/
1082288241/unlocking-the-sensory-overload-of-euphoria

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/06/
1078634127/euphoria-actress-storm-reid-talks-
about-the-shows-popularity-and-power

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/
1071852125/hbo-euphoria-zendaya-review

The White Lotus    HBO    USA

The White Lotus premiered

on July 11, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/
arts/television/f-murray-abraham-white-lotus.html

Mythic Quest    Apple TV+    USA

Mythic Quest premiered

on February 7, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/
arts/television/f-murray-abraham-white-lotus.html

Moon Knight    USA     Disney+

Moon Knight debuted

on March 30, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/
arts/television/f-murray-abraham-white-lotus.html

The Midnight Club    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/09/
1127683752/mike-flanagan-the-midnight-club-netflix-horror-jump-scare

Industry    HBO    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/
1115146342/in-industry-myhala-herrold-makes-herself-undeniable

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/
941425173/hbos-industry-features-the-most-fascinating-character-on-tv-right-now

Reservation Dogs    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/08/
1115613218/reservation-dogs-indian-native-american-hulu

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/
1028578146/native-voices-tell-the-story-of-reservation-dogs

In Therapy    HBO

The original “In Treatment,”

set in Brooklyn,

began on HBO in 2008,

itself an adaptation

of a popular Israeli series,

“Be’ Tipul,” set in Tel Aviv.

It had an unusual structure.

A therapist

— Assi Dayan in “Be’ Tipul,”

Gabriel Byrne in “In Treatment” —

saw a different patient each night.

And then,

on the fourth or fifth

or sixth night of the week,

he saw his own supervisor.

Episodes consisted entirely

of two or sometimes three

people talking,

mostly about feelings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/
arts/television/in-treatment-uzo-aduba.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/
arts/television/in-treatment-uzo-aduba.html

Five Days at Memorial    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/
1117156676/five-days-at-memorial-
showcases-john-ridleys-skill-at-tough-stories

THEM    USA

'Scandal'    USA

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/18/
603248724/scandal-will-keep-on-giving-long-
after-olivia-pope-handles-her-last-crisis

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/11/20/
365457210/4-reasons-why-scandal-is-a-telenovela-and-a-good-one

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/11/09/
362401259/is-america-ready-to-fall-in-love-with-the-telenovela

https://www.npr.org/2014/04/18/
304530711/so-scandal-writers-how-did-you-write-t

https://www.npr.org/2013/11/07/
243515839/shonda-rhimes-knows-where-this-scandal-will-end

Superman & Lois    CW    USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/
969068962/in-superman-
lois-the-man-of-steel-faces-his-biggest-challenge-yet-fatherhood

It's a Sin    UK

Survivor    CBS    USA

CBS reality show

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/
885750685/do-right-by-us-black-survivor-alums-say-
the-reality-was-harmful-stereotypes

The Crown    Netflix    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
the-crown

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/
1219012455/the-crown-ends-
as-pensive-meditation-on-the-most-private-public-family-on-earth

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/
1213397238/the-crown-final-season-review-princess-diana

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/16/
the-crown-season-6-review-so-bad-its-like-an-out-of-body-experience-netflix

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/03/
1133970060/on-the-crown-you-cant-spell-divorce-without-di

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/audio/2020/dec/02/
the-crown-netflix-drama-fact-or-fiction

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/
578281741/crown-creator-sees-britai

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/08/
569156368/season-2-of-the-crown-exposes-the-royal-familys-fitful-evolution

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/
542646798/lets-rush-to-judgment-the-crown-season-2

Watchmen    HBO    USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/10/
901073481/why-you-should-stream-watchmen

City on a Hill    Showtime    USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/14/
732440006/aldis-hodge-
a-30-year-acting-veteran-at-age-32-on-city-on-a-hill

Black Mirror    UK

When They See Us    USA

When They See Us

is director/writer/producer

Ava DuVernay's searing,

four-part drama

about five black and Latino boys

who were railroaded

into falsely confessing

to the most notorious gang rape

in New York City history.

