From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024
The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable
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The Franchise review: Sharp satire and punchy energy aside, this parody of superhero films is a miss
Television: If you want to properly satirise a genre, you can’t look down on it to this extent
House of the Dragon has finally found its roar with this jaw-dropping episode
Television: The Game of Thrones spin-off has finally kicked up a gear, becoming fantasy at its finest
It’s hard to say goodbye: What Curb Your Enthusiasm’s finale got right, and what others get wrong
Donald Clarke: What Larry David did with the ending of his comedy feels unique in the troubled history of televisual valedictions
Kin star Sam Keeley: ‘I failed my Leaving. I don’t know if acting was a good idea, but it worked for me’
Already known to audiences for his roles in What Richard Did and RTÉ hit drama Kin, Irish actor Sam Keeley is making waves internationally
A look back at some of the Sopranos’ New Jersey locations, why they were chosen and what’s there today
The show captured a snapshot of the Garden State in the late 1990s and 2000s, beguiling viewers with its regional authenticity
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David comedy to end after almost 25 years
HBO’s longest-running comedy draws on humour in everyday life but dialogue is mostly improvised
Steamy sex and secret lesbians: Apple’s content creators muscle in on Bridgerton territory
Patrick Freyne: The Buccaneers is about a bunch of wild and crazy girlbosses who like to party, as Edith Wharton no doubt would have described her novel
Seán Moncrieff: Myself and Herself look like quitting Netflix. Daughter Number Four may be the only reason it stays
Netflix may survive our streaming cull. But a reckoning is coming
Former BBC and New York Times boss Mark Thompson in talks to run CNN
Cable network has been searching for new head since Chris Licht’s ousting in June
Emmys 2023: Bad Sisters leads Irish nominations with four nods
Declan Lowney shortlisted for Ted Lasso while final season of Succession dominates with 27 nods
The Idol: The Weeknd’s TV project plumbs dire depths not witnessed since the end of Game of Thrones
Who thought this hollowed-out cringe fest was a good idea?
The truly wealthy don’t wear coats, and other style lessons we learned from Succession
Brianna Parkins: When you are poor or working class, you spend a lot of mental energy and money trying not to look like it
What a punch Succession packs at the death. It goes out doing what it does best
Television: Jesse Armstrong’s dark dramedy about the billionaire Roy family ends with a flurry of body blows
Succession’s big finale: Here are seven questions we need to be answered
Before the last episode of the megasatire drops, we ask: Will Roman die? Is Tom Wambsgans poised for victory? What’s next for Greg?
Hollywood writers’ strike is at once heartening and depressing
When studios and streamers skimp on the screenwriting process, everybody is short-changed
Selling to the super rich: Succession properties hit the market in New York
Is there a downside to tying a property to the most loathsome charachters?
Can’t get enough of Succession? This is the podcast for you
Kara Swisher digs into the creative cloices and narrative twists as the hit show unspools its final series
Expensive week for Fox’s ‘continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards’
Planet Business: Succession’s Manhattan real estate, a Netflix catch-up and the bold royal plan to ‘let them eat quiche’
The Last of Us has become a weapon in the biggest video games deal in history
HBO’s adaptation of the Sony PlayStation game has been cited as a reason regulators should approve Microsoft’s swoop on Activision Blizzard
10 great TV series to get hooked on, from modern classics to new releases
Including The Sopranos, Only Murders in the Building, Alice in Borderland, The Last of Us and Secret Invasion
The Last of Us review: Heavily hyped show is a chilling, heart-shredding vision of the future
The video game’s mix of melancholy, melodrama and post-apocalyptic dread has been faithfully transposed to TV in HBO’s new adaptation
Is it time to join the set-jetters and take a White Lotus holiday?
Like the majority of White Lotus characters, some have had trips that were less than tranquil
From warm glows to gangrene, a glut of TV shows entertained in 2022
In what was ‘maybe’ a peak year for production, some shows triumphed, some disappeared and others wouldn’t stay dead
‘I think about sex every five seconds. It might be an illness’
Patrick Freyne: The Too Hot to Handle hunks have been lured to an island where they’ll lose a $200,000 prize if they have sex
The White Lotus finale has got fans talking. Does the show’s creator have any regrets about it?
