While streaming may be the future of television, the medium often leans on familiar properties to keep things moving. From Battlestar Galactica to Rivals, this month's picks are full of recognisable titles that promise binge-worthy viewing.
In addition to the three-hour miniseries that served as the de facto pilot, all four official seasons of the series, starring Oscar nominees Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, plus Katee Sackhoff in her breakout role, are now streaming on Paramount+. As are the Olmos-directed feature film, The Plan, and the 2010 prequel series, Caprica. It's all here for the bingeing.
In Worst Ex Ever, Netflix’s true crime docuseries, explore the many ways romantic relationships can turn toxic, sometimes with fatal results. Each four-episode season highlights the ways in which technology has made it easier for perpetrators to terrorize their significant others. From using dating apps to target their would-be victims to using social media to track and harass them.
Over-the-top wealth, toxic masculinity, ruthless ambition, and the particularities of the British class system are on full display in this soapy, 1980s-set British dramedy. Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell), a notorious womanizer and Conservative politician, finds himself regularly butting heads—both personally and professionally—with cutthroat television executive Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant). The series is based on the second book in author Jilly Cooper’s long-running Rutshire Chronicles series.
Jon Bernthal reprises his role as Castle, a US Marine turned vigilante known as the Punisher, who is suffering the psychological effects of years spent exacting revenge on the gangsters who killed his wife and children. But when a bounty is placed on his head, Castle finds himself dragged back into the criminal world he so desperately wants to escape, but which also gives him a purpose.







