As if we didn’t have enough streaming platforms, now comes one more that demands our attention. It is true that some recent decisions of some platforms, from the final withdrawals of original series to confusing policies on sharing accounts, are going to make it easy get carried away by the siren songs that they propose from SkyShowtime.
Its letter of introduction is very attractive, with the opportunity to see interesting projects like ‘Yellowstone’ or ‘Halo’ streaming for the first time and also powerful movie sagas like ‘Mission Impossible’ or ‘Fast & Furious’. And also, mythical and essential series of all styles. Today we choose three that will be impossible not to rescue or for someone to finally see for the first time.
‘Frasier’ (1993-2004)
Created by: David Lee, Peter Casey, David Angell. Distribution: Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin.
One of those sitcoms that everyone puts in the Olympus of television comedy along with ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld’. Or, at least, the people who know and care place it among the highest, because few have had such a prolonged ability to generate laughter of all kindsfrom the sophisticated to the craziest, based on a character who oozes television even though he is a radio presenter.
One of those clearest cases where a spin-off could turn out to be not only a good idea, but could also become more essential. The character of Kelsey Grammer managed to have a different and hilarious series around her, well nourished by secondary characters, with a tone distinguishable from other sitcoms and absurd adventures. Some chapters are quite a happy place worth returning to.
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‘The Good Wife’ (2009-2016)
Created by: Michelle King, Robert King. Distribution: Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, Alan Cumming, Chris Noth.
The series that consolidated two of the best minds on television in the last decade and a half, the Kings. Starting from the procedural series with lawyers and a political debacle, ‘The Good Wife’ has constantly evolved to be a one-of-a-kind series, capable of dissecting the world in which we live with great aplomb and even hilarious sarcasm.
Social and political division, complicated conflicts brought before a jury or mediation rooms, strange behavior taken directly from (or motivated by) the Internet. And also magnificently drawn characters, from Julianna Margulies’ Alicia Florrick to golden secondary characters like those of Christine Baranski or Alan Cumming. Some seasons sit perfectly among the best of the television medium of the last ten years.
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‘Twin Peaks’ (1990-2017)
Created by: David Lynch, Mark Frost. Distribution: Kyle MacLachlan, Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Ontkean, James Marshall, Sheryl Lee.
Another television totem that is very different from anything else that has been done on television before (and then almost too). Before every airy filmmaker decided to take advantage of the medium’s carte blanche to break through the walls that are imposed on him when it comes to making movies, David Lynch was there to turn everything upside down with a mystery that shocked everyone in his life. moment.
A mystery that he also had no interest in solving (it ended up being done in a hurry and without the original creators supervising), more focused on exploring a peculiar place that could be idyllic but ends up ravaged by an inexplicable evil. Through the director’s characteristic surrealism and humor that catches you on your feet, he makes a complex meditation on the horrors that take place in the world and where they come from. all with some of the most memorable characters in historyas the great agent Dale Cooper.
View on Skyshowtime | Criticism in Espinof