<![CDATA[EL PAÍS]]>https://english.elpais.comTue, 14 Apr 2026 21:12:45 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[Emilia Clarke, beyond Daenerys: ‘I look back at ‘Game of Thrones’ like you would look back at high school’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-05/emilia-clarke-beyond-daenerys-i-look-back-at-game-of-thrones-like-you-would-look-back-at-high-school.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-05/emilia-clarke-beyond-daenerys-i-look-back-at-game-of-thrones-like-you-would-look-back-at-high-school.htmlThu, 05 Feb 2026 17:18:23 +0000Emilia Clarke (London, 39) has accepted it: she will always be Daenerys from Game of Thrones. “I am realizing that for better or for worse, no matter how many other jobs I do and how long I have the good fortune of being an actor, that will be the headline on my gravestone,” she tells EL PAÍS via video call. The interview, conducted in mid-January, is focused on her new series, Ponies (SkyShowtime), but she accepts the questions about her most famous role with a smile, and a touch of resignation. Does she think she’ll ever be able to shake off the weight of having been the Mother of Dragons? “Oh, she’s not a burden, but I don’t think I ever will. And I don’t think that’s the worst thing in the world. I had a beautiful experience, an insane opportunity. I feel incredibly grateful for that. I look back at Game of Thrones and it’s like how you would look back at high school. You kind of have mixed feelings about your time at school. You know, sometimes you’re like that was fun and sometimes you’re like, that sucked,” the actress explains. “And if I discount Daenerys, then I discount me and my twenties. And I don’t want to do that because she was great. I had a great time.”

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]]><![CDATA[‘The Paper’ revives the spirit of ‘The Office’ in a small-town newspaper]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-22/the-paper-revives-the-spirit-of-the-office-in-a-small-town-newspaper.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-22/the-paper-revives-the-spirit-of-the-office-in-a-small-town-newspaper.htmlSat, 22 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000Twenty years ago, in 2005, the U.S. network NBC premiered The Office. The comedy that launched Steve Carell to stardom was a bold gamble. Its mockumentary style and its peculiar, uncomfortable humor were already present in the original The Office, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in 2001 for the BBC. Over time, that comedy — packed with gags and unforgettable characters capable of transcending space and time — became one of the most-watched series on streaming platforms year after year. Its spirit, and something more, is now present in The Paper.

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]]><![CDATA[Vince Gilligan, creator of ‘Breaking Bad,’ returns to science fiction: ‘I’ve had enough of writing anti-heroes for now’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-10/vince-gilligan-creator-of-breaking-bad-returns-to-science-fiction-ive-had-enough-of-writing-anti-heroes-for-now.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-11-10/vince-gilligan-creator-of-breaking-bad-returns-to-science-fiction-ive-had-enough-of-writing-anti-heroes-for-now.htmlMon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:50 +0000The first episode of Apple TV’s new series Pluribus that was sent to the press included a preliminary message from its creator, Vince Gilligan, asking journalists not to reveal too much about the plot. “We’ve taken great care to keep details under wraps, and we’d like to ask you to do the same,” he said. The new project from the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul (which premiered on November 7, with new episodes every Friday) is shrouded in mystery. Before its debut, all that was known was that it would be a science fiction story in which “the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.” And not much else.

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]]>Jeff Neumann<![CDATA[‘Wednesday’: Zombies, deaths, and a chaotic mess for the second season]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-06/wednesday-zombies-deaths-and-a-chaotic-mess-for-the-second-season.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-08-06/wednesday-zombies-deaths-and-a-chaotic-mess-for-the-second-season.htmlWed, 06 Aug 2025 13:43:54 +0000It’s difficult to predict when a series will become a hit (or indeed, to quantify what constitutes a hit on television these days). But in hindsight, it’s easier to see the elements that worked in its favor. Wednesday was well-received on Netflix at the end of 2022, so much so that it became a phenomenon. It was able to attract different generations and, thus, a massive audience: it is still the most-watched English-language series in Netflix history. It had an imagery behind it that appealed to adult generations, those who remembered The Addams Family from the 1990s — starring Anjelica Huston as Morticia and Christina Ricci as Wednesday — and those who grew up with Tim Burton’s filmography. The newer version stars Jenna Ortega, who stood out as a child actress and Disney character and was already excelling in more adult productions. It also has a powerful visual identity, allowing anyone to recognize what story it’s from at a glance. And it had something no one could have expected: massive virality. The “Wednesday dance,” which became a viral challenge on social media, prompted many young people who hadn’t yet seen the series to check it out to learn its origins.

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]]><![CDATA[Apple TV+, caught between the prestige of its shows and multi-million losses ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-30/apple-tv-caught-between-the-prestige-of-its-shows-and-multi-million-losses.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-30/apple-tv-caught-between-the-prestige-of-its-shows-and-multi-million-losses.htmlWed, 30 Jul 2025 10:16:17 +0000When the Television Academy announced the nominations for its awards on July 15, which will be presented on September 14, one platform stood out above the rest: Apple TV+. It didn’t have the most nominations (that title went to HBO Max with 142), but its 81 nominations attracted a lot of attention. What’s more, this year, if predictions hold true, it could win best drama (Severance) and best comedy (The Studio). It would be the first time a single platform has won both major awards.

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]]><![CDATA[How to adapt Stephen King for television]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-22/how-to-adapt-stephen-king-for-television.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-22/how-to-adapt-stephen-king-for-television.htmlTue, 22 Jul 2025 18:15:43 +0000Stephen King is considered the living author whose works have been adapted the greatest number of times for the screen. His stories have inspired film and television productions that have fared better or worse. As journalist Matthieu Rostac recalls in his book Stephen King: An Illustrated Guide from the Master of Horror, for many, “he’s a poorly adapted novelist, a man whose work is scrupulously destroyed by the film industry.” However, in recent years, some titles have attempted to change that opinion. That will be the intention this fall of It: Welcome to Derry, on HBO, a nine-part prequel to It based on the novel King published in 1986 to expand the universe of Andy Muschietti’s films from 2017 and 2019.

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]]><![CDATA[Lee Jung-jae, Player 456 of ‘Squid Game’, on its series finale: ‘The fans probably have an ending they want, but this one’s going to be different’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-27/lee-jung-jae-player-456-of-squid-game-on-its-series-finale-the-fans-probably-have-an-ending-they-want-but-this-ones-gonna-be-different.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-27/lee-jung-jae-player-456-of-squid-game-on-its-series-finale-the-fans-probably-have-an-ending-they-want-but-this-ones-gonna-be-different.htmlFri, 27 Jun 2025 18:33:59 +0000Will Player 456 once again survive the macabre children’s games on a mysterious island played out for a small group of the unscrupulous rich? Will his teammates emerge unscathed, or is everyone doomed? Will the detective find his brother, the mind behind this twisted competition? Answers are on the way. Only six episodes of the third season that premieres on Friday, June 27 stand between us and the end of one of the best and most unexpected television phenomenon in recent years, Squid Game.

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]]><![CDATA[14 shows axed: ‘The Equalizer,’ ‘Suits L.A.,’ ‘FBI: Most Wanted,’ and others say farewell]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-13/14-shows-axed-the-equalizer-suits-la-fbi-most-wanted-and-others-say-farewell.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-13/14-shows-axed-the-equalizer-suits-la-fbi-most-wanted-and-others-say-farewell.htmlTue, 13 May 2025 14:50:25 +0000Although streaming platforms now set the pace of TV series viewing, television shows remain a cornerstone of free-to-air channels in the United States. Last week was a critical moment for these shows. In just a few days, dozens of productions discovered whether they would return for another season or be canceled for good. Most of these announcements were made in the lead-up to the so-called upfronts, events during which networks unveil their upcoming programming to advertisers (and the rest of the world), held in the week of May 12.

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]]>CBS<![CDATA[Inside ‘The Studio’: A satire of Hollywood’s hectic and high-stakes world]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-15/inside-the-studio-a-satire-of-hollywoods-hectic-and-high-stakes-world.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-15/inside-the-studio-a-satire-of-hollywoods-hectic-and-high-stakes-world.htmlTue, 15 Apr 2025 18:19:34 +0000Behind the spotlight and the glow of red carpets, Hollywood conceals a backstage that is far from glamorous and steeped in pragmatism, where an army of executives and producers manage budgets, navigate communication crises, and contend with colossal egos. It is here, within the offices of a major film, where the action of the Apple TV+ series The Studio unfolds. Each half-hour episode follows the newly appointed head of Continental Studios, a man who still views cinema as an art form but faces the harsh reality of a business that, to survive, depends on the success of superheroes, sequels, and films based on major franchises.

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]]><![CDATA[Ellen Pompeo: ‘If I were to walk away completely from ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ everybody gets to make money from my hard work except for me’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-13/ellen-pompeo-if-i-were-to-walk-away-completely-from-greys-anatomy-everybody-gets-to-make-money-from-my-hard-work-except-for-me.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-13/ellen-pompeo-if-i-were-to-walk-away-completely-from-greys-anatomy-everybody-gets-to-make-money-from-my-hard-work-except-for-me.htmlSun, 13 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000Twenty years have passed since Ellen Pompeo, 55, played any role besides Meredith Grey. Before 2005, when the series Grey’s Anatomy debuted, her career had been comprised of a chain of lusterless secondary roles. But since she became the protagonist of one of the most popular and long-lasting medical dramas on TV, her professional life has been exclusively linked to Grey. No films, no other roles on television, with very few brief exceptions. Although the young Pompeo dreamed of being a movie star, she had to abandon that hope: being the star of a 400-plus-episode series (which was just renewed for its 22nd season) left her with little free time.

