The biggest streaming TV shows right now on Netflix, Hulu, Max, Apple TV+, and Prime Video
The apocalypse is all the rage in the streaming world right now. Netflix, for one, keeps cranking out new shows about how humanity reacts to …
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.
Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
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Max should be embarrassed for releasing a show this bad
The newly debuted second season of Velma on Max is so bad, it’s not even worth a hate watch. That’s according to one of the …
Google is wading into EU politics, when it ought to focus on fixing its decaying search engine
One of the best things I read on the internet this week was Edward Zitron’s deep dive into the decline of Google Search, offering not …
Apple TV+ is releasing a historical thriller about the founder of the Black Panther Party
Remember all the dismissiveness and whispers that were prevalent back in the early days of Apple TV+? There was a time, for example, when the …
These are the only Netflix original movies that matter right now
Netflix has a mixed track record, to say the least, when it comes to original movies. It’s poured serious money into chasing a Best Picture …
If you like Breaking Bad, here are 4 Netflix series you need to watch
Giancarlo Esposito’s gritty new crime drama Parish, in which he plays a former wheelman who went straight and started a family, has reminded me how …
No, Netflix, I will not watch a Jennifer Lopez movie that pretends AI is our friend
Well, I guess someone sold the Titanfall rights to Netflix, based on the official trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s newest movie for the streamer. I kid, …
Not enough people are watching this sweet British comedy on Apple TV+
From TV gems like Acapulco and Ted Lasso to less obvious examples like Eugene Levy’s travel show and even a drama like Drops of God, …
Sydney Sweeney’s biggest movie to date is now streaming on Netflix
2024 is proving to be the year that Sydney Sweeney’s star goes stratospheric. Her newest feature film Immaculate, in which she plays an American nun …
Elisabeth Moss stars in a new can’t-miss spy drama from the creator of Peaky Blinders
Those of us who can’t wait for Steven Knight’s upcoming Peaky Blinders movie can content ourselves with something of a consolation prize in the meantime. …
Netflix’s most woke release of the year so far is the anti-cop documentary Power
For being as necessary as they are to the orderly functioning of society, policemen and women in the US are some of the most convenient …
Joe Biden’s IRS commissioner wants to use AI to squeeze more money from people
Given the creeping encroachment of AI into almost every aspect of modern life — from making music to helping Google maintain even more of a …
3 new TV shows on Netflix and Max with perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes scores
I’m getting more strategic than ever with the TV shows I stream these days, largely because there’s just so much available across all of the …
A new Netflix drama about the apocalypse that’s perfect for fans of 3 Body Problem
Netflix dramas about the end of the world are apparently all the rage right now. 3 Body Problem, for example, remains one of the streamer’s …
It feels like every major digital service I use is now part of Taylor Swift’s marketing machine
It’s that time again, folks: In case you’ve been, I don’t know, hiding under a rock for the past few days, a new Taylor Swift …
The biggest TV shows this week on Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, Max, and Apple TV+
Prime Video’s adaptation of the video game franchise Fallout had such a strong debut in recent days that not only has the streamer gone ahead …
Netflix is starting to use AI both overtly and in ways you don’t notice, and it’s so annoying
I have yet to meet a regular person who’s clamoring for more AI in their life. But that’s not stopping companies like Netflix from shoving …
Boeing, which keeps making ‘defective planes,’ now wants to enter the flying car market
We’ve all seen the terrifying social media videos from passengers who were on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 earlier this year. The aftermath of a panel …
Netflix is finally doing the right thing and ending one of its most controversial shows ever
Netflix announcing the end of its beleaguered fantasy series The Witcher after its upcoming fifth season reminds me of an old Jerry Seinfeld bit from …
Stunning AI trailer imagining Henry Cavill as James Bond racks up millions of views
Henry Cavill’s newest role on the big screen finds him playing a World War II-era secret agent who puts together an attack squad in The …
One of the best shows on Apple TV+ is getting a spinoff set in Russia
It hasn’t garnered the same fawning press coverage of a show like Ted Lasso or the adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. Nevertheless, For All Mankind …
Our first look at Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of one of the greatest novels of all time
It’s got one of the most iconic opening lines in all of printed literature. The New York Times once opined that it ought to be …
People are watching an insane amount of true crime content on Max
The runaway success on Max of the docuseries Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has underscored what appears to be a core …
Who’s ready for Trumpflix? Former president teases the launch of his own streamer
In between running for the GOP presidential nomination, raising money, holding rallies, eating at Chick-fil-A, and serving as a defendant in what will be the …
I’m a longtime Beatles fan, but I’m not sure I care about the Let It Be film coming to Disney+
When Michael Lindsay-Hogg was tapped to direct a making-of documentary to accompany work on The Beatles’ 1970 album Let It Be, he had no way …
One of the best British spy dramas of all time is finally streaming on Netflix
There is one, and only one, TV drama about a sexy, sociopathic female assassin that a streaming TV subscriber will ever need in their life. …
One of Apple TV+’s best dramas is about an Israeli operation to undermine Iran from within
Even though the first season of Tehran debuted on Apple TV+ back in 2020, anyone who dives into it for the first time today would …
Dark new Netflix drama about a comedian and his stalker earns a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Unlike most of us, Richard Gadd deals with the trauma in his life by staging and performing it for audiences. That’s what he did in …
The biggest TV shows this week on Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, Max, Peacock, and Paramount+
Critics and viewers don’t often agree when it comes to quality in the streaming era. But when they do — like in the case of …
Civil War didn’t scare me at all – and was actually kind of a letdown
Here’s one thing that’s not in dispute about Alex Garland’s new Civil War, his big-screen depiction of how an internal military conflict might unfold in …