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/
728237648/horrors-and-humanity-in-ava-duvernays-gripping-when-they-see-us

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/
728237648/horrors-and-humanity-in-ava-duvernays-gripping-
when-they-see-us

Kim's Convenience    premiered in 2016    Canada

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/09/
682888290/kim-s-convenience-is-a-sitcom-about-asian-immigrants-
with-depth

2014-2024    USA    True Detective

Andi Mack    Disney Channel    USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/10/27/
560453926/a-boy-with-a-crush-on-a-boy-and-for-the-disney-channel-a-first

Mindhunter    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/31/
561086996/mindhunter-actor-jonathan-groff-on-his-most-life-altering-roles

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/12/
557328890/fbi-profilers-pursue-serial-killers-and-their-motives-in-mindhunter

The Handmaid’s Tale    UK    2017

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/18/
haunting-chillingly-plausible-peerless-how-the-handmaids-tale-changed-tv

Curb Your Enthusiasm    HBO    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/29/
554262873/curb-your-enthusiasm-returns-and-larry-david-is-back-to-playing-himself

Will & Grace    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/09/28/
553996659/-will-grace-is-back-but-will-its-viewers-be

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/31/
432294253/how-shows-like-will-grace-and-black-ish-can-change-your-brain

Star Trek: Discovery    CBS    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/25/
553532524/cbs-star-trek-discovery-goes-boldly-where-no-trek-show-has-gone-before

The Deuce    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/27/
553867653/deuce-creators-capture-the-birth-of-americas-billion-dollar-porn-industry

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/08/
549474980/in-the-deuce-sex-isn-t-titillating-it-s-business

Disjointed    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/25/
546044880/-disjointed-is-like-any-workplace-sitcom-think-cheers-with-more-pot

The Bachelorette    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/23/
529705257/the-bachelorette-may-have-a-black-star-but-its-still-set-in-a-white-world

The Americans    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/25/
521289363/we-are-all-martha-alison-wright-on-how-her-americans-character-became-a-hit

Shots Fired    Fox    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/
521006704/seeking-empathy-shots-fired-creators-flip-the-script-on-police-shootings

You're the Worst    USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/
495931508/in-youre-the-worst-even-the-most-flawed-characters-find-love

Buffy the Vampire Slayer    USA

The series premiered

on March 10, 1997, on The WB

and concluded

on May 20, 2003, on UPN.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/buffy-the-vampire-slayer

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/10/
buffy-the-vampire-slayer-at-20-the-thrilling-brilliant-birth-of-tv-as-art

Brooklyn Nine-Nine    USA    2013-2021

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

is an American police procedural comedy

television series

that aired on Fox, and later on NBC.

The show aired

from September 17, 2013,

to September 16, 2021,

for a total of eight seasons

and 153 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Nine-Nine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Brooklyn_Nine-Nine

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/13/
10-years-of-brooklyn-nine-nine-
the-most-relentlessly-funny-show-of-the-last-decade

Misfits    UK    2009-2013

Misfits

is a British science fiction

comedy-drama television show, on E4,

about a group of young offenders

sentenced to work

in a community service programme,

where they obtain

supernatural powers

after a strange electrical storm.

The show premiered

on 12 November 2009

and concluded

on 11 December 2013

in its fifth series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfits_(TV_series)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
misfits

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/
arts/television/misfits-from-britain-on-logo.html

Speechless    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/
arts/television/speechless-abc-comedy-nonverbal-child.html

Stranger Things    Netflix    USA

American science fiction

horror drama television series

created by the Duffer Brothers

for Netflix.

Produced

by Monkey Massacre Productions

and 21 Laps Entertainment,

the first season was released on Netflix

on July 15, 2016.

The second and third season followed

in October 2017 and July 2019 respectively,

and the fourth season aired in two parts

in May and July 2022.

