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Hulu presents 'Rev'
and 'Prisoners of War'
of TheColumnists.com
TV viewers have
many ways to watch programs these days. The traditional way on
your TV set, or via TV network Internet sites, which offer many
of their programs the day of, or shortly after, the programs
air on the networks.
In addition now many TV series and programs are available to
viewers whenever they want to watch TV, be it 3 a.m. in the morning
or midnight. Services like Netflix live stream programs to you
instantly (for a price). Similarly there is On Demand TV (again
when the viewer wants to watch) service offered by some cable
and satellite TV providers at an extra charge.
On the Internet Hulu offers some TV programs
(as well as movies) for free, but for a price Hulu Plus also
offers more, including original programming.
Original programming was the focus of a recent Hulu presentation
a the Television Critics Association's summer press preview event.
Two of Hulu’s more interesting new series are “Prisoners
of War” and “Rev.”
If you like Showtime’s “Homeland,” the drama “Prisoners
of War” is for you. “Homeland” is based on writer-director
Gideon Raff’s Israeli series “Prisoners of War.”
The latter drama follows what happens to two Israeli soldiers
when they return home following a prisoner swap after being held
captive for 17 years. The series, which has won nine Israeli
Emmy Awards, is airing on Hulu Plus on Saturdays, with the whole
series available on Sept. 15. The second season is scheduled
to air in 2013.
On a lighter note there’s “Rev,” a British comedy
series starring Tom Hollander as a vicar from a rural parish
who's promoted to a busy, inner-city church in East London, a
world in which he has little experience — and it shows.
It’s a contemporary comedy about the daily frustrations
and moral conflicts of an inner-city vicar.
Among guest stars familiar to U.S. viewers are Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”) and Ralph Fiennes (“The Hurt Locker” and several of the “Harry Potter” films). “Rev” won the BAFTA (the British equivalent of our Emmy) as Best Sitcom in 2011. New episodes of “Rev” air on Sundays on Hulu Plus, with the entire series available on Aug. 26.
©2012 by Donna J. Plesh. The photos are courtesy of Hulu. This column first posted Aug. 7, 2012.
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