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Part 2: THE BEST STREAMING SERIES

I yesterday focused on streaming films and Rotten Tomatoes.  In Part 2 today, I will bring series with episodes into the discussion, beginning with the best 50 series from Rotten Tomatoes.

  • #1    Fleabag (2016-2019) 2 seasons, Rotten Tomatoes 100/93 (Amazon Prime Video), watched a couple of episodes before the pandemic, and never returned.  So I now will.
  • #2    Master of None (2015-present) 3 seasons,  94/71 (Netflix)
  • #3    Catastrophe (2015-present) 4 seasons, 98/92 (Prime), watched one episode from season 1 and never returned.  Guess I'll now take a re-look.
  • #4    Happy Valley (2014-2023 3 seasons), 98/94 (started on Netflix, but switched to AMC+)
  • #5    Dear White People (2017 to present) 4 seasons, 88/39 (Netflix).  Careful, there is also a film with the same title, with the same actors, 91/61, which can be found on Disney+ and Hulu.
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  • #21  One Day at a Time 99/89 (2017-present) 4 seasons 99/89 (Netflix).  Re-make of an old American series with Bonnie Franklin that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1984.

  • #50  Bojack Horseman 93/96.
The problem is that some of them above are not today available for streaming.  
From Rotten Tomatoes, best shows (meaning series) of 2025.  You would think there would be a close correlation with the above list, but, no.
  • #5    Get Millie Black 100/76
  • #6    North of North 100/77
  • #7    Toxic Town 100/84
  • #8    Adolescence 98/74
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  • #34  Dexter 89/83
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  • #57  Squid Game: Season 3 80/51
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  • #70  And Just Like That...: Season 3 68/36
Aside from Squid Games, no Korean series, and many of them are at or close to 100 as rated by Rotten Tomatoes.  Could be because they are not "popular."  There are also some other shows from Spain and other parts of the world that should be on that list.

Netflix dominates in series, especially from Korea, but Time magazine has an article entitled, The Best K-Dramas (also meaning series) that are Not on Netflix.

  • They don't themselves talk about this much, but Hulu and Disney+ dominate this list.
  • However Prime and Tubi also should be checked.
  • Rakuten Viki, an American streaming service, incidentally, is devoted entirely to Asian content.
  • Here are some of the best K-dramas not on Netflix.

Rotten Tomatoes has a binge guide on 11 Korean-dramas, all on Netflix.  I've seen a few, as the ones below.

  • Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), Rotten Tomatoes 100/94.  Season 2 is in the making.  She definitely is most extraordinary.

  • Hospital Playlist (2020), /100.
  • K2 (2016), /100.
  • Crash Landing on You (2019), 100/97.
  • I must have another two dozen or more K-dramas in various phases of watching.
  • Rush Hour films now available and the Fast and Furious productions will become available on August 16.
  • The Thursday Murder Club with Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and Ben Kingsley debuts on August 28.

What's new on Amazon's Prime Video in August?

  • A new heist comedy, The Pickup with Eddie Murphy and Eva Longoria.
  • Six-episode spy thriller Butterfly, with Daniel Dae Kim and Piper Perabo.
  • Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction returns.

Google's Artificial Intelligence Overview lists the following popular shows on Netflix:  Squid Game (South Korea), Money Heist (Spain), Dark (Germany), Lupin (France), Elite (Spain), Mirzapur (India), The Family Man (India) and Asur (India).


Last year, PC magazine ranked the 37 best foreign-language shows on Netfllix:

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