In February 2022,

Stranger Things was renewed

for a fifth and final season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Stranger_Things

https://www.npr.org/2016/08/19/
490671346/stranger-things-creators-on-barb-eleven-and-how-glitter-delayed-production 

Born this way    USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/22/
486796812/a-cast-with-down-syndrome-brings-fresh-reality-to-reality-tv

Greenleaf        USA

https://www.npr.org/2016/06/21/
482829462/oprahs-new-show-greenleaf-is-megachurch-melodrama 

Silicon Valley        HBO        USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/09/
481377115/in-hbos-silicon-valley-the-comedy-is-inspired-by-real-life-tech-culture

Line of duty        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/line-of-duty

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/09/
469670174/new-tv-drama-recounts-heroic-escapes-on-the-underground-railroad

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend        USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/04/
469191201/crazy-ex-girlfriend-challenges-stereotypes-one-song-at-a-time

Martin Scorsese's 'Vinyl'

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/30/
472385235/ray-romano-gets-deep-dark-and-angsty-for-martin-scorsese-s-vinyl

‘black-ish’        USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/11/05/
562233999/jennifer-lewis-of-blackish-looks-back-at-her-decades-long-career-in-new-autobiog

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/28/
468446215/-black-ish-opens-conversation-about-race-and-police-brutality

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/
arts/television/blackish-police-brutality.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/31/
432294253/how-shows-like-will-grace-and-black-ish-can-change-your-brain

The Fall        UK / IR

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/the-fall

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/28/
the-fall-why-were-we-ever-excited-about-this-dead-dog-of-a-show

Fuller House        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/
business/media/netflix-aims-for-family-friendly-nostalgia-with-new-slate.html

X-Files        Fox        USA        2000s

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/
arts/television/the-x-files-season-10-episode-4-back-in-the-day.html

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/23/
463726029/mulder-and-scully-on-why-the-world-is-ready-for-an-x-files-reboot

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/22/
463971641/as-x-files-returns-meet-the-man-behind-the-theme-song

Nurse Jackie        USA

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/10/
398713112/nurse-jackie-ends-as-tvs-most-honest-depiction-of-addiction

Veep        HBO        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/
magazine/julia-louis-dreyfus-and-tony-hales-demented-double-act-on-veep.html

Power        Starz        USA

http://www.starz.com/originals/power/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/
arts/television/50-cents-power-about-a-drug-dealer-debuts-on-starz.html

True Detective        HBO        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/
arts/television/true-detective-finds-philosophical-answers-by-seasons-end.html

Orphan Black        BBC3

television drama

that plunges into the moral minefield

of human cloning

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/08/
bbc-three-orphan-black-a-worldwide-hit

House of Cards

http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/television/100000002710158/
house-of-cards-power-nearly-undone.html

Top of the Lake

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-lake

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/dec/16/
best-tv-2013-top-of-the-lake

DCI Banks

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/17/
dci-banks-tv-review

The Mill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/jul/27/
the-mill-relentless-misery

Game of Thrones    HBO        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/10/
536052787/game-of-thrones-finds-fans-among-disability-rights-activists-too

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/
arts/television/for-game-of-thrones-rising-unease-over-rapes-recurring-role.html

Game of Thrones:

season three, episode six – The Climb        HBO        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/may/06/
game-of-thrones-season-three-episode-six-the-climb

Nashville        ABC        USA

http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/
arts/television/nashville-starring-connie-britton-on-abc.html

mystery drama > Awake    NBC        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/apr/28/
awake-rubicon-new-lost

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/13/
us-drama-awake-sky-atlantic

Homeland        USA

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/homeland

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/homeland

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/series/homeland-episode-by-episode

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/
arts/television/homeland-review.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2012/09/29/
161969152/damian-lewis-on-the-conflicts-and-complexities-of-homeland

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/12/
homeland-have-you-been-watching

https://www.npr.org/2011/10/05/
140947830/in-homeland-its-hard-to-know-whom-to-trust

Girls        HBO        USA

released in 2012

Lena Dunham’s series

about four white women lurching through their 20s

in New York City.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/
style/girls-show-hbo-lena-dunham.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/
arts/television/girls-finale-a-season-of-frayed-friendships-and-poignant-arcs.html

http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/
arts/television/lena-dunhams-girls-begins-on-hbo.html

UK > Downton Abbey        USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/06/
469345607/as-downton-draws-to-a-close-a-look-back-on-what-made-the-show-great

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/03/04/
468973612/pop-culture-happy-hour-a-fond-farewell-to-downton-abbey

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/
arts/television/julian-fellowes-on-twists-in-the-downton-abbey-season-finale.html

UK > British costume drama Downton Abbey > Season Two        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
downton-abbey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/oct/14/
downton-abbey-series-three-episode-five

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/feb/20/
downton-abbey-series-two-pbs

Sex and the City        HBO        USA

American romantic comedy-drama

television series

created by Darren Star for HBO.

