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Every episode of Steven Knight’s new series “Rogue Heroes” begins with a declarative statement: “Based on a true story, the events depicted which seem most unbelievable … are mostly true.” It’s the sort of pithy postmodern title card that might elicit an eye-roll. Yet it also perfectly encapsulates this rollicking tale of the Special Air Service (SAS) formation during World War II.  While occasionally deploying anachronistic ‘80s rock songs to lighten the mood and using title cards that can probably be best described as graffiti-chic, “Rogue Heroes” is both utterly unbelievable and, well, mainly true to the facts.

To say that we’ve seen quite a few series and films about World War II is a gross understatement. There have been plenty of attempts to tell stories about the war against Nazis.

a horror series about a nightmarish town in middle America that traps everyone who unwittingly stumbles into its clutches. Residents try to live normal lives and find a way out and survive the night, since monstrous creatures emerge at sundown. The townspeople are led by local sheriff Boyd Stevens (Perrineau) who is estranged from his artist son Ellis (Corteon Moore).

When you trace back the origins of modern TV series, a lot of them go back to “Lost.” The early-2000s mystery series was one of the first to break the conventions of episodic storytelling, focusing on serialized stories and mysteries. This launched a number of immediate copycats, and it continues to be a highly influential series more than a decade after it ended.

The fan base for Stephen King has been well fed, but ultimately dissatisfied of late with misfires on Paramount+ (“The Stand”) and Apple TV+ (“Lisey’s Story”).

You wouldn’t know it by the title of the series, but “Chapelwaite” is based on a Stephen King short story, “Jerusalem’s Lot,” which serves as a prequel of sorts to the author’s very famous novel, “Salem’s Lot.” But now that everything King has ever put to paper is being adapted for film or TV, it was only a matter of time before the “Jerusalem’s Lot” story was made into a big-budget series for EPIX.

It’s been over a year since “War of the Worlds” wrapped its first season on Epix — so fans of the sci-fi series, headlined by Gabriel Byrne and Daisy Edgar-Jones, might be a bit rusty on plot details.But Season 2, premiering June 6 (9 p.m.) on Epix, does a nice job in its opening moments summing up last season’s invasion of Earth by those horrific, dog-like, metallic creatures that killed tens of thousands in the UK and France with their nail-gun-type skull piercings.For reasons unknown, the

In many of the previous alien invasion films and TV series, the story typically shows what happens when the extraterrestrials arrive on Earth. Most of the time, this involves lots of battles and humans getting nearly wiped out.

Is there a lot of pressure to portray a world-famous icon?I was very concerned with [Clay’s] mannerisms, his voice, his speech patterns; he had a lot of charisma, and to have that on my shoulders was really stressful. You can put your own spin on it, but you’re playing a real-life character and need it to be realistic — and not come off like you’re trying to put on a show.

Season 1 finale in December 2019 left some unanswered plot points, since the dramastarring Forest Whitaker as real-life Harlem gangster Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, hadn’t yet been renewed (that happened in February 2020). Now, after a long COVID delay, “Godfather of Harlem” returns on Sunday (April 18) at 9 p.m.

British actress Polly Walker is no stranger to period dramas. Walker is best known for playing Atia of the Julii in HBO’s toga epic “Rome” (2005-2007). Since then, she’s had a steady stream of roles (including movies such as “Clash of the Titans”) and is now pulling double-duty in two different costume dramas. In the Netflix hit “Bridgerton,” set in the 1800s, Walker co-stars as the cunning and ruthless Lady Portia Featherington.

Ed Burns has revealed that “The Crown” was an unlikely inspiration for his new series “Bridge and Tunnel,” a tale of hot young college grads making moves in Long Island, circa the 1980s.“That show has been my absolute favorite over the last couple years.

English actor David Morrisey has been a staple in period pieces over the course of his prolific career.He currently stars on the epic drama “Brittania” (set in the year 43 AD) as Aulus, the general leading the Roman forces in the invasion of Britain. The series returns for its second season Oct.

“Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging.”In addition to “Enslaved,” she’s appeared on several other docuseries, including BBC’s “African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power” and the “The Battle for Britain’s Heroes” on Channel 4 in the UK.“I think each story has its own demand in terms of the best way to tell it,” she says. “I love the written word and I really believe in print journalism.

died in prison in 2017 at the age of 83.What Chilcott (“An Inconvenient Truth”) has done with the six-part “An American Myth”(Sundays at 10 p.m.

It was no easy task creating the creepy half-organic/half-mechanized aliens in “War of the Worlds,” which wraps its first season  Sunday at 9 p.m. on Epix.

Epix is kicking off the post-DVD era of Emmy campaigning. On Wednesday, the MGM-owned pay cable network will be the first network or studio to officially launch its FYC screening site this year.

“Godfather of Harlem,” starring Forest Whitaker, has been renewed for a second season at Epix.

Epix is eyeing some potential new additions on both the scripted and unscripted front.