RELATED: 6 New Movies You Can Watch on Netflix This Weekend. On Friday, Jan. 21, Netflix drops the first half of the final season of its hit crime series Ozark, with stars Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Julia Garner returning to carry out more illegal activities and rack up more Emmy nominations. While the show started with the Byrde family fleeing to the Ozarks with a cartel on their heels, the fourth season finds them in a somewhat cushier spot, but with many of the same problems. The streaming service has yet to announce the premiere date of Season 4 Part 2, so you have plenty of time to catch up before the almost certainly bloody conclusion. In the storied tradition of reality shows that trap attractive singles together on an island somewhere, Too Hot to Handle sets itself apart with its No. 1 rule: the dollar amount of the grand prize decreases every time any of the contestants share any sexual contact—even kissing. Check out the newly arrived Season 3 to see who hooks up and how low that number goes. The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman centers the experience of the victims of Robert Hendy-Freegard, a con artist who perpetrated some seriously elaborate schemes. In the ’90s, he was able to convince several people that he was an MI5 spy, and in the ’00s, he began dating a divorced mother of two, seducing her further and further away from her family. Her adult children are key figures in the true crime docuseries, unpacking how Hendy-Freegard was able to deceive their mom so completely that she would run away with him. The two are still at large. For more recommendations sent right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. In the mood for something creepy? Try Archive 81, an original Netflix horror series about a film and video expert (Mamoudou Athie), who’s tasked with restoring the archive of a grad student who was investigating a suspicious apartment building fire. Working in the secluded compound of his mysterious client, Dan becomes more and more obsessed by the content of the videos and how they unravel some sinister truths. Co-creator of the original U.K. version of The Office, Ricky Gervais, is also the star of and brains behind After Life, the third season of which just started streaming on Netflix. His character, Tony Johnson, inconsolable after the death of his wife, decides to seek payback from the universe by simply doing whatever he wants, no matter who that hurts. But with the help of people around him, he begins to realize that life as he knew it may not be entirely over after all.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The reality series Cheer became a very buzzy Netflix success when the first season premiered in early 2020. But its audience’s newfound interest in competitive college cheerleading and the Navarro College Bulldogs specifically was tainted when accusations of sexual abuse and other crimes were made public against breakout star Jerry Harris. Season 2 of Cheer doesn’t ignore that controversy but addresses it head-on, giving his accusers a platform and showing how the team has dealt with that upheaval. RELATED: This Netflix Star Complains He’s Being “Objectified” After Breakout Role.
title: “6 New Shows To Watch On Netflix This Weekend Best Life” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-26” author: “John Sherer”
RELATED: 9 New Movies You Can Watch on Netflix This Weekend. Can’t get enough of big cats and the controversial personalities who love them? Then you’re in luck, because not only did Netflix recently drop a second season of Tiger King, there’s also a new spin-off, which revolves around zoo owner Doc Antle. This three-part series focuses on accusations of abuse leveled at Antle and features several people who used to work at his facility telling their occasionally shocking stories about what they saw and experienced. Unsurprisingly, Antle has slammed the docuseries, saying, in part, “The story is loosely strung together by Netflix producers who are always so factual…not! They conjure up a story about a small mist that they present as a category five hurricane,” in a statement issued to Metro. “Film lovers examine the cinematic moments that thrilled, perplexed, challenged and forever changed them in this collection of visual essays,” is how Netflix describes this new series. Produced by Zodiac and Gone Girl director David Fincher, Voir features film buffs ruminating on 48 Hrs., Lawrence of Arabia, and Jaws, among other classics. After competing on The Bachelorette and looking for love again on The Bachelor, Colton Underwood came out publicly as gay. Now, in his new Netflix series Coming Out Colton, the former professional football player goes on a journey to connect with the LGBTQ+ community and make peace with his past. The show and its star have been criticized for seeming to prioritize damage control, as Underwood was accused by Bachelor Nation ex Cassie Randolph of stalking her, but if you’re invested in his new chapter, it’s there for the streaming. Netflix has become the place to stream teen dramas in almost every language, and the most recent is the Belgian series The Coyotes. This new thriller follows a group of adolescent scouts who stumble upon a mysterious stash of diamonds while camping in the wilderness. Decider says that it “has a definite Outer Banks-in-the-woods vibe to it,” so fans of that streaming hit may want to check it out.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb For more recommendations sent right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. The third season of the streaming service’s reboot of the ’60s sci-fi classic just dropped after an almost two-year wait. It still revolves around the space-traveling Robinson family (Molly Parker, Toby Stephens, Maxwell Jenkins, Taylor Russell, and Mina Sundwall), who are part of an eventful Earth mission to colonize space. Netflix is now home to the ’80s series Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, who fights crime along with his super-intelligent car, KITT. Though it only ran for four seasons, Knight Rider also launched a couple of TV movies, two spin-offs, and a very short-lived modern reboot. RELATED: Netflix Is Cutting This From Its Most Popular Show Effective Immediately.
title: “6 New Shows To Watch On Netflix This Weekend Best Life” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-07” author: “Dale Baldwin”
RELATED: 7 New Movies You Can Watch on Netflix This Weekend. As the many TV shows and movies about fictional high school football teams prove, there are few sports that generate as much drama or have higher stakes. The new Netflix docuseries Titletown High embeds in the Georgia high school of Valdosta, which boasts the winningest team in the country. (No pressure, right?) Add in a new head coach, who’s been at the center of some scandals at other schools, plus the personal lives of the staff and players, and you have an engaging sports story that also just happens to be completely true. Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh heads The Chair, a college-set satire about a woman who takes over the English department of a university in the midst of a free-speech-on-campus crisis. The Atlantic called the series—which co-stars Jay Duplass, Holland Taylor, and Bob Balaban—“near perfect.” There are pandemic hobbies and then there’s what the stars of Netflix’s new design reality show Motel Makeover decided to do. Friends April Brown and Sarah Sklash made the choice to buy a rundown motel (big Schitt’s Creek vibes) and completely renovate it, turning the drab and dated space into a boho-chic destination. Check out the series to see how they fared. Entourage star Adrian Grenier stars as Nick Brewer, a husband and father who’s kidnapped and held captive for an internet audience. As the authorities and his family search for him, his kidnappers force him to confess to crimes in their viral videos—whether those crimes are real or imagined is part of the mystery. Who has Nick and why? You’ll want to keep clicking “Next Episode” to find out. This true crime docuseries details the fall from grace of Brazilian medium João Teixeira de Faria, who came to be regarded by some as a saint through the “psychic surgeries” he offered his followers. Though many claimed that he “healed” them of serious illness and injury—sometimes performing his own procedures without anesthesia—he was eventually disgraced when hundreds of women came forward with accusations of sexual abuse.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch plays a New York City cop who’s sent to Berlin in the aftermath of World War II to help a fledging German police force fight a rash of violent crime. Only he knows that his missing brother (Logan Marshall-Green), who sees himself as an avenging angel, is part of the problem. There’s also a local doctor (Sebastian Koch) who manipulates the desperate women he helps into killing for him, and a posh but shifty American intelligence operative played by Michael C. Hall. If you’re into untold corners of history, this post-war drama is for you. RELATED: The 50 Best Netflix Shows Ever, According to Critics.