It is an adaptation of Candace Bushnell's

1997 book of the same name.

The series premiered in the United States

on June 6, 1998,

and concluded on February 22, 2004,

with 94 episodes broadcast over six seasons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sex_and_the_City - 21 January 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/22/
1039545276/beloved-sex-and-the-city-actor-willie-garson-dies-at-57

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/aug/27/
revisited-why-is-sex-and-the-city-coming-back-to-our-screens

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jan/21/
why-is-sex-and-the-city-coming-back-to-our-screens-podcast

Arthur    USA    1996-2021

much beloved animated kids show

Arthur

followed its titular character,

an eight-year-old aardvark,

as he navigated life among family,

friends and school.

The show had a knack

for featuring characters

from different cultures,

classes and family backgrounds.

At times it was boundary pushing

— an episode of the show's spin-off,

Postcards from Buster,

received criticism

from then-Education Secretary

Margaret Spelling

for a 2005 episode

that featured lesbian parents,

and Alabama Public Televisio

 refused to air a 2019 episode

that showed a same-sex wedding.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/28/
1021687616/pbs-kids-show-arthur-ending

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/28/
1021687616/pbs-kids-show-arthur-ending

The Simpsons        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/
the-simpsons

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/
arts/television/sam-simon-who-helped-shape-the-simpsons-dies-at-59.html

USA > The Simpsons 500th episode        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/feb/18/
simpsons-tv-500th-episode

The US television hits of 2011,

from Community to Revenge

The new season was weak

– but there was plenty of good stuff

worth watching in 2011.

Here's a pick of the 10 best

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/dec/28/us-
television-2011-top-10

best US TV shows

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/04/us-
tv-shows-hidden-gems

The Walking Dead

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/23/
559035940/the-walking-dead-returns-to-form-in-season-8-premiere

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/21/
the-walking-dead-season-two

BBC2's 50s newsroom thriller > The Hour

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/the-hour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/23/the-hour-bbc-finale

Taggart axed by ITV after 27 years

Broadcaster decides not to commission

28th series of Scottish detective drama,

but it could continue in some form on STV

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/12/
taggart-axed-by-itv

sitcom > Not Going Out?

Not Going Out

is a British television sitcom

that has aired on BBC One since 2006

and is the second-longest-running

British sitcom

(number of series),

behind Last of the Summer Wine.

It stars Lee Mack and Sally Bretton

with Geoffrey Whitehead, Deborah Grant,

Hugh Dennis, and Abigail Cruttenden.

The series has previously

starred Megan Dodds,

Miranda Hart, Tim Vine,

Katy Wix and Bobby Ball.

- Wikipedia, July 23, 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Not_Going_Out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Not_Going_Out

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/feb/03/
not-going-out 

The Slap

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/oct/27/
tv-review-the-slap-panorama

True Blood

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
true-blood 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/13/
true-blood-season-three

Freaks and Geeks        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/31/
box-set-freaks-and-geeks

Agatha Christie's Poirot        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/24/
poirot-murder-on-the-orient-express

Peep Show

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
peep-show

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/23/
miranda-peep-show-tv-matters

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/14/
andradioblog/2010/dec/14/peep-show-series-7"> peep-show-series-7

Screen Burn

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/series/
screenburn 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/
charlie-brooker-leaving-screen-burn

cartoon series > The Flintstones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/29/
the-flintstones-google-doodle-50

Heroes        USA

NBC series about young people

who use their superpowers to save the planet

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/
arts/television/28family.html 

The Mentalist        USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Mentalist

No Ordinary Family        USA

http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/
arts/television/28family.html

bedsit-set sitcom > Him & Her        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/27/
him-her-bbc

interactive reality TV show > Seven Days

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/23/
seven-days-tv-review

Spooks

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
spooks 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/20/
spooks-series-nine-episode-one

The Inbetweeners

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/
is-the-inbetweeners-all-its-cracked-up-to-be-2083304.html - 19 September 2010

Our Friends In The North

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/18/
our-friends-flannery-eccleston

The Deep

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/aug/31/
the-deep-have-you-been-watching

The OC        USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_O.C. .

