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Tag: Television
2019 in Review: The Television Stars We Said Goodbye to This Year
Not every headline made us smile during this busy year of television news. There were also announcements that broke our hearts, including the deaths of many beloved TV stars. Throughout the last 12 months, we said goodbye to more than 50 memorable personalities from the small screen, who we’re remembering in our latest Year in […]
Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988’s Latest Show Features Fictional Products from Movies & Television
Some movies and TV shows are so iconic that even the fake products from them become well known. That’s why Gallery 1988 put together a second edition of their Product Placement show honoring some of the most beloved fake products from film and television. For the Gallery 1988 Product Placement 2018 show, artists like Danny […]
Samsung Q8FN 4K Review: A Pretty But Pricey 4K Television
This bright, beautiful TV makes Marvel movies pop, but standard-def sitcoms suffer. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b896abf9c12842d985fb22f/master/pass/samsungtv.jpg
Sky TV rival as Amazon set to launch new a brand new way to watch television
There could soon be another new way to watch TV as Amazon looks set to launch a rival to the likes of Sky and Virgin Media. According to The Telegraph, the online retail giant is currently testing a new smart TV which could bring direct access to its TV shows and movies. Amazon Prime already […]
11 Reasons You Should Stop Watching Television Now
Few people realize the damaging effects television has on us, […] Read More…
800 words review – The best thing from Australian television since Neighbours
It’s an antipodean hybrid, a story about a widowed Australian journalist who pens an 800-word column each week about living in a small coastal town in New Zealand called Weld with his two teenage children. If you ignore his straight-to-camera homilies, concentrate on the comedy-drama and squint a little you could almost be watching Cold […]
She’s Bringing the Black Experience to American Television
“It was like Superman returning to Krypton and realizing that this is what home feels like,” Jas Waters says from Paris, reflecting on her career path. With writing credits for NBC’s Emmy Award-winning This Is Us, plus VH1’s The Breaks and Comedy Central’s Hood Adjacent With James Davis, Waters has taken a rather unconventional journey […]
Strictly Come Dancing 2018: Arlene Phillips bids for 'older women' on television
The 74-year-old was walking the red carpet at The Olivier Awards when she made the bid for TV producers to give older talent a chance to present and feature on shows past retirement. In 2009, Alesha Dixon, then 28, controversially replaced Arlene, then 66, as a Strictly Come Dancing judge, sparking claims of ageism against […]
Come Home television review: An early Easter miracle
Wan? Well, his wife seemed to have inexplicably left him and his three children to fend for themselves. The start of writer Danny Brocklehurst’s three-part drama was both subtle and enthralling, playing with your sympathies all along. We instantly sided with Greg (Eccleston) although you couldn’t help but think a darker plot line was double […]