Mike White, The White Lotus’s creator, writer and director, and Jennifer Coolidge, one of its most memorable stars, on the show’s murderous ending
F Murray Abraham on acting: ‘When it’s good, there’s nothing like it. It’s like really good sex’
Abraham recently starred in The White Lotus, an experience he describes as among the best of his career
Elizabeth Holmes gets more than 11 years in prison for Theranos scam
Failed start-up promised to revolutionise blood testing
Emmys 2022: Succession, Ted Lasso and The White Lotus triumph
Pop singer Lizzo underscored the importance of representation in an emotional Emmys speech
Big-budget blockbusters arrive on streaming services amid fears of ‘peak TV’
Crop of expensive fantasy adaptations from Amazon and HBO Max served up at subsidised prices
Patrick Freyne: This new show is about politicians and the real estate they feel entitled to. I’d say Robert Troy loves it
Patrick Freyne: It doesn’t take long for House of the Dragon to make clear the upsides, downsides and sore backsides of sitting on the Iron Throne
House of the Dragon: Ignore the opening bonkalong. This is a thrilling, dazzling Game of Thrones prequel
TV review: There’s no Jon Snow, Ned Stark or oversexed Lannister twins. But the dragons — and the skulduggery — are on screen from the outset
Laura Slattery: Warner Bros Discovery going all in on Game of Thrones spin-off
Warner Bros Discovery execs might not be Batgirl’s biggest fans, but they’re going all in on House Targaryen
Merger, they wrote: Stephen King takes the stand in publishing case as Batgirl is shelved
Planet Business: Iced coffees fly out of Starbucks, while the tech world doubles down on cringeworthy workforce names
Minister promotes Irish screen visual effects sector during LA trade mission
Catherine Martin and Screen Ireland launch site to help diaspora find Irish content
TV Baftas 2022: Social issues take spotlight at inclusive ceremony
Pleas to save Channel 4 took centre stage on Sunday night amid uncertainty over future
The Jewish boxer who survived Auschwitz – One fight at a time
A new film tells the story of Harry Haft who was forced to fight others to the death
Hugh Linehan: We have reached peak Netflix. The world has changed
News last week that the streamer lost subscribers for the first time in a decade resulted in a €50 billion drop in the company’s value
Netflix shares fall 35% after revealing drop in streaming subscribers
Company loses 200,000 members in the first three months of the year
Alexander Skarsgard: Filming The Northman in Ireland was ‘months in the mud’
The Swedish actor stars in a new Viking epic full of revenge, nudity and Nordic berserkers
‘Miaow, miaow, miaow.’ Inside Robert and Ghislaine Maxwell’s toe-curling relationship
TV review: The House of Maxwell is about a larger-than-life-father and disgraced daughter
Bezos buys Bond: Amazon’s $8.45bn acquisition of MGM studios goes ahead
Regulators decline to block deal which will bring 007 franchise into Prime Video space
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: Bob Odenkirk’s memoir is funny and unsentimental
Enlightening account of a life in laughter’s vanguard may test patience of Breaking Bad fans
Screen Actors Guild awards 2022: Will Smith, Squid Game and Coda win big
'Now I feel I’m finally part of the family': Troy Kotsur, first deaf actor to win award
Winter comes to Banbridge for Game of Thrones studio tour
Cantillon: Long afterlife for HBO show would be ideal for Tourism Northern Ireland
Beyond parody? Rees-Mogg hunts for ‘Brexit opportunities and government efficiency’
Planet Business: Brexiteer’s new gig; crypto crime; and a bitter-sweet subscription
James McAvoy: ‘We can’t define ourselves by our relationship with England’
He came blazing out of Glasgow like a rocket, now he returns to stage as Cyrano
David Byrne: ‘I couldn't write songs during the depth of the pandemic’
The Talking Heads frontman is opening an exhibition with sketches spanning 20 years
HBO Max tries to close gap with Netflix and Disney in streaming wars
Company reaches 74 million subscribers by end of 2021, but is still well behind rivals
Donald Clarke: China’s financial success at the cinema is not a pandemic story
People’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growth
Patrick Freyne: I feel like Boris Johnson on child-support day
What do I mean? Well ... mumble, mumble, mumble. Plus nine other TV trends of 2021
And Just Like That star Chris Noth accused of sexual assault by two women
The Sex and the City actor rejects accusations and says encounters were consensual
Succession and the Murdochs: Tighten your shoelaces for the next twist in the family saga
As Rupert buys a mega-ranch, it’s hard not to think: haven’t we seen this episode already?
A shocking death and a ‘tarnished brand’: Could Peloton sue over its And Just Like That appearance?
The exercise-bike maker was blindsided by the Sex and the City sequel. It’s fighting back
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