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]]>NBC<![CDATA[Jon Hamm: ‘I don’t think very much about Don Draper’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-11/jon-hamm-i-dont-think-very-much-about-don-draper.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-11/jon-hamm-i-dont-think-very-much-about-don-draper.htmlFri, 11 Apr 2025 13:26:36 +0000Since Mad Men ended a decade ago, Jon Hamm, 54, has largely taken on supporting roles — some as juicy as the villain in season five of Fargo, or the tech mogul in season three of The Morning Show. But with Your Friends and Neighbors (premiering Friday, April 11 on Apple TV+), he’s stepping back into the spotlight.

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]]><![CDATA[Dan Erickson, creator of ‘Severance’: ‘I thought Apple would discourage us from critiquing the capitalist structure, but that never happened’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-01/dan-erickson-creator-of-severance-i-thought-apple-would-discourage-us-from-critiquing-the-capitalist-structure-but-that-never-happened.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-01/dan-erickson-creator-of-severance-i-thought-apple-would-discourage-us-from-critiquing-the-capitalist-structure-but-that-never-happened.htmlTue, 01 Apr 2025 16:27:07 +0000What if we could escape the rigors of work? What if it were possible to disconnect from certain harsh realities of life — those that bring us pain and sorrow? These were the questions Dan Erickson, 41, pondered while working in an office. What he never imagined was that these ideas, these utopian longings, would materialize into one of the most acclaimed, discussed, and watched streaming series.

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]]><![CDATA[Why ‘Paradise’ has been such a hit, according to its lead actor: ‘We didn’t anticipate the real-world echoes it would have’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-03-11/why-paradise-has-been-such-a-hit-according-to-its-lead-actor-we-didnt-anticipate-the-real-world-echoes-it-would-have.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-03-11/why-paradise-has-been-such-a-hit-according-to-its-lead-actor-we-didnt-anticipate-the-real-world-echoes-it-would-have.htmlTue, 11 Mar 2025 15:43:00 +0000At what point does it stop being a spoiler to discuss a plot twist in the first episode of a series? Would having streamed the entire season be enough time? Paradise, which premiered on January 26 on Hulu and released the last episode of its first season a week ago, does not make things easy for those who want to talk about it. If any reader who has not watched the series reads this article, is intrigued by it, and decides to watch the first episode, they have the right to be surprised by a new perspective that is revealed toward the end. In case that happens, the following paragraphs will try to avoid the most blatant spoilers. For those who have seen all eight episodes, season two is on the way after Hulu renewed the series in February.

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]]>Brian Roedel<![CDATA[Underground fights and female thieves: New series from the creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’ delves into London’s underworld]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-20/underground-fights-and-female-thieves-new-series-from-the-creator-of-peaky-blinders-delves-into-londons-underworld.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-20/underground-fights-and-female-thieves-new-series-from-the-creator-of-peaky-blinders-delves-into-londons-underworld.htmlThu, 20 Feb 2025 14:11:39 +0000Steven Knight seems to have a special attraction to the British underworld and criminal gangs. In his most famous creation — the iconic Peaky Blinders — the 65-year-old screenwriter dramatized a gang of criminals that operated in Birmingham in the 1920s, endowing them with charisma and glamor. In his latest series, A Thousand Blows, streaming on Hulu in the U.S., the story is also based on reality and the underworld… but this time around, the criminals are women.

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]]><![CDATA[Eddie Redmayne: ‘I still can’t believe I get paid to do this’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-06/eddie-redmayne-i-still-cant-believe-i-get-paid-to-do-this.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-06/eddie-redmayne-i-still-cant-believe-i-get-paid-to-do-this.htmlFri, 06 Dec 2024 15:37:05 +0000Eddie Redmayne, 42, grew up with the Jackal, the hitman created by British novelist Frederick Forsyth, who was brought to the big screen by Fred Zinnemann in 1973. That film was one of his favorites as a child. So, when the scripts for the first three episodes of the series reviving the Jackal landed in his inbox, he was a little apprehensive. “You don’t want to butcher something that you adore,” he admits. But the version penned by Irish screenwriter Ronan Bennett won him over. “I just wanted to keep turning the page. I wanted to see what happened next. It’s the kind of television that I love to watch. I also thought it would be interesting to play an enigma that is unpacked over the course of 10 hours,” Redmayne shared in an interview with EL PAÍS on Wednesday at a hotel in Madrid.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Black Doves’ turns Keira Knightley into a spy: ‘We all have different versions of ourselves’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-06/black-doves-turns-keira-knightley-into-a-spy-we-all-have-different-versions-of-ourselves.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-06/black-doves-turns-keira-knightley-into-a-spy-we-all-have-different-versions-of-ourselves.htmlFri, 06 Dec 2024 12:17:57 +0000Keira Knightley found it easy to relate to the spy she portrays in Black Doves, her first television series in more than two decades. “We all have different versions of ourselves inside us. You show each person a different version. I am a different person with my children than when I am working,” explains the actress.

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]]>Ludovic Robert/Netflix<![CDATA[The new King Midas of television is a cowboy who lives on a ranch]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-04/the-new-king-midas-of-television-is-a-cowboy-who-lives-on-a-ranch.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-04/the-new-king-midas-of-television-is-a-cowboy-who-lives-on-a-ranch.htmlWed, 04 Dec 2024 16:46:39 +0000The Dutton Ranch came back to life on November 14: Yellowstone, a series full of characters who will do whatever it takes to maintain their territory, no matter if that means threatening, conspiring, torturing, or killing (or “taking to the train station,” the euphemism they use). Behind Yellowstone is one of the great protagonists of the fall series schedule, Taylor Sheridan. In November alone, episodes of three series created by Sheridan have premiered: Lioness, a series about the military and terrorism with Zoe Saldaña, Michael Kelly and Nicole Kidman; the second part of the fifth season of Yellowstone, and Landman, a show based on oilmen with Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, and Jon Hamm.

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]]>Scott Dudelson<![CDATA[A mythical, historic Macondo: ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ becomes a Netflix series ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-24/a-mythical-historic-macondo-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-becomes-a-netflix-series.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-24/a-mythical-historic-macondo-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-becomes-a-netflix-series.htmlSun, 24 Nov 2024 04:05:00 +0000One Hundred Years of Solitude is the epitome of magical realism. It’s a plague of insomnia that leaves residents of an entire town sleepless, to the point of forgetting who they are. It is Mauricio Babilonia beset by yellow butterflies. It is a bag of bones that moves without explanation. It is Remedios la Bella rising to the sky. It is the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar following José Arcadio Buendía everywhere he goes. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a tale of omens, superstitions and magic. But it is also the Thousand Days’ War, the most lethal civil war in Colombian history, which took place between 1899 and 1902. It is the Banana Massacre, when the military shut down a United Fruit Company workers’ strike with a bloodbath.

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]]>Pablo Arellano / Netflix<![CDATA[Why is it taking so long for my favorite show to come back?]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-08-07/why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-my-favorite-show-to-come-back.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-08-07/why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-my-favorite-show-to-come-back.htmlWed, 07 Aug 2024 17:57:03 +0000Just a few weeks ago, fans of Euphoria got some news about the series: HBO announced that filming for the third season will start in January 2025. In other words, three years after the second batch of episodes aired. Apple TV+ also recently set a date for the return of Severance: January 17, almost three years after the first season premiered. Squid Game became a global phenomenon in September 2021, and its second season will be released on December 26, 2024, more than three years later — 1,195 days later to be exact (although the wait for the third and final season will not be as long, it is scheduled for 2025). When The Handmaid’s Tale returns, presumably in the summer of 2025, with its sixth and final season, its fans will have waited almost three and a half years. There will also be a three-year wait between the last two seasons of Stranger Things, the fifth installment of which is expected sometime in 2025. Fans of Bridgerton have already been warned by the show’s showrunner, Jess Brownell, that they will have to be patient and wait at least two years to see the episodes focusing on Benedict.

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]]><![CDATA[War comes to ‘House of the Dragon’: ‘It’s a story about two women and it will continue to be until the end’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-18/war-comes-to-house-of-the-dragon-its-a-story-about-two-women-and-it-will-continue-to-be-until-the-end.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-18/war-comes-to-house-of-the-dragon-its-a-story-about-two-women-and-it-will-continue-to-be-until-the-end.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 16:00:27 +0000The Dance of Dragons is about to begin. On one side, the Black Council, with Rhaenyra claiming her place on the Iron Throne. On the other, the Green Council, with Aegon on the throne, backed by his mother, Alicent Hightower. The rifts within the very broken Targaryen family have turned into gaping divides, accentuated by painful deaths. Tragedy struck at the end of the first season of House of the Dragon, the series that has returned to the phenomenon that was Game of Thrones to tell the past of this saga of dragon riders. The Dance of Dragons, the civil war in the Targaryen, is imminent and inevitable.

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]]>Theo Whiteman<![CDATA[How Carrie Preston turned Elsbeth Tascioni into a female Colombo ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-17/how-carrie-preston-turned-elsbeth-tascioni-into-a-female-colombo.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-17/how-carrie-preston-turned-elsbeth-tascioni-into-a-female-colombo.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 15:01:22 +0000You just never know where Chicago lawyer Elsbeth Tascioni is going to pop up next. She was the most clueless and disconcerting legal mind in The Good Wife, a series not short on eccentric lawyers and judges. She then reappeared in several episodes of The Good Fight, and has ended up with her own series entitled, simply, Elsbeth in which she is charged with supervising the activities of the New York Police Department (NYPD) in general and Captain Wagner in particular, helping them solve criminal cases as she does so.

