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There's been a lot of buzz around BBC America's new series, The Watch, and sadly most critics immediately write it off as bad But I'm here to make a case for it, and not because I'm a fantasy TV nerd, but because I am a fan of television and it's my job to give every[...]

The Watch, BBC America's adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's City Watch novels, is decidedly not the novels As a TV show, it's an interesting case of what TV demands that separates it from what books can do Pratchett's books are part of his wide-ranging and epic "Discworld" series and the extended universe They were a[...]

With only two days to go until The Watch storms its way onto our screens starting this Sunday, BBC America is offering interested viewers two new teasers as well as a set of preview images from the first of the series' two-episode premiere ("A Near Vimes Experience" and "Ook"). Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The[...]

With BBC America's The Watch set to storm its way onto our screens starting Sunday, January 3, 2021, with a two-episode premiere, viewers are getting a new tour of the show's "who's who." Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson (Doctor Who), Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood), Amrou Al-Kadhi (Little America), and Ed Hime, the[...]

Unless you're one of those AMC+ people who will get a chance to preview the series on New Year's Eve, BBC America's The Watch will be blasting its ways across our screens starting Sunday, January 3, 2021, with two episodes Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson (Doctor Who), Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood),[...]

Set to hit screens beginning Sunday, January 3, 2021, with two episodes (and on December 31, 2020, on AMC+), BBC America has released a new trailer for The Watch, the network's series adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld." Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson (Doctor[...]

With now only a little more than a month to go, BBC America is shifting gears on how it promotes The Watch, the network's series adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld" that's set to launch on Sunday, January 3, 2021 Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson[...]

With the new year right around the corner, BBC America continues introducing viewers to the who's who of The Watch, the network's series adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld." Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson (Doctor Who), Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood), Amrou Al-Kadhi (Little America), and Ed[...]

On Sunday, January 3, BBC America's series adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld" shatters its way onto television screens, and now viewers are getting a new set of preview images to help them keep track of who's who on The Watch Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy[...]

With only a little month to go until BBC America's live-action adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld" shatters its way onto television screens, viewers are being given an opportunity to get to know Adam Hugill's Constable Carrot and Marama Corlett's Corporal Angua from The Watch Written by Simon Allen (Strike[...]

In this round, we get to meet the captain of "The Watch," Richard Dormer's (Game of Thrones) Sam Vimes Following that, we get a look at Lara Rossi's (Flesh and Blood) Lady Sybil Ramkin, the last scion of Ankh-Morpork's nobility, who tries to fix the city via vigilantism. The Watch previews its cast (Image: BBC America)  The Watch[...]

The last time we checked in with BBC America's upcoming adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld," it was at New York Comic Con-Metaverse- where we learned that The Watch will debut on Sunday, January 3 at 8 pm ET In addition, fans were given a teaser trailer and a number[...]

NYCC gave us our first real taste of the upcoming BBC America series The Watch, an adaptation of the Discworld novel by Sir Terry Pratchett The story follows the City Watch, a group of ragtag cops tasked with protecting Ankh-Morpork Moderated by Yvette Nicole Brown, the panel features Executive Producers Richard Stokes and Simon Allen,[...]

Well, at Friday's New York Comic Con-Metaverse panel, they learned- and saw- a whole lot about The Watch First, we now have a date: the series will premiere on Sunday, January 3 at 8 pm ET But wait! There's more! Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Selma) and Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, Year[...]

Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy/fantasy book series "Discworld" have been patiently waiting for word on when BBC America's eight-episode adaptation The Watch would be gracing their screens – and on Friday, they received some good news While still lacking a specific date, AMC Networks revealed that the adventures of Richard Dormer's[...]