by Gemma King | Over the last few years, a number of clever workplace comedies have cropped up on our screens. Programs like The Office, Brooklyn Nine Nine and even meta culture projects like Community see the humour in the most banal of workplace settings. These shows frequently use single-camera…
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Marvel’s Daredevil is an American web television series created for Netflix based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Daredevil shares continuity with the films of the franchise and is the first in a series of shows that will lead to a Defenders crossover miniseries. Charlie Cox stars as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer-by-day who…
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To start 2016 out, Netflix released the following new series. TV HACK sums ’em up in a couple sentences each. Angry Birds Toons: Season 1 Yes, they did indeed make an animated television show based on the popular mobile app game. The Celebrity Plastic Surgeons of Beverly Hills: Season 1 Think Nip/Tuck.…
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Initiated as a DVD distribution service, Netflix has established a dominant position for itself as a provider of quality on-demand Internet streaming, including smart, zany comedies like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The brand seems to have the Midas touch: besides its string of successful originals, Netflix has picked up series other…
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After its first season, Blindspot left viewers in suspense and eager to learn more about the mysterious identity of Jane. With no memory of who she is and no clue how she ended up covered in tattoos wandering in Times Square, she was left in the hands of the FBI…
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Set in the world of US corporate law, Suits is about well-dressed, scary-smart professionals who exchange hilarious remarks in glassy workplaces that look out over the NYC horizon. It’s a law drama, however, the cases seldom get as far as the courtroom. As an alternative, lawyers try to outwit each…
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Since its arrival on Netflix, Grey’s Anatomy (shortened to “Grey’s” by fans) has become even more popular than it was before. Those who hadn’t started the show back when it aired for the first time in 2005 were able to join in on the joy by binge watching all of…
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by Jeff Fountain | One of the biggest problems that Gotham faces in its first season is the question of how it is going to escape from the shadow of Batman. Sure, Batman is just a young kid in this TV adaptation of the DC superhero’s story, but everyone knows he…
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by Ali Burden | There’s so much to love about this medical com-drama created by Bill Lawrence.Running from 2001-2010, Scrubs follows the lives of loveable employees at Sacred Heart hospital. Told from the point of view and narration of Doctor John Dorian, or J.D (Zach Braff), this oftentimes lighthearted series gives…
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Now that Hulu began streaming FX’s adaptation of this Danish/Swedish serial crime drama, English speakers might be tempted to watch the Americanized adaptation of The Bridge first. Don’t. Brave the subtitles and Malmö female detective Saga Norén’s icy, Aspergerish, by-the-books blank stare. Slow to set its layers down, the pilot…
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