Summer Preview

The most anticipated new shows of the summer Art Detectives Acorn TVArt-loving DI Mick Palmer (Stephen Moyer) and straight-talking DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh) lead the Heritage Crime Unit, solving murders linked to art and antiques — from forged paintings to Viking gold — in this gripping new British crime series. June 9, Acorn TV …

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Murderbot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEioDeOiqEs&t=4s Alexander Skarsgård is a cyborg grappling with emotions it doesn’t understand in sci-fi comedy Murderbot When a security cyborg manages to override its settings, finally freeing itself from servitude, it decides to name itself Murderbot. The moniker is catchy, hinting at a dark agenda, but rather than go on a killing spree, this robot,…

Government Cheese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fQf2o2kEMQ An ex-con brims with hope when he returns to his family in surrealist comedy Government Cheese To post-Second World War Americans, the term “Government Cheese” has a certain connotation. The processed cheese was provided to welfare beneficiaries, seniors receiving social security, as well as food banks and churches. With a taste that lands somewhere…

Adults

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIUyP-tKWbw A group of young people grapple with becoming grownups in new ensemble comedy Adults There is something about a ragtag group of friends that the television industry just loves to latch on to. From Three’s Company in 1977 to Seinfeld in ’89, Friends in ’94 and How I Met Your Mother in 2005, proof…

90 Day: Hunt for Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oeNWIfS2AQ The latest entry in the franchise universe sends 90 Day Fiancé fan favourites There is nothing some people won’t try to find companionship. A collection of single, former 90 Day franchise stars are ready to fall head over heels yet again, this time in Tulum, Mexico. The new reality dating show, 90 Day: Hunt…

The Chi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CEoeFJQdkQ The women of The Chi come to the forefront in the explosive seventh season The winds have changed in Chi-town. Following a shocking death in last season’s finale, the women of The Chi step up in the gritty drama’s seventh season. That finale opened with a bang — or rather the echo of a…

Sirens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSpZ9khchU A working-class woman becomes alarmed at the bizarre relationship between her sister and her billionaire boss in cutting dark comedy Sirens As billionaires continue to grow ever richer at the expense of everyone else, television viewers are becoming fascinated by the wealth gap between the haves and the have-lesses. That’s been apparent in the…

Hacks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb_KVf-5y78 Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder dish on the fourth season of critically acclaimed comedy Hacks A dream has come true on Hacks, with the fourth season introducing Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) as the host of her very own late-night talk show. As one of the rare women to hold the spot, Deb is now…

Carême

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4aZI-S0S0 New drama focuses on Antonin Carême, history’s first superstar chef Legendary French chef Antonin Carême was a fascinating character. Abandoned as a child, the Parisian rose from obscurity to become head chef for French stateman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, serving both Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon. Known as “the king of chefs and the…

Your Friends & Neighbors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVRFMd6dEOE&t=2s Jon Hamm stars as a wealthy guy who turns to burglary when his life crumbles in Your Friends & Neighbors When Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Jon Hamm) loses his job as a hedge fund manager, it is really just the cherry on top of an already crap cake. His ex-wife Mel (Amanda Peet) is in…

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