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]]>Jaime Villanueva<![CDATA[Eric Kripke, creator of ‘The Boys’: ‘The stuff that keeps me up at night isn’t how to make another penis explode’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-14/eric-kripke-creator-of-the-boys-the-stuff-that-keeps-me-up-at-night-isnt-how-to-make-another-penis-explode.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-06-14/eric-kripke-creator-of-the-boys-the-stuff-that-keeps-me-up-at-night-isnt-how-to-make-another-penis-explode.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 17:15:24 +0000The fourth season of The Boys begins with a campaign rally for the White House. The protagonist, a vice-presidential hopeful, is a woman with a handy superpower: blowing heads off with her mind. Behind her is the narcissistic and sadistic Patriot, a superhero so popular that he has been able to kill a man in cold blood in the street and be cheered by his fans. The Boys has never done things by halves. The latest episodes (Amazon Prime Video premiered the first three on June 13, followed by a new one each week) raise the tone of the political and social satire that characterizes the series created by Eric Kripke, which is based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Bridgerton’ puts Nicola Coughlan in the spotlight: ‘I’ve gone from doing plays for 10 people to starring in a global show’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-05-28/bridgerton-puts-nicola-coughlan-in-the-spotlight-ive-gone-from-doing-plays-for-10-people-to-starring-in-a-global-show.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-05-28/bridgerton-puts-nicola-coughlan-in-the-spotlight-ive-gone-from-doing-plays-for-10-people-to-starring-in-a-global-show.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 20:39:21 +0000“Dear reader.” More than two years have passed since the voice of Julie Andrews welcomed viewers to the second season of Bridgerton. The series — based on Julia Quinn’s romantic novels, and one of Netflix’s biggest hits — has taken its time before returning with a third season. What’s more, this season will force fans to be patient, as it is divided into two parts: the first four episodes were released on May 16 and the next four will arrive on June 13. Neither part, however, is short on the expected flirtation, romance, sexual tension and, unlike the previous season, sex.

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]]><![CDATA[Freddie Highmore says goodbye to ‘The Good Doctor’: ‘It has given me stability in years of great uncertainty’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-23/freddie-highmore-says-goodbye-to-the-good-doctor-it-has-given-me-stability-in-years-of-great-uncertainty.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-23/freddie-highmore-says-goodbye-to-the-good-doctor-it-has-given-me-stability-in-years-of-great-uncertainty.htmlTue, 23 Apr 2024 16:04:56 +0000Before starting the interview, Freddie Highmore, 32, apologizes: “I’m sorry we’re speaking in English today. I’m going to set right after this and so it’s hard to suddenly switch into it, but when we hopefully chat again in Spain, I will speak in Spanish, I promise.” The actor — who has a degree in Hispanic and Arabic Philology from the University of Cambridge, and lived and worked in Madrid for almost a year doing translations in a law firm — has mastered the Spanish language almost perfectly, as he has demonstrated in previous interviews in Spain. It’s the end of February and, minutes after this video call chat, Highmore will return to set to record the final episodes of The Good Doctor, which is why he prefers to continue thinking and speaking in English during this break in filming.

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]]><![CDATA[‘‘Bluey’ is a Trojan horse’: Inside the latest phenomenon in kids’ animation ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-16/bluey-is-a-trojan-horse-inside-the-latest-phenomenon-in-kids-animation.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-04-16/bluey-is-a-trojan-horse-inside-the-latest-phenomenon-in-kids-animation.htmlTue, 16 Apr 2024 22:39:08 +0000If you have preschool-aged kids, it’s quite likely that you’ve spent the last few days in anticipation, if not anguish, over the future of a family of animated Australian cattle dogs. That may be true even if you don’t have kids. Such angst would be attributed to Bluey, a record-breaking phenomenon. According to Bloomberg, the show was responsible for 29% of all views (besides those of movies) on Disney+ during the fourth quarter of 2023. Last year, it was the second most-watched series across all U.S. streaming platforms. It’s estimated that the franchise, which includes video games, apps, books, music albums, immersive experiences, theater productions (like that which will soon tour 11 Spanish cities) and all kinds of merchandise, is valued at $2 billion. This Sunday marks the debut of its 28-minute special (a departure from its standard eight-minute episodes), The Sign, with which the series will attempt another of its trademark plot twists that have made followers of both kids and adults. The special’s plot promises a wedding and a possible move — hence the angst.

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]]><![CDATA[Streaming platforms navigate user disloyalty ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-25/streaming-platforms-navigate-user-disloyalty.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-25/streaming-platforms-navigate-user-disloyalty.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2024 14:28:16 +0000María Bielsa is 57 years old and watches a lot of TV series, but never on broadcast or cable television. She is a regular Movistar, Netflix, Prime Video and Filmin subscriber and signs up for other services if they have something specific she wants to watch. “I signed up for HBO Max to watch The Gilded Age, paid for a month and canceled before the automatic renewal kicked in. I did the same thing to watch The Bear [Hulu and Disney+].” Ainhoa Gorriz has subscribed and canceled Netflix several times to explore new content on platforms like Prime Video or her local library’s streaming video service. “In the end, I always go back to [Netflix] because it has the best stuff,” said the young woman in her twenties.

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]]>Chesnot<![CDATA[From ‘Money Heist’ to ‘Fargo’: Stephen King’s TV show recommendations]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-23/from-money-heist-to-fargo-stephen-kings-tv-show-recommendations.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-23/from-money-heist-to-fargo-stephen-kings-tv-show-recommendations.htmlSat, 23 Mar 2024 15:46:09 +0000Stephen King likes to fiddle around on X (formerly Twitter), where he has more than 7 million followers, and he often uses the platform to recommend movies, books and series. His recommendations instantly turn into authoritative arguments as to why these picks should be supported. Many people trust in his opinions. So what does the esteemed writer think about the latest TV shows and movies? Here is an example of some of his most recent recommendations.

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]]>Jim Spellman<![CDATA[Julianne Moore: ‘I have always, always, always wanted to work with Pedro Almodóvar’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-14/julianne-moore-i-have-always-always-always-wanted-to-work-with-pedro-almodovar.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-14/julianne-moore-i-have-always-always-always-wanted-to-work-with-pedro-almodovar.htmlThu, 14 Mar 2024 13:57:05 +0000Julianne Moore, 63, has recently been spotted in Madrid, where she’s preparing to star in Pedro Almodóvar’s new film, The Room Next Door, the iconic Spanish director’s first feature film in English. “I can’t say anything [about the movie], but it’s very exciting for me, a dream come true. I have always, always, always wanted to work with Pedro,” the North Carolina-born actress emphasized in a video call interview with EL PAÍS, which took place this past February 28. “It’s so wonderful to be cast in his first English language, full length film. I feel very fortunate to be working with him and to be working in Spain and to be in Madrid and to be working with Tilda Swinton (her co-star in the film). [Almodóvar] is the maestro, he’s such an extraordinary and original voice.”

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]]>Rory Mulvey<![CDATA[How Netflix won the streaming war]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-01/how-netflix-won-the-streaming-war.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-01/how-netflix-won-the-streaming-war.htmlFri, 01 Mar 2024 16:10:26 +0000When Netflix presented its data for the last quarter of 2023 on January 23, several financial analysis companies, such as Morgan Stanley and Bernstein, declared: the streaming wars have a winner. In the last three months of the year, the company added 13 million new subscribers worldwide, its second-best quarterly figure ever (only behind its numbers from the Covid-19 pandemic). In all of 2023, it added more than 29 million new subscribers. The total figure now amounts to 260.28 million. Its revenue grew by 12% year-on-year. It is the streaming company with the lowest percentage of cancellations compared to its subscriptions: barely 2% in the United States, well below its competitors, which are at an average of 5.3%, according to data from Antenna, a company that tracks subscription services, published in Business Insider.

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]]><![CDATA[‘The Regime,’ ‘3 Body Problem’ and other recommended series for March 2024]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-01/the-regime-3-body-problem-and-other-recommended-series-for-march-2024.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-01/the-regime-3-body-problem-and-other-recommended-series-for-march-2024.htmlFri, 01 Mar 2024 14:40:23 +0000A political satire starring Kate Winslet. A period story of ambition, sex and manipulation. Small-time criminals involved in the biggest jihadist attack in the history of Spain. Guy Ritchie’s universe made into a series. The new creation from the team responsible for Game of Thrones. Among the pick of the shows being released this month there are many outstanding names in front of and behind the cameras, and several offerings that travel to the past with different points of view.

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]]><![CDATA[‘The Walking Dead’ universe survives on new television]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-26/the-walking-dead-universe-survives-on-new-television.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-26/the-walking-dead-universe-survives-on-new-television.htmlMon, 26 Feb 2024 21:33:33 +0000When Andrew Lincoln left The Walking Dead in 2018, it was announced that the adventures of his character Rick Grimes — until then the show’s main character — would continue in three films. That never happened, and those three feature-length films ended up being transformed into the six-part series premiering on AMC+ on Monday, February 26. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live follows the adventures of Rick and Michonne, the zombie apocalypse survivor played by Danai Gurira. Those who watched the original series know that their love story remained incomplete and that she left in search of him: now they will try to carry on with their relationship while once again trying to survive in a hostile world where the main threat is not the half-dead but the living.

