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‘The OA’s Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij Reunite For New FX Murder Mystery Series ‘Retreat’

August 13, 2021 1:12 pm

The Netflix series "The OA" certainly had a following, and the team behind the sci-fi show is reuniting with another genre project. FX has announced via a press release circulated by outlets like Deadline has ...

The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2019

Elazar Fine and The Playlist Staff

December 9, 2019 3:51 pm

Features, News, Television

As we noted and suggested in our Best TV & Mini-Series of The Decade feature, it was a pretty nutty decade for television. The advent of streaming, peak TV, prestige TV, and now, in late 2019, the new 2nd a...

55 Best TV Shows and Series of The Decade

The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series’ Of The Decade [2010s]

The Playlist Staff

December 4, 2019 3:22 pm

Features, News, Television

The now-ubiquitous phrase "Peak TV"—coined by FX networks chief John Landgraf— only first appeared in 2015, but it certainly defined the entire decade of television in the 2010s. The streaming wars are upon us ...

Netflix Cancels ‘The OA’ After Two Seasons & Not Even The Movements Can Bring It Back

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2019 12:54 pm

News, Television

It used to be that Netflix was the home of big-budget series that were meant to appeal to the masses, as well as more prestige series that might not have been huge “hits” but were critically-acclaimed and allow...

‘The OA’: Creators Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij Discuss The Long Journey Of Bringing ‘Part II’ To Life [Interview]

Alex Arabian

March 26, 2019 4:08 pm

Interviews, News

"The OA" co-creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij deserve some much needed time for a long vacation to decompress from the two-year marathon that was creating 'Part II' of their groundbreaking Netflix origin...

Let’s Discuss What Part II Of ‘The OA’ Means For The Series [Spoilers]

Alex Arabian

March 22, 2019 3:30 pm

News, Television

**Spoilers for Season 2 of "The OA," which hit Netflix today. You've been warned.** ** ** "SUPERIMPOSE: 7 HOURS 46 MINUTES EARLIER... EXT. WINDY ROAD - NIGHT We hear knocking sounds, after which ...

‘The OA Part II’: The Ambitious Series Returns With A Superior Second Season That Gives Plenty Of Answers & Even More Questions [Review]

Alex Arabian

March 15, 2019 10:00 am

News, Reviews, Television

Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij left audiences speechless when they ended the first season of their groundbreaking Netflix sci-fi series, "The OA," on a cliffhanger. As OA (Marling) is rushed to the hospital af...

‘The OA Part II’ Trailer: Netflix’s Unique Original Series Goes To New Dimensions In Its Second Season

Charles Barfield

February 27, 2019 10:52 am

News, Television, Trailers

“The OA” is the textbook definition of a polarizing TV series. Either you absolutely love it or you think it’s terrible. There are very few people that would fall in between those extremes. And interestingly en...

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The 50 Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2019

Oliver Lyttelton

December 26, 2018 3:53 pm

Features, News, Television

Just when you thought Peak TV couldn’t get Peakier (a record 495 scripted shows aired in 2018 - read about our favorites of the year here), things are going to get even crazier in 2019. Netflix will continue to...

Actor/Writer/Creator Brit Marling Reassures Anxious Fans That ‘The OA’ Season 2 Is Still On Its Way

Charles Barfield

November 2, 2018 11:13 am

News, Television

“The OA” is a series that is hard to describe to people who haven’t seen it. If you say what the show is literally about, it seems almost mundane. On the most basic level, the series follows a young blind woman...

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