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Part 2 of our first look at TV in 2016 looks at the most exciting series back for another round.

Among the most memorable characters in Tom Clancy’s writing ouevre has been Jack Ryan, as the character who finds himself wrapped up in political intrigue in any situation has been the focus of eleven books, ten from Clancy and one from Mark Greaney that was authorised by Clancy’s estate. There have also been numerous attempts …

Amazon is getting into the movie business and they’ve added a period comedy to the mix. According to Deadline, the streaming service has added writer/director Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship to their line-up of films. The movie was set for a 2016 release theatrically, but will also be streaming on Amazon. Reuniting Stillman with Kate …

Well we know that someone isn’t losing sleep over what will happen to Don Draper and company during the series finale of Mad Men this week. In an interview on Thursday with Deadline, acclaimed writer/director Woody Allen opened up about his move from movies to television after he signed a deal with Amazon earlier this …

The drumbeat of filmmakers making their way over to television continues with one of the truly great directors of all time making his first ever foray into television in his near 50 year career: Woody Allen. Allen has been tapped to direct an untitled series for Amazon Studios to be released exclusively to Amazon Prime …

Intimacy is a difficult thing to film. Rather, it’s difficult to film well. You can capture two people clutched closely together, in a vulnerable moment, so that it feels as if the camera is encroaching on their privacy, an intruder. You can film in close-up, for a more practical intimacy, catching every hair and freckle. But to really feel like you’re getting a close understanding of the characters onscreen, there’s no list of actions one should take. Jill Soloway has figured it out.

I imagine my feelings after finishing Transparent’s incredible first season were much like many people’s feelings after Orange is the New Black premiered. It is wholly original and seems to exist as a result of the ways online streaming has opened up the medium of television to previously unrepresented characters. I was enamored both with the show’s characters and the way it approached issues of gender identity and sexuality. I needed to keep binge watching.

Transparent follows the Pfefferman clan, a tightly knit Jewish family living in Los Angeles, as their lives are changed by one member’s brave announcement. Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) comes out to her family as a woman, despite being their father and going by the name Mort for all of their lives. Pfefferman matriarch Shelly (Judith Light) confronts this new knowledge as well as her new husband’s mortality. Eldest daughter Sarah (Amy Landecker) reignites a flame with a college ex-girlfriend after realizing how unhappy she is with her husband. Middle child Josh (Jay Duplass) seems to be on the verge of a midlife crisis as more and more romances fail in spectacular fashions. Youngest daughter Ali (Gaby Hoffman) is adrift in both her professional and personal life.

Zombieland: The Series Directed by Eli Craig Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick With the television landscape always changing, the newest player to enter the original programming landscape was the streaming video and DVD rental service Netflix, making a splash with House of Cards and the upcoming Arrested Development, a show they saved from …

With the recent release of House of Cards and Hemlock Grove, Netflix has established serious interest in the original programming market. Amazon, another major player in online streaming services with Prime Instant Video, has made the first major step to follow suit. Late last week, 16 pilots were made available for free streaming on Amazon – 8 comedies and 6 children’s series.

Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 13: “The Slice Girls” Written by Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner Directed by Jerry Wanek Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Sam and Dean’s new research buddy gets mixed reviews, Dean’s a proud Papa, and Ghost Bobby? Season seven has seemed to fall into …