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Even as ads become more and more common on streaming platforms, taking away the few remaining reasons we had to transition from traditional cable in the first place, it’s quite rare to get an ad for older titles. It makes sense that a streaming platform would want viewers to know about upcoming movies and shows,…

Apple TV has been around for less than a decade as a streaming service, but it has already proven itself to be one of the most consistent platforms for quality new shows. The variety of genres on the streamer spans innovative sci-fi TV shows (“Pluribus,” “Severance”), legal dramas (“Presumed Innocent,” “Defending Jacob”), and period pieces…

Some TV shows that got better after their first season simply needed time to figure out what they wanted to be. A new television series has to introduce its characters, establish its world, find the right tone, and convince an audience to keep watching, often while the people making the show are still figuring out…

American shows are like mutton hot pot: big portions, thick meat, a rolling broth, and one bite gives you full satisfaction. British shows are like cold-tossed radish skin: crisp, sharp, a little spicy. After too much hot pot, one plate of radish skin and your head clears.

If all we need is love, as the Beatles famously crooned, then Netflix certainly has got audiences covered in that department. From salacious sensual thrillers to wholesome romantic comedies, the premium streaming service definitely isn’t starved for amorous programming. This ranges from Netflix originals to a plethora of licensed television shows all delving into different…

The ’90s were a dominant decade for science fiction on TV. The Star Trek universe alone was responsible for several of the genre’s most popular series, with Paramount restoring it as the preeminent small-screen sci-fi franchise. Most networks were trying to ride the wave of its revival in popularity, often to great success — the…

October was an incredibly busy month at Netflix India, thanks in large part to the addition of back-catalogue Hindi films from Excel Entertainment and Eros International and seven series from the Bengali streaming service Hoichoi (which have been dubbed into Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu for Netflix).