Victoria Season 3 Trailer

We're just a few days away till the season three premiere of Victoria on Masterpiece. It's literally one of the best shows on Masterpiece since Downton Abby.

 Here's the trailer:

Here's a first look:

Here's a clip of episode one:

You can catch Victoria on Masterpiece this Sunday at 9/8c on PBS.

Top TV Shows of 2017

With less than ten hours to go til the beginning of the new year, I'd thought I put up my list of top shows of 2017.

2017 has been a memorable year in television. Must See TV is back on NBC with the return of Will and Grace, not to mention the four hour comedy block as well with Superstore, The Good Place, Great News and Chicago Fire. The Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies grabbed viewers and critics attention while This Is Us stole our hearts and grabbing tissues. We were stunned with what was the most shocking season finale moment of the year on The Good Place.  And not to mention saying goodbye to shows like Girls and even saying goodbye to the 12th Doctor on Doctor Who.

Here's my list of the tops shows of the 2017 year.

Top 10 Comedy
1. The Good Place, NBC
2. Atlanta, FX
3. Great News, NBC
4. Veep, HBO
5. Will & Grace, NBC
6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fox
7. Better Things, FX
8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
9.  Master of None, Netflix
10. Superstore, NBC

Honorable Mention: Fresh Off the Boat, ABC, Kevin Can Wait, CBS, Girls, HBO, The Carmichael Show, NBC, GLOW, Netflix, Shameless, Showtime, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, The Mayor, ABC, Ghosted, Fox, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The CW, Board City, Comedy Central.

Top 10 Dramas
1. The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu
2. This Is Us, NBC
3. Westworld, HBO
4. Stranger Things, Netflix
5. The Sinner, USA Network
6. Victoria, PBS
7. Big Little Lies, HBO
8. The Americans, FX
9. Riverdale, The CW
10. Supergirl, The CW

Honorable Mention:  Mr. Robot, USA Network, Being Mary Jane, BET, Blindspot, NBC, Halt and Catch Fire, AMC, The Walking Dead, AMC, iZombie, The CW, The Crown, Netflix, American Horror Story: Cult, FX, Dark Matter, SyFy, 13 Reasons Why, Netflix, The Blacklist, NBC, Bull, CBS, Chicago Fire/PD/Med/Justice, NBC, Doctor Who, BBC America, Casualty, BBC One, Grimm, NBC, Suits, USA Network,

Top 10 Shows of 2017
1. The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu
2. The Good Place, NBC
3. This Is Us, NBC
4. Big Little Lies, HBO
5. The Americans, FX
6. Atlanta, FX
7. Will & Grace, NBC
8. Victoria, PBS
9. Stranger Things, Netflix
10. Great News, NBC

Those were my top 10 TV shows of the 2017 year. There were a lot of great shows this year and more to come in the new year that I can't wait and I'm sure you can't wait either. Even with the huge success return of Will and Grace , another comedy is returning as well, Roseanne this March and even The X-Files returns for season 11 this week on FOX. Looks like 2018 will be something to look forward to.

As the new year soon comes near, I want to wish everyone a Happy and Joyous to 2018. Cheers to all of you and to television in 2018.

Victoria Season 2 Trailer and Clips

Just about a month away til the season 2 premiere of Victoria on Masterpiece. Here's some trailer and behind the scenes clips of season 2.

And even though we might get to see it air in the United States, here's a trailer for the Christmas Special that'll air this Christmas on ITV.

You can the second season of Victoria Sunday, January 14th at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS.

Victoria Renewed for Season 3

After we've seen Jenna Coleman's Victoria ascended to the throne and married Prince Albert, ITV has ordered a third season for the hit royal drama show, the Official Twitter account announced.

The new season will follow the next chapter in the monarch's eventful life and will see Coleman and Tom Hughes, who plays Albert, both return. The second season, that aired on ITV in the fall, averaged 4 million viewers, which was down slightly down from the first season.

Creator Daisy Goodwin said that season three will begin in 1848, a "hugely dramatic and eventful" time for the royals as revolutions across Europe created uncertainty around the monarchy. "Viewers can expect more drama than ever before in the third series," she added.

PBS airs Victoria and will air the second season in January. Questions on whether the Christmas special will air this December in the US is unknown, but it will air on ITV. Here's a trailer.

Victoria Season 1

When Jenna Coleman left Doctor Who in 2015 to star in her leading role in ITV's Victoria, at first, I'll admit I was emotionally sad, but when I watched the first episode of her as Queen Victoria, all that changed.

If you haven't seen The Head of Victoria, the first season shows the first few years of the reign of Queen Victoria, going from her accession to the throne to her friendship and infatuation with Lord Melbourne to even her engagement and marriage to Prince Albert and ending the season with the birth of their first child, Victoria.

Daisy Goodwin created them. The show gives an engaging look not only at Victoria's rise to Queen but how others around her were as well. Talk about a royal family drama. The writing is fantastic and intriguing. Coleman plays Victoria and plays her quite well. But along with Coleman, Tom Hughes as Prince Albert, Daniela Holtz as Baroness Lehzen, and Nell Hudson as Miss. Skerrett is excellent as well. 

