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Apparently changing the name from The Million Pound Drop to The 100K Drop has nothing to do with Brexit the devaluation of the pound. In other news, the feud between AMC and Frank Darabont gets a little worse and it’s now a federal crime in the US to share your password for any subscription service – including things like Netflix. This week we’ve been watching The Crystal Maze, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Season 1, volume 1. #TheCrystalMaze #TheHandmaidsTale #MargaretAttwood #MightyMorphinPowerRangers

It’s the last show on our old-style TV, but we’ll be back in the near future with a shiny new flat-screen. In the meantime we’ve got The Witcher, Ladiators (that’s not a misspelling), and Star Trek’s version of Game of Thrones. This week we’ve been watching American Gods, The Keith & Paddy Picture Show and The Fake News Show. #AmericanGods #TheKeithAndPaddyPictureShow #TheFakeNewsShow #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Our nerves are shaken and our brains are rattled with fake news, Runaways, Inhumans, sexy remakes of religious dramas, musicals, training camps and Great Balls of Fire – the new WWE pay-per-view. This week we’ve been watching Line of Duty, Lethal Weapon and Don’t Ask Me, Ask Britain. #LineOfDuty #LethalWeapon #DontAskMeAskBritain #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

While Sony Pictures pick up the TV adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, Netflix decide to capitalise on the nostalgia for ‘90s kids shows and also announce a decidedly Western reboot of an old Chinese TV series. This week we’ve been watching Peter Kay’s Car Share, Lemony Snickett’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and The League of Gentlemen. #PeterKay #CarShare #LemonySnickett #ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents #TheLeagueOfGentlemen #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Television might hit the fan as the Writer’s Guild of America announce a possible strike. Aside from that Ed Sheeran gets a cameo on Game of Thrones, Saturday Night Live do some adverts, and Big Brother gets a reboot? This week we’ve been watching All Round to Mrs. Brown’s, the new series of The Last Kingdom, and M.A.S.H. #AllRoundToMrsBrowns #TheLastKingdom #MASH #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

So Assassin’s Creed gets a TV series, the NFL are changing their rules on adverts, Noel Fielding is going to be a host of Bake-Off and there’s a second attempt at a US version of Top Gear. We’re still not sure which of those could be classed as actual good news ... This week we’ve been watching The Gadget Show, Hollyoaks and SS GB. #TheGadgetShow #Hollyoaks #SS_GB #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Aside from The Big Bang Theory getting a prequel, we also have a full cast of Inhumans and a slightly annoyed Schwarzenegger. This week we've been watching Apple Tree Yard, The Nightly Show and Modus. #AppleTreeYard #TheNightlyShow #Modus #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

It's been a strange fortnight in television with Kevin Smith wanting to do a show about Spawn detectives Sam and Twitch, American Horror Story getting political and Neil Gaiman's recommendations for the new Doctor. This week we've been watching Celebs Go Dating, The Graham Norton Show and Legion. #CelebsGoDating #TheGrahamNorton_Show #Legion #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Game of Thrones loses out this week as Conor McGregor is in the fight business. In other news, Kevin Sorbo becomes a supervillain, ESPN does e-sports during the Superbowl, and DC's first black superhero gets a TV series. This week we've been watching We've Been Watching (that's not a mistake), and The Young Pope. #WeveBeenWatching #TheYoungPope #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts

Television continues to get weirder with BBC's subtitles, superhero musicals, and the The Walking Dead being too violent? This week we've been watching Not Going Out and The Missing series 1 & 2. #NotGoingOut #The_Missing #OnTheBox #Television #TheGeekShow #News #Reviews #TV #Comedy #Podcasts