Always Be Watching
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Is The Hawk the worst TV comedy of 2026?
While watching it, I had a lot of opportunity to think broadly about new Netflix comedy The Hawk during all the time that I wasn’t laughing.
Will Ferrell stars in the scripted comedy show which runs for ten episodes across its first, and...
The Odyssey embraces dads, Stranger Things embraces 80s tech, and will Emmy voters embrace Apple TV (again)…
All week I have been pretty keen to talk to people about The Odyssey. I was lucky enough to see a preview for the film on Monday night.
I went into the film apprehensive. There are Christopher Nolan films that I adore (two of the three Dar...
Six seasons and a movie? Knock it off already Community.
TV series Community debuted in 2009. It inexplicably ran five seasons on NBC and was picked up for a fifth by Yahoo! Screen for a final run of episodes in 2015. By the time we reached season five, the show had lost multiple cast members wit...
Your talking points on today's Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger lawsuit
It’s on.
Led by California, a group of 12 states California have filed a lawsuit to prevent the $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery by Skydance Paramount.
The coalition of states also include: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, M...
Free the streams!!!!
“The best things in life are free”
“Everything old is new again”
Pick your tired cliche, but all applies as we start looking at where TV is trending.
Ever since Netflix and its industry-shaping market power announced an ad-supported tier...
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Dan Barrett is a TV industry commentator & critic. Former: SBS, Mediaweek, Radio National. He is interested in all the ways that we watch and talk about TV.
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