Who Were We Running From is a new Turkish thriller that Netflix viewers can’t get enough of
All of a sudden, it feels like Netflix’s Turkish content has become some of the most popular on the streaming platform. It was only a …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.
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Sorry, Ted Lasso and Succession fans – Yellowjackets is the most popular show in the US right now
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War Sailor, the most expensive Norwegian movie ever made, is now a hit Netflix series
The 3-episode Norwegian Netflix series War Sailor, which is currently one of the most-watched shows in the US on the streaming giant, is a World …
Here’s everything we know about Extraction 2, including new teaser footage from Netflix
It’s one of the biggest Netflix movies of all time, and the highly anticipated sequel is now just a little over two months away. Extraction …
2023 is proving to be a great year for Netflix documentaries
Netflix has a trio of new documentaries coming this month that’s reminding me once again how much I love what the streaming giant keeps doing …
Yellowstone had a great run, but now is the right time to let it end
Kevin Costner’s gravelly-voiced rancher John Dutton once mused, in Paramount’s hit series Yellowstone, that “you can’t fix a broken wagon wheel, but you can use …
Everything to know about Wellmania, the Australian Netflix comedy that’s a hit in the US
If you’re one of the 9.5 million people on Instagram who follows the side-splittingly funny Celeste Barber — known as “The Australian Queen of Comedy” …
Disney Plus keeps releasing treats for BTS fans – up next is SUGA: Road To D-Day
Disney Plus is starting to become BTS central. I know this, primarily, because I have a fan of the superstar K-pop group in my household, …
5 new Netflix releases coming next week that are worth your time
Now that the first quarter of the year is officially over, it’s time for a look ahead at what the coming days will bring to …
White House Plumbers, from the producers of Succession and Veep, will be your next HBO obsession
In the opening moments of the newly released trailer for White House Plumbers — a new limited series from HBO dramatizing the Watergate scandal — …
Well, that was fast – Netflix’s The Night Agent gets a Season 2, just days after its massive debut
Netflix, like every streaming service, has a hit-or-miss track record when it comes to offering spy and spy-adjacent shows. Some of them, like Kleo, have …
Netflix is about to reignite my Scott Pilgrim obsession with a new anime series
I’m not ashamed to admit it: Bryan Lee O’Malley’s collection of Scott Pilgrim graphic novels is my favorite of all time. I’ve re-read the whole …
Ted Lasso is still the best show on Apple TV+, but I get why some of you are over it
If you put stock in such things, the third and final season of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ (which we’re three episodes into now) is …
Netflix’s new series Unstable builds a sitcom around Rob Lowe and his real-life son John Owen
Sitcom audiences can be among the most finicky and hard to please across the entirety of the TV spectrum. Netflix knows this as well as …
Everyone will be talking about Amazon Studios’ new movie Air, coming next week
“A shoe is just a shoe,” maverick Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro (played by Matt Damon) declares at one point in the trailer for Amazon Studios’ …
TikTok supporters: Please stop acting like a ban would violate the First Amendment
When it comes to the prospect of the Biden Administration imposing a ban on TikTok in the US, I have to once again confess my …
Kiefer Sutherland makes a welcome return to espionage in Rabbit Hole on Paramount Plus
Taylor Sheridan’s hit TV shows like Tulsa King and 1923 unquestionably comprise the main draw of the 2-year-old Paramount Plus streaming service, but the upstart …
Netflix thriller Kill Boksoon is like something Quentin Tarantino would have made in his prime
Netflix’s newest Korean-language release coming later this week is a blood-soaked, action-packed thriller that puts a twist on some of the “professional assassin” tropes we’ve …
My thoughts on 2 new Apple TV+ releases this week: The Big Door Prize, and Tetris
With the long-awaited return of Ted Lasso’s third and final season this month, interest in and viewership of Apple TV+ has already ticked higher this …
Netflix’s A24 road rage drama debuted with a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes
The Netflix series Beef, with a cast that includes Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, doesn’t hit the streaming giant until next week. Already, though, this …
The 5 biggest and best new Netflix releases to put on your watchlist next week
We’re just days away from closing out the first quarter of 2023, a three-month period that’s already been jam-packed with big Netflix releases like Shadow …
The 2 Netflix documentary titles I can’t wait to watch next
From Waco: American Apocalypse to Gunther’s Millions, Pamela, a love story, and Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, Netflix has already given us a slew …
You Season 5 will finally bring one of Netflix’s biggest hits to an end
Netflix’s Penn Badgley-led serial killer drama You, one of the streamer’s biggest series in the world right now, is finally coming to an end with …
TikTok CEO on spying allegations: ‘I don’t think spying is the right way to describe it’
For some questions in life, there is only one correct answer. Questions like: Does this shirt make me look fat? Do you still love me? …
The final season of HBO’s Succession already has a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes
As the final season debut of HBO’s masterful dynastic drama Succession approaches on Sunday — when the culmination of all the family back-stabbing will presumably …
More of you need to be following @HelpfulNotes instead of believing everything you see on Twitter
While everyone was waiting (in vain, as it turns out) to see whether a New York grand jury on Wednesday would return an indictment against …
The most popular Netflix series right now is a chilling revenge tale from Korea
Each week, Netflix segregates its global ranking of the Top 10 TV series on the platform into two charts — one for English shows and …
The Netflix docuseries Emergency: NYC will give you a new appreciation for first responders
There are 2.7 million emergency medical calls every year in New York City, the largest metropolis in the US. The upcoming Netflix documentary series Emergency: …
Disney+ doesn’t get enough credit for its strong library of top-tier music documentaries
At some point later this year, Disney+ will debut yet another piece of content related to the massively popular K-pop group BTS — specifically, a …
The beautifully animated Netflix film The Magician’s Elephant is one of the most popular in the US
One of the most popular Netflix releases in the US at the moment is a feature-length adaptation of Newbery Award-winning author Kate DiCamillo’s classic novel The Magician’s …
