拉斯维加斯往事

　　CBS警匪题材剧《Flashpoint》故事的主角是一只隶属加拿大首都多伦多警察的特种部队，这只部队的名字叫做战略反应小队(Strategic Response Unit)，简称SRU。SRU的角色原型来自于多伦多的一只真的紧急任务反应小队(Emergency Task Force)。
　　SRU的成员都不是一般的警察，他们有能力做一些普通警察所不能做的事情，包括：“拯救人质，打击黑帮，拆除炸弹，操作尖端武器，”他们将永远冒着生命危险去拯救别人的生命。他们往往会采用任何手段在非常短的时间内解决问题拯救生命。

　　抹香鲸的非凡智慧、黄鳍金枪鱼的惊人速度、座头鲸的诡异叫声、罕见的“蝠鲼龙卷风”……面对神秘的海洋世界，人类的认知是有限的。帕特里克·戴克斯特拉，一位当代杰出的海洋探险家，他常冒险踏足地球上人烟极其罕至的地区，探寻潜藏于此的各种怪兽和神秘事件背后的秘密。在接下来一系列激动人心的冒险和自然历史纪录片中，帕特里克会前往世界上最片源、最恶劣的地区，探索海底怪兽的故事及其传说背后的真相。

　　故事灵感来源于上世纪80年代-90年代发生在悉尼的、针对同性恋人群的系列案件。该剧将故事地点转移到虚构的Bondi市，Tori Lustigman侦探（Yael Stone）和Nick Manning侦探（Naoh Taylor）对序列人身伤害和谋杀案展开调查。(cr 天涯小筑)

　　这部Amazon新剧是第一次在影视中展现传说中的中土世界第二纪元历史上的那些英雄传奇，这部宏大的剧情剧集设定在托尔金的《霍比特人》和《指环王》事件前的数千年，将带领观众回到那个年代：强大的力量锻造成型，王国辉煌崛起又陨落成尘，让人意想不到的英雄遭受考验，希望悬于一线中的一线，而托尔金笔下最为强大的反派势要让所有世界蒙上黑暗。剧集始于一个相对和平的时期，聚焦一群角色——既有我们熟悉的，也有陌生的——直面长期以来的恐惧：邪恶重新降临到中土。从迷雾山脉最黑暗的深处，到精灵之都林顿宏伟的森林，到激动人心的岛国努门诺尔，到地图所及最遥远的地方……这些王国和人物将开辟出的传奇，到他们走后很久很久依然会为人传颂。

　　Mrs. Brown's Boys became a runaway success upon its initial broadcast. Every episode aired won its timeslot for RTÉ, with an average viewership of 753,500 in January, 2011. One episode's rating beat that of RTÉ's own ratings giant The Late Late Show, with 856,000 viewers tuning in to watch. However, critics disliked the show. "The whole thing is entirely predicated on viewers finding a man dressed as a foul-mouthed elderly woman intrinsically funny," noted Bernice Harrison in the Irish Times. "If you do, you’re away in a hack (and the viewing figures are astronomical), but if you don’t, and you think that died out with Les Dawson and Dick Emery, then it’s a long half-hour." The Irish Independent said that Mrs Brown's Boys was the type of TV programme that "that makes you vaguely embarrassed to be Irish". The Daily Telegraph's Sam Richards noted that show's comedy has a "rudimentary nature", consisting of "an old-fashioned blend of silly voices and slapstick, played out in front of a live studio audience who collapse into giggles at the mere mention of the word “willy”.

　　Detective Inspector John Rebus is a hard drinking, unkempt, womanizing police officer whose job is his whole life. He is the most senior and most experienced DI at his station. He has a mysterious past that his partner DS Siobhan Clarke learns about from time to time through various comments Rebus makes. She is a young woman who wants to succeed, but does not have much of a personal life. She feels being paired with Rebus jeopardizes her career because of his unorthodox methods, but she is also fascinated by the man and is extremely loyal. DI Rebus' boss is Chief Superintendent Templar, a woman who was one of Rebus' lovers in a distant past. Their relationship is now one where they barely tolerate each other.