…on TV

America’s ABC TV network cancels its most successful sitcom Roseanne over racist tweet

29th May 201830th May 2018Jason Korsner

Sara Gilbert, Roseanne Barr and John Goodman. Photo: ABC One of America’s most successful TV shows, the sitcom Roseanne, has been cancelled [click for more...]

Peaky Blinders wins Best Drama Series at 2018 TV BAFTAs

13th May 201820th May 2018Jason Korsner

The fourth season of Peaky Blinders was named the Best Drama series. Peaky Blinders has beaten Line of Duty and The Crown to [click for more...]

Kodachrome – Review

20th April 201816th April 2023Carly Mayberry

FEATURING: Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Bruce Greenwood, Dennis Haysbert, Elizabeth Olsen, Wendy Crewson – CHANNEL: Netflix – FIRST SHOWN: From 20th April 2018 [click for more...]

Roseanne: Season 10 – TV Review

27th March 201816th April 2023Carly Mayberry

FEATURING: Roseanne Barr, Alicia Goranson, Ames McNamara, Emma Kenney, Jayden Rey, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman, Sara Gilbert, Sarah Chalke – CHANNEL: ABC in the US, no broadcaster yet in the UK – FIRST SHOWN: From March 2018, in the US [click for more...]

BFI and BAFTA clamp down on bullying and harassment across TV and Film

14th February 20188th July 2018Jason Korsner

A group of about forty UK film and TV organisations, led by the BFI and BAFTA, have launched a new set of guidelines [click for more...]

Three Billboards continues awards haul at SAG

22nd January 20182nd February 2019Jason Korsner

The Screen Actors Guild has echoed other groups within the entertainment industry, by heaping praise on Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Sam Rockwell [click for more...]

Grace & Frankie – TV Review

19th January 201816th April 2023Carly Mayberry

FEATURING: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Baron Vaughn, Brooklyn Decker, Craig T Nelson, Ethan Embry, June Diane Raphael, Lisa Kudrow, Peter Gallagher, Roger Bart, Sam Elliott, Swoosie Kurtz, Talia Shire, Tim Bagley – CHANNEL: Netflix – FIRST SHOWN: May 2015 – January 2018 [click for more...]

Three Billboards and Big Little Lies dominate Golden Globes, under shadow of Weinstein

8th January 201812th February 2018Jason Korsner

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has set itself up as the film to beat this Awards Season, winning four Golden Globes in the [click for more...]

Three Billboards leads SAG nominations to firm up acting Oscar race

14th December 201714th December 2017Jason Korsner

The Screen Actors Guild – whose awards are usually one of the strongest predictors of acting Oscars – has published a nominations list [click for more...]

Christopher Plummer up for Golden Globe a month after replacing Kevin Spacey

11th December 201714th December 2017Jason Korsner

Already the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar, Christopher Plummer could be on his way to securing that honour after receiving a [click for more...]

Diversity wins as Handmaid’s Tale, Veep and Big Little Lies triumph at Emmys

18th September 201718th September 2017Jason Korsner

Diversity was the big winner at an Emmy awards in which the most successful shows were female-led and the most successful men were [click for more...]

It’s a happy night for Happy Valley at the BAFTAs

14th May 201715th May 2017Jason Korsner

Sarah Lancashire (second from right) with the Happy Valley team. Photo: © BAFTA In the first year that BAFTA allowed nominations from streaming [click for more...]

The Crown leaves The Night Manager in its wake at TV BAFTAs

12th April 201712th April 2017Jason Korsner

Claire Foy has earned one of The Crown’s five BAFTA nominations The Netflix drama The Crown, which chronicles the early years of the [click for more...]

Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts dominate Empire Awards

20th March 201720th March 2017Jason Korsner

With the Oscars already becoming a distant memory, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has taken the top prizes at the annual Empire [click for more...]

La La Land’s Damien Chazelle feted by fellow directors

5th February 20175th February 2017Jason Korsner

La La Land’s awards success is continuing with another of the more reliable Oscar-predictors falling in its lap; the Directors Guild of America has honoured Damien Chazelle with its award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film. [click for more...]