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Bad Sister's on AppleTV+ is awesome, so is Silo. There are more you missed I consider great viewing. On Hulu you missed Only Murders In The Building, The Bear.

You saId you didn't have much for Paramount+ but it is chock full of goodness with Lioness, Landman and Evil was surprisingly good for that genre.

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Quibble: Knifeman's horse trips (gopher hole?) and lands on William; they were not slain in battle.

Reservation Dogs has the deepest bench of great characters I've seen.

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This list will get me through! But let me share the most undiscovered, amazing gem on streaming. "The Durrells in Corfu" on PBS Masterpiece Theatre. Magnificent acting; irreverent, poignant, funny, and charming; fabulous scenery; and a tiny, tiny bit of social commentary (because it's set right before WWII breaks out in Europe). Also based on a true story. You will force yourself to limit your binge so it will last longer.

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Peacock also has "Farscape" and "Space:1999", two respected sci-fi TV shows. Both are imaginative and worth checking out.

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Exactly what I need this time of year

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One of my all-time favorite absurdist Matt Berry-enunciation scenes, from "Toast of London":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bc8PbBpUgA

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Also on Apple - Slow Horses and Pachinko. Both are based on amazing books.

Hulu - check out Better Things, especially if you’re a mom of teens or dealing with an older parent.

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Better Things - one of the best mom shows ever

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I think Slow Horses is one of the best shows on TV.

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Thanks for mentioning Reservation Dogs; it's greatly under appreciated.

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Black Friday multi-month discount for Max, so far I've got Barry, Westworld, Generation Kill, Chernobyl, Peacemaker, Deadwood, Last of Us, The Americans and a few movies lined up for bingeing. Maybe I'll tackle a rewatch of The Sopranos and The Wire if I run out of things to watch in the next 2 months.

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Barry!

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If you only watch one thing on Peacock, watch "Mrs. Davis". Trust me. It's one season, and you'll be hooked from the first episode. Can't believe Sonny neglected it.

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Agree about Mrs Davis. It's premise is very hard to explain and it's even harder to believe it works but it's a glorious high wire act.

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Franchise- HBO Max

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So many amazing shows on Apple TV, by far my favorite streaming channel. Bad Sisters, Shrinking, Mystic Quest, Ted Lasso, Silo, Severance, Bad Monkey, Slow Horses. I could keep going, very much worth getting Apple TV.

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Love Apple TV, there’s quite a lot on there that’s worth your time, and the relative small size of the overall offering actually helps you avoid that feeling of being over-saturated by content, which for me often results in giving up on choosing something to watch altogether. I’d add Servant to the list, and Silo, but there’s plenty of others I’ve enjoyed too. Mythic Quest was great, and the key to Severance is to watch it more than once, there’s so much in there.

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Love Silo too though I still haven’t decided if the new season is as good as the first.

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Poker Face is brilliant but I hope the writers will strike out in a new direction as the series started to feel a bit formulaic towards the end of the season.

Regarding Apple TV, Mythic Quest and Severance are both fine series. I'm surprised you didn't list Bad Sisters. I would have picked Pachinko, The Crowded Room, and We Crashed as my top "other shows to watch".

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Bad Sisters is my favorite, close second is Slow Horses.

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That you’ve neglected to add Bad Sisters to the Apple TV roster is a mortal sin that shall NOT be forgiven any time soon.

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also on Peacock - Resident Alien.

Community was good until the last season....

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