Archive - Always Be Watching

Jon Hamm steals my attention, but The Drama makes a strong case to hold it

One of last year’s biggest disappointments is back this week, in the form of Apple TV’s Your Friends & Neighbors. It’s not that the show isn’t broadly…

Apr 3 • Dan Barrett

Netflix makes television adaptation correction

Back in 2012, HBO famously filmed and scrapped a pilot adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen novel The Corrections. It was set to star an all-star cast…

Apr 2 • Dan Barrett

Struggling Australian radio network chases TV talent following Kyle & Jackie O flame-out

Will Kyle & Jackie O get their two hundred million-dollar contracts paid out?

Apr 1 • Dan Barrett

March 2026

RIP World Screen. After 40 years, the indie TV trade publication forced to close

Every day I scroll through a solid number of websites to source stories for the Always Be Watching newsletter.

Mar 31 • Dan Barrett

What will Disney+ charge in Australia for its ad-plan?

Disney is set to roll out ads-supported subscription plans in Australia and New Zealand in the coming months.

Mar 30 • Dan Barrett

Dan has Super Mario fever while struggling with Netflix figures

ALSO: Project Hail Mary writer slams Star Trek

Mar 29 • Dan Barrett

Get in the television Hole this week with even more Joel Kinnaman

The newsletter was a little late this morning.

Mar 27 • Dan Barrett

Ryan Coogler's The X-Files names its male lead

We found out last month that Rooster star Danielle Deadwyler would be one of the leads of Ryan Coogler’s The X-Files sequel series for Hulu.

Mar 26 • Dan Barrett

Whoa. Surprise launch for Harry Potter TV show from a bold HBO Max!

HBO Max has just made the boldest move it could with the upcoming Harry Potter TV series: It is going to debut on Christmas Day.

Mar 25 • Dan Barrett

CNN tries closing the authenticity gap

There was a newsletter from Puck’s Dylan Byers last week that kinda bugged me.

Mar 24 • Dan Barrett

TV and cinema sex kitten Valerie Perrine dead at 82

She had been unwell for some time, so it wasn’t a surprise to hear that Valerie Perrine has passed away at age 82.

Mar 23 • Dan Barrett

A trio of celebrity deaths and the truth about The Madison

I thought I was done writing about Buffy for a while after last week’s fallout following the Hulu decision not to go forward with the ill-fated revival…

Mar 22 • Dan Barrett

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