It was a year in which Netflix, Amazon, and FX weathered in-house scandals few could have anticipated a year ago today, let alone predicted, and yet it was a very good year for TV...

2017

Dec

'BIG CAT WEEK' RETURNS WITH THE DEFIANT ROAR OF "JAGUAR VS. CROC" By Alex Strachan

When you first hear the words “Big Cat Week,” it’s easy to make the association with Shark Week...

2017

Nov

'YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK HARD FOR THE BEAUTY': SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ON FILMING 'BLUE PLANET II' By Alex Strachan

Blue Planet II won’t bow in the U.S. until spring, 2018. BBC America won’t be more specific than that, at least for the time being. Even so, the David Attenborough-narrated follow-up to 2001’s The Blue Planet is already making waves, if you will...

2017

Nov

IN ‘I AM ELIZABETH SMART,’ A KIDNAPPING SURVIVOR SHARES HER PRIVATE GUIDE FOR OVERCOMING A LIFE-CHANGING ORDEAL By Alex Strachan

There’s a serenity to Elizabeth Smart in person that seems at odds with her experience...

2017

Nov

'DANCES WITH CHEETAHS': WILDLIFE FILMMAKER KIM WOLHUTER FILMS CHEETAH FAMILY ON FOOT FOR PBS NATURE SPECIAL By Alex Strachan

If there’s one thing lifelong conservationist and wildlife filmmaker Kim Wolhuter hopes viewers will take away from Wednesday’s PBS Nature special The Cheetah Children, it’ll be a sense of wonder for what remains of the natural world...

2017

Oct

PUTIN UNPLUGGED: PBS' 'FRONTLINE' TELLS A STORY WORTHY OF JOHN LE CARRÉ IN A TWO-PART 'PUTIN'S REVENGE' By Alex Strachan

I knew a number of things about Vladimir Putin before I sat down to PBS’ Frontline’s two-part program Putin’s Revenge, which premieres Wednesday...

2017

Oct

WHAT DIVIDES US ALSO UNITES US: MORGAN FREEMAN ON 'THE STORY OF US' By Alex Strachan

Are there are any common traits that link human cultures and beliefs around the world?...

2017

Oct

JENNIFER HUDSON BRINGING A MUCH-NEEDED BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO 'THE VOICE’ By Alex Strachan

If Jennifer Hudson had a hit single every time Blake Shelton told her that winning The Voice UK won’t cut any ice on the US Voice, she’d be ahead of chart-topping career earner Rihanna by now...

2017

Oct

'NATURE' OPENS SEASON WITH THE MOVING TALE OF ONE LITTLE ELEPHANT By Alex Strachan

“Naledi” is the Setswana word for ‘star,’ but it's also the name of a 90-minute documentary about efforts to revive a sickly, wild elephant that was found orphaned and near death in a private wilderness reserve...

2017

Sep

LOOKING BACK ON 'THE VIETNAM WAR': PAST IS PROLOGUE By Alex Strachan

Endings are hard, postscripts arguably even harder. For ten nights spread over two weeks, I was held rapt by Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s seminal, ground-breaking documentary The Vietnam War...

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