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]]>AMC<![CDATA[‘Masters of the Air’ looks to the sky to close Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ WW2 trilogy]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-07/masters-of-the-air-looks-to-the-sky-to-close-steven-spielberg-and-tom-hanks-ww2-trilogy.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-07/masters-of-the-air-looks-to-the-sky-to-close-steven-spielberg-and-tom-hanks-ww2-trilogy.htmlWed, 07 Feb 2024 15:17:17 +0000In 2001, three years after the release of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks returned to World War II — this time as producers, accompanied by Gary Goetzman, and on television instead of the big screen. Band of Brothers, which became a classic of the war genre, was followed by The Pacific in 2010, both on HBO. The former focused on the Infantry; the latter on the Marine Corps. Now, the team that brought the stories of brotherhood among soldiers in the deadliest conflict to the episodic format has set its sights on the sky to complete their epic TV trilogy.

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]]><![CDATA[Netflix rolls out its new 2024 projects with an eye toward Latin America and Spain: ‘100 Years of Solitude’ and a documentary on LaLiga]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-01/netflix-rolls-out-its-new-2024-projects-with-an-eye-toward-latin-america-and-spain-a-documentary-series-on-baroness-thyssen-and-another-on-laliga.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-01/netflix-rolls-out-its-new-2024-projects-with-an-eye-toward-latin-america-and-spain-a-documentary-series-on-baroness-thyssen-and-another-on-laliga.htmlThu, 01 Feb 2024 21:31:36 +0000Like a song or a recipe, a good story is always universal. But a local touch is more appealing than any other. Increasingly expanded streaming platforms face greater and fiercer competition and are looking for stories that both appeal to a global audience and are especially successful in their local markets. They know that something very local can be a tremendous global hit, as was the case with shows such as Spain’s Money Heist and South Korea’s Squid Game. For that reason, in 2024, platforms like Netflix are investing in non-English content with an eye toward the Latin American and Spanish-speaking markets. This year, four of Netflix’s most important premieres are Ibero-American, as demonstrated in two recent content presentations: one took place on Wednesday at its California offices in Los Angeles, and the other on Thursday in Madrid, Spain.

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]]>Mariano Landet<![CDATA[‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,’ ‘Red Queen’ and other recommended series for February 2024 ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-02/feud-capote-vs-the-swans-red-queen-and-other-recommended-series-for-february-2024.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-02-02/feud-capote-vs-the-swans-red-queen-and-other-recommended-series-for-february-2024.htmlFri, 02 Feb 2024 23:16:23 +0000After a lackluster end to 2023 and beginning of 2024, television roars back to life in February with some interesting offerings. There are several period dramas, which travel from the Japan of the samurai to Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II to high society New York in the 1960s and 1970s. There are also alternative worlds and science fiction for your viewing pleasure.

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]]>PARI DUKOVIC PHOTOGRAPHY<![CDATA[‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ trades in the clones for human organ printing ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-26/orphan-black-echoes-trades-in-the-clones-for-human-organ-printing.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-26/orphan-black-echoes-trades-in-the-clones-for-human-organ-printing.htmlFri, 26 Jan 2024 23:05:00 +0000In the five seasons of sci-fi series Orphan Black (2013-2017), actress Tatiana Maslany played more than a dozen clones. As they tried to find out their true identities, they immersed in an intricate conspiracy in which their lives were at stake. The production, which introduced the world to the acting prowess of its protagonist, and for which she won an Emmy, among other awards, became a cult series and garnered a massive following. Its universe is now expanding with Orphan Black: Echoes, which is now streaming new episodes on AMC+. It’s another sci-fi tale that, just like the original, explores human identity and pushes today’s science to its limits.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Griselda,’ Sofía Vergara’s series about a bloodthirsty drug trafficker: ‘It was important to humanize the character; glamorizing her is something else’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-24/griselda-sofia-vergaras-series-about-a-bloodthirsty-drug-trafficker-it-was-important-to-humanize-the-character-glamorizing-her-is-something-else.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-24/griselda-sofia-vergaras-series-about-a-bloodthirsty-drug-trafficker-it-was-important-to-humanize-the-character-glamorizing-her-is-something-else.htmlWed, 24 Jan 2024 19:53:56 +0000Griselda Blanco is credited with more than 250 murders (including those of her two husbands). She was known as the Black Widow or Cocaine Godmother. Between the 1970s and ‘80s, she amassed an enormous fortune trafficking cocaine from Colombia to the United States. She was shot to death in 2012 by two sicarios as she made a purchase in a Medellín butcher shop, after having spent nearly 30 years in a U.S. prison. Her life is part of the dark history of global crime networks, and is now the subject of a six-episode Netflix series that debuts Thursday, January 25. From the team who brought us Narcos, Griselda features Colombian actress Sofía Vergara playing her bloodthirsty countrywoman.

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]]><![CDATA[Actor Pedro Alonso: ‘Berlin is indecent, perverse, selfish, narcissistic, an emotional terrorist and a manipulative liar’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-23/actor-pedro-alonso-berlin-is-indecent-perverse-selfish-narcissistic-an-emotional-terrorist-and-a-manipulative-liar.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-23/actor-pedro-alonso-berlin-is-indecent-perverse-selfish-narcissistic-an-emotional-terrorist-and-a-manipulative-liar.htmlTue, 23 Jan 2024 15:41:26 +0000When Pedro Alonso was just over 30 years old, he thought that his acting career was over. Now he is the star of Berlin. Because, even though his character died in Money Heist, it made such an impression on the viewers that they had to find a way to bring it back. This talk, at the Netflix offices in Madrid, Spain, began with his new series before steering towards more philosophical territories. “I’m a guy with a transcendent calling,” he says.

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]]>INMA FLORES<![CDATA[‘The Sopranos’ creator David Chase: ‘I’ve never watched the series. I’ve watched a couple of episodes’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-10/the-sopranos-creator-david-chase-ive-never-watched-the-series-ive-watched-a-couple-of-episodes.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-10/the-sopranos-creator-david-chase-ive-never-watched-the-series-ive-watched-a-couple-of-episodes.htmlWed, 10 Jan 2024 15:02:22 +000025 years ago, a New Jersey mobster suffered a panic attack and changed television forever. On January 10, 1999, HBO premiered The Sopranos, heralding the arrival of a new golden age of television. The show’s creator, David Chase, preferred the idea of making films, but ended up working on the small screen because he had to make a living. After The Sopranos, he did not return to the format. Last Thursday, he gave EL PAÍS an interview via video call from his home in Santa Monica, California, to mark the occasion of the anniversary of the premiere of his groundbreaking series. Although he gives off the impression that, to a certain extent, he despises the medium, Chase is television history.

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]]><![CDATA[24 series to keep track of in 2024]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-08/24-series-to-keep-track-of-in-2024.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-08/24-series-to-keep-track-of-in-2024.htmlMon, 08 Jan 2024 21:27:06 +0000It is impossible to know how a year will go, but we can predict that in 2024 there will be a lot of television and many series to watch, although not as many as in previous years. We review what is coming this year. We’ve narrowed it down to 24 titles, but many that might be released in the coming months have not even been announced or confirmed yet. For example, Stranger Things begins filming its final season very soon, but it is not yet known when it will premiere. For now, here are some titles that should be on your radar.

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]]><![CDATA[Five great series of 2023 that have gone too unnoticed]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-03/five-great-series-of-2023-that-have-gone-too-unnoticed.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-03/five-great-series-of-2023-that-have-gone-too-unnoticed.htmlWed, 03 Jan 2024 20:55:00 +0000The end of the year is the realm of list-lovers: the best movies, the best books, the best restaurants, the songs of the year and, of course, the most outstanding series. 2023 has been a bumper crop, as evidenced by the top 10 list compiled by EL PAÍS, from which many notable productions were left out. We now recover five of them to give quality series a second chance and provide the arguments for watching them again or for trying them for the first time. A curious documentary and a couple of very different cop shows are among the chosen ones.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Berlin’ puts a psychopath in a romantic comedy ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-30/berlin-puts-a-psychopath-in-a-romantic-comedy.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-30/berlin-puts-a-psychopath-in-a-romantic-comedy.htmlSat, 30 Dec 2023 16:32:33 +0000On November 23, 2017, Berlin was shot to death. It happened in what was supposed to be the end of Money Heist.

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]]>JUAN BARBOSA<![CDATA[Kelsey Grammer: ‘We take ourselves so seriously that almost everything can offend someone. We need to calm down a little’]]>https://english.elpais.com/people/2023-12-22/kelsey-grammer-we-take-ourselves-so-seriously-that-almost-everything-can-offend-someone-we-need-to-calm-down-a-little.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/people/2023-12-22/kelsey-grammer-we-take-ourselves-so-seriously-that-almost-everything-can-offend-someone-we-need-to-calm-down-a-little.htmlFri, 22 Dec 2023 23:48:31 +0000The first time he played Frasier Crane, Kelsey Grammer was 29 years old, and he was one of the supporting actors of the comedy Cheers. Later he became the star of another series that would end up being even more popular and awarded than its predecessor — in fact, to this day it is still the comedy with the most Emmy awards in history. A few days ago, Grammer, a confessed Republican, steadfast defender of Donald Trump and devout Christian, visited Spain to talk about the return of the series, available on Paramount+. With his deep voice, he answers every question in a concise, unhurried and friendly manner.

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]]>Álvaro García<![CDATA[The 10 best TV shows of 2023]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-19/the-10-best-tv-shows-of-2023.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-12-19/the-10-best-tv-shows-of-2023.htmlTue, 19 Dec 2023 16:30:26 +0000The year 2023 is likely to mark a turning point in television. The screenwriters and actors strike — which brought Hollywood to a complete or partial stop — is set to have an impact on TV shows and series. The new stage in the streaming wars has led platforms to focus on making profits and containing spending, cracking down on shared accounts and definitively embracing advertising. In the end, the new era of television will look a lot like the old one. Just as the series that reel in viewers will continue to have the same ingredients that have been hooking audiences forever.

