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  • Pandemics & Procedurals: Doug Aarniokoski on making killer serials…

    Since the days of his early directorial debut Highlander: Endgame, Doug Aarniokoski has made his name as one of the most strong and reliable go-to directors for primetime television. He’s helmed multiple episodes of Criminal Minds, Sleepy Hollow, Arrow, Limitless, Bull, Blue Bloods, SWAT and others. He’s also firmly...
  • Queen’s Gambit: New ‘Equalizer’ is a familiar-formatted royal rumble….

    To her daughter, Robyn McCall (Queen Latifah) might be a tired charity co-ordinator who has finally decided to give up her high-flying job to spend more time at home, but her offspring doesn’t realise – and doesn’t need to know – that mom was actually a high-ranking covert operative...
  • Discovery: Smoke+Mirror Universe provides convenient exit strategy…

    Georgiou finds herself second-guessing her reactions now that she appears to be back at a key moment in her reign within the Mirror Universe reality.  Given her experiences in the ‘Prime’ universe since crossing over, she’s got a unique perspective that hasn’t softened her so much as made her...
  • Discovery’s ‘Terra Firma’ darkly mirrors some looser logic…

    As Philippa Georgiou’s condition worsens, a restricted, archived file may hold some explanations, but it’s the Discovery’s own, evolving computer-system that throws up the slightest of chances of a cure. Georgiou herself would rather go out fighting than felled by an enemy she can’t hit or insult, but Michael...
  • CBS announces episodic cuts for primetime dramas…

    CBS are the first American tv network – but surely not the last – to announce that the episodic count for many of their primetime series are being reduced. Because of COVID, many of the dramas started production far later than normal and have had to operate under far...
  • Positive Result? CBS All Access will rebrand + more in 2021…

    ViacomCBS announced on Tuesday that their  CBS All Access platform (currently the home on offerings such as the latest Star Trek shows, The Good Fight, The Twilight Zone and the upcoming The Stand) will be re-branding in 2021 and will be called Paramount +. The given reason is that the service...
  • Warped Factors: Trek’s new animated show stacks the ‘Decks’…

    Ensign Boimier (Dan Quaid) dreams of one day making it to the rank of Captain aboard a starship, but for now he’s stuck on the lower decks of the U.S.S. Cerritos and determined to show everyone he can follow rules to the letter. That doesn’t always endear him to...
  • Amid COVID concerns, CBS already renews key shows…

    Amid the chaos of when – or even if – some key primetime shows will be returning for their regular September/October places in the schedule, US network CBS has, at least, formally renewed a number of its existing hits ahead of resuming any actual production… All Rise (heading to...
  • Jean-Luc who’s talking: Picard’s finale offers ‘truth et machina’…

    With Picard imprisoned and in failing health, Romulan forces speeding to annihilate the planet and the Synths preparing to light a beacon that could destroy all organic life, it appears that it could be the worst of all worlds. Narek and the crew of the La Sirena reluctantly find...
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