The Good Wife    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/
arts/television/the-good-wife-a-broadcast-gem-fades-away.html

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/
476154723/good-wife-creators-say-they-wanted-to-end-the-show-while-it-was-still-good

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/aug/30/
emmy-awards-2010-archie-panjabi

Modern Family        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/
arts/television/31emmy.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/
arts/television/30emmys.html

Hung        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/
arts/television/06hung.html

Six Feet Under

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
six-feet-under 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/16/box-set-club-six-feet-under

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/01/next-box-set-six-feet-under

Coronation Street        UK

Coronation Street is a British television soap opera

created by Granada Television and shown on ITV

since 9 December 1960.

The programme centres

on a cobbled, terraced street

in the fictional Weatherfield,

a town based on inner-city Salford, England.

Originally broadcast twice weekly,

the series began airing six times a week in 2017.

The programme was conceived

by scriptwriter Tony Warren.

Warren's initial proposal was rejected

by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein,

but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton

to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes.

The show has since become

a significant part of British culture.

Coronation Street is made

by Granada's successor, ITV Studios,

at MediaCityUK and shown in all ITV regions,

as well as internationally.

In 2010, upon its 50th anniversary,

the series was recognised by Guinness World Records

as the world's longest-running television soap opera.

Initially influenced

by the conventions of kitchen-sink realism,

Coronation Street is noted for its depiction

of a down-to-earth, working-class community,

combined with light-hearted humour

and strong characters.

The show currently averages

around five million viewers per episode.

The show premiered its 10,000th episode

on 7 February 2020,

and celebrated its 60th anniversary later that year.

Source: Wkipedia, July 23, 2023.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
coronation-street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Coronation_Street

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/09/
every-character-was-eccentric-it-was-beautiful-the-inside-story-of-coronation-street

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/oct/15/betty-driver

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/gallery/2011/jan/19/coronation-street-photography

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2010/aug/28/tony-warren-corrie-video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jul/08/coronation-street-birthday-disaster

Coronation Street creator Tony Warren        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2010/aug/28/
tony-warren-corrie-video

Hollyoaks        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
hollyoaks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/01/hollyoaks-transgender-teenagers

Cougar Town

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jun/14/
cougar-town-renaming-tv-shows 

Ashes to Ashes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/ashes-to-ashes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/may/21/ashes-to-ashes-final-episode

Lost        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/lost

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/apr/17/jj-abrams-novel-rumours

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/arts/television/25lost.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/technology/22lost.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/may/21/lost-season-six-episode-sixteen

Luther

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
luther 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jun/14/luther-second-series

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/26/luther-idris-elba-bbc1

South Park

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
south-park 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/apr/08/south-park-season-4-episode-14-facebook

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/16/south-park-200th-episode

political dramas        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/29/six-to-watch-political-dramas

war dramas        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/30/
best-tv-war-dramas 

The Pacific

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/arts/television/07pacific.html

Cast Offs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/video/2009/nov/18/cast-offs-channel-4

The Thick Of It

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgrd  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/nov/17/chris-addison-interview

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/26/thick-of-it-casualty-emma

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/17/peter-capaldi-malcolm-tucker-tv

Casualty

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8wd 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/26/thick-of-it-casualty-emma

soap opera > Guiding Light        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/opinion/19collins.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/18/guiding-light-final-episode

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2009/sep/18/television-usa

Psychoville

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
psychoville

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jul/30/
psychoville-final-episode 

Flight of the Conchords

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
flight-of-the-conchords

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/kristen-schaal-interview

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/29/jemaine-clement-flight-of-conchords

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/video/2009/jul/27/flight-of-the-conchords-deleted-scene

“Ruby & the Rockits” > pilot episode        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/arts/television/21ruby.html

Cold Feet

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/12/cold-feet-itv
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/28/cold-feet-might-return-harries

Desperate Romantics

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/aug/26/desperate-romantics-episode-six

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/22/desperate-romantics-coast

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/21/desperate-romantics-bbc-drama

