Make sure you've tried the best new series of the past year
The season 3 finale was absolutely gripping and confirmed that Succession is one of the most incredible series out at the moment. However, sadly the writers announced season 4 would be the last, so, at least if you haven't seen the series yet, you can binge watch the whole thing!
The success of The Boys has led to a spinoff that, in addition to the brutality of the mother series, will see its main characters as high school students. Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas and Jaz Sinclair lead the cast as they discover the dark plots behind the school for superheroes.
When thinking of recent releases, let no one forget Euphoria. This series returned in 2023 with more high school drama, more excess, more sublime performances, more Zendaya, more Sydney Sweeney, and more Sam Levinson.
Due to the age of its main characters, it was the last season of one of the best series in the history of Netflix. Funny, fresh, without taboos and facing sexual relations as what it is, something of the everyday life of billions of people.
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey starred in this story set in a post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has been wiped out by a virus, proving that nature always prevails. It went down so well that production for the second series will start in February 2024, according to Digital Spy.
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Pedro Pascal returned in another hit franchise - The Mandalorian. The series that launched Disney Plus came back - and with it, Grogu, the biggest marketing coup of the decade, after Elsa and Anna.
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The Skrulls have finally arrived to the Marvel universe and they revealed how they infiltrated Earth in the 90's thanks to their shapeshifting abilities. Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman and Kingsley Ben-Adir joined the Marvel cast for an out-of-this-world series; brilliantly slotting into the MCU and giving us food for thought as to where Emilia Clarke's character will go in the future...
It's a series in which Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short are pure chemistry in every scene they share. They set out to discover who is the murderer behind the scenes at a Broadway show in the third season.
A contemporary classic that continued to masterfully combine love, sex, time travel and classic costumes. Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe continue to lead the series, bringing to life their already legendary Jamie and Claire.
The series on Apple TV Plus kept up the pace in its second season and Jason Sudeikis proves, once again, that he has some serious skill in the world of comedy. So he sported a mustache for another year.
The Star Wars universe continued to bring joy to Disney. In this case, Ahsoka Tano, who is played by Rosario Dawson, had her own series, after shining in the Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels.
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It's been a long time coming but the darker side of technology returned to Netflix and it did so with big names like Josh Hartnett, Zazie Beetz, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara and Auden Thornton.
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Sam Levinson, creator of Euphoria, has a new series that graced our screens in the summer of 2023. 'The Idol' portrays the "sleaziest love story in Hollywood," starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd, who play a rising pop star and a cult leader.
The end of the third season left Joe on the edge of the abyss and it needed to be resolved. Part 1 premiered on February 9, and part 2 followed on March 9. You can stream and binge watch all 10 episodes.
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Netflix is looking for a new fantasy adventure saga to secure its future and 'Shadow and Bone' could be the one. Alina Starkov and her power over the audience is too attractive for it not to succeed. Also receiving a high score on Rotten Tomatoes, season two has 'all of the tenets of a high fantasy adventure including a beautiful world to play in and themes of love, fate, and choice to explore', said top critic from Autostraddle on the website.
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The reboot of 'Sex and the City' was going to be a closed miniseries but (and despite its negative reviews) it did have great viewing success, so a second season was inevitable. There is a 'new Samantha' and Kim Cattrall even makes a cameo after previously making it clear she didn't want to have any part in the series.
The happy place of millions, one of the most beautiful and true love stories of the year returned in 2023. Charlie, Nick and company's story continues to evolve, hand in hand with Alice Oseman's graphic novels, on which the series is based.
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It is the last time the world sees Henry Cavill in the skin of Geralt of Rivia. In October 2022, Henry announced his decision to leave the show, saying in a statement, “My journey as Geralt of Rivia has been filled with both monsters and adventures, and alas, I will be laying down my medallion and my swords for season 4.” Can Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri be a family together before laying his medallion and swords down?
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Mike Flanagan and Netflix have found the perfect point of their relationship and the next step was to adapt this Edgar Allan Poe classic, with Carla Gugino, Mark Hamill and Henry Thomas. All eight episodes of this horror mini series were released on Netflix on October 12, 2023.
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Tom Hiddleston has made Loki one of the most appreciated and admired villains in the MCU, with a quality series that lives up to expectations. In the newest instalment, Mobius and Kang have a lot to say.
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Justin Theroux and Woody Harrelson are two agents of the White House Special Investigations Unit who, without attracting much attention, must locate the largest leak of classified information to the media. It jumped on our screens in May 2023 and is based on the book 'Integrity'.
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The masterful series has come to an end, finishing with the events of the early 2000s. The journey they have taken us through the contemporary British monarchy has been superb.
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The anticipated second season for lovers of the Lee Child book. Bigger and better and back with his old team, this season takes on the novel 'Bad Luck and Trouble'. Some good dry humour and staying true to the characters of the books, this is one book/series adaptation that is really worth reading and watching in harmony.
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