Streaming Video – “Master of None” is back on Netflix and there is more to watch.

What a great weekend binge watching

Nothing like the weekend to do some serious binge-watching and from movies to new shows just back on that couch and enjoy. NetflixHuluAmazon Prime VideoHBOShowtime, STARZ, and other streaming services have added their top-notch original series, thrilling action movies, and quirky comedies for your streaming pleasure.

Let’s begin the weekend with Netflix they will dropping the series  Master of None a second season. This is a great show and  Aziz Ansari, establishes himself as one of the funniest men in television comedy. He is the leader of a group of fellow misfits and they try survive the madness that can be New York City.

Meanwhile, over at Amazon Prime it is time to start binge watching Bosch. The is a story about  LAPD Homicide Detective Harry Bosch, the main character of an Amazon Prime original series. Bosch , frankly is only really interested in a few things, first he has no interest in playing by the rules.

He does have an interest, his daughter, solving crimes and jazz. Finding out the truth behind his mother’s murder, that seems to be the wild card that keeps coming up in this well crafted police show that has a little Dirty Happy, vibe to it. So add Bosch to your list of binge worthy programs.

HBOGO offers the very quirky comedy Silicon Valley, one of those shows that is a bit under the radar but it is not to be missed. The nerds rule the world and that is the charm of this show that has very smart people who are so very socially challenged. It has much of the same humor and charm of the CBS hit, The Big Bang Theory, but in a more hyper driven way.

Acorn has its biggest May yet and they offer at least three shows that if you like U.K. comedy and mystery then you must binge these offerings. Criminal Justice, in the first season of this acclaimed BBC series you will be hooked  as a night out on the town turns into a waking nightmare for 22-year-old Ben Coulter, as he finds himself charged with murder and facing life in prison. But as the case in all good British programs there is an unforeseen plot twist.

No matter if it is comedy or drama there is plenty of good streaming video choices, so have a great weekend.

 

Jim Williams is the Washington Bureau Chief, Digital Director as well as the Director of Special Projects for Genesis Communications. He is starting his third year as part of the team. This is Williams 40th year in the media business, and in that time he has served in a number of capacities. He is a seven time Emmy Award winning television producer, director, writer and executive. He has developed four regional sports networks, directed over 2,000 live sporting events including basketball, football, baseball hockey, soccer and even polo to name a few sports. Major events include three Olympic Games, two World Cups, two World Series, six NBA Playoffs, four Stanley Cup Playoffs, four NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship Tournaments (March Madness), two Super Bowl and over a dozen college bowl games. On the entertainment side Williams was involved s and directed over 500 concerts for Showtime, Pay Per View and MTV Networks.