Rubicon

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/24/arts/AP-US-TV-Rubicon.html

Occupation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/garethmcleanblog/2009/jun/16/occupation-peter-bowker-iraq

Dollhouse

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jun/02/joss-whedon-dollhouse-stage-fright

Battlestar Galactica

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/mar/19/battlestar-galactica-review

Being Human

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/26/being-human-return-for-second-series

Law & Order: UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/24/television-television

Absolutely Fabulous

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/apr/21/absolutely-fabulous-edina-patsy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/absolutely-fabulous-bbc-1-sitcom

sitcom > Everybody Loves Raymond        USA        1996-2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/
arts/television/doris-roberts-the-mother-on-everybody-loves-raymond-dies-at-90.html

Doctor Who        UK

Doctor Who

is a British science fiction television series

broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

The series depicts

the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor,

an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human.

The Doctor explores the universe

in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS.

The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box,

which was a common sight in Britain in 1963

when the series first aired.

With various companions, the Doctor combats foes,

works to save civilisations, and helps people in need.

July 23, 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
doctor-who

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/25/
573415852/doctor-who-says-goodbye-to-peter-capaldi-as-show-prepares-for-first-female-docto

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/video/2014/aug/23/doctor-who-telly-addict-special-video

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/23/doctor-who-capaldi-hype-plot-beyond-daft

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/mar/29/doctor-who-50-year-history-visualised

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/24/raymond-cusick

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/24/doctor-who-time-lord-cardiff-conventio

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/nov/23/
doctor-who-anniverary-first-episode

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/09/the-debate-doctor-who

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/30/doctor-who-tribute-brigadier-actor

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/19/the-coversation-doctor-who

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/22/doctor-who-tardis-in-us

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/20/doctor-who-fantasy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/19/elisabeth-sladen-doctor-who-star-dies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/05/doctor-who-new-series

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/25/doctor-who-christmas-special-2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/16/doctor-who-christmas-special

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jun/19/doctor-who-the-pandorica-opens

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/22/dr-who-matt-smith-fashion

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/29/doctor-who-karen-gillan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/03/doctor-who-matt-smith

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/bbc.doctorwho

Roots remake    USA    2016

This new Roots works its way

through stories

along several generations.

It still leaves room,

as did the original, for a sequel

— but the central Roots story

remains potent enough,

and even more so in this new telling.

Characters are given more time,

and the actors do wonders

with their scenes —

especially Kirby as Kunta Kinte,

Rose as Kizzy,

and Page as Chicken George.

You'll feel for them and their journeys.

This new Roots is a TV miniseries

that not only should be seen but,

like the original,

definitely deserves to be talked about.

https://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/
479494123/in-its-retelling-roots-is-powerful-must-see-television

Starsky & Hutch    USA    1975-1979

American action

television series,

which consisted

of a 72-minute pilot movie

(originally aired

as a Movie of the Week entry)

and 92 episodes

of 50 minutes each.

The show was created

by William Blinn

(inspired by the success

of the then recent movie Busting),

produced by

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

and starred Paul Michael Glaser

and David Soul

in the title roles,

Starsky and Hutch.

It was broadcast

from April 1975 (pilot movie)

to August 1979

on the ABC network.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Starsky_&_Hutch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Starsky_&_Hutch

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2024/jan/05/
david-soul-starsky-hutch-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/05/
1223082514/david-soul-starsky-and-hutch-dies-obit

Roots    ABC    USA    1977

The original Roots miniseries,

based on the 1976 Alex Haley novel

tracing his own family tree

from African tribal life

to American slavery and freedom,

was a phenomenon.

ABC showed it

over consecutive nights

in January 1977,

not because it was expected

to earn huge ratings

but because network executives

were afraid it wouldn't.

So they crammed the entire miniseries

into an eight-day prime-time marathon,

which aired, by coincidence,

during a massive winter storm

that snowed in much of the Northeast.

Roots was TV's

original binge-viewing experience,

and it kept drawing more viewers

every night.

Its finale,

still one of the most-viewed scripted

programs in TV history, was seen

by more than 100 million people.

