Masterpiece PBS - Amanda Rae Prescott

August 25, 2022

Untangling How UK TV Airs Stateside Pt 3

Industry Deep Dives AcornTV, Amazon Prime, AMC+, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Masterpiece PBS, Paramount+, Showtime, Sundance Now 0

Which UK TV genres/topics are each US streamer and network interested in? This blog post explains there’s a pattern to the licensing and co-production process.

September 1, 2021

PBS/BBC’s Little Women Is An Aggressively Millennial Period Drama

From The Archive Angela Lansbury, Annes Elwy, Emily Watson, Heidi Thomas, Jonah-Hauer King, Kathryn Newton, Little Women, Little Women 2018, Little Women 2019, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Stanley, Masterpiece PBS, Maya Hawke, Vanessa Caswill, Willa Fitzgerald 0

Note: This review was originally published in May 2018 for TVAfterDark, which was disbanded and deleted for reasons outside of my own control. I am re-publishing this review as it is now relevant again for an upcoming article. Low-resolution pictures and dead links to social media/websites have been removed. A Fresh Retelling of a Timeless ClassicPBS, […]

August 27, 2021

The Signs For ITV’s Shift Away From Period Drama Existed Years Ago

Period Drama Discourse Anne Boleyn, Beecham House, Belgravia, Downton Abbey, Endeavour, Grantchester, Home Fires, ITV, Masterpiece PBS, Poldark, Prime Video, Sanditon, The Collection, The Confessions of Frannie Langton, The Darling Buds of May, The Halcyon, The Singapore Grip, Vanity Fair, Victoria 0

The pandemic accelerated the existing trend of ITV moving away from big budget period dramas.

May 19, 2021

Untangling How UK TV Airs Stateside Pt 2

Industry Deep Dives A Discovery of Witches, A Suitable Boy, Amazon Prime, Anthony, BlackAdder, Bridgerton, Call The Midwife, Conversations With Friends, Downton Abbey, Ghosts, Harlots, HBO Max, Hulu, I Hate Suzie, I May Destroy You, Keeping Faith, Mammoth Screen, Masterpiece PBS, McDonald and Dodds, McMafia, Netflix, Normal People, Noughts + Crosses, Outlander, Small Axe, The Crown, The Cry, The Great, The Nevers, The Serpent, Vanity Fair, Victoria 0

Part 2 of this series on how UK TV airs in the US explains which US networks and streamers license or co-produce UK TV and why it takes a year for new shows to premiere.

Crystal Clarke as Georgiana Lambe on Sanditon Season 1

May 6, 2021

Sanditon’s Renewal Is Not A Reward For Racism And Fake Fandom News

Anti-Bigotry Bridgerton, Masterpiece PBS, Sanditon

Although fans are celebrating the renewal of Sanditon for 2 additional seasons, this joy comes at the cost of dealing with racism and the toxicity of the renewal campaign on social media.