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Fall TV Preview

Fall TV preview 2025: 10 shows I wouldn’t mind watching

Here’s a look at 10 television series on my radar in Fall 2025 plus a whole bunch of murder mysteries that I might sift through.

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Marple Season 3

‘Marple’s’ intrusions make more sense in strong Season 3 (2007-09)

I should be careful about making judgments based on a small sample size. “Marple” Season 2 inserts Jane Marple (Geraldine McEwan) into two of Agatha

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Marple Season 2

Jane gets nosy in ‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 2 (2006)

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” Season 2 (2006) starts with the same high standards as Season 1, with “Sleeping Murder” and the best episode so far, “The

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Marple Season 1

‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 1 (2004-05) comes out of the garden gate swinging

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” Season 1 (2004-05) faced a daunting question: Why (other than money) remake adaptations that had already been done to fans’ pleasure in

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Poirot Season 13

‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ bows out with class in Season 13 (2013)

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 13 (2013) secures the show’s spot as an all-time top-250 entry with two great episodes and three, um … interesting …

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Summer Movie Preview

What summer 2025 movies are worth getting off your couch for?

Anecdotally, this looks like the most loaded summer of movies in a long time, possibly ever. The big franchises are supplemented by surprising legacy comedy

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Poirot Season 12

‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ gets dark for Season 12 (2009-10)

By its penultimate Season 12 (2009-10, ITV, A&E), “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” had developed an emotional and thematic continuity, wherein Poirot is forced to confront the

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Poirot Season 11

‘Poirot’ Season 11 (2008-09) runs into adaptation challenges

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” has never looked better than in Season 11 (2008-09, ITV, A&E), as we’re invited into the cluttered boarding house of “Mrs. McGinty’s

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Poirot Season 10

‘Poirot’ Season 10 (2005-06) a mix of smart and ill-advised alterations

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” began its “dark half” by adapting four masterpieces in Season 9. Season 10 (2005-06, ITV and A&E), on the other hand, tackles

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Poirot Season 9

‘Poirot’ works out math of love triangles in Season 9 (2003-04)

“Poirot” Seasons 1-8 feature the cozy quartet of Poirot, Hastings, Japp and Miss Lemon and proven, skilled writers like Clive Exton and Anthony Horowitz. But

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