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Over the past decade, few criminal cases have captivated the public’s attention quite like the saga surrounding the Murdaugh family. Once a prominent family in the South Carolina Lowcountry, the ...
Director Cecilia Peck is no stranger to competing docuseries on the same topic. Her last project, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, came on the heels of The Vow, HBO's own docuseries about the group and ...
This month marks the 50th anniversary of HBO, which launched on November 8, 1972. In our "HBO at 50" retrospective, Primetimer tracks the evolution of the cabler, from fledgling network to prestigious ...
TV cousins have had some big moments in 2023 so far, whether in the halls of power at Waystar Royco or developing their front-of-house skills in Chicago. But cousins have always had their place on TV, ...
"I'm not a bad person." That line, spoken with a soft grumble by Mark Strong, appeared in every trailer and TV spot for Low Winter Sun in the summer of 2013. With the final episodes of its blockbuster ...
Quick: Can you name the first DreamWorks film to win an Academy Award? It wasn't Gladiator or Saving Private Ryan or Amistad. Before any of them were even released, the now-legendary studio got its ...
From the outset of The Last of Us, “Feel Her Love” throws Ellie and Dina into a heart-pounding chase through Seattle’s ruined streets, chasing down a lead on Abby’s whereabouts. Along the way, they ...
Cinephiles and fans of Back to the Future star Michael J. Fox couldn't be thrilled as the senior actor is set to return to acting. Fox last appeared in one of the seasons of the CBS drama series The ...
In Hear Me Out, Primetimer staffers and contributors passionately espouse their pet theories, spicy takes, and even the occasional galaxy-brain idea. Currently, laughs-per-minute is not a requisite ...
In Part 1 of this two-part history, we worked backwards from Seinfeld to look at the various ways stand-up comedians from the 1960s and ’70s turned their stage acts into hit TV sitcoms. For Part 2, we ...
It’s a tale as old as time: a hopelessly geeky teenage girl gets a makeover and transforms into a stunning beauty overnight. Suddenly, everyone wants to be her friend, all the boys flock to ask her ...
The TV landscape is still working through a hangover period in the wake of the Hollywood strikes, but you wouldn't know it from the deluge of comedy specials that have been released in 2024. Over the ...