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No, the idea of an amazing weekend isn’t a perfect illusion. It’s a very achievable reality that’s in sight. You’re only a few hours from finally turning off your computer, running out of office, and embracing your one true love: television. At least that’s our one true love. Whether your streaming service of choice is Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, Showtime, or STARZ, you’re covered this weekend.
It’s time fall TV premiere season, so Hulu is going to be your streaming service of choice. If you’re a fan of Empire, How to Get Away with Murder, New Girl, Scream Queens, or a host of other returning shows, you now have new episodes to catch up on. Praise premiere season! However, if your streaming service of choice is Prime Video, you’re set too. This weekend marks the return of Jill Soloway’s Emmy-adorned comedy, Transparent. But don’t count Netflix out just yet. The streaming service has added a new season of Grey’s Anatomy as well as two new originals: Joe Swanberg’s addictingly sexy Easy and the rage-inducing documentary about sexual assault, Audrie & Daisy. In the mood for a full-on controversial documentary binge? This weekend also marks the shocking premiere of Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee. Really, your only complaint this weekend can be that there are too many amazing things to watch. Now get to streaming.
Easy: Season 1 *Netflix Original
Relationships are a weird and complicated beast. Few directors understand that fact of life better than director and creator Joe Swanberg, so it’s not surprise that his new Netflix series is about as authentically vulnerable as it gets. Starring big names such as Marc Maron, Orlando Bloom, Aya Cash, Dave Franco, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and many others, Easy follows eight couples as navigate love. It’s sweet, authentic, and definitely worth a weekend binge.
Transparent: Season 3 *Amazon Original
There’s a reason why this Amazon comedy has already racked up eight Emmys, and now this weekend, you can treat yourself to even more Pfefferman struggles. Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Landecker, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Judith Light, and Kathryn Hahn return to Jill Soloway’s masterful show about sexuality, gender identity, and sexual politics. So how is the new season? Just as addicting and complicated as its first two seasons.
Audrie & Daisy *Netflix Original
This critically-acclaimed documentary may be the most outrage-inducing watch to hit Netflix since Making a Murderer. Audrie & Daisy follows the stories of Audrie Potts and Daisy Coleman, two young women who were both sexually assaulted as teenagers. The documentary explores the aftermath of both cases and how cyberbullying, abuse, and an incompetent legal system affected both stories. It’s a powerful documentary that is sure to leave you screaming at your TV.
[Where to watch Audrie & Daisy]
NETFLIX
Audrie & Daisy *Netflix Original
Bones: Season 11
Call the Midwife: Series 5
Colliding Dreams (2016)
Easy: Season 1 *Netflix Original
Family Guy: Season 14 — Available September 25
Gotham: Season 2
Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills *Netflix Original
Last Man Standing: Season 5
Longmire: Season 5 *Netflix Original
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015) — Available September 25
New Girl: Season 5
Portlandia: Season 6 — Available September 24
River (2016) — Available September 24
VeggieTales in the House: Season 4 *Netflix Original
Wallander: Series 4
Zootopia (2016)
HULU
Black-ish: Season 3 Premiere
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 4 Premiere
Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon: Season 3 Premiere — September 24
Chicago Med: Season 2 Premiere
Chicago P.D.: Season 4 Premiere
Designated Survivor: Series Premiere
Empire: Season 3 Premiere
The Exorcist: Series Premiere — September 24
The Goldbergs: Season 4 Premiere
The Good Place: Series Premiere
Gotham: Season 3 Premiere
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 13 Premiere
Hell’s Kitchen: Season 16 Premiere — September 24
Heist (2015) — September 24
How to Get Away With Murder: Season 3 Premiere
Last Man Standing: Season 6 Premiere — September 24
Law & Order Special Victims Unit: Season 18 Premiere
Lethal Weapon: Series Premiere
Lucifer: Season 2 Premiere
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 4 Premiere
Modern Family: Season 8 Premiere
New Girl: Season 6 Premiere
Notorious: Series Premiere
Pitch: Series Premiere
Robot Chicken: Complete Season 8 — September 25
Rosewood: Season 2 Premiere
Scream Queens: Season 2 Premiere
Serena (2016)
Shark Tank: Season 8 Premiere — September 24
Sicario (2015)
Speechless: Series Premiere
Superstore: Season 2 Premiere
This Is Us: Series Premiere
The Voice: Season 11 Premiere
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
Freakonomics (2010)
Heist (2015) — Available September 24
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Ondine (2009)
Serena (2016)
Shadow Dancer (2012)
Sicario (2015)
Transparent: Season 3 *Amazon Original
HBO NOW
Ballers : Season 2 Finale — Available September 25
The Larry Sanders Show
Por amor en el caserio (For Love in el Caserio) (2014)
Sr. Avila: Season 3 Finale — Available September 25
Steve Jobs (2015) — Available September 24
Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attack
OTHER STREAMING SERVICES
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
One of the most shocking documentaries of 2016 is about to hit Showtime, so prepare your outraged tweets and think pieces. Gringo delves into tech millionaire John McAfee’s time in Belize. The story everyone knows is that McAfee was a person of interest in the murder of Gregory Viant Faull. Not only does filmmaker Nanette Burstein more clearly connect McAfee to Faull’s murder but she links the millionaire to another murder, the rape of his business partner, and an assortment of other crimes. Even even a third of Gringo is true, then truth is certainly stranger than fiction.
[Where to watch Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee]
Capital (Streaming Exclusive) — Acorn TV
The Delivery Man — Acorn TV
Janet King: New episode — Acorn TV
The Yellow House (Friday Feature) — Acorn TV
K2 (Premiere) — DramaFever
Debate Wars — Seeso
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee (2016) — Available September 24 on Showtime
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: Episodes 1-13 (1990) — STARZ
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) — Available September 24 on STARZ
Power: Season Finale — Available September 25 on STARZ
Survivor’s Remorse: Season Finale — Available September 25 on STARZ
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) — STARZ
