The HBO series is a fiction within a fiction, the forced account of a double agent and professional liar. It is a satire of the Vietnam War and post-war fallout, exile, prejudice and the so-called melting pot
Free-to-air channels have gone from producing hundreds of test episodes to almost none, a phenomenon that reflects a change in an industry more concerned with cutting costs than originality
The German-Spanish actor plays the man who came before the icon over six episodes, portraying the eternal outsider in the nocturnal excess of early 1970s Paris
The graduation of a fiction about a school is a key moment for its survival. Options include new generations of students and changes of scenery
The great mystery of these series is not the crimes being solved, but how each new production of such a hackneyed and exploited genre seems new and bold
In the show’s seventh and final season, the protagonist, a doctor with autism, has become a father. ‘It’s like a graduation. It’s a bittersweet sensation,’ says the actor
The actress now stars in the miniseries ‘Mary & George,’ a palace intrigue based on the true story of a woman who raised her son to be the lover of King James I of England
The ambitious FX historical series, available on Hulu in the U.S., is set in the time of the samurai and tells the story of courtly intrigue and a throne at stake. Matters are complicated even further by the arrival of the British and Western capitalism in Medieval Japan
Drug trafficking and use is often glorified and trivialized in pop culture, but even feminists who protest this portrayal ignore how their own drug use fuels human trafficking and the arms trade
Far from a morbid retelling of death, the series features notable sets and costuming — and does not shy from showing the machismo that permeated the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
We choose a selection of this month’s shows on Netflix, Apple TV+, and other platforms
In Los Angeles and Madrid, the streaming platform presented its main offerings for the Spanish-speaking market. The Brazilian biopic ‘Senna’ or the Argentine adaptation of the comic ‘The Eternaut’ are among its major investments
The magnificent series, in the wake of ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘The Pacific’, reconstructs the daring World War II American B-17 bomber missions with shocking realism
Cult sci-fi series expands its universe with a sequel that delves into human identity
The low-profile but hilarious TV series featuring Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi provides a modern-day lesson on exploited workers everywhere
The 30-year-old comic’s comedy quiz show just premiered on the CBS network
‘Succession’ won best drama series, ‘The Bear’ won best comedy, and both dominated the acting awards at this year’s Emmys
A new Disney+ series sheds light on the brilliant legacy of Spain’s most celebrated designer of all time, but also hints at the genius’s shadows. Actress Nine d’Urso brings to life the iconic dresses re-created for this biopic
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor the most outstanding TV shows that were released from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023
‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ shines a spotlight on a U.K. scandal that ruined dozens of people’s lives and resulted in four suicides. Prime Minister Sunak promises to compensate the victims
It has been a good year for television fiction. Proof of this are some productions that have missed out on the lists of the best of the year. We recover five of them
The alternate past of the Apple TV+ series covers several decades in which everything we thought that shouldn’t have happened, did
The show proved a turning point in television history, with its sharp eye for pop culture trends and young rock stars, and its daring sketches which found an immediate audience with young baby boomers
The ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star is still an enigma: after a promising start that included working with Hollywood’s most renowned directors, the most talked-about marriage of its time altered her plans
In the six episodes of the entertaining Prime Video show starring Jean Dujardin and Charlotte Gainsbourg, not everything is sex
The man who has directed more than 1,000 episodes spanning his career steps behind the camera for the return of the drama starring Kelsey Grammer
The MIPCOM television content market highlights international trends on the small screen