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]]><![CDATA[‘A Murder at the End of the World’ gives the detective genre a twist ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-20/a-murder-at-the-end-of-the-world-gives-the-detective-genre-a-twist.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-20/a-murder-at-the-end-of-the-world-gives-the-detective-genre-a-twist.htmlMon, 20 Nov 2023 17:55:42 +0000Nothing sets up a better murder mystery than a group of people isolated from the rest of the world. In A Murder at the End of the World, the Disney+ series that premiered on November 14, this remote location is a luxury hotel in Iceland. A millionaire invites a select group of people to a retreat. One of the guests is Darby, a young hacker and crime writer who spends much of her downtime investigating unsolved cases, having accompanied her father, an examining magistrate, to crime scenes. She accepts the invitation as she is curious to meet the host’s wife, another reputed hacker whom she admires. Shortly after arriving, one of the guests dies under suspicious circumstances.

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]]>LiljaJons<![CDATA[‘All the Light We Cannot See’ and the shine of human connections in the midst of war ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-08/all-the-light-we-cannot-see-and-the-shine-of-human-connections-in-the-midst-of-war.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-08/all-the-light-we-cannot-see-and-the-shine-of-human-connections-in-the-midst-of-war.htmlWed, 08 Nov 2023 23:29:16 +0000Marie-Laure is a blind French girl who flees with her father from Nazi-occupied Paris with a valuable, powerful diamond. They take refuge in the house of Marie’s great-uncle, a war veteran and member of the French resistance who makes clandestine radio transmissions. Werner is a German soldier trained to track illegal radio broadcasts. A shortwave station will connect the two young people in occupied France during World War II. This is the survival story that is told in All the Light We Cannot See, a four-episode Netflix limited series that adapts the novel that earned Anthony Doerr the Pulitzer Prize in 2015.

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]]><![CDATA[Six horror series beyond Halloween ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-02/six-horror-series-beyond-halloween.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-02/six-horror-series-beyond-halloween.htmlThu, 02 Nov 2023 13:55:27 +0000The night is dark and full of terrors, as Melisandre said in Game of Thrones. And this time of year, before and after Halloween, no channel or platform can resist the temptation of programming contents that will fill your night with such chills and frights. In recent days, and in the coming weeks, some interesting series related to horror and fantasy have been and will be released; our selection also includes some series that have been out for a few months (but are perfect for the season), as well as some spooky comedies.‌

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]]><![CDATA[‘The Crown,’ ‘Fargo’ and other series to watch in November 2023 ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-01/the-crown-fargo-and-other-series-to-watch-in-november-2023.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-01/the-crown-fargo-and-other-series-to-watch-in-november-2023.htmlWed, 01 Nov 2023 15:14:54 +0000In terms of series, November will be one of the most interesting months of the year, with many quality contents arriving before the holidays to keep you entertained. One notable farewell arrives this month, with Netflix premiering the first four episodes of the final season of The Crown; our list also includes a passionate love story wrapped in complex political circumstances, mysteries and murders in picturesque settings. This is our selection of the best series you can watch in November 2023.

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]]>Des Willie/Netflix<![CDATA[James Burrows and ‘Frasier’: a TV legend directing the comeback of a series that made history]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-30/james-burrows-and-frasier-a-tv-legend-directing-the-comeback-of-a-series-that-made-history.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-30/james-burrows-and-frasier-a-tv-legend-directing-the-comeback-of-a-series-that-made-history.htmlMon, 30 Oct 2023 19:51:01 +0000On May 13, 2004, Frasier wrapped up with one of the most watched episodes in the history of television. The show finished after 11 seasons, 265 episodes and several records broken, such as becoming the comedy with the most Emmy Awards in history, 37 — until Game of Thrones, it was the series, drama or comedy, with the most awards. A spin-off of the also hugely successful Cheers, the show followed the adventures of Dr. Frasier Crane, played by Kelsey Grammer, a snobbish and sarcastic psychiatrist with a radio studio who lives with his father, a grumpy ex-cop, and his brother, another even snobbier psychiatrist.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Gen V,’ the teenage, feminist spinoff of ‘The Boys’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-29/gen-v-the-teenage-feminist-spinoff-of-the-boys.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-29/gen-v-the-teenage-feminist-spinoff-of-the-boys.htmlSun, 29 Oct 2023 16:58:42 +0000What were the corrupt, sociopathic, egomaniacal superheroes of The Boys like before they became corrupt? How do you deal with superpowers in a world full of competition? And how do you do it during adolescence, a time characterized by change and inner struggles? The great success of The Boys prompted Amazon Prime Video to greenlight a spinoff story, the second after the animated fiction The Boys Presents: Diabolical. Gen V tells the story of a group of young people who have acquired superpowers through injections of compound V, which gives powers to superheroes in the fictional universe based on the comics of the same name. The show depicts their battles with their own demons and those of their peers, and their fight against those who try to use them for their benefit at a college for superheroes. The finale of the first season will drop next Friday on Amazon Prime Video.

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]]>Brooke Palmer<![CDATA[Matthew Perry: Eight unforgettable Chandler moments in ‘Friends’]]>https://english.elpais.com/people/2023-10-29/matthew-perry-eight-unforgettable-chandler-moments-in-friends.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/people/2023-10-29/matthew-perry-eight-unforgettable-chandler-moments-in-friends.htmlSun, 29 Oct 2023 14:13:40 +0000Matthew Perry was 24 years old when, along with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc, he was hired for a new comedy called Friends. The day before filming began, director James Burrows took the six actors on a private plane to dinner in Las Vegas and told them, “Look around you. Nobody knows you. You can never do this again. Your life is going to change.” And that’s exactly what happened. Perry — who died on Saturday at the age of 54 — was cast as Chandler Bing, and from that moment on, he would forever be linked with the character. With his particular way of delivering lines and animated facial expressions, he imbued Chandler with a charisma that lasted throughout the show’s 10 seasons. Some of Chandler’s best-known lines captured his personality, such as “I’m not great at advice. But can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” and “I’m Chandler, I make jokes when I’m uncomfortable.”

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]]><![CDATA[Contests, adventures, dating and true crime: Popular TV around the world]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-25/contests-adventures-dating-and-true-crime-popular-tv-around-the-world.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-25/contests-adventures-dating-and-true-crime-popular-tv-around-the-world.htmlWed, 25 Oct 2023 04:00:00 +0000Every October, MIPCOM, the world’s largest international television content market, is held in Cannes. It is a large program fair where much of the entertainment industry meets to buy and sell formats. This year, over 11,000 participants from more than 100 countries around the world gathered between October 16 and 19. At MIPCOM, one can see where television trends are going, what is succeeding abroad and where the industry is headed.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Artificial intelligence used incorrectly will exacerbate mediocrity’]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-10-06/artificial-intelligence-used-incorrectly-will-exacerbate-mediocrity.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-10-06/artificial-intelligence-used-incorrectly-will-exacerbate-mediocrity.htmlFri, 06 Oct 2023 14:35:13 +0000“You will not hear us say that artificial intelligence is a nuclear bomb that will destroy our industry,” said Francisco Asensi, advisor at Spain Audiovisual Hub and moderator of one of the round tables at the 3rd Iberseries & Platinum Industry forum of audiovisual professionals held this week in Madrid, where some participants raised urgent questions about the application of AI to the audiovisual production process.

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]]><![CDATA[The sexologist on campus comes to a close: The end of ‘Sex Education’, the series that shattered teen stereotypes]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-03/the-sexologist-on-campus-comes-to-a-close-the-end-of-sex-education-the-series-that-shattered-teen-stereotypes.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-03/the-sexologist-on-campus-comes-to-a-close-the-end-of-sex-education-the-series-that-shattered-teen-stereotypes.htmlTue, 03 Oct 2023 13:10:47 +0000Now that Sex Education has ended, its creator, screenwriter Laurie Nunn, smiles as she remembers how the series that debuted on Netflix in 2019 came into existence. “Basically the idea was: what would happen if we put a teenage sex therapist on a school campus? I instantly loved it, it seemed like a brilliant opportunity to create a series that celebrated the teen genre,” explains Nunn in a video call interview in mid-September.

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]]><![CDATA[The fantasy of ‘One Piece’ becomes real on Netflix ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-06/the-fantasy-of-one-piece-becomes-real-on-netflix.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-06/the-fantasy-of-one-piece-becomes-real-on-netflix.htmlWed, 06 Sep 2023 19:46:54 +0000The enthusiastic Monkey D. Luffy has a dream: to become the Pirate King. Accompanied by his peculiar crew, he will sail the seas in search of the One Piece, a legendary treasure. With his inseparable straw hat, his rubber-like body and his companions, he will face various dangers, from abominable monsters to other pirates with similar ambitions, as well as the marines who try to enforce the law.

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]]><![CDATA[September shows: ‘Sex Education’ on Netflix, ‘The Morning Show’ on Apple TV+ and other premieres]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-01/september-shows-sex-education-on-netflix-the-morning-show-on-apple-tv-and-other-premieres.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-01/september-shows-sex-education-on-netflix-the-morning-show-on-apple-tv-and-other-premieres.htmlFri, 01 Sep 2023 23:40:02 +0000The usual fall avalanche of TV premieres to which the entertainment industry has accustomed viewers will not be as plentiful this year; September’s offerings provide proof of that. The writers’ and actors’ strikes have left U.S. broadcast television with hardly any series, and, while still well-stocked, streaming platforms are being cautious with premieres to prevent the consequences of a work stoppage that could still drag on for weeks.

