The Crown
The Crown. Now in its fourth season,
The Crown follows the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and is a sumptuous retelling of the history of the British monarchy (with a silver-spoon portion of creative licence). Season four focuses on the late 1970s through to 1990, which sees the Queen (Olivia Colman) sparring with then-Prime Minister Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), and of course, the tragic love affair between Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Clutch your pearls and adjust your tiaras… we’re in for a bumpy ride (for another two seasons at least). 02
The Queen’s Gambit
You’d be forgiven for thinking that chess doesn’t exactly sound like a topic that would garner mainstream interest, but
Best and worst of 2020 TV: HBO, Zoom fatigue, streaming craziness, more By Kristi Turnquist, oregonlive.com
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As 2020 crawls toward its merciful end, let’s take a moment to reflect on the role TV played in the year when a pandemic changed everything. With a public health crisis, economic devastation and a reckoning with racial injustice sweeping through the culture, TV offered context, information, disinformation, enlightenment, confusion and, sometimes, just escape.
With so many people following public officials’ advice to stay home, TV became a lifeline. No wonder use of such streaming services as Netflix and Disney Plus soared. Depending on what viewers watched, TV offered nostalgic reminders of pre-coronavirus life, brought current realities into focus or simply told compelling stories.
Best and worst of 2020 TV: HBO, Zoom fatigue, streaming craziness, more
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Ellen Pompeo in Grey s Anatomy, which has made coronavirus-related stories a major element of this season. (Photo: ABC)ABC
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As 2020 crawls toward its merciful end, let’s take a moment to reflect on the role TV played in the year when a pandemic changed everything. With a public health crisis, economic devastation and a reckoning with racial injustice sweeping through the culture, TV offered context, information, disinformation, enlightenment, confusion and, sometimes, just escape.
With so many people following public officials’ advice to stay home, TV became a lifeline. No wonder use of such streaming services as Netflix and Disney Plus soared. Depending on what viewers watched, TV offered nostalgic reminders of pre-coronavirus life, brought current realities into focus or simply told compelling stories.
Sarah Paulson in Ratched
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Ryan Murphy is the mastermind behind some of television s most beloved pulpy hits. From the tween drama Glee to the cult favorite American Horror Story and most recently Pose.
And since moving over from FX to Netflix in 2018, Murphy s creative output has been prolific, but unfortunately not always good. Ratched his third show to premiere on the streamer is an ambitious series based on the bestselling novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest by Ken Kesey, and explores the origins story of Nurse Mildred Ratched who is the head of a psychiatric ward known for its abusive and oppressive practices.
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