The Rogue One prequel show’s long-awaited second season finally has a start date – and a slight rebrand. It seems like forever since the first season of Andor. The television series which tells the backstory of the doomed pilot of Rogue One aired on Disney+ in September 2022. At the time, the show won acclaim … >
The Mandalorian Din Djarin and his foundling Din Grogu are set to reignite Star Wars at the cinema. The history of entertainment media is littered with television shows which reached for the big screen and fell short. However, we can be fairly certain that the latest Star Wars project from Disney/Lucasfilm has a solid chance. … >
Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for December 2022 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner S8, Ep 7 – Al Murray Jay’s eighth season of podcast lunches have been dropping since October, but his chat with Al Murray caught … >
With Andor’s first 12-part season all available, and the second filming now, its showrunner has given a fascinating interview to The Hollywood Reporter. The chat with the creator of the Rogue One prequel covers a lot of ground, with spoilers for Season One, naturally. That post-credits sequence There are numerous YouTube videos that will explain … >
The Watcher dominates the latest Nielsens, while Rings of Power falls away sharply The Nielsen numbers for October 17-23 show by just how much The Watcher dominates ratings. Last time we suggested: The Watcher and Dahmer doing well, with other shows falling back and The Sinner season 4 making progress. We expect The Rings of Power to fall back a little … >
Ryan Murphy’s The Watcher knocks Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer off the top in the Nielsens for October 10-16 with the finale of Rings of Power holding onto number two We’ve studied the Nielsen audience measures for US streaming original series in the week October 10-16, and we have to say they match our expectations from last week quite well: numbers … >
Dahmer holds onto the top spot in the latest Nielsens, cementing three weeks at #1 — we discuss everything that happened The latest Nielsen ratings (US Original drama) for October 3-9 put Dahmer as once again the most watched show. Last week we were looking for: …a third and final week at the top for … >
Real-life inspired Dahmer consolidates its position at the top of the latest Nielsens on a week with few changes The Nielsen audience totals (US) for September 26-October 2 are in and our favourite category of Streaming Originals has Dahmer in a strong position at the top of the table. Last week we suggested: DAHMER will … >
Serial Killer series DAHMER has stormed the Nielsen top 10, while Star Wars spin-off Andor makes an entry lower down — we dig into the data We weren’t too surprised to see new series DAHMER top the Nielsens for September 19-25, though the actual numbers are impressive. Other changes elsewhere are worth discussion, first here’s … >
The showrunner of Andor discusses his aims for the show and his desire to keep it down-to-earth. With the first three episodes of Andor premiering today, showrunner Tony Gilroy has been talking about the show. He’s the show’s creator, executive producer and writer, and was heavily involved in the movie Rogue One, the events of which … >