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The Battle for 2017’s Best TV Show

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Samuel Brace on the battle for 2017’s best TV show… 2017’s television landscape has been set ablaze. It’s been a truly joyous start to the year and already the contenders are piling up for the best show of 2017. Obviously it’s far too early to call, some prospects have only just started, and there are […]

Is April 2017 Promising To Be One of TV’s Greatest Ever Months?

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Yes. That’s the short answer to the question posed above, but if you would like some form of explanation then please, do keep reading. TV has frustrated me endlessly in recent years. 2016 saw a downward trend as it pertained to the medium’s quality. The golden age had ended, led by the utter mediocrity of […]

Giancarlo Esposito confirms Gus Fring return for Better Call Saul

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AMC has been dropping plenty of hints that Breaking Bad villain Gus Fring is set to make an appearance in Better Call Saul, not least the ‘Taste the Family’ commercial for Los Pollos Hermanos which arrived online last week. Well, actor Giancarlo Esposito has made it official, posting on Twitter “I’m back!! What you’ve been […]

The 5 Best TV Shows of 2016

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Samuel Brace with the five best TV shows of 2016… 2016 has been an odd year for television. Netflix has continued its ascension, the golden age has dissipated, and all the trends of 2015 have repeated and progressed. But there is still no doubt TV has figured things out while film simply has not. TV […]

Bryan Cranston would be “all in” to return as Walter White for Better Call Saul

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During an interview on The Rich Eisen Show, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston has admitted that he’d jump at the chance of reprising the role of Walter White in the spinoff series Better Call Saul, should the opportunity present itself. “I owe Vince Gilligan so much,” said Cranston. “He was my champion to get this […]

Complacency: The Killer of TV’s Golden Age

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Samuel Brace on the death of TV’s Golden Age… It’s all over. Television’s golden age is, it seems, gone. It’s done. Some will argue that it was never here at all, but those people are mostly ardent film fans who could never face that for a while, for a very short time, TV was better than […]

Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘Nailed’

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Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Better Call Saul season 2… By Christ Odenkirk is one complex actor. Now I don’t mean to blaspheme because such things are unnecessary until provoked and genuine in their delivery, but come on. If anything or anyone manages to blindside you more than Jimmy McGill then I want […]