BORIS JOHNSON’S Tory government has confirmed that it will be a completely innocent coincidence when Channel 4 is privatised and purchased by a Tory donor through a shell company in which he or she is the largest shareholder. “When the successful bidder is eventually identified as a major donor having been selected by the Tory… Read more »
HITTING THE streaming platform today, Netflix’s smash hit Bridgerton is back for season 2 and WWN Pop Culture has all the details you need to know. While hearthrob Regé-Jean Page is absent from this season, there is nothing stopping you from Googling shirtless pictures of him and staring at that for 8 hours instead. Honestly,… Read more »
WATER is still wet, so that must mean that RTÉ is currently experiencing financial woes that threaten the future of the organisation unless drastic action is taken. But rather than head for their go-to option of demanding a hike in licence fees like they normally do, RTÉ are taking it upon themselves to straighten up… Read more »
AS IF waiting for you to be at your most comfortable moment to pounce, the so-called ‘smart’ TV has automatically kicked in its off timer with all the grace of a 1940s atomic bomb, now demanding action or it will turn itself off in 57 seconds, WWN reports. Unmoved by your settled demeanour and inability… Read more »
TONIGHT’S Late Late Show is the usual mix of chat, music and craic! Adele appears in studio for an exclusive in-person interview with Ryan Tubridy, then performs 10 songs with a 100 piece orchestra. Includes special duets with Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Dolly Parton. Headline-making Russian leader Vladimir Putin drops by to chat all things… Read more »
SETTLING IN to watch the season two opener of the Zendaya-starring HBO hit show about teenagers doing the sex, drugs and mental disintegration dance, Róisín Dollins is fully aware she’s an ancient basic bitch of a hag who is nowhere near cool enough to consume the show. “What if some teenagers passed by the window… Read more »
GET your red pens at the ready, the WWN Christmas guide is here to help you plot your strategic viewing course through the hell that is the holiday season. 20th December Ease into Christmas week with a fair-to-middling sized argument with your partner, spouse or family, safe in the knowledge that either RTÉ or Channel… Read more »
LOCAL MAN Stephen O’Byrne can’t help but feel the pangs of jealousy as he watches HBO’s Succession, finding it hard at times to watch a cast of characters whose tight family bonds are far more firm and loving than his own. “I dunno, I get bit upset sometimes watching it. They’re all so warm to… Read more »
AS part of WWN’s opinion series, we give a platform to those who don’t really deserve it. This week is the turn of Dublin man Tim Kelly who goes out of his way to promote television shows that have been suddenly cancelled and left without any conclusion. It was an accident at first. I began… Read more »
FILE IT under ‘entirely predictable news’ as Squid Game, the international streaming smash hit for Netflix, is getting a second season. The show’s creator Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed the news, delighting legions of fans around the world. Aside from the 2,000 new jobs the second series will create in the growing ‘Squid Game pop culture opinion… Read more »