Along with the strong writing and performances from everyone, the scores and visual effects are amazing. Like episode seven, the episode had such a fantastic setting from outside and inside the palace and even the CGI of the model train when Prince Albert rode and later Queen Victoria.

And the scores, the theme to the intro, and Victoria is so thrilling and chilling simultaneously. Not to mention catchy as well. Every time I hear the theme song, I hum it during and after the end of the episode.

You can catch the second season on ITV on Sunday, Aug. 27th, or if you are in the U.S., you can see the second season on Sunday, January 14th, 2018, on PBS's Masterpiece.

"A Change and Rise" Victoria "The Engine of Change" & "Young England"

"The Engine of Change" 

In a way change would come into the mind of Victoria.

In "The Engine of Change," Victoria deals with her first pregnancy and wonders if something should happen to her during childbirth, she has to choose a regent for her child. She believes that Albert should be, but the Tories doesn't think so.

It all changes when Albert gets his interest on the railroad and believes that it's the future for Great Britain, not only does he think so, he took a ride as well. This of course angers Victoria but soon changes her mind when she sneak out and hopped on and gets a real thrill from it.

With Sir. Robert Peel supporting that Albert should be named regent, all of the board members of the Tories followed along as well.

The episode clearly was majestic with scenery that it really took away some of the performance of the cast. There would be times that I was just so amused of just seeing the castle and even watching the locomotive run. The scenes with Skerrett and Charles were interesting enough to see how these two grew throughout the season and yet he impresses her with all the lavishing dishes he has served to her for a that evening with her, while Victoria and Albert were away. Talk about taking an advantage of the Royal place, right?

Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

"Young England" 

In the season finale, Victoria not deals with a baby soon, but deals with a matter of threats that could possibly be ordered from a royal family member.

"Young England" was genuinely not an epic finale but a superb on at that, with high drama coming in with Victoria and her final days of her pregnancy to even the moments of threats of death as one that got close to her and asked to take her away from the prison German of her husband to an assassination attempt from Edward Oxford, the first of eight to assassinate Victoria, that was pretty much get you on the edge of your seat.

Take what you will, but we would all know that Duke or Cumberland was the one masterful enough to set up an assassination since he was the one in line to take the throne if Victoria dies. It dives into some really dramatic scenes most of which watching Victoria standing up to Cumberland and walking away from him. And even a talk with King Leopold kind of gave a nice reassurance between the two after a rocky start in the season.

And of course, the birth of the future Queen as Victoria gives birth to her first child, a daughter named Victoria. It was mostly impressive that during her labor that Victoria finally calls her mother for support after what those two have gone through throughout the season as it was a lovely mother-daughter moment time.

Performances from everyone from Coleman to Hughes, even from Alex Jennings and David Oakes and Daniela Holtz too. The writing was strong that it closed out the season as it started off. Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10 and the season a 9/10.

You can catch Victoria Season 1 on Blu-ray and DVD available now, the season two will begin Sunday, Aug. 27th on ITV and in the US wil air Sunday, Januray 14, 2018.

Wedding & Order " Victoria "An Oridnary Woman" & "The Queen's Husband"

"An Ordinary Woman" 

After Victoria's engagement to Albert, the two face off in some challenges before the wedding.

"An Oridinary Woman," was pretty wondrous hour of an episode so far. As Vicrotia and Albert are engaged, Victoria must come up with a price and title for Albert to have when he is married to her. But she doesn't see the need for him to have money, but things take off pretty much down slope when the Troy parliment doesn't like it and tries different opitons for Albert.

With that going on, Victoria hears about how not only her unlce still keeps his salary after the death of his wife twenty years ago, but still has an actress (mistress), but her father kept a mistress as well. Worried that Albert will have a mistress down the road, she confronts him after his salary and title offer, of which he tells her that he wouldn't have one and agreed to the terms of his title and salary.

The wedding was a complete marvlous scene to watch, witht he music and the choir and scenery it was just breathtaking to watch. I even got chills watching it.

The writing was pretty strong, even the acting from Coleman, Hughes was amazing, but also Rufus Sewell performance was good, mostly near the end when Victoria gets married that knowing he would be leaving for another position. But mostly the end where Victoria and Lord Melborne talk for one last time, he gives her a kiss and she runs off to her husband as if he was like her father.

OVerall, I give this episode a 9/10.

"The Queen's Husband" 

WIth Queen Victoria and Prince Albert now married, Albert must adjust to his duties.

In "The Queen's Husband," it shows how Prince Albert adjusting to his duties for which was not much and even walking his own wife to dinner, but that was until not does he get to walk his wife to dinner but he also gets a chance to give his own speech about emblashing slavery, for which he is for. And it pretty much brings everyone together, even those that has disagree with Albert before.

Meanwhie, Victoria ask for advise about sex and how to stop getting pregnant, for which is sneaks out and jumps up and down. She admits to Alber that she's not ready but we could see that it's gonna happen pretty soon.

