Netflix’s rom-com “Mother of the Bride” and Will Forte crime drama series “Bodkin” led the Luminate streaming originals chart for the week of May 10-16, elbowing past higher-profile ...

Per Netflix, Bodkin is a blend of mystery, comedy, and drama, not a true crime series but a knowing wink at the genre (one tagline even reads “Based on a true story—overheard in a pub”).

The latest Netflix project falling under the Obamas’ production deal, “Bodkin” initially possesses an intriguing “Twin Peaks”-like vibe with a touch of “Local Hero,” the classic 1983 ...

But for the people of Bodkin, Ireland—the titular, fictional shoreside town in Netflix’s new mystery series Bodkin, premiering May 9—the true-crime podcast wave hasn’t even begun to crest.

By Margaret Lyons There are worse shows to imitate than “Only Murders in the Building,” and perhaps “Bodkin,” premiering Thursday on Netflix, would be better if it had tried. It too is ...

I checked out “Bodkin,” a newish Netflix series about a trio of podcasters in an Irish village looking into a 20-year-old unsolved trio of murders. It’s structured a bit like “Only Murders ...

The new Netflix mystery series Bodkin co-stars Will Forte and Siobhan Cullen as two journalists named Gilbert and Dove, (he’s a veteran podcaster, she’s a serious journalist who will use any ...