It started a new national dialogue

about race and racism,

and slavery and genealogy,

and launched or heightened

the careers of several black actors,

including LeVar Burton, John Amos,

Leslie Uggams, Louis Gossett Jr.

and Ben Vereen.

https://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/
479494123/in-its-retelling-roots-is-powerful-must-see-television

“Roots” transfixed Americans

— first as an overnight best seller

by Alex Haley,

then as an ABC mini-series,

which drew 100 million viewers

(...).

It made the slave trade

and black history

inescapable parts

of national popular culture

and produced a unique moment

when ordinary Americans

talked about slavery in workplaces,

bars, churches and schools.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/
opinion/why-america-forgot-about-roots.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/
1241607342/louis-gossett-jr-dies-black-oscar-winner-officer-and-a-gentlemen-roots

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/
books/review/alex-haley-hamilton-college-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-roots.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/
opinion/why-america-forgot-about-roots.html

Strictly Come Dancing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/23/strictlycomedancing-bbc

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/
the-end-of-the-affair-last-waltz-for-john-sergeant-1031212.html  - 23 November 2008

I'm a Celebrity

https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2008/nov/18/
imacelebrity 

Criminal Justice        2008

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/26/
television.television

Generation Kill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/14/generation-kill-the-wire

The Wire    HBO    USA    2002-2008

The Wire

is an American crime drama television series

created and primarily written

by author and former police reporter

David Simon.

The series was broadcast

by the cable network HBO

in the United States.

The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002,

and ended on March 9, 2008,

comprising 60 episodes over five seasons.

The idea for the show started out

as a police drama loosely based

on the experiences of his writing partner

Ed Burns,

a former homicide detective

and public school teacher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Wire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Wire

https://www.theguardian.com/media/
david-simon

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/
arts/television/the-wire-baltimore.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/06/
1034655290/michael-williams-omar-the-wire-hbo-dies-at-age-54

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/21/david-simon-interview-wire-treme

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2008/oct/13/wire-television

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/20/television.irvinewelsh

USA > David Simon        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/media/david-simon

Gossip Girl        USA       2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/fashion/08gossip.html

Skins        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
skins

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/mar/08/skins-tv-sorely-missed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/dec/19/teenagers-under-their-skins

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/gallery/2010/dec/16/skins-series-5-cast 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/18/skins-season-four

Skins series 5        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/28/
skins-series-5

UK > Skins        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/business/media/20mtv.html

Eddi-Rue McClanahan    1934-2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html

http://movies.nytimes.com/person/47011/Rue-McClanahan

Last of the Summer Wine, Porridge > actors > Brian Wilde    1927-2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/21/television1

Prison Break        USA

http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/

Desperate housewives        USA

https://www.npr.org/2004/10/01/
4056963/-unhappily-ever-after-desperate-housewives

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=4057281 - October 1, 2004

The Office        UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jd68z 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jul/10/
the-office-20-years-ricky-gervais-stephen-merchant

four-part television series > The Passion        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/sep/20/
frank-deasy-obituary 

Prime Suspect 7        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/sep/20/
frank-deasy-obituary 

The Sopranos    HBO    USA

broadcast on HBO

from January 10, 1999, to June 10, 2007,

spanning six seasons and 86 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Sopranos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Sopranos

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/
arts/television/sofia-vergara-netflix-griselda-blanco.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/
realestate/sopranos-house-bada-bing-new-jersey.html

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/
1110670719/sopranos-tony-sirico-dies-paulie-walnuts-obit

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/24/
usnews.broadcasting

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/30/
broadcasting.g2

Friends reunion        HBO Max        USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/
1000519295/the-friends-reunion-that-lost-its-nerve

Friends        NBC sitcom        USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/17/
788760850/in-2019-tvs-friends-remains-successful-and-divisive

All Creatures Great and Small        BCC        UK        1978-1990

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/03/
robert-hardy-obituary

Spitting Image - in pictures        3 August 2014

We take a look at Spitting image puppets

created by Roger Law for the famous TV satire

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2014/aug/03/
comedy-puppetry

The Persuaders!        1970s

Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz)    1925-2010

a classically handsome movie star

who came out of the Hollywood studio system

in the 1950s

to find both wide popularity and critical acclaim

in dramatic and comic roles alike,

from “The Defiant Ones” to “Some Like It Hot”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/tony-curtis

