Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning

Co-produced by HBO and the Boston Globe, the three-part docuseries pivots around the infamous 1989 murder of a pregnant Carol Stuart in a Black neighborhood of Boston, and begins by examining the roots of racial tensions in the city, followed by the “rampage” the police unleashed on Black communities in pursuit of the alleged killer,

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The Madame Blanc Mysteries

Set in the South of France, The Madame Blanc Mysteries follows British antique dealer Jean as she starts over in the wake of her husband’s mysterious death, and ultimately becomes an amateur sleuth…relying on her knowledge of antiquities to solve each crime. After two seasons, Acorn is debuting a Christmas special that focuses on local

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Last Week Tonight

As the news becomes more alarming, many turn to late night comedy to help process the overwhelm. John Oliver’s HBO series has been delivering timely new episodes each Sunday night, boldly tackling the latest headlines while often shedding new insights, thanks to carefully researched segments and the host’s irreverent, meta perspective on the news. There’s

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Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen

PBS has been delivering a steady stream of smart, engrossing mystery dramas each Sunday night. This time, they pull back the curtain on the life of one of the widely read mystery novelists — Agatha Christie — whose work inspired so many others. The three-part docuseries, narrated by historian Lucy Worsley, explores her roots as

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The World According to Football

Narrated and produced by Trevor Noah, the five-part docuseries about the importance of soccer around the world and the issues the sport must contend with.  Dropping viewers into a different country in each episode — Brazil, US, UK, France, and Qatar — the soccer/football teams and their fans contend with global issues including income inequality,

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Artful Dodger

A comedic sequel to Charles Dickens’ classic tale Oliver Twist set in 1850s Australia, where the now grown Jack Dawkins is working as a respected surgeon… until someone from his London past arrives and reveals his previous life as a pickpocket. A twisty plot with a lightweight tone, the eight episode series streams on both

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Slow Horses S3

Darkly funny, smartly written, and truly original, one of the best spy thrillers of recent years returns for a third season. Gary Oldman and Kristen Scott Thomas also return for six fast-paced episodes, which open with a kidnapping of one of the main characters. To refresh, the story follows the degenerate agents at MI5 agents

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Love Like a K Drama

Combining the global appeal of Korean dramas and dating shows, four Japanese actresses move to Korea to audition for roles in a series of love stories with four Korean actors. They are all single and, unlike the American dating shows, transparently hoping to make it as TV stars. So how will we know if it

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Steeltown Murders

For fans of true crime and British detective series, Acorn’s new miniseries dramatizes a gripping cold case from 1973, alternating between the early 1970s and the early 2000s as detectives hunt for the killer of three teenage girls in Wales that was — for the first time – solved nearly 30 years later using modern

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Returning after eight years on Adult Swim (11/26) followed by Max (11/27) , the adult animated comedy hit that launched in 2000 is back with a five episode season continuing the adventures of the pathologically lying milkshake (Master Shake), the well-meaning box of fries (Frylock), and the childish, shapeshifting ball of meat (Meatwad) — along

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