残酷夏天 第二季

 在英美非常流行的剧集之一，属于与Buffy同类型的魔届奇幻电视剧，同样也都是WB公司出品。三个魅力非凡的女巫在普通人生活面具下，运用超凡的法术对抗邪恶黑暗力量的故事。音乐剧情都可圈可点。 -sonychen

　　B.J. Novak’s The Premise is a provocative half-hour anthology of standalone stories about timeless moral questions in unprecedented times.

　　该剧是英剧《摩斯探长》的续篇，于2006-2015年在ITV播出，共九季33集，每集约90分钟，其中从2013年的第七季开始每集在ITV1首播时被拆分为上下两部分连续两周播出，然而在重播时以及在美国PBS电视台播出时依旧作为整集播出。该剧将背景设置在学术气息浓郁的牛津，剧中很多含有隐喻的诙谐对白在外国文学爱好者看来会别有趣味，同时延续摩斯系列侧重通过案件展示各色人生和命运悲剧的特色，凶手被揭露后通常会有一幕对手戏将矛盾推至高潮，尘埃落定后缓和而带有希望的片尾曲又形成鲜明映衬，让人感叹命运无常及人的渺小，同时又看到光明的希望。该剧多位编剧也曾参与ITV版大侦探波洛和马普尔小姐系列剧的改编。

　　Joy（唐·弗兰奇 Dawn French 饰）每天都小心的呵护着自己的玩具娃娃，并坚信有一天他会成为自己真正的孩子。怪异的盲人老头Lomax独自住在一所大房子里，有着古怪的收藏嗜好。失意的独手小丑Jelly专为儿童表演节目，但只会表演一个节目。侏儒Robert暗恋剧团女主角，却总遭到众人的捉弄。心智不成熟的David（史蒂夫·佩姆伯顿 Steve Pemberton 饰）是个杀手文化狂热者，痴迷于血腥的游戏，母亲间不惜一切代价保护着不谙世事的儿子。
　　这个五个来自不列颠的不同地方的人收到了一封同样的恐吓信，上面写着：“我知道你做过什么”。这几个人都有着不可告人的秘密，而未知的来信是否会将他们联系到一起，真相能否被揭开？

　　本剧集以 21 世纪初的乱象为背景,，用前所未有的方式重现了流行偶像塔玛拉的生平及其蜕变为尤蕾娜的过程。

　　“Douglas Is Cancelled” will see Hugh Bonneville play a middle aged and widely-respected news anchor called Douglas Bellowes while Gillan stars as his canny sidekick Madeline.
　　Douglas lives a perfect life. He enjoys his privileged status as national treasure and host of current affairs show “Live at Six” while off-air he shares a harmonious home with wife Sheila, a newspaper editor.
　　But their world is turned upside down when, at a family wedding, he’s overheard making an “ill-advised joke.” As a guest threatens to expose Douglas on social media the rumor mill goes into overdrive and sparks off a digital storm that quickly upends his life and career. With her 2 million social media followers, tech-savvy co-anchor Madeline could throw Douglas a lifeline by posting in his defense … but will she?

　　本剧聚焦赖斯“吸血鬼编年史”等作品中涉及的神秘组织Talamasca，“保护世界免受女巫、吸血鬼、狼人和别的怪物和超自然世界的危害”。而Guy Anatole的角色描述为：“外表聪明、英俊、时髦，但他一直知道自己的头脑运作跟别人不太一样。在从法学院毕业前夕，他被秘密机构Talamasca的人找上了，并发现自己从幼年时期起就在被该机构追踪。因此，Guy进入了一个秘密特工和不死生物的世界。如今，这些永生者与人类世界维持着一种脆弱的平衡，但要保持这种平衡，并且保住Guy的性命，他必须要学会接受黑暗、狡诈、奇特的真正自我。”

　　一名宇航员执行任务时神秘失踪，她的丈夫对此展开调查，并同时作为单亲父亲努力照顾女儿。

 As Murder, She Wrote saunters through its sixth (of an eventual 12) season, star Angela Lansbury maintains her eternally buoyant and inquisitive air as Jessica Fletcher, professional writer and amateur sleuth. Though Jessica continued to investigate murders in her home town of Cabot Cove and elsewhere (in the worlds of high finance, opera, and voodoo, among other settings), this season began the practice of guest detective episodes, introduced by Jessica as either a story she wrote or a tale told by a friend, but starring a variety of quirky investigators: An ex-football player (Ken Howard, The White Shadow) paired with a clever poodle; a television crime-show producer who solved crime in real life (Diana Canova, Soap); a stout Irish detective (longtime character actor Pat Hingle); an abrasive homicide cop (Barry Newman, Vanishing Point); as well as recurring Murder, She Wrote characters like former jewel thief Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) and British secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou). The producers were obviously hoping to use Murder, She Wrote's popularity to spin-off new series, but nothing from this season took off and viewer resistance soon brought the practice to an end. Executives must have been surprised to discover that, though murder mysteries are plot-driven, this show's success depends heavily on the undeniable charm of star Lansbury. Still, these one-off episodes are of a consistent quality with Lansbury's, and viewers open to variety will enjoy them just as much. The rest of the season features the usual astonishing array of guests, including movie stars old (Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain) and recent (Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye), television stalwarts (Shirley Jones, The Partridge Family; Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens; Doris Roberts, Everyone Loves Raymond; Kevin Tighe, Battlestar Galactica; and Gavin McLeod, The Love Boat), and D-list celebrities to die for (Dack Rambo, Morgan Brittany, Susan Anton, and more).