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/movies/01curtis.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-tributes-film-world

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-obituary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-true-hollywood-star

family sitcom > The Cosby Show    USA    1984-1992

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/
1011859393/bill-cosbys-release-could-have-a-silencing-effect-on-victims-
advocates-say

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/25/
651065803/bill-cosby-sentenced-to-at-least-3-years-in-state-prison

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/26/
606005482/bill-cosby-convicted-on-3-counts-of-aggravated-indecent-assault

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/
arts/television/how-to-think-about-bill-cosby-and-the-cosby-show.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/06/12/
532242734/when-what-was-good-for-bill-cosby-was-good-for-black-america

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/09/19/
349847465/examining-bill-cosbys-legacy-as-the-cosby-show-turns-30

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/
arts/television/bill-cosby-appreciation-and-screenings-at-paley-center-for-media.html

sitcom > The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air        USA        1990s

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/
arts/television/james-avery-fresh-prince-actor-dies-at-68.html

Law & Order        USA        1990s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/
arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html

Sesame Street        USA        PBS

For generations,

Sesame Street has been a mainstay

of American children's television.

But when the show premiered

(...) on Nov. 10, 1969,

it was considered controversial,

even radical.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/08/
994738544/the-story-of-sesame-street-from-radical-experiment-to-beloved-tv-mainstay

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/
business/media/lloyd-morrisett-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/
1055733980/sesame-street-makes-history-with-the-debut-of-its-first-asian-american-muppet

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/08/
994738544/the-story-of-sesame-street-from-radical-experiment-to-beloved-tv-mainstay

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/
arts/television/david-smyrl-dies-at-80-played-mr-handford-on-sesame-street.html

L.A. Law        NBC        1986-1994

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/
arts/television/larry-drake-lovable-clerk-on-la-law-dies-at-67.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/
arts/television/richard-dysart-emmy-winning-actor-on-la-law-dies-at-86.html

Diff’rent Strokes        USA

on NBC from 1978 to 1985

and on ABC from 1985 to 1986

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/
arts/television/conrad-bain-actor-on-diffrent-strokes-dies-at-89.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/
arts/television/29coleman.html

prime-time soap opera “Dynasty”        USA        1980s

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/
arts/television/kate-omara-played-caress-on-dynasty-dies-at-74.html

nuclear thriller > Edge of Darkness        UK        1980s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Edge_of_Darkness

ABC’s glamour soap “Dynasty”        USA        1981-1989

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/
arts/television/03forsythe.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/02/
john-forsythe-dynasty-actor-dies

Designing Women       USA        1980s-1990s

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/
arts/television/12carter.html

Family Ties        USA        1980s

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/
arts/television/gary-david-goldberg-creator-of-family-ties-dies-at-68.html

Shōgun    USA    1980

Shōgun is a 1980 American historical

drama television miniseries

based on James Clavell's

1975 novel of the same name.

The series was produced

by Paramount Television

and first broadcast

in the United States on NBC

over five nights

between September 15

and September 19, 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Shōgun_(1980_miniseries)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Shōgun_(1980_miniseries)

The Golden Girls        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html

Band of Brothers        USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Band_of_Brothers_(miniseries)

Neighbours    Australia    1985-2022

Australian television

soap opera

that was first broadcast

on the Seven Network

on 18 March 1985.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
neighbours

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/29/
the-guide-neighbours-finale

Dallas    USA

American prime time

television soap opera

that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978,

to May 3, 1991.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Dallas_(1978_TV_series)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/03/
gayle-hunnicutt-obituary

Pennies from Heaven

Dennis Potter’s

groundbreaking 1978 television series

about a travelling sheet music-seller

of the 1930s,

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/21/
ken-westbury-obituary

The Love Boat    USA

aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986

in addition,

four three-hour specials aired

in 1986, 1987, and 1990.

The show,

which ran from 1977 to 1986,

revolved around Mr. MacLeod’s

affable white-suited captain

and a crew of regulars

as it ventured into

new television territory,

offering simultaneous plot lines

in each episode, all having to do

with the humorous, and amorous,

adventures of the cruise ship’s

passengers, played by guest stars.