Arriving just in time for back-to-school, FX’s new R-rated high-school sitcom delivers a laugh-out-loud antidote to the slew of darker shows dropping across streaming. Set against an upbeat 80s soundtrack, the series is set in our current times, which means it tackles several of today’s timely topics head on: book bans, deepfake porn, ChatGPT-created papers,
A steamy, high-stakes Spanish medical drama from the creator of Élite, Breathless follows a handsome young doctor named Biel (Élite’s Manu Ríos) and his fellow residents at a public hospital in Valencia, where the staff is preparing to strike to protest federal cuts just as their patient, the Prime Minister, is diagnosed with a life-threatening
Set in Japan in the world of the Terminator movies, the original anime series alternates between 1997, when an engineer named Malcolm Lee prepares to launch his AI system, and 2022, where a member of the “human resistance” is sent into the past to protect him from the Terminator. Expect blockbuster-worthy voices, visuals, and score
A paranoid and neurotic Zeus (Jeff Goldblum) frets about his reign ending, just as his wife/sister Hera distances herself and an imprisoned Prometheus plots to take him down in this witty and irreverent send-up of Greek mythology from The End of the F**king World creator Charlie Covell. All eight episodes stream today. “It is a
The much-anticipated return of the most expensive series ever produced will require a refresher before you jump in, but the second season of Amazon’s epic Tolkien prequel has earned more praise than the first from several top TV critics. Expect more intensity, an even more sprawling cast of characters, a deeper probe into the mad
The hit all-star comedy about amateur sleuth-podcasters heads to Los Angeles this season to investigate the death from the end of Season 3 (you’ll need to watch the finale). They get a front row seat to the filming of the movie adaptation of their podcast, and meet the actors playing them: Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Eva Longoria, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani, and Meryl Streep join them.
Acorn’s Danish love triangle / detective series is back for more of investigator Dan Sommerdahl, who continues to work with his ex-wife and the man she cheated on him with: his longtime partner. As if the trust issues weren’t bad enough, this season he has to forgive them for recording his new girlfriend as she
Five years after a 16-year-old tennis prodigy loses her career to an injury, she delivers a shocking allegation against her former coach, and finds her life turned upside down. Aidan Turner and Ella Lily Hyland star in the psychological drama that explores the complexities, assumptions, and questions around a #MeToo story. “…overall it is an
The moving, critically-praised family epic based on Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel, Pachinko returns to follow the dramatic story of four generations of a Korean family that emigrates to Japan during WWII. “It’s an authentic tale of persisting while facing hardships and finding unexpected joy and freedom in moments of grief and loss.” — A.V.
Told through the perspective of a conflicted hero with contradicting loyalties, The Sympathizer is an ambitious examination of a spy who can’t help but sympathize — hence, the title of the series — with the enemy. It might make you rethink everything you were taught about the Vietnam War too.