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]]>Peacock<![CDATA[Why everyone in the US is watching ‘Suits’ this summer]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-18/why-everyone-in-the-us-is-watching-suits-this-summer.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-18/why-everyone-in-the-us-is-watching-suits-this-summer.htmlFri, 18 Aug 2023 18:36:25 +0000Between 2011 and 2019, the basic cable channel USA Network broadcast all nine seasons of the series Suits in the United States. The legal drama was set in a luxury law firm in New York, where a tremendously intelligent young lawyer arrived with a phenomenal memory and a secret: he wasn’t really a lawyer. Suits landed on Netflix in the United States in the middle of June with its first eight seasons. Shortly after, it was at the top of the most viewed productions on platforms according to audience measurement experts, Nielsen. It has been leading the ranking for more than a month and has broken the record for streaming views in a single week for an externally produced series. In four weeks, it has already exceeded 12,000 million minutes watched and is already the seventh most watched series on platforms so far this year.

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]]><![CDATA[A courtroom ‘Truman Show’ is the most innovative series on TV right now ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-16/a-courtroom-truman-show-is-the-most-innovative-series-on-tv-right-now.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-16/a-courtroom-truman-show-is-the-most-innovative-series-on-tv-right-now.htmlWed, 16 Aug 2023 18:49:13 +0000Ronald Gladden has jury duty. However, very strange things keep happening in the trial. It’s almost like he is on a reality show, he muses at one point; his fellow jurors keep quiet and remain unperturbed. Because Ronald’s feeling is right. He does not know it, but he is the protagonist of Jury Duty, one of the most innovative formats on recent American television. Available on the ad-supported streaming platform Amazon Freevee, the series, a combination of mockumentary with reality show, presents a story with a lot of scripted plot but also a lot of improvisation, as the production itself reveals in the last of its eight episodes.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Only Murders in the Building’ knows how to make the most of Meryl Streep ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-10/only-murders-in-the-building-knows-how-to-make-the-most-of-meryl-streep.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-10/only-murders-in-the-building-knows-how-to-make-the-most-of-meryl-streep.htmlThu, 10 Aug 2023 16:14:34 +0000Loretta Durkin is no stranger to frustration. As a child, she decided that she would devote her life to acting, but the spotlight never shone on her. She has been waiting to be discovered all her life. The best joke of the third season of Only Murders in the Building is how they have Meryl Streep herself playing an actress who, no matter how hard she tries, has not been able to succeed in her job. Her character is another lonely loser who joins the trio of protagonists of this series that has just premiered its new season on Hulu (with two episodes, which will be followed by a new one every week). Loretta, in her maturity, has reached that point. The director of a Broadway play listens to her and sees it clearly: where had she been all this time?

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]]> Patrick Harbron<![CDATA[‘Heartstopper’: the most luminous series of our times gets dark ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-09/heartstopper-the-most-luminous-series-of-our-times-gets-dark.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-09/heartstopper-the-most-luminous-series-of-our-times-gets-dark.htmlWed, 09 Aug 2023 19:50:36 +0000While other TV series reflect adolescence as a period of life wracked by drama and constant emotional torment, Heartstopper chooses light and color. And, unlike the inconsequential romances of many youth productions, this show opts for vindication and mental health treatment.

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]]>Teddy Cavendish/Netflix<![CDATA[Why Spanish basketball fans are up in arms about World Cup coverage]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/02/inenglish/1409659323_786307.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/02/inenglish/1409659323_786307.htmlTue, 02 Sep 2014 13:35:01 +0000Spanish television coverage of the Basketball World Cup, which is now underway in Spain, has unleashed a wave of criticism from fans and players.

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]]>Jorge Guerrero<![CDATA[Series to watch this August: ‘Heartstopper’ on Netflix, ‘The Bear’ on Disney+ and other premieres ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-01/series-to-watch-this-august-heartstopper-on-netflix-the-bear-on-disney-and-other-premieres.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-01/series-to-watch-this-august-heartstopper-on-netflix-the-bear-on-disney-and-other-premieres.htmlTue, 01 Aug 2023 13:51:19 +0000Television in August is an arid desert that you have to cross until you get to flourishing September and the splendorous fall. However, in recent years the streaming platforms have been responsible for imbuing the summer with content that makes subscribers stay and take advantage of the fact that viewers have more free time and are less overwhelmed with what’s on offer. But, this year, August is offering a selection that has been reduced to the minimum. In the coming weeks only a handful of platforms such as Netflix and Disney+ are releasing shows destined to resonate strongly among the public. The rest seem to have opted to keep their cards close to their chest. After all, the American audiovisual industry is almost at a standstill with the writers’ and actors’ strikes, and many have preferred to be cautious in case the situation drags on.

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]]><![CDATA[A TV series has changed Tom Holland’s life: ‘Lately, I’ve been in a headspace where I’m just really happy’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-06-09/a-tv-series-has-changed-tom-hollands-life-lately-ive-been-in-a-headspace-where-im-just-really-happy.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-06-09/a-tv-series-has-changed-tom-hollands-life-lately-ive-been-in-a-headspace-where-im-just-really-happy.htmlFri, 09 Jun 2023 19:11:15 +0000For Tom Holland, the TV series The Crowded Room has changed his life. “As a result of the show, I feel like I’m a much happier person and in a much better place,” he said during an interview with EL PAÍS, conducted via video call last week, the day before his 27th birthday. The British actor — known worldwide for playing Peter Parker (or Spider-Man) in movies since 2017 — is currently starring in his first series, a psychological thriller that premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, June 9.

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]]><![CDATA[Jesse Armstrong, creator of ‘Succession’: ‘We could tell stories about the characters forever, but the business story had to end’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-31/jesse-armstrong-creator-of-succession-we-could-tell-stories-about-the-characters-forever-but-the-business-story-had-to-end.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-31/jesse-armstrong-creator-of-succession-we-could-tell-stories-about-the-characters-forever-but-the-business-story-had-to-end.htmlWed, 31 May 2023 23:56:39 +0000Logan Roy’s media empire has an heir. Succession, one of the most acclaimed and awarded series of recent years, brought its storylines to an end last Sunday, May 28. Jesse Armstrong watched its last episode surrounded by other screenwriters at London’s British Film Institute: “It was very sad and very happy and fun to do that,” he says. He had known for a long time how the story would end. The creator, with a long history in comedy and satire – a genre that he perfected in the HBO series – said goodbye to a show that critics placed high on a pedestal. Later, barely 48 hours after the finale aired, he spoke to EL PAÍS in a long video call from his home in London and, something quite unusual, without anyone from the network present. Of course, this interview contains spoilers of the ending.

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]]><![CDATA[How to write the perfect series finale]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-29/how-to-write-the-perfect-series-finale.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-29/how-to-write-the-perfect-series-finale.htmlMon, 29 May 2023 15:03:57 +0000Even today, there are still fans of Lost who hold a grudge against those responsible for scripting its ending. A flood of dissatisfied fans ran online petitions to demand a rewrite of the final season of Game of Thrones. Dexter’s finale received so much criticism that the series returned years later to try to fix the mess. Hundreds of enraged viewers called HBO on the night the final episode of The Sopranos aired, thinking that the showrunners’ chosen ending was in fact the broadcast being cut off prematurely.

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]]><![CDATA[How will the Hollywood writers’ strike affect your favorite shows? ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-07/how-will-the-hollywood-writers-strike-affect-your-favorite-shows.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-07/how-will-the-hollywood-writers-strike-affect-your-favorite-shows.htmlSun, 07 May 2023 00:41:19 +0000On Tuesday, May 2, the first Hollywood writers’ strike in 15 years began. America’s film and television writers have called the work stoppage as a means of putting pressure on the big studios. Before this measure was taken, the union sought a total annual salary increase of $429 million, while the studios only offered an increase of about $86 million, aimed primarily at improving conditions for first-time screenwriters. Television is the medium that would be most affected by this strike, especially if it drags on.

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]]><![CDATA[Shonda Rhimes: ‘I was raised to believe that I had power and it was to be utilized’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-01/shonda-rhimes-i-was-raised-to-believe-that-i-had-power-and-it-was-to-be-utilized.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-01/shonda-rhimes-i-was-raised-to-believe-that-i-had-power-and-it-was-to-be-utilized.htmlMon, 01 May 2023 20:45:25 +0000Shonda Rhimes says that, when she started in the screenwriting world, she had no doubts that her objective was to rule the world through television. It could be said that the producer and screenwriter has done it, and she has done so with entertainment. The first series she created was Grey’s Anatomy, now an institution that continues releasing new episodes. Rhimes brings hope for a more egalitarian society where race and gender are not an obstacle to power. Her production company, Shondaland, has given us Black anti-heroines like Scandal’s Olivia Pope and How To Get Away With Murder’s Annalise Keating. And skin color is not a problem in the circles of British high society that Bridgerton explores.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Abbott Elementary,’ the award-winning comedy that pays tribute to educators: ‘Teachers deserve to be paid more’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-03/abbott-elementary-the-award-winning-comedy-that-pays-tribute-to-educators-teachers-deserve-to-be-paid-more.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-03/abbott-elementary-the-award-winning-comedy-that-pays-tribute-to-educators-teachers-deserve-to-be-paid-more.htmlMon, 03 Apr 2023 15:21:24 +0000Janine’s optimism contrasts with the reality that surrounds her. Janine is one of the teachers at Abbott Public Elementary School. She is full of energy and enthusiasm for organizing activities to motivate the students and improve the school’s performance. Her veteran colleagues look askance at that passion, while the newest addition to the faculty can’t understand why the school is being run by an incapable principal. Abbott Elementary was one of last season’s breakout comedies in the United States. In addition to its popularity on broadcast television, the show has received critical acclaim and recognition in the form of awards. In its first season, the show won three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes, including Best Comedy.

