Television Series

According to the history books, Catherine the Great was only 16 when she married Peter III, the heir to the throne of Russia. Actress Elle Fanning wasn’t much older when she stepped into the shoes of the woman who led a rebellion against her husband to eventually ascend to the throne as the title character in the Hulu series, The Great.

In the new series Beef, what starts off as a small case of road rage spirals into a full-blown cyclone of revenge. This isn’t just an ordinary beef about two characters – played by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong – taking out their frustrations and anger on each other.

Nothing brings siblings together like the death of a parent. In a particularly bold move, Episode 3 of the final season of the Golden Globe-winning series Succession marked billionaire Logan Roy’s unexpected and shocking death.

Extrapolations, a limited series of eight interconnected episodes streaming on Apple TV, explores the effects of the climate crisis that already threaten life on Earth today and will likely worsen in the near future leading to catastrophic consequences unless more decisive action is taken to reduce global warming. The series creator, Scott Z.

What could possibly have ended the tight knit 30 year long friendship of Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) in the Netflix series Firefly Lane? Will Tully learn who her father is? Will Johnny (Ben Lawson) survive his war correspondent stint in Iraq and save his marriage to Kate? The poignant drama series, based on Kristin Hannah’s best-selling novel of the same name, returns with part one of a two-part second season on December 2. Australian actor Ben Lawson sat down with us at a Hollywood coffee shop to talk about what to expect in the new season and, of course, the memorable hair and clothing from each decade that are featured in the flashbacks!   Does the second season depart from the book? There is definitely a departure from the book, and the biggest change is the reason Tully and Kate have their falling out.

The new hit TV drama, Fire Country, explores the world of firefighting from the unique point of view of the inmates who fight alongside local firefighters in a special California camp program.   While the Northern California town where the show is set is fictional, the California Conservation Camp Program is very real.

Callina Liang is among the six new young talents who star in the new ITVX coming-of-age drama from the creators of Skins. In Tell Me Everything, she plays the mysterious new girl, Mei, who joins a group of five college friends.

The third and final season of Lisa McGee’s popular series Derry Girls debuted in the UK in January of 2018. It streams for international audiences this month.

Speaking on June 13 via a Variety streaming room event, some of the cast of Ted Lasso, including Hannah Waddingham, Phil Dunster, Toheeb Jimoh, Nick Mohammed, and Sarah Niles, gathered via Zoom to talk about the award-winning series (including six Golden Globe nominations and two awards). In the previous season, Waddingham’s soccer executive, Rebecca, had some upheaval in her romantic life when her relationship with AFC Richard player, Sam (Toheeb Jimoh), came to an end.

The most interesting aspect of the fashion in the BBC series Gentleman Jack, which just aired its second season on HBO, is the style choices made by costume designer Tom Pye for actress Suranne Jones, playing 19th-century lesbian landowner Anne Lister, master of Shibden Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Pye, who has also designed costumes for a TV movie also created by Sally Wainwright, To Walk Invisible (2016) about the Brontë sisters, has been inventive in showing class, power and trends of the times.