Also Miss. Skerrett, must get in touch with her cousin and baby even during an outbreak in their neighborhood. The Chef helps her out and in return ask for Skerrett's first born name, which is Nancy. It's the first time that the Chef really doesn't act so creepy hiting on to Nancey, as he has been for since the beginning.

This was a very good episode. It's not has strong as the previous episode but it was good enough to watch and move on. Tom Hughes was really good throughout the episode. Most memerable moments would be of Victoria jumping up and down in the middle of the night, which was hilairous and Nacey thanking the Chef for what he had done with her cousin and baby, for whihc was sweet.

Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

Vicotira is available on Blu-ray and DVD. Season 2 will premiere in the U.S. in Janruary 2018.

The Perfect Match: Victoria "The Clockwork Prince"

When it comes to love, what seems to be a mismatch connection becomes a real love connection.

"The Clockwork Prince" was pretty much an episode of how Albert and Queen Victoria bonded and fell in love, in a way that was interesting and engaging. Even if we knew from the start that these two were to be married, it played so well with the characters, mainly Victoria of her feelings towards Albert.

Given that she doesn't play but challenges him as Albert does the same thing as well, making it 100 percent better than watching any of The Bachelor shows. Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes chemistary felt so real, that after watching this episode I drove right into episode five to see how things go.

And even Hell Hudson's character gave us an interesting story in this episode, showing how she's helping a family memeber and her child with money issues. As she tries to steal a few items from the Queen and that also includes a piece of her uniform.

The writing of the episode was so well written and really had my attention from the beginning to the end. Not only the performances from Coleman, Hughes and Hudson were amazing, but the rest of esnemble cast was as well. The senes when Baroness Lehzen brings in a new guy, who speaks German, plays with the rest of the house servents and gets a taste when the head speaks to him in German.

Overall, as I said before I really mushc enjoyed this episode very much. The performanes, chemistry and even story was really good. Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

You can catch Victoria on blu-ray and DVD availble now.

Companions and Lovers: Victoria "Ladies In Waiting"/"Brocket Hall"

"Ladies in Waiting" 

I think the best word to describe this episode would be nature. As in you can't mess with nature that it should take it's time. That's what went running through my head after watching this episode.

As Queen Victoria takes her role on, her family from uncle, mother's boyfriend to even some of the caretakers have taken their plan to make sure that she loses her position, making her look crazy, just like her grandfather. But also the Whig Prime Minister Lord Melbourne resigns because he feels that he lacks the requirement of mandate in the parliament.

Of course, this doesn't go so well with Victoria because he's the only person that she can trust out of all the rest of the people around her. Robert Peel comes in it doesn't quite go so well and everything that he would suggest, she just turns it down, like letting go a few of her lady friends because they're married to the opposite party. With that in mind, Peel leaves and Melbourne comes back and takes his position as the Prime Minister again.

I thought that this was a suitable episode. The performances from actor were good. The reason I think that the word nature comes into play of this episode was that no one wants to let Victoria do her own thing and yet her uncle and Sir John tries to mess with her, it just seems that they're messing with the nature of her abilities. But with Melbourne leaving and then coming back, it sets things right with her. I enjoyed this episode and thought that the writing was very good. Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

"Brocket Hall"

"Brocket Hall" probably one of the most interesting match making episodes I've so far.

As everyone around Victoria trying to get her to marry, thinking that being an independent is a problem and that she needs a man to help control her. But she tries to turn them down, her uncle King Leopold of Belgium tries to get Lord Melbourne to go with it, but he doesn't think it's right for her to be force into marriage.

We do see Victoria express her interest in having a romantic relationship Melbourne but he turns her down in a nice way. Later the two of them do dance at a costume party, after dancing with other men, who are trying to win her over, failed anyway later on.

Melbourne and Victoria danced and it just seemed to click just watching them. He wants her to choice someone who makes her happy long term, as he tells her later on.

Meanwhile, Victoria confronts Sir John about taking a pay and leave the court, along with leaving her mother, for which he takes. But finally Victoria and her mother finally bonded for what looks to be the first time since. Finally, that guy was really getting on my damn nerves with how he acts around, thinking he's all high and freaking mighty.

This episode really centers around it's historical moments like in this episode during the Newport Rising, Victoria learns about one of the house staff's nephew was one of many setting to put to death by hanging but stop it and instead exile them to Australia, showing that her reign of power can be a merciful one.    

The show ends in one of the best moments of a first meet, as Victoria plays the piano,  who pops up and catches her by surprise, her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who pretty much looks nothing like what she remembers or describes.

I enjoyed this episode pretty much the same as the previous episode. The performance was good, just watching Coleman and  Sewell on screen is just amazing to watch. Also I've been amazed from Nell Hudson in these last couple of episodes, her character, Miss. Nancy Skerrett, just seems interesting to know more and more as she's quite different than the rest of the house staffers.  The directional visuals were amazing even during that scene when Victoria meets with Melbourne was wonderful. Overall, I give this episode a 8/10.

You can catch Victoria on Masterpiece Sunday nights at 9/8c on PBS.