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]]><![CDATA[Brian Cox: ‘We have a gladiatorial urge…We like to see people beat the shit out of one another’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-01/brian-cox-we-have-a-gladiatorial-urgewe-like-to-see-people-beat-the-shit-out-of-one-another.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-01/brian-cox-we-have-a-gladiatorial-urgewe-like-to-see-people-beat-the-shit-out-of-one-another.htmlSat, 01 Apr 2023 00:17:45 +0000On Thursday, 76-year-old actor Brian Cox wore jeans, a denim jacket and comfortable beach shoes to greet the journalists who went to interview him at a luxurious hotel in Madrid, Spain. Both in spirit and appearance, he’s very different from his character Logan Roy, the multimillionaire media tycoon and paterfamilias of the ill-fated family in Succession. Another difference between Brian Cox and Logan Roy: Cox drops only two f-bombs in the interview and not a single “fuck off.” The fourth and final season of screenwriter Jesse Armstrong’s brainchild just premiered on HBO; Succession will end its run as the successful heir to all the formidable series that preceded it on the prestigious cable channel.

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]]><![CDATA[March 2023 TV shows: ‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘The Mandalorian’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-03/march-2023-tv-shows-succession-ted-lasso-and-the-mandalorian.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-03/march-2023-tv-shows-succession-ted-lasso-and-the-mandalorian.htmlFri, 03 Mar 2023 14:23:57 +0000It will be tough for any other month this year to match the premieres that March brings. The latest Emmy winners for best drama and best comedy return, in what could be the last season for both of them. Disney+’s biggest TV hit will release new episodes, as will one of the shows most surrounded by social media buzz last year.

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]]>David M. Russell<![CDATA[‘Succession’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ lead 2022 Emmy nominations]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-07-13/succession-and-ted-lasso-lead-2022-emmy-nominations.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-07-13/succession-and-ted-lasso-lead-2022-emmy-nominations.htmlWed, 13 Jul 2022 13:22:19 +0000The Television Academy announced on Tuesday the nominees for the 74th Emmy Awards, which will be held on Monday, September 12. There were no big surprises. As was expected, the hit TV show Succession, which won Best Drama Series at the 2020 Emmy Awards, leads the way with 25 nominations. Ted Lasso, which has previously won seven Emmys, was nominated for 20 awards, and The White Lotus has dominated the miniseries category with another 20 nominations.

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]]>Macall Polay<![CDATA[The year everything changed for Netflix]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-02-21/the-year-everything-changed-in-netflix.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-02-21/the-year-everything-changed-in-netflix.htmlTue, 21 Feb 2023 02:42:47 +0000Ten years ago, on February 1, 2013, Netflix premiered its first big international hit with an in-house production: House of Cards. The Los Gatos, California, company had started its foray into production one year earlier with the Norwegian series Lilyhammer, but it was the political drama starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright which officially kicked off the ambitious project. With House of Cards, the platform managed, in just a few years, to spearhead the streaming revolution.

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]]>Mike Blake<![CDATA[The big decision for Spanish viewers: Netflix, HBO or Movistar?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/13/inenglish/1481626932_761189.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/13/inenglish/1481626932_761189.htmlWed, 14 Dec 2016 08:38:31 +0000So which is best? Which should we sign up for? We compare the pros and cons of the three main players, HBO Spain, Netflix and Movistar+.

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]]><![CDATA[US cable channel HBO to roll out streaming service in Spain this year]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/19/inenglish/1453202107_136319.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/19/inenglish/1453202107_136319.htmlTue, 19 Jan 2016 11:31:16 +0000After the arrival of Netflix in Spain last October, and the increasingly solid position of on-demand service Yomvi (now home to the catalogue of recently merged Canal+ and Telefónica’s Movistar), the range and popularity of internet TV available in the country is starting to attract more competitors. One of these is the US cable giant HBO, which, according to statements made by the company’s international distribution chief Simon Sutton to Bloomberg, is preparing to launch its own on-demand service in Spain.

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]]><![CDATA[Sam Heughan: ‘The ‘Outlander’ intimacy coordinator has given us ideas to make scenes more passionate’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-01/sam-heughan-the-outlander-intimacy-coordinator-has-given-us-ideas-to-make-scenes-more-passionate.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-01/sam-heughan-the-outlander-intimacy-coordinator-has-given-us-ideas-to-make-scenes-more-passionate.htmlSun, 01 Jan 2023 02:42:25 +0000When he auditioned for Outlander, Scottish actor Sam Heughan, 42, wasn’t familiar with Diana Gabaldon’s popular books, which have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. So, Heughan hurried off to buy the first novel and read it. At the time, he was an unknown actor who had been working mostly in theater. But his Scottish bearing and roots helped win him the role of Jamie Fraser, a young, 18th-century Scottish warrior who crosses paths with a time-traveling nurse from the 20th century. “I remember on my first day of shooting the driver asked me how long I thought it would last. I said, about one year. Now, it’s eight years, seven seasons. But it’s been an incredible journey, and it’s gone so fast. It’s just so exciting,” Heughan said in a recent interview ahead of a new season of the show.

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]]><![CDATA[Why are we fascinated by serial killers?]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-19/why-are-we-fascinated-by-serial-killers.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-19/why-are-we-fascinated-by-serial-killers.htmlSat, 19 Nov 2022 19:13:31 +0000Even though the second season of Mindhunter (Netflix) premiered in 2019, many fans still wonder if there will be further installments of the production, which followed the work of two FBI agents and a psychologist who formed the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit in the 1970s. Directed and produced by David Fincher, the series is based on the memoirs of former agent John E. Douglas and writer Mark Olshaker. Using this material, as well as many interviews with real police officers, behavioral analysis experts and even the agents who captured serial killers like Green River and Ted Bundy, British playwright and screenwriter Joe Penhall fictionalized the lives of those whose task it was to try and delve into the minds of the most dangerous criminals.

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]]>Samuel Sánchez<![CDATA[From ‘tampongate’ to the BBC interview: ‘The Crown’ delves into the British monarchy’s darkest decade ]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-11/from-tampongate-to-the-bbc-interview-the-crown-delves-into-the-british-monarchys-darkest-decade.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-11/from-tampongate-to-the-bbc-interview-the-crown-delves-into-the-british-monarchys-darkest-decade.htmlFri, 11 Nov 2022 01:44:02 +0000In a speech celebrating her 40 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II described the year 1992 as the “annus horribilis” for the British Royal family. “Annus Horribilis” is the name of the fourth episode of the fifth season of The Crown, which premiered on Netflix on Wednesday, November 9. But it could well be the title of the entire decade of the 1990s for the British royalty. In 1992, Princess Anne divorced Mark Phillips, Prince Andrew separated from Sarah Ferguson and Charles and Diana of Wales announced their separation. A serious fire ravaged Windsor Castle, and polls demonstrated a significant dip in the popularity of the monarchy. That all preceded the 1993 scandal known as “tampongate,” sparked by the publication of a graphic private conversation between the then-Prince of Wales and Camila Parker-Bowles, and Diana of Wales’ 1995 interview with the BBC. (The season’s fifth and eighth episodes, respectively, explore the incidents.) The horrible decade didn’t end there: two years later, Diana of Wales died in a car accident, a disaster that will appear in the sixth and last season of The Crown.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Rings of Power’ vs ‘House of the Dragon’: Which show is winning the popularity battle?]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-04/rings-against-dragons-which-show-is-winning-the-popularity-battle.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-04/rings-against-dragons-which-show-is-winning-the-popularity-battle.htmlFri, 04 Nov 2022 03:13:59 +0000It wasn’t a battle, but it was. It wasn’t, because there didn’t have to be a victor and a loser – both could have triumphed (and lost). But the simultaneous release of House of the Dragon and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power inevitably pitted them against one another. Now that the voyages back to Middle Earth and to Westeros have ended, and the first seasons are over, which has won in terms of popularity.

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]]><![CDATA[What TV shows are coming out in November 2022?]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-03/november-2022-series-the-crown-on-netflix-willow-on-disney-and-other-premieres.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-03/november-2022-series-the-crown-on-netflix-willow-on-disney-and-other-premieres.htmlThu, 03 Nov 2022 03:14:14 +0000The British monarchy is going through times of profound change, both in real-time and in the upcoming fifth season of The Crown. The Netflix series is one of the highlights of this November’s streaming lineup. Tim Burton’s take on The Addams Family, with Wednesday, will also premiere in the coming weeks. A good dose of nostalgia, in this case with fantasy and adventure, comes with Willow, a sequel to the 1988 film. The Kingdom Exodus, which continues the story created by Lars von Trier in 1994, brings a darker return. Several comedies and a thriller complete this month’s buffet of exciting entertainment options.

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]]><![CDATA[Growing up on the set of ‘Stranger Things’: ‘We’re handling it well, with therapy’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-07-05/growing-up-on-the-set-of-stranger-things-were-handling-it-well-with-therapy.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-07-05/growing-up-on-the-set-of-stranger-things-were-handling-it-well-with-therapy.htmlTue, 05 Jul 2022 15:42:36 +0000When the Netflix TV show Stranger Things was released in 2016, actor Millie Bobby Brown was 12 years old. Gaten Matarazzo and Finn Wolfhard were 13, and Caleb McLaughlin had turned 14. For all the show’s young protagonists, it was their first major production. They have since all turned 18. McLaughlin is now 20 years old. The young stars came of age on the set of one of the best-known series on the planet. According to Netflix, following the release of its fourth season, it has become the most watched English-language series on the streaming platform.

