Archive - Always Be Watching

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

Imperfect Women is packed with huge stars. But who you want to see is *this* guy....

Earlier today Substack sent out an automated email advising I was doing another live stream about the Oscars.

Mar 20 • Dan Barrett

Buffy 2026 – a messy pilot leads to a messy cancellation fallout.

Politely, the fallout of the cancellation of Buffy: New Sunnydale has become a bit of a shit-show with OG Buffy Sarah Michelle Gellar at the centre of…

Mar 20 • Dan Barrett

Conan's 2026 Oscars took a ratings flop. Why was viewership down?

Oscars viewership was down this year, dipping 9% to 17.9m viewers.

Mar 18 • Dan Barrett

It was the pilot process that slayed the Buffy revival

Everyone just kind-of assumed that the Buffy revival series pilot would be moving ahead to become a series.

Mar 17 • Dan Barrett

The morning after: Oscars chatter

ALSO: SNL UK names its first host. AND: Streamer Binge gets an overhaul

Mar 16 • Dan Barrett

Post Oscars Live Chat - For real this time

A recording from Dan Barrett's live video

Mar 16 • Dan Barrett and Simon Foster

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