In today’s age of streaming television and shows cultivated over many seasons, cancellation of a well-regarded prestige cable show is rare, at least without a big build up to a grand finale. But 15 years ago, even HBO could ax a show leaving audiences hanging—and there was no streaming service to pick it up for [read Closure Is Finally Coming to Deadwood]
How to Watch the Final Season of iZombie
Aim for the head. No matter the franchise or mythology, one thing is almost always important in a zombie story—the brains are crucial. Whether the zombies are slow or fast-moving, mindless killing machines or sentient protagonists, Walkers, Wights, or mild-mannered medical residents… you get the picture. Perhaps the most brain-centric zombie story in current pop [read How to Watch the Final Season of iZombie]
My Experience as a Cable Free TV Junkie
Editors Note: Heather has been writing Grounded Reason since October of last year and wanted to share her cord cutting experience. I love TV. I accepted this a long time ago. So how did I give up cable? I had been working up to cutting the cable cord for a long time. My impatience with [read My Experience as a Cable Free TV Junkie]
Why You Should Be Watching Santa Clarita Diet
When Netflix launched its 2017 dark comedy about a mild-mannered suburbanite-realtor-wife-and-mother-turned-zombie (yes, zombie), they couldn’t have chosen more charming, well loved, and person least likely to eat the neighbors than Drew Barrymore. Her warmth and bubbly personality make the bloodbath she delivers on the Netflix original series Santa Clarita Diet shockingly, well, delightful. Season 3 [read Why You Should Be Watching Santa Clarita Diet ]
Amazon’s Hanna debuts March 29
“Human beings are dangerous and not to be trusted.” This is the mantra programmed into Hanna by her father in the rural woods of Poland for her entire 15 years. And he has a right to be cautious. Hanna is an extraordinary young woman, who has been sought after by the government ever since her [read Amazon’s Hanna debuts March 29]
Hulu Debuts ‘The Act’ on March 10
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. At least that’s the motive behind Hulu’s new character-based anthology series, The Act, with each season focusing on a shocking true crime story, replayed in dramatic fashion. The new show will debut on March 20, with the first season telling the story of the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard. [read Hulu Debuts ‘The Act’ on March 10]
Award Winning ‘Butterfly’ Premiers On Hulu
One of the most exciting things coming to Hulu this month might be the American debut of the emotional family drama Butterfly, from ITV in the U.K. A three-part miniseries, Butterfly tells the story of the family of an 11-year-old struggling with gender dysphoria and the desire to transition from a boy to a girl. [read Award Winning ‘Butterfly’ Premiers On Hulu]
How to Watch True Detective
True detective already had 3 seasons under its belt, with a 4th on the way. The anthology series hit their stride during the first “golden age of television,” with the structure of a loose thematic framework holding together seemingly separate stories ruling the small screen in the 1950s and 1960s. Since then, however, the format [read How to Watch True Detective]
Why and How to Watch Marvel’s Runaways
High school is rough enough without discovering latent mutant powers, a dinosaur in the basement, and that your parents are part of an evil—and possibly supernatural—secret society. At least for the six friends who make up the core ensemble of Marvel’s Runaways on Hulu, a fun, teen-oriented superhero drama from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The show [read Why and How to Watch Marvel’s Runaways ]
Watch Theatre Plays and Performances Online
Filming live stage performances for broadcast—both taped and live—isn’t new. In fact, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella was written first to be a live televised broadcast in 1957, before making its way to Broadway, and many of the most popular musicals of the 1950s were broadcast. Today, theatrical releases of live Broadway musicals and plays, as [read Watch Theatre Plays and Performances Online]