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]]><![CDATA[Shonda Rhimes: ‘I see myself not as one of TV’s most powerful women but as one of TV’s most powerful people’]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-02-14/shonda-rhimes-i-dont-consider-myself-one-of-the-most-powerful-women-in-television-i-consider-myself-one-of-the-most-powerful-people-in-television.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-02-14/shonda-rhimes-i-dont-consider-myself-one-of-the-most-powerful-women-in-television-i-consider-myself-one-of-the-most-powerful-people-in-television.htmlMon, 14 Feb 2022 17:28:43 +0000In 2005, the world first fell in love with the television show Grey’s Anatomy. Seventeen years later, viewers are still closely following the private and professional lives of the staff at Seattle Grace Hospital. This was how Shonda Rhimes, the creator of the series, started her career in television. At one point, she was producing 70 episodes for free-to-air television a year, while her production company Shondaland has been responsible for hits such as Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder. In 2017 she left ABC network, which is owned by Disney, to sign a five-year contract with the streaming platform Netflix. According to US media, the contract was worth more than $100 million (€87 million). In 2021, Netflix renewed the contract for another five years and gave her a juicy pay rise, with the current agreement estimated to be worth $150 million (€130 million).

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]]>KWAKU ALSTON/NETFLIX<![CDATA[‘The Dropout’: How Elizabeth Holmes went from billionaire to convicted fraudster]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-04-18/the-dropout-how-elizabeth-holmes-went-from-billionaire-to-convicted-fraudster.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-04-18/the-dropout-how-elizabeth-holmes-went-from-billionaire-to-convicted-fraudster.htmlMon, 18 Apr 2022 16:49:40 +0000Few stories are as dramatic as the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes. When she was 19 years old, she dropped out of a chemical engineering degree at Stanford University to launch the biotech company Theranos, named after a combination of “therapy” and “diagnostics.” The business got off to a flying start. In 2014, Holmes was the youngest woman on Forbes magazine’s Billionaire List, with an estimated fortune of $4.5 billion. But the facade came tumbling down. One year later, she was taken off the list: it was all a sham.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Pam & Tommy’: The story of the first viral sex tape]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-02-04/pam-tommy-the-story-of-the-first-viral-sex-tape.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-02-04/pam-tommy-the-story-of-the-first-viral-sex-tape.htmlFri, 04 Feb 2022 16:00:49 +0000They were rich, famous, good-looking and they lived life in the fast lane. Actress Pamela Anderson and rock star Tommy Lee met on New Year’s Eve, 1994, and Lee became obsessed with Anderson, a global superstar and sex symbol due to her role on the hit television show Baywatch. Lee followed her, without her permission, on a trip to Cancun and three days later they were married. But a leaked sex tape turned everything upside down. The love story between Anderson and Lee was big business. The tabloids fed on their ups and downs but it turned out that all that glittered was not gold; far from it in fact. The Disney+ show Pam & Tommy, the first three episodes of which aired this week, focuses its attention on the circumstances under which the most famous sex tape of the 1990s was recorded and leaked, and the consequences it had on everyone involved in the case.

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]]><![CDATA[The Spanish fans giving the ‘Game of Thrones’ game away]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/07/inenglish/1478524844_961055.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/07/inenglish/1478524844_961055.htmlMon, 07 Nov 2016 14:42:29 +0000The seventh season of the series, which follows the fortunes of the Starks, Lannisters and Targaryen in one of the most expensive television productions ever made, will unfold in a number of Spanish locations, including Seville, nearby Santiponce, Cáceres, and Almodóvar del Río in Cordoba, as well as the Basque Country.

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]]>IÑAKI ANDRÉS<![CDATA[Netflix bursts onto the Spanish film scene with a homegrown production]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/12/inenglish/1473673179_597680.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/12/inenglish/1473673179_597680.htmlMon, 12 Sep 2016 14:36:30 +0000Four friends sit in an office debating which one of them should pay for a tax dodge with seven years behind bars – a moral dilemma central to Netflix’s first Spanish production, 7 años (7 years), a 90-minute film that takes place in a single room over the course of one night.

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]]><![CDATA[Could this be the end of Spain’s longest-running television series?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/05/18/inenglish/1463570632_047995.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/05/18/inenglish/1463570632_047995.htmlWed, 18 May 2016 14:38:55 +0000This Thursday state television channel La Primera will be showing the final episode of the 17th season of Cuéntame, one of Spain’s longest-running and most popular television series ever, which began by telling the story of a middle-class family during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and on into the early years of democracy, and has now reached 1985.

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]]><![CDATA[Netflix lands in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/20/inenglish/1445350082_981418.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/20/inenglish/1445350082_981418.htmlTue, 20 Oct 2015 14:44:16 +0000“We’re very excited to introduce Netflix in Spain,” began Reed Hastings, the co-founder and CEO of the online content provider, which has revolutionized the world of television.

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]]>JULIAN ROJAS<![CDATA[After Osuna and Seville, ‘Game of Thrones’ will return to film in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/03/inenglish/1433335079_679617.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/03/inenglish/1433335079_679617.htmlWed, 03 Jun 2015 13:17:41 +0000Game of Thrones is coming back to Spain. The cable network behind the hit fantasy TV show, HBO, has released a statement confirming the rumor that part of the sixth season will be filmed in a number of locations in the Spanish cities of Girona (Catalonia) and Peñíscola (Valencia), among others.

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]]><![CDATA[Two men arrested for harassing TV news anchor on social networks]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/05/01/inenglish/1430470553_860582.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/05/01/inenglish/1430470553_860582.htmlFri, 01 May 2015 09:51:23 +0000Spain’s National Police force has arrested two men who spent years harassing a well-known television news anchor through social networking sites.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Game of Thrones’ exhibition brings the Seven Kingdoms to Madrid]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/04/28/inenglish/1430214730_180440.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/04/28/inenglish/1430214730_180440.htmlTue, 28 Apr 2015 11:28:08 +0000“When you play the game of thrones you win, or you die. There is no middle ground.” Fans of HBO series Game of Thrones already well know what Cersei Lannister was talking about when she uttered those words in season one. They found out quickly enough, when Ned Stark’s head rolled several episodes later.

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]]>Claudio Álvarez<![CDATA[The Goya Awards: four endless hours of “Spanish film fiesta”]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/09/inenglish/1423477196_151192.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/09/inenglish/1423477196_151192.htmlMon, 09 Feb 2015 13:45:17 +0000The Spanish movie industry celebrated the 29th Goya Awards ceremony on Saturday, with nearly four hours of live TV coverage that seemed like it would never end.

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]]>Ballesteros<![CDATA[Andalusian TV releases video to apologize for New Year’s Eve blunder]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/01/05/inenglish/1420469185_378351.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/01/05/inenglish/1420469185_378351.htmlTue, 06 Jan 2015 10:00:16 +0000Andalusian regional television station Canal Sur has released a two-minute video to apologize for a mistake that ruined its live coverage of the midnight celebrations on New Year’s Eve.

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]]><![CDATA[State broadcaster slammed for ETA slur during Pablo Iglesias interview]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/12/09/inenglish/1418120412_812750.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/12/09/inenglish/1418120412_812750.htmlTue, 09 Dec 2014 10:54:11 +0000A news chief for Spanish state broadcaster TVE could lose his job over a controversial interview conducted last Friday with Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias.

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]]><![CDATA[On the set of ‘Game of Thrones’]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/17/inenglish/1413543417_396019.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/17/inenglish/1413543417_396019.htmlFri, 17 Oct 2014 14:25:01 +0000“Action!” There is absolute silence: no one moves a muscle in the Ambassadors Hall at Seville’s Real Alcázar palace. A strong smell of incense envelops the actors and the almost 30 people around them – not including a small group of journalists also attending the shoot.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Game of Thrones’ to film part of fifth season in Seville]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/02/inenglish/1404299595_117502.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/02/inenglish/1404299595_117502.htmlThu, 03 Jul 2014 09:53:32 +0000It was US ambassador in Spain James Costos who first hinted at the news: hit show Game of Thrones was thinking about filming part of its fifth season in Andalusia. Now after weeks of rumors and speculation, the official confirmation has finally arrived. US cable network HBO has chosen Seville province as the location for several scenes of the next part of the show, which will be broadcast in spring 2015.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Game of Thrones’ eyes up Spanish locations for season five]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/05/22/inenglish/1400762435_548711.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/05/22/inenglish/1400762435_548711.htmlThu, 22 May 2014 16:43:18 +0000Hit HBO series Games of Thrones is eyeing up Spain as a location for its next series, which is set to start filming this summer. In an interview with the Cadena Ser radio network, US ambassador to Spain James Costos said: “HBO is considering filming in Spain. The negotiations with the Andalusian Film Commission are steady, and there are wonderful locations for filming in Spain, hopefully this coming year for the next season.”

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]]><![CDATA[Spanish successes spice up major US networks’ fall schedules]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/05/16/inenglish/1400235283_409514.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/05/16/inenglish/1400235283_409514.htmlMon, 19 May 2014 09:15:12 +0000This fall there’s a notably Spanish flavor to the television schedules of two of the major US broadcasting networks: both Fox and NBC are placing their bets on adaptations of original series made in Spain.

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