> Netflix UK shows Brassic, Deadwater Fell & Capital are benefitting from the 'Suits' effect, dominating ratings as the streamer licenses older series

> Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan & Helen Mirren Officially Cast In Showtime's Guy Ritchie Series As Production Begins in London.

>Let the new games begin.

>Squid Game Season 2 arrives December 26.

>Set in 1991 Miami, Dexter: Original Sin follows Dexter (Patrick Gibson) as he transitions from student to avenging serial killer.

> DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN, streaming Friday, December 13 with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME® plan.

> Paramount+ has released first-look images of the upcoming original series 'The Crow Girl' with Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott.

>As chaos erupts in London after a spiked shipment of cocaine kills hundreds, fan-favourite characters collide with new faces bound by blood ties, sparking brutal power struggles, unexpected alliances, and fierce rivalries.

>Former undercover cop turned gangster Elliot navigates his new role as a top-level criminal alongside the Dumanis, but the spiking throws their operations into disarray. The Wallaces, Luan, Lale, and the street gangs face devastating consequences as personal vendettas collide with professional power struggles bleeding into violent turf wars.

>In the ruthless fight for control of London’s criminal underworld, no one is safe. This was no accident — it was a calculated attack. But who’s pulling the strings?

>Gangs of London 3 will be available on Sky and NOW in 2025.

Since the streaming wars began, each service took on their own flavour.

HBO - generally decent, prestige television, but has less "content" than other services

Netflix - Quantity over Quality, you get gems sometimes, but also a lot of junk to sort through

Disney+ - A lot of good legacy content and very hit and miss with marvel/disney IPs, fans are willing to complain/ hate watch

So here's the thing with Apple TV, I didn't subscribe to it, I bought an apple product and got 3 months free, and the discourse is either love it or just silence. No one seems to 'hate' the shows.

The Good - Ted Lasso, Severance were the ones I really enjoyed, Ted Lasso felt genuine, especially with the British sensibilities and I will compare this to Shrinking later, Severance was good and hopefully doesn't have the mystery box problems

The Mid - Shrinking is from Bill Lawrence who created one of my favourite shows Scrubs, but it's just super boring, I finished Netflix's Man on the Inside in a single sitting but couldnt continue Shrinking, compared to Ted Lasso, it also feels fake nice, fake chill.

The Ugly - Foundation is probably one of the worst written sci fi on television now. People hated on ST: Picard very vocally and for Foundation I only found a couple of youtube videos on how bad S1 is.

It's bad in a way that is not really related to the books, but having the name makes it slightly worse. The writing is basically equivalent to one of the bad Doctor Who episodes but with 10x the budget. You get occasional bursts of brilliance which basically comes out of Asimov's ideas. However, its extremely hard to point this out and TV fans will defend this, this is not the case with SW shows on Disney plus where people understand the difference between fan service and bad writing. It's pretty hard to find an opinion on Apple TV shows that says "It's OK, I didn't like it" which happens so frequently on Netflix.

I'm not sure why thats the reason, just my observation and wondering if you guys have any opinions on this phenomenon

> James Gunn has wrapped filming for Peacemaker Season 2.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/48116464

> I just finished season 2 now. Without much spoilers, it was a real mixed bag. Some parts were amazing, some parts were very mediocre, all parts felt very rushed and poorly paced. I still liked it, but I would give it a 7/10 rather than the 10/10 starting season... > > That said, episode 7 was fantastic. The only episode where the writers let characters actually talk for more than 30 seconds.

> 'The Day Of The Jackal' has been renewed for Season 2 at Peacock & Sky - show stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch.

> Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors, starring Jon Hamm, has received early Season 2 renewal along with Season 1 premiere date and first-look photos.

Pantheon season 1 is being added to Netflix tomorrow, but season 2 is not (and might never be). Both seasons are on Prime Video but it is region-locked, though I'm not sure which regions it is available in.

Pantheon is a fantastic sci-fi show with really smart themes that has been completely screwed over by streaming services. The writing is incredible and contains some very intelligent satire and critiques of big tech corporations, and even dips its toes into geopolitics (not even kidding, the Israel-Palestine conflict becomes a plot point in season 2, and this was written prior to Oct. 7).

If you want to watch the series in its entirety then piracy is a must for the vast majority. Needless to say, I highly recommend watching.

> A new TV series from "The Expanse" creators is in the works at Amazon

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22279401 > Deepfake technology can make convincing replicas from a limited amount of data, and the show has 30 years worth of audio to work from.

> A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, with Wednesday star Emma Myers returning as a teenage gumshoe, gets a second season at Netflix.

> Dune: Prophecy is off to a strong start on HBO and Max, according to Warner Bros. Discovery

> 'The Night Agent' Season 3 is booking Genesis Rodriguez for a series regular role, the specifics of which are under wraps for now.